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Calendar No. 466 

111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! SENATE 2d Session 111–222 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS 

BILL, 2011 

JULY 19, 2010.—Ordered to be printed 

Mr. LAUTENBERG, from the Committee on Appropriations, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany S. 3607] 

The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 3607) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes, 

reports favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass. 
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Total obligational authority, fiscal year 2011 

Total of bill as reported to the Senate 123 ............ $45,191,136,000 

Amount of 2010 appropriations 4 ............................. 44,137,241,000 

Amount of 2011 budget estimate 125 ..................... 45,036,301,000 

Bill as recommended to Senate compared to— 

2010 appropriations .......................................... 1,053,895,000 

2011 budget estimate ........................................ 154,835,000 1Senate bill includes $239,672,000 in rescissions, compared to $99,772,000 of proposed cancellations. 2 Includes a permanent indefinite appropriation of $265,321,000 for the Coast 

Guard healthcare fund contribution. 3 Includes $254,461,000 for the Coast Guard for the costs of overseas contingency 

operations. 4 Includes rescissions totalling $41,274,000 pursuant to Public Law 111–83. Includes permanent indefinite appropriation of $261,000,000 for the Coast Guard 

healthcare fund contribution. Includes $241,503,000 for the Coast Guard for the 

costs of overseas contingency operations. 5 Excludes up to $254,461,000 for Coast Guard overseas contingency operations requested in Department of Defense ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’. 
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C O N T E N T S 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

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Overview and Summary of the Bill ........................................................................ 5 

Title I: 

Departmental Management and Operations: 

Office of the Secretary and Executive Management .............................. 8 

Office of the Under Secretary for Management ...................................... 15 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer ........................................................ 20 

Office of the Chief Information Officer .................................................... 23 

Analysis and Operations ........................................................................... 25 

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding ................ 27 

Office of Inspector General ....................................................................... 27 

Title II: 

Security, Enforcement, and Investigations: 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection: 

Salaries and Expenses ....................................................................... 30 

Automation Modernization ................................................................ 39 

Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology ............. 40 

Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement .......................................................................................... 41 

Construction and Facilities Management ........................................ 43 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: 

Salaries and Expenses ....................................................................... 45 

Automation Modernization ................................................................ 56 

Construction ....................................................................................... 56 

Transportation Security Administration: 

Aviation Security ................................................................................ 57 

Surface Transportation Security ....................................................... 66 

Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing ................... 67 

Transportation Security Support ...................................................... 69 

Federal Air Marshals ......................................................................... 71 

Coast Guard: 

Operating Expenses ........................................................................... 73 

Environmental Compliance and Restoration ................................... 81 

Reserve Training ................................................................................ 81 

Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements ................................. 81 

Alteration of Bridges .......................................................................... 88 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation ................................ 88 

Retired Pay ......................................................................................... 89 

United States Secret Service: 

Salaries and Expenses ....................................................................... 89 

Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses .............................................................................................. 93 

Title III: 

Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: 

National Protection and Programs Directorate: 

Management and Administration ..................................................... 94 

Infrastructure Protection and Information Security ....................... 95 

Federal Protective Service ................................................................. 102 

United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology ............................................................................................... 104 

Office of Health Affairs ............................................................................. 106 

Federal Emergency Management Agency: 

Management and Administration ..................................................... 109 
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Title III—Continued 

Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery—Continued 

Federal Emergency Management Agency—Continued 

State and Local Programs ................................................................. 115 

Firefighter Assistance Grants ........................................................... 123 

Emergency Management Performance Grants ................................ 123 

Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program ............................. 124 

United States Fire Administration ................................................... 124 

Disaster Relief .................................................................................... 124 

Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account ......................... 125 

Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis ....................................... 126 

National Flood Insurance Fund ........................................................ 127 

National Predisaster Mitigation Fund ............................................. 128 

Emergency Food and Shelter ............................................................ 128 

Title IV: 

Research and Development, Training, and Services: 

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ............................ 130 

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center: 

Salaries and Expenses ....................................................................... 133 

Accreditation ....................................................................................... 134 

Acquisitions, Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses .................................................................................................... 135 

Science and Technology: 

Management and Administration ..................................................... 135 

Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations .................... 136 

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office: 

Management and Administration ..................................................... 139 

Research, Development, and Operations ......................................... 140 

Systems Acquisition ........................................................................... 141 

Title V: General Provisions ..................................................................................... 143 

Program, Project, and Activity ............................................................................... 151 

Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate .......................................................................................................................... 152 

Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate ................................................................................................................... 152 

Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate ................................................................................................................... 153 

Budgetary Impact of Bill ......................................................................................... 158 

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items ...................................... 158 

Comparative Statement of New Budget Authority ............................................... 162 
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OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY OF THE BILL 

Fiscal year 2011 124

request 

Fiscal year 2011 123

Committee 

recommendation 

Title I—Departmental Management and Operations ................................................. $1,724,321,000 $1,310,283,000 

Title II—Security, Enforcement, and Investigations .................................................. 32,545,167,000 33,116,825,000 

Title III—Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery ................................... 8,752,899,000 8,744,702,000 

Title IV—Research and Development, Training, and Services .................................. 1,989,678,000 1,779,126,000 

Title V—General Provisions ........................................................................................ 24,236,000 240,200,000 

Total, new budget (obligational authority) ................................................... 45,036,301,000 45,191,136,000 

1 Senate bill includes $239,672,000 in rescissions, compared to $99,772,000 of proposed cancellations. 

2 Includes permanent indefinite appropriation of $265,321,000 for the Coast Guard healthcare fund contribution. 

3 Includes $254,461,000 for the Coast Guard for the costs of overseas contingency operations. 

4 Excludes up to $254,461,000 for Coast Guard overseas contingency operations requested in Department of Defense ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’. 

The Committee recommends total appropriations of 

$45,191,136,000 for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal 

year 2011, $154,835,000 more than the budget request. Of this 

amount, $43,790,436,000 is for discretionary programs. 

OVERVIEW

In February 2010, the Department of Homeland Security released its Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, a Strategic 

Framework for a Secure Homeland. The Review lays out a strategy 

that details five core missions for the Department: Preventing Terrorism and Enhancing Security; Securing and Managing Our Borders; Enforcing and Administering Our Immigration Laws; Safeguarding and Securing Cyberspace; and Ensuring Resilience to Disasters. 

In accomplishing these missions, the Department seeks to mature and strengthen homeland security in all levels of government, 

the private sector, and our citizenry. It is critical that the Nation 

develop and maintain a constant, capable, and vigilant posture to 

protect ourselves against existing and evolving threats. 

As evidenced by the arrests of Nidal Hasan (Ft. Hood), Faisal 

Shazad (Times Square), and Najibullah Zazi (New York City subway), the threat of homegrown terrorism is on the rise. At the 

same time, the terrorist threat from overseas continues (the December 25, 2009, bombing attempt), and potential new threats 

evolve (cybersecurity, radiological/nuclear, and biological). 

While addressing these threats, the Department of Homeland Security must continue to effectively execute its other core missions, 

including: 

—Preventing, responding to, and recovering from man-made and 

natural disasters—49 Presidentially declared disasters in 27 

States in only the first 6 months of 2010; 

—The Coast Guard mission continues to grow—last year, 4,747 

lives saved; 353,000 pounds of cocaine and 71,000 pounds of 
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marijuana seized; 3,700 undocumented migrants interdicted; 

248,000 ships and 62 million crew and passengers screened; 

400 individuals with terrorist associations identified and investigated; 3,600 pollution incidents responded to; and now, coordinating the response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; 

—Customs and Border Protection has increased the number of 

Southwest border miles under effective control from 241 to 

700—and last year apprehended 556,000 illegal aliens, processed 360 million people and 109 million vehicles at the border, 

and processed 25 million trade entries; 

—Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed 387,000 illegal aliens last year, detained or removed 101,000 criminal 

aliens, made 1,100 criminal arrests, and seized 4,000 pounds 

of cocaine, 74,000 pounds of marijuana, $41,000,000 of bulk 

currency, and $13,000,000 of counterfeit currency; 

—The US-VISIT program has prevented 8,800 criminal and illegal aliens from entering the country with its biometric system; 

—The Secret Service protects the President, the Vice President 

and their families, and other mandated protectees, and prevented the loss of over $1.8 billion as a result of their investigations into financial crimes. 

In 2002, the Department was established by consolidating 22 

agencies from over 8 departments and major agencies. The transition to the new Department was difficult, with inadequate capacity 

for procurement, information technology, financial management 

and human resource development. Capacity to eliminate stovepipes 

and share information was limited. Many of the agencies transferred to the Department came with aging ships, planes, helicopters, information technology, financial systems, and other assets, not capable of responding to an evolving threat. 

In its eighth year, it is time for the Department to transition 

from growing pains to maturity. Since 2003, Congress, on a bipartisan basis, has increased funding for border security, chemical security, maritime and port security, rail security, transit security, 

aviation security and cyber security. Congress has also provided resources for our State and local partners to equip and train our first 

responders. 

These investments have paid off, making our Nation more secure 

and making us better prepared for any disaster. The Quadrennial 

Homeland Security Review provides a strategic framework for 

progress, but we have much more work to do. 

REFERENCES

This report refers to several Public Laws by short title as follows: 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 

111–5, is referenced as ARRA; Implementing Recommendations of 

the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, Public Law 110–53, is referenced 

as the 9/11 Act; Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 

2006, Public Law 109–347, is referenced as the SAFE Port Act; 

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 

Public Law 93–288, is referenced as the Stafford Act; and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, Public Law 

108–458, is referenced as the Intelligence Reform Act. 
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Any reference in this report to the Secretary shall be interpreted 

to mean the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

Any reference to the Department or DHS shall be interpreted to 

mean the Department of Homeland Security. 

Any reference in this report to a departmental component shall 

be interpreted to mean directorates, components, agencies, offices, 

or other organizations in the Department. 

Any reference to ‘‘full-time equivalents’’ shall be referred to as 

FTE. 

Any reference to ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be referred 

to as PPA. 

Any reference to a ‘‘Homeland Security Presidential Directive’’ 

shall be referred to as HSPD. 

Any reference to ‘‘Government Accountability Office’’ shall be referred to as GAO. 
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $147,818,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 157,041,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 150,605,000 

The Office of the Secretary and Executive Management supports 

the Department by providing direction, management, and policy 

guidance to operating components. The specific activities funded by 

this account include: the Immediate Office of the Secretary; the Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; the Office of the Chief of 

Staff; the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement; the Office of the 

Executive Secretary; the Office of Policy; the Office of Public Affairs; the Office of Legislative Affairs; the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs; the Office of the General Counsel; the Office for 

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; the Citizenship and Immigration 

Services Ombudsman; and the Privacy Office. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $150,605,000 for the Office of the 

Secretary and Executive Management, $2,787,000 above the fiscal 

year 2010 level and $6,436,000 below the request level. The specific 

levels recommended by the Committee as compared to the fiscal 

year 2010 and budget request levels are as follows: 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 enacted Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Immediate Office of the Secretary ...................................................... 5,061 5,427 5,427 

Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary .......................................... 1,810 1,974 1,974 

Office of the Chief of Staff ................................................................. 2,595 3,658 3,500 

Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement .............................................. 3,612 3,872 3,612 

Office of the Executive Secretary ........................................................ 7,800 8,967 8,467 

Office of Policy ..................................................................................... 51,564 49,807 46,527 

Office of Public Affairs ........................................................................ 5,991 7,025 6,446 

Office of Legislative Affairs ................................................................. 6,797 7,200 7,011 

Office of Intergovernmental Affairs ..................................................... 2,800 4,207 3,519 

Office of the General Counsel ............................................................. 24,028 24,363 24,363 

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties ........................................... 21,104 24,559 23,956 

Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman ........................... 6,685 6,864 6,685 

Privacy Office ....................................................................................... 7,971 9,118 9,118 

Total, Office of the Secretary and Executive Management ... 147,818 157,041 150,605 
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IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

The Committee recommends $5,427,000 for the Immediate Office 

of the Secretary, an increase of $366,000 above the fiscal year 2010 

level and the same as the budget request. 

In order to facilitate the ability to place Federal Air Marshals 

[FAMs] on international flights to the United States that may be 

carrying ‘‘selectees’’, the Secretary is strongly encouraged to negotiate with the relevant foreign governments to permit rapid FAM 

deployments to and from such countries. Additionally, the Secretary is encouraged to negotiate, in consultation with the Secretary of State, with the relevant governments an expansion of the 

presence of U.S. Customs and Border Protection [CBP] and U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] personnel associated 

with the Immigration Advisory Program and the Visa Security Program. 

IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY

The Committee recommends $1,974,000 for the Immediate Office 

of the Deputy Secretary, an increase of $164,000 above the fiscal 

year 2010 level and the same as the budget request. 

The Committee understands that the Office of Infrastructure 

Protection, the Coast Guard, and the Transportation Security Administration are working together to coordinate chemical security 

responsibilities established by the Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards regulations, the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, and railroad security regulations. The Committee 

directs the Deputy Secretary to coordinate efforts and to work with 

the White House Office of Domestic Policy to develop a coordinated 

and integrated approach for securing chemical facilities. Further, 

the Department shall ensure that companies cannot misuse information security regulations to improperly delay or impede Federal 

safety investigations following chemical accidents. 

The Committee did not receive the required reports pursuant to 

the fiscal year 2010 Conference Report 111–298 and continues the 

requirement for the Deputy Secretary to provide a report to the 

Committee no later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 

this act, and quarterly thereafter, on the agency’s efforts to coordinate chemical security across departments, particularly in regard 

to ensuring the ability to conduct prompt and comprehensive Federal safety investigations of chemical accidents. Further, to ensure 

expeditious attention to this matter, the Deputy Secretary is directed to brief the Committee on the milestones established for a 

coordinated effort. 

In an effort to significantly improve the security of our border, 

since fiscal year 2006, CBP has hired more than 15,700 new employees, a 37 percent increase, and ICE has hired over 8,200 new 

personnel, a 31 percent increase. The Committee believes it is critical that all Federal law enforcement personnel, especially new 

hires, receive comprehensive training in ethics and public integrity. 

In recent years, in anticipation of the potential for the growth of 

allegations of misconduct, the Committee has increased funding for 

integrity programs. However, the Committee understands the Office of Inspector General [OIG], ICE, and CBP are experiencing dif-
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ficulties working together to tackle this important issue because of 

an apparent lack of clear lines of authority regarding which entity 

conducts differing types of investigations and when they occur. The 

Committee was troubled to read a December 16, 2009, DHS memo 

and a Washington Post article on March 30, 2010, that detailed 

turf battles between the OIG, CBP, and ICE which resulted in delayed corruption probes. It appears to the Committee that there is 

confusion between the OIG, CBP, and ICE on who does what and 

which organization takes the lead when investigating corruption 

cases. 

The Committee directs the Deputy Secretary to examine the 

issue of which entity should coordinate and take the lead on integrity investigations and establish clear lines of authority for each 

entity for the different types of investigations. The Committee directs that the Deputy Secretary provide a report to the Committees 

on Appropriations on this issue no later than 90 days after the date 

of enactment of this act. 

The Committee notes that report language on this issue also is 

included in the OIG, CBP, and ICE sections of this report. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF

The Committee recommends $3,500,000 for the Office of the 

Chief of Staff, an increase of $905,000 above the fiscal year 2010 

level and $158,000 below the budget request. 

OFFICE OF COUNTERNARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT

The Committee recommends $3,612,000 for the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement [CNE], the same as the fiscal year 2010 

level and $260,000 less than the budget request. Given that CNE 

let lapse a moderate level of funding in fiscal year 2009 and a slow 

obligation rate continues in fiscal year 2010, the increase requested 

is not justified. 

CNE is to brief the Committee no later than 60 days after the 

date of enactment of this act on its efforts to address the recommendations made in the DHS OIG report (OIG–10–80), which 

identifies deficiencies in the CNE’s ability to meet its statutory responsibilities. 

Finally, the joint explanatory statement accompanying the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, required 

the Secretary to report on whether it would be appropriate to shift 

the functions of this office into the Office of Policy or other departmental office under this title. While the Committee continues to 

have concerns with the contribution of the CNE to the Department’s mission, both the Secretary and DHS IG recommend that it 

remain as a stand-alone entity within the Office of the Secretary. 

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

The Committee recommends $8,467,000 for the Office of the Executive Secretary, an increase of $667,000 above the fiscal year 

2010 level and $500,000 below the budget request. The Committee 

supports the budget proposal to strengthen the Secretary’s efficiency review efforts but does not provide the full request due to 

anticipated savings from unfilled positions in this office. 
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OFFICE OF POLICY

The Committee recommends $46,527,000 for the Office of Policy, $5,037,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level and $3,280,000 below 

the budget request. The reduction from the request reflects funds 

no longer necessary for office space modifications. The bill includes language providing $20,000 from amounts available for the Secretary’s reception and representation expenses to 

the Office of Policy to host Visa Waiver Program negotiations in 

Washington, DC. 

The Committee directs the Office of Policy to submit an expenditure plan for fiscal year 2011 no later than 60 days after the date 

of enactment of this act. The plan shall be submitted in the same 

format as the fiscal year 2010 plan. 

The Committee is to be briefed no later than 90 days after the 

date of enactment of this act on the Global Supply Chain Security 

and Air Domain Awareness initiatives. 

OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

The Committee recommends $6,446,000 for the Office of Public 

Affairs [OPA], an increase of $455,000 above the fiscal year 2010 

level and $579,000 below the budget request. The recommendation 

includes funds for the lease of space, build-out, and furniture for 

the National Joint Information Center [NJIC]. The NJIC supports 

the Secretary’s HSPD–5 role to coordinate interagency communications during major incidents. The recommendation does not include 

funds for additional operational support for the Office. Base funds 

are adequate to meet these costs due to the delay in filling funded 

positions within this office. The Committee reminds OPA that reprogramming requests should be submitted only in the case of an 

unforeseeable emergency or situation that could not have been predicted when formulating the budget request for the current fiscal 

year. The Committee is displeased that OPA continues to submit 

reprogramming requests for general operations. Therefore, the 

Committee expects the Office to develop a plan for operating for 

the full fiscal year at this level without a reprogramming request. 

OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

The Committee recommends $7,011,000 for the Office of Legisla- tive Affairs, an increase of $214,000 above the fiscal year 2010 

level and $189,000 below the budget request. The recommendation 

does not include the full request for additional operational support. 

OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

The Committee recommends $3,519,000 for the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, an increase of $719,000 above the fiscal year 

2010 level and $688,000 below budget request. 

The Committee supports efforts to hire additional personnel to 

strengthen the Office’s ability to improve coordination and communication across its stakeholder community. Funds are provided for 

an additional 10 positions and 5 FTE. The recommendation includes half of the requested increase for FTE. This is a more realistic approach given the Department’s regrettably lengthy hiring 

process. 
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OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

The Committee recommends $24,363,000 for the Office of the 

General Counsel, a $335,000 increase above the fiscal year 2010 

level and the same as the budget request. 

OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES

The Committee recommends $23,956,000 for the Office for Civil 

Rights and Civil Liberties [CRCL], an increase of $2,852,000 above 

the fiscal year 2010 level and $603,000 less than the budget request. The Committee recommendation provides for the 

annualization of FTE funded in fiscal year 2010 for expansion of 

the Department’s Equal Employment Opportunity program, reviews of State and local fusion centers, additional training, complaint investigations, and other DHS-wide civil rights and civil liberties issues. The Committee supports efforts to hire additional 

program analysts to support intelligence product reviews and training for DHS employees. An additional six positions are provided for 

this effort. However, given the Department’s regrettably lengthy 

hiring process, the recommendation includes half of the requested 

increase for FTE. 

The Committee directs the Office to submit an expenditure plan 

no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act. The 

plan is to be submitted in the same format as the fiscal year 2010 

plan and include additional information on the results of efforts to 

expand the Civil Liberties Institute, automate diversity management data and reports, establish a centralized redress governance 

structure, and intelligence product reviews. The plan shall include 

a discussion of the instances when CRCL or the Privacy Office did 

not concur with the release of any intelligence product and the nonconcurrence was elevated for review by the Deputy Secretary. 

CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES OMBUDSMAN

The Committee recommends $6,685,000 for the Citizenship and 

Immigration Services Ombudsman, the same as the fiscal year 

2010 level and $179,000 below the budget request. The recommended amount funds the continued implementation of the Virtual Ombudsman System [VOS], the expected workload increase 

generated by the deployment of the VOS, and other outreach and 

casework related efforts. The Ombudsman shall brief the Committee no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act 

on the progress made in implementing the VOS and related workload requirements. 

Funds are decreased below the request due to the delay in filling 

full-time permanent positions within this office. 

PRIVACY OFFICE

The Committee recommends $9,118,000 for the Privacy Office, an 

increase of $1,147,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level and the 

same as the budget request. The additional funding is to enhance 

privacy training for DHS and State and local fusion center employees. 
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

The Committee is concerned about the lack of attention given to 

surface transportation security by the Department. The Department is long overdue in providing to Congress a number of requirements mandated in the 9/11 Act, including a comprehensive risk 

assessment for railroad transportation security. The GAO released 

a critical report (GAO–09–678) on Mass Transit and Passenger Rail 

Security on June 24, 2009. GAO stated: 

‘‘To ensure that TSA’s efforts best prioritize and address risks, TSA 

should conduct a risk assessment for the mass transit and passenger rail systems that combines the results of threat, vulnerability, and consequence assessments. Until the overall risk to the 

entire system is identified through such an assessment, TSA cannot best determine how and where to target its limited resources 

to achieve the greatest security.’’. 

The Committee withholds $50,000,000 from the ‘‘Office of the 

Secretary and Executive Management’’ appropriation until the Secretary submits: a comprehensive risk assessment and national security strategy for the railroad sector as required by the 9/11 Act; 

a detailed timeline for meeting all remaining congressional requirements for surface transportation security included in the 9/11 Act; 

and a comprehensive plan on how the Department will meet the 

recommendations outlined in the Surface Transportation Security 

Priority Assessment by the National Security Council. 

Without regard to the withholding, supporting documentation explaining how comprehensive risk assessments for all transportation 

modes were used to allocate resources across and within each mode 

in the President’s fiscal year 2012 budget request is to be submitted to the Committee no later than February 7, 2011. 

BIOMETRIC AIR EXIT IMPLEMENTATION

The Committee includes language in the bill withholding 

$25,000,000 from obligation from the ‘‘Office of the Secretary and 

Executive Management’’ appropriation until the Department of 

Homeland Security submits a comprehensive plan to implement a 

biometric air exit capability in fiscal year 2011. 

BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS

For fiscal year 2012, the Committee directs that the congressional budget justifications for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management include the same level of detail as the table contained in the back of the Committee report. All funding and staffing changes for each individual office must be highlighted and explained. The Committee expects this level of detail to include separate discussions for personnel, compensation, and benefits; travel; 

training; other services; and the Working Capital Fund [WCF]. Enacted FTE numbers included in the documents for fiscal year 2011 

shall accurately reflect the FTE levels funded in this act. 

RECEPTION AND REPRESENTATION EXPENSES

Within the total amount recommended for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management, the recommendation includes 
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up to $60,000 for reception and representation expenses, the same 

level as fiscal year 2010 and the budget request. The Department 

is to continue to submit quarterly reports to the Committee detailing the obligation of these funds by purpose and dollar amount. 

DETAILEE REPORT

The Committee requires the Department to continue to report on 

detailees, but changes this from a quarterly to a semi-annual requirement, due April 29, 2011 and October 31, 2011. These reports 

shall be drafted in accordance with the revised guidance set forth 

in Senate Report 110–84. 

FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

The Department is directed to report semi-annually on the current projects tasked to federally funded research and development 

centers, the funding obligated by component, including the purposes for the funds, and any projects completed in the prior 6- 

month period, with the first report due February 15, 2011. The 

Committee has yet to receive a report for fiscal year 2010 pursuant 

to the requirement in Conference Report 111–298. This report is to 

be submitted promptly. 

SMALL VESSEL SECURITY STRATEGY

The Department released its small vessel security strategy on 

April 28, 2008. Over 2 years later, an implementation plan to carry 

out the strategy has not been completed and the fiscal year 2011 

budget proposes cuts in related programs. The Committee expects 

this plan to be completed and submitted to Congress expeditiously, 

including resource requirements to execute the plan. 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE CAPABILITIES

Significant progress has been made in the last 2 years by the 

Science and Technology [S&T] Directorate in unifying the Department’s test and evaluation [T&E] processes, particularly in large 

acquisition programs. The Committee encourages the Secretary to 

continue to improve the Department’s T&E capabilities, policies, 

and procedures. The Department’s acquisition process would also 

benefit from the early involvement of the S&T Directorate and the 

Department’s federally funded research and development centers in 

assisting departmental entities to better identify mission needs, 

conduct analysis of alternatives that could result in a material solution determination, and develop operational requirements including concepts of operations. 

DISTRIBUTION OF GRANT AWARDS

Americans are not made safer when appropriated funds sit in the 

Treasury. Therefore, as in previous fiscal years, the Committee 

again includes statutory timeframes by which appropriated grant 

funding must be made available and distributed to State and local 

partners. While departmental compliance with the timeframes has 

varied from year to year, fiscal year 2010 awards were delivered 

within the statutory timeframe. It is imperative that FEMA and 

the Department work with their State and local partners to elimi-
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nate bureaucratic hurdles that impede the ability to expeditiously 

address known risks. The Committee expects FEMA and the Department will comply with the law to ensure grant funds are distributed in a timely manner. 

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS RESOURCE ASSESSMENT

The Assistant Secretary for Policy shall brief the Committee no 

later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act on the 

current level of DHS resources, by component, in the U.S. Virgin 

Islands [USVI] and an assessment of the need for additional resources, by component, to be stationed there permanently based on 

threat and workload requirements. This assessment should include 

a review of DHS components with no presence currently in the 

USVI. 

BORDER TUNNEL REPORT

As outlined in Senate Report 111–31, the Department of Homeland Security is required to submit semiannual reports on border 

tunnel issues, including information on the number of tunnels discovered, their location and demolition, all activities undertaken to 

prosecute individuals under the Border Tunnel Prevention Act, 

funding requirements, and the progress made in developing and 

implementing detection methods used to discover new tunnels. The 

report is long overdue. Given the fact there has been increased 

physical reinforcing of the Southwest border, more tunnels built to 

smuggle various types of contraband are being discovered under 

the border. The Committee directs that this report be submitted 

immediately. 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $254,190,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 242,733,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 239,933,000 

The Under Secretary for Management oversees management and 

operations of the Department, including procurement and acquisition, human capital, and property management. The specific activities funded by this account include the Immediate Office of the 

Under Secretary for Management, the Office of the Chief Security 

Officer, the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, the Office of 

the Chief Human Capital Officer, and the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $239,933,000 for the Office of the 

Under Secretary for Management. 

The specific levels recommended by the Committee, as compared 

to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels, are as follows: 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Management .......... 2,864 2,770 2,770 
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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Office of the Chief Security Officer ............................................... 90,193 72,864 72,864 

Office of the Chief Procurement Officer ........................................ 68,538 75,527 75,527 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer ................................... 42,604 42,130 39,130 

Office of the Chief Administrative Officer: 

Salaries and Expenses .......................................................... 44,491 43,942 44,642 

Nebraska Avenue Complex .................................................... 5,500 5,500 5,000 

Total, Office of the Under Secretary for Management .... 254,190 242,733 239,933 

IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT

The Committee recommends $2,770,000 for the Immediate Office 

of the Under Secretary, $94,000 less than the fiscal year 2010 level 

and the same as the budget request. The recommendation includes 

requested adjustments of $34,000 for pay inflation and a reduction 

of $128,000 due to a decrease in contractor support. 

OFFICE OF SECURITY

The Committee recommends $72,864,000 for the Office of Security, a decrease of $17,329,000 from the fiscal year 2010 level and 

the same as the budget request. This recommendation includes adjustments of: $2,248,000 to annualize 14 FTE funded in fiscal year 

2010 to improve oversight of sensitive compartmentalized information and the timeliness of processing background investigations; 

$294,000 in pay related adjustments; and a reduction of 

$20,000,000 associated with the HSPD–12 Card Issuance Program. 

According to information provided by the Department, sufficient 

base funding will be available for fiscal year 2011 to continue deployment and maintenance of HSPD–12 cards. An update on 

progress made in issuing new identity cards and associated costs 

shall be discussed when the Office of Security briefs the Committee 

on its fiscal year 2012 budget request. Finally, the Committee supports the Office of Security’s efforts to reduce its reliance on contractors through the planned conversion of 72 positions to Federal 

FTE. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER

The Committee recommends $75,527,000 for the Office of the 

Chief Procurement Officer [OCPO], an increase of $6,989,000 above 

the fiscal year 2010 level and the same as the budget request. This 

increase includes requested adjustments of 100 positions and 

$10,314,000 for annualizations and pay inflation. It also includes 

the requested savings of $1,846,000 through the conversion of contractor positions to Federal FTE. The Committee does not agree 

with the reduction of $1,479,000 proposed for the acquisition workforce centralized training program. The request proposes to scale 

back this program, which benefits the entire acquisition workforce 

across all Departmental components. Due to the delay in filling 

full-time permanent positions within this office, sufficient funds are 

available to maintain this program at an appropriate level. 
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FEDERAL ACQUISITION WORKFORCE INITIATIVE

The Committee provides $18,000,000 above the fiscal year 2010 

level, $6,235,700 below the request, to increase the Department’s 

acquisition workforce capacity and capabilities. As requested, this 

initiative is included as a general provision. The Department, like 

many other Federal agencies, is plagued by a lack of qualified acquisition professionals to develop, manage, and oversee acquisition 

programs appropriately. The Committee has been highly critical of 

the performance of many DHS acquisition programs and has aggressively funded additional FTE to bolster procurement oversight 

within the OCPO and in the components. The Committee agrees 

that more needs to be accomplished, but is disappointed that such 

a large increase was requested with little justification on the categories of acquisition personnel needed and which components require the most help. The Committee understands that the OCPO 

is conducting a Department-wide assessment to determine gaps in 

key acquisition disciplines. The Committee expects the OCPO to 

brief the Committee on the results of this study no later than 60 

days after this assessment has been completed. The briefing shall 

include the planned distribution of the 150 positions by office. A reduction is made to the request to reflect a more realistic hiring 

schedule. The Committee expects that sustained funding will be 

provided in the Department’s fiscal year 2012 budget request. 

ACQUISITION PROFESSIONAL CAREER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

The Committee directs the OCPO to submit, in conjunction with 

the President’s fiscal year 2012 budget request, a report on the Acquisition Professional Internship Program as detailed in House Report 111–157. 

ACQUISITION REVIEW PROCESS

The Committee continues the quarterly reporting requirement on 

major acquisitions for fiscal year 2011, with the same requirements 

as outlined in Senate Report 111–31. The OCPO is delinquent in 

submitting these reports for fiscal year 2010. 

NONCOMPETITIVE PROCUREMENTS

In response to a statutory requirement contained in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 

110–329), the Office of the Inspector General [OIG] reviewed selected DHS contracts awarded through less than full and open competition during fiscal year 2008 to determine compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The report stated the following: 

‘‘Based on our review of 39 contract files with a reported value of 

more than $72,000,000, acquisition personnel did not always follow 

Federal regulations when awarding noncompetitive contracts. 

Award files did not always contain sufficient evidence of market research or adequate acquisition planning. As a result, the department cannot ensure that it received the best possible value on 

these acquired goods and services.’’. 

The OCPO has already complied with one recommendation related to market research. However, in response to the OIG’s rec-
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ommendation to strengthen its oversight process of noncompetitive 

procurements, the OCPO agreed with the intent but believes it has 

taken sufficient action to strengthen its oversight program. According to OCPO comments, a special review of noncompetitive contracts was recently completed to determine compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations and an additional follow-up review 

will be completed during the first quarter of fiscal year 2011. When 

the OCPO briefs the Committee on its fiscal year 2012 budget request, results from these reviews, as well as any subsequent actions taken, shall be provided. 

