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116TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 116–180 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2020 

JULY 24, 2019.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD of California, from the Committee on 

Appropriations, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

together with 

MINORITY VIEWS 

[To accompany H.R. 3931] 

The Committee on Appropriations submits the following report in 

explanation of the accompanying bill making appropriations for the 

Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020. 

INDEX TO BILL AND REPORT 

Page number 

Bill Report 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, INTELLIGENCE, AND OVERSIGHT 

Office of the Secretary and Executive Management ........................ 2 6 

Operations and Support .............................................................. 2 6 

Management Directorate .................................................................... 2 13 

Operations and Support .............................................................. 2 13 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements ........................ 3 15 

Research and Development ......................................................... ........ ...........

Federal Protective Service .......................................................... 3 15 

Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations Coordination ....................... 3 16 

Operations and Support .............................................................. 3 16 

Office of Inspector General ................................................................. 4 16 

Operations and Support .............................................................. 4 16 

Administrative Provisions .................................................................. 4 17 

TITLE II—SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection ................................................. 9 17 

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Bill Report 

Operations and Support .............................................................. 9 17 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements ........................ 11 29 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ................................... 11 29 

Operations and Support .............................................................. 11 30 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements ........................ 12 37 

Transportation Security Administration ........................................... 12 38 

Operations and Support .............................................................. 12 38 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements ........................ 13 39 

Research and Development ......................................................... 13 40 

Coast Guard ......................................................................................... 14 40 

Operations and Support .............................................................. 14 41 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements ........................ 15 42 

Research and Development ......................................................... 15 44 

Health Care Fund Contribution ................................................. ........ 44 

Retired Pay ................................................................................... 16 44 

United States Secret Service .............................................................. 16 45 

Operations and Support .............................................................. 16 45 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements ........................ 17 46 

Research and Development ......................................................... 18 46 

Administrative Provisions .................................................................. 18 46 

TITLE III—PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

RECOVERY 

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency .......................... 39 49 

Operations and Support .............................................................. 39 49 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements ........................ 39 53 

Research and Development ......................................................... 39 53 

Federal Emergency Management Agency ......................................... 40 54 

Operations and Support .............................................................. 40 54 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements ........................ 40 55 

Federal Assistance ....................................................................... 40 55 

Disaster Relief Fund .................................................................... 43 58 

National Flood Insurance Fund .................................................. 44 60 

Administrative Provisions .................................................................. 46 60 

TITLE IV—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...................................... 50 60 

Operations and Support .............................................................. 50 61 

Federal Assistance ....................................................................... 51 63 

Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers .................................... 51 63 

Operations and Support .............................................................. 51 64 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements ........................ 51 64 

Science and Technology Directorate .................................................. 51 64 

Operations and Support .............................................................. 51 65 

Research and Development ......................................................... 52 65 

Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office ............................. 52 68 

Operations and Support .............................................................. 52 69 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements ........................ 52 69 

Research and Development ......................................................... 52 69 

Federal Assistance ....................................................................... 53 69 

Administrative Provisions .................................................................. 53 69 

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

This Act ................................................................................................ ........ 70 

Compliance with House Rules .................................................... ........ 73 

Tables ............................................................................................ 00 104 

Minority Views ........ 138 

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Overview 

The Committee recommendation includes $63,811,000,000 in 

total discretionary appropriations for the Department of Homeland 

Security, including $49,736,000,000 within the bill’s 302(b) budget 

allocation and $14,075,000,000 as a budget cap adjustment for 

major disaster response and recovery activities. The total is an increase of $2,236,000,000 above the fiscal year 2019 funding level 

and $1,945,618,000 below the President’s budget request. 

There is a strong bipartisan consensus on the importance of 

homeland security, even if the focus in recent years has often been 

on funding and policy disagreements related to border security and 

immigration enforcement. In fact, the vast majority of funding and 

policy priorities funded in this bill are relatively uncontroversial, 

including those related to the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 

(CISA), the United States Secret Service, the Coast Guard, the 

Transportation Security Administration, criminal investigations 

conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 

and the activities of the Office of Field Operations of U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP). On issues that are more controversial, such as the best way to secure the border between the ports 

of entry and immigration enforcement in the interior of the United 

States, this bill takes a balanced, responsible, and informed approach. 

Investments in this bill are intended to balance competing priorities across the Department’s important missions, all of which are 

critical to the security of the country. The bill continues important 

investments to recapitalize the Coast Guard air and sea fleets, including continued support for the Polar Security Cutter program; 

increases hiring for Secret Service agents and Uniformed Division 

officers to reduce mandatory overtime and begin to prepare for the 

2020 Presidential Campaign; and expedites the procurement of 

more effective imaging technology for the Transportation Security 

Administration. 

Further, the bill sustains prior year increases for Homeland Security Investigations at ICE, including funding for agents, support 

staff, and investigations analysts dedicated to drug, trade, and financial services investigations; continues to expand ICE’s alternatives to detention programs; funds at least two detention facility 

inspections per year at ICE’s over-72 hours facilities; provides targeted increases for FEMA’s major preparedness and response grant 

programs; and recommends increased resources for CISA to better 

protect federal civilian cyber networks and better help state and 

local governments and the private sector secure both cyber and 

physical infrastructure, including elections infrastructure. 

The bill recommends significant new CBP resources for procuring 

and deploying new technologies to improve situational awareness 

at the border, and to hire over 1,800 new CBP positions, to include 

1,200 new CBP officers, 240 new agriculture specialists, and other 

mission support personnel. 

No funding is provided in the bill for new physical barriers along 

the southwest border. Early last year, as part of a Border Security 

Improvement Plan (BSIP), the Border Patrol provided the Committee with a priority list indicating where it believed additional 

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barriers and replacement barriers would help deter illegal entry 

across the border, based on recent apprehension data and an assessment of ‘‘vanishing time’’, or the length of time it takes for a 

border crosser to reach a road or populated area and disappear into 

the interior of the United States. 

While the Border Patrol prioritization is one piece of the puzzle, 

it provides insufficient analysis on whether other approaches, particularly the use of cutting-edge border security technology, might 

help achieve similar outcomes at a much lower cost in many areas. 

It also does not reflect the current reality of ‘‘apprehensions’’ at the 

border, with many migrants crossing to voluntarily turn themselves in to Border Patrol agents. 

Section 231 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–141) required the 

Secretary to submit a risk-based plan for improving security along 

the borders of the United States, including the use of personnel, 

fencing, other forms of tactical infrastructure, and technology. 

While the Department delivered an updated BSIP on December 21, 

2018, that plan did not address the specific elements required by 

section 231. Without such a comprehensive analysis, Congress 

lacks essential information for determining how best to invest 

scarce taxpayer dollars. 

On February 15, 2019, the Department of the Treasury notified 

Congress of a plan to use its Strategic Support authority to allocate 

up to $601,000,000 of Treasury Forfeiture Fund (TFF) resources for 

the construction of barriers along the southern land border. In the 

past, TFF funds have been made available to the Department of 

Homeland Security and other federal agencies for critical materiel 

and operational support for law enforcement investigations, such as 

computer forensic equipment, Title III wiretap intercepts, counterfeit forensics, and the Electronic Crimes Task Forces. In fact, the 

Administration had previously stated its intent to use TFF funds 

available in fiscal year 2019 to support additional money laundering/terrorism financing investigations, including information 

technology investments to support analyses of large data caches 

and crimes involving cryptocurrency. 

Not only was the decision to use Strategic Support authority for 

border infrastructure unprecedented, it also represents an abandonment of established processes for determining the use of those 

resources and a deliberate circumvention of congressional appropriations authority. The negative impact of this decision on the 

readiness levels of federal law enforcement agencies appears to 

have been an afterthought, if it was even seriously considered at 

all. In response to this clear abrogation of Congress’s decision in 

Public Law 116–6 to limit fiscal year 2019 funding for border barriers, the bill correspondingly rescinds $601,000,000 in prior year 

funding from CBP’s Procurement, Construction, and Improvements 

account. 

It is unfortunate that the rhetoric that began during the last 

presidential campaign has made progress on this policy question so 

challenging: border infrastructure is appropriate in some places, 

but is simply not a panacea for ending illegal border entries. Physical barriers have been placed along 654 miles of the southwest 

border, a total that will expand by an estimated 80 miles based on 

funding appropriated for that purpose in fiscal years 2018 and 

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2019. Additional information and analysis is required before the 

Congress appropriates billions of dollars for not only the construction, but also the ongoing maintenance, of additional miles of border barriers. 

There are also significant concerns about the negative impacts of 

physical barriers on border communities and border area ecology. 

While the Secretary may have the authority to issue waivers to the 

requirements of environmental, natural resource, and land management laws to expedite construction of funded border barriers, 

that authority does not obviate the need to provide Congress with 

an analysis of such impacts as part of the justification for new barriers prior to funds being appropriated. 

Since fiscal year 2017, the Administration has routinely exceeded 

appropriated funding levels for the detention of single adults. During periods of continuing funding resolutions, the Office of Management and Budget has used a ‘‘life and safety’’ exception to apportion funds to ICE well above the daily rate corresponding to the 

prior year appropriation, resulting in a chronic ‘‘ratcheting up’’ of 

the average daily population (ADP) in detention. 

Even after the enactment of full-year appropriations, ICE has 

routinely ignored congressional intent by exceeding its funded 

ADP, requiring funding transfers from other departmental components in fiscal year 2018 to prevent it from going anti-deficient. In 

fiscal year 2019, ICE has again failed to live within its means, an 

outcome that can only be partially explained by an increase in single adults apprehended by CBP at the southern land border. 

Congress provides transfer authority in the Department’s annual 

funding bill to give it flexibility in responding to unforeseen events 

and circumstances, not to routinely augment appropriated funding 

levels. The Administration’s increasing defiance of congressional intent, as expressed in appropriated funding levels, cannot continue. 

During fiscal year 2018, the annual ADP associated with single 

adults arrested by ICE in the interior of the country reached a high 

of 22,953, including an ADP of 23,674 in February of that year. 

That compares to an average ADP for single adults between fiscal 

year 2013 and fiscal year 2016 of just over 17,000 for single adults 

arrested in the interior, a period during which the prior administration was effectively prioritizing its enforcement activities. 

The Committee recommendation includes funding to support an 

overall ADP for single adults of 34,000 during fiscal year 2020, 

equivalent to the ADP funded by Congress between fiscal years 

2012 and 2017. This total includes an ADP of 17,000 for single 

adults arrested in the interior and 17,000 for single adults transferred to ICE custody by CBP; no transfer authority is provided 

that would allow ICE to exceed this ADP. Because the number of 

single adults transferred from CBP custody is not within ICE control, however, a contingency mechanism is included in the bill to 

give ICE access to additional funds in response to a significant increase in the volume of single adults so transferred. This approach 

is intended to reclaim the authority of Congress to determine funding levels for immigration detention, while also providing flexibility 

to the Department to manage circumstances beyond its control. 

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Summary 

Title I contains funds for departmental management and oversight activities, biometric identification services, and law enforcement and protective security services at federally owned, leased, or 

operated facilities. Title II ensures the Department’s frontline operational components have the resources to carry out effectively their 

security, enforcement, and investigative missions. Title III includes 

funds necessary to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and cyber-attacks on the population or the nation’s critical infrastructure. Title IV supports law enforcement training; citizenship, immigration, and employment eligibility verification services; 

efforts to counter chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear attacks; and research and development functions. Title V includes 

basic general provisions for oversight, reprogramming notification 

requirements, transfer authority, reporting requirements, and 

funding limitations. 

Account level funding details at the program, project, and activity levels are included in the back of this report. 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, 

INTELLIGENCE, AND OVERSIGHT 

Mission 

The mission of Departmental Management, Operations, Intelligence, and Oversight is to provide leadership and services to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components; formulate policy guidance and directives; disseminate intelligence; identify and 

track performance measurements relating to DHS missions; and 

provide oversight for all DHS operations. 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

The Office of the Secretary and Executive Management (OSEM) 

plans and executes departmental strategies to accomplish agency 

objectives and provides policy guidance to departmental components. 

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $141,381,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 141,310,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 174,916,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +33,535,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +33,606,000 

The recommendation includes $1,873,000 above the request to 

support the annualization of the 2019 pay raise and $2,318,000 to 

fund a 2020 pay raise of 3.1 percent. In addition, the bill includes 

increases above the request totaling $4,928,000 to maintain current 

services as follows: $145,000 for the Office of the Secretary; $52,000 

for the Office of Public Affairs; $54,000 for the Office of Legislative 

Affairs; $1,371,000 for the Privacy Office; $2,472,000 for the Office 

of Strategy, Policy, and Plans; $310,000 for the Office of Civil 

Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL); $410,000 for the Office of the 

Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman; and $114,000 

for the Office of Partnership and Engagement. 

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In addition, the Committee provides an enhancement of $4,487,000 for CRCL and realigns $2,804,000 from the Office of 

Partnerships and Engagement (OPE) to the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans to support the Office for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention. An additional $20,000,000 above the request is 

recommended to establish a new Office of Immigration Detention 

Ombudsman (OIDO). 

Blue Campaign.—The recommendation includes $1,600,000 for 

Blue Campaign personnel, as requested. A department-wide initiative to combat human trafficking, the Blue Campaign, has historically been funded through end-of-year contributions from components, an approach that is inappropriate for the program’s longterm sustainment. In addition to continued personnel funding, 

DHS is directed to account for and propose full, direct funding for 

program operations in the justification materials that accompany 

future budget submissions. 

The Committee recognizes the importance of Blue Campaign 

work with non-profit organizations, including those of airline personnel, to identify and report human trafficking. The Committee 

directs OPE to explore whether airline personnel could be better 

prepared to identify and protect human trafficking victims through 

in-person training in lieu of or in addition to the current on-line 

training. In addition, OPE should determine whether training efforts for airline personnel could be expanded to include the identification of individuals at risk for forced marriage abroad. Not later 

than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, OPE shall update the Committee on the results of its findings. 

Counter-Drug Operations.—The Committee directs the Department to provide a report, not later than 180 days after the date of 

enactment of this Act, on its counter-drug operations and efforts to 

address operational needs in the transit zone and throughout the 

Caribbean basin, specifically in and around Puerto Rico and the 

U.S. Virgin Islands. 

CRCL Compliance Division.—Increases above the request for 

CRCL are for the Compliance Division to expand its activities related to immigration enforcement and detention. CRCL shall ensure that all individuals whose complaints it investigates receive 

information within 30 days of the completion of an investigation regarding the outcome of such complaints, as appropriate, including 

findings of fact, findings of law, and available remedies. 

Customer Service.—The Committee directs all DHS components 

to develop standards to improve customer service in accordance 

with Executive Order 13571, Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service, and to incorporate those standards into 

the performance plans required under 31 U.S.C. 1115. The Committee directs the Department to provide an update on plans for 

implementing this requirement not later than 90 days after the 

date of enactment of this Act. 

Deportation Priorities.—The Committee notes with concern the 

detention of members of religious minorities from Iraq, particularly 

the Iraqi Chaldean Christian community, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for possible deportation. Congress and the Department of State have recognized that a genocide has been committed against Chaldeans and other religious minorities in Iraq. 

The Committee recommends that ICE refrain from prioritizing the 

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deportation of people who will be subject to violent persecution and 

death in their countries of origin. 

Domestic Sourcing.—The Committee supports efforts to ensure 

that uniforms and personal protective equipment procured by the 

Department or its components are manufactured domestically from 

domestic materials, and encourages the Department to continue 

evaluating procurement strategies, consistent with all applicable 

laws and regulations, to increase the domestic percentage of such 

uniforms and equipment it sources. Within 90 days of the date of 

enactment of this Act, the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer 

is directed to provide a report on the percentage of uniforms and 

equipment that the Department currently procures domestically 

and the results of its assessment of how this percentage could be 

increased. 

Family Separation.—Over the last several months, the Committee has repeatedly requested information from the Department 

on its policies and processes for determining when U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) personnel will separate individuals 

who present as family units. To date, DHS has failed to provide the 

requested information on the criteria used for such separations and 

the related guidance issued to field personnel. Additionally, DHS 

has failed to provide information on how it defines a family for purposes of separation decisions; the level of criminality that may 

serve as the basis for separating a child from an adult; and whether its definition of a ‘‘fraudulent family’’ includes individuals who 

are genetically or legally related but are not considered a family 

under U.S. law. DHS has also stated that smugglers are pairing 

some children with unrelated adults multiple times, but has provided no documentation. This lack of responsiveness and transparency is concerning and violates a long-held tradition of comity 

between the Department and the Committee. The Committee directs DHS to provide the requested information without further 

delay. 

DHS is directed to ensure, when appropriate and feasible, that 

separated family units are reunited and transferred together prior 

to removal, release from CBP custody, or transfer to ICE custody. 

ICE is expected to ensure that individuals being transferred from 

CBP to ICE custody, in ICE custody, or under ICE supervision 

have opportunities to report family separations and to verify the 

status, location, and disposition of family members, and to regularly communicate with one another by phone or video conference. 

The Committee directs DHS to determine how many families 

separated on or after December 1, 2016, were not reported to the 

court in Ms. L. v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement but were 

described in a January 17, 2019, report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (OEI–BL–18–00511); share with HHS the names, alien 

numbers, and other identifying information for each member of 

each such family; and the reason for, date of, and location of the 

separation. DHS is directed to work with HHS to determine, to the 

greatest extent possible, the current location of each separated 

adult and child and the contact information for the adult and child. 

Within 90 days of the date of enactment this Act, the Department shall publish on its public website information on its efforts 

to address the challenges documented in the September 2018 DHS 

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OIG special report (OIG–18–84) and the January 2019 HHS OIG 

report on family separations. Such information should describe procedures the Department has implemented to ensure that separations by CBP are appropriately reported to ICE and the HHS Office 

of Refugee Resettlement (ORR); CBP and ICE processes to track 

separations in coordination with ORR; and additional resources 

needed to fully address these requirements. CBP shall ensure that 

each instance of the separation of a child from a parent or guardian 

is documented and the rationale is shared with ORR, along with 

the location and contact information for each family member. 

The Committee further directs DHS to publish on its public 

website the following data, delineated by sector and updated biannually: 

(1) The number of separations of a child from an adult resulting 

from: 

(a) a determination that an adult is not a child’s parent; 

(b) a determination that an adult is not a child’s legal guardian; 

(c) a well-founded suspicion or knowledge that the adult is 

engaged in human trafficking; 

(d) a well-founded suspicion or knowledge that the adult 

poses a threat to the child due to the adult’s criminal history; 

(e) a well-founded suspicion or knowledge that the adult otherwise poses a danger to the child; 

(f) the prosecution of the adult under 8 U.S.C. 1325 or 1326; 

and 

(g) any other category for the separation of a child from an 

adult. 

(2) the number of adults removed from the United States without 

a child who was separated from them by DHS; 

(3) the number of children removed from the United States without an adult who was separated from them by DHS; 

(4) the number of children separated by DHS that were removed 

with an adult that had been separated from them; 

(5) the number of families being detained together in ICE custody; and 

(6) the number of separated children referred to ORR. 

For any families separated by CBP personnel, CBP is directed to 

document in each family member’s file the location of and specific 

justification for separation, as well as the names and other identifying information of each separated family unit and the relationship of the separated family members. In addition, ICE is directed 

to ensure that individuals transferred from CBP custody, in ICE 

custody, or under ICE supervision are asked about and have opportunities to report family separation incidents and to verify the status, location, and disposition of family members, and to regularly 

communicate with one another. 

Firearm Ballistics Data.—The Committee is aware that the collection and sharing of ballistics data through the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) operated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has been instrumental in helping to solve gun-related crimes across law enforcement jurisdictions around the country. The Committee encourages 

the Secretary to assess the feasibility of DHS participation in 

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NIBIN, with appropriate safeguards for ensuring that entering 

such data does not compromise ongoing gun crime investigations. 

FOIA Backlog Reduction Plan.—The Committee directs the Secretary to provide, within 90 days of the date of enactment of this 

Act, a plan to eliminate the department-wide backlog of Freedom 

of Information Act (FOIA) requests by the end of fiscal year 2022. 

The plan shall detail how the Department and each of its components will address challenges contributing to backlogs, such as decentralized operations, inadequate technology, or staffing. Within 

120 days of the date of enactment of this Act, the Privacy Office 

shall brief the Committee on the plan, including the resource requirements for implementing it. 

Hemostatic Agents.—The Committee is aware that Department of 

Defense use of hemostatic agents has helped reduce bleeding from 

combat injuries and encourages DHS to assess the costs and benefits of equipping DHS law enforcement vehicles with hemostatic 

dressings based on the civilian standards and recommendations of 

the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care. 

Immigration Case Processing.—The Committee is aware that the 

Department is working with DOJ to develop a common, interoperable, and automated immigration case processing system for DHS 

and DOJ components with immigration responsibilities. The Committee directs the Office of Policy to provide an update on the implementation plan for this system within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act. 

Immigration Data Integration Initiative.—The Committee recommends $2,120,000 above the request to maintain level funding 

for the Immigration Data Integration Initiative, which is focused 

on enabling the Department to provide timely reporting of border 

security and immigration enforcement data. Such data is important 

for informing component operations and also for supporting departmental and congressional oversight. Specifically, the initiative will 

enable DHS to develop uniform immigration data standards; provide stakeholders with real- or near real-time access to relevant 

data; ensure that immigration records are fully linked across DHS 

and other federal agency data systems; and meet transparency requirements directed by the Committee. 

Joint Requirements Council.—The Committee directs the Department to continue providing quarterly briefings on Joint Requirements Council activities. 

Mass Transit and Rail System Vulnerabilities.—The Committee 

is concerned with the security vulnerabilities of our nation’s mass 

transit and passenger rail systems, and strongly encourages DHS 

to explore ways to better utilize its laboratory facilities to rapidly 

research, develop, prototype, and deploy cutting-edge counterterrorism technologies to close counterterrorism gaps in such systems. 

Migrant Protection Protocols Program.—On January 24, 2019, 

the Secretary announced the implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program, through which certain migrants 

would be returned to Mexico during the pendency of their U.S. immigration court proceedings. After several delays, the Department 

provided a limited briefing on the program to the Committee on 

March 7, 2019, but failed to provide follow-up information requested during that briefing. After multiple requests, CBP finally 

provided more detailed information on May 30, 2019, shortly before 

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the Subcommittee was scheduled to consider the fiscal year 2020 

funding bill for the Department. Such delays in responding to Committee requests for information are unacceptable and impair the 

Committee’s constitutionally-derived role to provide oversight of 

the Executive Branch. 

Based on the information provided, the Committee continues to 

have concerns that MPP was implemented by the Administration 

with little forethought given to due process for returned individuals. For instance, those returned have inadequate access to legal 

counsel in the United States; face limited availability of shelter and 

security in Mexico; and are not adequately advised of their rights 

and responsibilities. In addition, CBP has not effectively defined 

who should be considered a member of a ‘‘vulnerable population’’ 

not amenable to placement in MPP; nor effectively worked with the 

DOJ Executive Office of Immigration Review to ensure that the 

cases of migrants placed in MPP will be adjudicated in a timely 

manner. The bill includes a new title II administrative provision to 

address such concerns. 

New Technology.—The Committee directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to assess the Department’s efforts to develop and implement new border security technology in a manner 

that ensures accuracy and sufficiently protects the privacy interests 

of those impacted by such technology. Among other factors, GAO 

shall consider the extent to which DHS has processes and procedures in place designed to ensure that, as appropriate: 

1. a system of due process exists whereby individuals can 

submit complaints, correct erroneous information, and receive 

redress for privacy and other infringements; 

2. the technology will be sufficiently accurate to mitigate the 

risk of privacy violations or other adverse impacts on mistakenly-identified individuals, or security resources being diverted; 

3. DHS can demonstrate the accuracy, operational effectiveness, and suitability of the technology; 

4. effective controls are in place to ensure the technology is 

deployed and implemented in a cost-effective manner that 

minimizes the impact on populations and locations outside the 

intended area where the technology is deployed; 

5. sufficient operational safeguards are in place to reduce opportunities for abuse; 

6. security measures are in place that reflect best practices 

for protecting data from unauthorized access; 

7. DHS adopts policies establishing effective oversight of the 

use and operation of the technology; 

8. DHS complies with existing privacy laws, including by 

conducting the appropriate internal assessments and undertaking necessary rulemakings; 

9. DHS takes appropriate action to consult with residents 

and other populations in locations impacted by the technology 

and takes action to address their concerns; and 

10. DHS adopts policies to minimize data collection, ensure 

prompt purging of information, and prevents dissemination 

and use by other agencies, as appropriate. 

GAO is directed to report its findings to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives within one 

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year of enactment of this Act and to keep the Committees apprised 

of its progress and any interim findings during the course of its assessment. 

Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman.—The Committee is concerned that despite several reviews, audits, and investigations revealing substandard care and conditions at the Department’s short- and long-term civil detention facilities, little progress 

has been made. In response, an administrative provision is included that establishes an independent Immigration Detention Ombudsman position responsible for addressing issues that arise in 

these facilities. This position will report directly to the Secretary 

and will have direct access to all detention facilities and to all detainees and their files. The recommendation includes $20,000,000 

above the request to establish and operate a new office to support 

these functions. Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary shall brief the Committee on a plan and 

schedule for establishing the Ombudsman position and the new Office. 

Operation Secure Line.—The Committee is concerned about a reported initiative, Operation Secure Line, under which the Department maintains a database of journalists, immigration attorneys, 

and immigration rights activists, including U.S. legal residents and 

citizens, who are covering or otherwise affiliated with migrants 

participating in so-called ‘‘migrant caravans.’’ Within 90 days of the 

date of enactment of this Act, DHS shall brief the Committee on 

its information collection and immigration inspection policies and 

practices related to such individuals; the total number of individuals whom the Department is tracking under such policies and 

practices, and the justification for such tracking; and the legal authorities on which the Department is relying for these activities. 

Public Complaint and Feedback System.—OPE shall continue to 

provide semi-annual updates on the work of the Public Complaint 

and Feedback System Working Group, as described in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 115–141. 

Smuggling Investigations.—The Committee is concerned with reports that transnational criminal organizations may combine narcotics and humans in illicit smuggling attempts, further endangering the lives of individuals being smuggled. The Committee directs the Department to work with its federal law enforcement 

partners to ensure that the enforcement of anti-drug and antismuggling laws is carried out in a manner protective of human life 

and safety. In particular, DHS should work to prevent the passage 

of any vehicle through a checkpoint or port of entry for purposes 

of a controlled delivery by another law enforcement agency if the 

vehicle may contain individuals being smuggled under unsafe conditions, such as the smuggling of one or more individuals in a confined or non-airconditioned space. 

State Crime Labs.—The Department should continue providing 

assistance, as appropriate, to state police crime labs to ensure that 

federal requirements do not burden state resources. DHS shall continue to report annually on its use of and partnerships with state 

crime labs, including funding associated with such use and partnerships, and should fully reimburse state crime labs for services they 

provide. The Committee notes that the Department’s partnerships 

with crime labs are particularly important in border states. 

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Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention.—The Committee directs the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans to provide, not later 

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

the programs and activities of the Office for Targeted Violence and 

Terrorism Prevention, including its efforts to broaden the Department’s focus on countering domestic extremism, terrorist 

radicalization, and recruitment. The briefing should include a description of the Department’s efforts or planned efforts to address 

the threats identified in Joint Intelligence Bulletin IA–0154–17. 

Translation Services.—The Committee directs DHS to provide, 

within 120 days of the date of enactment of this Act, a plan for ensuring access to appropriate translation services for all individuals 

encountered by CBP, ICE, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services (USCIS), including an estimate of related resource requirements, and the feasibility and potential benefit of these components jointly procuring such services. 

MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $1,262,302,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 1,557,288,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 1,575,906,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +313,604,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +18,618,000 

Mission 

The mission of the Management Directorate is to provide policy, 

guidance, operational oversight and support, biometric identification services and management solutions for the Department and to 

provide law enforcement and protective security services at federally owned, leased, or operated facilities. 

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $1,083,837,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 1,175,990,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 1,194,608,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +110,771,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +18,618,000 

The recommendation includes $6,317,000 above the request to support the annualization of the 2019 pay raise; $7,728,000 to fund 

a 2020 pay raise; and $4,573,000 to maintain current services. 

Advertising Services.—The Committee directs the Department to 

include, as part of all future budget justifications, the total amount 

obligated for advertising service contracts for the prior fiscal year 

and a target amount for the current year and the budget year, including delineations of such total amounts obligated to socially and 

economically disadvantaged small business concerns, as defined in 

section 8(a)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(4)), and 

to women-owned and minority-owned businesses. 

Cybersecurity Workforce.—The Committee is concerned that the 

DHS cybersecurity workforce lacks adequate participation by minorities and underrepresented communities. To increase the diversity of the cybersecurity candidate pool, the Committee directs the 

Department to partner with minority-serving institutions that 

award degrees in areas such as information technology, computer 

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science, and engineering to increase the number of cybersecurity 

interns that are prepared to enter the cyber workforce, and to update the Committee on its efforts not later than 120 days after the 

date of enactment of this Act. 

Interoperable Communications.—The Committee remains concerned about progress in closing interoperable communications 

gaps among DHS components, and urges the Department to explore how it could leverage existing interoperable communications 

platforms through partnerships with local, state, and other federal 

agencies. 

Obligation Plans.—The Department shall continue to submit obligation plans on a quarterly basis, as detailed in Public Law 114– 

113 and Public Law 115–31. The Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) shall require the use of a uniform obligation plan template to ensure consistency across components, which shall include 

quarterly spending targets for each account and PPA. Each component shall be required to report to OCFO all actual obligations and 

expenditures within 20 days of the close of each quarter and OCFO 

shall provide the consolidated set of plans to the Committee within 

30 days of the close of each quarter. OCFO will also be responsible 

for ensuring that components with major acquisition programs include the breakout of these programs within their quarterly plans 

and provide additional context to describe and justify any changes 

from the prior submission. During the period of any continuing resolution, OCFO shall provide a briefing on the corresponding obligation and budget execution plan, as directed in House Report 114– 

215. 

Performance Measures.—The Committee directs all agencies 

funded by this Act to comply with requirements in title 31 of the 

United States Code related to the development of organizational 

priority goals and outcomes such as performance outcome measures, output measures, efficiency measures, and customer service 

measures. 

Shooting Ranges.—The Committee reminds DHS of the directive 

in House Report 116–9 to assess options for expanding the availability of shooting ranges across departmental components, and 

looks forward to receiving information on the results of that assessment. 

Summary Ratings.—The Committee again directs the Department’s Chief Acquisition Officer to provide a briefing of summary 

ratings for all Level 1 and 2 programs and reminds the Department that this is a quarterly requirement. 

Traveler Identity Verification.—The Committee is aware that the 

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is partnering with 

CBP to test CBP’s Traveler Verification System (TVS) in the TSA 

operational environment. Within 60 days of the date of enactment 

of this Act, TSA, CBP, and the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) shall jointly brief the Committee on the status of 

that testing and the potential for TVS to serve as an enterprise 

level solution for biometric identification of travelers. The briefing 

should also address how CBP, TSA, and the TVS program protect 

the privacy of travelers. 

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ational components in the South Texas region, and looks forward 

to receiving information on the results of that assessment. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $175,920,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 381,298,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 381,298,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +205,378,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... – – – 

The recommendation includes the requested amounts, as follows: $223,767,000 for phase two construction of a headquarters facility 

for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; 

$3,800,000 for Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution 

(PPBE) One Number; $116,359,000 for financial systems modernization; $10,353,000 for the Human Resources Information 

Technology program; $3,272,000 for the DHS Data Framework; 

$8,250,000 for DHS One Net; and $15,497,000 for the Homeland 

Advanced Recognition Technology program. 

Headquarters Consolidation.—The Committee directs the Department to provide an updated headquarters consolidation plan not 

later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $1,527,110,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 1,559,930,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 1,559,930,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +32,820,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... – – – 

Mission 

The Federal Protective Service (FPS) delivers law enforcement 

and protective security services to federally owned, leased, or operated facilities. 

The Committee recommends $1,559,930,000 for the FPS, the 

same as the amount requested, which is fully offset by fees collected from FPS customer agencies. 

Public Law 115–278 authorized the reorganization of the National Protection and Programs Directorate into the Cybersecurity 

and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Pursuant to the authority provided to the Secretary by Section 3(b)(1) of that Act, the 

Acting Secretary made the decision to realign the FPS within the 

Department’s Management Directorate as a direct report to the 

Under Secretary for Management. The Committee is concerned 

that this organizational placement could create a conflict of interest 

between the oversight roles prescribed for the Under Secretary 

under title VII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341) 

and the responsibilities for executing FPS operations. The Committee notes that a January 2019 GAO report (GAO–19–122) recommended steps DHS should take to determine FPS’s organizational placement. It is the Committee’s understanding that the Department will soon be reporting to GAO on how the Acting Secretary arrived at his reorganization decision, including the criteria 

he considered. The Committee directs GAO to report on its assessment of how the Department acted on GAO’s recommendations. 

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INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND OPERATIONS COORDINATION

Mission 

The missions supported through Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations Coordination are twofold: to equip the Homeland Security 

Enterprise with timely intelligence and information to keep the 

homeland safe, secure, and resilient; and to provide operations coordination, information sharing, situational awareness, a common 

operating picture, and departmental continuity. 

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $253,253,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 276,641,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 276,641,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +23,388,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... – – – 

The Committee directs the Office of Intelligence and Analysis to 

work with DOJ to distribute a joint intelligence bulletin updating 

IA–0154–17. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Mission 

The DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducts and supervises independent audits, investigations, and inspections of DHS 

programs, projects, and activities; identifies fraud, abuse, mismanagement, and inefficiencies in the use of funds; and makes recommendations for improving the execution of DHS missions. 

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $168,000,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 170,186,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 195,242,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +27,242,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +25,056,000 

The recommendation includes $2,870,000 for 2020 pay raise and 

$22,186,000 above the request for increased monitoring and oversight of border security and immigration enforcement activities, including unannounced inspections of ICE and CBP detention facilities; the 287(g) and Secure Communities programs; the use of border search authority to search electronic devices; enhanced vetting, 

including supplemental visa questions and social media vetting/ 

monitoring; adjudication of immigration benefit applications, including any delays or denials disproportionately impacting a particular applicant category; ICE and CBP enforcement activities at 

or near sensitive locations; metering of asylum seekers at land 

ports of entry; Operation Streamline; and the Criminal Alien Program. 

FEMA Alternative Procedures.—Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act, the OIG shall brief the Committee on a plan 

to update the report required in section 5189f(h) of title 42, United 

States Code, related to FEMA’s Alternative Procedures program for 

Public Assistance. 

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Treatment of Detainees.—The Committee directs the OIG to assess CBP and ICE policies and practices for meeting the religious 

or medical dietary restriction requirements of CBP and ICE detainees. 

287(g) Program.—The Committee directs the OIG to review ICE’s 

implementation and oversight of the 287(g) program, including 

training, data collection, civil liberties protections, and complaint 

processes. 

Unannounced Inspections.—The OIG shall continue unannounced 

inspections of immigration detention facilities and publish the results of such inspections and other reports related to custody operations activities on its public website. 

TITLE I—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THIS ACT

Section 101. The Committee continues a provision requiring the 

Department to submit a report to the Inspector General regarding 

grants or contracts awarded by means other than full and open 

competition, and requires the Inspector General to review such 

grants or contracts and report the results to the Committees. 

Section 102. The Committee continues a provision requiring the 

Secretary to link all contracts that provide award fees to successful 

acquisition outcomes. 

Section 103. The Committee continues a provision requiring the 

Secretary to notify the Committees of any proposed transfer of 

funds from the Department of Treasury Forfeiture Fund to any 

agency at DHS, and modifies it to prohibit the use of such funds 

for border security infrastructure. 

Section 104. The Committee continues a provision related to official costs of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary. 

Section 105. The Committee includes a new provision establishing an Immigration Detention Ombudsman. 

TITLE II—SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 

INVESTIGATIONS 

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $14,959,548,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 18,191,683,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 13,868,897,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... ¥1,090,651,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... ¥4,322,786,000 

Mission 

The mission of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is to 

enforce laws regarding the admission of foreign-born persons into 

the United States and facilitate the flow of legitimate trade and 

travel. 

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $12,179,729,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 12,513,492,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 13,114,935,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +935,206,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +601,443,000 

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The recommendation includes $42,796,000 above the request to support the annualization of the 2019 pay raise and $191,345,000 

to fund a 2020 pay raise of 3.1 percent. 

Additionally, the recommendation includes increases above the request for the following: $157,400,000 to fill a gap created by the 

assumed availability of Electronic System for Travel Authorization 

(ESTA) fees; $25,000,000 for innovative technology; $2,000,000 for 

Enterprise Geospatial Improvement Services; $2,000,000 for rescue 

beacons for a total of $4,000,000; $40,500,000 for a unified immigration portal and for data analytics; $1,000,000 for Carizzo cane 

control; $10,000,000 for 200 Border Patrol operational support positions; $91,616,000 for 1,200 CBP Officers; $12,221,000 for 120 Enterprise Services mission support personnel; $8,729,000 for 86 Office of Field Operations operational support positions; $29,852,000 

for 240 agriculture specialists; $20,000,000 for port of entry (POE) 

technology; $10,000,000 for trade enforcement enhancements; 

$30,000,000 for Air and Marine Operations (AMO) increased flight 

hours, to include contract personnel; $21,000,000 for incident driven video recording systems; $57,052,000 for critical life and safety 

facility enhancements; and $15,000,000 for border patrol roads. The 

recommendation provides no funding for additional Border Patrol 

Agents. 

Acoustic Hailing Devices.—The Committee directs CBP to provide a briefing, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, on its operational evaluation of acoustic hailing equipment, including pilot and demonstration projects in the Imperial 

Beach and Calexico Border Patrol station areas of operations. 

Brand USA.—The President’s budget request for fiscal year 2020 assumed $157,400,000 in revenue collections would be available to 

CBP through the redirection of the ESTA surcharge fee that currently supports Brand USA, a public-private partnership that promotes travel to the United States by foreign visitors. The Committee notes that the 2014 reauthorization of the Brand USA surcharge extends through fiscal year 2020; any change to the current 

program would require the enactment of new authorization legislation that is not under the jurisdiction of the Committee. The Committee recognizes the economic value in the promotion of international travel and tourism by Brand USA to cities and states 

across the country and encourages CBP to work with the Congress 

to reauthorize the program. 

Border Barrier Mitigation Activities.—The Committee is concerned about the impacts of border barrier construction on sensitive lands and wildlife along the southwest land border, including 

impacts on national wildlife refuges, national forests, national 

monuments, wilderness areas, and imperiled species. The waiver of 

impact review mechanisms, such as those normally required under 

the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act, means that neither the Congress nor the public is fully 

informed on the full scope and cost of such impacts. The Committee 

directs the Department to work with the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Defense to provide a report, within 180 days 

of the date of enactment of this Act, that: 1) assesses the impacts 

of border barrier construction on sensitive lands, habitat, and wildlife; 2) identifies strategies to mitigate such impacts, including land 

acquisitions for national wildlife refuges and other federal public 

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land units; and 3) provides estimates of the cost to implement such 

strategies. 

Electronic Device Searches.—Given the recent increase in the 

number of border device searches, the Committee directs CBP to 

publish data on its public website detailing the number of instances during secondary inspections in which POE personnel: 

(1) accessed the digital contents of any electronic equipment, 

delineated by the nationality and initial country of departure 

for the arriving individual in possession of such equipment; 

(2) accessed the digital contents of an online account, including social media handles and cloud-based accounts; 

(3) requested consent to access the digital contents of any 

electronic equipment belonging to or in the possession of a 

United States person, delineated by whether permission was 

granted; 

(4) requested a United States person to consensually disclose 

an access credential that would enable access to the digital 

contents of electronic equipment of such person, delineated by 

whether the credential was so disclosed; or 

(5) detained an individual for refusing to disclose or provide 

consent to access the digital contents of any electronic equipment belonging to them or in their possession, delineated by 

whether the individual was a United States person, and the 

length of time the individual was detained. 

In addition, CBP is directed to publish aggregate data on the 

race and ethnicity of individuals subject to secondary inspection for 

purposes of accessing digital content. The data required under this 

heading should be published semi-annually beginning within 120 

days of the date of enactment of this Act. 

High-speed Pursuit.—Due to concerns over the fatalities caused 

by Border Patrol high speed pursuits, the Committee directs CBP 

to provide a briefing on the following: current policy on CBP vehicle 

pursuit standards; how the policy differs from Department of Justice policy; how CBP justifies pursuits; does CBP consider whether 

the potential offense in justifying the pursuit is a misdemeanor or 

a nonviolent felony; the number of high speed pursuits over the 

last three years; the number of convictions resulting from the pursuits (to include type of convictions); the number of crashes resulting from a pursuit; and the number of migrants injured or killed 

during a pursuit. 

Incident-Driven Video Recording System.—The Committee provides $21,000,000 for the Incident-Driven Video Recording System 

to deploy to 22 Border Patrol Stations and six POEs. Not later than 

90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, CBP shall brief the 

Committee on the execution plan for the effort, to include an implementation schedule. The Committee expects CBP to require the use 

of body cameras, or other cameras as appropriate, for officers and 

agents in interactions with the public and, in consultation with the 

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Privacy Office, 

to finalize a DHS-wide policy for protecting the privacy of both personnel and the public in the context of such camera use. 

Innovative Technology.—The Committee recommends a total of 

$55,000,000 for innovation technologies, to include $20,000,000 

within Operations and Support (O&S) and $35,000,000 under Procurement, Construction, and Improvements (PC&I). These funds 

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should be used to deliver innovative and disruptive commercial 

technology solutions to front-line personnel. CBP is encouraged to 

review such technologies as countermeasures for unmanned aerial 

vehicles, remote sensing technology, high altitude persistence 

drones, and innovative tower technologies. CBP is directed to update the Committee on the planned obligation of funds at least 15 

days prior to any obligation. 

Migrant Care.—The explanatory statement accompanying Public 

Law 116–6 directed CBP to brief the Committees on progress in establishing permanent plans, standards, and protocols to protect the 

health, safety, and wellbeing of migrants in its custody. The Committee looks forward to receiving that briefing, which is now overdue. In addition, CBP shall continue to update the Committee 

quarterly on progress made in finalizing and implementing such 

plans, protocols, and standards, which should be in compliance 

with the relevant recommendations in the Policy Statement of the 

American Academy of Pediatrics entitled, ‘‘Detention of Immigrant 

Children’’. 

Migrants–Child Welfare Professionals.—With the funds provided 

in this Act and prior Acts, the Committee directs the Department 

to hire or otherwise obtain the services of child welfare professionals with culturally competent, trauma-centered, and developmentally appropriate interviewing skills to provide child welfare 

expertise and screening services on a full-time basis at each land 

POE or Border Patrol station along the southern land border. Not 

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

shall provide an execution plan for hiring child welfare professionals to include how the personnel will be deployed in the field. 

Migrants–Consumables.—With the funds provided for 

consumables in this and prior funding Acts, CBP shall maintain a 

sufficient supply of sleeping mats, toothbrushes, toothpaste, feminine hygiene products, other personal hygiene supplies, and diapers for CBP holding facilities, and make each available upon request. CBP shall also ensure that showers are available to individuals held in custody for longer than 48 hours. 

Migrants–Deaths.—Within 180 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, DHS shall submit a report addressing the following for 

the prior fiscal year: 

(1) for each discovery of migrant remains, whether by CBP 

personnel or other individuals or organizations, within 100 

miles of the southern land border of the U.S. during the reporting period— 

(A) the location of discovery; 

(B) the entity that made the discovery or whether a private individual made the discovery; 

(C) the cause and manner of death, if determinable; and 

(D) the sex, age at time of death, and country of origin, 

if determinable; 

(2) a detailed explanation of CBP efforts to coordinate with 

local elected officials, law enforcement agencies, medical examiners and coroners, universities, nongovernmental organizations, landowners, and other members of the public to identify, 

count, and map the locations of all migrant remains discovered 

during the reporting period; 

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(3) an assessment of CBP protocols for responding to different methods of reporting migrants in distress, including 911 

calls and verbal reports by other migrants; 

(4) an assessment of cellphone coverage in areas where migrant remains are frequently discovered; and 

(5) A detailed description of CBP programs or plans to reduce the number of migrant deaths. 

Migrants–Families in Custody.—When appropriate and feasible, 

CBP shall ensure that separated family units are reunited and 

transferred together prior to removal, release from CBP custody, or 

transfer to ICE custody. When CBP is responsible for the custody 

of unaccompanied alien children who are siblings, the Commissioner shall, to the extent practicable and when in the best interest 

of the children, place such siblings together in the same facility before the Department of Health and Human Services assumes custody pursuant to 8 U.S.C. 1232(b). 

Migrants–Medical Professionals.—Within the $82,000,000 pro- vided for humanitarian efforts, not less than $2,00,000 shall be provided to deploy social workers, medical professionals, and pediatric 

specialists with the cultural and linguistic competency to process 

arriving migrants, including survivors of trauma, torture, and gender-based violence. 

Migrants–Nutrition.—Within 90 days of the date of enactment of 

this Act, CBP shall assess and report to Congress on whether food 

provided to individuals held in CBP custody for stays in excess of 

24, 48, and 72 hours meets federal dietary guidelines, including 

those developed for the special nutritional health needs of juveniles, and make recommendations for any changes needed to ensure better access to nutritionally adequate food in short-term custody. 

Migrants–Overcrowding in Short-Term Custody Facilities.—The 

Committee is concerned with continuing reports of overcrowding in 

CBP short-term holding facilities. While the Committee is sympathetic to the operational needs of the agency, consistent overcrowding presents safety, health, and hygiene risks to individuals 

in custody as well as to departmental personnel. The Commissioner 

shall notify the Committee within 24 hours of each instance in 

which the holding facilities in a sector or field office reaches or exceeds 150 percent of capacity. 

Migrants–Personnel.—CBP should evaluate the potential benefits 

of utilizing non-law enforcement personnel with appropriate training to transport, process, and care for migrants in CBP custody and 

assess whether efficiencies could be gained by co-locating in CBP 

processing facilities representatives of nongovernmental organizations that provide migrant transition services. Additionally, because of the high incidence of physical trauma experienced by 

many migrants, particularly women and children, during their 

journey to the United States, the Committee directs CBP to provide 

training on trauma-informed care for all personnel who interact 

with migrants. This training should include all such mission support personnel. 

Migrants–Queue Management.—The Committee is concerned 

about CBP’s practice of ‘‘metering’’ or ‘‘queue management’’ at 

POEs along the U.S.-Mexico border. Section 235 of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act requires CBP officers to admit for inspection 

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any person who arrives at a POE and expresses a fear of return 

or asks for asylum. The Committee is particularly concerned by reports that unaccompanied children and other vulnerable individuals have been subjected to metering. While the Committee understands that CBP facility capacity can potentially limit the number 

of migrants who can enter a land POE at a given time, CBP has 

historically processed asylum seekers at much higher volumes. The 

Committee directs DHS to take appropriate steps to ensure that 

the United States is meeting its legal obligations to asylum seekers 

and to provide the Committee with any additional resource requirements needed for this purpose. The Committee is aware that the 

OIG is currently reviewing CBP’s metering policies and practices 

and looks forward to receiving the results of that review. 

Migrants–Release of Families.—CBP is encouraged to work with 

local nonprofits and governments on the timing and location of the 

release of migrants to allow organizations and local governments 

time to prepare for large influxes of families. As a result of many 

non-profit shelters facing overcrowding and with limited transportation option in many border towns, CBP is encouraged to provide 

transport to adjacent towns to facilitate the movement of migrants 

away from the border area. 

The Committee is aware that the Border Patrol is transporting 

migrant families out of high-volume sectors, such as the Rio 

Grande Valley, to other Border Patrol sectors along the southwest 

border to assist in processing and release from CBP custody. The 

Committee directs CBP to provide a briefing within 30 days of date 

of enactment of this Act on how the agency determines which individuals or groups will be transferred and how CBP decides which 

stations to send migrants. 

Migrants–In-Custody Time for Unaccompanied Children.—The 

Commissioner of CBP shall notify the Committee within 24 hours 

of any instance in which a child is held in a single CBP holding 

facility for more than five days or spends more than a total of six 

days in CBP custody. The notification should indicate the location(s) where the child has been held; whether the child is accompanied or unaccompanied; the child’s age; and the child’s health 

condition. 

Migrants–Safety.—CBP shall continue its policies and activities 

that help protect people who travel on foot through dangerous terrain after having entered the United States between the ports of 

entry. CBP shall continue to prohibit CBP personnel from engaging 

in any activity that could damage water and food caches and increase efforts to increase migrant safety, including through the 

placement and maintenance of additional rescue beacons. The recommendation includes an increase of $2,000,000 above the request 

for this purpose. 

Mitigation in Floodplains.—Not later than 60 days after the date 

of enactment of this Act, CBP shall brief the Committee on its specific efforts to mitigate flooding and the negative economic, environmental, and quality of life impacts of flooding on property owners, 

communities, and wildlife in areas where border barriers have been 

constructed. 

Operation Streamline.—The 2015 DHS OIG report, ‘‘Streamline: 

Measuring Its Effect on Illegal Border Crossing’’ (OIG–15–95) detailed serious deficiencies with Operation Streamline and other 

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prosecutions for illegal entry/reentry and made a number of recommendations, including: measuring the effects of the program, estimating and reporting on its costs, and developing guidance for the 

treatment of asylum seekers. Not later than 90 days after the date 

of enactment of this Act, the Committee directs DHS to provide a 

briefing on the status of implementing each of the recommendations in the 2015 report; the operational guidance for each sector 

or area of responsibility using the Consequence Delivery System; 

any changes made over the last three years; and the statistical justification or other rationale for the particular consequences applied 

to each category of migrants. 

Polygraph Waivers.—The Committee directs CBP to provide 

quarterly reports on the number of personnel applicants to whom 

the Commissioner has granted polygraph waivers, accompanied by 

the current Significant Admissions Summary, which is a list of admissions to criminal and national-security-compromising acts that 

are uncovered during polygraph exams. 

Prosecution of Asylum Seekers.—The Committee is concerned by 

reports of the prosecution for illegal entry and reentry of individuals who express a fear of return to their country of origin during 

processing by CBP. The Administration is reminded of the United 

States’ obligation under the 1951 Refugee Convention to refrain 

from punishing asylum seekers for the way in which they enter the 

country. 

Reporting Requirements.—CBP shall continue to follow the directives in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 116– 

6 related to the following, including the previously directed timeframes unless otherwise specified: 

(1) CBP-wide capability gaps; 

(2) Border Patrol Workforce Staffing Model; 

(3) Combined table of CBP interdictions of currency and 

major categories of drugs; 

(4) The number of detainees held by CBP for more than 48 

and 72 hours, respectively; 

(5) Allegations related to employee corruption; 

(6) Use of force abuses; 

(7) Checkpoint, transportation check, and roving patrol stop 

operations; 

(8) Border Patrol and AMO aviation working group; 

(9) Search and rescue efforts for fiscal year 2019; 

(10) Deaths in custody and not in custody; 

(11) POE infrastructure capital investment projects, not 

later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act; and 

(12) Staffing gains and losses. 

Staffing Shortages.—The Committee remains aware of continued 

staffing shortages at land, sea, and air POEs, to include International Mail Facilities and Express Consignment Facilities. While 

the current resource allocation model states that CBP requires at 

least 27,021 officers and 3,148 agriculture specialists for existing 

requirements at the POEs, the President’s discretionary budget request makes no significant attempt to mitigate this gap. These critical shortages impact trade and travel across all types of POEs, to 

include airports, bridges, cruise ship terminals and international 

rail crossings. To address these concerns, the recommendation includes funding above the request for over 1,200 new CBP Officers, 

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86 operational support staff, 120 mission support staff, and 240 agriculture specialists. 

Transparency.—The Committee is aware of concerns that CBP 

activities and policies may sometimes lack public transparency and 

may be subject to inadequate data collection and reporting. The 

Committee directs CBP to reiterate its commitment to a policy of 

‘‘maximum disclosure, minimum delay’’ in releasing information to 

the media and public; continue to post all policies and guidelines 

that may be of interest to the public on the agency’s website; and 

continue—or expand as practicable—data collection that more effectively detects and deters abuse, strengthens accountability, and 

ensures effective use of limited resources. 

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).—The Committee notes that 

CBP’s oversight framework and procedures are intended to ensure 

that the use of its UAS is in compliance with privacy and civil liberty laws and standards. To effectively monitor such compliance, 

the Committee expects DHS to track the number of times these 

systems are used along the border, in a maritime environment, or 

in support of state, local, and tribal law enforcement entities, and 

directs DHS to make this information publicly available. 

Border Security Operations 

Border Patrol Pay.—On April 11, 2019, DHS notified the Committee that the Acting Secretary approved a Border Patrol Agent 

retention incentive program, to go into effect in fiscal year 2019. To 

address the estimated funding requirement in fiscal year 2019, the 

Administration recently proposed $84,000,000 to support this program as part of a fiscal year 2019 supplemental appropriations request. To date, however, DHS has provided no estimate for the fiscal year 2020 funding requirement for the incentive program. DHS 

is again directed to propose any new personnel incentive programs 

in its annual budget request so that the Committee can fully assess 

them in the context of competing funding priorities. 

The Committee is also aware that the Department intends to update certain Border Patrol Agent job descriptions to facilitate more 

rapid career advancement with less experience than currently required. To date, the only official reference to this change the Committee has seen is a $23,000,000 request in the supplemental appropriations package the Administration recently submitted to 

Congress, which is proposed to support an initiative to train Border 

Patrol Agents to serve as asylum officers. Because the Department 

has provided inadequate justification and no details in support of 

this proposal, it is impossible for the Committee to fully assess it 

or determine its long-term cost requirements. The Committee reminds the Department of the requirements of section 527 of Public 

Law 116–6 requiring a formal notification to the Committee prior 

to the implementation of any structural pay reform. 

Carrizo Cane.—Following the completion of multi-year pilot efforts for the control of Carrizo cane along the Rio Grande River in 

Texas, CBP and the U.S. Department of Agriculture initiated a 

long-term control program in fiscal year 2018 that employs both 

mechanical topping and the use of biological control agents. The 

recommendation includes an increase of $1,000,000 above the fiscal 

year 2019 funding level for these efforts, for a total of $4,000,000 

to accelerate these efforts in fiscal year 2020. CBP should continue 

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to coordinate with the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation 

Board and other stakeholders on control efforts and provide regular 

updates to the Committee on the performance of this program with 

regard to increased visibility, biomass reduction, and miles of river 

treated. 

Collaboration with the Border Patrol.—Border Patrol sector 

chiefs often have the most comprehensive understanding of the 

challenges facing their geographic area of responsibility. The Committee encourages all state, local, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies working in the southwest land border region to collaborate and operationally coordinate, when feasible, with sector 

chiefs in their respective geographical regions. 

Potable Water.—The Committee encourages CBP to collaborate 

with the Science and Technology Directorate to explore a demonstration of building-scale, direct potable water reuse capabilities 

for on-site sustainable water at CBP Forward Operating Bases 

(FOB). A deployable and easy-to-use on-site, wastewater treatment 

system that minimizes energy and water usage could reduce costs 

and environmental impacts by avoiding the need to transport fresh 

water to the FOBs. 

Search and Rescue Efforts.—The Committee commends CBP’s 

search and rescue efforts, in particular those of the Border Patrol 

Search, Trauma, and Rescue Unit, and encourages CBP to expand 

engagement with its state and local counterparts and nongovernmental organizations to better leverage its resources. 

Trade and Travel Operations 

Admissions Under False Pretenses.—The Committee directs CBP 

to provide a briefing on allegations concerning the fraudulent use 

of tourist visas and the steps taken to ensure that admissions criteria are applied uniformly across ports of entry, as directed in 

House Report 115–239. 

Agriculture Inspections.—The Committee directs the Department 

to work with its federal law enforcement partners and the Department of Agriculture to determine the extent of transnational criminal involvement in foreign produce bound for the United States; 

work to increase inspections of imported agricultural products for 

produce that may contain drugs; utilize its intelligence collection 

and partnerships with foreign agencies to identify produce shipments that transported drug shipments to border locations to facilitate drug trade; and deny entry to shipments of this nature. 

Agriculture Inspectors.—CBP is directed to continue working 

with USDA to better leverage existing personnel to address the agriculture inspection workload, such as through the authorization of 

additional work hours or dual certification, and to report back to 

the Committee on its efforts within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act. The Committee provides $29,852,000 to hire 240 

new agriculture inspectors. 

Biometric Exit.—The Committee directs CBP to provide a detailed expenditure plan for biometric exit activities within 90 days 

of the date of enactment of this Act, as directed in House Report 

114–668. 

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ment of this Act. The Committee also encourages CBP to leverage 

the concept of operations for the World Trade Bridge proof-of-concept pilot to make concurrent investments in technology and 

screening processes that would maximize the flow of commercial 

cargo through U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints. 

Visa Waiver Program (VWP).—The Committee is aware that 

some individuals traveling to the United States under the VWP 

have been detained or denied entry because of confusion about eligible purposes of VWP travel. The Committee directs CBP to better 

clarify which types of educational experiences are permitted under 

VWP travel, including what evidence or information is required to 

satisfy CBP that visitors will not overstay the 90 days VWP time 

limit. 

Great Lakes Seaports.—CBP is directed to continue working with 

Great Lakes seaports, cruise vessel operators, and other stakeholders to develop a cruise passenger clearance plan, while continuing to use mobile onboard passenger clearance technology until 

such time as that plan has been implemented. The Committee 

looks forward to receiving the briefing on this issue required by the 

explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 115–141. 

Jones Act.—The Committee recognizes the need for uniform application and enforcement of coastwise laws across the nation. CBP 

shall devote not less than $1,000,000 to its Jones Act Division of 

Enforcement. 

Land Port of Entry (LPOE) Infrastructure Capital Investment 

Plan.—When developing the LPOE Infrastructure Capital Investment Plan, CBP is encouraged to consider the financial constraints 

of small towns with seasonal economies when mandating security 

enhancements at publicly-owned POEs. Additionally, the Committee encourages CBP to remain cognizant of the cost burden on 

private port owners and operators when mandating space and security requirements at new facilities. CBP should consider the space 

requirement for immigration processing when developing designs 

and updating investment plans. 

Mislabeling and Transshipment.—The Committee directs CBP to 

provide a briefing not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on how the agency addresses mislabeling and 

transshipment to avoid tariffs and duties on such imports as synthetic turf, to include relabeling containers through intermediate 

destinations to hide the true origin of the products. 

LPOE Hours of Operation.—The Committee directs CBP to refrain from reducing the hours of operation at any POE unless CBP 

can demonstrate that the reduction will benefit commerce without 

introducing increased local traffic delays, and has consulted with 

elected officials at all levels, community members, and impacted 

private sector stakeholders prior to making changes. In addition, 

CBP shall notify the Committee not later than 30 days in advance 

of any proposed changes. 

POE Technology.—The recommendation includes not less than 

$20,000,000 for upgrades to POE technology, to include Border Security Deployment Program equipment and license plate reader 

technology. 

Resource Allocation Model.—While the Office of Field Operation’s 

resource allocation model has greatly improved its ability to make 

informed staffing decisions, the Committee understands that CBP 

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must routinely update the model to account for new trade and travel data and address any newly identified gaps, including increased 

requirements resulting from airport expansions. Any modifications 

to the model shall be described in future budget submissions at the 

field office level. Additionally, not later than 60 days after the date 

of enactment of this Act, CBP shall brief the Committee on resource staffing shortfalls on the northern and southern borders 

compared to levels prescribed by the resource allocation model for 

rail crossings and POEs in the land, air, and sea environments, including cruise ship terminals. 

Seafood Harvesting.—CBP is encouraged to continue strengthening its efforts to detect and deter illegally harvested and improperly documented seafood, including by working with other U.S., 

international, and foreign regulatory agencies to ensure fair competition for our country’s domestic fishermen and minimize the impacts of illegal trade. In particular, the Committee urges CBP to 

work with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

to improve and expand the collection, analysis, and auditing of critical import data related to identifying illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) seafood products, and to expand investigations of 

foreign IUU hotspots. 

Sea Ports of Entry Staffing and Upgrades.—Not later than 90 

days after the date of enactment of this Act, CBP is directed to provide a briefing to the Committee on requirements for staffing and 

security upgrades for seaports to include marine and cruise terminals. The briefing should address staffing shortages, upgraded security requirements, and plans for technology recapitalization. Additionally, the CBP should address the process used to decide how 

initiatives are funded. 

User Fee Airports.—Consistent with House Report 114–668, the 

Committee strongly encourages CBP to give priority consideration 

to an application for POE status to any user fee airport that served 

at least 75,000 deplaned international passengers in the previous 

calendar year. 

Integrated Operations 

Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Flight Hours.—To increase 

surveillance capabilities on the southwest border, the Committee 

recommends an additional $30,000,000 for increased AMO flight 

hours. These funds may be used for increased aircrew personnel; 

support staffing; contract pilots for training or surge operations; 

equipment upgrades; training; maintenance; fuel; and spares. Not 

later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, AMO 

shall brief the Committee on execution plans for the funds, to include potential out-year resource requirements and the number of 

flight hours that can be achieved with the funding. 

AMO Training Facilities.—As the primary airborne and maritime law enforcement component of CBP, AMO’s training centers 

have unique needs to properly train future Air and Marine Agents. 

CBP is encouraged to fully resource these facilities to allow for new 

simulators and greater student capacity. 

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Mission Support 

Border Security Technology Systems Procurement.—As CBP procures additional border security systems, whether new or existing 

technologies, the Committee encourages the Commissioner to 

evaluate whether a subscription model would: (1) align incentives 

to keep systems updated as technology improves; (2) provide more 

flexibility to upgrade systems; (3) allow border security systems to 

be deployed faster by reducing initial costs; and (4) reduce the total 

cost to the government. The Committee directs CBP to provide a 

briefing on the results of its evaluation not later than 60 days after 

date of enactment of this Act. 

Department of Defense (DoD) Technology.—The Committee encourages DHS to collaborate with the DoD and better leverage the 

DoD Acquisition Process to expedite the acquisition of surplus 

equipment and technology. The Committee directs CBP to provide 

a briefing on this collaboration not later than 60 days after the 

date of enactment of this Act. 

Industry Collaboration.—The Committee believes that DHS and 

CBP would benefit from early collaboration with industry stakeholders on the analysis of border security requirements, identification of available technologies, design of technology and system architectures, measurement of investment effectiveness, and selection 

of acquisition strategies. To that end, the Committee urges DHS 

and CBP to encourage industry efforts to establish consortia 

through which industry participants could collaborate to better inform CBP’s border security requirements and provide more effective border security solutions. To the extent that existing authorities constrain the ability to contract with such consortia, DHS is 

directed to provide technical assistance to the Committee to identify statutory changes required to facilitate such contracting. 

Recruitment and Retention on the Southwest Border.—CBP is directed to brief the Committee not later than 120 days after the 

date of enactment of this Act on personnel recruiting, hiring, and 

retention strategies unique to southwest border living conditions, to 

include a cost of living adjustment, hardship locality pay compensation, student loan forgiveness, spousal work programs, and other 

incentives. The report should also address financial incentives and 

other compensation-based flexibilities to most effectively aid 

spouses and families of individuals who are candidates or new 

hires in a rural or remote area. 

Real-Time Feedback.—The Committee encourages CBP provide 

real-time feedback to federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement and public safety agencies using live, interactive, multi-media 

platforms, as appropriate. 

Recruitment of Women.—The Commissioner is directed to commission a report from experts in law enforcement diversity with experience on recruitment and gender dynamics in law enforcement 

organizations, to be submitted to the Committee not later than 180 

days after the date of enactment of this Act, along with CBP’s responses to the report’s recommendations and an implementation 

plan. The report shall address but not be limited to: (1) whether 

recruitment, application processes, training, promotion, and other 

aspects of employment in CBP law enforcement positions treat 

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women fairly and without bias; and (2) CBP’s training, complaints 

system, and culture regarding sexual harassment and assault. 

Technology Procurement.—The Committee understands that CBP 

is carrying out a Southern Border Threat Assessment to help inform future border security investments, including the appropriate 

mix of personnel, technology, and infrastructure. To accelerate the 

efficient acquisition of border security technologies and maximize 

industry expertise, the Committee urges the Department and CBP 

to explore and expand the use of rapid and non-traditional acquisition tools, such as Other Transaction Authority and innovative 

commercial solutions authority provided under section 880 of Public Law 114–328. 

U.S. Citizens Held in CBP Custody.—The Committee directs CBP 

to provide a detailed report within 90 days of the date of enactment 

of this Act on the number of U.S. citizens detained for more than 

24 hours at POEs during the last two fiscal years. The report 

should include the ages of the individuals detained, the length of 

detention, and the rationale for their detention. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $2,515,878,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 5,402,191,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 477,962,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... ¥2,037,916,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... ¥4,924,229,000 

The Committee recommends the following increases above the request: $50,000,000 for border security technology procurement; 

$17,000,000 for team awareness kits; $30,000,000 for innovation 

technology; $20,000,000 for trade enforcement enhancement, to include collections; and $30,000,000 for one additional multi-role enforcement aircraft. The recommendation provides no funding for 

border barriers or for border patrol checkpoints. 

Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII).—The Committee directs CBP to 

provide, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

Act, an updated, multi-year strategic plan for addressing 

vulnerabilities and capability gaps at POEs, as directed in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 115–141. CBP is 

also directed to brief the Committee on the results of the ongoing 

POE pilots upon their completion. This briefing shall include an assessment of each platform’s ability to increase vehicle inspection 

throughput at POEs without impacting primary operations for commercial and privately-owned vehicles. CBP is further directed to 

update the Committee on the obligation of funds for NII acquisition 

as a part of the required quarterly obligation plans directed in title 

I of this report. The Committee expects any procurement of technology to be competitively awarded. 

U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $7,587,712,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 8,781,195,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 8,057,287,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +469,575,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... ¥723,908,000 

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Mission 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforces federal laws governing border control, customs, trade, and immigration to promote homeland security and public safety. 

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is responsible for disrupting and dismantling transnational criminal threats facing the 

United States. HSI special agents also conduct national security investigations targeting violations of the nation’s customs and immigration laws. 

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) enforces the nation’s immigration laws by identifying and apprehending removable 

aliens, detaining apprehended individuals when necessary, and removing them from the United States in a manner consistent with 

legal processes and procedures. 

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $7,542,153,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 8,702,425,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 7,593,940,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +51,787,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... ¥1,108,485,000 

The recommendation includes the following increases above the 

request: $47,250,000 to restore proposed cuts for the 2019 pay 

raise; $15,750,000 to support the annualization of the 2019 pay 

raise; $90,875,000 for the 2020 pay raise; and $233,144,000 to sustain fiscal year 2019 initiatives. The recommendation does not include $368,612,000 proposed in the request to sustain hiring initiatives that were not funded in the fiscal years 2018 and 2019 appropriations, nor $298,973,000 that was requested for additional law 

enforcement staffing. An additional reduction of $6,308,000 is 

based on anticipated savings associated with a hiring freeze for Fugitive Operations and the Criminal Alien Program. The recommendation does not assume the use of $207,600,000 from the 

Immigration Examination Fee Account (IEFA) to partially offset 

costs for eligible activities in this account due to concerns with the 

impact to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) operations and the growing backlog in applications for immigration 

benefits; an administrative provision in the bill prohibits the use 

of IEFA funds for ICE operations. 