POORLY PERFORMING CONTRACTORS

The Committee is aware of actions being taken by the Department to enhance its suspension and debarment program for poorly 

performing contractors. In February 2010, the OIG reported on the 

Department’s deficiencies in this area. When the OCPO briefs the 

Committee on its fiscal year 2012 budget request, an update shall 

be provided on the progress made to strengthen this program, including compliance by the components. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICER

The Committee recommends $39,130,000 for the Office of the 

Chief Human Capital Officer [OCHCO], $3,474,000 below the fiscal 

year 2010 level and $3,000,000 below the request. The recommendation includes: requested adjustments to maintain current 

services; funding for 133 FTE, as requested; and requested savings 

of $1,150,000 through the conversion of 15 contractor positions to 

Federal FTE. The recommendation provides $14,131,000 for the 

Human Resources Information Technology program instead of 

$17,131,000 requested. This reduction reflects the OCHCO’s decision to terminate TALENTLink, the Department-wide automated 

recruiting and staffing system, because it did not meet Federal 

standards. If a follow-on system is selected, the OCHCO shall use 

funds appropriated in fiscal year 2010 originally slated for 

TALENTLink deployment. 

The Committee understands that the DHS Under Secretary for 

Management, Chief Human Capital Officer, and Chief Information 

Officer are still in the process of developing a strategic plan to 

overhaul the hiring process within the Department. The Committee 

supports these efforts and expects the OCHCO to periodically brief 

the Committee on its progress and how it aligns with the Administration’s plans to overhaul the Federal hiring process. 

In an effort to receive more timely information, the Committee 

requires the OCHCO to provide quarterly briefings (instead of 

monthly reports) summarizing vacancy data at the Department. 

These briefings are to include: the number of new hires for each 

headquarters office in the previous month; the ratio of applications 

received to positions closed; data from the Office of Security on 

progress made to reduce the security clearance backlog to include 

whether the 15-day standard for suitability reviews is being met; 

and an end-of-the-month hiring ‘‘snapshot’’ for each headquarters 

office. These snapshots should include: the number of new hires 

pending security or suitability clearance; the number of open vacancies; and the number of selection referral lists pending with 
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management. In addition, the briefings shall provide an explanation for hiring delays and steps being taken or planned to correct 

the delays. The Office of Security shall contribute to this briefing 

by including progress made to reduce the security clearance backlog and whether the 15-day standard for suitability reviews is 

being met. 

The first quarterly briefing shall also include the results of the 

fiscal year 2010 performance metrics established by DHS for the 

OCHCO. 

A general provision is included in the bill prohibiting the use of 

funds for the development, testing, deployment, or operation of any 

portion of a human resources management system authorized by 5 

U.S.C. 9701(a), or by regulations prescribed pursuant to such section, for an ‘‘employee’’ as defined in 5 U.S.C. 7103(a)(2). 

OVER-RELIANCE ON CONTRACTORS

The Committee supports the Department’s efforts to convert contractor positions to Federal jobs through its Balanced Workforce 

Initiative. The fiscal year 2011 request proposes to convert 1,402 

positions with an associated savings of nearly $82,000,000. This follows 1,801 conversions in fiscal year 2010 and 236 in fiscal year 

2009. These conversions, however, represent only a small fraction 

of the estimated 210,000 contractors providing services in support 

of the Department’s various programs and organizations. Many of 

the services provided by contractors are likely to be closely related 

to inherently governmental functions. An OCHCO-managed program office has been established to lead the Department’s balanced 

workforce efforts. In fiscal year 2010, a Department-wide assessment is being conducted to identify additional contractor positions 

that should be appropriately converted to Federal jobs. The Committee directs the Undersecretary for Management and Chief 

Human Capital Officer to brief the Committee no later than September 10, 2010, on the findings of this review, implementation 

plans, and associated savings. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

The Committee recommends $44,642,000 for Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer [OCAO], an 

increase of $151,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level and $700,000 

above the budget request. The Committee finds it puzzling that the 

request would cut or eliminate vital programs related to environmental planning, historic preservation, and internal controls. There 

is no compelling basis included in the congressional justification to 

warrant these reductions. Therefore, funding above the request is 

provided to maintain these programs at appropriate levels in fiscal 

year 2011. The OCAO shall provide an update on how these programs are being sustained when it briefs the Committee on its fiscal year 2012 budget request. 

Further, the fiscal year 2012 budget request shall include an update on the electronic management records system deployment 

plan, including: the results of the fiscal year 2010 pilot; status of 

implementation to headquarters components; and plans to mitigate 

delays in this program. 
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The Committee recommends $5,000,000 for continued facilities 

maintenance and upgrades at the Nebraska Avenue Complex 

[NAC], $500,000 below the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels. This funding allows for: the completion of the perimeter improvement project and the medium voltage project; mechanical, 

electrical, and physical security upgrades for NAC 3; remediation 

of Americans with Disabilities Act compliance issues; and other activities. The Committee is concerned with the unexpended balance 

of approximately $41,000,000 in this account. 

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM BACK-UP

The Committee is aware that the Department is in the process 

of conducting an analysis across the Federal Government and critical infrastructure and key resources sectors to determine if there 

is a need for a nationwide, systemic backup to the Global Positioning System [GPS] and, if so, what that backup should be. As 

a follow-on to this effort, the Department, in coordination with the 

Department of Transportation, is to conduct an analysis of alternatives that could serve as a backup to GPS. The results of both 

studies are to be provided to the Committee no later than 90 days 

after the date of enactment of this act. 

MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION STRATEGY

The Committee directs the Department to submit the comprehensive management integration strategy as mandated by Congress in 

the 9/11 Act within 90 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

The strategy should include the characteristics identified by the 

Government Accountability Office [GAO], including expected outcomes for the management integration initiatives, along with performance measures and milestones to assess the Department’s 

progress in implementing and achieving management integration 

both within and across the lines of business throughout the Department. In addition, the strategy should identify how management 

integration supports the Department’s transformation and how the 

strategy links to the Department’s other plans and efforts to address GAO’s designation of DHS transformation and implementation as high risk. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $60,530,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 65,552,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 64,480,000 

The Office of the Chief Financial Officer is responsible for the fiscal management and financial accountability of the Department of 

Homeland Security. The Office of the Chief Financial Officer provides guidance and oversight of the Department’s budget execution 

while ensuring that funds are allocated and expended in accordance with relevant laws and policies. This account funds the Budget Division, Office of Financial Operations, Office of Performance 

Analysis and Evaluation, Office of Financial Management, Resource Management Transition Office, and the Office of the Government Accountability Office/Office of Inspector General Audit Liaison. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $64,480,000 for the Office of the 

Chief Financial Officer [OCFO], an increase of $3,950,000 above 

the fiscal year 2010 level and $1,072,000 less than the budget request. The recommendation includes adjustments to maintain current services and programmatic increases of $1,200,000 for enhanced financial and accounting oversight as requested, and 

$1,000,000 to conduct independent program assessments. The 

OCFO shall periodically brief the Committee on outcomes of the selected studies and their impact on resource decisions. The Committee understands a review of the Coast Guard’s Deepwater cutter 

fleet recapitalization program is being conducted by the Office of 

the Chief Financial Officer’s Program Analysis and Evaluation Division [PA&E]. PA&E shall brief the Committee on this effort no 

later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

The Committee expects the OCFO to continue working with the 

Coast Guard on its efforts to remediate gaps in its core accounting 

systems. 

Finally, the Committee supports the OCFO’s initiative to reduce 

its reliance on contractors through the planned conversion of 38 positions to Federal FTE. 

TRANSFORMATION AND SYSTEMS CONSOLIDATION

Within the OCFO appropriation, the Committee recommendation 

includes $17,800,000 to support the Department’s effort to migrate 

component financial systems to a shared software baseline known 

as the Transformation and Systems Consolidation [TASC]. This effort will consolidate 13 separate DHS financial management systems and integrate end-to-end business processes in support of financial, acquisition, and asset management. According to the Department’s business case analysis, ‘‘significant cost savings will be 

realized over a 10-year life cycle when considering the lower operations and maintenance costs for a centralized and integrated solution.’’ The Committee expects a full migration plan to be submitted 

to the Committee no later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

of this act. The Committee also expects TASC to be capable of 

tracking obligations by the programs, projects, and activities detailed in the funding table at the end of this report. The OCFO 

shall brief the Committee on the feasibility of outfitting current 

systems with this capability on an interim basis until TASC is fully 

operational. 

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS JUSTIFICATIONS

The Committee directs the OCFO to ensure annual appropriations justifications are prepared for each component within the Department in support of the President’s budget, as required under 

section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, and submitted on 

the day the President’s budget is delivered to Congress. The OCFO 

also is directed to include detailed information by appropriations 

account, program, project, and activity, on all reimbursable agreements, and significant uses of the Economy Act for each fiscal year. 

Additionally, the OCFO shall ensure that the congressional justifications for the Department accompanying the President’s fiscal 
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year 2012 budget request include a status report of overdue Committee reports, plans, and other directives. One standard format 

shall be used by all offices and agencies and inserted in the justifications reflecting the status of congressional directives for each 

of fiscal years 2009 through 2011. 

The OCFO is directed to include in the Department’s Explanation of Changes to general provisions the text of all Department 

appropriations provisions enacted to date that are permanent. 

BUDGET EXECUTION AND STAFFING REPORT

The Committee includes bill language requiring the Department 

to continue submitting to the Committees on Appropriations a 

monthly budget execution report showing the status of obligations 

and costs for all components of the Department and on-board staffing levels (Federal employees and contractors). The report shall include the total obligational authority appropriated (new budget authority plus unobligated carryover), undistributed obligational authority, amount allotted, current year obligations, unobligated authority (the difference between total obligational authority and current year obligations), beginning unexpended obligations, year-todate costs, and ending unexpended obligations. This budget execution information is to be provided at the level of detail shown in 

the tables displayed at the end of this report for each departmental 

component, the Working Capital Fund, and all other DHS no-year 

accounts which have outstanding balances. This report shall be 

submitted no later than 45 days after the close of each month. 

EXPENDITURE PLANS

The Committee continues requiring expenditure plans for specific 

DHS programs. These plans are intended to provide Congress with 

information to effectively oversee a particular program and hold 

the Department accountable for program results. Expenditure 

plans required by the Committee shall include, at a minimum: a 

description of how the plan satisfies any relevant legislative conditions for the expenditure plan; planned capabilities and benefits; 

cost and schedule commitments; measures of progress against commitments made in previous plans; how the program is being managed to provide reasonable assurance that the promised program 

capabilities, benefits, and cost and schedule commitments will be 

achieved; historical funding for the program if applicable; and an 

obligation and outlay schedule. 

The Department continues to be delinquent in submitting expenditure plans within the timeframes specified by the Committee. 

These plans serve two vital purposes. First, the requirement for an 

expenditure plan instills fiscal discipline within the Department 

and the relevant component by ensuring the development of a comprehensive strategy for the expenditure of funds early in the fiscal 

year that will then be followed throughout the year. Second, it provides timely information to the Committee as it makes important 

resource allocation decisions. By consistently delaying the submission of these expenditure plans, for over half of the fiscal year in 

some cases, the Department fails to meet either goal. These include 

plans for the Office of Policy, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Intelligence and Analysis, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Transportation Security Administration, National Protection and Programs Directorate, 

US-VISIT, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. For 

many components, the Committee is withholding significant funding from obligation in fiscal year 2011 to encourage timely submissions of expenditure plans, which are necessary for effective budget 

execution and robust and informed oversight. 

OVERDUE QUARTERLY SBI REPORTS

In addition to delayed expenditure plans, there are a number of 

regular reports that the Committees have required be submitted, 

in some cases for many years. For instance, the Committees have 

required quarterly submission of a report which in essence is a 

compilation of border security-related facts—such as apprehensions 

at the border, number of illegal aliens removed, and miles of the 

border under effective control. The report is a snapshot of what the 

Department and its component agencies have accomplished during 

the previous quarter and the past years. The report is not supposed 

to be a press document requiring extensive narrative and/or ‘‘spin’’. 

Yet the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009 report was not submitted 

to the Committees until March 26, 2010—almost 6 months after 

the end of the fiscal year. The Committees have yet to receive the 

first and second quarter reports for fiscal year 2010. This is unacceptable. The Committee directs the Department to submit these 

reports no later than 30 days after the end of each quarter. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $338,393,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 398,459,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 382,459,000 

The Office of the Chief Information Officer is responsible for 

oversight of information technology [IT] development, oversight of 

IT acquisition, alignment of IT systems and infrastructure to the 

enterprise architecture to support the missions and activities of the 

Department. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $382,459,000, of which $82,727,000 

is for salaries and expenses, and $299,732,000 is to be available 

until expended for Department-wide technology investments overseen by the Office of the Chief Information Officer [OCIO]. The recommendation is an increase of $44,066,000 from the fiscal year 

2010 level and $16,000,000 below the level proposed in the budget 

request. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 enacted Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Salaries and Expenses ............................................................................... 86,912 82,727 82,727 

Information Technology Services ............................................................... 51,417 56,079 56,079 
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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Infrastructure and Security Activities ........................................................ 152,403 185,644 181,644 

National Security Systems ......................................................................... 47,661 74,009 62,009 

Total, Office of the Chief Information Officer ............................. 338,393 398,459 382,459 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The Committee recommendation includes $82,727,000, as requested, to provide oversight of technology management, shared 

services, and acquisition strategy for the Department. Funding is 

included, as requested, to support the Office of Accessible Systems 

and Technology. 

EXPENDITURE PLAN

The Committee includes bill language requiring an expenditure 

plan be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations within 60 

days after the date of enactment of this act. Given the consistent 

months-long delays experienced each year in meeting this requirement, the Committee withholds $75,000,000 from obligation from 

funds made available to the OCIO until the submission of the required expenditure plan. 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

The Committee recommendation includes $56,079,000 for Information Technology Services, as requested in the budget. Consistent 

with the request, the recommended amount includes: a $5,000,000 

increase for enterprise systems delivery, to consolidate six legacy 

component web 2.0 infrastructures onto the DHS Web 2.0 infrastructure in both DHS data centers; and a $7,609,000 increase for 

enterprise data management to establish procedures and practices 

across the components to lower development costs and decrease operations and maintenance costs. 

INFRASTRUCTURE AND SECURITY ACTIVITIES

The Committee recommendation includes $181,644,000 for Infrastructure and Security Activities, $4,000,000 below the amount requested in the budget. The recommended amount includes: a 

$12,268,000 increase, as requested, to continue development of a 

single sign-on capability; and a $16,000,000 increase, $4,000,000 

below the request, to consolidate component messaging systems 

into the two DHS data centers. The Committee supports these investments, which are necessary to ensure that a mature infrastructure is in place that meets the Department’s needs. The reduction 

reflects migration amounts that will not be obligated in fiscal year 

2011. The Department is directed to provide quarterly briefings to 

the Committee on the progress of these initiatives, as well as 

OneNet implementation and migration to Networx. 
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NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS

The Committee recommendation includes $62,009,000 for Infrastructure and Security Activities, $12,000,000 below the amount requested in the budget. The recommendation approves the creation 

of this new PPA, as requested, which includes the homeland secure 

data network, the realignment of communications security from the 

‘‘information technology services’’ PPA, and the development of a 

top secret/sensitive compartmented information [TS/SCI] network. 

The OCIO schedule to develop the TS/SCI network in fiscal year 

2011 appears to be overly optimistic. The OCIO must still complete 

its concept of operations, conduct an analysis of alternatives, and 

receive Acquistion Project Baseline approval before awarding a contract. Therefore, a total of $12,000,000 is provided, $4,000,000 

below the request to reflect a more realistic obligation schedule. 

DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT

The Committee recommends not less than $83,948,000 within Security Activities for data center development, as requested in the 

budget. This includes not less than $27,730,000, the amount identified by the Secretary of Homeland Security to be included in the 

budget request, for infrastructure and power upgrades, and facility 

construction projects at Data Center One. The CIO shall continue 

to provide quarterly briefings to the Committees on the progress of 

data center development and migration. 

DATA CENTER MIGRATION

In addition to the amount provided to this office for data center 

development and operations and maintenance, the Committee provides $87,463,000 specifically to various Departmental components 

for data center migration, for a total of $171,411,000. The Committee is aware that component data center migration schedules 

may shift during the course of the fiscal year based on changing 

circumstances and priorities. As a result, the bill includes a general 

provision allowing the Secretary to transfer funds made available 

for data center migration, as necessary, among components based 

on revised schedules and priorities with 15 days prior notice to the 

Committees. The OCIO is also directed to include information on 

revised schedules in the quarterly briefings. 

Consistent with section 888 of Public Law 107–296, the Committee instructs the Department to implement the consolidation 

plan in a manner that shall not result in a reduction to the Coast 

Guard’s Operations Systems Center mission or its Government-employed or contract staff levels. A general provision is included for 

this purpose. 

ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $335,030,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 347,930,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 340,000,000 

The account supports activities to improve the analysis and sharing of threat information, including activities of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis [I&A] and the Office of Operations Coordination. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $340,000,000 for Analysis and Operations. This is an increase of $4,970,000 above the fiscal year 2010 

level and a decrease of $7,930,000 from the budget request. The details of these recommendations are included in a classified annex 

accompanying this report. 

DHS INTELLIGENCE EXPENDITURE PLAN

The Committee requires the Department’s Chief Intelligence Officer to submit an expenditure plan for fiscal year 2011 no later 

than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

The plan shall include the following: (1) fiscal year 2011 expenditures and staffing allotted for each program as compared to fiscal 

years 2010 and 2009; (2) all funded versus on-board positions, including Federal FTE, contractors, and reimbursable and nonreimbursable detailees; (3) an explanation for maintaining contract staff 

in lieu of Federal FTE; (4) a plan, including dates or timeframes 

for achieving key milestones, to reduce the office’s reliance on contract staff in lieu of Federal FTE; (5) funding, by object classification, including a comparison to fiscal years 2009 and 2008; and (6) 

the number of I&A-funded employees supporting organizations outside I&A and within DHS. The expenditure plan shall focus the activities of the Office on areas where the Department can provide 

unique expertise or serve intelligence customers who are not supported by other components of the Intelligence Community. 

STATE AND LOCAL FUSION CENTERS

The Committee directs I&A to brief the Committee quarterly on 

progress in placing DHS intelligence professionals in State and 

local fusion centers [SLFC]. These briefings shall include: the qualification criteria used by DHS to decide where and how to place 

DHS intelligence analysts and related technology; total Federal expenditures to support each center to date and during the most recent quarter of the current fiscal year, in the same categorization 

as materials submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on 

March 23, 2007; the location of each fusion center, including identification of those with DHS personnel, both operational and 

planned; the schedule for operational stand-up of planned fusion 

centers and their locations; the number of DHS-funded employees 

located at each fusion center, including details on whether the employees are contract or Government staff; the privacy protection 

policies of each center, including the number of facility personnel 

trained in Federal privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties laws and 

standards; and the number of local law enforcement agents at each 

center approved or pending approval to receive and review classified intelligence information. The Committee also expects that performance metrics will be developed to judge the success of I&A’s 

SLFC program. These metrics shall be presented at the first quarterly briefing. 
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OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR GULF COAST

REBUILDING

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $2,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee Recommendation ................................................................ ........................... 

The Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding 

was established to further strengthen Federal support for the recovery and rebuilding of the gulf coast region affected by Hurricane 

Katrina and Hurricane Rita. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee appreciates the support the Office of the Federal 

Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding [OFCGCR] provided for the 

States impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In fiscal year 

2010, $100,000 in unobligated funds from the OFCGCR were transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ensure 

that the successful practices and lessons learned during previous 

disaster recovery efforts, including Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 

are incorporated in operational guidance for use in future disasters. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2010 1 ........................................................................... $113,874,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 129,806,000 

Committee recommendation 1 ............................................................... 116,806,000 

1 Excludes $16,000,000 made available from FEMA Disaster Relief. 

This account finances the Office of Inspector General’s activities, 

including audits, inspections, investigations, and other reviews of 

programs and operations of the Department of Homeland Security 

to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness and to prevent 

and detect fraud, waste, and abuse. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $116,806,000 for the Office of Inspector General [OIG] for fiscal year 2011, $2,932,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. In addition, the Committee includes bill language transferring $16,000,000 needed by the OIG for audits and 

investigations related to disasters from the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency ‘‘Disaster Relief’’ account [DRF]. The OIG is 

required to notify the Committee no less than 15 days prior to all 

transfers from the DRF. When combined, the recommendation exceeds the request by $3,000,000. Included in the recommendation 

are increased resources for integrity oversight and investigations. 

The Committee is pleased that the Secretary, pursuant to Public 

Law 110–161, established a direct link to the DHS OIG on the 

DHS Web site. The Committee directs the Secretary to update and 

maintain the Web link. 

INTEGRITY OVERSIGHT

Since fiscal year 2006, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has 

hired more than 15,700 new employees, a 37 percent increase, and 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has hired over 8,200 

new personnel, a 31 percent increase. The Committee is concerned 
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due to the rapid hiring in CBP and ICE, that there is the potential 

for increased allegations of corruption. To avoid corruption and 

misconduct it is imperative that all agents, especially new hires, receive comprehensive training in ethics and public integrity. The 

OIG provides ethics training to all agencies and is in charge of investigating all allegations of criminal misconduct throughout the 

Department. It is essential that the OIG, CBP, and ICE work jointly and cooperatively to combat corruption. Within the total funding 

recommended, the Committee provides the OIG an increase of 

$3,000,000 for integrity investigations. The Committee directs the 

Inspector General to submit a plan for expenditure of these funds 

no later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act. This 

plan shall be developed in coordination with CBP and ICE. 
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TITLE II 

SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

SUMMARY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is responsible for enforcing 

laws regarding admission of foreign-born persons into the United 

States, and ensuring that all goods and persons entering and 

exiting the United States do so legally. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends total resources of $11,281,621,000, 

including direct appropriations of $9,916,453,000 and estimated fee 

collections of $1,365,168,000. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION—FUNDING SUMMARY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 enacted Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 1

Committee recommendations 1

Appropriations: 

Salaries and Expenses .......................................................... 8,064,713 8,207,986 8,290,986 

Automation Modernization .................................................... 422,445 347,575 347,575 

Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology 

[BSFIT] .............................................................................. 800,000 574,173 574,173 

Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, Maintenance, and 

Procurement ...................................................................... 519,826 503,251 523,751 

Construction and Facilities Management ............................. 319,570 175,968 179,968 

Total, Appropriations ........................................................ 10,126,554 9,808,953 9,916,453 

Estimated fee collections: 

Immigration inspection user fee .......................................... 584,000 525,443 525,443 

Immigration enforcement fines ............................................ 5,000 1,037 1,037 

Land border inspection fee ................................................... 30,000 28,598 28,598 

COBRA fee ............................................................................. 393,000 390,974 390,974 

APHIS inspection fee ............................................................. 320,000 318,472 318,472 

Global entry user fee ............................................................ ............................ 2,500 2,500 

Puerto Rico Trust Fund ......................................................... 92,000 89,980 89,980 

Small airport user fee .......................................................... 8,000 8,164 8,164 

Total, Estimated fee collections ....................................... 1,432,000 1,365,168 1,365,168 

Total, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Available 

Funding ........................................................................ 11,558,554 11,174,121 11,281,621 

1 Reflects a rescission of $99,772,000, as proposed by the President. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $8,064,713,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 8,207,986,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 8,290,986,000 

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection [CBP] Salaries and Expenses appropriation provides funds for border security, immigration, customs, agricultural inspections, regulating and facilitating 

international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. 

trade laws. In addition to directly appropriated resources, fee collections are available for the operations of CBP from the following 

sources: 

Immigration Inspection User Fee.—CBP collects user fees to fund 

the costs of international inspections activities at airports and seaports, as authorized by the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

U.S.C. 1356). 

Immigration Enforcement Fine.—CBP collects fines from owners 

of transportation lines and persons for unauthorized landing of 

aliens, as authorized by the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

U.S.C. 1356). 

Land Border Inspection Fee.—CBP collects fees for processing applications for the Dedicated Commuter Lanes program, the Automated Permit Ports program, the Canadian Border Boat Landing 

program, and both Canadian and Mexican Non-Resident Alien Border Crossing Cards, as authorized by the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356). 

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act [COBRA] Fee.— 

CBP collects fees for inspection services involving customs-related 

functions. The COBRA user fee statutory authority (19 U.S.C. 58c) 

specifies the types of expenses to be reimbursed and the order for 

the reimbursement of these types of expenses. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Fee.— 

CBP receives as a transfer a distribution of agriculture inspection 

fees collected by the United States Department of Agriculture. The 

user fees, as authorized by the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 

and Trade Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 136), are charged to offset costs 

for the services related to the importation, entry, or exportation of 

animals and animal products. 

Global Entry User Fee.—CBP collects fees to cover the cost of a 

register traveler program to expedite screening and processing of 

international passengers as authorized under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008, section 565(3)(B). 

Puerto Rico Trust Fund.—Customs duties, taxes, and fees collected in Puerto Rico by CBP are deposited in the Puerto Rico 

Trust Fund. After providing for the expenses of administering CBP 

activities in Puerto Rico, the remaining amounts are transferred to 

the Treasurer of Puerto Rico pursuant to 48 U.S.C. sections 740 

and 795. 

Small Airport User Fee.—The User Fee Airports Program authorized under 19 U.S.C. 58b and administered under 19 U.S.C. 

58c(b)(9)(A)(i), authorizes inspection services to be provided to participating small airports on a fully reimbursable basis. The fees 

charged under this program are set forth in a memorandum of 
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agreement between the small airport facility and the agency, and 

may be adjusted annually as costs and requirements change. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $8,290,986,000 for salaries and expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection [CBP] for fiscal year 

2011, including $3,274,000 from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

Fund. The Committee includes bill language making available up 

to $150,000 for payment for rental space for preclearance operations and $1,000,000 for payments to informants. The Committee 

also includes bill language placing a $35,000 annual limit on overtime paid to any employee, and making $1,700,000 available until 

September 30, 2012, for the Global Advanced Passenger Information/Passenger Name Record program. 

LAYERED BORDER SECURITY

Since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, a 

key philosophy to providing security is to ‘‘push our borders out’’ 

as well as the concept of ‘‘layered border security’’. The Committee 

is disappointed that the President proposes deep cuts in effective 

programs which accomplish these goals. The Committee strongly 

supports programs which provide this layered border security and 

adds funding above the request for a number of these programs. 

While unable to fully restore the reductions to the Container Security Initiative, the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism 

[C–TPAT], and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, the 

Committee recommends $29,900,000 above the request for these 

programs and requests a briefing within 90 days of enactment of 

this act on how these additional funds will be allocated to enhance 

security as well as what steps will be taken to mitigate the impact 

on security of the remaining cuts. 

The Committee recommends an additional $5,200,000 above the 

request to expand the Immigration Advisory Program [IAP] to 

three additional overseas locations. This program stations CBP officers at international airports and assists the airlines in vetting air 

passenger manifests to ensure that individuals who would not be 

allowed entry into the United States upon arrival are prevented 

from boarding U.S.-bound aircraft. Given that these officers are 

being provided more information about potentially dangerous passengers, expansion of this program will help prevent individuals 

such as the December 25 terrorist from ever boarding a plane. 

The Committee has included bill language making $1,700,000 

available until September 30, 2012, for the Global Advanced Passenger Information/Passenger Name Record Program. 

SOUTHWEST BORDER INITIATIVE

Between fiscal years 2008–2009, Border Patrol apprehensions of 

illegal aliens decreased from 723,800 to 556,000. This 23 percent 

reduction is an indication that the combined effect of the recession 

and our bipartisan efforts to secure the border are resulting in 

fewer people attempting to illegally cross the border. Over the 5- 

year period ending in fiscal year 2009, Border Patrol apprehensions 

along the Southwest border decreased by 53 percent. 
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Similarly, between fiscal years 2008–2009, illegal bulk cash seizures rose 14 percent; illegal weapons seizures rose 29 percent; and 

illegal drug seizures rose 15 percent. 

There has been an increased level of violence being directed at 

our Border Patrol agents and CBP officers stationed at and between our ports of entry. In fiscal year 2008, there were 575 assaults on agents and 97 on officers. Those numbers jumped in fiscal 

year 2009 to 1,073 agent assaults and 332 officer assaults. As of 

the end of April 2010, there have been 529 agent assaults and 17 

officer assaults. As we have moved to further secure the Southwest 

border, we have increased the cost of doing business for the smugglers while also increasing their levels of frustration. 

In March 2009, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced 

a major initiative to assist the Mexican Government in combating 

drug cartel violence by deploying additional CBP and United States 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] personnel and resources to the Southwest border. Between the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) and the Department of 

Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, more than 

$88,600,000 has been added above the President’s requests for CBP 

for Southwest border security, including outbound inspections to 

combat smuggling of guns and bulk cash which support the drug 

cartels. 

To continue this effort, the Committee recommends a total of 

$66,400,000 in various CBP accounts to hire more CBP officers and 

pilots, and procure one additional unmanned aerial system [UAS]. 

With these additional funds, combined with funds requested in the 

President’s budget, and those in the inventory or awaiting delivery, 

CBP will have a total of nine UAS to patrol our borders. 

Specifically, as detailed later in this report, the Committee recommends $20,000,000 to hire no fewer than 80 new CBP officers 

and $10,000,000 to hire the 62 CBP officers funded by the Congress 

in the fiscal year 2010 act but not hired due to overall CBP fee revenue shortfalls. Finally, the Committee recommends $15,900,000 

above the request for hiring 86 pilots, marine enforcement agents, 

and operational support staff, as well 5 new positions in support 

of the additional UAS. 

CONDUCT AND INTEGRITY OVERSIGHT

The Committee recommends a total of $158,286,000, $17,000,000 

above the request for CBP to expand integrity training for its officers, conduct investigations, and reduce the backlog of reviews and 

the polygraph backlog. Over the last 5 years, CBP has hired more 

than 15,700 new personnel, a 37 percent increase since fiscal year 

2006. The Committee is aware that CBP’s Office of Internal Affairs 

is facing a significant backlog in completing Periodic Reinvestigations [PRI] of current employees. Additionally, CBP is having difficulty reaching its goal of polygraphing 100 percent of the applicant pool for front line officer and agent positions without increasing staffing in this area. The additional $17,000,000 above the request will allow CBP to perform polygraphs on 100 percent of the 

law enforcement applicant pool, an increase from 25 percent in fiscal year 2010, and begin to reduce the PRI backlog. The Committee 

urges the Department to provide additional funding for these crit-
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ical officer integrity activities in the fiscal year 2012 budget request. The Committee also is concerned that the CBP budget proposes to reduce CBP-wide travel by 8 percent. The Committee directs that the Office of Internal Affairs receive the same amount 

for travel as in fiscal year 2009 in order to travel and conduct integrity training and investigations and ensure the effectiveness of 

integrity efforts. 

As discussed in title I of this report, valid concerns have been 

raised about which DHS entity has responsibility for conducting integrity and official corruption investigations. The Committee directs CBP and ICE to jointly submit a plan for expenditure no later 

than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act reflecting how 

funds provided to each agency are to be used. This plan shall be 

developed in coordination with the Office of Inspector General. 

COMBATING SOUTHBOUND SMUGGLING

The Committee recommends $20,000,000 above the request to 

hire no fewer than 80 additional CBP officers and other personnel 

in support of ongoing activities involved with combating the southbound smuggling of weapons and bulk cash which support the drug 

cartel-related violence in Mexico. These funds are also available for 

equipment, signage, and minor modifications to ports of entry to 

assist in making southbound inspections safer for the CBP officers 

and the travelling public as well as additional canine teams to assist in conducting inspections. The Committee directs CBP to provide a plan for expenditure specifying how these additional resources are to be deployed not later than 45 days after the date of 

enactment of this act. 

BORDER PATROL AGENTS

Since Congress began increasing the size of the Border Patrol by 

funding the hiring of 500 new agents in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, 

and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109–13), a total of 9,344 new 

Border Patrol agents, and attendant support positions, will have 

been funded and hired through the end of fiscal year 2010. The 

Congress strongly supports the Border Patrol mission of securing 

our borders and fully funds the amended fiscal year 2011 request. 

Included in the amount recommended by the Committee for ‘‘Border Security and Control’’ is a total of $3,536,833,000, $10,000,000 

below the request. The amount does not include the hiring of additional intelligence analysts, as discussed later in the report. These 

funds provide the full funding necessary for 20,370 Border Patrol 

agents and the attendant support positions, as compared with 

9,951 agents on board at the end of fiscal year 2002. 

Bill language is included mandating a floor of not less than 

20,370 Border Patrol agents on-board throughout fiscal year 2011. 

OPERATION STREAMLINE

The Committee supports Operation Streamline, a program in 

which individuals apprehended crossing the Southwest border are 

sentenced by a judge to serve a period of time in jail. In Border Patrol sectors where Operation Streamline is robustly in effect, there 
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has been a noticeable reduction in attempted illegal crossings. The 

Committee encourages the Department to work with the appropriate Department of Justice agencies and the Judiciary to expand 

Operation Streamline to additional Border Patrol sectors. 

Additionally, the Committee encourages CBP to consider expanding the community liaison officers program and provide a briefing 

to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 90 days after 

the date of enactment of this act on the costs and benefits associated with this program. 

NORTHERN BORDER STAFFING

The Committee strongly supports CBP’s commitment to reach its 

Border Patrol staffing goals for the Northern border by the end of 

calendar year 2010. The Committee remains concerned, however, 

about CBP officer staffing levels for Northern border ports of entry. 

The Committee believes that many of the concerns about Northern 

border staffing could be allayed by more complete reporting to Congress about CBP’s Northern border staffing plans. The Committee 

directs CBP to submit a plan with the fiscal year 2012 budget detailing specific staffing and funding for, and implementation of, 

planned Northern border enforcement initiatives. 

INTELLIGENCE AND OPERATIONS COORDINATION STAFFING

The Committee recommends a total of $58,009,000, the same as 

the amount provided in fiscal year 2010 and a reduction of 

$10,000,000 from the amount requested in the budget, for intelligence and operations coordination staffing. The Committee is 

skeptical that CBP will be able to hire all of the requested staff in 

1 year and believes CBP has higher operational priorities. 

JOURNEYMAN INCREASE

The Committee recommends $310,403,000, as requested, for the 

journeyman pay increase and associated supervisory pay increases. 

This increase was required after review by the courts and was announced to CBP employees by the Secretary and the Acting Commissioner on October 14, 2009. The Committee is disappointed that 

it took more than 9 months from the announcement for CBP to 

identify funds to begin implementing the increase and communicate that proposal to the Congress. The Committee notes that 

this pay grade increase will affect 27,587 CBP employees in fiscal 

year 2011. 

AIR AND MARINE STAFFING

Included in the amount recommended by the Committee is a 

total of $314,052,000, 2,015 positions, and 1,943 FTE for Air and 

Marine staffing. This represents an increase of $15,900,000, 144 

positions, and 72 FTE, above the level requested in the budget. 

In the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 

2010 (Public Law 111–83), the Committee fully funded the President’s budget request to hire 144 new Office of Air and Marine pilots, vessel commanders, and support personnel. The Committee 

agreed with the President that it is critical to fill these positions 

in order to fly the planes and command the unmanned aircraft sys-
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tems and vessels which protect our borders from entry of illegal 

persons, drugs, or other contraband. Therefore, the Committee was 

disappointed to learn that not only were funds not requested in the 

fiscal year 2011 request to sustain the majority of these positions 

but, in fact, a decision had been made early in fiscal year 2010 to 

hire only 24 of the 144 positions. This decision is penny wise and 

pound foolish. Given the very lengthy hiring and training process 

before these personnel can be considered fully operational, as well 

as the increased demand for security operations along our borders, 

the Committee recommends $15,000,000 above the request to hire 

a portion of these essential personnel. The additional $900,000 

above the request is to hire the pilots and other personnel associated with the one additional unmanned aircraft system funded in 

the ‘‘Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, Maintenance, and 

Procurement’’ account. 

INSPECTION TECHNOLOGY

The Committee recommends $155,093,000, for ‘‘Inspection and 

Detection Technology Investments’’, as requested in the budget. 

The Committee understands that in addition to ongoing operations 

and maintenance of CBP’s inventory of technology systems, 

$44,700,000, will be used to procure and deploy new and replacement nonintrusive inspection systems. 

PASSENGER NAME RECORD INFORMATION

The Committee is aware that the International Civil Aviation 

Organization [ICAO] is reviewing options for further standardizing 

the information fields used by the airlines to collect passenger 

name record [PNR] data. Over the last nearly 20 years, the analysis of PNR data has become an integral part of our effort to manage the U.S. border securely, efficiently, and fairly and has significantly reduced wait times at our border crossings. PNR data holds 

information that can be used in identifying persons involved in 

transnational crimes and terrorism. When PNR is available, CBP 

officers use it to identify travelers that potentially pose a greater 

risk of terrorism or serious transnational crimes, based on intelligence and the analysis of current and past law enforcement cases. 

In this way, PNR helps CBP to identify known threats earlier and 

previously unknown threats by uncovering travel practices known 

to be indicative of illicit activity. 

CBP’s Automated Targeting System.—Passenger maintains PNR 

information received from commercial air carriers and uses that information to assess risk associated with travelers seeking to enter, 

exit, or pass through the United States. The system utilizes scenario-based targeting rules in order to identify ‘‘unknown’’ potential 

higher-risk individuals. The recent events associated with the 

failed car bombing in New York City and other high-profile terrorist incidents since the fall of 2009 are evidence of the need to 

receive reliable and comprehensive PNR data. 

The Committee believes that having the most up-to-date PNR information is critical. The data needs to be provided in a timely 

manner and in a format for appropriate screening and action if necessary. The Committee urges CBP to work with ICAO on standardizing PNR data and ensuring that it is received on a timely basis. 
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The Committee also encourages CBP to explore adding passport 

numbers to the PNR data field. 

DATA CENTER MIGRATION

As part of the Department-wide effort to assign data center migration funding to the component agencies which will be migrating, 

the Committee provides a total of $34,370,000, in new funding to 

support CBP’s portion of this activity in fiscal year 2011, as requested in the budget. 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

The Committee recommendation includes $20,000,000 for intellectual property rights, an increase of $20,000,000 above the fiscal 

year 2010 level and $5,000,000 less than the budget request. The 

Committee also includes language in the bill withholding 

$20,000,000 from obligation until the Commissioner of CBP submits the 5-year intellectual property rights enforcement strategy 

required in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the Conference Report (House Report 111–298) on Public Law 111–83. 

INVASIVE SPECIES

The Committee directs CBP to fund activities associated with the 

control of invasive species, such as carrizo cane, and any mitigation 

efforts from within the ‘‘Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, 

and Technology’’ account. 

ADVANCED TRAINING CENTER

Included in the amount recommended by the Committee is 

$35,510,827, as proposed in the budget, for programmatic expenses 

(including salaries and benefits) and the National Training Plan, at 

the Advanced Training Center. In fiscal year 2010, it is estimated 

that there will be 3,786 graduates of the advanced training program and that 2,800 employees will have received weapons requalifications at the Advanced Training Center. 

Pursuant to Public Law 106–246, the training to be conducted at 

the Center shall be configured in a manner so as to not duplicate 

or displace any Federal law enforcement program of the Federal 

Law Enforcement Training Center [FLETC]. Training currently 

being conducted at a FLETC facility shall not be moved to the Center. 

ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY ENFORCEMENT

The Committee has ensured that, within the amounts provided 

for in this account, there will be sufficient funds to administer the 

ongoing requirements of section 754 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 

U.S.C. 1675c), referenced in subtitle F of title VII of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–171; 120 Stat. 154). 

The Committee directs CBP to continue to work with the Departments of Commerce and Treasury, and the Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (and all other relevant agencies) to increase collections, and provide a public report on an annual basis, 

within 30 days of each year’s distributions under the law. The report should summarize CBP’s efforts to collect past due amounts 
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and increase current collections, particularly with respect to cases 

involving unfairly traded United States imports from China. The 

report shall provide the amount of uncollected duties for each antidumping and countervailing duty order, and indicate the amount 

of open, unpaid bills for each such order. In that report, the Secretary, in consultation with other relevant agencies, including the 

Secretaries of the Treasury and Commerce, should also advise as 

to whether CBP can adjust its bonding requirements to further protect revenue without violating U.S. law or international obligations, 

and without imposing unreasonable costs upon importers. 

The Committee further directs the Secretary to work with the 

Secretary of Commerce to identify opportunities for the Commerce 

Department to improve the timeliness, accuracy, and clarity of liquidation instructions sent to CBP. Increased attention and interagency coordination in these areas could help ensure that steps in 

the collection of duties are completed in a more expeditious manner. 

The Committee directs CBP to ensure that adequate resources 

are directed to the field and to key seaports to address issues of 

customs fraud, including circumvention of duties and 

misclassification on entries of imports of goods from China. CBP 

should work with its counterparts at ICE to address aggressive targeting of unfairly traded imports of steel pipe and tube from China 

to ensure that appropriate actions are taken to end these illegal activities. The Committee requests a briefing from CBP on steps it 

is taking to address this issue as well as other options it can explore with other agencies and departments to further improve targeting. 

TRADE ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE

The Committee is concerned that CBP may not be providing sufficient resources and personnel to the Office of Trade. The volume 

of trade continues to expand and as the economy improves the 

country will experience an even greater volume of trade. The Committee fully funds the President’s request for trade enforcement 

and compliance and encourages CBP to increase hiring of trade enforcement and compliance personnel to the greatest extent possible. 

The Committee directs CBP to submit to the Committees on Appropriations the updated resource optimization model required to be 

prepared under section 403 of the SAFE Port Act. 

AGRICULTURAL PESTS

The Committee notes that Hawaii’s globally significant natural 

environment, as well as the State’s important diversified agricultural industry, are uniquely vulnerable to the introduction of 

invasive weeds, animals, insects, and diseases. The Committee expects the Department to work with the USDA and the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to share information and expertise to ensure their respective inspection and quarantine activities provide 

coordinated and collaborative biosecurity protection for the State. 

The Committee urges CBP to work with State officials to devise a 

plan for an improved joint inspection facility to be jointly operated 

by the State of Hawaii, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Homeland Security/CBP. 
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JONES ACT

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is charged with enforcement 

of U.S. cabotage laws. The Jones Act provides for the national and 

economic security of the United States by supporting a strong U.S. 

merchant marine. By virtue of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 

Act, as amended by Public Law 106–580, the coastwise laws apply 

to marine transportation between points and places in the United 

States, including on the Outer Continental Shelf. U.S. vessels, 

mariners, and shipyards have been negatively impacted and underutilized as a result of prior rulings inconsistent with congressional 

intent. The Committee urges the Department to expeditiously complete the ongoing rulemaking process to establish clarity in the law 

regarding the application of the Jones Act to the offshore energy 

sector. 

TRAINING REGARDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING

CBP plays a critical role in identifying potential human trafficking victims as they enter the United States. The Committee encourages CBP to work with appropriate nonprofit organizations 

and victim service providers to improve the training of CBP officers 

in the field to assist in the identification of human trafficking victims and provide appropriate referrals to victim service organizations. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION—SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Salaries and expenses: 

Headquarters management and administration: 

Management and administration, border security inspections, and trade facilitation ................................................ 520,575 520,182 537,182 

Management and administration, border security, and control between port of entry ................................................... 495,425 493,242 493,242 

Rent .......................................................................................... 402,263 400,573 400,573 

Subtotal, Headquarters Management and Administration .................................................................................. 1,418,263 1,413,997 1,430,997 

Border security inspections and trade facilitation at ports of 

entry: 

Inspections, trade, and travel facilitation at ports of entry .. 2,262,235 2,509,157 2,544,257 

Harbor maintenance fee collections (trust fund) .................... 3,226 3,274 3,274 

International cargo screening .................................................. 162,000 83,438 103,438 

Other international programs .................................................. 11,181 11,247 11,247 

Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism ....................... 62,612 50,034 55,034 

Trusted Traveler Programs ....................................................... 11,274 10,865 10,865 

Inspection and detection technology investments .................. 153,563 155,093 155,093 

Automated targeting systems .................................................. 32,560 32,482 32,482 

National Targeting Center ....................................................... 26,355 36,327 36,327 

Training .................................................................................... 24,778 20,808 20,808 
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U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION—SALARIES AND EXPENSES—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Subtotal, Border security inspections and trade facilitation at ports of entry ...................................................... 2,749,784 2,912,725 2,972,825 

Border security and control between ports of entry: 

Border security and control .............................................................. 3,535,286 3,546,833 3,536,833 

Training ............................................................................................. 51,751 36,279 36,279 

Subtotal, Border security and control between ports of entry .... 3,587,037 3,583,112 3,573,112 

Air and Marine operations, personnel compensation and benefits .......... 309,629 298,152 314,052 

Total, Salaries and expenses ....................................................... 8,064,713 8,207,986 8,290,986 

AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $422,445,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 347,575,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 347,575,000 

The automation modernization account includes funds for major 

information technology systems and services for U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection [CBP], including the Automated Commercial Environment [ACE] and the International Trade and Data System 

projects, and connectivity of and integration of existing systems. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $347,575,000, to be available until 

expended, as proposed in the budget, for automation modernization. In light of the continued problems with program oversight, 

management, and development, the Committee agrees the reduction is appropriate and believes that CBP should take this opportunity to address and resolve these problems. 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE DATA SYSTEM

Included in the amount recommended is $16,000,000, as requested, for the International Trade Data System. 

EXPENDITURE PLAN

The Committee includes bill language making not less than 

$50,000,000 available for development of ACE upon the submission 

of a comprehensive expenditure plan for the program. The Committee also expects to continue receiving the ACE quarterly reports. CBP is directed to brief the Committees on Appropriations 

immediately on the plan to decommission the Automated Commercial System [ACS], the updated program plan for ACE, how the 

ACS decommission plan is integrated into the program plan, and 

the updated master schedule for ACE development. 

TECS MODERNIZATION

The Committee directs CBP and ICE to continue to conduct the 

semiannual joint briefings for the Committee. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 enacted Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Automated Commercial Environment/International Trade Data 

System [ITDS] ............................................................................ 227,960 153,090 153,090 

Current operations protection and processing support ................ 194,485 194,485 194,485 

Total, Automation modernization ..................................... 422,445 347,575 347,575 

BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $800,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 574,173,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 574,173,000 

The Border Security, Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology account funds the capital procurement and total operations and 

maintenance costs associated with fencing, infrastructure, sensors, 

surveillance, and other technology. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $574,173,000, as requested, for this 

activity. 

The Committee supports the continued investment in technology 

and infrastructure on the northern border, and includes 

$40,000,000 as requested to continue this effort. 

SECURE BORDER INITIATIVE

Approximately $4,500,000,000 has been appropriated to the Secure Border Initiative [SBI] program between fiscal years 2005– 

2010. With the $574,173,000 recommended in this bill, more than 

$5,000,000,000 will have been made available to secure our borders 

via physical fencing, tactical infrastructure, and other technologies. 

The Committee has strongly supported the SBI program—including SBInet, the so-called ‘‘virtual fence’’. From the beginning, however, the SBInet program has been troubled by both real and perceived problems. More than $1,200,000,000 of the total funding has 

been devoted to SBInet and the Committee is concerned with the 

performance of the SBInet contract and how it has been implemented. While the program is under strong leadership at this 

point, it is imperative that outstanding issues must be resolved 

quickly. On March 15, 2010, the Secretary halted further expansion, development, and deployment of the testing activities beyond 

the Tucson-1 and Ajo-1 projects currently ongoing in Arizona pending a two-stage review of the entire SBInet program. The Committee supports this review, but notes that, contrary to media reports, Border Patrol agents have been using the cameras and sensors being tested in the Tucson sector and they report that improvements have been made. These agents have been able to use 
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these cameras to make apprehensions and are pleased to have a 

detection technology previously unavailable in the sector. 

Pending this review, the Committee strongly urges the Department to use currently available funding, as well as the funds provided in this bill, to procure and deploy useful and proven technologies—such as remote video sensors and mobile surveillance 

systems—to further assist agents who daily secure our borders. 

The tactical communications program is also a proven system 

which provides vastly improved communications capabilities to 

Border Patrol agents working in remote areas along the borders. 

The Committee strongly supports the use of funds provided in this 

bill to further expand the tactical communications program to Border Patrol sectors according to the approved Border Patrol plan. 

The total life-cycle cost for this planned upgrade is estimated to be 

nearly $1,600,000,000 to be implemented over a period of 10 years. 

The Committee also encourages CBP to explore other interoperable 

communications options, including satellite phones, for use in remote areas and to improve officer safety. We must not delay in providing these agents with the technology they need to secure the 

border and ensure their personal safety. 

INVASIVE SPECIES

The Committee directs CBP to fund activities associated with the 

control of invasive species, such as carrizo cane, and any mitigation 

efforts from within the ‘‘Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, 

and Technology’’ account. 

EXPENDITURE PLAN

The Committee expects a timely submission of the plan mandated in this bill. It is the responsibility of CBP, the Department, 

and the Office of Management and Budget to ensure expenditure 

plans, when submitted, comply with the law. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Development and deployment ........................................................ 508,000 335,643 335,643 

Operations and maintenance ........................................................ 200,000 169,357 169,357 

Program management ................................................................... 92,000 69,173 69,173 

Total, Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology ........................................................................... 800,000 574,173 574,173 

AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND

PROCUREMENT

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $519,826,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 503,251,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 523,751,000 

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection [CBP] Air and Marine 

Interdiction, Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement [AMO] ac-
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count funds the capital procurement and total operations and 

maintenance costs of the CBP air and marine program and provides support to other Federal, State, and local agencies. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $523,751,000, an increase of 

$20,500,000 above the request, to remain available until expended, 

for air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement. 

The Committee strongly supports CBP’s continued efforts to recapitalize its air and marine assets. Since fiscal year 2005, the 

Congress has appropriated more than $2,870,000,000 to this account. Working with the Office of Air and Marine, the Committee 

has provided resources to meet the Department’s border security 

requirements in the air, coastal, and riverine environments as delineated by the CBP Air and Marine Recapitalization Plan. Resources to address some of these requirements are provided in this 

bill. The Committee notes the lengthy period of time it takes in 

procuring certain types of aircraft and other air systems because of 

the need to compete with the Department of Defense for these systems in a time of war, but AMO is to be commended for the creative use of multi-purchase awards. 

UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

The Committee recommends a total of $34,500,000, $20,500,000 

above the request, for two additional Unmanned Aircraft Systems 

[UAS]. Funds for the procurement of one additional UAS are requested in the budget and the $18,500,000 above the request is for 

the procurement of an additional UAS for total procurement of two 

UAS in fiscal year 2011. An additional $900,000 is provided in 

‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ to hire five new positions associated with 

the additional UAS and $2,000,000 above the request is provided 

in this account for attendant UAS support materials and equipment. The Committee notes that the procurement and final acceptance process for a UAS takes between 18 and 24 months. A similar 

period of time is required to hire and train UAS pilots and ground 

station operators. Thus, it is important that this process be initiated as early as possible. With the funds provided in this bill, CBP 

will eventually have nine UAS, including three for maritime operations. The Committee directs CBP to maintain the current level 

of UAS on the Northern border. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND PROCUREMENT 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2009 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2010 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Operations and maintenance ........................................................ 374,217 371,642 371,642 

Procurement ................................................................................... 145,609 131,609 152,109 
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AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND PROCUREMENT—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted Fiscal year 2010 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Total, Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement .............................................. 519,826 503,251 523,751 

CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $319,570,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 1 ......................................................................... 175,968,000 

Committee recommendation 1 ............................................................... 179,968,000 

1 Includes a rescission of $99,772,000 in unobligated prior year balances. 

This appropriation provides funding to plan, construct, renovate, 

equip, and maintain buildings and facilities necessary for the administration and enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, 

customs, and alien registration. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $179,968,000 for construction and 

facilities management activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection [CBP], to be available until expended. 

BORDER PATROL FACILITIES

The Committee is disappointed that due to a lack of execution of 

funds provided in prior years for accelerated construction of Border 

Patrol facilities to keep pace with the expansion of the Border Patrol workforce, budget constraints facing overall CBP operations 

have resulted in unobligated prior-year balances in this account 

being available for rescission. The Committee reluctantly concurs 

with the rescission request, but directs CBP to increase the proposed rescission of various alterations projects by $19,100,000 and 

submit a revised projects rescission plan to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 

this act. The Committee directs that the rescission have no impact 

on the previously funded project to replace the Border Patrol station at Oroville, Washington which currently has 49 agents in a facility designed to house 20 agents. Bill language has been included 

limiting the rescission to Border Patrol projects and facilities. 

SANTA TERESA PORT OF ENTRY

The Committee is aware that the existing infrastructure at the 

Santa Teresa Port of Entry [POE] may be insufficient to accommodate increased port traffic given the increased export production activities on the Mexican side of the border and urges CBP to report, 

in coordination with the General Services Administration [GSA]— 

which owns the facility, to the Committee not later than 90 days 

after the date of enactment of this act on the cost of constructing 

at least two additional passenger vehicle lanes and related inspection booths at the port. The report should also examine the impact 

on wait times and traffic flows at other area POEs of any expansion at the Santa Teresa POE. 
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ADVANCED TRAINING CENTER

The Committee provides $14,100,000, as requested in the budget, 

for maintenance, repairs, and operations activities for the Advanced Training Center [ATC]. The Committee also recommends 

$4,000,000 to equip and expand the Leadership Academy and complete dormitory construction consistent with the ATC Master Plan 

which was submitted to the Committee on April 4, 2007, by the Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary for Management. 

The ATC opened in September 2005. It provides advanced training 

to more than 3,700 CBP law enforcement personnel, managers, and 

supervisors per year and will train approximately 4,000 per year 

by the end of 2011. 

FIVE-YEAR CONSTRUCTION PLAN

The Committee is disappointed that CBP, GSA, and the Office of 

Management and Budget had ample time to produce and submit 

with the budget the 5-year construction plan for land border POE 

construction mandated in the fiscal year 2010 act, yet failed to do 

so. The Committee again has included bill language requiring CBP, 

in consultation with GSA, to include the 5-year construction plan 

with the fiscal year 2012 request. The plan shall include a yearly 

update of total projected future funding needs. 

The Committee directs the Department to continue to work with 

the GSA on its nationwide strategy to prioritize and address the infrastructure needs at land border POEs and to comply with the requirements of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 3301) to 

seek necessary funding. 

The Committee further directs the Department to encourage the 

use of small businesses in all phases of the contracting process for 

construction and renovation of POEs. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Facility Construction and Sustainment ........................................... 282,557 239,357 243,357 

Program Oversight and Management .............................................. 37,013 36,383 36,383 

Rescission/Cancellation ................................................................... .......................... (99,772 ) (99,772 ) 

Total, Construction and Facilities Management ................ 319,570 175,968 179,968 

U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

SUMMARY

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] is responsible 

for enforcing immigration and customs laws, detaining and removing deportable or inadmissible aliens, and providing security of 

Federal buildings and property. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends total resources of $5,862,549,000, 

including direct appropriations of $5,551,162,000, and estimated 

fee collections of $311,387,000. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT—FUNDING SUMMARY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Appropriations: 

Salaries and expenses .......................................................... 5,342,134 5,439,100 5,466,462 

Automation modernization .................................................... 90,000 84,700 84,700 

Construction .......................................................................... 4,818 ............................ ............................

Total, Appropriations ........................................................ 5,436,952 5,523,800 5,551,162 

Estimated Fee Collections: 

Immigration inspection user fee .......................................... 109,800 116,387 116,387 

Student exchange and visitor fee ........................................ 120,000 120,000 120,000 

Breached bond/detention fund ............................................. 75,000 75,000 75,000 

Total, Estimated fee collections ....................................... 304,800 311,387 311,387 

Total, Available funding ................................................... 5,741,752 5,835,187 5,862,549 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $5,342,134,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 5,439,100,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,466,462,000 

The ICE Salaries and Expenses account provides funds for the 

enforcement of immigration and customs laws, intelligence, and detention and removals. In addition to directly appropriated resources, funding is derived from the following offsetting collections: 

Immigration Inspection User Fee.—ICE derives funds from user 

fees to support the costs of detention and removals in connection 

with international inspections activities at airports and seaports, 

as authorized by the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1356). 

Student Exchange Visitor Program Fee.—ICE collects fees from 

foreign students, exchange visitors, and schools and universities to 

certify and monitor participating schools, and to conduct compliance audits. 

Immigration Breached Bond/Detention Fund.—ICE derives 

funds from the recovery of breached cash and surety bonds in excess of $8,000,000 as authorized by the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356); and from a portion of fees charged under 

section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to support 

the cost of the detention of aliens. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $5,466,462,000, for salaries and expenses of ICE for fiscal year 2011. The Committee includes bill language placing a $35,000 limit on overtime paid to any employee; 
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making up to $10,000,000 available for special operations; making 

up to $2,000,000 available for the payment of informants; making 

up to $11,216,000 available to reimburse other Federal agencies for 

the costs associated with the care, maintenance, and repatriation 

of smuggled illegal aliens; making not less than $305,000 available 

for promotion of public awareness of the child pornography tipline 

and anti-child exploitation activities; making not less than 

$5,400,000 available to facilitate agreements consistent with section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; limiting the use 

of funds for facilitating agreements consistent with section 287(g) 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act to the same activities funded in fiscal year 2005; making $15,770,000 available for activities 

to enforce laws against forced child labor, of which $6,000,000 shall 

remain available until expended, and making $7,300,000 available 

until expended for the Visa Security Program. 

SOUTHWEST BORDER ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE

In March 2009, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced 

a major initiative to assist the Mexican Government in combating 

drug cartel violence by deploying additional ICE and U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection [CBP] personnel and resources to the Southwest border. Between the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 

(Public Law 111–32) and the Department of Homeland Security 

Appropriations Act, 2010, more than $81,000,000 has been added 

above the President’s requests for ICE for Southwest border security, including investigations into outbound smuggling activities of 

guns and bulk cash which support the drug cartels, expanding the 

number of Border Enforcement Security Task Forces [BESTs], as 

well as increasing the number of agents, intelligence analysts, and 

support personnel along the Southwest border. 

Since the Mexican Government began its offensive on drug trafficking organizations in 2007, more than 22,700 people have been 

killed. While the violence has not spilled over the border into the 

United States, the level of violence has increased the fears of many 

living in the Southwest. As the drug cartels become more violent 

and fight each other for access to smuggling routes, often robbing 

each other of humans, drugs, or other contraband they are attempting to smuggle into the United States, the costs of these efforts escalate in both financial and human terms. These cartels are increasing their presence in the United States, and not just along the 

border. A recent report issued by the Department of Defense’s 

Southern Command stated, ‘‘Of particular concern is the smuggling 

of criminal aliens and gang members who pose public safety 

threats to communities throughout the border region and the country. These individuals include hundreds of undocumented aliens 

from special interest countries, primarily China, but also Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan.’’ 

Guns obtained in the United States fuel the violence in Mexico. 

ICE is able to use intelligence gleaned from the BESTs and other 

sources to interdict weapons. On the Southwest border with Mexico, firearms violence has reportedly spiked in recent years as drug 

trafficking organizations have competed for control of key smuggling corridors into the United States. The drug trafficking organizations and other criminals are reportedly buying firearms in the 
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United States that contribute to this violence. In early June of this 

year, officials in Laredo, Texas seized a cache of 147 new, boxed assault rifles, 200 high-capacity magazines, 53 bayonets, and 10,000 

rounds of ammunition. Drugs continue to enter this country at 

staggering rates. Seizures at the border of marijuana and cocaine 

have increased, but so have the sizes of the drug loads. Ninety percent of the cocaine and half of the marijuana and methamphetamine sold in the United States are smuggled across the border. 

Sale of these drugs funds the drug cartels as well as the violence 

in Mexico. 

Finally, bulk cash smuggling is the other major source of revenue 

perpetuating the cycle of killing and retaliation. The recently released United States of America-Mexico ‘‘Bi-National Criminal Proceeds Study’’, an inquiry into the laundering of cash proceeds of organized transnational crime, estimates that between 

$19,000,000,000 and $29,000,000,000 annually travels to Mexico 

from the United States in support of ‘‘criminal enterprises involved 

in drug trafficking’’. It notes that major U.S. cities are hub cities 

for bulk cash smuggling, but cities such as Denver, Colorado and 

Yakima, Washington serve as consolidation points in support of 

these efforts. DHS personnel have been successful in stopping the 

exit of some of these proceeds—such as the seizure of more than 

$724,000 at the Arizona border over the course of 2 weeks in late 

May 2010. But the sheer scope of these activities indicates that our 

country faces a very real threat. 

ICE is uniquely situated to address this threat. It is the only 

agency whose criminal mission revolves entirely around cross-border crime, namely the smuggling of aliens, narcotics, firearms, and 

bulk cash. ICE has a role in every form of smuggling and is not 

limited to one type of contraband (such as firearms or drugs). ICE 

also is unique in terms of the breadth of its statutory authority 

under titles 8, 18, 19, 21, 22, 31, and 50 of the United States Code. 

ICE also has unmatched immigration authority among criminal investigative agencies. Rather than addressing domestic drug dealing 

or firearms violations, ICE is focused on cross-border narcotics and 

firearms trafficking—offenses that are driving crime on the Southwest border. Thus, additional resources to ICE will bolster the attack on every form of border crime. 

The Committee recommends $30,000,000, 130 positions, and 65 

FTE above the request, to enhance ongoing efforts to combat criminal activities which pose a threat to our Nation along the Southwest border. These funds will be used to increase enforcement activities and investigations at ICE’s BESTs, target human, contraband, weapon, and bulk cash smuggling, with a focus on terrorist 

groups, drug trafficking organizations, criminal aliens, and 

transnational gangs. The Committee encourages ICE to use a portion of these additional resources for counterproliferation investigations and investigations into child exploitation and sex tourism 

which often are funded with proceeds from smuggling activities. Included in the amount listed above is $1,000,000 provided in ‘‘Intelligence’’ to support enhanced intelligence capabilities in Mexico. 

The Committee directs ICE to provide a plan for expenditure specifying how additional resources are to be deployed not later than 45 

days after the date of enactment of this act. 
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Also, included in the total amount recommended by the Com- mittee is $10,000,000, as requested, to expand the BEST program 

to three additional locations. 

The Committee encourages ICE to work with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives [ATF] to identify and apprehend traffickers of firearms who contribute to violence on the 

Southwest border with Mexico. This cooperation would include ICE 

working with ATF to expand the use of ballistics imaging technology and other methods, including the capture and transfer of all 

ballistics images from guns seized through southbound inspections 

or by Mexican authorities, to trace weapons used in criminal acts 

in Mexico. For instance, tracing the ballistic images on the guns 

used to kill three individuals, including two American citizens, in 

Juarez, Mexico, could assist in bringing these individuals to justice. 

‘‘Operation Gunrunner’’ has proven to be very effective in this effort to track guns used by drug trafficking organizations in Mexico. 

Recognizing the primary role that ICE plays in cross-border cash 

smuggling investigations, the Committee is also interested in ongoing discussions at the Department to create a centralized Southwest border task force to specifically focus on the issues of bulk 

cash and gun smuggling, transnational gangs, and other cross-border violence issues. The Department is directed to brief the Committee on these efforts not less than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

ICE ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES

While the Congress has not specifically mandated that ICE shall 

have no higher immigration enforcement priority than identifying 

individuals convicted of dangerous crimes and removing them from 

the country once a court has ruled they should be deported, over 

the past 3 years, Congress has emphasized that ICE has multiple 

immigration enforcement priorities. Among the priorities identified 

by Congress are conducting worksite enforcement investigations 

and identifying foreign-born individuals who have been convicted of 

crimes and sentenced to imprisonment and removing those individuals once they have been judged deportable by the immigration 

court system. While it is imperative that ICE target criminal 

aliens, it is important to remember that the 9/11 hijackers would 

not be viewed as ‘‘criminal aliens’’ so it is incumbent upon ICE to 

enforce all of the laws within its jurisdiction. 