Homeland Security Investigations 

Combatting Human Trafficking.—HSI plays a critical role in investigating Transnational Criminal Organizations involved in trafficking individuals into and within the United States. The Committee encourages HSI to work with appropriate nonprofit organizations and victim service providers to assist HSI agents in the 

identification of human trafficking victims, ensuring they receive 

the proper care and access to victim service organizations. 

Human Exploitation Rescue Operative Child-Rescue Corps.—The 

recommendation includes an increase of $4,000,000 above the request for the training, equipping, and hiring of Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) Child-Rescue Corps program 

graduates. ICE is directed to brief the Committee not later than 

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180 days after the date of enactment of this Act on performance indicators for the HERO program, including the number of child exploitation cases worked by HERO interns and their impact on the 

identification of minor victims and apprehension of contact offenders. 

Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement.—The recommendation 

provides not less than $15,000,000 for intellectual property law enforcement through HSI and the National Intellectual Property 

Rights (IPR) Coordination Center. ICE is reminded of the IPR enforcement resource requirements in House Report 116–9. 

Worksite Immigration Enforcement Actions.—The Committee is 

concerned about the increase in worksite enforcement operations 

since January 2018, especially the disproportionate use of resources 

dedicated to civil administrative arrests of employees. Such arrests 

should be reserved for those individuals who pose a risk to public 

safety. Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act, ICE 

is directed to brief the Committee on the policies, practices, and 

procedures associated with worksite immigration enforcement actions, with a specific focus on direction to the field related to civil 

administrative arrests. 

Enforcement and Removal Operations 

287(g) Program.—A provision in the bill requires ICE to provide 

a report to the Committees and the public regarding 287(g) steering committee membership and activities; performance data; the 

number of individuals placed into removal proceedings by 287(g)- 

designated officers; and any plans for future expansion of or 

changes to the program. ICE, OIG, and CRCL are also directed to 

provide rigorous oversight of the 287(g) program, and ICE is directed to notify the Committee prior to implementing any significant changes to the program, including any changes to training requirements, data collection, selection criteria, or the jurisdictions 

with which ICE has agreements. The Committee also reminds ICE 

that communities are not legally required to enter into such agreements and that immigration enforcement should not be used either 

to induce communities to enter or deter them from discontinuing 

287(g) agreements. 

The Committee directs GAO to follow up on its January 2009 report on management controls in the 287(g) program (GAO–09–109). 

GAO’s review should include a review of the content of and compliance with memoranda of agreement with participating law enforcement agencies; the establishment and role of community steering 

committees; the extent to which ICE has guidance for jurisdictions 

with 287(g) and intergovernmental service agreements to fulfill 

their separate roles and responsibilities for each agreement; safeguards to ensure that state or local officers perform immigration 

enforcement functions only as authorized by their 287(g) agreement; and 287(g) arrest data, broken down by jurisdiction and offense, among other factors. 

Age-Outs.—The Committee is concerned about reports that approximately two-thirds of unaccompanied children turning 18 years 

old while in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement 

(ORR) of the Department of Health and Human Services are transferred directly to ICE custody and detained, often because of a lack 

of planning for alternative placements during the child’s time in 

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ORR care. ICE is directed to provide semi-annual updates to the 

Committee on the number of unaccompanied alien children who 

turn 18 while in ORR custody and are subsequently detained by 

ICE. The first update, due within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, shall include a description of the Juvenile Coordinator’s methodology for determining placement in the least restrictive setting available and for considering an alien’s risk to self or 

the community, risk of flight, and post-18 plan. Each update shall 

delineate transfers from ORR according to ICE area of responsibility and most recent ORR placement category and shall detail the 

rationale for ICE’s placement decision (detention, alternatives to 

detention, Order of Supervision, or own recognizance) for each 

transferred individual. 

Alternatives to Detention (ATD).—The recommendation includes 

an additional $64,000,000 over fiscal year 2019 to continue to grow 

the ATD program, of which $20,000,000 is for the Family Case 

Management Program (FCMP). ICE is directed to continue to provide performance reports to the Committee on the ATD program, 

as described in House Report 116–9. 

Also included is $4,000,000 above the request to fund an independent review and analysis of the ATD program, to include the 

FCMP. The review shall include recommendations for improvements or alternatives to: increase the overall effectiveness of the 

program; improve the cost efficiency and sustainability of the program; ensure appropriate alignment of functions to be performed 

by government officials, non-profit organizations, and/or the private 

sector; and address any gaps in services provided. The Committee 

directs the review and analysis be informed by discussions with 

government officials, current program operators, non-governmental 

immigration policy stakeholders, and current participants in the 

program, and by reviewing similar programs in other countries. 

The results of this review and analysis shall be briefed to the Committee not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

Act. 

ICE is directed to continue ensuring access to ‘‘know your rights’’ 

presentations, as described in House Report 116–9. 

Body Worn Cameras.—ICE is reminded of the requirements in 

House Report 116–9 regarding the use of body worn cameras in its 

field enforcement activities. 

Bond Payments.—ICE is directed to provide the monthly bond 

statistics described in House Report 116–9. 

Detainee Access to Legal, Medical, and Mental Health Services.— 

ICE should not enter into, expand, or renew a contract with any 

entity to operate an immigration detention facility that is located 

more than 100 miles from: a Level IV (or lower) designated trauma 

center; or at least one government-listed, legal aid resource on the 

Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) ‘‘List of Pro Bono 

Legal Service Providers’’ from which the Director has received confirmation that it is able to provide legal services to detainees at the 

facility. 

ICE is directed to continue the requirements in House Report 

116–9 regarding legal resources available to detainees and shall 

ensure that such information is provided in both English and Spanish. 

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Not later than 30 days after the date of the close of the fiscal 

year, the Committee directs ICE to publish on a public facing 

website a description of the medical and mental health staffing— 

delineated by position and qualification—at each facility with a capacity to house at least 50 ICE detainees, along with the ADP of 

each facility. The report should indicate the hours of availability of 

in-person, specialized medical service typically available during the 

week; whether any positions were unfilled for more than one month 

of the previous year; and the average detainee wait time for seeing 

a medical professional. ICE shall also include in the report the 

number of individuals taken into ICE custody with a serious medical condition, including pregnant women, a serious mental health 

condition, and the total length of detention, including transfers, for 

each. The Committee urges ICE to reinstate the policies in its August 2016 directive on the Identification and Monitoring of Pregnant Detainees that was superseded by its December 2017 update. 

The Committee directs ICE to ensure that each family residential center has on-site at least one medical professional qualified to 

provide pediatric care for every 200 children in residence. In addition, at least one such medical professional should be on-site or oncall for every 100 children detained in the facility. The Committee 

further directs ICE to ensure that each family residential center 

makes available at least one mental health professional specializing in pediatric care. 

Detainee Forms.—The Committee directs ICE to provide all 

forms that are required to be signed by a detained person in the 

detainee’s native language. ICE is directed to report to the Committee within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act on a 

plan and timeline for achieving this goal, including an estimate of 

related resource requirements. 

Detention Capacity.—The recommendation reduces Custody Op- erations by $1,053,313,000 and reduces the Transportation and Removal Program by $72,229,000 from the request. The funding provided supports an average daily population (ADP) in detention of 

34,000 for single adults, of which not more than 17,000 is for interior enforcement operations, commensurate with the average ADP 

for such operations between fiscal years 2013 and 2016. Funding 

provided for family detention is intended to phase out this activity 

by not later than December 31, 2019. 

The Committee understands that a surge in the number of single 

adults deemed inadmissible at a POE or who cross the border between ports in fiscal year 2020 could necessitate additional detention capacity to prevent overcrowding at short-term CBP holding 

facilities. To address such a contingency, a provision is included to 

provide additional funding during the fiscal year to respond to 

surges of single adult migrants. Access to this additional funding 

requires a certification from the Secretary that the anticipated 

number of single adult alien transfers to ICE from CBP will exceed 

the number so transferred in fiscal year 2016, when the ADP for 

such aliens was approximately 17,000. The Secretary must also 

provide the Committee with an analysis to substantiate such certifications. 

Further, to ensure that a short-term migration surge does not result in over-funding ICE detention operations, the bill makes these 

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odically throughout the fiscal year. If surge conditions are met, the 

highest-level increment of additional funding provided by this provision would support a single adult ADP of 24,500 associated with 

border security operations, and a total potential funding increase 

of $387,077,000, of which $55,941,000 would be for the Transportation and Removal Program. None of the incremental funding increases are available for ADP associated with interior enforcement. 

Detaining Individuals with Credible Fear.—The Committee reminds ICE of its policy to avoid the detention of an individual who 

has received a positive credible fear determination from an asylum 

officer or immigration judge, absent a finding by an immigration officer that the individual poses a risk to the community or is a flight 

risk. ICE is directed to report to the Committee, monthly, data on 

the number of individuals who received a positive credible fear or 

reasonable fear determination who were: considered for parole; 

granted parole; or denied release on parole, along with an individualized description of the justification for each denial. 

Detention Inspection Reporting.—ICE shall continue to report 

and make public the following, as described in House Report 116– 

9, and shall follow the previously directed timeframes unless otherwise specified: 

(1) Secure Communities report; 

(2) Requirements related to detention facility inspections reports; 

(3) Death in custody reporting, with subsequent reporting to 

be released within 90 days of the initial report; 

(4) Access to facilities; 

(5) Detainee locator information; 

(6) Changes to the current detention facility category and inspection framework; 

(7) Compliance with the 2011 Performance Based National 

Detention Standards (PBNDS 2011) and Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) requirements; and 

(8) Weekly rate of operations for Custody Operations. 

Detention Oversight.—The Committee remains concerned about 

the conditions and care provided at ICE’s civil detention facilities. 

The recommendation provides an additional $14,000,000 above the 

request for the Office of Detention Oversight within the Office of 

Professional Responsibility to fully fund the inspection of each 

over-72-hour detention facility not less than twice per year. The detailed results of these inspections shall be promptly published on 

a public-facing website, redacted as needed to protect any personally identifiable information, along with a plan of action and milestones to address any deficiencies that were identified during the 

inspection. The status of addressing such deficiencies shall be validated by the Office of Immigration Detention Ombudsman established in title I and shall be updated on the website not less than 

quarterly. Further, given the findings in the OIG report, ICE’s Inspections and Monitoring of Detention Facilities Do Not Lead to 

Sustained Compliance or Systemic Improvements, dated June 26, 

2018 (OIG–18–67), the recommendation does not include the 

$3,500,000 requested for the Custody Management Division’s facility inspection contract. 

Consistent with the direction provided in House Report 116–9, 

the ICE Director shall have sole authority to approve detention 

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standard waivers and shall notify the Committee of such waivers 

within 3 business days of such approval. Additionally, ICE shall report publicly on a quarterly basis any waivers issued, and the justification for each such waiver. 

To ensure that detention facility inspections capture the reality 

of conditions that detainees experience, the Committee encourages 

ICE to include within its immigration detention facility inspections 

and reviews documented input from a wide-range of stakeholders, 

to include individuals working at the facility, a representative sample of detainees at the facility, attorneys representing detainees, 

legal orientation providers at the facility, and others performing 

visitation, such as clergy or faith-based organizations. 

ICE is directed to provide a report to the Committee, not later 

than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, identifying for 

each detention contract, Inter-governmental Service Agreement, or 

Inter-governmental Agreement, the detention standards under 

which it is inspected and the status of its compliance with PREA 

standards; and all fiscal year 2019 costs by category, as appropriate. In addition, the ICE Director shall continue to report to the 

Committees at least 30 days in advance of entering into any new 

or significantly modified detention contract or other detention 

agreement that does not meet or exceed the PBNDS–2011, as revised in 2016. Each report shall include a justification for why such 

contract or agreement requires different standards. 

Immigration Enforcement at Sensitive Locations.—The Committee understands it is ICE’s policy that enforcement actions at or 

near sensitive locations—identified by ICE as schools, healthcare 

facilities, places of worship, religious or civil ceremonies or observances, and public demonstrations—should generally be avoided, 

and require either prior approval from an appropriate supervisory 

official for exigent circumstances necessitating immediate action. 

The policy is intended to ensure that anyone seeking to participate 

in activities or utilize services provided at such locations are free 

to do so without fear or hesitation. The Committee directs ICE to 

follow this policy and to broaden the scope of the category to include: courthouses; bus stops; USCIS offices; mental health, emergency, and social services centers; and other locations where community impacts should be better balanced against ICE law enforcement requirements. 

Further, within 180 days of the date of enactment of this Act, 

ICE is directed, in collaboration with other DHS entities as needed, 

to provide a public report on enforcement actions at sensitive locations since October 1, 2017. The report shall include the total number of enforcement actions at sensitive locations, broken down by: 

field office; type of sensitive location; whether prior approval was 

given; what type of exigent circumstances existed, if any; and the 

number of non-targeted individuals who were also apprehended. It 

should also contain information on the number of enforcement actions occurring at courthouses and bus stops for each field office, 

including the number of individuals apprehended at each location, 

broken down by targeted and non-targeted individuals. 

Improving Conditions at ICE Field Offices and Sub-Offices.—The 

Committee is concerned about the conditions and lack of adequate 

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stands that visitors who appear at these facilities for an appointment or processing may be required to wait inordinate amounts of 

time, without shelter or shade. Further, there may be insufficient 

restroom or drinking water infrastructure. The Committee has also 

been made aware that visitors who appear at these facilities for appointments may experience difficulty while attempting to confirm 

their appointment letters via phone due to insufficient capacity, 

and many visitors have had trouble contacting an ICE employee 

who can speak their native language, including Spanish. To address these conditions, the Committee directs ICE to work with the 

General Services Administration (GSA) to determine what steps 

must be taken and what additional infrastructure is necessary at 

facilities in order to improve conditions and processing times, as 

well as to determine how to improve planning and design for future 

ICE ERO facilities. ICE is directed to provide a report on its findings to the Committee within 180 days of the date of enactment of 

this Act. ICE is also directed to ensure that proper oversight of conditions at its ERO field offices, sub-offices, and contractor facilities 

is conducted by its quality assurance teams. Finally, the Committee encourages ICE to permit the distribution of food and water 

by outside individuals or advocates to visitors who are waiting to 

be seen. 

Parental Interests.—In the execution of ERO activities, ICE is directed to ensure that field personnel, including ERO officers, are 

appropriately trained on all agency policies and procedures involving detained parents and legal guardians, including ICE’s directive 

on the Detention and Removal of Alien Parents or Legal Guardians 

and time of arrest protocols to minimize harm to children. 

Phone Access in Detention.—To the greatest extent possible, the 

Committee expects ICE to apply the terms of the Lyon v. ICE, et 

al. Settlement Agreement regarding detainee telephone access to 

each of its detention facilities and directs ICE to brief the Committee on the status of providing such access within 90 days after 

the date of enactment of this Act. The briefing shall include a list 

of facilities that fail to provide access to free, confidential calls to 

attorneys and non-attorneys; a justification for each such failure; 

the period of performance for the contract with the facility (if applicable), along with any option periods; and the steps and a timeline 

for requiring each facility to comply. 

Rape Prevention in Immigration Detention Facilities.—The Committee encourages ICE to collaborate with the National PREA Resource Center, which is supported by the Department of Justice, to 

help facilitate PREA compliance. Within 60 days after the date of 

enactment of this Act, ICE shall brief the Committee on its 

planned schedule for achieving 100 percent compliance with PREA 

requirements, the results of completed PREA audits, and an assessment of whether the standards are effective in protecting vulnerable populations. 

Reporting on Removals.—The Department shall continue to submit data on the deportation of parents of U.S.-born children semiannually, as in prior years, and shall also report semiannually on 

removals of honorably discharged members of the armed services. 

Reporting on Criminality.—ICE is directed to continue monthly 

reporting regarding criminality, as described in House Report 116– 

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sult of interior enforcement efforts versus those from border security operations. 

Risk Classification Assessment.—The Committee is concerned 

about ICE’s inconsistent treatment of similarly situated individuals, to include decisions on whether to release or detain; length 

of time in detention; whether to require a bond and the amount of 

such bond; custody classification level of those detained; and community supervision level of those not detained. Not later than 180 

days after the date of enactment of this Act, ICE, in collaboration 

with the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, is directed to brief the Committee on the results of a reevaluation of its 

Risk Classification Assessment (RCA) process and to provide recommendations to improve the process. The Committee directs that 

the recommendations provide a strong preference for using ATD, 

especially in support of interior enforcement efforts, and clear guidance to describe situations when detention must be used, such as 

when the officer can clearly demonstrate with individualized evidence that a migrant poses a flight risk or a risk to public safety. 

Transgender Detainees.—The Committee directs ICE to limit the 

detention of individuals who self-identify as transgender to facilities subject to a contract formally modified pursuant to Attachment 

1 of the June 19, 2015 ICE memo entitled ‘‘Further Guidance Regarding the Care of Transgender Individuals,’’ unless the individual has voluntarily declined placement in such a facility after 

being informed of the opportunity to do so. 

U Visas.—The Committee recognizes the value of the U visa program in protecting victims of violent crime and promoting public 

safety by enabling criminal investigations. The Committee directs 

ICE to provide a report within 90 days of the date of enactment 

of this Act on the number of individuals deported with a pending 

U visa application or when a U visa application had been denied. 

Mission Support and the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor 

Increases to Support Transparency.—The recommendation includes increases above the request of $2,000,000 for the Law Enforcement Systems and Analysis division to address increased demands for immigration data and analysis, including Committee requests for information, and $2,000,000 for the Office of the Chief 

Financial Officer for additional capacity to address the growing 

workload. 

Minor Construction and Improvements to ICE Facilities.—The 

recommendation includes an increase of $9,425,000 above the request to reduce the backlog of necessary repairs and improvements 

to address unsafe or unfit detention facility conditions, and an increase of $406,000 above the request to support an Office of the 

Principal Legal Advisor facility consolidation project. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $45,559,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 78,770,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 76,270,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +30,711,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... ¥2,500,000 

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The recommendation includes the following increases above the request: $45,000,000 for construction and facility improvements to 

address major projects on ICE’s facilities backlog list; and 

$2,500,000 for the U.S. Title 8 Aliens and Nationality Initiative (T– 

8) to accelerate modernization efforts of ICE’s immigration information technology systems, data platforms, and reporting and analytics capabilities. The recommendation does not include 

$50,000,000 proposed in the request for facility projects to support 

prior year hiring initiatives that were not funded in fiscal years 

2018 and 2019 appropriations. 

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ....................................................... $7,600,462,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ..................................................... 7,298,720,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................. 7,879,691,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 .................................................... +279,229,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................. +580,971,000 

Mission 

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is charged 

with protecting U.S. transportation systems, while facilitating the 

flow of travelers and commerce. 

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ....................................................... $7,410,079,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ..................................................... 7,115,195,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................. 7,648,384,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 .................................................... +238,305,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................. +533,189,000 

The recommendation includes $533,189,000 above the request, including: $24,545,000 to annualize the 2019 pay raise; 

$118,305,000 to provide a 2020 pay raise; $45,000,000 to continue 

the Law Enforcement Officer Reimbursement Program; 

$58,800,000 to continue the Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response Team program; $81,633,000 to continue legally mandated 

staffing at certain exit lanes; and $204,906,000 to maintain current 

services. 

DCA Access Standard Security Program.—The Committee encourages TSA to work with partner agencies and stakeholders to 

improve the DCA Access Standard Security Program (DASSP). TSA 

is directed to provide a briefing on the DASSP not later than 90 

days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

Federal Flight Deck Officer Program.—The Committee recommends $20,017,000 for the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) 

and Flight Crew Training program, an increase of $3,320,000 above 

the request to maintain the current pace of training. Recent administrative changes to the program should provide more flexibility 

and a substantive increase in FFDO enrollment and retention. The 

Committee directs TSA to provide a briefing not later than 60 days 

after the date of enactment of this Act on FFDO enrollment, training, and recertification. 

General Aviation Representative.—The Committee understands 

that TSA has appointed a full-time general aviation representative, 

as authorized by Public Law 115–254. Within 60 days of the date 

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of enactment of this Act, TSA shall brief the Committee on the 

roles and responsibilities of the Industry Engagement Manager for 

General Aviation. 

Canine Program.—The Committee is concerned that the TSA Canine Program may be insufficiently resourced to provide coverage 

of the nation’s largest hub airports. The Committee directs TSA to 

provide a briefing not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on the risk-based requirement for additional canine teams and the methodology for allocating current teams 

among airports based on risk. 

Postal Shipment Security.—The Committee understands that 

TSA and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) are considering the implementation of additional security measures for international outbound and domestic postal shipments by air. Not later than 90 

days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Committee directs 

TSA to provide a briefing on the current threat picture related to 

carriage of USPS mail and parcels aboard aircraft, alternative security measures under consideration, and the estimated impacts of 

such measures on the private sector. 

Public Area Security National Framework.—The TSA Public 

Area Security National Framework report recommended the consolidation of emergency communications, airport law enforcement, 

aircraft rescue operations, and firefighting operations into a single 

operations center on the airport campus. This recommendation is 

particularly important for airports serving a civil-military purpose, 

which face a heightened risk of terrorist acts. Within 120 days of 

the date of enactment of this Act, TSA shall brief the Committee 

on its plans for implementing the report’s recommendations. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ....................................................... $169,789,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ..................................................... 162,623,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................. 210,405,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 .................................................... +40,616,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................. +47,782,000 

The recommendation includes an increase of $47,782,000 above 

the request, including $27,782,000 for additional procurement of 

computed tomography (CT) equipment and $20,000,000 for reimbursements to airports for legacy in-line explosive detection equipment. 

Computed Tomography Equipment.—The recommendation includes an increase of $27,782,000 above the request to accelerate 

the procurement and installation of CT equipment at airport checkpoints to provide enhanced detection capabilities for carry-on baggage. Combined with the requested amount, the total funding level 

will enable TSA to deploy approximately 365 CT systems in fiscal 

year 2020. 

Credential Authentication Technology (CAT).—The Committee directs TSA to provide a briefing, not later than 90 days after the 

date of enactment of this Act, on its procurement and deployment 

plans for the CAT program. As part of this briefing, TSA shall address how CAT implementation will impact the Registered Traveler 

Program and any appropriate steps the agency is taking to help 

mitigate such impacts. In addition, the briefing should address 

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TSA’s efforts to minimize negative impacts of the CAT program on 

traveler privacy. 

Enhanced Advanced Imaging Technology.—The Committee supports the Administrator’s efforts to accelerate the introduction of 

innovative and high performance technology, including enhanced 

advanced imaging technology, (e-AIT) to increase threat detection 

checkpoint efficiency to accommodate increasing passenger volumes. TSA’s public private partnership initiatives have supported 

the introduction of new technology to airport security operations 

and the Committee encourages the Administrator to establish expedited processes to validate and make new higher performance eAIT technology available for TSA’s stakeholders to procure and gift 

to TSA for use in their security operations. 

Explosive Detection System Reimbursements.—The recommendation includes $20,000,000 for TSA to continue reimbursement of 

airports that incurred costs associated with the development of a 

partial or completed in-line baggage system prior to August 3, 

2007. TSA is directed to update the Committee on its timeline and 

allocation plan for these funds not later than 60 days after the date 

of enactment of this Act, to include a plan for how TSA will address 

the remaining balance of reimbursement claims in future budget 

requests. 

Future-year Capital Investment Plan.—TSA is directed to provide 

a report to the Committee, not later than 90 days after the date 

of enactment of this Act, on a future-year capital investment plan 

for procurement of new and replacement transportation security 

equipment. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ....................................................... $20,594,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ..................................................... 20,902,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................. 20,902,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 .................................................... +308,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................. – – – 

COAST GUARD

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 1 ....................................................... $11,850,921,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 2 ..................................................... 11,119,416,000 

Recommended in the bill 3 ................................................................. 12,013,363,000 

Bill compared with:.

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +162,442,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +893,947,000 

1 Excludes funding appropriated under this heading for the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)/Overseas 

Contingency Operations (OCO). 2Funding for the Coast Guard related to GWOT/OCO is requested under Navy, Operations and Mainte- nance. 3 No funding is recommended under this heading for GWOT/OCO. 

Mission 

The Coast Guard is the principal federal agency charged with 

maritime safety, security, and stewardship. It is a military, multimission, maritime service within the Department of Homeland Security and one of the nation’s five armed services. 

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OPERATIONS & SUPPORT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 1 ....................................................... $7,643,201,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 2 ..................................................... 7,872,395,000 

Recommended in the bill 3 ................................................................. 8,028,742,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +385,541,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +156,347,000 

1 Excludes funding appropriated under this heading for the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)/Overseas 

Contingency Operations (OCO). 2Funding for the Coast Guard related to GWOT/OCO is requested under Navy, Operations and Mainte- nance. 3 No funding is recommended under this heading for GWOT/OCO. 

The recommendation includes the following increases above the request: $6,100,000 for additional resources to support increased 

recruiting with a focus on women and minority populations; 

$42,399,000 for additional maintenance for cutters, boats, and aircraft; $36,000,000 for depot-level maintenance for shore assets; 

$2,000,000 to add 10 billets for the Maritime Safety Response 

Team (MSRT)—West; $4,399,000 to annualize the 2019 civilian 

personnel pay raise; and $23,151,000 to provide a 2020 civilian personnel pay raise. 

The recommendation also includes increases above the request to 

continue fiscal year 2019 support for an increase in the child care 

subsidy, increased military billets, fuel charges, and activities authorized under section 303 of Public Law 115–282. 

Advanced Polymer Body Armor.—The Committee encourages the 

Coast Guard to evaluate commercially available body armor made 

with advanced polymers for use by maritime enforcement personnel, with a focus on the benefits of reduced weight, bulk, and 

discomfort levels compared to traditional body armor materials. 

Asset Acquisition Report.—The Commandant is directed to provide to the Committee, not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, a report that examines the number and type 

of Coast Guard assets required to meet the Service’s current and 

foreseeable needs in accordance with its statutory missions. The report shall include, but not be limited to, an assessment of the required number and types of cutters and aircraft for current and 

planned asset acquisitions. The report shall also specifically address regional mission requirements in the Western Hemisphere, 

including the Polar regions; support provided to Combatant Commanders; and trends in illicit activity and illegal migration. 

Center of Expertise for Great Lakes Oil Spill Preparedness and 

Response.—The Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 

2018 (Public Law 115–282) directed the Coast Guard to establish 

a Center of Expertise for Great Lakes Oil Spill Preparedness and 

Response. That Act specified that the Center of Expertise shall be 

located in close proximity to critical crude oil transportation infrastructure on the Great Lakes, such as submerged pipelines, and 

near an institution of higher education with adequate aquatic research laboratory facilities and capabilities and expertise in Great 

Lakes aquatic ecology, environmental chemistry, fish and wildlife, 

and water resources. The Committee recognizes the significant 

gaps in Great Lakes and freshwater oil spill research and the urgent need to develop equipment, technologies, and techniques to 

mitigate and respond to this threat. In accordance with Public Law 

115–282, the Committee urges the Coast Guard to prioritize a location for the Center of Expertise that has established infrastructure, 

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including deep-water berths for large vessels, along with laboratories and facilities for freshwater microbial research. 

Coast Guard Museum.—Current law authorizes the use of funds 

to preserve and protect Coast Guard artifacts, as well as for the design, fabrication, and installation of exhibits or displays in which 

these artifacts are included. Prior to the obligation of funds associated with the Museum, the Coast Guard is directed to brief the 

Committee on a plan for the use of these funds. 

Cybersecurity and Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure.— 

The recommendation includes the requested $16,181,000 to invest 

in Cybersecurity and IT Infrastructure Security. Modernization efforts of the Coast Guard’s Enterprise Mission Platform will focus 

on an adaptable architecture and seek efficiencies across the agency. 

Natural Disaster Resiliency.—The Committee is concerned about 

the risks posed by natural disasters, including tsunamis, to Coast 

Guard stations and directs the Coast Guard to develop a plan to 

mitigate such risks and improve the resiliency of these stations. 

Powered Ascenders for Rotary-Wing Fleet.—The Committee recognizes the importance of redundant systems for aviation rescue operations and encourages the Coast Guard to consider equipping its 

rotary-wing aircraft with light-weight, portable, powered ascenders 

with lift capacity equivalent to conventional rescue hoists. 

STEM Education.—The Committee urges the Coast Guard to engage with the Department of Defense to leverage opportunities to 

build-out efforts in cooperation with museums, schools, and other 

nontraditional classroom settings on limnology and oceanographic 

programs that support science, Technology, Engineering, and 

Mathematics education through regional headquarters, and consider expending these programs with minority-serving institutions. 

Tatoosh Island Lighthouse.—The Committee commends the 

Coast Guard for its ongoing, constructive dialog with the Makah 

Indian Tribe relating to the stabilization and repair of the historic 

1857 Cape Flattery Lighthouse and Fog Signal Building. The lighthouse is Washington State’s second oldest and is located on 

Tatoosh Island at the most northwestern point of the lower 48 

states. The Committee is hopeful that development and implementation of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Coast 

Guard and the Makah Tribe will help ensure these iconic maritime 

structures are properly cared for such that they remain a part of 

our heritage for future generations to enjoy. 

Vehicles on Ferries.—The Committee encourages the Coast 

Guard to coordinate with state, and local authorities in implementing 46 CFR 78.40–5, regarding the securing of vehicles on ferries, to allow for appropriate exceptions that provide for the health 

and safety of individuals with disabilities and other special needs. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $2,248,260,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 1,234,656,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 1,972,256,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... ¥276,004,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +737,600,000 

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The Coast Guard is directed to continue to brief the Committee 

quarterly on all major acquisitions, consistent with the direction in 

the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114–4. 

Vessels 

Cutter Boats.—The recommendation includes $10,800,000 above 

the requested level to procure four combat craft assault vessels for 

the MSRTs (two per team) to address mission capability requirements and standardize the mix of vessels across both units. 

Fast Response Cutter (FRC).—The recommendation provides 

$290,000,000 for five FRCs, $150,000,000 above the request. 

Ice Breaking Vessels.—The Committee recognizes that Polar icebreakers are essential to securing the nation’s security and economic interests in the polar regions. The Committee was pleased 

that the Coast Guard recently awarded a contract for the first 

Polar Security Cutter (PSC) with funding appropriated in fiscal 

year 2019 and looks forward to updates on the execution of the contract to inform the planning for the next phase of the program. The 

recommendation includes $135,000,000 for this program, 

$100,000,000 above the request, for long lead time materials for a 

second PSC. 

The Committee notes that $10,000,000 has been appropriated in 

prior fiscal years for survey and design of a Great Lakes Icebreaker. The Committee encourages the Coast Guard to explore 

whether the acquisition of medium icebreakers that are at least as 

capable as USCGC MACKINAW could fulfill mission requirements 

in both the polar regions and the Great Lakes. 

In-Service Vessel Sustainment.—The recommendation provides 

$91,400,000, which includes $13,500,000 above the requested level 

to provide long lead time materials for the Medium Endurance Cutter service life extension program to maintain operational capacity 

of the fleet until delivery of the Offshore Patrol Cutters. 

National Security Cutter (NSC).—Although the original program 

of record for procuring NSCs included only eight vessels, Congress 

has funded eleven NSCs to-date. The Committee is aware of the potential requirement for one additional NSC as the Coast Guard reassesses its fleet requirements, and that the discontinuation of the 

NSC production line could result in increased production costs in 

the future if the Coast Guard ultimately determines that a twelfth 

NSC is required. In order to preserve the option of procuring an additional NSC while the Coast Guard evaluates its future needs, the 

recommendation includes an increase above the request of 

$100,500,000 for the NSC program, an amount sufficient to procure 

long lead time materials for a twelfth NSC if the Coast Guard determines it is needed. 

Aircraft 

HC–130J Acquisition/Conversion/Sustainment.—The recommendation provides $205,000,000 for two HC–130J long range surveillance aircraft, which will support the production and missionization 

of the seventeenth and eighteenth planes as part of an acquisition 

program goal of twenty-two aircraft. Procuring two HC–130Js in a 

fiscal year provides efficiencies and cost savings compared to acquiring only one per year, while accelerating fleet modernization. 

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The recommendation also includes an additional $10,000,000 for 

initial spare parts for remote locations where spare parts inventory 

is required to maintain operational availability. 

Long Range Command and Control Aircraft.—The recommendation includes $70,000,000 for a long range command and control 

aircraft to replace a currently leased asset. This procurement is expected to provide significant cost savings over the over the life of 

the aircraft. 

MH–60T Helicopters.—The Coast Guard’s MH–60T helicopters 

perform a critical and often life-saving role on a daily basis. The 

Committee is aware that the current fleet of MH–60T helicopters 

is nearing the end of its service life and looks forward to being 

briefed on the outcome of the needs assessment for the program 

that is currently underway. 

Shore Facilities and Aids to Navigation 

Major Construction; Housing; Aids-to-Navigation; and Survey & 

Design.—The recommendation includes $129,800,000, which includes $77,800,000 above the request to support Coast Guard personnel and families by funding facilities on the Coast Guard’s 

Housing, Family Support, Safety, and Training Facilities Unfunded 

Priority List. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $20,256,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 4,949,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 4,949,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... ¥15,307,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... – – – 

HEALTH CARE FUND CONTRIBUTION 1

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $199,360,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 205,107,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 205,107,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +5,747,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... – – – 

1This is a permanent indefinite discretionary appropriation. 