Enforcement of customs laws, using immigration and customs 

authorities, is also an ICE enforcement priority. The Assistant Secretary stated in testimony before the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee on March 18, 2010, ‘‘As the primary 

criminal investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security [DHS], ICE protects the security of the American people and 

the homeland by vigilantly enforcing the Nation’s immigration and 

customs laws. ICE protects national security through the work of 

our special agents who target, investigate, and dismantle criminal 

organizations and terrorist networks that exploit weaknesses in 

our legitimate trade, travel, and financial systems. Our criminal 

priorities include counterterrorism and counterproliferation, and 

involve the targeting of intellectual property, child sex tourism, 

alien, narcotics, weapons, and bulk cash smuggling, human traf-
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ficking, immigration fraud, and illegal employment offenses. ICE 

officers enforce civil immigration laws to secure the homeland and 

protect our communities by identifying and removing aliens who 

support terrorism, criminal aliens, alien gang members, and 

human rights violators. By removing these aliens and aliens with 

final orders of removal, ICE provides integrity to the Nation’s immigration system. ICE is committed to meeting this mission in an 

increasingly efficient and effective manner.’’ 

Just as CBP must stop the entry into the United States of contraband, people, and goods, while also facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and commerce, so ICE must also maintain a balance of 

enforcing immigration and customs laws while also protecting the 

country by removing those individuals who are here illegally. 

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION—IMPROVED INTEGRITY

OVERSIGHT

Over the last 4 years, ICE has hired more than 8,200 new personnel, a 31 percent increase since fiscal year 2006. In order to 

support long-term border security efforts and avoid fraud, the Committee believes it is important to keep in front of any possible increase in workforce fraud by hiring additional agents who will investigate cases of fraud and other illegal activities. 

The Office of Professional Responsibility [OPR] investigates all 

Inspector General-referred allegations of criminal misconduct by 

ICE and CBP employees. ICE and CBP have critical missions, including preventing the flow of drugs, dangerous goods, and illegal 

immigrants into the country, and sensitive technology and weapons 

out of the country. To ensure the continued integrity of the workforce, growth in ICE staffing should be matched by commensurate 

growth in OPR. The Committee recommends a total of $99,104,000 

and 506 FTE to perform workforce integrity investigations and 

training, detention facility inspections, ICE field office management 

inspections, and physical security management inspections. This is 

an increase of $5,000,000 and 12 FTE above the fiscal year 2010 

level, and $5,000,000 and 12 FTE above the request. This will provide for $93,058,000 to conduct integrity investigations, including 

additional funds for ICE to expand its OPR presence along the 

Southwest border. 

COLLOCATION OF ICE FACILITIES

The Committee recommends $51,073,000, the same as the fiscal 

year 2010 level and $19,938,000 below the request, for collocation 

activities for ICE facilities. The Committee supports ICE’s ongoing 

efforts to consolidate leases and reduce the number of facilities it 

occupies in cities across the country. Bill language has been included directing that none of the funds provided for collocation activities at ICE shall result in a net loss below 33,400 detention 

beds and requiring 15-day notification to the Committees on Appropriations of any proposed collocation. 

OFFICE OF STATE AND LOCAL COORDINATION

The Committee recommends $68,321,000, 125 positions and FTE, 

as requested, for the Office of State and Local Government Coordi-
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nation. Included in this amount is funding for training and information technology assistance for participants in the 287(g) program. 

The Committee notes that the 287(g) program is a voluntary, not 

mandatory, program through which communities which choose to 

join enter into discussions with ICE to determine the proper fit for 

the individual community and ICE. Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act was made law in the United States in 

1995 as a result of congressional passage of the Illegal Immigration 

Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. Unless and until Congress adopts any changes to the law concerning the 287(g) program, it is anticipated that ICE will continue to make the program 

available to communities wishing to receive 287(g) training provided by ICE. The Committee intends that the appropriate accountability and training standards, including instruction on multicultural communication and the avoidance of racial profiling, are adhered to by participating communities and has provided sufficient 

resources, as requested in the budget, to ensure that these standards are met. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT CENTER

The Committee recommends a total of $34,990,000, 316 positions 

and FTE, as requested in the budget, to assist in responding to requests for assistance from State and local law enforcement officers. 

FORENSICS DOCUMENT LAB

The Committee recommends $14,357,000, 80 positions and FTE, 

as requested, for the Forensics Document Lab [FDL]. The FDL provides forensic document analysis and operations support services to 

combat travel and identity document fraud. 

DATA CENTER MIGRATION

As part of the Department-wide effort to assign data center migration funding to the component agencies which will be migrating, 

the Committee recommends $10,400,000 in new funding as requested to support ICE’s portion of this activity in fiscal year 2011. 

SUPPORT FOR FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

The Committee notes that a memorandum of understanding 

[MOU] between ICE and the National Protection and Programs Directorate [NPPD] regarding business services provided to FPS has 

not yet been signed. When the Committee approved the transfer of 

FPS from ICE to NPPD in fiscal year 2010, as requested in the 

President’s budget, it was with the understanding that the same 

core support, some of which ICE would still provide as appropriate, 

would be maintained. NPPD and ICE are directed to provide the 

Committee with a copy of the signed MOU without delay. Similar 

language is included for NPPD. 

INVESTIGATIONS—WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT

The Committee recommends $134,626,000 for the overall level of 

effort for worksite enforcement activities, as requested. The Committee notes that the number of criminal and administrative ar-
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rests has dropped since the new worksite enforcement strategy was 

announced on April 30, 2009. Criminal arrests related to worksite 

enforcement investigations dropped from 1,103 in fiscal year 2008 

to only 410 in fiscal year 2009. Similarly, administrative arrests 

dropped from 5,184 in fiscal year 2008 to 1,644 in fiscal year 2009. 

While the Committee applauds the apparent renewed vigor with 

which ICE is performing I–9 (workplace authorization) audits in an 

effort to target employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens, which 

is something the Committee called for in Senate Report 110–396, 

this is only half of the equation. 

Based on briefings with ICE officials, the Committee expects ICE 

to commit a total level of worksite enforcement effort of 

$134,626,000. The Committee directs ICE to provide quarterly 

briefings on how it is meeting this level of effort no later than 30 

days after the end of each quarter. 

OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS—MISSION SUPPORT STAFFING

The Committee is pleased that the Department has followed the 

recommendation provided by the Congress in the fiscal year 2010 

act and recommends an additional $15,000,000, 167 positions, and 

84 FTE, for mission support personnel, as requested in the budget. 

VISA SECURITY PROGRAM

The Visa Security Program, mandated in section 428 of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Pubic Law 107–296), extends the 

border overseas to prevent terrorists and other criminals from receiving U.S. visas. The Office of International Affairs has developed 

a multi-year expansion plan which includes a prioritized expansion 

to the 32 highest-risk visa issuing posts. According to the plan, the 

program will cover approximately 75 percent of the highest risk 

visa activity posts by 2013. The Committee is displeased that 

planned expansion of visa security units to critical overseas consular posts were delayed, in one instance—Sanaa, Yemen—for up 

to 18 months. Unfortunately, it took the December 25, 2009, attempted airline bombing to spring lose from the Department of 

Homeland Security to the Department of State the requests to expand these units. Bureaucratic delays are unacceptable when it 

comes to national security and congressionally mandated activities. 

The Committee recommends $37,986,000, $7,300,000 above the request, to fully fund planned visa security programs and expand the 

units to four additional consular posts. 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

The Committee provides $5,000,000, as requested, for the Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center and an additional 

$5,000,000 above the request for additional special agents nationwide to investigate intellectual property rights. 

ICE INTELLIGENCE

The Committee recommends $72,107,000, an increase of 

$2,265,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level and $1,000,000 above 

the request, for ICE intelligence activities. The $1,000,000 above 
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the request is for additional support for ongoing intelligence activities in Mexico. 

The Committee is pleased with the manner in which the Office 

of Intelligence has expanded and staffed its Field Intelligence 

Groups. ICE’s BEST teams along the borders and at the seaports 

make great use of these specialists and the personnel increases 

funded in this bill will help to ensure that the BESTs are used to 

their greatest capacity. The Committee directs ICE to provide an 

updated Intelligence staffing briefing no later than 60 days after 

the date of enactment of this act. 

DETENTION AND REMOVAL—CUSTODY OPERATIONS (BEDS)

The Committee recommends a total of $1,903,764,000, an increase of $132,596,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 

2010, as requested in the budget. The Committee notes that what 

appears to be a significant increase between fiscal years 2010 and 

2011 actually reflects the administration’s proposal to fund all detention beds within ‘‘Custody Operations’’ as opposed to spreading 

the detention bed funding between that activity, ‘‘Fugitive Operations’’, ‘‘Criminal Alien Program’’, and ‘‘Secure Communities’’. The 

Committee strongly supports this proposal to streamline the process to provide proper accounting for bed funding. After all, a bed 

is a bed is a bed. This framework provides better transparency into 

the actual costs of each of these programs while ensuring that beds 

are available for individuals who need to be detained. 

The Committee encourages ICE to continue working to ensure 

that its detention bedspace funding model is accurate and reflects 

the actual cost of a bed as it develops the fiscal year 2012 budget 

request. 

The Committee also requests that it be briefed on the development of this bedspace cost model no later than 90 days after the 

date of enactment of this act. 

Maintaining an adequate number of detention beds is critical to 

ensuring the integrity of our detention and removal system while 

at the same time preventing a return to the ill-advised ‘‘catch and 

release’’ policy. We must ensure that all removable illegal aliens 

apprehended are removed from this country as expeditiously as 

possible. The Committee notes that in fiscal year 2009, ICE removed a total of 405,662 illegal aliens compared with 240,665 in 

fiscal year 2004. This clearly demonstrates that the additional resources the Congress has provided above the President’s requests 

the past 6 fiscal years for securing our borders continues to have 

an impact. 

The bill continues current law directing that a detention bed 

level of 33,400 beds shall be maintained throughout fiscal year 

2010. 

DETENTION CARE AND STANDARDS

The Committee strongly supports ICE’s recent efforts to review 

and improve upon its detention care and standards. It is imperative that individuals detained in ICE-owned or -contracted facilities 

be provided the highest levels of care, including medical care, and 

treatment. The Committee is encouraged that ICE has begun this 

effort by reviewing its detention standards and placing an ICE offi-
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cer in the 50 largest contract detention facilities. This was one of 

the recommendations in the October 6, 2009, Immigration Detention Overview and Recommendations report. The Committee notes 

that no funds were requested in the budget to implement these recommendations and the Committee encourages that, to the extent 

ICE intends to act on these recommendations, sufficient funds be 

included in the fiscal year 2012 request to do so. The Committee 

also encourages ICE to consider creating an ombudsman to independently investigate complaints about detainee treatment in detention facilities. 

DETENTION AND REMOVAL—ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION

The Committee recommends a total of $72,075,000, 181 positions, 

and 182 FTE, as requested in the budget. The Committee encourages ICE to prioritize enrollment of families with children in this 

program, to continue to use intensive supervision, and directs ICE 

to brief the Committee semiannually on the program beginning no 

later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

The Committee is disappointed that the Department has yet to 

submit the report on collection of data on deportation of parents of 

U.S.-born children which was due July 1, 2010, as mandated in the 

joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 111–83, and 

directs that it be submitted immediately. 

The Committee is aware that concerns have been raised in the 

past about techniques used to determine the age of unaccompanied 

alien children who are in ICE custody. The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General reported on current ICE practices 

(OIG–10–12 Nov 2009). While some have suggested using ‘‘holistic 

age-determination methodologies’’, the OIG noted that the Trafficking Victims Protection and Reauthorization Act of 2008 

[TVPRA] does not require the adoption of such an approach, nor 

does guidance released in March 2009 by the Department of Health 

and Human Services. In order to determine what such an approach 

might consist of, the OIG conducted interviews with medical professionals, including representatives of medical centers and universities as well as immigrants’ rights advocates. They ‘‘were not 

aware of a specific holistic approach to age determinations’’. Additionally, the OIG noted that further guidance signed by the acting 

director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement and informed by the 

TVPRA permits the nonexclusive use of radiographs for age determination. The Committee encourages ICE to comply with the direction provided by the OIG’s report. 

DETENTION AND REMOVAL—TRANSPORTATION AND REMOVAL

Included in the amount recommended by the Committee is 

$294,632,000, as requested in the budget, for all ICE-related transportation and removal activities. 

DETENTION AND REMOVAL—FUGITIVE OPERATIONS

Included in the amount recommended by the Committee is 

$168,449,000, 677 positions, and 677 FTE, as requested in the 

budget. The National Fugitive Operations Program is responsible 

for reducing the fugitive alien population in the United States. As 
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of May 31, 2010, ICE estimates that there are approximately 

512,869 immigration fugitives in the United States, a decrease of 

more than 119,800 since October 2006. ICE works to reduce the 

population of these fugitives from the law through the use of Fugitive Operations teams. All 104 Fugitive Operations teams are operational and conducting enforcement operations. Funds associated 

with detention beds are provided in the ‘‘Custody Operations’’ account. 

DETENTION AND REMOVAL—CRIMINAL ALIEN PROGRAM

Included in the amount recommended by the Committee is $179,317,000, 945 positions, and 942 FTE, as requested in the 

budget. ICE is funded for 126 Criminal Alien Program teams and 

in fiscal year 2009 it charged over 217,000 aliens in jails. Funds 

associated with detention beds are provided in the ‘‘Custody Operations’’ account. 

SECURE COMMUNITIES

The Committee recommends $146,943,000, 552 positions, and 

552 FTE, as requested. Congress initiated this program in fiscal 

year 2008 and has provided total new funding of $550,000,000 over 

the past 3 years. Secure Communities focuses on interoperability, 

using biometrics to ensure that any individual booked into a jail or 

other facility is indeed who he or she claims to be and also is able 

to determine, by running fingerprints against the IDENT and 

IAFIS databases, the immigration status of the individual. It is important to remember that Secure Communities is applied to everyone booked into a jail. All individuals are treated the same and no 

profiling occurs. Through the use of biometrics, ICE is able to determine not only immigration status, but also if the individual has 

committed more serious crimes in the past (so while they are 

booked on what appears to be a lower level crime, Secure Communities is able to determine the entirety of an alien’s criminal history). 

The Committee is pleased that the administration has embraced 

this program as one of many tools at its disposal to identify and 

remove illegal aliens, including criminal aliens, and otherwise enforce our Nation’s existing immigration laws. In fiscal year 2010, 

Secure Communities expanded coverage to establish biometric 

identification of arrested criminal aliens in more than 180 counties. 

Secure Communities’ threat-based deployment schedule prioritizes 

those counties with the highest threat criminal alien populations 

first, consisting primarily of counties in major metropolitan areas 

throughout the country as well as all counties along the southwest 

border. In fiscal years 2007 through 2009, 352,565 criminal aliens 

were removed. Secure Communities estimates that after deploying 

to the additional counties funded in this request, ICE will cover 

more than 84 percent of the Nation’s criminal alien population. The 

Department anticipates that, with continued funding, including redeployment of existing resources, it will establish biometric identification of arrested criminal aliens in all counties that are willing 

and technically able to participate by the end of fiscal year 2012. 

The Committee has included bill language, as requested, ensuring that all illegal aliens encountered when enforcing our immigra-
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tion laws are apprehended. The Committee also directs ICE to continue to provide quarterly briefings on progress being made in implementing the Secure Communities program. The briefings shall 

include Secure Communities’ impact on removals reporting at the 

level of detail of the quarterly detention and removals report. The 

first briefing should occur no later than 45 days after the date of 

enactment of this act. 

DETENTION AND REMOVAL REPORTING

The Committee continues to request ICE to submit a quarterly 

report to the Committee which compares the number of deportation, exclusion, and removal orders sought and obtained by ICE. 

The report should be broken down: by district in which the removal 

order was issued; by type of order (deportation, exclusion, removal, 

expedited removal, and others); by agency issuing the order; by the 

number of cases in each category in which ICE has successfully removed the alien; and by the number of cases in each category in 

which ICE has not removed the alien. The first fiscal year 2011 

quarterly report is to be submitted no later than January 15, 2011. 

TRAINING REGARDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING

ICE plays a critical role in investigating criminal organizations 

trafficking individuals into the United States. The Committee encourages ICE to work with appropriate nonprofit organizations and 

victim service providers to improve the training of ICE officers in 

the field to assist in the identification of human trafficking victims 

and provide appropriate referrals to victim service organizations. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT—SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Headquarters Management and Administration: 

Personnel compensation and benefits, services, and other 

costs ....................................................................................... 279,073 300,371 285,433 

Headquarters-managed IT investment ....................................... 233,264 209,363 209,363 

Subtotal, Headquarters management and administration .... 512,337 509,734 494,796 

Legal proceedings ................................................................................ 221,666 221,666 221,666 

Investigations: 

Domestic ..................................................................................... 1,649,551 1,727,038 1,761,038 

International ................................................................................ 112,872 113,689 113,689 

Visa Security Program ................................................................ 30,686 30,686 37,986 

Subtotal, Investigations ......................................................... 1,793,109 1,871,413 1,912,713 

Intelligence ........................................................................................... 69,842 71,107 72,107 

Detention and Removal Operations: 

Custody Operations ..................................................................... 1,771,168 1,903,764 1,903,764 

Fugitive Operations ..................................................................... 229,682 168,449 168,449 
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U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT—SALARIES AND EXPENSES—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Criminal Alien Program .............................................................. 192,539 179,317 179,317 

Alternatives to Detention ............................................................ 69,913 72,075 72,075 

Transportation and Removal Program ........................................ 281,878 294,632 294,632 

Subtotal, Detention and Removal Operations ........................ 2,545,180 2,618,237 2,618,237 

Identification and Removal of Criminal Aliens (Secure Communities) ................................................................................................. 200,000 146,943 146,943 

Total, Salaries and Expenses ................................................. 5,342,134 5,439,100 5,466,462 

AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $90,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 84,700,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 84,700,000 

The Automation Modernization account provides funds for major 

information technology [IT] projects for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE], including the Atlas Program, modernization of TECS (formerly known as the Traveler Enforcement and 

Compliance System), modernization of Detention and Removal Operations’ IT systems for tracking detainees [DRO Modernization], 

and other systems. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends a total of $84,700,000, as requested. 

These funds are to remain available until expended. The Committee includes bill language making $10,000,000 available upon 

the submission of an expenditure plan. 

The Committee also continues the requirement for semiannual 

briefings on this activity. 

CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $4,818,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. ........................... 

This appropriation provides funding to plan, construct, renovate, 

equip, and maintain buildings and facilities necessary for the administration and enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, 

detention, and alien registration. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee notes that the budget requests no funding for 

ICE Construction as it is reviewing the possible privatization of the 

Service Processing Centers which it owns. The Department intends 

that carryover funds within the no-year Construction account will 

be used for emergency repairs and alterations. The Committee also 

notes that not funding this account will have no impact on the ability of ICE to continue to detain illegal aliens at other locations 

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The bill includes a general provision, requested in the budget, 

providing ICE with the authority to dispose of ICE-owned facilities 

and retain the receipts to provide repairs and alterations to other 

facilities. Bill language is also included mandating that any sale or 

collocation of ICE-owned facilities will not result in a reduction of 

detention bedspace below 33,400 beds and requiring 15-day notification to the Committees. 

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

The Transportation Security Administration [TSA] is charged 

with ensuring security across U.S. transportation systems, including aviation, railways, highways, pipelines, and waterways, and 

safeguarding the freedom of movement of people and commerce. 

Separate appropriations are provided for the following activities 

within TSA: aviation security; surface transportation security; 

transportation threat assessment and credentialing; transportation 

security support; and Federal Air Marshals. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends a total program level of $8,064,495,000 and a net of $5,673,275,000 for the activities of TSA 

for fiscal year 2011. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 enacted Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Aviation Security ............................................................................ 5,214,040 5,559,894 5,490,549 

Aviation Security Capital Fund (mandatory) ................................. 250,000 250,000 250,000 

Surface Transportation Security .................................................... 110,516 137,558 137,558 

Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing (direct appropriations) .............................................................................. 171,999 173,724 147,224 

Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing (fee-funded programs) ............................................................................. 47,620 41,220 41,220 

Transportation Security Support .................................................... 1,001,780 1,052,369 1,047,929 

Federal Air Marshals ...................................................................... 860,111 950,015 950,015 

Total, Transportation Security Administration (gross) ..... 7,656,066 8,164,780 8,064,495 

Offsetting Fee Collections .............................................................. ¥2,100,000 ¥2,100,000 ¥2,100,000 

Aviation Security Capital Fund (mandatory) ................................. ¥250,000 ¥250,000 ¥250,000 

Fee Accounts [TTAC] ...................................................................... ¥47,620 ¥41,220 ¥41,220 

Total, Transportation Security Administration (net) ........ 5,258,446 5,773,560 5,673,275 

AVIATION SECURITY

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $5,214,040,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 5,559,894,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,490,549,000 

The TSA aviation security account provides for Federal aviation 

security, including screening of all passengers and baggage, deployment of on-site law enforcement, continuation of a uniform set of 

background requirements for airport and airline personnel, and deployment of explosives detection technology. 
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The aviation security activities include funding for: Federal 

transportation security officers [TSOs] and private contract screeners; air cargo security; procurement, installation, and maintenance 

of explosives detection systems; checkpoint support; and other aviation regulation and enforcement activities. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

TThe Committee recommends $5,490,549,000 for aviation security, $69,345,000 below the amount requested and $276,509,000 

above the fiscal year 2010 level. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

AVIATION SECURITY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Screening Operations ............................................................... 4,358,076 4,470,968 4,400,012 

Aviation Security Direction and Enforcement .......................... 855,964 1,088,926 1,090,537 

Aviation Security Capital Fund (mandatory) ........................... [250,000 ] [250,000 ] [250,000 ] 

Total, Aviation Security .............................................. 5,214,040 5,559,894 5,490,549 

AVIATION SECURITY FEES

The Congressional Budget Office, in its analysis of the President’s budget, has re-estimated collections from existing aviation 

security fees to be $2,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

SCREENING OPERATIONS

The Committee recommends $4,400,012,000 for TSA screening 

operations, $70,956,000 below the amount requested and 

$41,936,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

SCREENING OPERATIONS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Screener Workforce: 

Privatized Screening Airports ................................................ 149,643 142,678 142,678 

Passenger and baggage screener personnel, compensation, and benefits ............................................................. 2,758,575 2,997,664 2,960,599 

Subtotal, Screener Workforce ........................................... 2,908,218 3,140,342 3,103,277 

Screener Training and Other ......................................................... 204,713 264,643 258,384 

Checkpoint Support ........................................................................ 128,739 360,026 360,026 

Explosives Detection Systems/Explosives Trace Detection [EDS/ 

ETD]: 

EDS/ETD purchase and installation ..................................... 778,300 373,832 355,000 

Screening technology maintenance and utilities ................. 316,625 332,125 323,325 

Operation Integration ............................................................ 21,481 ............................ ............................

Subtotal, EDS/ETD Systems .............................................. 1,116,406 705,957 678,325 
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SCREENING OPERATIONS—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 enactedFiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Total, Screening Operations ............................................. 4,358,076 4,470,968 4,400,012 

PRIVATIZED SCREENING AIRPORTS

The Committee recommends $142,678,000 for privatized screening airports, the same amount as requested in the budget and 

$6,965,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level. The reduction from fiscal year 2010 is associated with contract efficiencies. 

TSA is directed to approve applications for those airports that 

are seeking to participate in the screening partnership program 

[SPP] when Government estimates indicate that contract screening 

can be provided at that location in a cost-effective manner. TSA 

shall notify the Committee if the agency expects to spend less than 

the appropriated amount due to situations where no additional airports express interest in converting, either fully or partially, to 

privatized screening, or where airports currently using privatized 

screening convert to using Federal screeners. TSA shall adjust its 

PPA line items, and notify the Committee within 10 days, to account for any changes in private screening contracts, including new 

awards under the SPP, or the movement from privatized screening 

into Federal screening. The Committee also expects to be briefed on 

any proposed changes being considered for the SPP program. 

The Committee is aware of three additional airports in Montana 

that are interested in joining the SPP. The recommended funding 

level is sufficient to accommodate these airports, if selected for inclusion into the program. 

PASSENGER AND BAGGAGE SCREENER PERSONNEL, COMPENSATION

AND BENEFITS

The Committee recommends $2,960,599,000 for passenger and 

baggage screener personnel, compensation, and benefits, 

$37,065,000 below the amount requested and $202,024,000 above 

the fiscal year 2010 level. The recommendation includes funding for 

pay adjustments, annualizations, the realignment of Bomb Appraisal Officers [BAOs] to the ‘‘airport management and support’’ 

PPA, and additional Transportation Security Officers [TSOs] at the 

checkpoint in order to support the deployment of advanced imaging 

technology [AIT] units. The request proposes to add 5,355 new 

TSOs to staff AIT units. However, TSA is already behind schedule 

in deploying AIT units funded in prior years and will not need to 

hire as many TSOs as early in the fiscal year as originally estimated. Therefore, the amount to staff AIT units is reduced by 

$21,000,000 below the request. The Committee denies the requested increase of $16,193,000 for 

additional behavior detection officers [BDOs]. The Committee continues to be concerned with TSA’s acceleration of the Screening of 

Passengers by Observation Techniques [SPOT] program without a 

complete assessment and validation of the program’s effectiveness. 

The Government Accountability Office [GAO] released a critical report (GAO–10–763) on the SPOT program on May 14, 2010, ques-
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tioning whether behavior detection principles can be reliably used 

for counterterrorism purposes. The Committee is also aware and 

supportive of TSA’s plans to revise BDO training and airport audit 

protocols. The Committee believes TSA should focus on completing 

its internally driven changes as well as addressing GAO’s recommendations before expanding the program further. Therefore, 

the Committee provides $215,145,000 to maintain the current level 

of 2,986 BDOs. TSA shall brief the Committee no later than 60 

days after the date of enactment of this act on its progress in these 

matters. Finally, the Committee directs the Science and Technology 

Directorate to conduct a peer reviewed study of efforts currently 

underway to validate the SPOT program. The bill includes a general provision rescinding $15,000,000 from 

prior-year balances resulting from savings associated with the completion of planned in-line explosives detection systems [EDS] and 

large unobligated balances. With the large influx of funding provided by ARRA and the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, TSA is able to greatly expedite the deployment 

of in-line EDS, thereby permitting a reduction in personnel. In addition, TSA continues to carry forward large balances for staffing 

from year to year, including over $76,000,000 into fiscal year 2010. 

The Committee sees no reason for such large carry-over amounts 

in this PPA from year-to-year. 

SCREENER TRAINING AND OTHER

The Committee recommends $258,384,000 for screener training and other, $6,259,000 below the amount requested in the budget 

and $53,671,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. Funds are provided to support training of TSOs and other direct costs associated 

with TSO operations, such as: consumable supplies; checkpoint 

janitorial services; travel for the National Deployment Force; uniform allowances; hazardous materials disposal; and a model workforce program. The recommended amount includes requested adjustments for pay increases, realignment of BAO training costs to 

the ‘‘airport management and support’’ PPA, and consumables relating to the purchase of additional explosives trace detection 

[ETD] devices funded under the ‘‘checkpoint support’’ PPA. The recommendation does not include the full request to support the training of additional TSO’s due to the reduction made under the ‘‘passenger and baggage screener, personnel, compensation and benefits’’ PPA. 

CHECKPOINT SUPPORT

The Committee recommends $360,026,000 for checkpoint support, the same amount requested in the budget and $231,287,000 

above the fiscal year 2010 level. Funds are provided to field test 

and deploy equipment for passenger screening, carry-on baggage 

screening, checkpoint reconfiguration, electronic surveillance of 

checkpoints, and operational integration of systems. As requested, 

$192,200,000 is provided to deploy an additional 503 AIT units 

bringing the total to 1,000. AIT units screen passengers for metallic 

and nonmetallic threats—including weapons, explosives, and other 

objects concealed under layers of clothing. With this increase, there 

will be an AIT unit in most Category X, I, and II airports. The 
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Committee is aware of efforts by TSA to deploy automated target 

recognition [ATR] capability with AIT units in fiscal years 2010 

and 2011. ATR displays a passenger’s image as a stick figure on 

a monitor attached to an AIT unit, improving privacy protections 

and eliminating the need for private rooms to view AIT images. 

However, this technology has yet to be certified by TSA. As discussed below, TSA is to update the Committee regularly on the development of ATR, which will alleviate the need for remote viewing 

rooms. 

TSA is to work closely with local airport authorities to ensure 

that all space/facility requirements and constraints have been 

taken into consideration before AIT units are deployed. TSA shall 

provide funding for the installation of AIT units at screening checkpoints, including costs for normal site preparation; architectural 

and engineering drawings; electrical modifications; removal of 

small nonload bearing walls; installation of security glass; installation of any ancillary equipment; and certain shipping, rigging, and 

storage costs associated with deploying the equipment. TSA shall 

provide funding for other related terminal modifications if it is determined that no other design to accommodate the installation of 

the equipment is possible. The recommendation includes 

$65,473,000, as requested, for these costs. 

TSA is to brief the Committee regularly on AIT, including: the 

schedule to deploy and staff the units; progress on ATR development and associated funding requirements; facility modification 

costs necessary to accommodate AIT equipment at security checkpoints; and efforts to address concerns raised by GAO regarding 

the ability of AIT machines to detect certain weapons, such as the 

one used in the attempted attack on Northwest Flight 253 on December 25, 2009. 

The recommendation includes $6,000,000, as requested, for the 

Advanced Surveillance Program [ASP] at airport checkpoints. ASP 

provides enhanced remote security and surveillance capability, including security cameras at exit lanes and sterile areas. Security 

cameras have demonstrated to be a critical layer of security and 

the committee encourages TSA to ensure that the Nation’s highest 

risk airports have working security cameras in place at all checkpoints and secure exits. The recommendation also includes an additional $39,000,000, as 

requested, to purchase more than 800 portable ETD units to detect 

residue from explosives material on passengers at lanes not covered by an AIT. An additional $21,000,000, as requested, is included under the ‘‘screener, training, and other’’ PPA for 

consumables related to these portable ETD units. Funds are also 

available, as requested, to purchase other checkpoint security systems, including: credential authentication; advanced technology; 

universal conveyor systems; shoe scanning devices; and an automated system to determine wait times. 

SECURITY CAMERAS AT EXIT LANES

No later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this act, 

the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) shall submit a report that makes recommendations for improving the security of each location at an air-
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port where passengers exit the sterile area. The report shall include: (1) an assessment of the differences in configurations of such 

locations; and (2) an evaluation of options for improving security at 

such locations, such as increasing personnel assigned to exit lanes 

and the use of technology to improve security. The report shall be 

submitted to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee 

on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 

A general provision also is included providing for increased penalties for violating security regulations at airports. 

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION SYSTEMS

The Committee recommends $355,000,000 in discretionary appro- priations for EDS procurement and installation, $18,832,000 below 

the level requested in the budget and $423,300,000 below the fiscal 

year 2010 level. Pursuant to section 516 of Public Law 111–83, 

TSA is able to use recoveries from lapsed accounts for EDS procurement and installation. The reduction below the request is 

based on TSA’s estimate that $30,000,000 to $50,000,000 in recoveries will be available for this purpose in fiscal year 2011, thus reducing the need for direct appropriations. An additional 

$250,000,000 in mandatory spending will be available for in-line 

projects from Aviation Security Capital Fund fee collections. TSA 

estimates that 12 additional in-line projects will be funded in fiscal 

year 2011. 