The Health Care Fund Contribution accrues the Coast Guard’s 

military Medicare-eligible health benefit contribution to the DoD 

Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund. Contributions are for 

future Medicare-eligible retirees, as well as retiree dependents and 

their potential survivors. 

RETIRED PAY

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $1,739,844,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 1,802,309,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 1,802,309,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +62,465,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... – – – 

The Retired Pay appropriation provides payments as identified 

under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

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priation also includes funding for medical care of retired personnel 

and their dependents. 

UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $2,248,159,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 2,308,977,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 2,447,748,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +199,589,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +138,771,000 

Mission 

The United States Secret Service (USSS) protects and investigates threats against the President and Vice President, their families, visiting heads of state, and other designated individuals; protects the White House, the Vice President’s Residence, foreign missions, and certain other facilities within Washington, D.C.; and coordinates the security at National Special Security Events 

(NSSEs). The Secret Service also investigates violations of laws relating to counterfeiting of obligations and securities of the United 

States; financial crimes, including access device fraud, financial institution fraud, identity theft, and computer fraud; and computerbased attacks on financial, banking, and telecommunications infrastructure. In addition, the agency provides support for investigations related to missing and exploited children. 

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $2,148,528,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 2,241,733,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 2,380,504,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +231,976,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +138,771,000 

The recommendation includes $6,883,000 above the request to 

support the annualization of the 2019 pay raise and $33,908,000 to 

fund a 2020 pay raise of 3.1 percent. 

The recommendation also includes the following increases above 

the request: $7,500,000 for overtime pay; $1,324,000 to annualize 

funding for additional personnel hired in fiscal year 2019; 

$11,900,000 for additional retention initiatives; $784,000 to sustain 

fiscal year 2019 funding levels for forensic and investigative support related to missing and exploited children; $3,600,000 for Electronic Crimes Task Force Modernization; $20,000,000 for radio 

modernization; $21,022,000 for basic and advanced computer 

forensics training for state and local law enforcement officers, 

judges, and prosecutors in support of the Secret Service mission; 

$12,482,000 for fleet vehicle modernization; $9,518,000 for travel; 

and $9,850,000 for permanent change of station costs. 

Within the total amount provided, the bill makes $39,783,000 

available until September 30, 2021, of which $11,400,000 is for the 

James J. Rowley Training Center; $5,863,000 is for Operational 

Mission Support (OMS); $4,500,000 is for NSSE and $18,000,000 is 

for protective travel. As directed in House Report 115–239, USSS 

should attempt to fully obligate its O&S funding during the fiscal 

year, including projects supported by OMS. 

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Electronic Crimes.—The Committee notes that the Secret Service 

is a lead federal agency in the effort to protect U.S. consumers, 

banks, and small businesses from complex, cyber-enabled financial 

crimes. This includes such crimes as Business Email Compromise 

scams, network intrusions, online identity theft, and credit card 

‘‘skimming.’’ 

Skimming involves the installation of electronic devices, typically 

at gas station pumps or ATM machines, that steal encoded information from debit and credit cards. The Committee is concerned 

about the growing threat to consumers posed by skimming, and encourages the Secret Service, in partnership with the Federal Trade 

Commission, law enforcement officials and gas station owners, to 

sustain and strengthen efforts to educate the public about skimming, to conduct anti-skimming investigations, and to apprehend 

the criminals responsible. 

The Committee recognizes the efforts of the Secret Service’s Financial and Electronic Crimes Task Forces to combat skimming 

across the United States, as well as the work of the National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI) to train and equip state, local, and 

tribal law enforcement communities to effectively investigate and 

prosecute electronic crimes, including skimming. To help address 

these concerns, the Committee includes $3,600,000 for electronic 

crimes task force modernization, in addition to funds provided for 

NCFI. 

National Computer Forensics Institute.—The recommendation includes $25,022,000 for continued support of the NCFI, which is 

$21,022,000 above the request. The NCFI provides electronic 

crimes investigation training to state and local law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges who are nominated for participation 

by USSS field offices. 

Support to Missing and Exploited Children.—The recommendation includes $8,366,000 for support of missing and exploited children investigations, of which $2,366,000 is for forensic and investigative support and $6,000,000, as requested, is for a grant related 

to investigations. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $97,131,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 56,289,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 56,289,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... ¥40,842,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... – – – 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $2,500,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 10,955,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 10,955,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +8,455,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... – – – 

TITLE II—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THIS ACT

Section 201. The Committee continues by reference a provision 

regarding overtime compensation. 

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Section 202. The Committee continues a provision allowing CBP 

to sustain or increase operations in Puerto Rico with appropriated 

funds. 

Section 203. The Committee continues a provision regarding the 

availability of fee revenue collected from certain arriving passengers. 

Section 204. The Committee continues a provision allowing CBP 

access to certain reimbursements for preclearance activities. 

Section 205. The Committee continues a provision regarding the 

importation of prescription drugs by an individual for personal use. 

Section 206. The Committee continues a provision regarding 

waivers of the Jones Act. 

Section 207. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting 

DHS from establishing a border crossing fee. 

Section 208. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting the 

use of funds provided under the heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ for the 287(g) program if the terms of the agreement governing the delegation of authority have been materially violated. 

Section 209. The Committee includes a new provision that requires ICE to provide information and statistics about the 287(g) 

program. 

Section 210. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting the 

use of funds provided under the heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ to contract for detention services if the facility receives less than ‘‘adequate’’ ratings 

in two consecutive performance evaluations. 

Section 211. The Committee includes a new provision that restricts the Department’s authority to use contracts for detention 

services that do not have fixed termination dates. 

Section 212. The Committee continues a provision clarifying that 

certain elected and appointed officials are not exempt from federal 

passenger and baggage screening. 

Section 213. The Committee continues a provision directing the 

deployment of explosive detection systems based on risk and other 

factors. 

Section 214. The Committee continues a provision authorizing 

TSA to use funds from the Aviation Security Capital Fund for the 

procurement and installation of explosive detection systems or for 

other purposes authorized by law. 

Section 215. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting 

funds made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast 

Guard—Operations and Support’’ for recreational vessel expenses, 

except to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts and 

credited to this appropriation. 

Section 216. The Committee continues a provision allowing up to 

$10,000,000 to be reprogrammed to or from Military Pay and Allowances within ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and Support’’. 

Section 217. The Committee continues a provision requiring submission of a future-years capital investment plan. 

Section 218. The Committee continues a provision allowing the 

Secret Service to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursement 

for personnel receiving training. 

Section 219. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting 

funds made available to the Secret Service for the protection of the 

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head of a federal agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Security, except when the Director has entered into a reimbursable 

agreement for such protection services. 

Section 220. The Committee continues a provision related to the 

reprogramming of funds within ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’. 

Section 221. The Committee continues a provision allowing for 

funds made available for ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ to be available for travel of employees on protective missions without regard to limitations on such expenditures 

in this or any other Act after notification to the Committees on Appropriation. 

Section 222. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting the 

obligation of funds prior to the submission of an expenditure plan 

for funds made available for ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements.’’ 

Section 223. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting 

ICE from removing sponsors or potential sponsors of unaccompanied children based on information provided by the Office of Refugee Resettlement as part of the sponsor’s application to accept 

custody of an unaccompanied child, except when that information 

meets specified criteria. 

Section 224. The Committee continues and modifies a provision 

that requires ICE to provide statistics about its detention population. 

Section 225. The Committee continues and modifies a provision 

allocating funds within CBP’s Procurement, Construction, and Improvements account for specific purposes and directs an updated 

risk-based plan for improving security along the borders of the 

United States. 

Section 226. The Committee continues and modifies a provision 

prohibiting the construction of border security barriers in specified 

areas. 

Section 227. The Committee includes a new provision prohibiting 

the construction of physical barriers along the southern land border 

except by using amounts made available for such purposes by prior 

appropriations Acts. 

Section 228. The Committee includes a new provision that limits 

funding for ICE enforcement and removal operations but makes 

available additional funds in the event of a border migration surge. 

Section 229. The Committee includes a new provision allowing 

for death gratuity payments to be made by the Coast Guard in the 

absence of an annual appropriation. 

Section 230. The bill contains a new provision preventing a lapse 

in the current collective bargaining agreement between TSA and 

Transportation Security Officers pending the completion of a new 

agreement. 

Section 231. The Committee includes a new provision directing 

the submission of a report on the Migrant Protection Protocols program. 

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TITLE III—PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

RECOVERY 

CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $1,681,757,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 1,608,150,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 2,016,212,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +334,455,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +408,062,000 

Mission 

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is 

responsible for enhancing the security of the nation’s physical and 

cyber infrastructure and interoperable communications systems; 

safeguarding and securing cyberspace; and strengthening national 

preparedness and resilience. 

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $1,345,802,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 1,278,550,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 1,530,740,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +184,938,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +252,190,000 

The recommendation includes the following increases above the 

request: $6,832,000 to restore proposed cuts for the 2019 pay raise; 

$2,277,000 to support the annualization of the 2019 pay raise; and 

$7,917,000 for the 2020 pay raise. 

Cybersecurity 

The recommendation includes the following increases above the request to sustain fiscal year 2019 investments: $3,000,000 for increased cybersecurity services for the non-election critical infrastructure sectors; $7,971,000 to fully fund cybersecurity advisors; 

and $3,600,000 to accelerate deployment of Continuous Diagnostics 

and Mitigation (CDM) to federal departments and agencies. The 

recommendation also includes increases of $10,000,000 to support 

expansion of CISA Regional Operations and $26,000,000 to continue expansion of a cybersecurity shared services office, including 

Security Operations Center as-a-Service and Bug Bounty as-a-Service. 

Cybersecurity Advisors Increase.—The Committee is concerned 

that significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities persist at the state, 

local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) and private sector levels, as evidenced by recent cyber-attacks in Baltimore, MD and Atlanta, GA. 

Accordingly, the recommendation includes $10,000,000 above the 

request to increase the number of CISA’s regionally-deployed cybersecurity advisors, which will allow CISA to engage a larger number 

and broader set of regional stakeholders, help those stakeholders 

understand risk to their systems, and connect those stakeholders 

with cybersecurity and infrastructure protection services that can 

help identify and mitigate those risks. 

Cybersecurity Briefings.—The Committee directs CISA to continue providing the semiannual National Cybersecurity Protection 

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System (NCPS) program and CDM program briefing described in 

House Report 116–9. In addition to those requirements, the briefing shall also include a detailed description of the cybersecurity 

services that CISA provides or is planning to provide to agencies 

at no-cost, a reduced cost, or under a shared-services model. Further, in collaboration with the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) and other agencies, as needed, this briefing shall also provide a full description of the CDM and NCPS capabilities currently 

deployed; the gaps remaining; and funding levels by agency, for the 

prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and the budget year for 

each capability. 

Cybersecurity Workforce.—The Committee continues to be concerned about the growing cybersecurity workforce gap in our country. Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

the Committee directs CISA, in collaboration with OMB, the Office 

of Personnel Management, and other agencies and organizations 

with equities in this issue, to update the Committee on the 

deliverables required in the ‘‘Solving the Federal Cybersecurity 

Workforce Shortage’’ proposal and the Executive Order on America’s Cybersecurity Workforce. These activities cover the following 

focus areas: K–12 through post-secondary education; training and 

development programs; recruitment strategies; and competitiveness 

challenges facing public sectors. The update should address how 

these activities will create pathways to train and develop individuals seeking to enter the cybersecurity field, particularly those who 

may currently be underrepresented in the field, including veterans, 

minorities, and women. It should also include a description of the 

roles and responsibilities of each federal agency that currently provides resources in this area, together with a funding history for fiscal years 2017 through 2019 and their respective funding requests 

for fiscal year 2020. 

Election Infrastructure Security Initiative (EISI).—The recommendation includes $24,071,000 for EISI, as requested. In preparation for the 2020 elections, the Committee encourages CISA to 

improve National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration 

Center (NCCIC) operational efficiency and coordination, especially 

with National Guard units that have advanced cybersecurity skills. 

This effort should include process improvements and increased capability to support training, risk assessments, and incident response or other needs of state and local governments. 

Federal Cybersecurity.—The recommendation includes an increase above the request of $17,000,000 to accelerate data protection and dashboard deployment for the CDM program, of which not 

less than $3,000,000 shall be for endpoint protection. The Committee directs CISA to continue pilot programs within CDM that 

extend incident detection and prevention to federal endpoints. The 

pilot programs should focus on leveraging emerging technologies 

like cloud-based endpoint protection platform solutions, including 

detection and response, that can promote enhanced defenses and 

continuous threat hunting across the federal enterprise. The Committee also encourages CISA to evaluate the efficacy and feasibility 

of incorporating ‘‘break and inspect’’ capabilities into the CDM architecture to address challenges associated with inspecting and securing encrypted network traffic at scale without a material degradation in performance. 

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The Committee is concerned with the security implications of an 

increasingly modern federal workforce, which includes more remote 

employees, enhanced mobility, and an increased focus on cloud 

technologies. CISA is directed to brief the Committee not later than 

180 days after the date of enactment of this Act on a detailed plan 

to modernize CDM and NCPS to ensure they remain operationally 

effective given changing trends in technology, the federal workforce, threats, and vulnerabilities. The briefing shall include: (1) a 

long-term, strategic vision for the program to ensure that CDM and 

NCPS capabilities continue to develop and evolve in an agile manner to address contemporary technology use and vulnerabilities and 

combat emerging cybersecurity threats; (2) an assessment of 

whether emerging private sector technologies that focus on securing endpoints could integrate with existing program capabilities to 

enhance the overall effectiveness of CDM and NCPS; and (3) preliminary results from all CDM and NCPS-related pilot programs. 

Industrial Control Systems (ICS).—The recommendation includes 

an increase of $11,400,000 above the request to sustain fiscal year 

2019 enhancements for training, malware analysis, safety systems 

vulnerability analysis, incident response, and assessments of ICS 

in emerging sectors and subsectors. The recommendation also includes an increase of $10,000,000 

above the request for risk analyses of ICS, to include water ICS, 

in the Integrated Operations PPA. The conferees continue to encourage the National Risk Management Center (NRMC) to use 

commercial, human-led threat behavioral analysis and technology, 

and to employ private sector, industry-specific threat intelligence 

and best practices to better characterize potential consequences to 

other critical infrastructure sectors during a systemic cyber event. 

Without prejudice, the recommendation does not include the re- quested $11,000,000 for a new CyberSentry pilot program. The 

Committee will work with CISA to better understand the long-term 

vision and sustainability of the program; a plan for determining 

which critical infrastructure providers would be eligible to participate in the program; the relationship of capabilities of this program 

to similar capabilities provided by other federal entities, such as 

the NRMC, the Department of Energy’s Cybersecurity Risk Information Sharing Program, and the Department of Defense (DOD) 

and DHS pathfinder initiatives; the actionable capabilities gained 

by providing CISA with direct, real-time network information; and 

the impact on the private sector if CISA were to provide these 

products and services directly to a subset of critical infrastructure 

sector entities. 

Further, within 120 days of the date of enactment of this Act, 

CISA is directed to brief the Committee on a comprehensive ICS 

cybersecurity strategy, which shall include an evaluation of threats 

and vulnerabilities facing ICS; a five-year operating plan for addressing such threats and vulnerabilities; and a comprehensive description of all existing DHS ICS-related levels of effort, including 

any proposed new activities, such as the CyberSentry program. The 

briefing shall also provide an evaluation of the effectiveness of existing federal efforts and a recommendation on strategies to further 

protect ICS from attack. 

National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center 

(NCCIC).—The recommendation includes an increase of 

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$58,500,000 to help reduce the NCCIC’s current 12-month backlog 

of requested vulnerability assessments; and an increase of 

$34,000,000 to improve the NCCIC’s identification and pursuit of 

threat actors in federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and critical 

infrastructure networks and better defend U.S. assets from cyber 

intrusions. 

State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) Partnerships.—The 

Committee looks forward to the briefing described in House Report 

116–9 regarding partnerships between and among federal, state, 

local, and private entities on the use of testing and modeling to 

evaluate cybersecurity vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure. Not 

later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, CISA 

is directed to brief the Committee on federal and non-federal resources necessary to enable SLTT governments to identify, detect, 

protect, respond to, and recover from cyber-attacks, to include an 

assessment of the scope of SLTT needs and how National Guard 

Cyber Forces can contribute to those efforts. The Committee encourages the Department to examine the viability of coordinating 

with existing DOD and Department of Justice cybersecurity operations centers to improve operational capabilities and active defenses. 

Infrastructure Protection 

The recommendation includes the following increases above the 

request to sustain fiscal year 2019 investments: $4,650,000 for regionalization efforts to improve service delivery to the field; and 

$1,200,000 for the Office of Bombing Prevention’s train-the-trainer 

initiative. The recommendation also includes an increase of 

$7,900,000 above the request to continue to support CISA’s regionalization effort. 

Soft Targets and Crowded Places.—The recommendation includes 

$5,000,000 above the request to continue CISA’s efforts to improve 

the security of soft targets and crowded places, including its stewardship of the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse, the expansion 

of existing school security activities, and an additional focus on the 

unique threats that face national historic landmarks, especially 

those that serve as event spaces for large crowds and public venues 

that face a high risk due to being frequented by high profile 

attendees. 

Emergency Communications 

The recommendation includes an increase of $10,000,000 above 

the request for the Homeland Security Interoperability Modernization Initiative to utilize existing enhanced communications platforms that integrate telephone, mobile, and web communications to 

provide real-time feedback through live, interactive, multimedia 

platforms. This capability will enable DHS to access the resources 

necessary to deploy the Interoperable Gateway System throughout 

the continental United States and the Caribbean, with the goal of 

providing a single, department-wide communications platform. 

Integrated Operations 

The recommendation includes the following increases above the 

request to sustain fiscal year 2019 investments: $9,738,000 for the 

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National Infrastructure Simulation Analysis Center; $1,700,000 for 

the software assurance program; $2,000,000 to continue efforts to 

ensure the integrity of supply chains; and $775,000 to support regionalization efforts to improve service delivery to the field. The 

recommendation also includes increases above the request of 

$3,500,000 to continue CISA’s regionalization effort and 

$15,000,000 to continue developing CISA’s supply chain analysis 

capabilities, including: developing a robust supply chain risk scoring methodology; purchasing data sources necessary to score the 

methodology; providing appropriate analysis and tools to government and private sector partners; assessing the risk of continuing 

to use hardware and software products developed by untrusted 

manufacturers; identifying and characterizing security issues associated with 5G network technology; and engaging critical infrastructure stakeholders on how to manage associated risk. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $322,829,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 299,078,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 474,041,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +151,212,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +174,963,000 

Cybersecurity 

Federal Cybersecurity.—The recommendation includes 

$134,963,000 above the request for the CDM program, of which 

$60,000,000 is to accelerate data protection and dashboard development; $51,863,000 is to support federal network infrastructure evolution and modernization to address federal network design challenges that inhibit CISA’s ability to defend the federal enterprise; 

$14,000,000 is to accelerate deployment of mobile device protections; and $9,100,000 is for additional CDM enhancements, such as 

dashboard visualization to better enable agency security officers 

and federal critical vulnerability management analysts to identify 

and mitigate problems according to their severity. The recommendation also includes $40,000,000 for NCPS to establish and operate a centralized Federal Domain Name System 

egress service. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $13,126,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 30,522,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 11,431,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... ¥1,695,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... ¥19,091,000 

Cybersecurity 

The requested $24,091,000 for cybersecurity research and development to support CISA requirements is included in the Science 

and Technology Directorate’s Research and Development account. 

Infrastructure Protection 

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gram to define agency needs; identify requirements for community 

level critical infrastructure protection and resilience; and rapidly 

develop, test, and transition to use technologies that address these 

needs and requirements. 

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $16,551,633,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 18,007,565,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 18,903,528,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +2,351,895,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +895,963,000 

Note: These amounts include funding 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. 

Mission 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) helps 

build, sustain, and improve the nation’s capability to prepare for, 

protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards 

through disaster response, recovery, and grant programs supporting first responders, emergency management, mitigation activities, and preparedness. 

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $1,066,258,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 1,115,203,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 1,146,686,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +80,428,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +31,483,000 

The recommendation includes the following increases above the 

request: $1,947,000 to annualize the 2019 pay raise; $13,083,000 

for a 2020 pay raise; $12,159,000 to maintain current services; and 

$4,294,000 for Preparedness and Protection enhancements. 

Preparedness and Protection 

The recommendation includes the following increases above the 

request: $851,000 for Continuity of Operations Satcom Terminals 

and Networking; $1,201,000 to build a non-commercially dependent 

IT communications architecture; and $2,242,000 to ensure High 

Frequency communications system performance and survivability 

for 82 Stations across the country. 

Response and Recovery 

Urban Search and Rescue (USAR).—The Committee recommends 

the requested funding level for the USAR to fully support the 28 

USAR Task Forces, including resources to recapitalize critical communications equipment necessary to conduct life-saving search and 

rescue operations and to sustain swift water and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear rescue operations. 

Mission Support 

Interoperable Communications.—The Committee encourages the 

Administrator to conduct a review of the feasibility of using commercial off-the-shelf, mobile mesh networking technology to ensure 

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communications and interoperability between federal, state, and 

local emergency responders during disasters response efforts. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $133,830,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 113,663,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 113,663,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... ¥20,167,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... – – – 

The recommendation includes: $9,620,000 for modernization of 

the Integrated Public Alert Warning System; $36,496,000 for construction and facility improvements for the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center; $3,000,000 for facility renovations; 

$8,383,000 for enterprise data and analytics modernization; 

$8,058,000 for financial systems modernization; $42,106,000 for the 

Grants Management Modernization program; and $6,000,000 for 

the purchase of Mobile Emergency Office Vehicles. 

FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $3,094,210,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 2,480,015,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 3,344,495,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +250,285,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +864,480,000 

A comparison of the budget request to the Committee recommended level by budget activity is as follows: 

Budget 

Request Recommendation 

Federal Assistance: 

Grants: 

State Homeland Security Grant Program .................................................. $331,939,000 $625,000,000 

(Operation Stonegarden) ................................................................... – – – (90,000,000) 

(Nonprofit Security) ........................................................................... – – – (40,000,000) 

(Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program) ...................................... – – – (15,000,000) 

Urban Area Security Initiative ................................................................... 426,461,000 700,000,000 

(Nonprofit Security) ........................................................................... – – – (50,000,000) 

Public Transportation Security Assistance ................................................ 36,358,000 110,000,000 

(Amtrak Security) .............................................................................. – – – (10,000,000) 

(Other-the Road Bus Security) ......................................................... – – – (3,000,000) 

Port Security Grants .................................................................................. 36,358,000 110,000,000 

Assistance to Firefighter Grants ............................................................... 344,344,000 375,000,000 

Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response .............................. 344,344,000 375,000,000 

Emergency Management Performance Grants .......................................... 279,335,000 375,000,000 

National Priority Security Grant Program .................................................. 430,350,000 – – – 

National Predisaster Mitigation Fund ....................................................... – – – – – – 

Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis Program .................................. 100,000,000 263,000,000 

Emergency Food and Shelter ..................................................................... – – – 130,000,000 

Subtotal, Grants ............................................................................... 2,329,489,000 3,063,000,000 

Education, Training, and Exercises: 

Center for Domestic Preparedness ............................................................ 66,072,000 67,058,000 

Center for Homeland Defense and Security .............................................. – – – 18,000,000 

Emergency Management Institute ............................................................. 19,093,000 21,257,000 

U.S. Fire Administration ............................................................................ 46,605,000 47,225,000 

National Domestic Preparedness Consortium ........................................... – – – 101,000,000 

Continuing Training Grants ....................................................................... – – – 8,000,000 

National Exercise Program ........................................................................ 18,756,000 18,955,000 

Subtotal, Education, Training, and Exercises .................................. 150,526,000 281,495,000 

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Budget 

Request Recommendation 

Total, Federal Assistance .......................................................................... $2,480,015,000 $3,344,495,000 

Grants 

Assistance to Firefighter Grants.—FEMA is encouraged to give 

priority consideration to grants for specialized planning, training 

and equipment to firefighters who respond to unique threats, such 

as crude oil by rail and ethanol by rail derailments. 

Continuing Training Grants.—The total under this heading includes $8,000,000 for Continuing Training Grants to support competitively-awarded training programs to address specific national 

preparedness gaps, such as cybersecurity, economic recovery, housing, and rural and tribal preparedness. Of this amount, not less 

than $3,000,000 shall be prioritized to be competitively awarded for 

FEMA-certified rural and tribal training. 

Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG).—The 

Committee encourages FEMA to leverage EMPG funding to support demonstration projects focused on improved emergency planning for the elderly, disabled, and homeless, and to facilitate the 

sharing of best practices with communities nationwide. 

Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis.—The Committee supports FEMA’s efforts to develop flood insurance rate maps to accurately identify and communicate risk, including its goal of having 

New, Validated, or Updated Engineering (NVUE) for at least 80 

percent of the flood map inventory by fiscal year 2021. The Committee encourages FEMA to continue to prioritize funding of Light 

Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) surveys based on flood risk. The 

accurate assessment of flood risk is critical to the development of 

actuarially justified flood insurance premiums, which are necessary 

for the long-term financial health of the National Flood Insurance 

Program. The Committee directs FEMA to provide a briefing, within 180 days of the date of enactment of this Act, on its process for 

prioritizing LiDAR mapping activities and a plan for achieving and 

maintaining its 80 percent NVUE goal. 

Predisaster Hazard Mitigation Program (PDM).—Section 1234 of 

the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (division D of Public Law 

115–254) changed the funding mechanism of PDM from a line item 

appropriation to a carve-out of up to 6 percent of the funds expended annually through the Disaster Relief Fund and expanded 

the scope of eligible activities for grants. The Committee expects 

FEMA to begin issuing grants as soon as possible through this new 

funding mechanism but not later than fiscal year 2020 and, therefore, does not recommend a separate funding line for the program 

in the bill. 

The Committee recognizes the effectiveness of non-structural 

mitigation, but reminds FEMA that levees, berms, and other waterflow mitigation structures, including dual-purpose roadways, are 

also eligible for PDM funding. 

In developing guidance and reviewing applications for mitigation 

programs, the Committee directs FEMA to consider the heightened 

risks posed to communities by climate change, and encourages 

FEMA to prioritize projects to relocate tribal communities affected 

by persistent flooding. 

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The Committee is concerned about reports that for the fiscal year 

2018 PDM program, certain applicants were unable to participate 

due to technical difficulties with the application submission process. FEMA is encouraged to provide technical assistance to applicants to ensure that technical issues are not an impediment to submitting future applications. 

Presidential Protection Grants.—A general provision is included 

in title V of the bill, providing $41,000,000 to reimburse state and 

local law enforcement for extraordinary costs associated with the 

protection of the President in jurisdictions where the President 

maintains a residence. 

School Safety.—School hardening measures are eligible activities 

under the Urban Areas Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grants. Funds may be used for bullet resistant doors and 

glass, hinge-locking mechanisms, immediate notification to emergency 911 systems, mechanisms that provide real time actionable 

intelligence directly to law enforcement and first responders, installation of distraction devices or other countermeasures administered 

by law enforcement, and other measures determined to provide significant improvement to schools’ physical security. The Committee 

encourages FEMA to work with states and school districts to increase awareness of these funding opportunities. 

Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program (THSGP).—Within the 

total for the State Homeland Security Grant Program, the recommendation includes $15,000,000 for the THSGP, an increase of 

$5,000,000 above prior year levels, to help tribes continue to develop their homeland security and emergency management capacity. The Committee notes that the development and production of 

identification documents compliant with Western Hemisphere 

Travel Initiative standards are eligible uses of THSGP funds. 

Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI).—The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 requires the 

FEMA Administrator to conduct an annual assessment of the relative threat, vulnerabilities, and consequences from acts of terrorism faced by each of the 100 most populous metropolitan statistical areas in the United States. Based on this assessment, the Administrator designates high-risk urban areas that are eligible for 

UASI grants. While the factors included in this assessment are defined in statute, the specific criteria that inform these factors and 

the methodology used to carry out the assessment are at the discretion of the Secretary and the Administrator, who review them on 

an annual basis. 

The Committee expects the Secretary to prioritize UASI funding 

towards urban areas that are subject to the greatest terrorism risk, 

and to allocate resources in proportion to that risk. Consistent with 

prior years, the Department shall limit UASI funding to urban 

areas representing up to 85 percent of the national urban area risk. 

The Committee is aware that some urban area boundaries under 

UASI cross state borders. FEMA is encouraged to work with states 

to ensure that such urban areas take an inclusive, regional approach to the development and implementation of their UASI programs that include all components of urban areas under threat. 

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DISASTER RELIEF FUND

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $12,558,000,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 14,549,684,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 14,549,684,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +1,991,684,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... – – – 

Note: Totals include funding 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. 

Breastfeeding.—The Committee recognizes that breastfeeding 

confers meaningful clinical benefits for babies and mothers while 

reducing healthcare costs, and urges FEMA to ensure that 

breastfeeding mothers displaced from their primary home following 

a disaster have appropriate breastfeeding supplies and access to 

appropriate facilities. The Committee encourages FEMA to continue to make breastfeeding services and supplies available to 

mothers of infants through its Critical Needs Assistance and other 

programs and to update related guidance as appropriate. 

Duplicative and Conflicting Administrative Requirements.—The 

Committee has received reports from state and local governments 

of duplicative or conflicting administrative requirements when federal assistance for a recovery or mitigation project is provided by 

more than one federal agency. The Committee directs FEMA to 

work with other federal agencies with disaster recovery or mitigation programs to eliminate duplicative and conflicting policy and 

administrative requirements to the greatest extent permissible by 

law. Specifically, federal agencies should collaborate to ensure common acceptance of prior administrative determinations on the same 

or similar disaster recovery or mitigation projects. 

Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act, FEMA shall 

brief the Committee on a plan to work with partner agencies to 

eliminate unnecessary administrative burdens on grant recipients 

and subrecipients. The plan should include a discussion on how 

federal agencies with disaster recovery and mitigation programs for 

individuals or communities could better harmonize or consolidate 

their application, information collection, and public reporting processes to improve the efficiency and transparency of the overall federal disaster response and recovery effort. 

Eligibility Determinations.—The Committee is aware of concerns 

that FEMA has not reached reasonable and timely eligibility determinations for reimbursement requests under the Public Assistance 

and hazard mitigation programs, particularly with respect to requests related to damage from Hurricanes Nate and Isaac in Jackson County, Mississippi. The Committee directs FEMA to expedite 

such determinations and decisions regarding pending applications. 

Hurricane Recovery.—The Committee is concerned about the 

pace of recovery from the 2017 Hurricane season, especially in 

Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, notwithstanding additional authority given to FEMA in the Bipartisan Balanced Budget 

Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123) the Disaster Recovery Reform 

Act of 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–254), and the Additional 

Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019. The 

Committee urges FEMA to use this authority to work expeditiously 

with Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on recovery projects 

and directs FEMA to brief the Committee not less than quarterly 

on their efforts. 

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Katrina Deobligations.—The Committee is aware of concerns regarding continued efforts to de-obligate disaster relief funds awarded during the recovery from Hurricane Katrina over a decade ago 

from cities, counties and localities that have acted in good faith 

throughout the recovery process. Congress has addressed this issue 

through legislation several times in recent years, most recently in 

the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (division D of Public Law 

115–254). The Committee directs FEMA to provide a briefing on 

the status of the remaining de-obligation decisions and appeals related to Hurricane Katrina within 30 days of the date of enactment 

of this Act. 

Preliminary Damage Assessments.—The Committee is concerned 

that FEMA has stopped publishing the reports and summaries of 

preliminary damage assessments in accordance with section 531 of 

the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015, 

Public Law 114–4. The Committee understands that FEMA will resume publishing these reports and summaries and encourages 

them to do so expeditiously. 

Private Property Debris Removal.—The Committee reminds 

FEMA that the removal of debris from private residences is an eligible activity for assistance under section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Not later than 

180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, FEMA shall brief 

the Committee as to whether the criteria in section 206.48 of title 

44, Code of Federal Regulations for recommending when to provide 

assistance under section 408 currently includes the costs of debris 

removal on private property and whether any such changes are appropriate. In addition, the briefing shall include information on the 

implementation of section 308. 

Public Assistance Project Worksheet Development.—Within 60 

days of the date of enactment of this Act, FEMA shall brief the 

Committee on its process for development and review of project 

worksheets, including an explanation of the stages of the review; 

the offices and agencies that review the project worksheets; and the 

average length of time for each stage of review. 

Remediation.—The Committee encourages the use of contractors 

and subcontractors on FEMA-funded remediation projects that 

have appropriate Occupational Safety & Health Administration 

certification; are based in, or employ individuals who live in, a jurisdiction impacted by the underlying disaster declaration; and are 

HUBzone-certified. 

Resilient Construction.—Section 1235(b) of the Disaster Recovery 

Reform Act of 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–254) requires 

hazard mitigation projects to adhere to consensus-based codes, 

specifications, and standards that incorporate the latest hazard-resistant designs for residential structures and facilities. In developing guidance and any rules to implement this new requirement, 

FEMA is encouraged to take a neutral approach to building material type. 

Temporary Shelters.—The Committee encourages FEMA to 

evaluate alternative rapid response shelters that are more durable 

and reusable than those in the current inventory, including collapsible, hard-walled modular systems with integrated technologies. 

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canes Irma, Maria, Florence, and Michael and the unprecedented 

western wildfires, has depleted the resources of some volunteer disaster recovery organizations. The Committee encourages FEMA to 

consider the reimbursement and cost-share needs of such organizations, as appropriate, so that they maintain readiness for future recovery efforts. 

NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $202,153,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 206,166,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 206,166,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +4,013,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... – – – 

TITLE III—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THIS ACT

Section 301. The Committee continues a provision limiting expenses for the administration of grants. 

Section 302. The Committee continues a provision specifying 

timeframes for grant applications and awards. 

Section 303. The Committee continues a provision requiring a 

five-day advance notification for certain grant awards under ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance.’’ 

Section 304. The Committee continues a provision addressing the 

availability of certain grant funds for the installation of communications towers. 

Section 305. The Committee continues a provision requiring the 

submission of a monthly Disaster Relief Fund report. 

Section 306. The Committee continues and modifies a provision 

permitting the Secretary to grant waivers from specified requirements of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 

of 1974. 

Section 307. The Committee continues a provision providing for 

the receipt and expenditure of fees collected for the Radiological 

Emergency Preparedness Program, as authorized by Public Law 

105–276. 

Section 308. The Committee adds a new provision allowing for 

reconsideration of State requests for Individual Assistance under 

the Stafford Act. 

TITLE IV—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 

SERVICES 

U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $142,526,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 121,586,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 180,655,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +38,129,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +59,069,000 

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gration. USCIS activities are primarily funded through fees collected from applicants for immigration benefits. 

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $109,688,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 121,586,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 170,655,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +60,967,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +49,069,000 

Adjudication Backlogs.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

enactment of this Act, USCIS is directed to brief the Committee on 

a plan to better address areas with significant processing delays 

and an estimate of the resources required to clear the backlog of 

applications and petitions for temporary status, adjustment of status, and naturalization. The plan should include a strategy for reducing wait times for adjudication to not more than one year for 

all applications and petitions processed by the agency. The briefing 

shall account for the resources required to address asylum and refugee processing backlogs and improve coordination with the intelligence community to reduce the time required for expanded vetting of certain refugees. 

Application Processing.—USCIS shall brief the Committee within 

180 days of the date of enactment of this Act on the number of application forms processed by month for fiscal years 2016 through 

2019 for the following: form I–130 (Petition for Alien Relative); 

form I–485 (Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust 

Status); form I–751 (Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence); 

and form N–400 (Application for Naturalization). The briefing shall 

include data on the immigration status of the petitioner (U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident); nationality of the applicant; 

processing time; and field office or service center to which the application was assigned. 

Employment Status Verification.—The recommendation includes 

the following increases above the request for employment status 

verification: $607,000 to restore proposed cuts for the 2019 pay 

raise; $202,000 to support the annualization of the 2019 pay raise; 

and $1,127,000 for the 2020 pay raise. 

H–2B and H–2A Visa Programs.—The Committee directs DHS to 

administer the H–2B and H–2A visa programs in a manner consistent with the law and to process applications as quickly as possible. The Committee directs the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Department of Labor, the Department 

of State, and the U.S. Digital Service, to develop options to improve 

processing efficiencies, combat human trafficking, protect worker 

rights, and reduce employer burden, and to provide a briefing of its 

findings and recommendations not later than 120 days after the 

date of enactment of this Act. 

International Operations Division.—The Committee is concerned 

about USCIS’s plan to reduce its International Operations Division, 

particularly given the lack of congressional and stakeholder engagement, and reminds DHS of its responsibilities in carrying out 

the Refugee Act of 1980. Prior to implementing such plan, USCIS 

is directed to consult with relevant stakeholders, to include USCIS 

personnel, and to brief the Committee and other congressional committees of jurisdiction on the rationale for the plan. The briefing 

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shall include a full accounting of anticipated increased costs, projected budget savings, and descriptions of how services will change, 

and personnel will be impacted. 

Naturalization Fee Waivers.—The Committee directs USCIS to 

continue the use of fee waivers for applicants who demonstrate an 

inability to pay the naturalization fee. USCIS is also encouraged to 

consider whether the current naturalization fee is a barrier to naturalization for those earning between 150 percent and 200 percent 

of the federal poverty guidelines, who are not currently eligible for 

a fee waiver. The Committee also directs USCIS to accept any one 

of the following items as proof of inability to pay the naturalization 

application fee: documentation of receipt of a means-tested public 

benefit; documentation of income that is at or below 150 percent of 

the federal poverty guidelines at the time of filing; or documentation of financial hardship, based on extraordinary expenses or other 

circumstances. The Committee encourages USCIS to maintain naturalization fees at an affordable level while also focusing on reducing the backlog of applicants. 

Office of Citizenship.—The recommendation provides $11,271,000 

in discretionary funding above the request for Office of Citizenship 

operations in lieu of relying on fee funding for the office, including: 

$95,000 for the 2019 pay raise; $32,000 to support the 

annualization of the 2019 pay raise; and $156,000 for the 2020 pay 

raise. USCIS is directed to realign this fee funding to help reduce 

the refugee and asylum application backlogs. 

Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

USCIS is directed to brief the Committee on the feasibility of initiating a campaign to provide lawful permanent residents who arrive 

at ports of entry with information about the naturalization process 

and to encourage them to apply for U.S. citizenship. Such information could be provided verbally by DHS employees; through Automated Passport Control self-service kiosks or other self-service systems; or through naturalization messages and materials, including 

videos and posters at ports of entry. 

Protections for Foreign Workers.—Not later than 120 days after 

the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 

with the Secretaries of the Department of Labor and the Department of State, shall provide a briefing describing steps taken to implement relevant recommendations in GAO–15–154, Increased Protections Needed for Foreign Workers, and any other action taken to 

address recruitment abuses and prohibited recruitment fees. The 

briefing should address: (1) any guidance, practices, or other actions taken related to the payment of recruitment fees by workers, 

including whether workers are compensated for such fees; (2) 

whether there is any loss or denial of visas to workers who paid 

such fees; (3) whether DHS notifies other agencies and/or employers when they learn of recruiters who charge such fees; and (4) 

whether there are any enforcement practices, including any instances in which such actions have led to debarment and/or fines 

or other penalties and any policy or practice regarding inter-agency 

communications of such actions. 

Prohibited Fees.—The Committee directs USCIS to refrain from 

imposing fees on any individual filing a humanitarian petition, including but not limited to a request for asylum, refugee admission, 

protection under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Special 

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Immigrant Juvenile status, or a T or U visa, or upon any individual who receives humanitarian protection and subsequently requests adjustment of status or petitions for another benefit. 

Public Charge Rule.—The Committee is concerned about the potential impacts of the Department’s proposed rule entitled, ‘‘Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds’’ that was entered in the Federal Register on October 10, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 51114) and strongly 

urges the Department to rescind this proposal. 

Spouse Petitions.—With respect to fiance(e) or spouse petitions 

involving a minor party, the Committee directs USCIS to document 

the age of the minor party at the time of the civil/legal marriage, 

along with the age difference between the parties, with ages given 

in months as well as years. 

Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements.—The recommendation provides discretionary funding of $35,862,000 for the 

Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program in 

lieu of relying on fee funding for the program, including: $335,000 

for the 2019 pay raise; $112,000 to support the annualization of the 

2019 pay raise; and $547,000 for the 2020 pay raise. USCIS is directed to realign this fee funding to help reduce the refugee and 

asylum application backlogs. 

U Visas.—The Committee urges USCIS to hire at least 60 additional U visa adjudicators and to dedicate sufficient additional resources to U visa adjudication to enable the review of applications 

within six months of receipt. 

Website Data.—The Committee directs USCIS, in collaboration 

with the Department of State and other DHS components as needed, to provide a briefing on the feasibility of posting data on its 

website, including wage and gender data, for all DHS-administered 

visa categories, including the J–1 and OPT categories administered 

by ICE through the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System. 

FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $10,000,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... – – – 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 10,000,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... – – – 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +10,000,000 

The recommendation includes $10,000,000 above the request to 

support the Citizenship and Integration Grant Program. In addition, USCIS continues to have the authority to accept private donations to support this program. The Committee directs USCIS to 

provide an update on its planned use of this authority not later 

than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to include efforts undertaken to solicit private donations. 

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $328,819,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 350,935,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 368,091,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +39,272,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +17,156,000 

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Mission 

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) serve 

as an interagency law enforcement training organization for over 

90 federal agencies and numerous state, local, tribal, and international law enforcement organizations. 

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $277,876,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 304,586,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 308,803,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +30,927,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +4,217,000 

The recommendation provides $724,000 above the request for 

annualization of the 2019 pay raise, as well as $2,850,000 for a 

2020 pay raise. The recommendation also includes the requested 

increase for cybersecurity and information technology, as well as an 

expansion of eFLETC capabilities. 

Interagency Training Centers.—The Committee is aware of efforts by the Department and the National Guard to establish interagency domestic operation training centers, and notes the success 

of the Muscatatuck Urban Training Facility in supporting a wide 

range of training requirements for Active Duty service members, 

the National Guard, other federal agencies, and domestic law enforcement. The Committee encourages the Department to continue 

working with the National Guard, as well as state and local leaders, to identify opportunities to expand domestic training locations 

on federal or state property, particularly in regions that lack facilities for training related to active shooters, dense urban terrain, and 

cyber and electromagnetic response. 

Use of Training Facilities.—The Director of FLETC shall schedule basic or advanced law enforcement training, or both, at all four 

training facilities to ensure they are operated at the highest capacity throughout the fiscal year. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $50,943,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 46,349,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 59,288,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +8,345,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +12,939,000 

The recommendation includes funding for modular dormitories at 

the Artesia facility and water and sewer enhancements, as requested and provides $15,771,000 above the request for non-lethal 

training ammunition. The recommendation does not include 

$2,577,000 requested for modular office space. 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $819,785,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 582,117,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 665,680,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... ¥154,105,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +83,563,000 

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Mission 

The mission of the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is 

to conduct and support research, development, developmental and 

operational testing and evaluation, and the timely transition of 

homeland security capabilities to operational end users at the federal, state, and local levels. 

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $308,520,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 278,954,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 314,672,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +6,152,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +35,718,000 

The recommendation rejects the proposed decreases to the Operations and Support account and provides an additional $381,000 to 

annualize the 2019 pay increase and $1,846,000 for a 2020 pay increase. 

Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC).—The Committee is 

concerned that plans to potentially sell PIADC to the highest bidder could result in a use that would be detrimental to the local 

community and encourages the Department to limit the use of the 

new development to the purposes of research, education, and conservation. 

Public Access to Research.—The Committee commends the Department on issuing its Plan to Support Increased Public Access to 

the Results of research funded by the Federal Government on December 27, 2016. The Committee urges the Department to continue 

its efforts towards full implementation of the plan and directs S&T 

to provide an update on its progress as part of the fiscal year 2021 

budget request. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $511,265,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 303,163,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 351,008,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2018 ...................................................... ¥160,257,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2019 ................................................... +47,845,000 

Research, Development, and Innovation 

The recommendation includes $24,091,000 above the request for 

Research, Development, and Innovation (RD&I) to fund cybersecurity Research and Development (R&D) in S&T, rejecting the Administration’s proposal to fund these activities within CISA. Additionally, funding is provided above the requested level to restore 

support for the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory. 

S&T is directed to brief the Committee not later than 30 days after 

the date of enactment of this Act on the proposed allocation of 

RD&I funds by project and to subsequently update the Committee 

on any changes from the planned allocation. 

Advanced Sensors Technology.—The Committee supports a focus 

on critical research areas such as developing and fielding next generation first responder technology that utilizes advanced sensors 

and imaging technologies. 

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Bi-National Cooperation Pilot.—The Committee encourages the 

continuation of the Bi-National Cooperation Pilot, which includes 

cooperative efforts on border security, maritime security, biometrics, cybersecurity, and video analytics. 

Biosurveillance Systems.—The Committee supports the DHS decision to discontinue the BioWatch program, but remains concerned 

about the absence of rapid broad spectrum, high-confidence bio-detection capability to take its place. The Committee directs S&T and 

the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) to 

provide a joint report to the Committee, within 60 days of the date 

of enactment of this Act, on the status of developing and testing 

a successor bio-threat detection system, along with plans to complete development and field the new capability. The report shall 

also describe planned changes to biodetection operations to improve 

upon the legacy program and how CWMD and S&T will coordinate 

their respective biodetection roles and activities. 

Composite Shipping Containers.—The Committee is aware of 

Presidential Determination No. 2017–09, which identifies a critical 

item shortfall of industrial capacity related to secure composite 

shipping containers, and supports S&T efforts to develop thermoplastic composite materials that reduce costs and improve intrusion 

sensor integration. 

Countering Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS).—The Department’s sUAS demonstration site enables the testing and evaluation of counter sUAS technologies by S&T and its operational 

partners, including CBP, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, and 

the First Responders Group. The Committee directs S&T to provide 

updates to the Committee on its activities at the site, including the 

need for any additional resources to support counter sUAS efforts. 

Counter sUAS at Airports.—The Committee is concerned about 

the threat posed by sUAS to air travel in the United States and 

abroad, and notes that activity at one of the nation’s largest gateway airports was curtailed in January 2019 because of illegal sUAS 

use. As S&T tests counter sUAS at airports, the Committee encourages the agency to include a variety of airport sizes in its testing 

program, including smaller airports (defined as airports with up to 

5 million passengers annually). 

Countering Violent Extremism Research.—The Committee encourages S&T to invest in research to help law enforcement agencies better understand how to address and combat the growing 

problem of violent extremism. 

Cybersecurity for Public Utility Sectors.—The Committee is concerned about the cybersecurity threats to the nation’s public utility 

sectors, recognizing that many providers lack sufficient expertise or 

financial resources to adequately mitigate these threats. The Committee encourages S&T to continue to establish a testbed to evaluate technologies, analytic tools, and proposed cybersecurity solutions to mitigate cybersecurity threats across the utility sector and 

develop a platform for sharing information related to testbed activities, with a goal of developing cost efficient and operationally effective sensor technologies to support small utility companies. Funds 

should be used to establish a physical test bed environment and 

evaluation framework; socialize the concept to stakeholders; and leverage and contract for the necessary expertise. 

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Datacasting Technology.—The Committee encourages S&T, in 

consultation with the National Institute for Standards and Technology, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the First Responder Network Authority, to provide pilot funding to local public 

broadcasters to further demonstrate and evaluate the benefits of 

datacasting technology to public safety agencies. 

Department of Energy Labs.—The Committee encourages the Department to invest in basic research to tackle emerging threats, 

particularly in the constantly evolving biothreat area, in addition 

to its focus on evaluational testing of existing technologies. Given 

the roles of both the Departments of Homeland Security and Energy in implementing the National Biodefense Strategy, the Committee further encourages DHS to fund R&D at the Department of 

Energy National Labs in coordination with the National Biodefense 

Analysis and Countermeasure Center to provide mission support at 

the lower technology readiness levels for biothreat characterization. 

To address emerging threats, the Department should continue to 

leverage the unique capabilities, R&D expertise, and tools of the 

Department of Energy national laboratories, to which the Homeland Security Act of 2002 gives the Department equal and unfettered access, when those capabilities don’t exist in the private sector or academia. 

Detection Canines.—The Committee encourages S&T to continue 

collaborating closely with component end users to develop canine 

capabilities that have broad application across the Homeland Security Enterprise, including a specific focus on the Person Borne Improvised Explosive Device detection canine. 

Intelligent Memory Fabric.—The Committee continues to recognize the need for testing and evaluation of next generation information technology platforms. The Committee urges S&T to explore 

Intelligent Memory Fabric as a modular, scalable, and distributed 

technology that could maintain and support agency resources from 

data centers to field levels in all operational theaters. 

Levee and Dam Improvements.—The Committee encourages S&T 

to continue the Educational Partnership Agreement between the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research Development 

Center (ERDC) and an academic sedimentation lab that has experience in cooperative research with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to develop capabilities for maintaining and improving the integrity of our nation’s 

existing levee and dams systems. 

Port and Coastal Surveillance.—The Committee encourages S&T 

to conduct research, development, testing, and evaluation of wind 

and solar powered unmanned maritime vessels with surface and 

subsurface capabilities directly related to departmental missions, 

including counter-narcotics; search and rescue; aids to navigation; 

marine safety; marine environmental protection; illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing; enforcement of laws and treaties; 

oceanographic research; and defense readiness. 

Silicon Valley Innovation Program.—The Committee supports 

the ongoing efforts of S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program and 

encourages S&T efforts to fund additional ‘‘call’’ opportunities, especially in support of CBP. 

Soft Targets and Crowded Places.—The Committee understands 

the valuable role of Army research partners in helping to adapt 

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military technologies for soft targets and crowded places applications and encourages S&T, in collaboration with CISA, to work 

with the Army’s ERDC and its university partners to address identified technological needs and requirements for soft target protection. 

Software Assurance Marketplace.—The Committee is aware that 

the Software Assurance Marketplace (SWAMP) plays a key role in 

reducing software vulnerabilities in the U.S. and has been successful in advancing the state of software security. The Committee encourages DHS to continue its investments in software security 

through SWAMP. 

Spoofing.—The Committee remains concerned about the practice 

of spoofing by criminals to commit fraud using telephones. The 

Committee encourages the Department to continue to pursue the 

development of technologies to combat this practice and directs 

S&T to provide a briefing on its current efforts in this area, as well 

as on plans for future technological research and development. 

Wildfire Management.—The Committee encourages S&T to apply 

predictive analytics to study wildfire ignition, including the application of advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning, and 

to develop new data collection methodologies, such as crowd 

sourcing, as indicators for pinpointing high-risk ignition locations 

in the wildland urban interface. 

University Programs 

The Committee recommends $40,500,000 for University Programs, an increase of $18,754,000 above the request to continue 

support for the 10 Centers of Excellence (COEs). S&T shall notify 

the Committee of any plan or proposal to reduce funding for, diminish the role of, or eliminate COEs prior to taking any action to 

do so. S&T is encouraged to prioritize collaborations with qualified 

research universities to support critical research topics in priority 

areas, including maritime security, cross-border threat screening, 

unmanned systems, counterterrorism, emerging analytics, cybersecurity, first responder safety, disaster-driven displacement, and 

critical infrastructure. 

COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $434,897,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 423,158,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 434,952,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +55,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +11,794,000 

Mission 

The Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office 

leads DHS efforts to develop and enhance programs and capabilities that defend against WMD and combat bio-threats and 

pandemics. 

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OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $187,095,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 212,573,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 180,620,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... ¥6,475,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... ¥31,953,000 

The recommendation includes increases above the request of 

$210,000 for the annualization of the 2019 pay raise; $1,153,000 for 

the 2020 pay raise; and $5,000,000 for the National Biosurveillance 

Integration Center. 

Visualization Tool.—The Committee encourages CWMD to continue its engagement in support of a visualization tool that incorporates data from state and local entities and can serve as a biopreparedness tool for emergency response, emergency management, 

and law enforcement at all levels of government. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $100,096,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 78,241,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 121,988,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... +21,892,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... +43,747,000 

The total includes the requested $66,841,000 for the Radiation 

Portal Monitor (RPM) Replacement Program; $3,500,000 for the 

International Rail Program; and $7,900,000 for the Common Viewer. The total also includes $13,747,000 for the RPM Program and 

$27,000,000 for portable detection systems, which are funded in 

PC&I instead of in O&S. The recommendation also includes an increase above the request of $3,000,000 for the development of a domestic source of high assay, low enriched uranium target plates for 

medical isotope production. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $83,043,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 67,681,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 67,681,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... ¥15,362,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... – – – 

FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ......................................................... $64,633,000 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ....................................................... 64,663,000 

Recommended in the bill ................................................................... 64,663,000 

Bill compared with: 

Appropriation, fiscal year 2019 ...................................................... – – – 

Budget request, fiscal year 2020 ................................................... – – – 

TITLE IV—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THIS ACT

Section 401. The Committee continues a provision allowing 

USCIS to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up to five vehicles 

under certain scenarios. 

Section 402. The Committee continues a provision limiting the 

use of A–76 competitions by USCIS. 

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Section 403. The Committee continues a provision authorizing 

FLETC to distribute funds for incurred training expenses. 

Section 404. The Committee continues a provision directing the 

FLETC Accreditation Board to lead the federal law enforcement 

training accreditation process to measure and assess federal law 

enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 

Section 405. The Committee continues a provision allowing for 

the acceptance of funding transfers from other government agencies for construction of special use facilities. 

Section 406. The Committee continues a provision classifying 

FLETC instructor staff as inherently governmental for certain purposes. 

Section 407. The Committee includes a new provision prohibiting 

the transfer of Immigration Examination Fee Account revenue for 

use by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Section 408. The Committee includes a new provision repealing 

an authorization to sell the Plum Island Agricultural Disease Center. 

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Section 501. The Committee continues a provision limiting the 

availability of appropriations to one year unless otherwise expressly provided. 

Section 502. The Committee continues a provision providing that 

unexpended balances of prior year appropriations may be merged 

with new appropriation accounts and used for the same purpose, 

subject to reprogramming guidelines. 

Section 503. The Committee continues and modifies a provision 

limiting authority to reprogram funds within an appropriation 

above a specified threshold unless the Department provides notification to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance; and providing authority to transfer not more than 5 percent 

out of an appropriation and to augment an appropriation by not 

more than 10 percent, with a requirement for a 30-day advance notification. A detailed funding table identifying each congressional 

control level for reprogramming purposes is included at the end of 

this report. 

All DHS components shall comply with these reprogramming and 

transfer requirements. In addition, the Department shall submit 

reprogramming and transfer notifications on a timely basis and 

provide complete explanations of the proposed reprogramming and 

transfer actions, including detailed justifications for the increases 

and offsets, and any specific impacts the proposed changes will 

have on the budget request for the following fiscal year and futureyear appropriations requirements. Each notification submitted to 

the Committees should include a detailed table showing the proposed revisions at the account, program, project, and activity level 

to the funding and full time equivalent levels for the current fiscal 

year and the levels requested in the President’s budget for the following fiscal year. 

The Department shall manage its programs and activities within 

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cumstances that could not have been predicted by the Department 

when formulating the budget request for the budget year or foreseen by Congress when appropriating funds. When the Department 

submits a reprogramming or transfer notification and does not receive identical responses from the House and the Senate Committees, it is expected to reconcile the House and the Senate differences before proceeding. 

The Department is not to submit a notification for a reprogramming or transfer of funds after June 30 except in extraordinary circumstances that imminently threaten the safety of human life or 

the protection of property. If a reprogramming or transfer is needed 

after June 30, the notice should contain sufficient documentation 

as to why it meets this statutory exception. 

Deobligated funds are also subject to the reprogramming and 

transfer guidelines and requirements set forth in this section. 

A new subsection is included which prohibits transfers impacting 

ICE enforcement and removal operations. 

Section 504. The Committee continues by reference a provision 

prohibiting funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the 

Department to make payment to the Working Capital Fund (WCF), 

except for activities and amounts proposed in the President’s fiscal 

year 2020 budget request. Funds provided to the WCF are available until expended. The Department may only charge components 

for services directly provided through the WCF, and may only use 

such funds for purposes intended by the contributing component. 

Any funds paid in advance or for reimbursement must reflect the 

full cost of each service. The Department shall submit a notification to the Committees prior to adding a new activity to the fund 

or eliminating an existing activity from the fund. For activities 

added to the fund, such notifications shall detail the source of 

funds by account, program, project, and activity level. In addition, 

the Department shall submit quarterly WCF execution reports to 

the Committees that include activity-level detail. 

Section 505. The Committee continues a provision providing that 

not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances from prior year 

appropriations for each Operations and Support appropriation shall 

have two fiscal years of availability, subject to section 503 reprogramming requirements. 

Section 506. The Committee continues a provision that deems intelligence activities to be specifically authorized during fiscal year 

2020 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2020. 

Section 507. The Committee continues a provision requiring notification to the Committees at least three days before DHS executes 

or announces grant allocations; grant awards; contract awards, including contracts covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

other transaction agreements; letters of intent; a task or delivery 

order on multiple award contracts totaling $1,000,000 or more; a 

task or delivery order greater than $10,000,000 from multi-year 

funds; or sole-source grant awards. Notifications shall include a description of projects or activities to be funded and their location, including city, county, and state. 

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ties for federal law enforcement training without advance notification to the Committees. 

Section 509. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting the 

use of funds for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition 

project for which a prospectus, if required under chapter 33 of title 

40, United States Code, has not been approved. 

Section 510. The Committee continues and modifies a provision 

that consolidates by reference prior-year statutory provisions related to a contracting officer’s technical representative training and 

the use of funds in conformance with section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. 

Section 511. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting the 

use of funds in contravention of the Buy American Act. 

Section 512. The Committee continues a provision regarding the 

oath of allegiance required by section 337 of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act. 

Section 513. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting 

DHS from using funds in this Act to use reorganization authority. 

Section 514. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting 

funds for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national identification card. 

Section 515. The Committee continues a provision directing that 

any official required by this Act to report or certify to the Committees on Appropriations may not delegate such authority unless expressly authorized to do so in this Act. 

Section 516. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting 

funds in this Act to be used for first-class travel. 

Section 517. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting 

funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to pay 

for award or incentive fees for contractors with below satisfactory 

performance or performance that fails to meet the basic requirements of the contract. 

Section 518. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting the 

use of funds to enter into a federal contract that does not meet the 

requirements of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 

Act of 1949 or chapter 137 of title 10 U.S.C.; and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless the contract is otherwise authorized by 

statute without regard to this section. 

Section 519. The Committee continues a provision requiring DHS 

computer systems to block electronic access to pornography, except 

for law enforcement purposes. 

Section 520. The Committee continues a provision regarding the 

transfer of firearms by federal law enforcement personnel. 

Section 521. The Committee continues a provision regarding 

funding restrictions and reporting requirements related to conferences occurring outside of the United States. 

Section 522. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting 

funds to reimburse any federal department or agency for its participation in a National Special Security Event. 

Section 523. The Committee continues a provision requiring a notification, including justification materials, prior to implementing 

any structural pay reform that affects more than 100 full-time positions or costs more than $5,000,000. 

Section 524. The Committee continues a provision directing the 

Department to post on a public website reports required by the 

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Committees on Appropriations unless public posting compromises 

homeland or national security or contains proprietary information. 

Section 525. The Committee continues a provision authorizing 

minor procurement, construction, and improvements under Operations and Support appropriations, as specified. 

Section 526. The Committee continues by reference a provision to 

authorize DHS to fund out of existing discretionary appropriations 

the expenses of primary and secondary schooling of eligible dependents in areas of U.S. territories that meet certain criteria. 

Section 527. The Committee continues by reference a provision 

providing $41,000,000 for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ to reimburse extraordinary law enforcement personnel overtime costs for protection activities directly and 

demonstrably associated with a residence of the President that is 

designated for protection. 

Section 528. The Committee continues and modifies a provision 

regarding access to detention facilities by members of Congress or 

their designated staff. 

Section 529. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting the 

use of funds to use restraints on pregnant detainees in DHS custody except in certain circumstances. 

Section 530. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting the 

use of funds for the destruction of records related to the sexual 

abuse or assault of detainees in custody. 

Section 531. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting 

funds for a Principal Federal Official during a declared disaster or 

emergency under the Stafford Act, with certain exceptions. 

Section 532. The Committee includes a new provision increasing 

the annual cap on H–2B visas. 

Section 533. The Committee includes a new provision authorizing 

the use of the H–2A program for agricultural jobs that are not temporary or seasonal in nature. 

Section 534. The Committee includes a new provision that prohibits the use of funds for various administration policies and activities. 

Section 535. The Committee includes a new provision that prohibits certain immigration enforcement activities. 

Section 536. The Committee includes a provision rescinding unobligated balances from specified sources. 

APPROPRIATIONS CAN BE USED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH

MADE

Title 31 of the United States Code makes clear that appropriations can be used only for the purposes for which they were appropriated as follows: 

Section 1301. Application. 

(a) Appropriations shall be applied only to the objects for which 

the appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law. 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT REQUIREMENTS 

The following items are included in accordance with various requirements of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

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FULL COMMITTEE VOTES 

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of each roll call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those voting 

for and those voting against, are printed below: 

Date: June 11,2019 

Measure: Homeland Security, FY20 

Motion by: Mr. Fleischmann 

Rol!Calll 

Description of Motion: To provide an additional $5,000,000,000 for "U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection- Procurement, Construction, and Improvements", subject to a designation by the President 

that the amount is for an emergency requirement. 

Results: Defeated 21 yeas to 29 nays 

Members Voting Yea 

Mr. Aderholt 

Mr. Amodei 

Mr. Calvert 

Mr. Carter 

Mr. Cole 

Mr. Diaz-Balart 

Mr. Fleischmann 

Mr. Fortenberry 

Ms. Granger 

Mr. Graves 

Dr. Harris 

Mr. Joyce 

Mr. Moolenaar 

Mr. Newhouse 

Mr. Palazzo 

Mrs. Roby 

Mr. Rogers 

Mr. Rutherford 

Mr. Simpson 

Mr. Stewart 

Mr. Womack 

Members Voting Nay 

Mr. Aguilar 

Mr. Bishop 

Mrs. Bustos 

Mr. Cartwright 

Mr. Case 

Ms. Clark 

Mr. Cuellar 

Ms. DeLauro 

Ms. Frankel 

Mr. Hurd 

Ms. Kaptur 

Mr. Kilmer 

Mrs. Kirkpatrick 

Mrs. Lawrence 

Ms. Lee 

Mrs. Lowey 

Ms. McCollum 

Ms. Meng 

Ms. Pingree 

Mr. Pocan 

Mr. Price 

Mr. Quigley 

Ms. Roybal-Allard 

Mr. Ruppersberger 

Mr. Serrano 

Mrs. Torres 

Mr. Visclosky 

Ms. Wasserman Schultz 

Mrs. Watson Coleman 
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of each roll call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those voting 

for and those voting against, are printed below: 

Date: June II, 2019 

Measure: Homeland Security, FY20 

Motion by: Mr. Calvert 

Roll Call2 

Description of Motion: To make permanent the authorization for the E-Verify program. 

Results: Defeated 21 yeas to 28 nays 

Members Voting Yea 

Mr. Aderholt 

Mr.Amodei 

Mr. Calvert 

Mr. Carter 

Mr. Diaz-Balart 

Mr. Fleischmann 

Mr. Fortenberry 

Ms. Granger 

Mr. Graves 

Dr. Harris 

Mr. Hurd 

Mr. Joyce 

Mr. Moolenaar 

Mr. Newhouse 

Mr. Palazzo 

Mrs. Roby 

Mr. Rogers 

Mr. Rutherford 

Mr. Simpson 

Mr. Stewart 

Mr. Womack 

Members Voting Nay 

Mr. Aguilar 

Mr. Bishop 

Mrs. Bustos 

Mr. Cartwright 

Mr. Case 

Ms. Clark 

Mr. Cuellar 

Ms. DeLauro 

Ms. Frankel 

Ms. Kaptur 

Mr. Kilmer 

Mrs. Kirkpatrick 

Mrs. Lawrence 

Ms. Lee 

Mrs. Lowey 

Ms. McCollum 

Ms. Meng 

Ms. Pingree 

Mr. Pocan 

Mr. Price 

Mr. Quigley 

Ms. Roybal-Allard 

Mr. Ruppersberger 

Mr. Serrano 

Mrs. Torres 

Mr. Visclosky 

Ms. Wasserman Schultz 

Mrs. Watson Coleman 
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of each roll call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those voting 

for and those voting against, are printed below: 

Date: June II, 2019 

Measure: Homeland Security, FY20 

Motion by: Mr. Price 

Roll Call3 

Description of Motion: To prohibit the use offederal funds to implement: (l) U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services Policy Memo 602-0162; (2) The memorandum from the Principal Legal Advisor on 

Litigating Domestic Violence-Based Persecution Claims Following Matter of A-B-; (3) Executive Order 

13780; (4) Presidential Proclamation 9645; (5) Executive Order 13815; (6) The proposed rule by the 

Department of Homeland Security entitled "Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds"; (7) The Interim 

Final Rule entitled "Aliens Subject to a Bar Under Certain Presidential Proclamations, Procedures for 

Protection Claims" (83 Fed. Reg. 55934); (8) Presidential Proclamation 9822; (9) The Migrant Protection 

Protocols; (I 0) DHS Policy Memorandum 602-0 169; and (II) Any regulation, policy, guideline, or 

practice applying the provisions of section 235(b)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

U.S.C.). In addition, to prohibit the use of federal funds to place in detention, remove, refer for removal, 

or initiate removal proceedings against participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 

initiative who continue to be qualified for such initiative or individuals granted temporary protected status 

who continue to be qualified for such status; and to conduct immigration enforcement activities at within 

I ,000 feet of specified locations. 

Results: Approved 28 yeas to 21 nays 

Members Voting Yea 

Mr. Aguilar 

Mr. Bishop 

Mrs. Bustos 

Mr. Cartwright 

Mr. Case 

Ms. Clark 

Mr. Cuellar 

Ms. DeLauro 

Ms. Frankel 

Ms. Kaptur 

Mr. Kilmer 

Mrs. Kirkpatrick 

Mrs. Lawrence 

Ms. Lee 

Mrs. Lowey 

Ms. McCollum 

Ms. Meng 

Members Voting Nay 

Mr. Aderholt 

Mr.Amodei 

Mr. Calvert 

Mr. Carter 

Mr. Diaz-Balart 

Mr. Fleischmann 

Mr. Fortenberry 

Ms. Granger 

Mr. Graves 

Dr. Harris 

Mr. Hurd 

Mr. Joyce 

Mr. Moolenaar 

Mr. Newhouse 

Mr. Palazzo 

Mrs. Roby 

Mr. Rogers 
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Ms. Pingree 

Mr. Pocan 

Mr. Price 

Mr. Quigley 

Ms. Roybal-Allard 

Mr. Ruppersberger 

Mr. Serrano 

Mrs. Torres 

Mr. Visclosky 

Ms. Wassennan Schultz 

Mrs. Watson Coleman 

Mr. Rutherford 

Mr. Simpson 

Mr. Stewart 

Mr. Womack 
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of each roll call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those voting 

for and those voting against, are printed below: 

Date: June II, 2019 

Measure: Homeland Security, FY20 

Motion by: Mr. Rutherford 

RollCaU4 

Description of Motion: To strike section 228; increase the amount for "U.S. Customs and Immigration 

Enforcement- Operations and Support" by $387,077,000; and strike three paragraphs in the report 

beginning on p. 32 under the heading "Detention Capacity". 

Results: Defeated 21 yeas to 28 nays 

Members Voting Yea 

Mr. Aderholt 

Mr.Amodei 

Mr. Calvert 

Mr. Carter 

Mr. Diaz-Balart 

Mr. Fleischmann 

Mr. Fortenberry 

Ms. Granger 

Mr. Graves 

Dr. Harris 

Mr. Hurd 

Mr. Joyce 

Mr. Moolenaar 

Mr. Newhouse 

Mr. Palazzo 

Mrs. Roby 

Mr. Rogers 

Mr. Rutherford 

Mr. Simpson 

Mr. Stewart 

Mr. Womack 

Members Voting Nay 

Mr. Aguilar 

Mr. Bishop 

Mrs. Bustos 

Mr. Cartwright 

Mr. Case 

Ms. Clark 

Mr. Cuellar 

Ms. DeLauro 

Ms. Frankel 

Ms. Kaptur 

Mr. Kilmer 

Mrs. Kirkpatrick 

Mrs. Lawrence 

Ms. Lee 

Mrs. Lowey 

Ms. McCollum 

Ms. Meng 

Ms. Pingree 

Mr. Pocan 

Mr. Price 

Mr. Quigley 

Ms. Roybal-Allard 

Mr. Ruppersberger 

Mr. Serrano 

Mrs. Torres 

Mr. Visclosky 

Ms. Wasserman Schultz 

Mrs. Watson Coleman 
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of each roll call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those voting 

for and those voting against, are printed below: 

Roll CaliS 

Date: June II, 2019 

Measure: Homeland Security, FY20 

Motion by: Mr. Newhouse, as amended by Mr. Hurd 

Description of Motion: To provide the following amounts, subject to a designation by the President that 

such amounts are for emergency requirements: $377,080,000 for the Department of Defense; 

$2,881,552,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services; $1,129,000,000 for the Department of 

Homeland Security; and $155,000,000 for the Department of Justice. 

Results: Defeated 20 yeas to 29 nays 

Members Voting Yea 

Mr. Aderholt 

Mr. Calvert 

Mr. Carter 

Mr. Diaz-Balart 

Mr. Fleischmann 

Mr. Fortenberry 

Ms. Granger 

Mr. Graves 

Dr. Harris 

Mr. Hurd 

Mr. Joyce 

Mr. Moolenaar 

Mr. Newhouse 

Mr. Palazzo 

Mrs. Roby 

Mr. Rogers 

Mr. Rutherford 

Mr. Simpson 

Mr. Stewart 

Mr. Womack 

Members Voting Nay 

Mr. Aguilar 

Mr. Bishop 

Mrs. Bustos 

Mr. Cartwright 

Mr. Case 

Ms. Clark 

Mr. Crist 

Mr. Cuellar 

Ms. DeLauro 

Ms. Frankel 

Ms. Kaptur 

Mr. Kilmer 

Mrs. Kirkpatrick 

Mrs. Lawrence 

Ms. Lee 

Mrs. Lowey 

Ms. McCollum 

Ms. Meng 

Ms. Pingree 

Mr. Pocan 

Mr. Price 

Mr. Quigley 

Ms. Roybal-Allard 

Mr. Ruppersberger 

Mr. Serrano 

Mrs. Torres 
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Mr. Visclosky 

Ms. Wasserman Schultz 

Mrs. Watson Coleman 
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of each roll call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those voting 

for and those voting against, are printed below: 

Date: June II, 2019 

Measure: Homeland Security, FY20 

Motion by: Ms. Kaptur 

Roll Call6 

Description of Motion: To report the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020, to the 

House, as amended. 

Results: Approved 29 yeas to 20 nays 

Members Voting Yea 

Mr. Aguilar 

Mr. Bishop 

Mrs. Bustos 

Mr. Cartwright 

Mr. Case 

Ms. Clark 

Mr. Crist 

Mr. Cuellar 

Ms. DeLauro 

Ms. Frankel 

Ms.Kaptur 

Mr. Kilmer 

Mrs. Kirkpatrick 

Mrs. Lawrence 

Ms. Lee 

Mrs. Lowey 

Ms. McCollum 

Ms. Meng 

Ms. Pingree 

Mr. Pocan 

Mr. Price 

Mr. Quigley 

Ms. Roybal-Allard 

Mr. Ruppersberger 

Mr. Serrano 

Mrs. Torres 

Mr. Visclosky 

Ms. Wasserman Schultz 

Mrs. Watson Coleman 

Members Voting Nay 

Mr. Aderholt 

Mr. Calvert 

Mr. Carter 

Mr. Diaz-Balart 

Mr. Fleischmann 

Mr. Fortenberry 

Ms. Granger 

Mr. Graves 

Dr. Harris 

Mr. Hurd 

Mr. Joyce 

Mr. Moolenaar 

Mr. Newhouse 

Mr. Palazzo 

Mrs. Roby 

Mr. Rogers 

Mr. Rutherford 

Mr. Simpson 

Mr. Stewart 

Mr. Womack 
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STATEMENT OF GENERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, the following is a statement of general performance goals and objectives for which this measure authorizes funding: 

The Committee on Appropriations considers program performance, including a program’s success in developing and attaining 

outcome-related goals and objectives, in developing funding recommendations. 

RESCISSION OF FUNDS

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, the following table is submitted describing the 

rescissions recommended in the accompanying bill: 

Account/Activity Rescissions 

Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improvement (PC&I) (P.L. 115–141) ......... 20,000,000 

Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improvement (PC&I) (P.L. 116–6) ............. 601,000,000 

Customs and Border Protection—Automation Modernization account 70X0531 ................................................ 10,000,000 

Customs and Border Protection—Border Security, Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology account 70X0533 10,000,000 

Customs and Border Protection—Construction account 70X0532 ..................................................................... 4,000,000 

Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements (P.L. 114–113) ................................................... 500,000 

Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements (P.L. 115–31) ..................................................... 6,000,000 

Coast Guard—Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (P.L. 115–141) .................................................. 5,000,000 

TRANSFER OF FUNDS

Neither the bill nor report contain any provisions that specifically direct the transfer of funds. 

DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING

ITEMS

Neither the bill nor the report contains any Congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined in 

clause 9 of rule XXI. 

COMPLIANCE WITH RULE XIII, CL. 3(e) (RAMSEYER RULE) 

In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, 

as reported, are shown as follows (new matter is printed in italic 

and existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in 

roman): 

HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeland Security Act of 2002’’. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act is as 

follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

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TITLE IV—BORDER, MARITIME, AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 

Subtitle A—Border, Maritime, and Transportation Security Responsibilities and 

Functions 

* * * * * * * 

Sec. 405. Ombudsman for Immigration Detention. 

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TITLE IV—BORDER, MARITIME, AND 

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 

Subtitle A—Border, Maritime, and Transportation Security Responsibilities and 

Functions 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 405. OMBUDSMAN FOR IMMIGRATION DETENTION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Within the Department, there shall be a position of Immigration Detention Ombudsman (in this section referred 

to as the ‘‘Ombudsman’’). The Ombudsman shall be independent of 

Department agencies and officers and shall report directly to the 

Secretary. The Ombudsman shall be a senior official with a background in civil rights enforcement, civil detention care and custody, 

and immigration law. 

(b) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Ombudsman shall be to— 

(1) Establish and administer an independent, neutral, and 

confidential process to receive, investigate, resolve, and provide 

redress, including referral for investigation to the Office of the 

Inspector General, referral to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services for immigration relief, or any other action determined 

appropriate, for cases in which Department officers or other 

personnel, or contracted, subcontracted, or cooperating entity 

personnel, are found to have engaged in misconduct or violated 

the rights of individuals in immigration detention; 

(2) Establish an accessible and standardized process regarding complaints against any officer or employee of U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or any contracted, subcontracted, or cooperating entity personnel, for violations of law, standards of professional 

conduct, contract terms, or policy related to immigration detention; 

(3) Conduct unannounced inspections of detention facilities 

holding individuals in federal immigration custody, including 

those owned or operated by units of State or local government 

and privately-owned or operated facilities; 

(4) Review, examine, and make recommendations to address 

concerns or violations of contract terms identified in reviews, 

audits, investigations, or detainee interviews regarding immigration detention facilities and services; and 

(5) Provide assistance to individuals affected by potential 

misconduct, excessive force, or violations of law or detention 

standards by Department of Homeland Security officers or 

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other personnel, or contracted, subcontracted, or cooperating entity personnel. 

(c) ACCESS TO DETENTION FACILITIES.—The Ombudsman or designated personnel of the Ombudsman, shall be provided unfettered 

access to any location within each such detention facility and shall 

be permitted confidential access to any detainee at the detainee’s request and any departmental records concerning such detainee. 

(d) COORDINATION WITH DEPARTMENT COMPONENTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection shall each establish procedures to provide formal responses to recommendations submitted to such officials 

by the Ombudsman within 60 days of receiving such recommendations. 

(2) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall establish 

procedures to provide the Ombudsman access to all departmental records necessary to execute the responsibilities of the 

Ombudsman under subsection (b) or (c) not later than 60 days 

after a request from the Ombudsman for such information. 

(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Ombudsman shall prepare a report to 

Congress on an annual basis on its activities, findings, and recommendations. 

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SECTION 540 OF DIVISION D OF THE CONSOLIDATED SECURITY, DISASTER ASSISTANCE, AND CONTINUING 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 

øSEC. 540. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, should 

the Secretary of Homeland Security determine that the National 

Bio and Agro-defense Facility be located at a site other than Plum 

Island, New York, the Secretary shall liquidate the Plum Island 

asset by directing the Administrator of General Services to sell 

through public sale all real and related personal property and 

transportation assets which support Plum Island operations, subject to such terms and conditions as necessary to protect government interests and meet program requirements: Provided, That the 

gross proceeds of such sale shall be deposited as graphicting collections into the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology ‘‘Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations’’ account and, subject to appropriation, shall be available until expended, for site acquisition, construction, and costs related to the 

construction of the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility, including the costs associated with the sale, including due diligence requirements, necessary environmental remediation at Plum Island, 

and reimbursement of expenses incurred by the General Services 

Administration which shall not exceed 1 percent of the sale price: 

Provided further, That after the completion of construction and environmental remediation, the unexpended balances of funds appropriated for costs in the preceding proviso shall be available for 

transfer to the appropriate account for design and construction of 

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tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall be notified 15 days prior to such transfer.¿ 

SECTION 538 OF DIVISION D OF THE CONSOLIDATED 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2012 

øSEC. 538. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law during 

fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent fiscal year, if the Secretary of 

Homeland Security determines that the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility should be located at a site other than Plum Island, 

New York, the Secretary shall ensure that the Administrator of 

General Services sells through public sale all real and related personal property and transportation assets which support Plum Island operations, subject to such terms and conditions as may be 

necessary to protect Government interests and meet program requirements. 

ø(b) The proceeds of such sale described in subsection (a) shall 

be deposited as graphicting collections into the Department of 

Homeland Security Science and Technology ‘‘Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations’’ account and, subject to appropriation, shall be available until expended, for site acquisition, construction, and costs related to the construction of the National Bioand Agro-defense Facility, including the costs associated with the 

sale, including due diligence requirements, necessary environmental remediation at Plum Island, and reimbursement of expenses incurred by the General Services Administration.¿ 

COMPLIANCE WITH RULE XIII, CLAUSE 3(f)(1) (CHANGES IN THE

APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW) 

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the Committee has inserted at the appropriate place in the report a description of the effects of provisions proposed in the accompanying bill which may be considered, 

under certain circumstances, to change the application of existing 

law, either directly or indirectly. 

The bill provides, in some instances, funding of agencies and activities where legislation has not yet been finalized. In addition, the 

bill carries language, in some instances, permitting activities not 

authorized by law. Additionally, the Committee includes a number 

of general provisions. 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, 

INTELLIGENCE, AND OVERSIGHT 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

The Committee includes language providing funds for the operations and support of the Office of the Secretary and for the executive management offices, including funds for an Ombudsman for 

Immigration Detention and for official reception and representation 

expenses. 

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MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

The Committee includes language providing funds for operations 

and support, including funds for official reception and representation expenses. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

The Committee includes language providing funds, with availability for three or five years, for procurement, construction, and 

improvements, including five-year funding for the Department 

headquarters consolidation. 

FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

The Committee includes language making funds available until 

expended for the operations of the Federal Protective Service. 

INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND OPERATIONS COORDINATION

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

The Committee includes language providing funds for the Office 

of Intelligence and Analysis and the Office of Operations Coordination, including funding for official reception and representation expenses, as well as funds for facility needs associated with secure 

space at fusion centers. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

The Committee includes language providing funds for the Office 

of Inspector General, including certain confidential operational expenses such as the payment of informants. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Language requiring a report on grants or contracts awarded by 

means other than full and open competition, and requiring the Inspector General to review such grants or contracts and report the 

results to the Committees. 

Language requiring the Secretary to link all contracts that provide award fees to successful acquisition outcomes. 

Language requiring the Secretary to notify the Committees of 

any proposed transfers from the Department of Treasury Forfeiture 

Fund to any agency at DHS, and prohibiting the use of such funds 

for border security infrastructure. 

Language related to official costs of the Secretary and Deputy 

Secretary. 

Language amending the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish an Immigration Detention Ombudsman. 

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TITLE II—SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 

INVESTIGATIONS 

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

The Committee includes language making funds available for operations and support, including funds for the transportation of unaccompanied minor aliens; air and marine assistance to other law 

enforcement agencies and humanitarian efforts; purchase or lease 

of vehicles; maintenance, and procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aircraft systems; contracting with individuals 

for personal services abroad; Harbor Maintenance Fee collections; 

customs officers; official reception and representation expenses; 

Customs User Fee collections; payment of rental space in connection with preclearance operations; and compensation of informants. 

The Committee provides two-year availability of funds for certain 

activities. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

The Committee includes language providing funds for procurement, construction, and improvements, to include procurements to 

buy, maintain, or operate aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems. 

The Committee provides three-year and five-year availability of 

funds for these activities. 

U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

The Committee includes language providing funds for operations 

and support, including funds for official reception and representation expenses, overseas vetted units, and the operation and maintenance necessary to sustain the daily effectiveness of equipment and 

facilities. The Committee includes language making funds available 

for special operations; compensation to informants; the reimbursement of other federal agencies for certain costs; the purchase or 

lease of vehicles; maintenance, minor construction, and minor improvements of owned and leased facilities; the enforcement of child 

labor laws; and paid apprenticeships for the Human Exploitation 

Rescue Operations Corps. The Committee provides two-year availability of funds for certain activities. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

The Committee includes language providing funds for procurement, construction, renovation, and improvements to include funds 

for facilities repair and maintenance projects. The Committee provides three-year availability of funds for these activities. 

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

The Committee includes language providing funds for operations 

and support, including funds for official reception and representation expenses, and establishes conditions under which security fees 

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are collected and credited. The Committee provides two-year availability of funds for these activities. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

The Committee includes language providing funds for procurement, construction, and improvements. The Committee provides 

three-year availability of funds for these activities. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The Committee includes language providing funds for research 

and development. The Committee provides three-year availability 

of funds for these activities. 

COAST GUARD

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

The Committee includes language providing funds for the operations and support of the Coast Guard, including funds for official 

reception and representation expenses; passenger motor vehicles; 

small boats; repairs and service life-replacements; purchase, lease, 

or improvement of other equipment; special pay allowances; recreation and welfare; environmental compliance and restoration; and 

defense-related activities. The Committee includes language authorizing funds to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 

Fund. The Committee provides two-year and five-year availability 

of funds for certain activities. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

The Committee includes language providing funds for the procurement, construction, and improvements, including of aids to 

navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft. The Committee includes language authorizing funds to be derived from the Oil Spill 

Liability Trust Fund and the Coast Guard Housing Fund. The 

Committee provides five-year availability of funds for these purposes. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The Committee includes language providing funds for research 

and development, and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and 

operation of related facilities and equipment. The Committee includes language authorizing funds to be derived from the Oil Spill 

Liability Trust Fund, and authorizing funds received from state 

and local governments, other public authorities, private sources, 

and foreign countries to be credited to this account and used for 

certain purposes. The Committee provides two-year availability of 

funds for these purposes. 

RETIRED PAY

The Committee includes language providing funds for retired pay 

and medical care for the Coast Guard’s retired personnel and their 

dependents and makes these funds available until expended. 

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UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

The Committee includes language that provides funds for operations and support, to include funds for the purchase and replacement of vehicles; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of motorcycles; rental of certain buildings; improvements to 

buildings as may be necessary for protective missions; firearms 

matches; presentation of awards; behavioral research; advance payment for commercial accommodations; per diem and subsistence allowances; official reception and representation expenses; grant activities related to missing and exploited children investigations; 

and technical assistance and equipment provided to foreign law enforcement organizations. The Committee provides for two-year 

availability of funds for certain activities. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

The Committee includes language providing funds for procurement, construction, and improvements. The Committee provides 

three-year availability of funds for these purposes. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The Committee includes language providing funds for research 

and development. The Committee provides two-year availability of 

funds for these purposes. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Language regarding overtime compensation. 

Language allowing CBP to sustain or increase operations in 

Puerto Rico with appropriated funds. 

Language regarding the availability of fee revenue collected from 

certain arriving passengers. 

Language allowing CBP access to certain reimbursements for 

preclearance activities. 

Language regarding the importation of prescription drugs by an 

individual for personal use. 

Language regarding waivers of the Jones Act. 

Language prohibiting DHS from establishing a border crossing 

fee. 

Language prohibiting the use of funds provided under the heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and 

Support’’ for the 287(g) program if the terms of the agreement governing the delegation of authority have been materially violated. 

Language requiring ICE to provide information and statistics 

about the 287(g) program. 

Language prohibiting the use of funds provided under the heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and 

Support’’ to contract for detention services if the facility receives 

less than ‘‘adequate’’ ratings in two consecutive performance evaluations. 

Language restricting the Department’s authority to use contracts 

for detention services that do not have fixed termination dates. 

Language clarifying that certain elected and appointed officials 

are not exempt from federal passenger and baggage screening. 

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Language directing the deployment of explosives detection systems based on risk and other factors. 

Language authorizing TSA to use funds from the Aviation Security Capital Fund for the procurement and installation of explosives detection systems or for other purposes authorized by law. 

Language prohibiting funds made available by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and Support’’ for recreational 

vessel expenses, except to the extent fees are collected from owners 

of yachts and credited to this appropriation. Language allowing up to $10,000,000 to be reprogrammed to or 

from Military Pay and Allowances within ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and Support’’. 

Language requiring submission a future-years capital investment 

plan. 

Language allowing the Secret Service to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursement for personnel receiving training. 

Language prohibiting funds made available to the Secret Service 

for the protection of the head of a federal agency other than the 

Secretary of Homeland Security, except when the Director has entered into a reimbursable agreement for such protection services. 

Language regarding the reprogramming of funds within ‘‘United 

States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’. 

Language allowing for funds made available for ‘‘United States 

Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ to be available for travel 

of employees on protective missions without regard to limitations 

on such expenditures in this or any other Act after notification to 

the Committees on Appropriations. 

Language prohibiting the obligation of funds prior to the submission of an expenditure plan for funds made available for ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’. 

Language prohibiting ICE from removing sponsors or potential 

sponsors of unaccompanied children based on information provided 

by the Office of Refugee Resettlement as part of the sponsor’s application to accept custody of an unaccompanied child, except when 

that information meets specified criteria. 

Language requiring ICE to provide statistics about its detention 

population. 

Language allocating funds within CBP’s Procurement, Construction, and Improvements account for specific purposes and requiring 

an updated risk-based plan for improving security along the borders of the United States. 

Language prohibiting the construction of physical barriers along 

the southern land border except by using amounts made available 

for such purposes by prior appropriations Acts. 

Language prescribing the use of funds for ICE enforcement and 

removal operations and making available additional funds in the 

event of a border migration surge. 

Language allowing for death gratuity payments to be made by 

the Coast Guard in the absence of an annual appropriation. 

Language preventing a lapse in the current collective bargaining 

agreement between TSA and Transportation Security Officers 

pending the completion of a new agreement. 

Language directing the submission of a report on the Migrant 

Protection Protocols program. 

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TITLE III—PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

RECOVERY 

CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

The Committee includes language providing funds for operations 

and support, including funds for official reception and representation expenses. The Committee provides for two-year availability of 

funds for certain activities. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

The Committee includes language providing funds for procurement, construction, and improvements. The Committee provides 

three-year availability of funds for these purposes. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The Committee includes language providing funds for research 

and development. The Committee provides two-year availability of 

funds for these purposes. 

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

The Committee includes language providing funds for operations 

and support, including funds for official reception and representation expenses. The Committee provides two-year availability of 

funds for certain purposes. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

The Committee includes language providing funds for procurement, construction, and improvements. The Committee provides 

three- and five-year availability of funds for these purposes. 

FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

The Committee includes language providing funds for grants, 

contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities, including 

for terrorism prevention; public transportation and railroad security; port security; firefighter assistance; emergency management; 

flood hazard mapping and risk analysis; emergency food and shelter; education, training, exercises, and technical assistance; and 

other programs. The Committee provides two-year availability of 

funds for certain purposes. 

DISASTER RELIEF FUND

The Committee includes language making funds available until 

expended for the Disaster Relief Fund. The Committee includes a 

provision for funds to be derived from unobligated balances from 

prior year appropriations and that such funds cannot be derived 

from funds designated as emergency. 

NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

The Committee includes language making funds available for 

mission support associated with flood management and programs 

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and activities under the National Flood Insurance Fund, including 

flood plain management and flood mapping. The Committee includes provisions making funds available for interest on Treasury 

borrowings and limiting amounts available for operating expenses, 

commissions and taxes of agents, and flood mitigation activities associated with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. The Committee includes language permitting additional fees collected to be 

credited as an offsetting collection and available for floodplain management; providing that not to exceed four percent of the total appropriation is available for administrative cost; and making funds 

available for the Flood Insurance Advocate. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Language limiting expenses for the administration of grants. 

Language specifying timeframes for certain grant applications 

and awards. 

Language requiring a five-day advance notification for certain 

grant awards under ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency— 

Federal Assistance’’. 

Language authorizing the use of certain grant funds for the installation of communications towers. 

Language requiring the submission of a monthly Disaster Relief 

Fund report. 

Language permitting the Secretary to grant waivers from specified requirements of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and 

Control Act of 1974. 

Language providing for the receipt and expenditure of fees collected for the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program, as 

authorized by Public Law 105–276. 

Language providing for the extention of the deadline for FEMA 

to consider the resubmission of a request for Individual Assistance 

related to the removal of debris from private property for major 

disasters occurring on or after May 1, 2018, and requiring FEMA 

to reconsider such re-submissions. 

TITLE IV—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 

SERVICES 

U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

The Committee includes language making funds available for operations and support for the E-Verify program, the Office of Citizenship, and the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements 

program. 

FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

The Committee includes language making funds available for the 

Citizenship and Integration Grant Program. 

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

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tation expenses and purchase of police-type vehicles. The Committee provides two-year availability of funds for certain activities. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

The Committee includes language providing funds for procurement, construction, and improvements. The Committee provides 

five-year availability of funds for these activities. 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

The Committee includes language providing funds for operations 

and support, including the purchase or lease of vehicles and official 

reception and representation expenses. The Committee provides 

two-year availability of funds for certain activities. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The Committee includes language providing funds for research 

and development. The Committee provides three-year availability 

of funds for these activities. 

COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

The Committee includes language providing funds for operations 

and support, including official reception and representation expenses. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

The Committee includes language providing funds for procurement, construction, and improvements. The Committee provides 

three-year availability of funds for these activities. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The Committee includes language providing funds for research 

and development. The Committee provides three-year availability 

of funds for these activities. 

FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

The Committee includes language providing funds for federal assistance through grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

other activities. The Committee provides three-year availability of 

funds for these activities. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Language allowing USCIS to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose 

of up to five vehicles under certain scenarios. 

Language limiting the use of A–76 competitions by USCIS. 

Language authorizing FLETC to distribute funds to federal law 

enforcement agencies for incurred training expenses. 

Language directing the FLETC Accreditation Board to lead the 

federal law enforcement training accreditation process for measuring and assessing federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 

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Language allowing for the acceptance of funding transfers from 

other government agencies for the construction of special use facilities. 

Language classifying FLETC instructor staff as inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform 

Act of 1998. 

Language prohibiting the use of Immigration Examination Fee 

Account revenue by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Language repealing prior year provisions related to the sale of 

the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. 

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Language limiting the availability of appropriations to one year 

unless otherwise expressly provided. 

Language providing authority to merge unexpended balances of 

prior year appropriations with new appropriations accounts for the 

same purpose, subject to reprogramming guidelines. 

Language limiting the authority to reprogram funds within an 

appropriation above a specified threshold unless the Department 

provides notification to the Committees on Appropriations at least 

15 days in advance; and providing authority to transfer not more 

than 5 percent out of an appropriation and augment an appropriation by not more than 10 percent, with a requirement for a 30-day 

advance notification. 

Language prohibiting funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available to the Department to make payments to the Working 

Capital Fund (WCF), except for activities and amounts allowed in 

the President’s budget request; making funds provided to the WCF 

available until expended; restricting the Department from charging 

components for services not directly provided through the WCF, or 

for the purposes intended by the contributing component; requiring 

funds paid by components in advance or for reimbursement to reflect the full cost of each service; requiring the submission of a notification prior to adding a new activity to the fund detailing the 

source of funds by account, program, project, and activity level; requiring the submission of a notification prior to eliminating an existing activity from the fund; and requiring the Department to submit quarterly WCF execution reports to the Committees that include activity-level detail. 

Language providing that not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated 

balances from prior year appropriations for each Operations and 

Support appropriation shall have two fiscal years of availability, 

subject to section 503 reprogramming requirements. 

Language deeming intelligence activities to be specifically authorized during the budget year until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence activities for that year. 

Language requiring a specified notification to the Committees at 

least three days before DHS executes or announces grant allocations; grant awards; contract awards, including contracts covered 

by the Federal Acquisition Regulation; other transaction agreements; letters of intent; a task or delivery order on multiple award 

contracts totaling $1,000,000 or more; a task or delivery order 

greater than $10,000,000 from multi-year funds; or sole-source 

grant awards. 

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Language prohibiting all agencies from purchasing, constructing, 

or leasing additional facilities for federal law enforcement training 

without advance notification to the Committees. 

Language prohibiting the use of funds for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required under chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, has not 

been approved. 

Language continuing by reference prior-year statutory provisions 

related to a contracting officer’s technical representative training 

and the use of funds in conformance with section 303 of the Energy 

Policy Act of 1992. 

Language prohibiting the use of funds in contravention of the 

Buy American Act. 

Language prohibiting the use of funds to amend the oath of allegiance required by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act. 

Language prohibiting DHS from using funds to carry out reorganization authority. 

Language prohibiting the use of funds for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national identification card. 

Language prohibiting any official required by this Act to provide 

a report or make a certification to the Committees on Appropriations from delegating such authority unless expressly authorized to 

do so in this Act. 

Language prohibiting funds in this Act from being used for firstclass travel. 

Language prohibiting the use of funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available in this Act to pay award or incentive fees for contractors with a below satisfactory performance or a performance 

that fails to meet the basic requirements of the contract. 

Language prohibiting the use of funds to enter into a federal contract unless the contract meets the requirements of the Federal 

Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 or chapter 137 

of title 10 U.S.C., and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless 

the contract is otherwise authorized by statute without regard to 

this section. 

Language requiring that DHS computer systems block electronic 

access to pornography, except for law enforcement purposes. 

Language prohibiting the use of funds by federal law enforcement personnel to transfer operable firearms to certain individuals 

except under certain conditions. 

Language restricting funds for travel and requiring reporting related to conferences occurring outside of the United States. 

Language prohibiting funds to reimburse any federal department 

or agency for its participation in a National Special Security Event. 

Language requiring a notification, including justification materials, prior to implementing any structural pay reform that affects 

more than 100 full-time positions or costs more than $5,000,000. 

Language directing the Department to post on a public website 

reports required by the Committees on Appropriations unless public posting compromises homeland or national security or contains 

proprietary information. 

Language authorizing minor procurement, construction, and improvements using Operations and Support appropriations, as specified. 

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Language authorizing DHS to use existing discretionary appropriations for the primary and secondary schooling expense of eligible dependents in areas and territories that meet certain criteria. Language providing an additional $41,000,000 for ‘‘Federal 

Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ for the reimbursement of extraordinary law enforcement personnel overtime 

costs of protection activities directly and demonstrably associated 

with a residence of the President that is designated for protection. 

Language prohibiting the use of funds to limit access to detention 

facilities by members of Congress and their designated staff. 

Language prohibiting the use of funds to use restraints on pregnant detainees in DHS custody except in certain circumstances. 

Language prohibiting the use of funds for the destruction of 

records related to the sexual abuse or assault of detainees in custody. 

Language prohibiting the use of funds for a Principal Federal Official during a declared disaster or emergency under the Stafford 

Act, with certain exceptions. 

Language increasing the annual cap on H–2B visas. 

Language authorizing the use of the H–2A program for agricultural jobs that are not temporary or seasonal in nature. 

Language prohibiting the use of funds for various administration 

policies and activities. 

Language prohibiting certain immigration activities. 

Language rescinding unobligated balances from specified sources. 

APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives, the following table lists the appropriations in the accompanying bill that are not authorized by law: 


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FY 2020 Schedule of Unauthorized Appropriations 

ll.Jross U!scretwna rv - uouars m tnousamts 1 

Agency/Program Last Year of Authorized Level 

Authorization 

Customs and Border Protection, Operations and Support 20041 $3,083,2592 

Customs and Border Protection. International Cargo 20105 $153,300 Screening 

Customs and Border Protection, Trade 2010/20127 $75,600/$21,000 Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) 

Customs and Border Protection. Automated Targeting 201010 $37,485 Systems 

Customs and Border Protection. Automated 2018 12 $153,736 Commercial Environment 

Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine 200414 $175,000 Interdiction, Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement 

1 P. L 107-210, Sec. 311 

2 P. L 107·210 authorized what was formerly U.S. Customs Service (does not include Border Patrol). 

3 U.S. Customs Service operations only (does not include Border Patrol). 

Appropriation in Last Year of Appropriatio

Authorization bill 

$4,396,7503 $13, 114

$162,000 $3,375,

$62,612/$44,9798 $3,228,2

$34,560 $266,60

N/A $300,0

$240,200 $346,4

4 Funding recommended for fiscal year 2020 is for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Operations and Support appropriation. This is not a true comparis

legacy "Salaries and Expenses" appropriation. 

5 P. L 109-347, Sec. 205(m) 

6 Funding recommended for fiscal year 2020 is for the 11Domestic Operations" and "International Operations" sub-PPAs within the "Trade and Travel Operatio

This is not a true comparison to the legacy "International Cargo Screening" PPA. 

7 P. l. 109-347, Sec. 223(a) authorized operations for fiscal year 2010 and personnel through fiscal year 2012. 

8 Funding provided for fiscal year 2010 and for fiscal year 2012 include personnel and operations. 

9 This is not a true comparison to the legacy "Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT)" PPA. These funds have been realigned to the "Domestic 

sub-PPA within the "Trade and Travel Operations" PPA. 

10 P. L. 109-347, Sec. 203(g) 

11 This is not a true comparison to the legacy "Automated Targeting Systems" PPA. These funds have been realigned to the "Targeting Operations" sub-PPA w

uTrade and Travel Operations" PPA. 

12 P. L 114-125, Sec. 106 requires that funding shall not be less than this amount. 13 This is not a true comparison to the legacy "Automated Commercial Environment" PPA; however, the preponderance of these funds were realigned into th

Trade" sub·PPA within the "Trade and Travel Operations" PPA. 

14 P. l. 107-210, Sec. 311 

15 These funds have been realigned to the "Air and Marine sub-PPA that exists both within the "Integrated Operations" PPAs. 

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Operations and 2003 16 $4,131,000 N/A $7,333,Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Angel Watch 201818 $6,000 N/A $5,00

Center 

Transportation Security Administration, Operations and 2020'" $7,888,494 N/A $7,648,

Support 

Transportation Security EDS/ETD 200722 i $400,000 $524,400 $210,4

Svstems 

Transportation Security Administration, Surface 

Transportation Security, National Explosives Detection 202024 Such sums $169,040 $169,

Canine Team Program 

Transportation Security Administration, Transportation 200525 Such sums $115,00026 $139,3

Threat Assessment and Credentialing Transportation Security Administration, Federal Air 200728 $83,000 $699,294 $$770,0

Marshal Service 

Transportation Security Administration Law 202030 $55,000 $45,000 $45,0

16 P.L. 107·273, Sec. 101·102 17 Funding recommended for fiscal year 2019 is for United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Operations and Support. This is not a true comparis

legacy "Salaries and Expenses" appropriation. 