The Committee supports TSA’s efforts to complete a competitive 

procurement process for all three classes of EDS machines, including more rigid requirements for detection, lower false alarm rates, 

and screening. TSA shall regularly brief the Committee on its 

progress to meet this goal, including results from certification testing at the Transportation Security Laboratory and operational test 

and evaluation at selected airports. The Committee is aware of 

schedule delays that have occurred in the acquisition process. The 

briefings shall also include updates on TSA’s strategy to avoid such 

delays. 

Within the funds provided, not less than 8 percent shall be available to procure and deploy certified EDS at medium- and smallsized airports. This is the amount of funding TSA estimates will be 

needed in fiscal year 2011 based on current airport project applications. Funding for EDS systems by medium- and small-sized airports reflected in these applications has decreased due to current 

economic conditions. TSA is to inform the Committee if these projections change. An additional $50,000,000 in mandatory funds is 

provided to small-sized and nonhub airports pursuant to the 9/11 

Act. 

EXPENDITURE PLANS FOR EDS/CHECKPOINT TECHNOLOGIES

The Committee includes statutory language under the ‘‘Transportation Security Support’’ appropriation restricting $50,000,000 from 

being obligated for headquarters administration until TSA submits 

to the Committee, no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act, detailed expenditure plans for checkpoint security 

and EDS refurbishment, procurement, and installations on an airport-by-airport basis for fiscal year 2011. The plans shall include 

specific technologies for purchase, project timelines, a schedule for 
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obligation of the funds, and a table detailing actual versus anticipated unobligated balances at the close of the fiscal year. Because 

the fiscal year 2010 expenditure plan wasn’t submitted until nearly 

7 months into the fiscal year, the Committee has increased the 

withholding in an effort to encourage timely submissions of materials necessary for robust and informed oversight. TSA shall frequently brief the Committee with updates on EDS and checkpoint 

expenditures, with an explanation of any deviation from the original plan. Quarterly updates are no longer required. 

The Committee does not include statutory language requested in 

the budget that would provide TSA with the authority to alter the 

Federal share of in-line baggage system projects. The proposed legislation is an authorizing matter and not under the jurisdiction of 

the Appropriations Committee. 

INSTALLATION OF OPTIMAL BAGGAGE SCREENING SYSTEMS AND FTE

SAVINGS

With the large influx of funding provided in this act and in prior 

appropriations acts for EDS procurement and installation, TSA is 

able to greatly expedite the deployment of in-line checked baggage 

screening systems, thereby permitting a reduction in personnel. 

For instance, by the end of fiscal year 2010, TSA estimates that 59 

airports will possess operational in-line EDS, with an annual savings of 2,316 FTE versus staffing required for their pre in-line 

equipment configuration. TSA shall continue to report to the Committees, in tandem with the annual budget request, on the savings 

achieved and anticipated by fiscal year from the installation new 

in-line systems. 

AIRPORTS THAT HAVE INCURRED ELIGIBLE COSTS FOR IN-LINE

BAGGAGE SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT

As required by the 9/11 Act, TSA is to give funding consideration 

to airports that incurred eligible costs for EDS and that were not 

recipients of funding agreements. The fiscal year 2011 EDS expenditure plan shall identify airports eligible for funding pursuant 

to section 1604(b)(2) of Public Law 110–53 and funding, if any, allocated to reimburse those airports. 

The Committee is aware of several airports that have incurred 

costs to procure and install EDS with the expectation of reimbursement from TSA. The Committee strongly encourages TSA to establish a reimbursement program with the authority provided by the 

9/11 Act. 

SCREENING TECHNOLOGY MAINTENANCE AND UTILITIES

The Committee recommends $323,325,000 for screening technology maintenance and utilities, $8,800,000 below the amount requested in the budget and $6,700,000 above the fiscal year 2010 

level. The recommendation does not include $8,800,000, as requested, for maintenance of new AIT units. This amount is no 

longer necessary in fiscal year 2011 due to TSA’s re-negotiation of 

warranty contracts from 1 year to 2 years 
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OPERATION INTEGRATION

Funding for operation integration is included within the ‘‘checkpoint support’’ and ‘‘EDS procurement and installation’’ PPAs as requested. Funds are provided to test, evaluate, and analyze pre-production or production representative systems under realistic conditions, including operation by those who will use the equipment in 

the field in a variety of environmental conditions. 

AVIATION SECURITY DIRECTION AND ENFORCEMENT

The Committee recommends $1,090,537,000 for aviation direction 

and enforcement, $1,611,000 above the amount requested in the 

budget and $234,573,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

AVIATION DIRECTION AND ENFORCEMENT 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 enacted Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Aviation regulation and other enforcement ................................... 254,064 368,363 368,363 

Airport management and support ................................................. 453,924 577,315 574,926 

Federal flight deck officer and flight crew training ..................... 25,127 25,694 25,694 

Air cargo ........................................................................................ 122,849 117,554 121,554 

Total, Aviation Security Direction and Enforcement ........ 855,964 1,088,926 1,090,537 

AVIATION REGULATION AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT

The Committee recommends $368,363,000 for aviation regulation 

and other enforcement, the same level as requested in the budget 

and $114,299,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. The recommended amount provides for law enforcement and regulatory activities at airports to: ensure compliance with required security 

measures, respond to security incidents, and provide international 

support for worldwide security requirements. The recommendation 

includes amounts requested to maintain current services and 

$111,873,000 in program increases. Program increases include: 

$38,844,000 to strengthen international programs in high-risk 

areas around the world; $69,149,000 for 275 proprietary canine 

teams to strengthen explosives detection capabilities; and 

$3,880,000 to increase the stipend for the cooperative agreements 

to State and local canine teams. TSA is to brief the Committee on 

its progress to implement these new initiatives no later than 90 

days after the date of enactment of this act. 

AIRPORT MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT

The Committee recommends $574,926,000 for airport manage- ment and support, $2,389,000 below the amount requested in the 

budget and $121,002,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. Funds 

are provided for: the workforce to support TSA Federal security directors; BAOs; Explosives Security Specialists; the Transportation 

Security Operations Center; airport rent and furniture; a vehicle 

fleet; airport parking; and employee transit benefits. The recommended amount includes the requested transfer of funding for 
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BAOs from the ‘‘passenger and baggage screener personnel, compensation, and benefits’’ PPA and Explosives Security Specialists 

from the Federal Air Marshals ‘‘management and administration’’ 

PPA. This shift is appropriate as these employees report directly to 

Federal Security Directors. An additional $22,500,000, as requested, is provided for remote viewing rooms for AIT images. As 

noted under the ‘‘checkpoint support’’ PPA, the Committee is aware 

of efforts to develop and certify an automatic target recognition feature, which would alleviate the need for remote viewing rooms. 

TSA is to update the Committee regularly on the development of 

this technology. 

The recommendation does not include the full request to support 

the hiring of additional TSO’s due to the reduction made under the 

‘‘passenger and baggage screener, personnel, compensation, and 

benefits’’ PPA. 

FEDERAL FLIGHT DECK OFFICER AND FLIGHT CREW TRAINING

PROGRAMS

The Committee recommends $25,694,000 for Federal flight deck 

officer and flight crew training programs, the same amount as requested in the budget and $567,000 above the fiscal year 2010 

level. Funds are provided to deputize qualified airline pilots who 

volunteer to be Federal law enforcement officers. This program provides initial and recurrent law enforcement training. Funds are 

also provided for the Crew Member Self-Defense Training program 

for the purpose of teaching crew members basic self-defense concepts and techniques. 

AIR CARGO

The Committee recommends $121,554,000 for air cargo security activities, an increase of $4,000,000 above the amount requested in 

the budget and $1,295,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level. Funds 

are provided to secure the air cargo supply chain, conveyances, and 

people. The recommended amount includes the request to annualize 50 inspectors funded in fiscal year 2010 and increase cooperative agreement stipends with State and local canine teams. TSA is 

to continue regular air cargo briefings on compliance with the 100 

percent screening mandate scheduled to take effect by August 

2010. The briefings shall also discuss progress made to increase 

screening of international inbound cargo, including efforts to make 

use of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s automated targeting 

system to conduct risk screening on international inbound cargo on 

passenger aircraft. The additional $4,000,000 recommended above 

the request is to accelerate these efforts in fiscal year 2011. 

The Committee acknowledges TSA’s ongoing efforts to assist the 

fresh fruit industry to comply with new cargo scanning requirements. Several screening systems suitable for fresh fruit have been 

added to the Air Cargo Screening Technology List. The Committee 

encourages TSA to continue these efforts and expedite the approval 

of effective and suitable technologies for screening of air cargo commodities. 

The Committee includes statutory language under the ‘‘Transportation Security Support’’ appropriation restricting $50,000,000 from 

being obligated for headquarters administration until TSA submits 
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to the Committee, no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act, an expenditure plan on the allocation of air cargo 

funds, including carryover balances. Because the fiscal year 2010 

expenditure plan wasn’t submitted until 8 months into the fiscal 

year, the Committee has increased the withholding in an effort to 

encourage timely submission of materials necessary for robust and 

informed oversight. 

A general provision is included in the bill directing TSA to continue to report quarterly on air cargo screening statistics. In addition, the provision requires TSA to provide an implementation plan 

for meeting the 100 percent screening mandate if the August 2010 

deadline is not met. The Committee directs TSA to take all possible 

measures to ensure air carriers are submitting data consistent with 

current security directives, including enforcement action for noncompliance. 

PERIMETER SECURITY

Airports continue to face a wide range of risks beyond well 

known threats at passenger and baggage screening checkpoints. 

The Committee is concerned that no funding has been requested to 

address the many specific security concerns that have been identified by GAO involving commercial airport perimeters. While the 

Committee is pleased that previously appropriated funding for this 

purpose has now been obligated, it is unclear what TSA’s long-term 

plan is to address perimeter security vulnerabilities. Therefore, the 

Committee directs TSA to provide a report to the Committee no 

later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act that: (1) 

describes what actions to date TSA has taken to secure commercial 

airport perimeters; (2) provides a timeline and cost estimate to deploy and support qualified perimeter security systems at the 100 

most vulnerable commercial airports as identified by TSA and remaining commercial airports; and (3) outlines a timeline to implement perimeter security requirements either through an acquisition program or by regulation. 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $110,516,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 137,558,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 137,558,000 

Surface transportation security provides funding for personnel 

and operational resources to assess the risk of a terrorist attack on 

nonaviation modes, standards, and procedures to address those 

risks, and to ensure compliance with established regulations and 

policies. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $137,558,000 for surface transportation security, the same amount as requested in the budget and 

$27,042,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. Funds are available 

to assess the risk of terrorist attacks for all nonaviation transportation modes, issue regulations to improve the security of those 

modes, and enforce regulations to ensure the protection of the 

transportation system. In addition to amounts provided for surface 
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transporation security under this heading, the Committee has provided $350,000,000 for rail, transit, and bus security grants under 

the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s ‘‘State and Local 

Programs’’ appropriation. The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and 

budget request levels: 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Staffing and Operations ................................................................ 42,293 39,947 39,947 

Surface Transportation Security Inspectors and Canines ............. 68,223 97,611 97,611 

Total, Surface Transportation Security ............................. 110,516 137,558 137,558 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY STAFFING AND OPERATIONS

The Committee recommends $39,947,000 for surface transportation security staffing and operations, the same amount as requested in the budget and $2,346,000 below the fiscal year 2010 

level. 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY INSPECTORS AND CANINES

The Committee recommends $97,611,000 for surface transportation security inspectors and canines, the same amount as requested in the budget and $29,388,000 above the fiscal year 2010 

level. Funds are included for the annualization of 15 Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response [VIPR] teams and 100 additional 

surface transportation security inspectors funded in fiscal year 

2010, and an increase for cooperative agreement stipends with 

State and local canine teams. 

TRANSPORTATION THREAT ASSESSMENT AND CREDENTIALING

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $171,999,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 173,724,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 147,224,000 

Transportation threat assessment and credentialing includes several TSA credentialing programs: Secure Flight, Crew Vetting, 

Screening Administration and Operations, Registered Traveler, 

Transportation Worker Identification Credential, Hazardous Materials Commercial Drivers License Endorsement Program, and Alien 

Flight School. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends a direct appropriation of 

$147,224,000 for transportation threat assessment and 

credentialing, $26,500,000 below the amount requested in the 

budget and $24,775,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level. In addition, an estimated $41,220,000 in fee collections is available for 

these activities in fiscal year 2011, as proposed in the budget. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 
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TRANSPORTATION THREAT ASSESSMENT AND CREDENTIALING 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Direct Appropriations: 

Secure Flight ......................................................................... 84,363 84,637 84,637 

Crew and Other Vetting Programs ....................................... 87,636 89,087 62,587 

Subtotal, Direct Appropriations ........................................ 171,999 173,724 147,224 

Fee Collections: 

Transportation Worker Identification Credential ................... 9,000 9,200 9,200 

Hazardous Materials ............................................................. 15,000 12,000 12,000 

Alien Flight School (Transfer from DOJ) ............................... 4,000 4,000 4,000 

Certified Cargo Screening Program ...................................... 5,200 5,200 5,200 

Large Aircraft Security Program ........................................... 1,600 1,200 1,200 

Secure Identification Display Area Checks ........................... 10,000 8,000 8,000 

Other Security Threat Assessments ...................................... 100 100 100 

General Aviation at DCA ....................................................... 100 100 100 

Indirect Air Cargo ................................................................. 2,600 1,400 1,400 

Sensitive Security Information .............................................. 20 20 20 

Subtotal, Fee Collections .................................................. 47,620 41,220 41,220 

SECURE FLIGHT

The Committee recommends $84,637,000 for Secure Flight, the 

same amount as requested in the budget and $274,000 above the 

fiscal year 2010 level. As recommended by the 9/11 Commission 

and mandated by the Intelligence Reform Act, this program moves 

the responsibility of airline passenger watch list matching from the 

air carriers to the Federal Government. All passengers traveling 

within the United States and its territories are now being checked 

against terrorist watchlist data through Secure Flight. TSA expects 

all international carriers with direct flights to and from the United 

States to begin using Secure Flight by the end of calendar year 

2010. If delays occur in meeting this schedule, TSA shall brief the 

Committee on the reasons why. 

The bill includes a provision requiring the Assistant Secretary of 

Homeland Security [TSA] to certify no significant security risks are 

raised if the Secure Flight program checks airline passenger names 

against a subset of the full terrorist watchlist instead of the full 

terrorist watchlist. 

CREW AND OTHER VETTING PROGRAMS

The Committee recommends $62,587,000 for Crew and Other 

Vetting Programs, $26,500,000 below the amount requested in the 

budget and $25,049,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level. 

The Committee recommendation includes funds to annualize personnel provided in fiscal year 2010 to support vetting infrastructure improvements and pay related adjustments. 

The Committee supports TSA’s efforts to modernize its vetting 

and credentialing infrastructure, which is currently made up of disconnected and duplicative systems. This has resulted in high system complexity and lengthy adjudication processes due to manual 

reviews. TSA intends to modernize its system to address these 

issues and improve vetting and credentialing services. However, 
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following the budget submission, the Department’s Acquisition Review Board required TSA to change its acquisition strategy to include full and open competition for this modernization effort. This 

new acquisition strategy requires less development funding in fiscal year 2011 than originally budgeted. Therefore, the Committee 

recommendation includes $31,300,000 instead of $57,800,000 requested in the budget. With carryover funding, nearly $70,000,000 

is available for this effort in fiscal year 2011. TSA is to brief the 

Committee quarterly on its efforts to develop this system. 

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $1,001,780,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 1,052,369,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,047,929,000 

The transportation security support account supports the operational needs of TSA’s extensive airport/field personnel and infrastructure. Transportation security support includes: headquarters’ 

personnel, pay, benefits and support; intelligence; mission support 

centers; human capital services; and information technology support. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $1,047,929,000 for transportation 

security support activities, $4,440,000 below the amount requested 

in the budget and $46,149,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 enacted Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Headquarters Administration ..................................................................... 248,929 271,399 269,774 

Information Technology .............................................................................. 498,310 480,435 479,685 

Human Capital Services ............................................................................ 226,338 262,747 260,682 

Intelligence ................................................................................................. 28,203 37,788 37,788 

Total, Transportation Security Support ........................................ 1,001,780 1,052,369 1,047,929 

HEADQUARTERS ADMINISTRATION

The Committee recommends $269,774,000 for headquarters administration, $1,625,000 below the amount requested in the budget 

and $20,845,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. Adjustments are 

included for pay, annualization of positions added in fiscal year 

2010, and other technical realignments as proposed in the budget. 

The recommended amount includes an increase of $19,987,000, 

$1,625,000 below the amount proposed in the budget, to increase 

the number of TSA covert teams to directly support security at the 

checkpoint; background investigations of new TSOs; positions to 

support acquisition decisions, security directives, and regulatory 

and rulemaking issues; and additional personnel to enhance the 

DHS Traveler Redress Inquiry Program. 
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TSA shall continue semi-annual briefings on covert testing activities. 

Recent findings by the DHS Inspector General in report OIG–10– 

72 found that TSA ‘‘did not have an adequate number of properly 

trained core acquisition staff to administer contracts and oversee 

support services contractors’ performance.’’ Further, the report concluded that TSA ‘‘did not have reasonable assurance that contractors were performing as required, that it contracted for the services 

it needed, that it received the services it paid for, or that taxpayers 

were receiving the best value.’’ TSA’s briefing on its fiscal year 

2012 budget request shall include an update on compliance with 

the recommendations made in the report, including the agency’s review of inherently governmental functions and efforts to strengthen 

contracting officer’s technical representatives [COTR] training. 

The Committee includes bill language withholding the obligation 

of $50,000,000 for headquarters administration until: fiscal year 

2011 expenditure plans for air cargo security, explosives detection 

systems procurement and installation, and checkpoint support are 

provided to the Committee. The expenditure plans are due no later 

than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The Committee recommends $479,685,000 for information technology, $750,000 below the amount requested in the budget and 

$18,625,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level. The recommendation 

includes adjustments as requested for pay inflation; annualization 

of fiscal year 2010 funding; a reduction of one-time costs for data 

center migration; a realignment of funds to the ‘‘human capital 

services’’ PPA; additional funding for wireless communications 

technology to support the deployment of AIT units; and other information technology costs related to the fiscal year 2011 TSO staffing 

increase. The recommendation does not include the full request to 

support the hiring of additional TSOs due to the reduction made 

under the ‘‘passenger and baggage screener, personnel, compensation and benefits’’ PPA. 

HUMAN CAPITAL SERVICES

The Committee recommends $260,682,000 for human capital 

services, $2,065,000 below the amount requested in the budget and 

$34,344,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. The recommendation 

includes adjustments as requested for pay inflation, annualization 

of fiscal year 2010 funding, and a realignment of funds from the 

‘‘information technology’’ PPA. Funds are also provided for recruitment and servicing of new TSOs and support staff hired in response to the evolving threats to transportation security. The recommendation does not include the full request to support the hiring of additional TSOs due to the reduction made under the ‘‘passenger and baggage screener, personnel, compensation and benefits’’ PPA. 

INTELLIGENCE

The Committee recommends $37,788,000 for the Office of Intelligence, the same amount as requested in the budget and 
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$9,585,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. The recommendation 

includes requested adjustments for pay, annualization of intelligence positions added in fiscal year 2010, and realignment of personnel from the ‘‘headquarters administration’’ PPA. The recommendation also includes $6,620,000 to expand the Field Intelligence Officer program by 31 positions and communications equipment, as requested. 

RISK-BASED DECISIONMAKING AND BUDGETING

The Government Accountability Office has criticized TSA for not 

having a risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, or performance 

measures to guide funding decisions. Given the significant investments made for TSA activities, it is critically important that this 

work be completed. In the explanatory statement accompanying the 

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009 (signed 

into law on September 30, 2008), the Committee required TSA to 

complete a comprehensive risk analysis and its impact on resource 

allocations. Unfortunately, the first report was not submitted until 

9 months into fiscal year 2010. The Committee expects future reports to be on time as detailed in Senate Report 110–396. 

FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $860,111,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 950,015,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 950,015,000 

The Federal Air Marshals [FAMs] protect the air transportation 

system against terrorist threats, sabotage, and other acts of violence. The FAMs account provides funds for the salaries, benefits, 

travel, training, and other expenses of the program. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $950,015,000, the same amount as 

requested in the budget and $89,904,000 above the fiscal year 2010 

level. The recommendation includes the requested increase to sustain domestic flight coverage while maintaining the enhanced 

international flight coverage initiated in response to the failed terrorist attack on December 25, 2009. In order to facilitate the ability 

to place Federal Air Marshals on international flights to the United 

States that may be carrying ‘‘selectees’’, report language is included 

within Departmental Operations encouraging the Secretary to negotiate with the relevant foreign governments to permit rapid Federal Air Marshal deployments to/from such countries. 

TSA is delinquent in complying with the directive to reassess the 

long-term staffing needs of FAMs. This report shall be submitted 

promptly. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 
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FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 enacted Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Management and Administration .................................................. 762,569 822,900 822,900 

Travel and Training ....................................................................... 97,542 127,115 127,115 

Total, Federal Air Marhsals .............................................. 860,111 950,015 950,015 

COAST GUARD

SUMMARY

The Coast Guard’s primary responsibilities are the enforcement 

of all applicable Federal laws on the high seas and waters subject 

to the jurisdiction of the United States; promotion of safety of life 

and property at sea; assistance to navigation; protection of the marine environment; and maintenance of a state of readiness to function as a specialized service in the Navy in time of war, as authorized by sections 1 and 2 of title 14, United States Code. 

The Commandant of the Coast Guard reports directly to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends a total program level of 

$10,400,318,000 for the activities of the Coast Guard for fiscal year 

2011. The Committee adamantly rejects the administration’s funding proposal to reduce the Coast Guard’s capacity and capability to 

secure U.S. ports, intercept illegal migrants, interdict drug smugglers, save lives, and perform its other important missions. This illadvised proposal, if approved, would unnecessarily expand mission 

gaps, exacerbate known vulnerabilities, and reduce 1,112 Coast 

Guard billets. The request would erode the Coast Guard’s ability 

to respond to events, such as the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti 

and the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Committee recommendation includes a targeted funding increase above the request to maintain key assets, retain personnel, and replace aging 

assets. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

COAST GUARD—FUNDING SUMMARY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 enacted Fiscal year 2010 

budget request 1

Committee recommendations 

Operating Expenses ....................................................................... 6,805,391 6,650,950 6,970,681 

Environmental Compliance and Restoration ................................. 13,198 13,329 13,329 

Reserve Training ............................................................................ 133,632 135,675 135,675 

Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements ............................... 1,537,080 1,381,228 1,582,578 

Alteration of Bridges ...................................................................... 4,000 ............................ 4,000 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation .............................. 24,745 20,034 28,034 

Health Care Fund Contribution (Permanent Indefinite Appropriations) ......................................................................................... 261,000 265,321 265,321 

Retired Pay ..................................................................................... 1,361,245 1,400,700 1,400,700 
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COAST GUARD—FUNDING SUMMARY—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2010 

budget request 1

Committee 

recommendations 

Total, Coast Guard ........................................................... 10,140,291 9,867,237 10,400,318 

1 The President’s budget request includes a transfer of $254,461,000 from ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’ for overseas contingency op- erations. 

The Coast Guard will pay an estimated $265,321,000 in fiscal 

year 2011 to the Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund for 

the costs of military Medicare-eligible health benefits earned by its 

uniformed service members. The contribution is funded by permanent indefinite discretionary authority pursuant to the National 

Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2005 (Public Law 108– 

375). 

OPERATING EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $6,805,391,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 1 ......................................................................... 6,650,950,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 6,970,681,000 

1The President’s budget request includes a transfer of $254,461,000 from ‘‘Operation and 

Maintenance, Navy’’ for overseas contingency operations 

The Operating Expenses appropriation provides funds for the operation and maintenance of multipurpose vessels, aircraft, and 

shore units strategically located along the coasts and inland waterways of the United States and in selected areas overseas. The program activities of this appropriation fall into the following categories: 

Search and Rescue.—As one of its earliest and most traditional 

missions, the Coast Guard maintains a nationwide system of boats, 

aircraft, cutters, and rescue coordination centers on 24-hour alert. 

Aids to Navigation.—To help mariners determine their location 

and avoid accidents, the Coast Guard maintains a network of 

manned and unmanned aids to navigation along the Nation’s 

coasts and on its inland waterways. In addition, the Coast Guard 

operates radio stations in the United States and abroad to serve 

the needs of the armed services and marine and air commerce. 

Marine Safety.—The Coast Guard ensures compliance with Federal statutes and regulations designed to improve safety in the 

merchant marine industry and operates a recreational boating safety program. 

Marine Environmental Protection.—The primary objectives of the 

marine environmental protection program are to minimize the dangers of marine pollution and to assure the safety of ports and waterways. 

Enforcement of Laws and Treaties.—The Coast Guard is the principal maritime enforcement agency with regard to Federal laws on 

the navigable waters of the United States and the high seas, including fisheries, drug smuggling, illegal immigration, and hijacking of vessels. 

Ice Operations.—In the Arctic and Antarctic, Coast Guard icebreakers escort supply ships, support research activities and Department of Defense operations, survey uncharted waters, and col-
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lect scientific data. The Coast Guard also assists commercial vessels through ice-covered waters. 

Defense Readiness.—During peacetime, the Coast Guard maintains an effective state of military preparedness to operate as a 

service in the Navy in time of war or national emergency at the 

direction of the President. As such, the Coast Guard has primary 

responsibility for the security of ports, waterways, and navigable 

waters up to 200 miles offshore. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $6,970,681,000 for Coast Guard Operating Expenses, including $24,500,000 from the Oil Spill Liability 

Trust Fund and $594,461,000 for Coast Guard defense-related activities. Of this amount, the Committee recommends not to exceed 

$20,000 for official reception and representation expenses. 

The recommended amount is $319,731,000 above the request and 

$165,290,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

OPERATING EXPENSES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Military Pay and Allowances: 

Military Pay and Allowances ................................................. 2,718,493 2,768,886 2,795,195 

Military Healthcare ................................................................ 371,399 412,338 415,893 

Permanent Change of Station .............................................. 164,620 176,538 170,076 

Subtotal, Military Pay and Allowances ............................ 3,254,512 3,357,762 3,381,164 

Civilian Pay and Benefits .............................................................. 699,794 757,255 757,398 

Training and Recruiting: 

Training and Education ........................................................ 103,417 101,994 101,610 

Recruiting and Training Centers .......................................... 102,761 101,875 102,274 

Subtotal, Training and Recruiting ................................... 206,178 203,869 203,884 

Operating Funds and Unit Level Maintenance: 

Atlantic Area Command ........................................................ 177,474 177,823 177,835 

Pacific Area Command ......................................................... 195,943 196,994 198,099 

1st District ............................................................................ 60,074 60,599 60,610 

5th District ............................................................................ 21,941 21,854 21,901 

7th District ............................................................................ 78,338 80,557 80,499 

8th District ............................................................................ 49,276 48,360 48,269 

9th District ............................................................................ 31,672 31,189 31,483 

11th District .......................................................................... 17,641 17,749 17,749 

13th District .......................................................................... 23,060 22,824 22,824 

14th District .......................................................................... 19,289 19,098 19,109 

17th District .......................................................................... 29,829 29,647 29,647 

Headquarters Directorates .................................................... 288,630 247,636 248,502 

Headquarters Managed Units ............................................... 158,901 151,116 156,621 

Other Activities .............................................................................. 882 825 879 

Subtotal, Operating Funds and Unit Level Maintenance ........................................................................... 1,152,950 1,106,271 1,114,027 

Centrally Managed Accounts ......................................................... 334,275 345,831 346,949 

Immediate and Depot Level Maintenance: 

Aeronautical .......................................................................... 365,291 329,023 329,860 

Electronic .............................................................................. 155,101 164,366 164,694 
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OPERATING EXPENSES—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Civil/Ocean Engineering & Shore Facilities .......................... 183,929 180,890 180,890 

Vessel .................................................................................... 211,858 205,683 217,354 

Subtotal, Intermediate and Depot Level Maintenance .... 916,179 879,962 892,798 

Marine Safety and Response Personnel ........................................ ............................ ............................ 20,000 

Overseas Contingency Operations ................................................. 241,503 (1) 254,461 

Total, Operating Expenses ................................................ 6,805,391 6,650,950 6,970,681 

1 The President’s budget includes a transfer of $254,461,000 from ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’ for overseas contingency operations. 

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

The Committee provides $254,461,000 for Coast Guard operations in support of overseas contingency operations requirements. 

While funding for these activities was requested in the Department 

of Defense budget for the Navy, the Committee adopted a practice 

beginning in the fiscal year 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act 

to appropriate these amounts directly to the Coast Guard. The 

Committee continues this practice and urges the administration to 

budget for Coast Guard overseas contingency operations under the 

Department of Homeland Security in future budget requests. The 

Coast Guard shall brief the Committee no later than September 10, 

2010, on any changes expected during fiscal year 2011 on its mission in Iraq. 

GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL RESPONSE

The Coast Guard has been responding to the oil spill in the Gulf 

of Mexico since the day the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon exploded. British Petroleum and any other responsible party under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 are legally charged 

with paying for the cost of the response and damages that result 

from the oil spill and must reimburse any funds expended by any 

entity receiving funds within this act in response to the oil spill. 

The large deployments of personnel, cutters, and aircraft from 

operational commands nationwide have exacerbated the Coast 

Guard’s readiness challenges and put at risk its ability to execute 

statutory missions, including responding to future disasters. In a 3- 

month period, nearly 2,400 Coast Guard personnel (5 percent of its 

workforce) have deployed for extended durations to the Gulf in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This personnel surge has 

created gaps in key leadership positions around the Nation as Sector Commanders, Deputies, and Flag Officers have deployed to the 

Gulf of Mexico. The 17 cutters on-scene supporting clean-up efforts 

have suffered 77 equipment related failures to date, damaging an 

already fragile fleet. Because of this surge in personnel, cutters, 

and aircraft, the Coast Guard has scaled back efforts in other mission areas such as facility inspections, law enforcement, and aids 

to navigation. The Committee expects this situation to be properly 

monitored and encourages the President to address any Coast 

Guard requirements as soon as possible to deal with its long-term 
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presence in the Gulf of Mexico. Further, the Secretary is to devise 

a plan to minimize the diversion of personnel and assets from critical Coast Guard sectors and districts nationwide. 

REDUCTION IN CONTRACTOR RELIANCE

The Committee supports the Coast Guard’s efforts to reduce its 

reliance on contractors. The recommended level includes a reduction of $14,500,000, as requested, in savings resulting from the 

insourcing of professional services contracts to Government service. 

The Committee is to be briefed on the Coast Guard’s plans to 

achieve these savings no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

ASSET DECOMMISSIONINGS

The budget request proposes to decommission 19 different assets 

including surface, air, and Maritime Safety and Security Teams 

[MSSTs]. The Committee recommendation partially denies the request by continuing $13,460,000 and 368 positions for two High 

Endurance Cutters [HECs], $5,503,000 and 68 positions for five 

HH–65 helicopters, and $21,811,000 and 440 positions for five 

MSSTs. This recommendation is consistent with the unfunded priorities listed by the Coast Guard Commandant during testimony 

before the Committee on April 13, 2010. Changes from the President’s request are described below. 

High Endurance Cutters.—Legacy HECs, with an average age of 

42 years, require significant maintenance budgets to sustain. The 

Committee has supported efforts to replace these assets through 

the acquisition of National Security Cutters [NSCs] and has appropriated over $2,431,000,000 for this effort to date. Two NSCs are 

anticipated to be operational by 2011, thereby allowing the Coast 

Guard to begin retiring its HEC fleet. However, the request proposes to retire four HECs with only two NSCs to replace them. 

This decision would limit the Coast Guard’s ability to perform drug 

and illegal migrant interdiction, fisheries enforcement, and other 

missions requiring the sea-keeping capabilities of an HEC. Therefore, the recommendation allows for the decommissioning of two 

HECs, instead of four as requested in the budget, saving 3,330 cutter hours that otherwise would have been cut. 