18 P.L. 114-119, Sec. 4(a) 19 Recommended funding is part of the "Homeland Security Investigations, Domestic Investigations" sub-PPA within the "Operations and Support'' appropria

report language within Title II, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more information. 

20 P.L 115-254 Sec. 1903 Reauthorized TSA Activities for "salaries, operations and maintenance", but did not specifically authorize the current account struct

construction and improvements. 

21 Recommended funding is the total for TSA "Operations and Support" appropriation .. 

22 P.L 108-458, Sec. 4019 

23 These funds have been realigned to the "Aviation Screening Infrastructure" PPA within the "Procurement, Construction, and Improvements" appropriation 

"Research and Development" appropriation. 

24 P.L. 115-254, Sec. 1971 

25 P.L 107·71, Sec. 101 

26 Includes the Maritime and Land Security PPA and Credentialing Activities PPA. 

27 Funding recommended for fiscal year 2019 is for the "Other Operations and Enforcement, Vetting Programs11 and 110ther Operations and Enforcement, Int

TSOC" sub-PPAs within the "Operations and suPport" appropriation, and the "Infrastructure for Other Operations, Vetting Programs" sub-PPA within the Pro

Construction, and Improvements appropriation. 

28 P.L 108-458, Sec. 4016 

19 Funding for the Federal Air Marshals Service is in the "Other Operations and Enforcement1 In-Flight Security11 sub-PPA. The recommended funding level is f

PPA. 

30 P.L 115-254, Sec 1935 

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United States Coast Guard, Operations and Support 201931 $7,7,914,19532 $7,808,201 35 

United States Coast Guard, Procurement, Construction, 2019 34 $2,694,745 $2,248,260 and ( mprovements 

United States Coast Guard, Research and Development 201934 $29,141 $20,256 

NPPD, Infrastructure Protection and lnfonnation 201233 Such sums $888,243 Securitv 

FEMA, Salaries and Expenses 201035 $375,342 $797,650 

FEMA, Integrated Public Alert and Warning System 201837 Such sums NIA (!PAWS) 

FEMA, State and Local Programs 

Port Security Grants 2011 38 $400,000 $250,000 

Public Transportation Security Grants 2011 39 $1,108,000 $250,000 

Amtrak Security 2011 40 $175,000 $20,000 

Over the Road Bus Security 2011 41 $25,000 $5,000 

National Domestic Preparedness Consortium 2011 42 $25,500 NIA 

Center for Domestic Preparedness 2011 32 $66,000 NIA 

31 P.L. 115-282, Sec. 202 

32 Amounts for Coast Guard Operating Expenses excludes amounts appropriated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terror. 

33 P.L. 110-53, Sec. 541 

$8,028,

$1,972

$4,9

$1,947,

$1,057,

$1!,6

$110,

$1!0,

$10,0

$2,0

$101,

$67,0

34 Represents all defense categorized funding recommended for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which was authorized in P.L 115·278, 

the former National Protection and Programs Directorate. 

35 P.L. 109-295, Sec. 699 

36 Funding recommended for fiscal year 2019 is for Federal Emergency Management Agency, Operations and Support. This is not a true comparison to the leg

"Salaries and Expenses" appropriation. 

37 P.L. 114-143, Sec. 2(c) 

"P.L. 109-347, Sec. 112 

39 P.L.110-53 

40 P.L. 110-53, Sec. 1514(d) 

41 6 u.s.c. 1182 

42 P.L. 110-53, Sec. 1204 

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FEMA, Urban Search and Rescue Response System 

FEMA, Emergency Management Perfonnance Grants 

FEMA, Emergency Food and Shelter 

43 P.L. 109-295, Sec. 634 

44 P.L. 110-53, Sec. 201 

45 P.L. 102·550, Sec. 1431 

200843 $45,000 

201244 $950,000 

199445 $188,000 

$36,700 $37,8

$350,000 $375,

NIA $!30,

---
101 


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COMPARISON WITH BUDGET RESOLUTION 

Section 308(a}(I)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act requires the report accompanying a bill providing new budget authority to contain a 

statement comparing the levels in the bUl to the suballocations submitted under section 302(b) of the Act for the most recently agreed to concurrent 

resolution on the budget for the applicable fiscal year. 

Comparison of amounts in the bill \\lith Committee allocations to its 

subcommittees: Subcommittee on Homeland Security 

Discretionary ........• 

Mandatory. 

Jl Includes outlays from pnor.year budget authonty 

49,736 

1,802 

60,023 

1,796 

66,868 " 62,905 

1,802 lf t796 

NOTE. -Consistent with the funding recommended in the bill for disaster relief, in accordance with section 25l(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and after the bill is reported to the House, the Chainnan of the Committee on the Budget will provide a 

revised section 302(a) allocation reflecting an additional $14,075,000,000 in discretionary budget authority and $704,000,000 in associated outlays. 

That new allocation will eliminate the technical difference prior to Floor consideration. 

In addition, the amounts in this report do not include $680,000,000 in discretionary outlays from funding provided by the Additional Supplemental 

Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 116--20), and the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and 

Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 (P.L. 116~26). AH of the amounts provided in those Jaws were designated as. being for emergency 

requirements pursuant to section 251 of the Balanced Budget Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Consistent with the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974, in the House of Representatives such amounts do not count against the Committee's allocation. 

Five--Year Outlay Projections 

In compliance with section 308(a)( 1 )(B) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), as amended, 

the following table contains five-year projections associated with the budget authority provided in the accompanying bilL 

Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation: 

2020. 

2021, 

2022. 

2023 ............................. . 

Financial Assistanee to State and Loeal Governments 

Outlays 

lf 37,004 

9,629 

6,355 

2,923 

In accordance with section 30&(a)(1 )(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. as. amended, the Congressional Budget Office has provided the 

following t.o.stimatt!s of new budget authority and outlays provided by the accompanying bill for financial assistance to State and local governments. 

Budget 

Authoritv Outlays 

Financial assistance to State and local governments for 2020 .... 12,455 1/ 2,775 

1/ Excludes outlays from pnor-year budget authonty 
102 

PROGRAM DUPLICATION

No provision of this bill establishes or reauthorizes a program of 

the Federal Government known to be duplicative of another federal 

program, a program that was included in any report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 

of Public Law 111–139, or a program identified in the most recent 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. 

COMMITTEE HEARINGS

For the purposes of section 103(i) of H. Res. 6 of the 116th Congress— 

The following hearings were used to develop or consider the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020: 

The Subcommittee on Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on May 1, 2019, entitled ‘‘FY2020 Budget Hearing—Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony from: 

The Honorable Christopher Krebs, Director, Cybersecurity 

and Infrastructure Security Agency 

The Subcommittee on Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on April 30, 2019, entitled ‘‘FY2020 Budget Hearing—Department of Homeland Security.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony 

from: 

The Honorable Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Secretary, Department of Homeland Security 

Chip Fulghum, Acting Undersecretary for Management, Department of Homeland Security 

The Subcommittee on Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on April 30, 2019, entitled ‘‘FY2020 Budget Hearing—Federal 

Emergency Management Agency.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony from: 

The Honorable Peter Gaynor, Acting Administrator, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency 

The Subcommittee on Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on April 2, 2019, entitled ‘‘FY2020 Budget Hearing—Transportation Security Administration.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony from: 

The Honorable David Pekoske, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration 

The Subcommittee on Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on March 26, 2019, entitled ‘‘FY2020 Budget Hearing—United 

States Coast Guard.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony from: 

Admiral Karl Schultz, Commandant, United States Coast 

Guard 

The Subcommittee on Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on March 13, 2019, entitled ‘‘Securing Federal Networks and 

State Election Systems Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

Agency.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony from: 

The Honorable Christopher Krebs, Director, Cybersecurity 

and Infrastructure Security Agency 

The Subcommittee on Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on March 12, 2019, entitled ‘‘Update on Recovery Efforts for 

2017 and 2018 Disasters.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony 

from: 

103 

The Honorable Peter Gaynor, Acting Administrator, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency 

The Subcommittee on Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on March 6, 2019, entitled ‘‘Oversight Hearing—DHS Office of 

Inspector General.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony from: 

John Kelly, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Inspector General, Office of Inspector General 

DETAILED EXPLANATIONS IN REPORT

The following table contains detailed funding recommendations 

at the program, project, and activity (PPA) level. 


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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

{Amounts in thousands) 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

TITLE I - DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, 

INTELLIGENCE, & OVERSIGHT 

Office of the Secretary and Executive Management 

Operations and Support 

Management and Oversight 

Office of the Secretary ........................ . 

Office of Public Affairs ....................... . 

Office of Legislative Affairs .................. . 

Office of General Counsel ............. . 

Privacy Office ................................. . 

FY 201g 

Enacted 

18,527 

5,321 

5,462 

19,379 

8,664 

FY 2020 

Request 

18,374 

5,185 

5,843 

21,484 

8,593 

Bill 

18,950 

5,397 

6,055 

22,207 

10,241 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+423 

+76 

+593 

+2,828 

+1 '577 

~-------------

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------

Subtotal, Management and Oversight ......... . 

Office of Strategy, Policy and Plans ............. . 

Operations and Engagement 

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties ..... 

Office of the Citizenship and Immigration 

Services Ombudsman ........................... . 

Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman .. . 

57,353 59,479 

37,950 35,680 

25,312 23,938 

6,200 7,780 

62,850 +5,497 

42,014 +4,064 

29,569 +4,257 

8,390 +2' 190 

20,000 +20,000 +

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Office of Partnership and Engagement ........... . 

Subtotal, Operations and Engagement ........ . 

Total, Office of the Secretary and Executive 

Management ................................... . 

Management Directorate 

Operations and Support 

Immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Management ..................................... . 

Office of the Chief Readiness Support Officer .... . 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer ........ . Office of the Chief Security Officer ............. . 

Office of the Chief Procurement Officer .......... . 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer ............ . 

Office of the Chief Information Officer .......... . 

Office of Biometric Identity Management 

Identity and Screening Program Operations ...... . !DENT/Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology .. 

Subtotal, Office of Biometric Identity 

Management ............................... . 

Subtotal, Operations and Support ............. . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

14,566 

46,078 

141 '381 

7,788 

90,726 

106,344 

79,431 

104,169 

67,341 

397,230 

70,117 

160,691 

230,808 

1 '083. 837 

FY 2020 

Request 

14,433 

46,151 

141,310 

7,881 

100,659 

115,296 

82,702 

108,435 

90,071 

416,884 

70,156 

183,906 

254,062 

1 '175' 990 

Bi 11 

12,093 

70,052 

174,916 

8,077 

101,781 

117,892 

85,140 

112' 380 

92,360 

421 '171 

95. 116 

160,691 

255,807 

1,194,608 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

-2,473 

+23,974 

+33,535 

+289 

+11,055 

+11,548 

+5,709 

+8,211 

+25,019 

+23,941 

+24,999 

+24,999 

+110,771 

B

+

+

+

-

+

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements 

Construction and Facility Improvements ........... . 

Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure ........ . 

!DENT/Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology ... . 

Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and 

Improvements ............................... . 

Research and Development ............................. . 

Federal Protective Service 

FPS Operations 

Operating Expenses ............................... . 

Countermeasures 

Protective Security Officers ..................... . 

Technical Countermeasures ........................ . 

Subtotal, Federal Protective Service (Gross) .... 

Offsetting Cell ecti ons ........................... . 

Subtotal. Federal Protective Service (Net) .... 

Total, Management Directorate .................. . 

(Discretionary Appropriations) ............. . 

(Offsetting Collections) ................... . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

120,000 

35,g2o 

20,000 

175,920 

2,545 

1,262,302 

(1 ,262,302) 

FY 2020 

Request 

223,767 

157,531 

381 ,298 

1,557,288 

(1 ,557,288) 

Bill 

223,767 

157,531 

381,298 

395,570 

1,148,400 

24,030 

1,568,000 

-1,568,000 

1,575,906 

(3,143,906) 

( -1 '568 '000) 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

+103,767 

+121 ,611 

-20,000 

+205,378 

-2,545 

+395,570 

+1,148,400 

+24,030 

+1,568,000 

-1,568,000 

+313,604 

(+1 ,881 ,604) 

( -1,568 ,000) 

B

+3

+1 '1

+

+1,5

-1,5

+

(+1,5

( -1 ,5

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations Coordination 

Operations and Support ............................... . 

Office of Inspector General 

Operations and Support ..................... . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

253,253 

168' 000 

FY 2020 

Request 

276' 641 

170,186 

Bill 

276,641 

195,242 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+23,388 

+27,242 +

============== ============== ============== ============== =======

Total, Title I, Departmental Management, 

Operations, Intelligence, and Oversight ...... . 

(Discretionary Appropriations) ............. . 

(Offsetting Collections) ................... . 

TITLE II • SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Operations and Support 

Border Security Operations 

U.S. Border Patrol 

Operations ................................... . 

Assets and Support ........................... . 

Office of Training and Development ............... . 

Subtotal. Border and Security Operations ..... . 

1,824,936 

(1 ,824,936) 

2,145,425 

(2, 145,425) 

2,222,705 

(3,790,705) 

( -1 '568' 000) 

+397,769 

(+1,965,769) 

(-1,568,000) 

+

(+1,6

(-1,5

===-========== ============== ============== ============== =======

3,884,735 4,068,792 4.122' 566 +237,633 +

794' 117 773,946 729,161 -64,956 -

60,349 76,954 59,423 -926 -

~-------------

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------

4,739,201 4,919,694 4' 911 '152 +171. 951 

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Trade and Travel Operations 

Office of Field Operations 

Domestic Operations .......................... . 

International Operations ..................... . 

Targeting Operations ......................... . 

Assets and Support ........................... . 

Office of Trade .................................. . 

Office of Training and Development ............... . 

Subtotal, Trade and Travel Operations ........ . 

Integrated Operations 

Air and Marine Operations 

Operations ................................... . 

Assets and Support ........................... . 

Air and Marine Operations Center ............. . 

Office of International Affairs .................. . 

Office of Intelligence .......................... .. 

Office of Training and Development ............... . 

Operations Support ............................... . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

2,942,710 

155,217 

250,528 

892,174 

260,395 

61 '677 

4,562,701 

306,506 

525,867 

37,589 

41,700 

59,148 

6,546 

112,235 

FY 2020 

Request 

2,806,833 

145,756 

265,126 

980,560 

297,418 

47,560 

4,543,255 

311,646 

533,768 

44,799 

44,541 

66,036 

6,102 

139,799 

Bill 

3,228,291 

147,693 

266,600 

1,015,868 

300,078 

62,729 

5,021,259 

346,482 

533,768 

37,353 

42,874 

61,825 

6,546 

163,779 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

+285,561 

-7,524 

+16,072 

+123,694 

+39,683 

+1,052 

+458,556 

+39,976 

+7,901 

-236 

+1,174 

+2,677 

---

+51,544 

B

+4

+

+

+4

+

+

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------

Subtotal, Integrated Operations .............. . 1 '089 '591 1,146,891 1 '192' 627 +103,036 +

Mission Support 

Enterprise Services .............................. . 1,482,518 1,561,823 1 ,636,115 +153,597 +

(Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund) .............. . (3,274) (3,274) (3,274) 

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Office of Professional Responsibility ............. 

Executive Leadership and Oversight ................ 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

196,528 

109,190 

FY 2020 

Request 

232,986 

108,843 

Bill 

198,596 155,186 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+2,068 -

+45,996 +

--------------

-------------- -------------- --------------

-------

Subtotal, Mission Support ..................... 1,788,236 1,903,652 1,989,897 +201,661 +

-------------- -----··-------

............................ 

----------·---

.... 

_____

Subtotal, Operations and Support ................ 12,179,729 12,513,492 13' 114 '935 +935,206 +6

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements 

Border Security Assets and Infrastructure ......... 1,475,000 5,083,782 180,782 -1,294,216 -4,9

Trade and Travel Assets and Infrastructure ........ 625,000 66' 124 86' 124 -538,876 +

Integrated Operations Assets and Infrastructure 

Airframes and Sensors ......................... 112,612 122,189 152,189 +39,577 +

Watercraft .................................... 14,500 14,830 14,830 +330 

Construction and Facility Improvements ............ 270,222 99,593 28,364 -241,858 -

Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure ......... 18,544 15,673 15,673 -2,871 

--------------

-------------- --------------

-------------- -------

Subtotal, Procurement, Construction. and 

Improvements ................................ 2,515,878 5,402,191 477 '962 -2,037,916 -4,9

CBP Services at User Fee Facilities (Small Airport) 

(Permanent Indefinite Discretionary) ................ 8,941 9,000 9,000 +59 

Fee Funded Programs: 

Immigration Inspection User Fee ................... (769,636) (826' 447) (826,447) (+56,811) 

Immigration Enforcement Fines ..................... (676) (305) (305) ( -371) 

Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) 

Fee ................... ·························· (61 ,417) (225' 184) (225, 184) (+163,767) 

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Land Border Inspection Fee ....................... . 

COBRA Passenger Inspection Fee ................... . 

APHIS Inspection Fee ............................. . 

Global Entry Fee ................................. . 

Puerto Rico Trust Fund ........................... . 

Virgin Island Fee ................................ . 

Customs Unc 1 aimed Goods .......................... . 

9-11 Response and Biometric Exit Account ......... . 

Subtotal, Fee Funded Programs ................ . 

Administrative Provisions 

Colombia Free Trade Act Collections .................. . 

Reimbursable Preclearance ............................ . 

Reimbursable Preclearance (Offsetting Collections) ... . 

Total, Adminstrative Provisions ................ . 

Total, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...... . 

(Appropriations) ......................... . 

(Offsetting Collections) ................. . 

Fee Funded Programs ............................ . 

Gross Budget Authority, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection ........................ . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

(53,512) 

(594,978) 

(539,325) 

(165 '961) 

(31 ,941) 

(7,795) 

(1 '461) 

(71 '000) 

2,297,702 

255,000 

39,000 

-39,000 

255,000 

14,959,548 

( 14' 998' 548) 

(-39,000) 

2,297,702 

17,296,250 

FY 2020 

Request 

(56' 467) 

(615,975) 

(539,325) 

(184,937) 

{94,507) 

(11,537) 

( 1 '547) 

(61,000) 

2,617,231 

267,000 

39,000 

-39,000 

267,000 

18,191,683 

(18,230,683) 

(-39,000) 

2,617,231 

20,847,914 

Bi 11 

(56,467) 

(615,975) 

(539,325) 

( 184 '937) 

(94,507) 

(11 ,537) 

(1 '547) 

(61,000) 

2,617,231 

267,000 

39,000 

-39,000 

267,000 

13,868,897 

(13,907,897) 

( -39' 000) 

2,617,231 

16,525,128 

Bi 11 vs. 

Enacted 

(+2,955) 

(+20' 997) 

(+18,976) 

(+62,566) 

(+3,742) 

(+86) 

( -10' 000) 

+319,529 

+12,000 

+12,000 

-1,090,651 

( -1 '090' 651) 

+319,529 

-771 '122 

B

-4,3

(-4,3

-4,3

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

ANO BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

Operations and Support 

Homeland Security Investigations 

Domestic Investigations .......................... . 

International Investigations ..................... . 

Intelligence ..................................... . 

FY 201g 

Enacted 

1 '658' 935 

172,986 

84,292 

FY 2020 

Request 

1,429,644 

169,503 

84,056 

Bi 11 

1,814,494 

179,029 

97' 141 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+155,559 +3

+6,043 

+12,649 +

~------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -- ----

Subtotal, Homeland Security Investigations ..... . 

Enforcement and Removal Operations 

Custody Operations ............................... . 

Fugitive Operations .............................. . 

Criminal Alien Program ........................... . 

Alternatives to Detention ........................ . 

Transportation and Removal Program ............... . 

Subtotal, Enforcement and Removal Operations .. 

Mission Support .................................... . 

Office of the Principal Legal Advisor .............. . 

Subtotal, Operations and Support ............... . 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements 

Operational Communications/Information Technology ... 

1,916,213 1,683,203 2,090,664 +174,451 +4

3' 170' 645 3,691,594 2,677,564 -493,281 -1,0

125,969 220,155 146,054 +22,085 -

219,074 515,075 285,104 +66,030 -2

274,621 209,913 344,773 +70' 152 +1

483,348 557,329 475,471 -7,677 -

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------

4,273,857 5' 194' 066 3,930,966 -342,891 -1,2

1,091,898 1,498,839 1,272,250 +180,352 -2

260' 185 326,317 300,060 +39,875 -

-------------- ----------- --

............................. 

-------------- -------

542,153 8,702,425 7,593,940 +51,787 -1,1

30,859 7,800 10,300 -20,559 

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Construction and Facility Improvements ............. . 

Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure .......... . 

Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and 

Improvements ................................. . 

Fee Funded Programs 

Immigration Inspection User Fee .................. . 

Breached Bond/Detention Fund ..................... . 

Student Exchange and Visitor Fee ................. . 

Immigration Examination Fee Account .............. . 

Subtotal, Fee Funded Programs ................ . 

Administrative Provisions 

Detention Contingency Funds (AP 225) - Custody 

Operations ......................................... . 

Detention Contingency Funds (AP 225) - Transportation 

and Removal Program ................................ . 

Subtotal, Administrative Provisions ............ . 

Total, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Fee Funded Programs ............................ . 

Gross Budget Authority, U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement .......................... . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

10,000 

4,700 

45,559 

( 135' 000) 

(55,000) 

(128,000) 

318,000 

7,587,712 

318,000 

7,905,712 

FY 2020 

Request 

70,970 

78,770 

(135. 000) 

(55,000) 

(129. 800) 

(207,600) 

527,400 

8,781,195 

527,400 

9,308,595 

Bill 

65,970 

76,270 

( 135' 000) 

(55,000) 

(129,800) 

319,800 

331 '136 

55,941 

387,077 

8,057,287 

319,800 

8,377,087 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

+55,970 

-4,700 

+30,711 

(+1,800) 

+1,800 

+331,136 

+55,941 

+387,077 

+469,575 

+1 ,800 

+471,375 

B

( -2

-2

+3

+

+3

-7

-2

-9

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

{Amounts in thousands) 

Transportation Security Administration 

Operations and Support 

Aviation Screening Operations 

Screening Workforce 

Screening Partnership Program .................. . 

Screener Personnel, Compensation, and Benefits .. 

Screener Training and Other .................... . 

Airport Management ................................. . 

Canines ............................................ . 

Screening Technology Maintenance ................... . 

Secure Flight ...................................... . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

197,062 

3,347,774 

230,234 

658,479 

164,597 

398,137 

114' 406 

FY 2020 

Request 

183,370 

3,271,468 

232,356 

620,635 

153,354 

390,240 

114,958 

Bi 11 

201 '032 

3,551,259 

244,475 

646,683 

169,040 

406,128 

116,514 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+3,970 +

+203,485 +2

+14,241 +

-11,796 +

+4,443 +

+7,991 +

+2' 108 

·------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------

Subtotal. Aviation Screening Operations ........ . 

Other Operations and Enforcement 

Inflight Security 

Federal Air Marshals ........................... . 

Federal Flight Deck Officer and Crew Training .. . 

Aviation Regulation .............................. . 

Air Cargo ........................................ . 

Intelligence and TSOC ............................ . 

Surface programs ................................. . 

Vetting Programs ................................. . 

Subtotal, Other Operations and Enforcement .... 

5.110,689 4,966,381 5 '335. 131 +224,442 +3

763,598 743,291 770,008 +6,410 +

22,615 16,697 20,023 -2,592 

220,235 181,467 234,002 +13,767 +

104,629 104,088 107,226 +2,599 

80,324 75,905 78,247 -2 '077 

130' 141 72,826 133,637 +3,496 +

53,016 51,395 52,119 -897 

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------

1,374,558 1,245,689 1,395,264 +20,706 +1

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET {OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Mission Support .................................. . 

Subtotal, Operations and Support (Gross) ..... . 

Aviation Passenger Security Fees (offsetting 

collections) ................................... . 

Passenger Security Fee Increase (offsetting 

collections)(legislative proposal) ............. . 

Subtotal, Operations and Support (Net) ....... . 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements 

Aviation Screening Infrastructure 

Checkpoint Support ............................... . 

Checked Baggage .................................. . 

Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and 

Improvements ............................... . 

Research and Development ............................. . 

Fee Funded Programs 

TWIC Fee ......................................... . 

Hazardous Materials Endorsement Fee .............. . 

General Aviation at DCA Fee ...................... . 

Commercial Aviation and Airports Fee ............. . 

Other Security Threat Assessments Fee ............ . 

Air Cargo/Certified Cargo Screening Program Fee .. 

TSA PreCheck Fee ................................. . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

924,632 

7,410,079 

·2,670,000 

4,740,079 

94,422 

75,367 

169,769 

20,594 

(65,535) 

(16,500) 

(700) 

(6,000) 

(50) 

(5,000) 

(136,900) 

FY 2020 

Request 

903,125 

7' 115' 195 

-2,630,000 

-550,000 

3,735,195 

146,600 

14,023 

162,623 

20,902 

(61,364) 

(16,600) 

{700) 

(9,000) 

(50) 

{5,000) 

(137,000) 

Bill 

917 '969 

7,646,384 

·2,830,000 

4,816,384 

176,382 

34,023 

210,405 

20,902 

{61,364) 

{ 18' 600) 

(700) 

{9,000) 

(50) 

(5,000) 

(137 ,000) 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

-6,843 

+238,305 

-160,000 

+78,305 

+81,960 

-41,344 

+40,616 

+308 

{ ·4, 171) 

{+100) 

{+1 ,000) 

(+100) 

B

+

+5

+5

+1,0

+

+

+

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AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Alien Flight School Fee ......................... .. 

Subtotal, Fee Funded Programs .................. . 

Aviation Security Capital Fund (Mandatory) ........... . 

Total, Transportation Security Administration .. . 

(Discretionary Funding) ...................... . 

(Discretionary Appropriations) ........... . 

(Offsetting Collections) ................. . 

Aviation Security Capital Fund (mandatory) ..... . 

Fee Funded Programs ............................ . 

Gross Budget Authority, Transportation Security 

Admi ni strati on ............................... . 

Coast Guard 

Operations and Support: 

Mi 1 i tary Pay and Allowances ...................... . 

Civilian Pay and Benefits ........................ . 

Training and Recruiting .......................... . 

Operating Funds and Unit Level Maintenance ....... . 

Cantrall y Managed Accounts........ .. .. .. .. ...... . 

Intermediate and Depot Level Maintenance ......... . 

Reserve Training ................................. . 

Environmental Compliance and Restoration ......... . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

(5,200) 

(239,885) 

(250,000) 

4,930,462 

(4,930,462) 

(7' 600' 462) 

(-2,670,000) 

250,000 

239,885 

8,090,347 

3,864,816 

939,707 

189,983 

919,533 

161 '441 

1,436,494 

117,758 

13,469 

FY 2020 

Request 

(5,200) 

(236,914) 

(250,000) 

3,918,720 

(3,918,720) 

(7,296,720) 

(-3,360,000) 

250,000 

236,914 

7,785,634 

3,996,612 

966,429 

194,930 

927,674 

150,236 

1,478,270 

124,549 

13,495 

Bi 11 

(5,200) 

(236,914) 

(250,000) 

5,049,691 

(5,049,691) 

(7,879,691) 

(-2,830,000) 

250,000 

236,914 

8,366,605 

4,013,783 

1,028,428 

203,022 

938,813 

155,236 

1 '551 '115 

124,797 

13,548 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

( -2' 971) 

+119,229 

(+119,229) 

(+279,229) 

(-160,000) 

-2,971 

+276,258 

+148,967 

+88,721 

+13,039 

+19,280 

-6,205 

+114,621 

+7,039 

+79 

B

+1 '1

(+1 '1

(+5

(+5

+5

+

+

+

+

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ANO BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

Terrorism (Defense) ............................ . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

165,000 

FY 2020 

Request 

---

Bi 11 

---

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

-165,000 

--------------

-------------~ 

--------------

----------~-*~ Subtotal, Operations and Support ............. . 7,808,201 7,872,395 8,028,742 +220,541 

(Non-Defense) .............................. . (7,303,201) (7,532,395) (7,688,742) (+385,541) 

(Defense) .................................. . (505,000) (340,000) (340,000) (-165,000) 

{Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

War on Terrorism) .................... . I 165, 000) --- --- (-165,000) 

(Other Defense) ................ . (340,000) (340,000) (340,000) 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements 

Vessels 

Survey and Design-Vessels and Boats .............. . 5,500 500 500 -5,000 

In-Service Vessel Sustainment .................... . 63,250 77,900 91,400 +28, 150 

National Security Cutter ......................... . 72,600 60,000 160,500 +87,900 

Offshore Patrol Cutter .................. . 400,000 457,000 457,000 +57,000 

Fast Response Cutter ............................. . 340,000 140,000 290,000 ·50,000 

Cutter Boats ..................................... . 5,000 4,300 15,100 +10,100 

Polar Security Cutter ............................ . 675,000 35,000 135,000 -540,000 

Inland Waterways and Western River Cutters ....... . 5,000 2,500 2,500 -2,500 

Po 1 ar Sustainment ................................ . 15,000 15,000 15,000 

B

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(+1

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+1

+1

+

+1

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Subtotal, Vessels .............................. . 1 '581 '350 792,200 1 '167' 000 -414,350 +3

Aircraft 

HC-144 Conversion/Sustainment .................... . 17,000 17,000 17 '000 

HC-27J Conversion/Sustainment .................... . 80,000 103,200 103,200 +23,200 

HC-130J Acquisition/Conversion/Sustainment ....... . 105,000 . -- 215,000 +110,000 +2

HH-65 Conversion/Sustainment Projects ............ . 28,000 50,000 50,000 +22,000 

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AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

MH-60T Sustainment ............................... . 

Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems .................. . 

Long Range Command and Control Aircraft .......... . 

Subtota 1 , Aircraft ................... . 

Other Acquisition Programs 

Other Equipment and Systems ...................... . 

Program Oversight and Management ................. . 

C4ISR ............................................ . 

CG-Logistics Information Management System 

(CG-LIMS) ...................................... . 

Cyber and Enterprise Mission Platform ............ . 

Subtotal, Other Acquisition Programs ........... . 

Shore Facilities and Aids to Navigation 

Major Construction; Housing; ATON; and Survey and Design ......................................... . 

Major Acquisition Systems Infrastructure ......... . 

Minor Shore ...................................... . 

Subtotal, Shore Facilities and Aids to 

Navigation ................................... . 

Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and 

Improvements ................................. . 

Research and Development ............................. . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

120,000 

6.000 

356,000 

3,500 

20,000 

23,300 

9,200 

56,000 

74,510 

175,400 

5,000 

254,910 

2,248,260 

20,256 

FY 2020 

Request 

20,000 

9,400 

199,600 

3,500 

20,000 

25,156 

6,400 

14,200 

69,256 

52,000 

116,600 

5,000 

173,600 

1,234,656 

4,949 

Bi 11 

20,000 

9,400 

70,000 

484,600 

3,500 

20,000 

25' 156 

6,400 

14,200 

69,256 

129,800 

116,600 

5,000 

251,400 

1,972,256 

4,949 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

-100,000 

+3,400 

+70,000 

+126,600 

+1,856 

-2,800 

+14,200 

+13,256 

+55,290 

-56,600 

-3,510 

-276,004 

-15,307 

B

+

+2

+

+

+7

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AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Health Care Fund Contribution (Permanent Indefinite 

Discretionary) ..................................... . 

Retired Pay (Mandatory) .............................. . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

199,360 

1,739,844 

FY 2020 

Request 

205,107 

1,802,309 

Bi 11 

205,107 

1,802,309 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+5,747 

+62,465 ~~~----------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------

Total, Coast Guard ............................. . 12,015,921 11 '119,416 12,013,363 -2,558 +8

(Discretionary Funding) ...................... . ( 10' 276' 077) (9,317,107) (10,211 ,054) ( -65' 023) (+8

(Non-Defense) .............................. . (9, 771 ,077) (8,977,107) (9,871,054) (+99,977) (+8

(Defense) .................................. . (505,000) (340,000) (340,000) ( -165. 000) 

(Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

War on Terrorism ) ..................... . ( 165' 000) --- --- ( -165. 000) 

(Other Defense) .......................... . (340,000) (340,000) (340,000) ---

(Mandatory Funding) .......................... . (1. 739,844) (1 ,802,309) (1,802,309) (+62,465) 

United States Secret Service 

Operations and Support 

Protective Operations 

Protection of Persons and Faciities .............. . 740,895 744,908 777,148 +36,253 +

Protective Countermeasures ....................... . 56.917 61 ,543 62,215 +5,298 

Protective Intelligence .......................... . 49,395 49,710 50,974 +1,579 

Presidential Campaigns and National Special 

Security Events ................................ . 37,494 155,172 155,852 +118,358 

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------

Subtotal, Protective Operations .............. . 884,701 1 ,011 '333 1 '046. 189 +161,488 +

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AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Field Operations 

Domestic and International Field Operations ...... . 

Support for Missing and Exploited Children 

Investigations ................................. . 

Support for Computer Forensics Training .......... . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

647,905 

6,000 

25,022 

FY 2020 

Request 

635,174 

6,000 

4,000 

Bill 

687,673 

6,000 

25,022 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+39,768 +

--- +

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------

Subtotal, Field Operations ..................... . 

Basic and In-Service Training and Professional 

Deve 1 opment .................................... . 

Mission Support .................................. . 

Subtotal, Operations and Support. .............. . 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements 

Protection Assets and Infrastructure ............. . 

Operational Communications/Information Technology. 

Construction and Facility Improvements ........... . 

Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and 

Improvements ................................. . 

678,927 

102,923 

481 '977 

2,148,528 

85,286 

8,845 

3,000 

97' 131 

645' 174 

110,258 

474,968 

2,241,733 

55,289 

1,000 

56,289 

718,695 

111,599 

504,021 

2,380,504 

55,289 

1 .ooo 

56,289 

+39,768 

+8,676 

+22,044 

+231,976 

-29,997 

-8,845 

-2,000 

-40,842 

+

+

+1

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AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

esearch and Dave 1 opment ............................. . 

Total, United States Secret Service ............ . 

Total, Title II, Security, Enforcement, and 

Investigations ............................... . 

(Discretionary Funding) .................... . 

(Non-Defense) ............................ . 

(Appropriations) ....................... . 

(Offsetting Collections) ............... . 

(Defense) ................................ . 

(Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

War on Terrorism) .................... . 

(Other Defense) ........................ . 

(Mandatory Funding) ........................ . 

Aviation Security Capital Fund (Mandatory) ..... . 

Fee Funded Programs ............................ . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

2,500 

2' 248' 159 

41,741,802 

(40,001,958) 

(39,496,958) 

(42,205,958) 

(-2,709,000) 

(505,000) 

(165,000) 

(340,000) 

(1 '739,844) 

250,000 

2,855,587 

FY 2020 

Request 

10,955 

2,308,977 

44,319,991 

(42,517,682) 

(42,177,682) 

(45,596,682) 

(-3,419,000) 

(340,000) 

(340,000) 

(1 ,802,309) 

250,000 

3,381,545 

Bill 

10,955 

2,447,748 

41,436,986 

(39,634,677) 

(39,294,677) 

(42,163,677) 

(-2,869,000) 

(340,000) 

(340' 000) 

(1 ,802,309) 

250,000 

3,173,945 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

+8,455 

+199,589 

-304,816 

(-367,281) 

( -202' 281) 

( -42' 281) 

(-160,000) 

(-165,000) 

( -165 '000) 

(+62,465) 

+318,358 

B

+1

-2,8

(-2,8

(-2,8

(-3,4

(+5

-2

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AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

TITLE III - PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

RECOVERY 

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 

Operations and Support 

Cybersecurity 

Cyber Readiness and Response 

NCCIC Operations ............................. . NCCIC Planning and Exercises ................. . 

Subtotal, Cyber Readiness and Response .... 

Cyber Infrastructure and Resilience 

Cybersecurity Advisors ....................... . 

Enhanced Cybersecurity Services .............. . 

Cybersecurity Education and Awareness ........ . 

Cyber Technology Initiative .................. . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

164,579 

107,656 

272,235 

14,918 

13' 115 

18,538 

FY 2020 

Request 

164,782 

83,529 

248,311 

6,830 

13,154 

32,507 

9,485 

Bill 

195,344 

151 ,499 

346,843 

25' 115 

13,219 

32,637 

9,485 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

+30,765 

+43,843 

+74,608 

+10, 197 

+104 

+14,099 

+9,485 

B

+++

+

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------

Subtotal , Cyber Infrastructure and 

Resilience ............................. . 46,571 61 '976 80,456 +33,885 +

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AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Federal Cybersecurity 

Federal Network Resilience ................... . 

Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation ........ . 

National Cybersecurity Protection System ..... . 

Subtotal, Federal Cybersecurity .......... . 

Subtotal, Cybersecuri ty ........................ . 

Infrastructure Protection 

Infrastructure Capacity Building 

Sector Risk Management ....................... . 

Protective Security Advisors ................. . 

Bombing Prevention ........................... . 

Infrastructure Information and Sensitive Data 

Protection ................................. . 

Subtotal, Infrastructure Capacity Building 

Infrastructure Security Compliance ............... . 

Subtotal, Infrastructure Protection .......... . 

Emergency Communications 

Emergency Communications Preparedness ............ . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

50' 133 

115,872 

297,262 

FY 2020 

Request 

56,697 

94,514 

299,384 

Bill 

83,429 

115,561 

300,814 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+33,296 +

-311 +

+3,552 

~------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------

463,267 450,595 499,804 +36,537 +

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------

782,073 760,882 927' 103 +145,030 +1

47,403 46,237 55,826 +8,423 

44' 140 45, 151 53,490 +9,350 

17' 277 16,033 17,766 +489 

19,650 19,232 21,096 +1 ,446 

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------------· --·----

128,470 126,653 148,178 +19 ,708 +

74,435 56,038 57' 817 -16,618 

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------

202,905 182,691 205,995 +3,090 +

54,069 51,959 62,683 +8,614 +

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AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Priority Telecommunications Service 

GETS/WPS/SRAS/TSP .............. . 

Next Generation Networks Priority Services .... 

Subtotal, Priority Telecommunications 

Service ................................ . 

Subtotal, Emergency Communications ....... . 

Integrated Operations 

Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis 

National Infrastructure Simulation Analysis 

Center (NISAC) ......................... . 

Infrastructure Analysis ...................... . 

Subtotal, Cyber and Infrastructure 

Analysis ............................... . 

Critical Infrastructure Situational Awareness .... . 

(Defense) ...................................... . 

Stakeholder Engagement and Requirements ........ . 

(Defense) ...................................... . 

Strategy, Policy and Plans ....................... . 

(Defense) ...................................... . 

Subtotal, Integrated Operations ............ . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

56,344 

7,656 

64,000 

11B,069 

18,650 

58,486 

77' 136 

27,351 

(24,869) 

45,366 

(40,847) 

12,979 

(8,566) 

162,652 

FY 2020 

Request 

56,201 

6,394 

64,595 

116,554 

9,055 

53,144 

62,199 

23,914 

(21 '762) 

42,070 

(37,663) 

12,426 

(6,201) 

140,609 

Bill 

56,375 

6,394 

64,769 

127.452 

21,793 

80' 147 

101,940 

28,561 

(26,009) 

42,646 

(38,561) 

12,923 

(8,529) 

186,290 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

+31 

+738 

+769 

+9,383 

+3' 143 

+21 '661 

+24,604 

+1,230 

(+1 '120) 

-2,540 

(-2,286) 

-56 

(-37) 

+23,438 

B

+

+

+

+

(

+

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AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Office of Biometric Identity Management 

Mission Support .................................. . 

(Defense) ........................................ . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

79,903 

(24,770) 

FY 2020 

Request 

77,814 

(24, 122) 

Bill 

83,900 

(26,009) 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+3,997 

(+1 '239) (

-----~-------- ·-------~---·- ----··-------- ~----- -- --- ............. 

Subtotal, Operations and Support ............. . 

Federal Protective Service 

FPS Operations 

Operating Expenses ............................... . 

Countermeasures 

Protective Security Officers ..................... . 

Technical Countermeasures ........................ . 

Subtotal, Countermeasures .................... . 

Subtotal, Federal Protective Service (Gross) .... 

Offsetting Collections ........................... . 

Subtotal, Federal Protective Service (Net) .... 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements 

Cybersecurity 

Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation ............ . 

National Cybersecurity Protection System ......... . 

Subtotal, Cybersecurity ...................... . 

1 '345' 802 1,278,550 1,530,740 +184,938 +2

359,196 395,570 --- -359,196 -3

1 ,121 ,883 1 '148. 400 --- -1 '121 ,883 -1 '1

46,031 24,030 --- -46,031 -

--------

...... 

------------ ............................................................ ______

1. 167' 914 1,172,430 --- -1 ,167' 914 -1 '1

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------

1,527,110 

-1 '527 ,110 

160,000 

95,078 

255,078 

1,568,000 

-1,568,000 

137,630 

105,838 

243,468 

---

272,593 

145,838 

418,431 

-1,527,110 

+1 '527. 110 

+112,593 

+50,760 

+163,353 

-1.5

+1 ,5

+1

+

+1

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AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Emergency Communications 

Next Generation Networks Priority Services ....... . 

Biometric Identity Management 

Integrated Operations Assets and Infrastructure 

Modeling Capability Transition Environment ....... . 

Infrastructure Protection 

Infrastructure Protection (IP) Gateway ........... . 

Construction and Facilities Improvements Pensacola Corry Station Facilities ............... . 

Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and 

Improvements .............................. . 

Research and Development 

Cybersecuri ty ...................................... . 

Infrastructure Protection .......................... . 

Integrated Operations ............................ . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

42,551 

413 

9,787 

15,000 

322,829 

4,695 

3,216 

5,215 

FY 2020 

Request 

50,729 

4,881 

299,078 

24,091 

1 '216 

5,215 

Bi 11 

50,729 

4,881 

474,041 

---

1,216 

10,215 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

+8 ,178 

-413 

-4,906 

-15,000 

+151. 212 

-4,695 

-2,000 

+5,000 

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-------------- --------------

Subtotal, Research and Development ............. . 13,126 30,522 11 ,431 -1,695 

--------

......... 

-- -- -.. -.. - ...... --------- - --- ............ -

Total, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

Agency ....................................... . 1,681,757 1,608,150 2,016,212 +334,455 

(Discretionary Funding) .................... . (1,681,757) (1,608,150) (2,016,212) (+334,455) 

(Non-Defense) ............................ . (66,547) (64,276) (69,142) (+2,595) (Appropriations) ....................... . (1 ,593,657) (1 ,632,276) (69' 142) (-1,524,515) (Offsetting Collections) ............... . ( -1 '527 ,110) ( -1 ,568,000) --- (+1 ,527' 110) (Defense) ................................ . (1,615,210) (1 ,543,874) ( 1 . 94 7. 070) (+331,860) 

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+1

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- ---

+4

(+4

(

(-1 ,5

(+1,5

(+4

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AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

Operations and Support 

Regional Operations ................................ . 

Mitigation ......................................... . 

Preparedness and Protection ........................ . 

Response and Recovery 

Response ......................................... . 

(Urban Search and Rescue) .................... . 

Recovery ......................................... . 

Mission Support .................................... . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

159,971 

37,999 

133,455 

194,419 

(45,330) 

48,252 

492,162 

FY 2020 

Request 

163,234 

37,862 

142,457 

188,690 

(37,832) 

48,428 

534,532 

Bill 

168,713 

40,260 

149,099 

192,490 

(37,832) 

49,970 

546' 154 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+8,742 

+2,261 

+15,644 

-1,929 

(-7,498) 

+1 '718 

+53,992 +

-····~~--~---~ 

---~·~-----~--

------~·----·-

-------------- -------

Subtotal, Operations and Support ............... . 

(Defense) .................................. . 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements Operational Communications/Information Technology .. . Construction and Facility Improvements ............. . Mission Support, Assets, and Infrastructure ........ . 

Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and 

Improvements ................................. . 

(Defense) .................................. . 

1 '066. 258 

(42,213) 

11 ,670 

71,996 

50' 164 

133' 830 

(62,166) 

1,115,203 

(45,520) 

15,620 

39,496 

58,547 

113,663 

(46, 116) 

1,146,686 

(49,814) 

15,620 

39,496 

58,547 

113,663 

(46,116) 

+80,428 

(+7,601) 

+3,950 

-32,500 

+8,383 

-20,167 

( -16, 050) 

+

(

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Federal Assistance 

Grants 

State Homeland Security Grant Program ............ . 

(Operation Stonegarden) .......................... . 

(Tribal Security Grant) .......................... . 

(Nonprofit Security) ............................. . 

Urban Area Security Initiative ................... . 

(Nonprofit Security) ............................. . 

Public Transportation Security Assistance ........ . 

(Amtrak Security) ................................ . 

(Over-the-Road Bus Security) ..................... . 

Port Security Grants ........................... . 

Assistance to Firefighter Grants ................. . 

Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response 

(SAFER) Grants ................................. . 

Emergency Management Performance Grants .......... . 

National Priorities Security Grant Program ....... . 

Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis Program ... . 

Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grants ........ . 

High Hazard Potential Dams ....................... . 

Emergency Food and Shelter ....................... . 

Subtotal, Grants ........................... . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

525,000 

(90,000) 

(10,000) 

640,000 

(50,000) 

100,000 

(10,000) 

(2,000) 

100,000 

350,000 

350,000 

350,000 

262,531 

10,000 

10,000 

120,000 

2,817,531 

FY 2020 

Request 

331 '939 

426,461 

36,358 

36,358 

344,344 

344,344 

279,335 

430,350 

100,000 

2,329,489 

Bi 11 

625,000 

(90,000) 

(15,000) 

(40,000) 

700,000 

(50,000) 

110,000 

(10 ,000) 

(3,000) 

110,000 

375,000 

375,000 

375,000 

---

263,000 

130,000 

3,063,000 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+100,000 +2

--- (+

(+15,000) (+

(+30,000) (+

+60,000 +2

--- (+

+10,000 +

--- (+

(+1,000) {

+10,000 +

+25,000 +

+25,000 +

+25,000 +

--- -4

+469 +1

-10,000 

-10,000 

+10,000 +1

--------------

_______

+245,469 +7

Insert offset folio 145 here 36683.038

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Education, Training, and Exercises 

Center for Domestic Preparedness ............. . 

Center for Homeland Defense and Security ..... . 

Emergency Management Institute ............... . 

U.S. Fire Administration ..................... . 

National Domestic Preparedness Consortium .... . 

Continuing Training Grants ................... . 

National Exercise Program .................... . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

66,057 

18,000 

20,741 

44' 179 

101,000 

8,000 

18,702 

FY 2020 

Request 

66,072 

---

19,093 

46,605 

18,756 

Bill 

67,058 

18,000 

21,257 

47,225 

101,000 

8,000 

18,955 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+1 ,001 

--- +

+516 

+3,046 

--- +1

--- 

+253 

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------

Subtotal, Education, Training, and 

Exercises .............................. . 

Subtotal, Federal Assistance ................... . 

Disaster Relief Fund 

Base Disaster Relief ............................. . 

Major Disasters (BCA Cap) ........................ . 

Subtotal, Disaster Relief Fund (Gross) ....... . 

(Base DRF Offset from Prior Year Unobligated 

Funds) ..................................... . 

Subtotal, Disaster Relief Fund (Net) ..... . 

276,679 

3,094,210 

558,000 

12,000,000 

12,558,000 

-300,000 

12,258,000 

150,526 

2,480,015 

474,684 

14,075,000 

14,549,684 

14,549,684 

281,495 

3,344,495 

474,684 

14,075,000 

14,549,684 

-257,000 

14,292,684 

+4,816 

+250,285 

-83,316 

+2,075,000 

+1,991,684 

+43,000 

+2,034,684 

+1

+8

-2

-2

Insert offset folio 146 here 36683.039

National Flood Insurance Fund 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

FY 201g 

Enacted 

FY 2020 

Request Bi 11 

Floodplain Management and Happing ................ . 168,295 192,260 192,260 

Mission Support .................................. . 13,856 13,906 13,906 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+3,965 

+46 -~~---~~----~- -·-----------~ 

--~-----------

-------------- -------

Subtotal, National Flood Insurance Fund ..... . 202,153 206,166 206,166 +4,013 

Offsetting Fee Collections ....................... . -202,153 -206,166 -206,166 -4,013 

Administrative Provisions 

Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program ........ . -665 -1,000 ·1,000 -335 

FEHA Disaster Relief Fund (Sec. 309) (rescission) .. . -250,000 . -. . -- +2

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------

Total, Federal Emergency Management Agency ..... . 16.551 '633 18,007,565 16,896,526 +2,344,895 +6

(Non-Defense) .............................. . (16,447,254) (17,915,929) ( 16' 600. 598) (+2,353,344) (+8

(Appropriations) ......................... . (4,949,407) (4,297,095) ( 5' 166. 764) (+239,357) (+8

(Offsetting Collections) ................. . ( -202' 153) (-206,166) (-206,166) (-4,013) 

(Disaster Relief Category) ............... . (12,000,000) (14,075,000) (14,075,000) (+2,075,000) 

(Derived from Prior Year Unobligated 

Ba 1 ances) ............................. . (-300,000) --. ( -257 ,000) (+43,000) (-2

(Defense) ............................... . ( 104. 379) (91,636) (95,930) ( -6' 449) (

Insert offset folio 147 here 36683.040

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Gross budgetary resources, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency ............................ . 

Total, Title III, Protection, Preparedness, 

Response, and Recovery ....................... . 

(Discretionary Funding) ...................... . 

(Non-Defense) .............................. . 

(Appropriations) ......................... . 

(Offsetting Collections) ................. . 

(Disaster Relief Category) ............... . 

(Derived from Prior Year Unobligated 

Balances) .............................. . 

(Defense) .................................. . 

Gross budgetary resources, Title III ........... . 

TITLE IV - RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 

SERVICES 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 

Operations and Support 

Employment Status Verification ................... . 

Office of Citizenship ........................... . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

17,053,786 

18,233,390 

(18,233,390) 

(16,513,801) 

(6,543,064) 

(-1 ,729,263) 

(12,000,000) 

(-300,000) 

( 1 ' 719 ' 589) 

20,262,653 

109,688 

FY 2020 

Request 

18,213,731 

19,615,715 

(19,615, 715) 

(17,980,205) 

(5,929,371) 

( -1 '77 4' 166) 

(14,075,000) 

(1 ,635,510) 

21,369,881 

121,586 

Bi 11 

19,359,694 

20,912,740 

(20,912,740) 

(18,869,740) 

(5,257,906) 

(-206, 166) 

(14,075,000) 

( -257' 000) 

(2,043,000) 

21,375,906 

123,522 

11 '271 

Bi 11 vs. 

Enacted 

+2,305,908 

+2,679,350 

(+2,679,350) 

(+2,355,939) 

( -1 '265' 158) 

(+1,523,097) 

(+2,075,000) 

(+43,000) 

(+323,411) 

+1,113,253 

+13,834 

+11 '271 

B

+1,1

+1 ,2

(+1 ,2

(+8

(-6

(+1 ,5

(-2

(+4

-

+

Insert offset folio 148 here 36683.041

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements 

(SAVE) ......................................... . 

Subtotal, Operations and Support ........... . 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements .......... . 

Federal Assistance ................................... . 

Fee Funded Programs 

Immigration Examinations Fee Account 

Adjudication Services 

District Operations ............................ . 

(Immigrant Integration Grants) ............... . 

Service Center Operations ...................... . 

Asylum, Refugee, and International Operations .. . 

Records Operations ............................. . 

Premium Processing (Including Transformation) .. . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

109,688 

22,838 

10,000 

(1 ,883,816) 

---

(731,654) 

(337,544) 

( 152' 649) 

(648,007) 

FY 2020 

Request 

121,586 

( 1 . 934' 033) 

( 10' 000) 

(746' 687) 

(349,295) 

(155, 150) 

(658, 190) 

Bi 11 

35,862 

170' 655 

10,000 

( 1 '923' 045) 

---

(746. 687) 

(395, 151) 

(155, 150) 

(658,190) 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+35,862 +

+60,967 +

-22,838 

+

(+39,229) (-

--- (-

(+15,033) 

(+57,607) (+

(+2,501) 

(+10 ,183) 

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------

Subtotal, Adjudication Services ................ . (3,753,670) (3,843,355) (3,878,223) (+124,553) (+

Information and Customer Services 

Operating Expenses ............................. . (119,450) ( 125' 335) (125,335) (+5,885) Administration 

Operating Expenses ............................. . (616,622) (651,808) (651,808) (+35' 186) Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements 

(SAVE) ......................................... . (35,112) (34,868) --- (-35,112) (-

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------

Subtotal, Immigration Examinations Fee Account .. (4,524,854) (4,655,366) (4,655,366) (+130,512) 

Insert offset folio 149 here 36683.042

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

ANO BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

H1-B Non-Immigrant Petititioner Account 

Adjudication Services 

Service Center Operations ...................... . 

Fraud Prevention and Detection Account 

Adjudication Services 

District Operations ............................ . 

Service Center Operations ...................... . 

Asylum and Refugee Operating Expenses .......... . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

(15,000) 

(27,333) 

(20, 156) 

(306) 

FY 2020 

Request 

(15,000) 

(27,773) 

(20,377) 

(306) 

Bill 

(15,000) 

(27,773) 

(20,377) 

(308) 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

(+440) 

(+221) 

-------------- -------------- -------------- ---·---------- -------

Subtotal, Fraud Prevention and Detection Account (47,797) (46,456) (48,458) (+661) 

______ .. _____________ ................ -------------· --------- ........ --- .. _

Subtotal, Fee Funded Programs .................. . (4,587,651) (4,718,824) (4,718,824) (+131 '173) 

Administrative Provisions 

House full committee amendment (Pingree, et al) H-2B 

returning worker ................................... . 7,000 +7.000 

House full committee amendment (Newhouse, et al ) H-2A 

eligibility expansion .............................. . 1 ,000 +1,000 

Subtotal, Administrative Provisions ............ . 6,000 +8,000 

-------------- -------------- -----------·-- -------------- -------

Total, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 142,526 121,586 186,655 +46' 129 +

Fee Funded Programs ............................. 4,587,651 4,718,824 4,718,824 +131 '173 

Gross Budget Authority, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services .......................... 4, 730,177 4,840,410 4,907,479 +177 '302 +

Insert offset folio 150 here 36683.043

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers 

Operations and Support 

Law Enforcement Training ......................... . 

Hi ssi on Support .................................. . 

Subtotal, Operations and Support ............... . 

Procurement. Construction. and Improvements 

Construction and Facility Improvements ........... . 

Total, Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. 

Science and Technology Directorate 

Operations and Support 

Laboratory Facilities .............................. . 

Acquisition and Operations Analysis ................ . 

Hi ssi on Support .................................... . 

FY 201g 

Enacted 

248,681 

29' 195 

277,876 

50,943 

328,819 

121,952 

46,510 

136,058 

FY 2020 

Request 

275,420 

29,166 

304,586 

46,349 

350,935 

115,965 

33,772 

129,217 

Bill 

278,872 

29,931 

308,603 

59,288 

368,091 

122,722 

46,510 

143,440 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

+30' 191 

+736 

+30,927 

+8,345 

+39,272 

+770 

---

+5,382 

~•w•~----·-~-~ 

---~-~~•••••--

---••••••·--~• ••••••• •••---

Subtotal, Operations and Support ............... . 308,520 278,954 314,672 +6, 152 

Research and Development 

Research, Development, and Innovation .............. . 470,765 281,417 310,508 -160,257 

University Programs ................................ . 40,500 21,746 40,500 ---

B

+

+

+

+

.... 

-

+

+

+

., .. w ................ ,. .,., ...... •••••••- •••••~ ................... •••••••••••••• .............

Subtotal, Research and Development ............. . 511 ,265 303,163 351,008 -160,257 +

-------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------

Total, Science and Technology Directorate ...... . 819,785 582,117 665,680 -154,105 +

Insert offset folio 151 here 36683.044

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office 

Operations and Support 

Capability and Operations Support ................ . 

Mission Support .................................. . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

103,176 

63,919 

FY 2020 

Request 

127,990 

84,583 

Bi 11 

94' 146 

86,474 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

-9,030 -

+2,555 

--------------

___ A ____ ..... ___________ ............... -------

Subtotal, Operations and Support ............... . 

Procurement, Construction, and Improvements 

Large Scale Detection Systems .................... . 

Portable Detection Systems ....................... . 

Assets and Infrastructure Acquisition ............ . 

Subotal, Procurement, Construction, and 

Improvements ................................. . 

Research and Development 

Transformational R&D/Technical Forensics 

Transformational R&D ........................... . 

Technical Forensics ............................ . 

Subtotal, Transformational R&D/Technical 

Forensics ............................. . 

167,095 

74,696 

25,200 

100,096 

37,002 

7' 100 

44' 102 

212,573 

78,241 

76,241 

19,561 

7' 100 

26,681 

160,620 

91,966 

27,000 

3,000 

121,966 

19,581 

7' 100 

26,681 

-6,475 

+17,092 

+1,800 

+3,000 

+21,892 

-17' 421 

-17,421 

-

+

+

+

Insert offset folio 152 here 36683.045

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

Detection Capability Development and Rapid 

Capabilities 

Detection Capability Development ............... . 

Rapid Capabilities ............................. . 

Subtotal, Detection Capability Development 

and Rapid Capabilities .................. .. 

Subtotal, Research and Development ............. . 

Federal Assistance 

Capability Building 

Training, Exercises, and Readiness ............. . 

Securing the Cities ............................ . 

Biological Support ............................. . 

Subtotal, Capability Building .............. . 

Total, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction ... 

Total, Title IV, Research and Development, 

Training, and Services ......................... . 

Fee Funded Programs ............................ . 

- -

FY 2019 

Enacted 

30,941 

6,000 

38,941 

M ........ ~-- - -

63,043 

9,110 

30,000 

25,553 

FY 2020 

Request 

33,000 

6,000 

41,000 

----------

67,681 

14,470 

24,640 

25,553 

............................ 

-- --

................ 

64,663 64,663 

Bi 11 

33,000 

6,000 

41,000 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

+2,059 

+2,059 

B

-~-----------

-------------- -------

67,681 -15,362 

14,470 +5,360 

24,640 -5,360 

25,553 

.. ....................... 

-------------- -------

64,663 

-------------- -------------- ----------·--- -------------- -------

434,697 423,156 434,952 +55 +

============== ============== ============== ============== =======

1,726,027 1,477,796 1,657,376 -68,649 +1

4,587,651 4,716,824 4,718,624 +131,173 

============== ============== ============== 

~============= 

===~~~~

Insert offset folio 153 here 36683.046

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

TITLE V - GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Financial Systems Modernization ...................... . 

Presidential Residence Protection Assistance (Sec. 

527) ............................................... . 

H-2B visa modification (Sec. 532) .................... . 

TSA Operations and Support (P.L. 115-141) (FY18) 

(Rescission) ....................................... . 

Coast Guard AC&I (P.L. 114-4) (FY15) (Rescission) .... . 

Coast Guard AC&I (P.l. 114-113) (FY16) (Rescission) .. . 

Coast Guard AC&I (P.L. 115-31) (FY17) (Rescission) ... . 

Coast Guard RDT&E (P.l. 115-31) (FY17) (Rescission) .. . 

Coast Guard RDT&E (P.l. 115-141) (FY16) (Rescission) .. 

CBP PC&I Border Barrier (P.l. 116-6) (Rescission) ..... 

CBP PC&I Border Barrier (FY16) (P.L. 115-141) 

( Rescission) ....................................... . 

CBP Automation Modernization 70X0531 (Rescission) .... . 

CBP Construction 70X0532 (Rescission) ................ . 

CBP BSFIT 70X0533 (Rescission) ....................... . 

DNDO Federal Assistance (P.L. 115-141) (FY16) 

(Rescission) ....................................... . 

DHS administrative savings (Rescission) .............. . 

legacy Funds (Rescission) ............................ . 

DHS lapsed Balances (non-defense) (Rescission) ....... . 

DHS lapsed Balances (defense) (Rescission) ........... . 

Treasury Asset Forfeiture Fund (Rescission) .......... . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

51,000 

41,000 

·33,670 

-7,400 

·5,200 

-17.045 

-17,200 

-12,000 

-51 

-6,956 

-1,589 

-200,000 

FY 2020 

Request Bi 11 

41,000 

-500 

·6,000 

-5,000 

-601,000 

-20,000 

-10,000 

-4,000 

-10,000 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

-51 ,000 

+33,870 

+7,400 

+4,700 

·6,000 

+17 '045 

-5,000 

-601,000 

-20,000 

-10,000 

-4,000 

-10,000 

+17' 200 

+12,000 

+51 

+8,956 

+1 ,589 

+200,000 

B

+

-6

-

-

-

Insert offset folio 154 here 36683.047

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2019 

AND BUDGET REQUESTS AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR 2020 

(Amounts in thousands) 

House full committee amendment (Price, et al) 

Immigration provisions ............................. . 

FY 2019 

Enacted 

FY 2020 

Request Bill 

3,065,000 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+3,065,000 +3,0

============== ============== ============== ============== =======

Total, Title V, General Provisions ............... . 

(Discretionary Funding) ........................ . 

(Rescissions/Cancellations) .................... . 

(Non-defense) ................................ . 

(Defense) .................................... . 

Grand Total .......................................... . 

(Discretionary Funding) .......................... . 

(Non-Defense) ................................ . 

(Appropriations) ........................... . 

(Offsetting Collections) .................. . 

(Disaster Relief Category) ................. . 

(Rescissions) .............................. . 

(Derived from Prior Year Unobligated 

Balances) ................................ . 

(Defense) .................................... . 

(Overseas Contingency on Operations/Global 

War on Terrorism) ........................ . 

(Other Defense) ............................ . 

(Appropriations) ......................... . 

(Rescissions) ............................ . 

(Mandatory Funding) .............................. . 

-211 '311 

(92,000) 

( -303,311) 

( -301 '722) 

( -1 '589) 

63,314,844 

(61 ,575,000) 

(59,352,000) 

(52,391,985) 

(-4,438,263) 

( 12 '000' 000) 

( -301 '722) 

-300,000 

(2,223,000) 

(165,000) 

(2,058,000) 

(2,059,589) 

( -1 ,589) 

(1,739,844) 

67,558,927 

(65,756,618) 

(63' 781 '108) 

(55, 149,274) 

(-5,193,166) 

( 14 '075' 000) 

( -250' 000) 

(1,975,510) 

(1,975,510) 

(1 ,975,510) 

(1,802,309) 

2,449,500 

( 3 ' 1 06 . 000) 

( -656. 500) 

( -656 '500) 

68,679,309 

(66,877,000) 

(64,494,000) 

(55,975,666) 

(- 4. 643. 166) 

(14,075,000) 

(-656,500) 

-257,000 

(2,383,000) 

(2,383,000) 

(2,383,000) 

(1,802,309) 

+2,660,811 

(+3,014,000) 

(-353,189) 

( -354. 778) 

(+1,589) 

+5,364,465 

(+5,302,000) 

(+5,142,000) 

(+3,583,681) 

( -204,903) 

(+2,075,000) 

( -354. 778) 

+43,000 

(+160,000) 

(-165,000) 

(+325,000) 

(+323,411) 

(+1 ,589) 

(+62,465) 

+2,4

( +3' 1

(-6

(-6

+1,1

(+1,1

(+7

(+8

(+5

( -4

-2

(+4

(+4

(+4
(138) 

MINORITY VIEWS 

We thank Chairwoman Lowey and Subcommittee Chairwoman 

Roybal-Allard for their support for the Department of Homeland 

Security and the programs critical to keep our country safe. We all 

care about the safety and security of the people in our country and 

the people at the Department, and much of this bill reflects that 

shared concern. 

We heartily endorse the funding levels that are proposed in this 

bill for many of the agencies that are working every day in our 

communities to keep our people safe—the Coast Guard, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Transportation 

Security Administration, the Secret Service, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and all the components of the Department. We thank both Chairwomen for all they did for these agencies under the allocation. 

Unfortunately, in the places where we disagree, the differences 

are vast, and in its current form, we cannot support the bill. We 

have concerns about the path we are on, both in terms of the lack 

of investments and policies affecting the border and enforcement, 

and the larger overall budget picture. 

Just a few short months ago we were convening a conference to 

close out the issues with the fiscal year 2019 Homeland Security 

bill and end an unprecedented government shutdown. It was quite 

clear during those negotiations that for a Presidential signature, 

funds would have to be included for construction along the Southwest Border. The final conference report enacted in February addressed those concerns, but unfortunately, the fiscal year 2020 bill 

falls far short. This could set us up for yet another government 

shutdown. 

This bill denies funds requested for border barriers in fiscal year 

2020 and rescinds more than $600,000,000 from the 2019 conference agreement. It ties the hands of the Department of Homeland Security and other departments by restricting their ability to 

direct funds toward additional construction of border barriers, if 

needed. This bill provides insufficient funds for U.S. Immigration 

and Customs Enforcement, and the agency will be so constrained 

that they may not be able to deport criminals from our communities. 

These restrictions are not acceptable. We have a crisis at the border. Apprehensions are occurring at an alarming rate. In the first 

five months of this year, the number of migrants apprehended at 

the border exceeded the population of Atlanta, Georgia. We are on 

a path to have more than one million apprehensions this fiscal 

year, which will be greater than the individual state populations of 

Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and 

Delaware. 

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Earlier this month, Customs and Border Patrol was processing 

almost 20,000 people through border stations that were not designed to detain this many people and for periods sometimes exceeding a month. More than 2,500 children were sleeping on the 

ground waiting to be placed with family members or sponsors. People continue to flood the border, often in large groups. 

We tried to address these issues by offering amendments that 

would permanently authorize the e-verify program, provide additional funds for continued construction of a border barrier, provide 

more funds and flexibility for immigration and customs enforcement, and provide supplemental funds requested by the Department to address the immediate humanitarian crisis. None of these 

amendments were adopted. 

In addition to the lack of funds for immigration enforcement and 

border infrastructure, this bill contains riders that bind the hands 

of the Department as it enforces the laws of our nation. Most notably, an amendment adopted on a straight party-line vote, limits the 

ability of the President, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Homeland Security to implement asylum and immigration 

laws; grants protections to individuals participating in the Deferred 

Action for Childhood Arrivals program; and gives near immunity to 

thousands of people who have entered the country illegally by prohibiting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers or 

Border Patrol agents from enforcing immigration laws within 1,000 

feet of a number of specified locations. The amendment makes no 

provisions to address the loopholes in our immigration laws or provide clear direction on how to address the current situation at the 

border. These immigration issues should be addressed in a 

thoughtful manner by the authorizing committees of jurisdiction in 

both the House and the Senate, not an ad hoc collection of general 

provisions in an appropriations act. 

We owe it to the American people to address these issues immediately and not make the situation worse. We cannot starve agencies of critical resources and authorities needed to address the humanitarian and security crisis on the border. 

We remain optimistic that we will be able to work together to address these issues and funding requirements in a bill that will be 

signed by the President. 

KAY GRANGER. 

CHUCK FLEISCHMANN. 

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