Rotary Wing Capacity.—The Committee denies the proposal to 

decommission five HH–65 helicopters from active service and close 

two seasonal air facilities in Muskegon, Michigan, and Waukegan, 

Illinois. The proposal is dependent on four HH–60 helicopters being 

permanently relocated to Coast Guard Station Traverse City, 

Michigan. Subsequent to the request, one of the HH–60 helicopters, 

proposed for transfer, crashed and is no longer operable. In addition, two other HH–65 helicopters and one additional HH–60 helicopter have been lost in recent accidents. As a result of these incidents, the budget request cannot be executed as proposed without 

a detrimental impact to other Coast Guard locations. Further, 

given the Coast Guard’s significant rotary wing mission hour gap, 

it makes little sense to decommission five aircraft from a fleet that 

has been recently re-engined to increase aircraft performance. 

The helicopters stationed at the air facilities in Muskegon, Michigan, and Waukegan, Illinois, are critical to the safety of Great 
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Lakes mariners and recreational users. The Coast Guard is to work 

with the Committee on the future missions of these air facilities. 

Maritime Safety and Security Teams [MSSTs].—The Committee 

denies the request to eliminate 5 of 12 MSSTs. These teams were 

created pursuant to the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 

2002 to enhance the Coast Guard’s port security posture. These 

teams are designed to be a rapid response force in the event of a 

terrorist attack in a maritime environment. They provide protection of critical infrastructure, conduct law enforcement operations, 

and provide force protection of Department of Defense outloads. In 

addition, MSSTs are deployed to support security at National Special Security Events and to respond to disasters such as Hurricane 

Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. During fiscal year 

2009, MSSTs were deployed 235 times for over 2,500 days. Decommissioning five MSSTs would severely reduce the Coast Guard security presence in our critical ports and present greater demands 

to ensure optimal and expedient mobilization during an emerging 

incident. 

No later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this act, 

the Coast Guard is to brief the Committee on the results of its comprehensive analysis of the MSST program, as recommended in the 

OIG report (OIG–10–89). 

NORTH PACIFIC PATROLS

The President’s budget request, which proposes to decommission 

four High Endurance Cutters [HECs] and one Medium Endurance 

Cutter, does not include sufficient resources to adequately patrol 

the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands. The 

recommendation includes $13,460,000 and 368 positions to continue operations, crewing, and maintenance of two of the four 

HECs proposed to be decommissioned, which will enable the Coast 

Guard to maintain current major cutter patrol presence and response in the operational areas described above. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT DETACHMENTS

The Committee recommends an increase of $3,609,000 for the 

Law Enforcement Detachment [LEDET] program, as requested. 

LEDETs are used in the maritime environment for drug interdiction and security operations. This investment addresses a rise in 

the demand for these units by expanding the size of each of the 17 

existing LEDET teams from 11 to 12 personnel and creates a new 

12-person LEDET. This also strengthens the Coast Guard’s maritime narcotics interdiction capacity, specifically by supporting Combatant Commanders and counter-drug operations in the Caribbean 

and Eastern Pacific. 

MARINE SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS

The administration’s request to cut active-duty personnel by 

nearly 3 percent would leave the Coast Guard less able to prevent 

and respond to catastrophes such as the ongoing oil spill in the 

Gulf of Mexico. To meet the challenges of a growing maritime industry, more inspectors and investigators are needed to assist in 

the protection of the environment and natural resources. The rec-
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ommendation includes $20,000,000 more than the budget request 

to improve the Coast Guard’s capacity and competencies in its Marine Safety workforce, adding 176 positions to improve regulation, 

enforcement, and compliance of the maritime industry, including 

the offshore oil industry. This initiative will strengthen the Coast 

Guard’s core marine safety competencies with focus on standards 

development, mariner licensing and documentation, casualty investigation and analysis, and compliance, in accordance with the 

Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Improvement Plan. 

CRITICAL DEPOT LEVEL MAINTENANCE

The Committee recommends $10,000,000 above the budget request to address the Coast Guard’s critical depot level maintenance 

backlog for its aging assets. The request proposes to cut 

$45,000,000 for this purpose, which is unwise given the significant 

shore depot level maintenance backlog, shortage of spare parts, and 

an increase in mission degrading equipment failures to its fleet. A 

similar increase provided in the fiscal year 2009 supplemental appropriations act has paid significant dividends through the increased availability of Coast Guard high endurance cutters to support the administration’s drug interdiction strategy. 

NATIONAL MARITIME CENTER

The Committee recommendation includes $17,500,000 for the National Maritime Center, as requested. 

OPERATIONS SYSTEMS CENTER

The Operations Systems Center [OSC] continues to experience 

steady growth in both the number of systems being developed and 

the number of people required to support those systems. Currently, 

over 550 Government and contractor personnel work at the OSC. 

The existing main facility space has been at capacity for 5 years 

and it will not accommodate expected growth to over 900 staff. The 

planned expansion project will facilitate the consolidation of the 

current workforce from multiple satellite locations and temporary 

trailers to a permanent structure, as well as improve the delivery 

of information technology services through the amalgamation of 

software development and support activities dispersed throughout 

the Coast Guard. A prospectus incorporating the Coast Guard’s requirements for a competitively awarded lease has been approved by 

the administration and forwarded to Congress for consideration. 

The Committee encourages the Coast Guard to include any required buildout and any other tenant related costs in the President’s fiscal year 2012 budget request. 

MARITIME PATROL AIRCRAFT FOLLOW-ON

The recommendation does not include $5,504,000 requested for 

operations and maintenance [O&M] for Maritime Patrol Aircraft 

[MPA] #12. Due to MPA acquisition delays, the delivery of this aircraft is not expected until fiscal year 2012, thereby negating the 

need for O&M funding in fiscal year 2011. 
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NATIONAL STRIKE FORCE COORDINATION CENTER

The Committee approves the request to re-align the National 

Strike Force Coordination Center’s [NSFCC] functional responsibilities within the Deployable Operations Group and the Coast 

Guard’s Office of Incident Management and Preparedness. The 

Committee expects that the capabilities currently provided by the 

NSFCC will remain intact, including all coordination and support 

for the National Strike Force teams. The Committee is concerned 

that the Coast Guard’s focus on the environmental response mission has been diluted by the increased demands of other homeland 

security missions. In fact, according to the Abstract of Operations 

reports submitted quarterly to the Committee, the Coast Guard 

has experienced over a 45 percent decrease in mission hours dedicated to the Marine Environmental Response mission since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The Committee directs the 

Commandant to submit a transition plan to the Committee, including: (1) a description of all existing functions and capabilities of the 

NSFCC and identification of where each of those functions will be 

re-aligned within either the Deployable Operations Group or the 

Office of Incident Management and Preparedness, (2) a detailed 

listing of the 17 NSFCC positions to be reassigned and description 

of how those positions will maintain dedicated support to the National Strike Force within their realigned location, and (3) identification of any personnel or resource gaps within the National 

Strike Force teams that need to be addressed due to this re-alignment and the increased response requirements incurred by the 

Deepwater Horizon oil spill and/or other recent major oil and hazardous material spills. 

AVIATION SAFETY ASSESSMENT

Since 2008, the Coast Guard’s aircraft fleet has suffered six serious accidents (one HC–130H, three HH–65s, and two HH–60s). The 

Coast Guard has undertaken an effort to look into the cause of 

these incidents, including an evaluation of training, operations, and 

maintenance procedures. Once completed, the results of the assessment shall be briefed to the Committee, including recommended solutions to improve the safety of aviation operations. 

MARINE DEBRIS REMOVAL

Marine debris is an increasing problem that is manifesting itself 

in all U.S. waters. The Committee directs the Coast Guard to provide a report no later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 

this act on its activities focused on marine debris removal, including dedicated resources. The Committee encourages the Coast 

Guard to include sufficient resources for these activities in the 

President’s annual budget submission to Congress. 

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT

The Coast Guard shall continue to periodically brief the Committee on its efforts to address material weaknesses in its financial 

management enterprise that prevent accurate, complete, and timely financial information. These weaknesses have contributed to the 

inability of financial auditors to provide an unqualified opinion on 
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the Department’s balance sheets. The Coast Guard is to continue 

working with the Department’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer 

on these efforts. 

POLAR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING

The Committee notes the budget request once again does not 

transfer operating and maintenance funds for the polar icebreakers 

from the National Science Foundation [NSF] to the Coast Guard 

despite congressional direction to the contrary. Public Law 111–117 

transfers $54,000,000 from the NSF to the Coast Guard for 

icebreaking services to cover all anticipated operation and maintenance costs for fiscal year 2010. For fiscal year 2012, the Committee expects the operating and maintenance budget authority 

and associated FTE to be included in the Coast Guard’s budget request. 

The Coast Guard expects the Polar Star to be reactivated in fiscal year 2013. In keeping with the standard practice of crewing 

ships in advance to ensure appropriate training and readiness, 

fielding a crew for the Polar Star is required in fiscal year 2012. 

The Committee expects sufficient funding to be included in the 

Coast Guard’s fiscal year 2012 request for this purpose. 

The Committee also notes that the Coast Guard’s analysis of national mission needs in the high latitude regions has yet to be completed. This effort was funded in fiscal year 2009 to inform the national polar policy debate. The results of this study are to be submitted expeditiously and include projected assets and resources 

necessary to address identified requirements. 

COAST GUARD YARD

The Committee recognizes the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, 

Maryland, is a critical component of the Coast Guard’s core logistics capability which directly supports fleet readiness. The Committee further recognizes the Yard has been a vital part of the 

Coast Guard’s readiness and infrastructure for more than 100 

years and believes that sufficient industrial work should be assigned to the Yard to maintain this capability. 

NATIONAL VESSEL DOCUMENTATION CENTER

The Committee understands that user fee collections, which help 

pay for Coast Guard activities at the National Vessel Documentation Center [NVDC], have fallen significantly due to the economic 

downturn. The Committee directs the Coast Guard to avoid any reduction in the NVDC’s Government-employed or contract staff levels, ordinarily funded through proprietary receipts made available 

in this or any other act by reassigning such staff to nonfee-related 

Coast Guard activities. 

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WITHOLDING

In an effort to encourage timely submissions to the Committees 

of materials necessary for robust and informed oversight, the Committee withholds $75,000,000 from obligation from the Coast 

Guard’s ‘‘Headquarters Directorates’’ until the Quarterly Acquisition Report for the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, Revised 
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Deepwater Implementation Plan, and a comprehensive 5-year Capital Investment Plan for fiscal years 2012–2016 have been submitted. 

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $13,198,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 13,329,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 13,329,000 

The Environmental Compliance and Restoration account provides 

funds to address environmental problems at former and current 

Coast Guard units as required by applicable Federal, State, and 

local environmental laws and regulations. Planned expenditures for 

these funds include major upgrades to petroleum and regulated 

substance storage tanks, restoration of contaminated ground water 

and soils, remediation efforts at hazardous substance disposal sites, 

and initial site surveys and actions necessary to bring Coast Guard 

shore facilities and vessels into compliance with environmental 

laws and regulations. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $13,329,000 for environmental compliance and restoration, $131,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level 

and the same as the budget request. 

RESERVE TRAINING

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $133,632,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 135,675,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 135,675,000 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $135,675,000, as proposed in the 

budget, for Reserve Training. This is $2,043,000 more than the fiscal year 2010 level. 

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $1,537,080,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 1,381,228,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,582,578,000 

Funding in this account supports Coast Guard plans for fleet expansion and improvement. This funding provides for the acquisition, construction, and improvement [AC&I] of vessels, aircraft, information management resources, shore facilities, and aids to navigation required to execute the Coast Guard’s missions and achieve 

its performance goals. 

Vessels.—The Coast Guard continues to acquire multi-mission 

platforms that use advanced technology to reduce life-cycle operating costs. 

Integrated Deepwater Systems [Deepwater].—The Deepwater capability replacement project is a multi-year, performance-based acquisition that will replace or modernize the major Coast Guard cutters, offshore patrol boats, fixed wing aircraft, multi-missioned helicopters, and the communications equipment, sensors, and logistics 

systems required to maintain and operate them. 
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Other Equipment.—The Coast Guard invests in numerous management information and decision support systems that will result 

in increased efficiencies, including Rescue 21 (formerly the National Distress and Response System Modernization Project), and 

the Nationwide Automatic Identification System. 

Shore Facilities.—The Coast Guard invests in modern structures 

that are more energy-efficient, comply with regulatory codes, minimize follow-on maintenance requirements, and replace existing dilapidated structures. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $1,582,578,000 for acquisitions, construction, and improvements, including $20,000,000 from the Oil 

Spill Liability Trust Fund. The recommended amount is 

$201,350,000 above the request and $45,498,000 above the fiscal 

year 2010 level. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Vessels: 

Response Boat-Medium ........................................................ 121,000 42,000 62,000 

140’ Icebreaker Fleet Refurbishment ................................... ............................ ............................ 21,200 

Subtotal, Vessels .............................................................. 121,000 42,000 83,200 

Other Equipment: 

Rescue 21 ............................................................................. 117,000 36,000 36,000 

High Frequency Recapitalization .......................................... 2,500 ............................ ............................

Interagency Operation Centers ............................................. 10,000 ............................ ............................

Subtotal, Other Equipment ............................................... 129,500 36,000 36,000 

Personnel and Related Support: 

Core Acquisition Costs .......................................................... 500 510 510 

Direct Personnel Costs .......................................................... 104,700 107,051 107,051 

Subtotal, Personnel and Related Support ........................ 105,200 107,561 107,561 

Integrated Deepwater Systems: 

Aircraft: 

Maritime Patrol Aircraft ............................................... 138,500 40,000 49,000 

HH–60 Conversions ...................................................... 45,900 32,000 32,000 

HC–130H Conversions/Sustainment ............................ 45,300 25,000 25,000 

HH–65 Conversion/Sustainment .................................. 38,000 ............................ ............................

HC–130J Fleet Introduction ......................................... 1,300 4,000 4,000 

Unmanned Aircraft Systems ........................................ ............................ ............................ 2,000 

Subtotal, Aircraft ..................................................... 269,000 101,000 112,000 

Surface Ships: 

National Security Cutter .............................................. 389,480 538,002 648,002 

Offshore Patrol Cutter .................................................. 9,800 45,000 45,000 

Fast Response Cutter .................................................. 243,000 240,000 240,000 

IDS Small Boats ........................................................... 3,000 3,000 3,000 

Patrol Boat Sustainment ............................................. 23,000 ............................ ............................

Medium Endurance Cutter Sustainment ..................... 31,100 30,000 30,000 

Polar Icebreaker Sustainment ...................................... 27,300 ............................ ............................
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ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

High Endurance Cutter Sustainment ........................... 4,000 ............................ ............................

Subtotal, Surface ..................................................... 730,680 856,002 966,002 

Technology Obsolescence Prevention .................................... 1,900 1,000 1,000 

C4ISR .................................................................................... 35,000 30,500 30,500 

Logistics ................................................................................ 37,700 50,000 50,000 

Systems Engineering and Management ............................... 35,000 29,000 29,000 

Government Program Management ...................................... 45,000 45,000 45,000 

Subtotal, Integrated Deepwater System ........................... 1,154,280 1,112,502 1,233,502 

Shore Facilities and Aids to Navigation ........................................ 27,100 69,200 108,350 

Military Housing ............................................................................. ............................ 13,965 13,965 

Total, Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements ....... 1,537,080 1,381,228 1,582,578 

RESPONSE BOAT-MEDIUM

The Committee recommends $62,000,000 for the Response BoatMedium [RB–M] acquisition, $20,000,000 above the budget request. 

These funds will allow the Coast Guard to purchase 19 RB–Ms in 

fiscal year 2011, 9 more than requested. The RB–M is a critical 

asset for the Coast Guard to replace aging 41-foot Utility Boats acquired in the early 1970s and will serve as a platform for 

boardings, search and rescues, and port security. Recent studies 

have identified the lack of response boats as an impediment to fully 

implementing the Coast Guard’s mission requirements. The Committee notes that the RB–M project continues to meet cost, schedule, and performance parameters. 

ICEBREAKING CAPABILITIES IN THE GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEAST

The Coast Guard’s aging fleet of nine 140-foot icebreaking tugs 

is critical to operations on the Great Lakes and Northeast coast. 

These tugs help clear shipping channels in the winter, and support 

law enforcement operations and enforce environmental regulations 

in all seasons. However, most of these vessels have been operating 

year round under taxing conditions for more than 30 years and are 

now in need of refurbishment to be able to sustain their high-operational tempo. The Committee provides $21,200,000 to begin a 10-year service 

life extension on all nine of the Coast Guard’s 140-foot icebreaking 

tugs operating in the Great Lakes and along the Northeast coast. 

Included in this amount is $8,000,000 in nonrecurring engineering 

(survey and design) costs and $13,200,000 for refurbishment of the 

first hull. 

RESCUE 21

The Committee provides $36,000,000 for Rescue 21, as requested. 

Rescue 21 is the Coast Guard’s command, control and communications system to improve the ability to assist mariners in distress 

and save lives and property at sea. Rescue 21 is replacing the leg-
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acy National Distress and Response System and is being deployed 

in stages. As requested, funds will complete deployment at Sectors 

Detroit; Los Angeles/Long Beach; Honolulu; San Juan; Guam; and 

Buffalo. The Coast Guard is directed to continue quarterly briefings 

on the status of the program, including any changes to the schedule outlined in the request. The Committee expects funding for deployment of Rescue 21 to the Western Rivers will be requested in 

the Coast Guard’s fiscal year 2012 budget request. 

NATIONWIDE AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

The request includes no funding for the Nationwide Automatic 

Identification System [NAIS], which is the Coast Guard’s system to 

identify, track, and exchange information with vessels operating in 

or approaching U.S. waters. The Coast Guard estimates that deployment of the system will not be completed until 2015; 13 years 

after Congress mandated that vessels be equipped with automatic 

identification system technology. Currently, Coast Guard available 

balances for NAIS allow for deployment of the permanent solution 

(receive and transmit capability) to just 3 of 35 sectors. The Committee encourages the Coast Guard to request adequate resources 

in fiscal year 2012 to further deploy the NAIS solution to additional sectors. The Coast Guard is to brief the Committee no later 

than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act on its plans 

for sector deployment. 

AC&I PERSONNEL

The Committee provides $107,561,000 for personnel and related 

support, as requested. 

DEEPWATER FUNDING

The Committee recommends $1,233,502,000 for Deepwater, 

$121,000,000 above the amount requested and $79,222,000 above 

the fiscal year 2010 level. Details of major procurements under this 

program and other acquisitions are provided below. 

MARITIME PATROL AIRCRAFT

The Committee recommends $49,000,000 for the Maritime Patrol 

Aircraft [MPA], $9,000,000 above the budget request. Funds are 

recommended for the acquisition of one aircraft (#15), which will 

provide an additional 1,200 hours to address the Coast Guard’s 

MPA flight-hour gap. The amount above the request funds an additional mission system pallet [MSP] and sparing. The Coast Guard 

is behind schedule in producing MSPs for its fleet of MPAs. Closing 

this gap will accelerate the deployment of fully missionized aircraft 

to the field. 

UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

In addition to funding included for the ship-based Unmanned 

Aircraft Systems [UAS] project in the Committee’s recommendation 

for ‘‘Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation,’’ the Committee 

includes $2,000,000 in this account to accelerate pre-acquisition activities in accordance with the Coast Guard’s Major Systems Acquisition Manual ‘‘Analyze/Select’’ Phase for the ship-based UAS. 
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NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTER

The recommendation includes $648,002,000 for the National Security Cutter [NSC] acquisition, $110,000,000 above the budget request. The Committee disagrees with the administration’s decision 

to delay funding for the 6th NSC. The NSC program, which is already 2 years behind schedule, will be further delayed without additional funds. The 12 legacy cutters the NSC will replace are frequently out of service due to unscheduled maintenance requirements. These 12 cutters lose an average of 250 operational days 

per year due to unplanned maintenance, which is directly impacting the Coast Guard’s ability to perform its many missions. Funds 

are provided to complete production of NSC #5, as requested, and 

for long lead-time materials for NSC #6, which avoids additional 

project costs and recapitalization delays associated with a break in 

NSC production. Funding long lead-time material for NSC #6 in 

conjunction with production funding for NSC #5 is consistent with 

the Department of Homeland Security’s approved Acquisition Program Baseline for the NSC program. 

The Committee strongly supports the procurement of one National Security Cutter per year until all eight planned ships are 

procured. The continuation of production without a break will ensure that these ships, which are vital to the Coast Guard’s mission, 

are procured at the lowest cost, and that they enter the Coast 

Guard fleet as soon as possible. 

FAST RESPONSE CUTTER

The Committee recommends $240,000,000 for the Coast Guard’s 

Fast Response Cutter [FRC], as requested. This funding will allow 

the Coast Guard to acquire four FRC hulls (9–12). The first FRC 

is scheduled for delivery in fiscal year 2011 and will be fully operational in fiscal year 2012. The Committee expects the Coast Guard 

to continue quarterly briefings to the Committee on the status of 

this procurement, including critical decision points and dates; status of service life extensions of the existing 110-foot patrol boats; 

and patrol boat operational metrics. 

MEDIUM ENDURANCE CUTTER SUSTAINMENT

The recommendation includes $30,000,000 for the Medium Endurance Cutter [WMEC] Sustainment Project, as requested. Funding will complete sustainment work on three 270-foot cutters. This 

funding is intended to improve mission effectiveness of these vessels to allow them to meet their goals for program availability 

through the remainder of their service lives. This program has 

been successful in significantly reducing the number of major 

equipment failures on these vessels resulting in a much higher percentage of time they are fully mission capable. The Committee is 

concerned that the total funding in the fiscal year 2011–15 Capital 

Investment Plan for the WMEC Sustainment project is $20,700,000 

less than the project’s approved Acquisition Program Baseline cost 

estimate. Work items will be scaled back and the last two 270-foot 

WMECs will not undergo the sustainment project. Given the success of this program in mitigating fleet equipment failures and 

delays in fielding a replacement asset (Offshore Patrol Cutter), the 
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Committee encourages the Coast Guard to reconsider this decision 

as it develops its fiscal year 2012 budget request. 

PATROL BOAT SUSTAINMENT

No funding is identified in the fiscal year 2011–15 Capital Investment Plan for patrol boat sustainment due to the administration’s decision to de-scope the project. This decision means that 17 

instead of 20 patrol boats will undergo sustainment. While the 

Coast Guard is in the process of acquiring 58 FRCs to replace the 

legacy patrol fleet (which has well surpassed its expected service 

life), only 22 are expected to be delivered by the end of fiscal year 

2015. This should reinforce the need to sustain the legacy fleet 

until replacements are deployed. The Committee encourages the 

Coast Guard to reconsider this decision as it develops its fiscal year 

2012 budget request. 

OFFSHORE PATROL CUTTER

The recommendation includes $45,000,000 for the Offshore Patrol Cutter [OPC], as requested. Funding provides for pre-acquisition activities. The Committee expects the Coast Guard to provide 

quarterly briefings to the Committee on the status of this procurement, including critical decision points and dates. Further, in accordance with section 511 of this act, no funds may be used in contravention of the Buy American Act, including the procurement of 

main propulsion engines for the OPC. 

POLAR ICEBREAKER SUSTAINMENT

The Coast Guard shall continue to periodically brief the Committee on progress made to reactivate CGC Polar Star. According 

to the Coast Guard, reactivation work will be completed by 2013, 

increasing the fleet of operational polar icebreakers to three. As 

discussed in the ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ section of this report, the 

Committee expects sufficient funding to be requested in fiscal year 

2012 to field a crew for the vessel. 

The Committee recently learned that the Polar Sea has been unexpectedly taken out of service due to excessive wear in its main 

diesel engines and will likely be in a maintenance status and unavailable for operations until at least January 2011. As a result of 

this situation, the scheduled fall 2010 Arctic patrol will be cancelled as will an Antarctic Operation Deep Freeze standby period 

(December 2010–January 2011). The Committee is aware of a rootcause failure-analysis into the underlying cause of the engine wear. 

The Committee is to be briefed on its results upon its completion 

and the Coast Guard’s plans to address them. 

DEEPWATER EXPENDITURE PLAN

The Coast Guard is directed to brief the Committee on its fiscal 

year 2011 Deepwater expenditure plan no later than 60 days after 

the date of enactment of this act. The briefing shall be consistent 

with the Deepwater expenditure plan requirements set forth in 

Public Law 110–329. 
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QUARTERLY ACQUISITION REPORTS

The Commandant is directed to continue to submit to the Committee quarterly acquisition and mission emphasis reports consistent with deadlines articulated under section 360 of division I of 

Public Law 108–7. The Coast Guard shall continue submitting 

these reports in the same format as required in fiscal year 2010. 

In addition, for each asset covered, the reports should present the 

objective for operational hours the Coast Guard expects to achieve, 

the gap between that objective and current capabilities, and how 

the acquisition of the specific asset closes the gap. The information 

should include a discussion of how the Coast Guard calculated the 

operational hours, an explanation on risks to mission performance 

associated with the current shortfall, and the operational strategy 

to mitigate such risks. 

GAO DEEPWATER REVIEW

The GAO is directed to continue its oversight of the Deepwater 

program, including a continued focus on acquisitions nearing critical decision points and Coast Guard progress in functioning as the 

systems integrator. GAO has informed the Committee that the 

Coast Guard has not completed its planned fleet mix analysis that 

was intended to revalidate the quantities of assets needed to meet 

mission needs. The Coast Guard is to complete this analysis and 

submit the results no later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this act. GAO shall provide an assessment of the report as 

part of its annual review of the Deepwater program. 

COAST GUARD MILITARY HOUSING

The Committee provides $13,965,000, as requested, for the recapitalization, improvement, and/or acquisition of housing to support military families. 

COAST GUARD SECTOR HONOLULU COMMAND AND INTERAGENCY

OPERATION CENTER

The amount recommended for shore facilities includes 

$18,100,000 in additional funding to begin construction of the Sector Honolulu Command and Interagency Operation Center. The 

Coast Guard should take a phased approach to this project to fully 

utilize the funds available. 

COAST GUARD STATION CLEVELAND HARBOR

The amount recommended for shore facilities includes 

$21,050,000 in additional funding for the Coast Guard Station 

Cleveland Harbor/Marine Safety Unit, Ohio, recapitalization 

project. This will allow the Coast Guard to proceed with work on 

additional phases of the project. Maintaining the phased approach 

to this work will maximize the use of available funds. 

SHORE AC&I NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND PIER

The amount recommended for shore facilities includes 

$23,500,000, as requested, to rehabilitate an existing pier at Naval 

Station Newport where Coast Guard buoy tenders moor. 
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CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN

The Commandant is to submit to the Committee a comprehensive capital investment plan each year at the time the President’s 

budget is submitted to the Congress. 

UNFUNDED PRIORITIES

The Committee directs the Commandant to provide to the Congress, at the time of the President’s budget submission, a list of approved but unfunded Coast Guard priorities and the funds needed 

for each. 

ALTERATION OF BRIDGES

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $4,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,000,000 

Under the provisions of the Truman-Hobbs Act of June 21, 1940 

(33 U.S.C. 511 et seq.), the Coast Guard, as the Federal Government’s agent, is required to share with owners the cost of altering 

railroad and publicly owned highway bridges which obstruct the 

free movement of navigation on navigable waters of the United 

States in accordance with the formula established in 33 U.S.C. 516. 

Alteration of obstructive highway bridges is eligible for funding 

from the Federal-Aid Highways program. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $4,000,000 above the request for the 

Union Pacific Railroad Bridge in Clinton, Iowa. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $24,745,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 20,034,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 28,034,000 

The Coast Guard’s Research and Development program develops 

techniques, methods, hardware, and systems that directly contribute to increasing the productivity and effectiveness of the Coast 

Guard’s operating missions. This account provides funds to operate 

and maintain the Coast Guard Research and Development Center. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $28,034,000 for the Coast Guard’s 

research, development, test, and evaluation activities, $8,000,000 

above the budget request and $3,289,000 above the fiscal year 2010 

level. 

Included in the amount recommended by the Committee is 

$8,000,000 above the request for ship-based unmanned aircraft system [UAS]. This funding, in addition to amounts previously appropriated, is required to purchase the necessary shipboard integration equipment and support an advanced concept technology demonstration. An additional $2,000,000 is included for the ship-based 

UAS in the Committee’s recommendation for ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements.’’ 
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With regard to land-based UAS, the Committee urges the Coast 

Guard to continue cooperation with U.S. Southern Command 

[USSOUTHCOM] in its evaluation of unmanned aircraft systems. 

Many of USSOUTHCOM’s maritime patrol missions closely correlate with the Coast Guard’s maritime missions. 

The Committee encourages the Coast Guard to research and develop a composite or hybrid-composite year-round ice buoy that will 

possess equivalent characteristics to legacy buoys. 

RETIRED PAY

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $1,361,245,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 1,400,700,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,400,700,000 

This account provides for the retired pay of military personnel of 

the Coast Guard and Coast Guard Reserve, members of the former 

Lighthouse Service, and for annuities payable to beneficiaries of retired military personnel under the retired serviceman’s family protection plan (10 U.S.C. 1431–1446) and survivor benefit plan (10 

U.S.C. 1447–1455); payments for career status bonuses under the 

National Defense Authorization Act; and payments for medical care 

of retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents 

Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C., ch. 55). 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $1,400,700,000, as proposed in the 

budget, for retired pay. This amount is $39,455,000 above the fiscal 

year 2010 level. 

UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $1,478,669,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 1,567,642,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,571,642,000 

The United States Secret Service’s [USSS], salaries and expenses 

appropriation provides funds for the security of the President, the 

Vice President, and other dignitaries and designated individuals; 

for enforcement of laws relating to obligations and securities of the 

United States and laws relating to financial crimes; and for protection of the White House and other buildings within the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $1,571,642,000 for Salaries and Expenses. This is an increase of $92,973,000 from the fiscal year 2010 

level and $4,000,000 above the amount proposed in the budget. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 
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UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE—SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Headquarters, Management and Administration ...................................... 221,045 253,176 253,176 

Protection: 

Protection of Persons and Facilities ................................................. 755,521 792,042 792,042 

Protective Intelligence Activities ....................................................... 67,824 68,914 68,914 

National Special Security Event Fund .............................................. 1,000 1,000 1,000 

Presidential Candidate Nominee Protection ..................................... ........................ 17,867 17,867 

White House Mail Screening ............................................................. 22,415 25,315 25,315 

Subtotal, Protection ...................................................................... 846,760 905,138 905,138 

Investigations: 

Domestic Field Operations ................................................................ 260,892 257,412 261,412 

International Field Office Administration, Operations, and Training ................................................................................................ 30,705 31,171 31,171 

Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program and Electronic Crimes 

Task Forces ................................................................................... 56,541 57,158 57,158 

Support for Missing and Exploited Children .................................... 8,366 8,366 8,366 

Subtotal, Investigations ............................................................... 356,504 354,107 358,107 

Training: Rowley Training Center .............................................................. 54,360 55,221 55,221 

Total, Salaries and Expenses ....................................................... 1,478,669 1,567,642 1,571,642 

DOMESTIC INVESTIGATIONS

The Committee recommends $261,412,000, an increase of 

$4,000,000 above the request, for domestic field office investigations, administration, operations, and training. Given that protecting the U.S. currency and conducting financial fraud investigations was the first responsibility given to the USSS when it was 

established in 1865 and represents approximately half of its current mission, the Committee is disappointed that the President’s 

budget requests a $3,480,000 reduction in this program from the 

fiscal year 2010 level. In fiscal year 2009, the Secret Service made 

5,035 domestic financial crimes arrests; 2,506 domestic counterfeit 

arrests; conducted 650 seizures totaling $142,000,000 in criminal 

proceeds; prosecuted financial and cybercrime cases involving 

$443,000,000 in total actual loss; and prevented $1,800,000,000 in 

total potential loss. These figures do not include the Secret Service’s successful investigation into the network intrusion of Heartland Payment Systems. This investigation revealed that data from 

more than 130 million credit card accounts was at risk of being 

compromised and transferred to a command and control server operated by a transnational criminal group involved in other ongoing 

Secret Service investigations. The potential loss in this case is approximately $65,000,000,000. Given the magnitude of these investigations and their impact on both our financial system and individual citizens, the Committee believes it is imperative that the Secret Service be provided the resources it needs to perform its many 

missions. 

These additional funds are solely for additional investigations activities, including mortgage and other financial fraud investigations 

authorized under the Fraud Enforcement Recovery Act of 2009 
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(Public Law 111–21). The Secret Service is directed to maintain its 

efforts to achieve its intended budget efficiencies as stated in the 

Director’s testimony to the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security on March 18, 2010. 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OFFICES

The Secret Service has 22 international field offices and 1 domicile office in 18 countries. With a relatively small number of agents 

stationed abroad, USSS is able to greatly leverage this investment 

to protect U.S. currency, businesses, and citizens. In fiscal year 

2009, USSS international offices closed 259 counterfeit cases, 170 

financial crimes cases, 378 protective intelligence cases, 337 protective surveys, and 167 noncriminal cases. During this period, USSS 

international offices also assisted its law enforcement partners 

abroad with the arrest of 1,066 suspects, while seizing over 

$108,000,000 in counterfeit U.S. currency before it could be introduced into circulation. 

The Committee recommends $31,171,000 and 74 FTE, as requested, for international field office administration, operations, 

and training. The Committee is impressed with the work that the 

Bogota Field Office has accomplished in its liaison with Colombian 

law enforcement. Working with specially vetted groups of Colombian law enforcement officials, and with the assistance of the Secret Service, Columbia is no longer the largest producer of counterfeit currency in the world. The passing of Colombian-made counterfeit U.S. dollars has declined from $19,500,000 in fiscal year 2001 

to $3,700,000 in fiscal year 2009—an 81 percent drop. By aggressive enforcement and increasing the cost of doing business, many 

counterfeiters have moved out of Colombia to other locations. 

Peru is now the largest producer of counterfeit U.S. currency in 

the world. From fiscal year 2008 to fiscal year 2009, USSS noted 

a 156 percent increase in worldwide passing of counterfeit U.S. currency originating in Peru. The Government of Peru recognizes this 

growing problem and has welcomed USSS training and support to 

address it. Currently, agents from the Miami Field Office are temporarily rotated to Lima in support of Peruvian actions. Since beginning temporary activities in Lima on March 15, 2009, the cooperative task force has yielded 38 arrests, 17 counterfeit plant suppressions, and the seizure of more than $20,600,000 in counterfeit 

U.S. currency. The Committee understands consideration is being 

given to opening a field office in Lima. The Committee encourages 

USSS to build on its growing relationship with the Government of 

Peru and open an office if it is determined that doing so would be 

in our Nation’s best interests. 

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

The Committee is troubled by the Secret Service spending more 

funds than it has available to it, resulting most recently in a finding by the Government Accountability Office [GAO] of April 27, 

2010, that USSS violated the Antideficiency Act. The 

Antideficiency Act requires that the agency head ‘‘shall report immediately to the President and Congress all relevant facts and a 

statement of actions taken.’’ The Committee notes that this statutory requirement relevant to the recent violation cited by the GAO 
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has not yet been met. To ensure future compliance with the 

Antideficiency Act, the Committee directs the Department of 

Homeland Security Chief Financial Officer and the USSS to implement the GAO’s recommendations related to financial management 

and compliance in the recently released GAO report (GAO–10–762). 

The Committee is pleased that there appears to be better communication between the Department and the Secret Service on financial matters. The Committee encourages all parties to embrace the 

program, project, and activity structure listed at the end of this report and cooperate and share information on a timely basis to avoid 

future problems. 

INFORMATION INTEGRATION AND TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM

The Committee became aware of the significant information technology [IT] integration and transformation requirements facing the 

Secret Service during the 2008–2009 Presidential transition and 

provided $31,700,000 in emergency funding for USSS to immediately address White House Communications Agency interoperability requirements and to begin jointly addressing these additional IT funding requirements with the Office of Management and 

Budget. The Committee recommends funding of $69,960,000, an increase of $36,000,000 and 3 FTE, as requested; and directs the Secret Service and the DHS Chief Information Officer to provide 

semiannual briefings on progress in upgrading these IT systems 

and programs. The Committee also retains bill language withholding from obligation $20,000,000 until the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Homeland Security submits a report to 

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives certifying that all information security modernization plans are consistent with Department of Homeland Security 

data center migration and enterprise architecture requirements. 

DATA CENTER MIGRATION

As part of the Department-wide effort to assign data center migration funding to the component agencies which will be migrating, 

the Committee recommends $12,600,000 in new funding, as requested, to support USSS’s portion of this activity in fiscal year 

2011. 

ELECTRONIC CRIMES

The Committee strongly supports the Electronic Crimes Task 

Force program, authorized in the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–56), and is pleased that it is operating in 27 locations 

across the Nation. The Committee recommends $57,158,000 and 

315 FTE for the Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program and 

Electronic Crimes Task Forces, an increase of $617,000 above the 

fiscal year 2010 level and the same as the the amount requested 

in the budget. The Committee encourages the use of these funds 

for activities authorized under the Fraud Enforcement Recovery 

Act (Public Law 111–21). 
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NOMINEE PROTECTION

The Committee recommends $17,867,000, and 24 FTEs, as requested in the budget, to provide training to candidate protective 

detail personnel, procure supplies and equipment to support these 

operations, and to procure critical protective vehicles and equipment for the 2012 Presidential campaign. 

UNIFORMED DIVISION

The Committee notes that the Uniformed Division plays a critical 

role in providing protective services to Secret Service protectees 

and others. In the past 4 fiscal years, an average of 11.6 percent 

of Uniformed Division Officers have become Special Agents. The 

Committee believes it is important to make full use of these officers’ expertise and notes that an authorizing bill has been passed 

by the Senate and the House to reform the pay structure for the 

Uniformed Division of the Secret Service. The Committee provides 

$8,000,000 associated with this proposed salary restructuring, as 

requested. Bill language is included withholding the obligation of 

these funds until enactment of authorizing language that incorporates the authorities of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division into the United States Code. 

WHITE HOUSE MAIL SCREENING FACILITY

The Committee recommends $25,315,000, as requested, for the 

White House mail facility. 

MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN

As requested by the President, the Committee provides 

$2,366,000 for the Secret Service’s forensic support costs, and provides $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, for activities 

related to investigations of exploited children. 

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED

EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $3,975,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 3,975,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 3,975,000 

This appropriation provides funding for security upgrades of existing facilities; to continue development of the current master 

plan; to maintain and renovate existing facilities, including the 

James J. Rowley Training Center (Center); and to ensure efficient 

and full utilization of the Center. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,975,000, the 

same as the fiscal year 2010 and the budget request level, for facility acquisition, construction, repair, improvements, and related expenses of the Secret Service for fiscal year 2011. 
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TITLE III 

PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY 

NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE

The National Protection and Programs Directorate aims to foster 

better integration of national approaches between strategic homeland security programs, facilitate infrastructure protection, ensure 

broad emergency communications capabilities, integrate risk management, identity safeguards for visitors to this country, and ensure the protection of Federal buildings and facilities. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Management and Administration ........................................................ 44,577 46,137 45,137 

Infrastructure Protection and Information Security: 

Infrastructure Protection ............................................................. 347,303 333,778 339,236 

National Cyber Security Division ................................................ 397,154 378,744 387,744 

Office of Emergency Communications ........................................ 45,060 44,524 44,524 

National Security Emergency Preparedness Telecoms ............... 109,899 108,919 108,919 

Federal Protective Service 1 ................................................................. 1,115,000 1,115,000 1,115,000 

United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology ..................................................................................................... 373,762 334,613 334,613 

Total, National Protection and Programs Directorate 

(gross) ................................................................................ 2,432,755 2,361,715 2,375,173 

Offsetting Fee Collections .................................................................... ¥1,115,000 ¥1,115,000 ¥1,115,000 

Total, National Protection and Programs Directorate (net) ... 1,317,755 1,246,715 1,260,173 

1 Fully funded by offsetting collections paid by General Services Administration tenants and credited directly to this appropriation. 

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $44,577,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 46,137,000 

Committee Recommendation ................................................................ 45,137,000 

This account funds salaries and expenses for the Office of the 

Under Secretary, which oversees all activities of the National Protection and Programs Directorate [NPPD]. This account also funds 

business operations, information technology support services, and 

the Office of Risk Management and Analysis. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $45,137,000, for Management and 

Administration, of which $36,347,000 is for Directorate Administra-
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tion and $8,790,000 is for the Office of Risk Management and Analysis. In total, this is $560,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level, and 

$1,000,000 below the budget request. 

NPPD PERFORMANCE

While recognizing the broad mission of NPPD, the Committee 

has previously expressed frustration with NPPD’s loosely defined 

and ill-focused efforts. Improved congressional budget justifications 

and regular program briefings, as required in the Department of 

Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, and the accompanying explanatory statement, have begun to help clarify the mission and efforts of NPPD. While progress has been made, much 

work is still needed to clarify NPPD programs, such as Next Generation Networks and certain programs in the Office of Risk Management and Analysis. The Committee encourages NPPD to continue to refine its direction, budgeting process, and mission focus 

to ensure investments are made in the most critical areas for the 

security of the Nation’s infrastructure, information, and people. 

OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS

The Committee recommends $8,790,000 for the Office of Risk 

Management and Analysis [RMA], a reduction of $1,000,000 from 

the budget request and $1,105,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level. 

The explanatory statement accompanying the Department of 

Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, requires an expenditure plan for RMA in an attempt to gain clarity into how funds are 

being allocated to accomplish the goals and targeted outcomes of 

the Office. The plan described the mission, vision, and strategic 

context, unfortunately, it did little to clarify the quantifiable outcomes of RMA to fulfill its mission to ‘‘enable and advance the effective management of risk by the homeland security enterprise’’. 

For example, one objective is to complete the second phase of the 

Department’s first quantitative all hazards risk assessment by the 

end of the second quarter of fiscal year 2010. To date, RMA has 

not been able to demonstrate even a prototype of this assessment 

to the Committee, despite the fact that the second phase first received funding in fiscal year 2009. Further perplexing, the one area 

in which the RMA expenditure plan describes specific outcomes— 

technical assistance programs to DHS components—is identified for 

reductions in the fiscal year 2011 budget request. RMA must focus 

its efforts on the investments that yield the highest return and 

eliminate programs that are diffusing its focus on effective outcomes. Therefore, the Office of the Under Secretary is directed to 

brief the Committee within 60 days after the date of enactment of 

this act on which quantifiable priorities will be implemented in fiscal year 2011 with the appropriations provided and how these priorities will assist the Department to better meet the security needs 

of the Nation. 

INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION SECURITY

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $899,416,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 865,965,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 880,423,000 
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Infrastructure Protection and Information Security [IPIS] assists 

the entities and people responsible for securing the Nation’s critical 

infrastructure assets. In addition, IPIS works collaboratively with 

public, private, and international entities to secure cyberspace and 

U.S. cyber assets, and reduce the vulnerability of the Nation’s telecommunications and information technology infrastructures. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends total appropriations of $880,423,000 

for Infrastructure Protection and Information Security [IPIS] programs. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION SECURITY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Infrastructure Protection: 

Identification and Analysis ............................................................... 90,610 82,837 88,595 

Coordination and Information Sharing ............................................. 59,582 52,515 52,215 

Mitigation Programs ......................................................................... 197,111 198,426 198,426 

Subtotal, Infrastructure Protection ............................................... 347,303 333,778 339,236 

National Cyber Security Division: 1

Management and Administration ..................................................... 14,851 16,151 16,151 

Cybersecurity Protection and Response ............................................ 277,560 253,331 262,331 

Cybersecurity Compliance, Standards, and Workforce Development ............................................................................................. 39,581 46,329 46,329 

Critical Infrastructure Cyber Protection and Awareness .................. 60,162 52,933 52,933 

Cybersecurity Coordination ............................................................... 5,000 10,000 10,000 

Subtotal, National Cyber Security Division .................................. 397,154 378,744 387,744 

Office of Emergency Communications ....................................................... 45,060 44,524 44,524 

National Security/Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications: 

Priority Telecommunications Services ............................................... 56,773 56,283 56,283 

Next Generation Networks ................................................................. 25,000 21,095 21,095 

Programs to Study and Enhance Telecommunications .................... 16,774 16,657 16,657 

Critical Infrastructure Protection ...................................................... 11,352 14,884 14,884 

Subtotal, National Security/Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications ....................................................................... 109,899 108,919 108,919 

Total, Infrastructure Protection and Information Security ........... 899,416 865,965 880,423 

1 A new PPA structure is recommended for the National Cyber Security Division [NCSD], similar to the new PPA structure proposed in the 

Congressional Justification addendum. Additional detail is provided under NCSD. Fiscal year 2010 enacted and the fiscal year 2011 budget request are presented on a comparable basis to the new PPA structure. 

INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

The Committee recommends $339,236,000 for Infrastructure Protection, $5,458,000 above the request and $8,067,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level. 

The Committee recognizes that the Office of Infrastructure Protection [OIP] has taken a proactive approach in forming cooperative 

relationships with critical infrastructure and key resource owners 

and operators and in developing programs to ensure useful information can be easily shared to further security measures. The 
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Committee encourages OIP to ensure that the best practices from 

these efforts are shared across the Nation. 

INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION—IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS

The Committee recommends $88,595,000 for Identification and 

Analysis, $5,758,000 above the request and $2,015,000 below the 

fiscal year 2010 level. This amount includes $26,521,000 for Vulnerability Assessments, $3,758,000 above the request and the same 

amount as the fiscal year 2010 level. The Committee continues to 

recognize the importance of vulnerability assessments which are a 

collaborative effort between Federal, State, and local governments, 

and the private sector to identify vulnerabilities and enhance the 

security of high-risk infrastructure ranging from single-site security to large-scale regional efforts. 

This amount also includes $18,000,000 for the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center [NISAC], $2,000,000 

above the request and $2,000,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level. 

The Committee encourages NISAC to continue to work with the 

National Incident Management Systems and Advanced Technologies Institute at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 

INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION—COORDINATION AND INFORMATION

SHARING

The Committee recommends $52,215,000 for Coordination and 

Information Sharing, $300,000 below the request and $7,367,000 

below the fiscal year 2010 level. This amount includes $37,433,000 

for National Infrastructure Protection Plan [NIPP] implementation 

and Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources partnership management, $7,000,000 above the request and $7,291,000 below the fiscal 

year 2010 level for these activities. The increase over the budget 

is to be distributed between the two activities proportionate to the 

fiscal year 2010 enacted level. The Committee continues to recognize the important role these efforts play in fostering and sustaining collaborative relationships between industry and Government. The Committee also notes efficiencies must be found in managing the programs. The Committee directs the GAO to review the 

efforts of both the NIPP implementation and Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources partnership management and provide recommendations to improve the process to reach the highest level of 

coordination and efficiency. 

This amount does not include $7,300,000, as requested in the 

budget, for data center migration. The Committee understands that 

this delay will not have an impact on the OIP mission. NPPD is 

encouraged to resubmit its request for data center migration in fiscal year 2012. 

INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION—MITIGATION PROGRAMS

The Committee recommends $198,426,000 for Mitigation Programs, the same amount as the budget request and $1,315,000 

above the fiscal year 2010 level. This amount includes 

$105,036,000 for infrastructure security compliance, which includes 

the chemical facility and ammonium nitrate security programs. 

NPPD is directed to complete hiring for this activity expeditiously 
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and to provide quarterly briefings on the hiring level for this program. 

The Committee understands that OIP continues to look for and 

provide innovative initiatives to enhance security. The Committee 

encourages OIP to continue to work with the University of Southern Mississippi to address the range of potential and actual threats 

and risks to the ongoing safety and security at venues with large 

crowds. 

The Committee encourages the Secretary as part of Risk Based 

Performance Standard 9 (Response) under the Chemical Facility 

Antiterrorism Standards [CFATS] program to consider whether or 

not a covered facility has an effective communications mechanism 

between the facility and local law enforcement and other first responders. For example, the installation of a dedicated telecommunications system between the covered facility and the local public 

safety answering point; development of a training schedule for use 

of the dedicated line; and implementation of an operational testing 

schedule of the dedicated line could prove beneficial for both the facility and surrounding communities in the event of an emergency. 

NPPD is encouraged to review products that have been cleared 

by the Federal Drug Administration, have received Designation 

and Certification under the SAFETY Act, and are on the Department of Defense list of approved treatments for decontamination 

and neutralization for possible use at covered facilities for post-attack readiness. 

The Committee encourages the Office of Bombing Prevention to 

continue its efforts in piloting a program related to training and 

critical response to explosive systems known as Radio Controlled 

Improvised Explosive Devices. 

NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY DIVISION

NPPD was required to submit the fiscal year 2011 budget request in the same Program, Project, and Activity [PPA] structure 

as the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 

since in previous years shifts in the budget request made it impossible to compare proposed spending levels to current and prior year 

levels. The NPPD fiscal year 2011 budget request has been submitted in the fiscal year 2010 enacted PPA structure as directed 

but also includes an addendum proposing a new PPA structure for 

the National Cyber Security Division [NCSD] in fiscal year 2011 in 

the Congressional Justification. The Committee recommendation 

does include a new PPA structure for the NCSD, which is similar 

to the structure proposed in the addendum. The modifications to 

the proposed structure were included to balance flexibility with accountability and are discussed in the following sections of this report. 

The following table summarizes the fiscal year 2010 level, fiscal 

year 2011 budget request, and the Committee recommendation in 

the new PPA structure. The fiscal year 2010 level and fiscal year 

2011 budget request are also displayed in the current PPA structure as enacted and in the new structure on a comparable basis 

parenthetically. 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 enacted Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

National Cyber Security Division: 1

U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team [US–CERT] ......... 323,629 314,989 ..........................

Strategic Initiatives ................................................................ 64,179 56,880 ..........................

Outreach Programs ................................................................. 9,346 6,875 ..........................

Management and administration ........................................... (14,851 ) (16,151 ) 16,151 

Cybersecurity protection and response ................................... (277,560 ) (253,331 ) 262,331 

Cybersecurity compliance, standards, and workforce development ................................................................................ (39,581 ) (46,329 ) 46,329 

Critical infrastructure cyber protection and awareness ........ (60,162 ) (52,933 ) 52,933 

Cybersecurity coordination ...................................................... (5,000 ) (10,000 ) 10,000 

Subtotal, National Cyber Security Division ........................ 397,154 378,744 387,744 

1 A new PPA structure is recommended for the National Cyber Security Division [NCSD], similar to the new PPA structure proposed in the 

Congressional Justification addendum. The fiscal year 2010 level and the fiscal year 2011 budget request are displayed based on the current 

PPA structure and parenthetically, on a comparable basis, for the new structure. 

NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY DIVISION—CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION

AND RESPONSE

The Committee recommends $262,331,000 for Cybersecurity Pro- tection and Response, of which $80,406,000 is for United StatesComputer Emergency Readiness Team [US–CERT], and 

$181,925,000 is for network security deployment. This is 

$15,229,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level and $9,000,000 above 

the request. The Committee understands that a portion of the proposed reduction below the fiscal year 2010 level can be absorbed, 

given the large amount of fiscal year 2010 unobligated balances of 

the programs, especially for US–CERT. However, the Committee 

cautions that while some of the delay in obligations is attributable 

to unavoidable delays in contract executions, NSCD should be agile 

enough to focus resources on other allowable projects within the 

scope of their mission given the dynamic needs associated with cybersecurity. The Committee recommendation includes an increase 

of $5,000,000 above the request to expedite deployment of network 

security, of which up to $2,500,000 may be used, including personnel costs, to study available private sector capabilities and technologies; examine appropriate methods to streamline acquisitions 

processes; and conduct pilot programs. The pilot programs shall illustrate how innovative technologies can be deployed across Government agencies and key elements of the private sector consistent 

with an executable operational concept. This effort shall not conflict 

with, but instead contribute to, the President’s Cyberspace Policy 

Review and the Comprehensive National Cyber Security Initiative. 

When launching the Cyberspace Policy Review, the President declared that, ‘‘the cyber threat is one of the most serious economic 

and national security challenges we face as a nation’’ and that 

‘‘America’s economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on 

cybersecurity.’’ A June 2010 report by the Office of the Inspector 

General (OIG–10–94) found that progress has been made in securing cyberspace but challenges remain. NPPD is directed to brief the 

Committee quarterly on its progress to address and implement the 

OIG findings. 

Finally, the Committee does not transfer $4,000,000 for the National Computer Forensics Institute from NPPD to the Federal Law 

Enforcement Training Center, as proposed in the budget. The total 
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amount requested by the President is included in this total. The 

Committee expects the National Protection and Programs Directorate will continue to administer the NCFI in the same manner 

as fiscal year 2010, including allowing non-Federal, nonlaw enforcement cyber security professionals as students. 

NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY DIVISION—CYBERSECURITY COMPLIANCE, STANDARDS, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

The Committee recommends $46,329,000 for Cybersecurity Compliance, Standards, and Workforce Development, of which 

$29,245,000 is for Federal network security and $17,084,000 is for 

global cyber security management. These are the same amounts as 

in the request. 

NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY DIVISION—CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

CYBER PROTECTION AND AWARENESS

The Committee recommends $52,933,000 for Critical Infrastructure Cyber Protection and Awareness, which is a combination of 

the same activities that were previously split among the Strategic 

Initiatives and Outreach and Programs PPAs. This is the same 

amount as requested in the budget. 

NATIONWIDE CYBER SECURITY REVIEW

The explanatory statement accompanying the Department of 

Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, required NCSD to develop cyber network security assessment tools so that a comprehensive effort to assess the security level of cyber space at all levels 

of government could be completed. The Committee is pleased with 

the vigor with which NCSD has approached implementation of this 

important effort. The establishment of specific timeframes for outcomes and the inclusivity of Federal, State, and local partners, as 

well as other stakeholders, has put this effort on a positive path 

for results. The Committee directs NCSD to continue implementation of this important effort, in conjunction with FEMA, at least at 

the same level as in fiscal year 2010. 

NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY DIVISION—MANAGEMENT AND

ADMINISTRATION

The Committee recommends $16,151,000 for Management and 

Administration, which includes the budget request for business operations and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity 

and Communications. 

NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY DIVISION—CYBERSECURITY

COORDINATION

The Committee recommends $10,000,000 for cybersecurity coordination, the same amount as the budget request and $5,000,000 

above the fiscal year 2010 level. 

OFFICE OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS

The Committee recommends $44,524,000 for the Office of Emergency Communications [OEC], the same amount as the budget request and $536,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level. The Com-
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mittee recognizes that the initial goal established in the National 

Emergency Communications Plan is scheduled to be accomplished 

in calendar year 2010. The Committee anticipates the Department 

will confirm the goal—that 90 percent of high-risk urban areas are 

able to demonstrate response level communications within an hour 

of routine events with multi-jurisdictions—has been successfully 

completed. 

The Committee also notes that the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, will arrive in fiscal year 

2011. The failure of communications during that incident has been 

cited in the 9/11 Commission report and has been the subject of 

many recommendations for resolution. Since that time, the Federal 

Government and the Department of Homeland Security have devoted significant resources to solving the interoperable communications problem; more than $4,500,000,000 in Federal homeland security grants alone. Progress has been made; however, interoperable emergency communications remain inadequate. The emergence of commercial broadband services provide emergency responders with new opportunities to improve communications. Despite this potential, public safety officials face several challenges in 

integrating new technologies and proving their reliability. OEC is 

to report to the Committee no later than 6 months after the date 

of enactment of this act on the progress made since September 11, 

2001, to improve emergency communications and detail what challenges lie ahead. Particular focus should be placed on the adoption 

of broadband technologies and the key issues and barriers still facing the emergency response agencies on this issue. The report is to 

include any needed update to the National Emergency Communications Plan to reflect the emergence of broadband technologies for 

public safety and this update shall be developed in cooperation 

with State, local, and tribal governments, relevant Federal agencies, emergency response providers, and the private sector. Further, 

the report shall include a plan to develop and disseminate training 

and best practices on governance, standard operating procedures, 

equipment purchases, and related issues for broadband technologies; and to deliver technical assistance to public safety agencies on broadband technologies. 

The Committee recommendation includes $1,000,000 for planning, analysis, and coordination with the Federal Communications 

Commission [FCC] for deployment and operation of the Public Safety Broadband Network, as requested in the budget. The Committee 

supports Federal agencies working together to ensure program effectiveness and cost efficiencies, but remains concerned that the 

concept for the Emergency Response Interoperability Center, which 

is proposed to carry out the planning, analysis, and coordination for 

deployment and operation of the Public Safety Broadband Network, 

was hastily developed prior to the budget submission. Therefore, 

the Committee directs OEC, in conjunction with the FCC, to brief 

the Committees on Appropriations on the full concept of this effort, 

including how it will be structured, who will be represented and 

participate, and how decisions will be made. The briefing shall include a description of how this effort is not in conflict with but instead complimentary to the Emergency Communications Preparedness Center, and possible benefits and drawbacks for combining the 
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two efforts. The Committee is not interested in a proliferation of 

centers that are similarly named, similarly structured, with similar 

missions, yet working in stovepipes. Duplicative efforts waste 

money and create confusion which will not aid in reaching the end 

goals of operability and interoperability. 

NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS

The Committee recommends $21,095,000 for Next Generation 

Networks, the same amount as proposed in the budget and 

$3,905,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level. The Committee remains concerned that this program lacks clarity of mission. Over 

the last 3 fiscal years, this program has yet to prove able to obligate funds in a timely manner. The transition of legacy voice communications priority services to new infrastructure and protocols is 

imperative for effective communications during a crisis. Therefore, 

the Committee directs NPPD leadership to continue aggressive 

oversight of this program. 

FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

Appropriations, 2010 1 ........................................................................... $1,115,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 1 ......................................................................... 1,115,000,000 

Committee recommendation 1 ............................................................... 1,115,000,000 

1Fully funded by offsetting collections paid by General Services Administration tenants and 

credited directly to this appropriation. 

The Federal Protective Service [FPS] is responsible for the security and protection of Federal property under the control of the 

General Services Administration [GSA]; and for the enforcement of 

laws for the protection of persons and property, the prevention of 

breaches of peace, and enforcement of any rules and regulations 

made and promulgated by the GSA Administrator and/or the Secretary. The FPS authority can also be extended by agreement to 

any area with a significant Federal interest. The FPS account provides funds for the salaries, benefits, travel, training, and other expenses of the program, offset by collections paid by GSA tenants 

and credited to the account. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $1,115,000,000, as requested, for 

salaries and expenses of the Federal Protective Service for fiscal 

year 2011; this amount is fully offset by collections of security fees. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Basic security ................................................................................ 213,673 220,000 220,000 

Building specific security .............................................................. 426,327 420,000 420,000 

Reimbursable security fees (contract guard services) ................. 475,000 475,000 475,000 

Total, Federal Protective Service ...................................... 1,115,000 1,115,000 1,115,000 

Offsetting Fee Collections .............................................................. ¥1,115,000 ¥1,115,000 ¥1,115,000 
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ADEQUATE RESOURCING

Since fiscal year 2007, the Committee has expressed concern over 

the lack of adequate resourcing for FPS. Federal employees have 

been killed or injured in numerous attacks on facilities that house 

Federal employees in the United States including the 1993 attack 

at the World Trade Center, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, and 

the 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In 

addition, there have been recent attacks at Federal facilities in 

Austin, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada; and the Pentagon. Unfortunately, in spite of the increased threat and a projected 2 percent 

increase in protected square footage since the last Federal Protective Service [FPS] fee increase, the President’s budget does not assume an increase in fees for fiscal year 2011. 

The Government Accountability Office [GAO] (GAO–10–341 and 

July 2009 testimony) has identified significant challenges in FPS’s 

ability to meet the current threat. FPS is currently funded through 

fees assessed to participating agencies by the Office of Management 

and Budget [OMB]. In establishing the fee for fiscal year 2012, 

OMB is directed to increase the fee appropriately to meet the 

threat to the security of Federal employees and is encouraged to 

adjust the existing fee for fiscal year 2011. The Department of 

Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, required the Secretary and the Director of OMB to certify that FPS is sufficiently 

funded to support a staff of 1,200 employees, including at least 900 

Police Officers, Inspectors, Area Commanders, and Special Agents 

by December 31, 2009. The Committee includes similar language 

this year but has increased the number of employees to 1,348, including at least 1,011 Police Officers, Inspectors, Area Commanders, and Special Agents. 

The Committee understands that an FPS staffing model has 

been developed. The Committee directs the National Protection and 

Programs Directorate to provide the staffing model to the Committee on Appropriations and the GAO within 45 days of the date 

of enactment of this act. GAO is directed to report to the Committee on Appropriations within 75 days after the receipt of the 

model on its validity. 

Finally, the Committee notes that a Memorandum of Understanding [MOU] between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] and NPPD regarding business services provided to FPS 

has not yet been signed. When the Committee approved the transfer of FPS from ICE to NPPD in fiscal year 2010, as requested in 

the President’s budget, it was with the understanding that the 

same core support, some of which ICE would still provide as appropriate, would be maintained. The Committee is concerned that 8 

months after the transfer the MOU is still not complete. Without 

the MOU, it is impossible to determine if adequate resources are 

being provided for the struggling Service. NPPD and ICE are directed to provide the Committee with a copy of the signed MOU 

without delay. Similar language is included within ICE. 
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UNITED STATES VISITOR AND IMMIGRANT STATUS INDICATOR

TECHNOLOGY

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $373,762,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 334,613,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 334,613,000 

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology [US-VISIT] account funds the development of a system to 

collect, maintain, and share appropriate information through an integrated information technology system, which determines the eligibility of aliens for admissions and benefits. 

The US-VISIT program office has lead responsibility within the 

Department of Homeland Security to work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] on the further integration of the Automated Biometric Identification System [IDENT] and the FBI’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System [IAFIS]. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $334,613,000, the same as the budget request, of which $50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2012, for the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology [US-VISIT]. 

IMPLEMENTATION OF BIOMETRIC AIR EXIT

The Committee strongly supports the full implementation of a biometric air exit capability at the earliest practicable time. 

The Committee is concerned that the Department of Homeland 

Security has failed to implement a comprehensive biometric air exit 

program. The Committee strongly believes it is the responsibility 

of the Department to ensure that the visa waiver program works 

efficiently without compromising our national security and reminds 

the Department that expansion of the visa waiver program is prohibited by law until a biometric air exit system is in place. 

The Committee includes language in the bill providing that not 

less than $50,000,000 in prior-year balances shall remain available 

until expended solely for implementation of a biometric air exit capability. 

BRIEFINGS

All current quarterly briefings on US-VISIT programs shall be 

provided on a semiannual basis beginning in fiscal year 2011. 

DELAYED DELIVERY OF THE US-VISIT EXPENDITURE PLAN

Once again, the Department has not complied with the requirement in law to submit an expenditure plan for US-VISIT. The law 

required the plan to be submitted not later than 90 days after the 

date of enactment of the fiscal year 2010 act, yet the plan was not 

received until May 13, 2010, well into the third quarter of the fiscal 

year. History with the last administration regarding this program 

sadly is repeating itself with this administration. For a national security program that biometrically tracks the entry of individuals 

into this country, this delay is not acceptable. Bill language is included prohibiting the obligation of $167,307,000 for US-VISIT, 
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half of the request, until an expenditure plan for use of the fiscal 

year 2011 funds is submitted to the Committees on Appropriations. 

UNIQUE IDENTITY/IAFIS INTEGRATION AND 10-PRINT TRANSITION

Since the creation of the Department, this Committee has strongly supported and encouraged real-time interoperability between the 

IDENT and IAFIS biometric databases and the transition to capturing 10 fingerprints of all visitors to the United States. The Committee notes that the interoperability effort from September 2006 

through April 30, 2010, has identified more than 48,162 individuals 

with wants and warrants or who are known or suspected terrorists 

[KST] and has prevented their entry into the United States. The 

Committee recognizes that while the FBI’s transition to the Next 

Generation Identification of fingerprinting technology is an ongoing, multi-year process, the Committee fully funds the $25,852,000 

request for Unique Identity as US-VISIT continues its portion of 

the interoperability effort with the FBI. The Committee directs the 

US-VISIT program office to continue aggressively pursuing this 

issue and to continue providing quarterly briefings on progress 

being made on Unique Identity. 

IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

Due to its cross-cutting nature, US-VISIT not only offers highquality identity management services to all DHS operational components, but also provides a unique opportunity for sharing information and collaborative planning and problem solving among biometric stakeholders at the Departments of State, Justice, Defense, 

and the Intelligence Community. In short, US-VISIT continues to 

grow and develop as a resource that benefits not only DHS but 

other national and international efforts. 

It is vital that Department recognize the importance and impact 

of biometrics in safeguarding the security of the United States, and 

as such, should take a leadership role in biometric identification in 

the U.S. Government and throughout the world. The Department 

needs to formally designate US-VISIT as the biometric service provider for the entire Department. 

The Committee is encouraged by the progress US-VISIT has 

made in working closely with an increasing number of foreign governments as they seek to implement biometrics into their immigration and border management processes, exploring more and more 

opportunities for gaining global cooperation and collaboration to 

combat terrorism and international crime. The Committee directs 

US-VISIT to provide quarterly briefings to the Committees on Appropriations regarding its ongoing efforts with other countries in 

laying the foundation for biometric information sharing about 

criminals, immigration violators, and KSTs. As part of these briefings, the Committee also requests updates, if any, regarding what 

steps are being taken to strengthen the Department’s position as 

a formidable player in the biometric and identity management 

field. 
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OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $139,250,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 212,734,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 155,459,000 

SUMMARY

The Office of Health Affairs [OHA], headed by the Chief Medical 

Officer who also serves as the Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, leads the Department on medical issues related to natural 

and man-made disasters; serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary on medical and public health issues; coordinates biodefense 

activities within the Department; and serves as the Department’s 

primary contact with other Departments and State, local, and tribal governments on medical and public health issues. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

BioWatch .................................................................................................... 89,513 173,505 113,505 

National Biosurveillence Integration Center .............................................. 13,000 7,000 7,000 

Rapidly Deployable Chemical Detection System ....................................... 2,600 2,400 4,400 

Planning and Coordination ........................................................................ 3,726 2,276 3,001 

Salaries and Expenses ............................................................................... 30,411 27,553 27,553 

Total, Office of Health Affairs ...................................................... 139,250 212,734 155,459 

BIOWATCH

The Committee recommends $113,505,000 for the BioWatch pro- gram, $23,992,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level and $60,000,000 

below the budget request. The Committee has expressed great concern about the troubled implementation and slow progress of the 

BioWatch program from its inception. While concerns remain, the 

Committee recognizes that progress is being made with the development and maturity of the BioWatch program, including an effort 

to work more cooperatively with Federal, State, and local partners. 

The Committee remains committed to ensuring the Nation has an 

early warning network to detect a biological agent to speed response and recovery from a terrorist event. The Committee encourages OHA to pursue a vigorous schedule and to rectify emerging 

problems as soon as possible to ensure that important advancements in this critical program can be deployed. 

Of the total amount requested, $89,513,000 is for operation of 

Generation 1, 2, and 2.5 technologies and the Committee recommends full funding for those activities. The remaining 

$23,992,000 is for development, long lead support, and deployment 

of Generation 3 technology. According to the BioWatch fiscal year 

2010 expenditure plan required in the statement accompanying the 

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, the 

absence of a widely accepted assay validation standard and procurement delays have resulted in program implementation delays 

for the Generation 3 technology. For example, the delays in award-
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ing the contracts for Generation 3 field testing caused $30,000,000 

in fiscal year 2009 funds to be carried over into fiscal year 2010. 

The Committee understands that the delays will also result in 

moving the start of operational testing and evaluation into fiscal 

year 2012. While long lead items, such as modeling analysis, site 

selection, site preparation, and community acceptance efforts, to 

prepare for the deployment will still need to be initiated in fiscal 

year 2011, only 65 percent of the total budget request will actually 

be committed in fiscal year 2011. The Committee recommends 65 

percent of the budget request to fully fund activities that can feasibly be completed in fiscal year 2011. 

NATIONAL BIOSURVEILLENCE INTEGRATION CENTER

The Committee recommends $7,000,000 for the National Biosurveillance Integration Center [NBIC], $6,000,000 less than the 

fiscal year 2010 level and the same amount as the budget request. 

Of the $6,000,000 reduction requested, $5,000,000 is for one-time 

costs, and $1,000,000 is attributed to a reduction in the number of 

agency detailees and liaison officers assigned to the NBIC. 

The Committee is perplexed by the proposed reduction in 

detailees and liaisons. In December 2009, the Government Accountability Office [GAO] found in a report on Biosurveillance (GAO–10– 

171) that ‘‘NBIC is not fully equipped to carry out its mission because it lacks key resources—data and personnel—from its partner 

agencies . . .’’. As established in section 316 of the Homeland Security Act (Public Law 107–296), the NBIC’s mission is to enhance 

the capability to rapidly indentify, characterize, localize, and track 

a biological event of national concern; disseminate information; and 

oversee development and operation of the National Biosurveillance 

Integration System. To date, NBIC has tried to accomplish this by 

placing liaisons from cooperating Federal and State agencies in the 

NBIC. Yet, the budget proposal provides no explanation of how the 

NBIC will continue to attempt to fulfill its mission in lieu of the 

budget reduction. Therefore, the Committee directs OHA to brief 

the Committees on Appropriations within 180 days of the date of 

enactment of this act on its progress in implementing the GAO recommendations (GAO–10–171), with which DHS concurred. The 

briefing should also include a discussion about the feasibility to collocate the NBIC with another coordination or operation center. An 

assessment of the feasibility of collocation should include: any cost 

savings associated with collocating the NBIC; any additional information sharing benefits to collocation; and any organizational factors to consider to ensure the biosurveillance integration mission is 

not overwhelmed by such collocation. 

RAPID DEPLOYABLE CHEMICAL DETECTION SYSTEM

The Committee recommends $4,400,000 for the Rapid Deployable 

Chemical Detection System, which is $1,800,000 above the fiscal 

year 2010 level and $2,000,000 above the budget request. The increase is provided to complete at least one additional demonstration project in OHA’s ongoing effort to build an end-to-end chemical 

defense architecture. The site shall be competitively selected 

through the current process based on requirements, priorities, and 

specifications of the overarching chemical detection architecture. 
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PLANNING AND COORDINATION

The Committee recommends $3,001,000, which is $725,000 below 

the fiscal year 2010 level and $725,000 above the budget request. 

The $725,000 above the budget request is to maintain funding for 

the Food, Agricultural, and Veterinary Defense Division [FAV]. The 

Committee recognizes FAV’s role related to Homeland Security 

Presidential Directive-9 in advising Departmental leadership on security issues regarding food, water, agro-defense, veterinary, and 

zoonotic diseases. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The Committee recommends $27,553,000 for salaries and expenses, a decrease of $2,858,000 from the fiscal year 2010 level and 

the same amount as the budget request. The decrease is attributed 

to cost efficiencies in supplies, staff travel, training and development, and the conversion of contract support services for associated 

management and administration activities. 

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

MISSION

The primary mission of the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency [FEMA] is to reduce the loss of life and property and protect the Nation from all hazards, including natural disasters, acts 

of terrorism, and other manmade disasters, by leading and supporting the Nation in a risk-based, comprehensive emergency management system of preparedness, protection, response, recovery, 

and mitigation. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends a total program level of 

$7,345,070,000 for activities of FEMA for fiscal year 2011. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Management and Administration ............................................ 1 797,650 902,996 2 696,236 

State and Local Programs ....................................................... 3,015,200 3 4,000,590 3,078,970 

Firefighter Assistance Grants .................................................. 810,000 ( 4 ) 810,000 

Emergency Management Performance Grants ......................... 340,000 ( 5 ) 345,000 

Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program ..................... ¥265 ¥361 ¥361 

United States Fire Administration ........................................... 45,588 45,930 45,930 

Disaster Relief ......................................................................... 6 1,600,000 1,950,000 7 1,950,000 

Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account ................. 295 295 295 

Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis 8 ............................ 220,000 194,000 194,000 

National Flood Insurance Fund ................................................ (146,000 ) (169,000 ) (169,000 ) 

National Predisaster Mitigation Fund ...................................... 100,000 100,000 75,000 

Emergency Food and Shelter ................................................... 200,000 100,000 150,000 
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Total, Federal Emergency Management Agency ......... 7,128,468 7,293,450 7,345,070 

1 Excludes a transfer of $105,600,000 from Disaster Relief which makes the comparable level to the budget request $903,250,000. 

2 Excludes a transfer of $216,760,000 from Disaster Relief which makes the comparable level to the budget request $912,996,000. 

3 Includes $610,000,000 for Firefighter Assistance Grants and $345,000,000 for Emergency Management Performance Grants. 

4 Budget proposes $610,000,000 under ‘‘State and Local Programs’’ account. 

5 Budget proposes $345,000,000 under ‘‘State and Local Programs’’ account. 

6 Includes $16,000,000 for transfer to the Office of Inspector General and $105,600,000 for transfer to FEMA Management and Administra- tion. 7 Includes $16,000,000 for transfer to the Office of Inspector General and $216,760,000 for transfer to FEMA Management and Administration. 8 Program formerly called the Flood Map Modernization Fund. 

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2010 1 ........................................................................... $797,650,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 902,996,000 

Committee recommendation 2 ............................................................... 696,236,000 

1 Excludes a transfer of $105,600,000 from Disaster Relief which makes the comparable level 

to the budget request $903,250,000. 2 Excludes a transfer of $216,760,000 from Disaster Relief which makes the comparable level to the budget request $912,996,000. 

Funding for FEMA’s Management and Administration [M&A] 

provides for the development and maintenance of an integrated, 

nationwide capability to prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, 

and recover from the consequences of major disasters and emergencies, regardless of cause, in partnership with Federal agencies, 

State, local, and tribal governments, volunteer organizations, and 

the private sector. M&A supports FEMA’s programs by coordinating between Headquarters and Regional Offices the policy, managerial, resources, and administrative actions. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends total resources of $912,996,000 for 

Management and Administration, including $216,760,000 made 

available by transfer from Disaster Relief. Of this amount, 

$4,000,000 is for the Emergency Management Assistance Compact; 

$10,215,000 is for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 

Program; $2,615,000 is for the National Hurricane Program; 

$10,717,000 is for the National Dam Safety Program; and 

$71,076,000 is for the Office of the Chief Information Officer, of 

which $5,900,000 is for data center migration, as requested in the 

budget. No less than $11,000,000 is for the Emergency Management Institute program which is $2,000,000 above the request. 

Also included in the total is $18,213,000 for the Integrated Public 

Alert and Warning System, which is the same amount as requested 

in the budget, however up to $2,000,000 is to study Radio Broadcast Data System technology to define and address the specific requirements for vulnerable individuals, including elderly, disabled, 

special needs, economically challenged, and English as second language persons, which shall be competitively awarded. 

The specific levels recommended by the Committee, as compared 

to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels, are as follows: 
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MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 enacted Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Operations Activities .................................................................................. 758,155 867,947 651,187 

National Capital Region Coordination ....................................................... 6,995 7,049 7,049 

Urban Search and Rescue ......................................................................... 32,500 28,000 38,000 

Total, Management and Administration ...................................... 1 797,650 902,996 2 696,236 

1 Excludes a transfer of $105,600,000 from Disaster Relief which makes the comparable level to the budget request $903,250,000. 

2 Excludes a transfer of $216,760,000 from Disaster Relief which makes the comparable level to the budget request $912,996,000. 

OPERATIONS ACTIVITIES

The Committee recommends $651,187,000 for Operations Activities, instead of $867,947,000 as proposed in the budget and 

$758,155,000 provided in fiscal year 2010. The Committee recommends a transfer of $216,760,000 from Disaster Relief for management and administration activities bringing the total for Operating Activities to the budget request level. 

FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY IN SPENDING

The Committee includes a provision directing FEMA to submit 

its fiscal year 2012 budget request, including justification materials, by office. Each office and FEMA region shall provide: (1) 

budget detail by object classification; (2) the number of FTE onboard; (3) the number of FTE vacancies; and (4) the appropriation 

account(s) used to support the office and the programs managed by 

the office. This level of detail provides improved transparency and 

refined tracking of actual spending which is imperative given 

FEMA’s growth in size and mission. Further, FEMA shall report to 

the Committee within 15 days if any office receives or transfers 

more than 5 percent of the total amount allocated to each office. 

The Committee continues to recognize that the FEMA Office of 

the Chief Financial Officer [OCFO] is the key to stabilizing the important fiscal reforms that have and need to occur. The OCFO is 

encouraged to continue the proactive and transparent management 

of resources which will further support FEMA’s ability to successfully accomplish its mission. 

The Committee recommends a new provision requiring FEMA to 

provide an expenditure plan for all funds made available for ‘‘Management and Administration’’ no later than 90 days after the date 

of enactment of this act. 

CORE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS

Disasters today are more frequent, more expensive, and larger in 

scale. FEMA’s mission is to support citizens and first responders to 

ensure a coordinated effort to build, sustain, and improve the Nation’s capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover 

from, and mitigate against all hazards. Before, during, and after a 

disaster, FEMA coordinates efforts to minimize loss and facilitate 

recovery. Since 1979, FEMA has had mixed success with its ability 

to fulfill its mission. Less successful times have occurred when 

there has not been a large-scale disaster for some period of time, 

such as during Hurricane Andrew in 1992; or when the Agency is 
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caught off guard because it is under staffed and overwhelmed, such 

as during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Committee notes that it 

is not just hurricanes but also terrorist attacks, earthquakes, 

floods, and incidents such as the space shuttle explosion that have 

tested FEMA’s capabilities to coordinate. 

Since 2005, FEMA’s Management and Administration appropriation has increased by 104 percent to support preparedness, response, recovery, mitigation, and mission support. FEMA’s permanent workforce has grown by 75 percent. During this period of 

growth, FEMA also received new authorities and has been reorganized several times. The Committee recognizes that with this 

growth, it is more important than ever for FEMA to expertly manage three core requirements to run an effective agency: budget, 

human capital, and information services. In the Department of 

Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, and the accompanying explanatory statement, Congress directed FEMA to address financial weakness and refine budget details; conduct a 

human capital study; and dedicate specific funding to information 

technology and the development of preparedness metrics. Many required products are nearing completion. 

The Committee is pleased to note that the Administrator’s fiscal 

year 2012–2016 Future Year Homeland Security Program emphasizes establishing priorities, defining outcomes, developing strategies, and budgeting for activities. The Administrator challenges 

FEMA’s leaders to develop performance plans and budgets that will 

achieve results and continue an open dialogue regarding priorities 

and available resources. Having had a year to take stock, FEMA 

is urged to use fiscal year 2011 to complete any plans, products, 

and processes to implement long-lasting systemic solutions for stabilization of the Agency. Institutionalizing FEMA’s core functions 

will end the cycle of building the agency up, letting it wither on the 

vine, only to build it up again after a major disaster. The Office of 

the Administrator is directed to brief the Committees on Appropriations quarterly on the specific progress of FEMA stabilizing its 

core administrative functions: budget, human capital, and information systems. Regarding the budget, the briefings shall focus on describing the readiness of the Agency, and the Nation, based on specific investments. The briefings related to human capital shall 

focus on FEMA efforts to be the right size and have the right capabilities. The briefings regarding information technology [IT] shall 

explain how comprehensive investments for an agency, which 

works in a very dynamic environment, are being made in IT, instead of merely patching together old systems in hopes that they 

will stay functional. 

INDIVDUAL AND COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS

The FEMA 2009 Citizen Corps National Survey (December 

2009), found that 48 percent of individuals have familiarity with 

what local hazards are in their community, and 38 percent are familiar with official sources of public safety information. Regarding 

knowledge about what to do in the first 5 minutes of an earthquake 

or tornado, 53 percent of the citizens feel confident that they know 

to respond. Further, 31 percent of citizens are confident about how 

to respond to a bomb, and 26 percent and 20 percent respectively 
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are confident with their ability to know how to respond to a release 

of a chemical agent or to an explosion of a radiological or dirty 

bomb. The report also recognizes that past research has found that 

participants often perceive themselves to be more prepared than 

their reported actions would indicate. 

The Committee notes that through testimony and speeches, the 

Administrator has committed, ‘‘to foster an approach to emergency 

management in this Nation that is built upon a foundation of 

proactive engagement with neighborhood associations, businesses, 

schools, faith-based community groups, trade groups, fraternal organizations and other civic-minded organizations that can mobilize 

their networks to build community resilience and support local 

emergency management needs’’. The Committee notes that most of 

the effort for engagement happens at the local, State, and Tribal 

level. Therefore, it is perplexing that no funding was proposed for 

the Citizens Corps program in the fiscal year 2011 budget, the one 

program that specifically concentrates on individual and community preparedness. The Office of Individual and Community Preparedness shall brief the Committee on Appropriations within 60 

days of the date of enactment of this act regarding the specific actions that will be taken to further individual and community preparedness and what specific resources are being committed to the 

implementation. The briefing shall include a discussion on how resiliency is increased through citizen preparedness, and how childhood education on preparedness can facilitate community readiness. The briefing shall also include an update on the ways in 

which the Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation, which was developed in accordance with direction provided in 

House Report 110–107, has been further incorporated into preparedness and public information activities with specific outcomes. 

Further, FEMA is directed to create an easily accessible inventory of shareable products that have been developed through the 

Citizens Corps program to further individual and community preparedness. The Committee understands the products range from 

school curricula to emergency information which is translated into 

foreign languages. Sharing this information will maximize the investments made to date. 

LOCAL, STATE, TRIBAL, AND FEDERAL TASK FORCE

The explanatory statement accompanying the Department of 

Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, established a Local, 

State, Tribal, and Federal Preparedness Task Force to make recommendations after taking stock of preparedness efforts to date. 

The Committee appreciates the time and commitment of the Task 

Force members to address three overarching issues facing the Nation’s preparedness system: policy, assessments, and grants. The 

Committee expects that the Task Force will present its recommendations to the Committee by September 30, 2010. The Committee also notes that the Task Force needs to remain available to 

discuss the recommendations with the Committee and interested 

organizations and associations. FEMA is directed to continue supporting the Task Force during fiscal year 2011. FEMA is encouraged to assist the Task Force in developing a process by which the 
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Task Force can share the recommendations with interested organizations and associations and collect their comments. 

PLANNING

The need for planning related to natural-, technological-, or 

human-caused emergencies or disasters has been met with varying 

degrees of acceptance and resistance among the many disciplines 

and levels of government that must participate to make any disaster planning effort successful. The FEMA Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 101 [CPG 101], March 2009, stated that planning 

has a proven ability to influence events before they occur and is an 

indispensable contribution to unity of effort during an event. Planning also ensures common logical and analytical problem-solving to 

deal with complexities, in physical, spatial, and time-related dimensions. It has been 15 months since CPG 101 was released and 

the Committee has no greater clarity on the commitment level of 

emergency management to complete comprehensive planning nor 

the resources that need to be committed, at all levels of government, to ensure that trained and skilled planners are dedicated to 

the effort. The Committee directs FEMA, in conjunction with the 

Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute or another appropriate federally funded research and development center, to review and report to the Committees on Appropriations regarding the 

status of planning, particularly catastrophic planning, as well as 

training and exercise needs to ensure that State and local emergency management officials can develop plans to meet the all hazards mission. 

TRAINING AND EDUCATION

The Committee understands that FEMA is reviewing its training 

and education programs to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. The 

Committee urges FEMA to review the need for additional capacity 

for current and emerging training needs such as those for planning, cybersecurity, intelligence, and catastrophic planning, response, and recovery. Additionally, FEMA should consider the need 

for education programs that develop critical leadership skills, enabling managers to operate in a complex, dynamic disaster environment. Finally, FEMA is encouraged to establish a capacity to use 

contemporary research to help identify current and emerging needs 

and trends. FEMA is directed to report to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 

this act regarding a comprehensive approach to training and education and identifying any gaps, including a plan to address those 

gaps. 

NATIONAL DISASTER RECOVERY FRAMEWORK

The Committee is pleased that FEMA has undertaken the development of a National Disaster Recovery Framework to identify the 

roles and responsibilities of all levels of government, individuals, 

and the nonprofit and private sectors during each phase of the recovery process. Additional efforts are required to clarify leadership 

and coordination issues within the draft framework released in 

February 2010, and the agency is directed to remain focused on 
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this effort and provide the necessary resources to improve, finalize, 

operationalize, and implement the framework. 

REGIONAL OFFICES

The Committee understands that FEMA will delegate certain authorities from headquarters to the offices of the Regional Administrators. FEMA is directed to brief the Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of the date of enactment of this act regarding 

this effort. The briefing shall include a list of authorities that will 

be delegated; a timeframe for implementation; and what procedures will be instituted to ensure consistent application of FEMA 

policies across the Nation. 

NATIONWIDE CYBER SECURITY REVIEW

The Committee directs FEMA to continuing working with the 

National Protection and Programs Directorate [NPPD] on tools to 

assess cyber network security, as discussed in the NPPD section of 

this report. 

OFFICE OF NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION COORDINATION

The Committee recommends $7,049,000 for the Office of National 

Capital Region Coordination [ONCRC], the same amount as the 

budget request and $54,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. Congress established the ONCRC to enhance domestic preparedness 

through cooperation of the Federal, State, and local governments in 

the unique environment of the National Capital Region [NCR]. 

The Committee remains concerned that planning for evacuation 

of the NCR during a disaster has not incorporated all of the pertinent officials from the appropriate local communities and States in 

the decisionmaking process. Therefore, the Committee includes bill 

language requiring inclusion of the Governors of the State of West 

Virginia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the NCR decisionmaking and planning process for mass evacuations. Further, 

the Committee again directs the Department to include officials 

from the counties and municipalities that contain the evacuation 

routes and their tributaries in the planning process. 

URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE RESPONSE SYSTEM

The Committee recommends $38,000,000 for the Urban Search 

and Rescue Response System, $10,000,000 above the request and 

$5,500,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. The Committee directs 

FEMA to provide an expenditure plan to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

act. The Committee understands that FEMA will complete an intensive review of the program to ensure the capacity meets the 

need. The expenditure plan shall reflect the findings of the review. 

The Committee is concerned that the 28 existing teams do not have 

adequate equipment to respond to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive events. Additionally, the review may 

find that additional teams are needed to provide adequate response 

times and coverage in the Nation. 
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STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $3,015,200,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 1 ......................................................................... 4,000,590,000 

Committee recommendation 2 ............................................................... 3,078,970,000 

1 Includes $610,000,000 proposed for Firefighter Assistance Grants and $345,000,000 proposed 

for Emergency Management Performance Grants, which continue to be funded in separate accounts. 2The Committee recommendation is $33,380,000 above the comparable request. 

State and local programs provide grants for training, equipment 

(including interoperable communications equipment), exercises, and 

technical assistance to improve readiness for potential disasters. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Grants: 

State Homeland Security Grant Program1 ........................... 950,000 1,050,000 950,000 

Operation Stonegarden 1 .............................................. [60,000 ] [50,000 ] [60,000 ] 

Urban Area Security Initiative .............................................. 887,000 1,100,000 950,000 

Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grants ........................ 35,000 35,000 35,000 

Metropolitan Medical Response System ............................... 41,000 ( 2 ) 38,000 

Citizen Corps ......................................................................... 13,000 ( 2 ) 11,500 

Public Transportation Security Assistance and Railroad Security Assistance .............................................................. 300,000 300,000 350,000 

Port Security Grants .............................................................. 300,000 300,000 350,000 

Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance ............................... 12,000 ............................ ( 3 ) 

Buffer Zone Protection Program Grants ............................... 50,000 50,000 50,000 

Driver’s License Security Grants Program ............................ 50,000 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

Interoperability Emergency Communications Grant Program ................................................................................. 50,000 ( 2 ) 50,000 

Emergency Operations Centers ............................................. 60,000 ............................ 31,520 

Firefighter Assistance Grants ............................................... ( 4 ) 610,000 ( 4 ) 

Emergency Management Performance Grants ...................... ( 5 ) 345,000 ( 5 ) 

Subtotal, Grants ............................................................... 2,748,000 3,790,000 2,816,020 

National Programs: 

National Domestic Preparedness Consortium/Other Programs ............................................................................... 103,700 51,500 99,450 

Center for Domestic Preparedness/Noble Training Center ... 62,500 62,500 62,500 

National Exercise Program .................................................... 40,000 42,000 40,000 

Technical Assistance ............................................................ 13,000 15,000 15,000 

Continuing Training Grants .................................................. 29,000 21,590 30,000 

Evaluations and Assessments .............................................. 16,000 18,000 16,000 

Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium ........................... 3,000 ............................ ............................

Subtotal, National Programs ............................................ 267,200 210,590 262,950 

Total, State and Local Programs ..................................... 3,015,200 4,000,590 6 3,078,970 

1 Funding for Operation Stonegarden provided within the State Homeland Security Grant Program. 

2 Activities are eligible expenses in State Homeland Security Grant Program and/or Urban Area Security Initiative. 

3 Funding available under Public Transportation Security Assistance and Railroad Security Assistance PPA. 

4 Funds appropriated under the Firefighter Assistance Grants account. 

5 Funds appropriated under the Emergency Management Performance Grants account. 

6 The Committee recommendation is $33,380,000 above the request after reducing the request by the amounts requested under this heading that are funded in separate accounts. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $3,078,970,000 for State and local 

programs. The Committee recommendation is $33,380,000 above 

the comparable requested level. The Committee does not approve 

the budget request to fund Firefighter Assistance Grants and 

Emergency Management Performance Grants under this heading, 

each program is funded in a separate account consistent with previous years. The Committee includes a provision providing up to 5 

percent of the total amount appropriated for State and local programs for both the Grants Programs Directorate [GPD] and the 

National Preparedness Directorate [NPD]. This is consistent with 

the structure of previous years and provides the same amount as 

requested in the President’s fiscal year 2011 budget for these important activities. The Committee also includes a provision allowing grantees to use no more than 5 percent of grant funding for 

management and administrative costs. 

The Committee includes specific time frames for grant dollar distribution and expects FEMA and the Department to comply with 

the law to ensure homeland security funds are distributed in a 

timely manner. For the State Homeland Security Grant Program 

[SHSGP], the Urban Area Security Initiative [UASI], Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grants, Metropolitan Medical Response 

System Grants, and Citizens Corps Program grant guidance shall 

be issued in 25 days, applicants shall apply within 90 days after 

guidance is issued, and FEMA shall act on the application within 

90 days after applications are due. For Public Transportation Security Assistance and Railroad Security Assistance, Port Security 

Grants, Over-The-Road Bus Security Assistance, Interoperable 

Emergency Communications Grant Program, and Buffer Zone Protection Program, grant guidance shall be issued in 30 days, applicants shall apply within 45 days after guidance is issued, and 

FEMA shall act on the application within 60 days after applications are due. 

The funds provided for State and local grants are to be used for 

purposes consistent with each program as authorized and may not, 

with certain exceptions, be used for construction activities. 

For purposes of eligibility for funds under this heading, any 

county, city, village, town, district, borough, parish, port authority, 

transit authority, intercity rail provider, commuter rail system, 

freight rail provider, water district, regional planning commission, 

council of government, Indian tribe with jurisdiction over Indian 

country, authorized tribal organization, Alaska Native village, independent authority, special district, or other political subdivision of 

any State shall constitute a ‘‘local unit of government.’’ 

The Department is encouraged to consider the need for mass 

evacuation planning and pre-positioning of equipment for areas potentially impacted by mass evacuations in allocating first responder 

funds. The Committee notes the Department’s efforts to support 

the homeland security needs of federally recognized tribes and encourages FEMA to continue its efforts in ensuring federally recognized tribes are included in homeland security efforts through 

State and local planning efforts. The Department is encouraged to 

require State and local governments to address child care services 
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and facilities in response and recovery plans, exercises, and training. Additionally, the Committee is concerned that State and local 

cyber security issues are not receiving the required resources and 

attention and the Department is encouraged to require State and 

local governments to include Chief Information Officers in planning 

efforts. The Committee is concerned that drinking water and sanitation security needs, especially related to emergency response initiatives, are not adequately addressed and the Department is encouraged to require State and local governments to include rural 

water associations in planning efforts as well. 

The Committee is supportive of the Department’s efforts to 

evaluate applications based on risk and effectiveness. The Department should continue its efforts to evaluate SHSGP and UASI applications based on how effectively these grants will address identified homeland security needs. The Department shall work aggressively to ensure grant applicants have the same information that 

is available to the Department with regard to threat, vulnerability, 

and consequence to ensure applications reflect true risk. 

The Committee expects FEMA to continue to fully engage subject 

matter experts within the Department when appropriate in the development of grant guidance and the determination of awards. 

ASSESSING STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

The Committee remains supportive of State and local efforts to 

prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against disasters. We face a dynamic threat by both man and nature and without State and local first responders and homeland security partners 

there is no homeland security and no effective emergency management. 

In a resource constrained environment, reductions are unavoidable. Programs that can describe specific outcomes fair the best. 

Despite many efforts, including specific direction and funding provided by the Congress, outcomes and gains made through homeland security grant programs, combined with the investments made 

at the State and local level, cannot be clearly articulated. Neither 

can the remaining needs. 

In the explanatory statement accompanying the Department of 

Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010, a Local, State, Tribal, 

and Federal Preparedness Task Force was created and charged 

with making recommendations regarding the most appropriate way 

to collectively assess the Nation’s capabilities and capability gaps. 

The Task Force was also charged with making recommendations 

regarding which preparedness guidance documents and policies 

need updating, which grant programs work the most efficiently, 

and where programs can be improved. The work of the Task Force 

continues and recommendations are forthcoming. 

In response to the evolving threat to this country, the Committee 

remains committed to supporting homeland security grant programs. However, in the absence of demonstrable measures of effectiveness during fiscal year 2011, long-term support for these programs cannot be assumed. 
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STATE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM

The Committee recommends $950,000,000 for the State Homeland Security Grant Program [SHSGP], of which $60,000,000 shall 

be for Operation Stonegarden Grants, the same amounts as the fiscal year 2010 level. The budget request of $1,050,000,000 for 

SHSGP includes funding for activities appropriated under Metropolitan Medical Response System, Citizens Corps, Driver’s Licenses 

Security Program, and Interoperability Emergency Communications Program Grants in fiscal year 2010. The budget proposes to 

combine several grant programs which are specifically authorized 

as separate programs in the 9/11 Act. The Committee does not approve the proposed restructuring of the grant programs, but encourages FEMA to continue to work with stakeholders on ways to 

streamline grant programs and processes. In accordance with section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, all funds (excluding Operation Stonegarden) above the amount automatically allocated to States and territories, shall be allocated based on risk (as 

defined by threat, vulnerability, and consequence) and effectiveness. Operation Stonegarden shall be competitively awarded and 

all border States shall be eligible to apply in fiscal year 2011. 

URBAN AREA SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM

The Committee recommends $950,000,000 for the UASI Grant 

Program, $63,000,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. Of this 

amount, the recommendation includes $20,000,000 for nonprofit entities determined to be at risk by the Secretary. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT TERRORISM PREVENTION PROGRAM

In accordance with section 2006 of the Homeland Security Act of 

2002, the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program 

[LETPP] is funded through a required set aside of 25 percent of the 

funds appropriated through the SHSGP and UASI programs. The 

Committee directs FEMA to provide clear guidance to States and 

urban areas to ensure that the intent of LETPP is fully realized. 

REGIONAL CATASTROPHIC PREPAREDNESS GRANT PROGRAM

The Committee recommends $35,000,000 for the Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program [RCPGP], the same amount 

as the fiscal year 2010 level and as proposed in the budget. Of this 

amount, no more than $3,000,000 shall be for technical assistance. 

FEMA is directed to make a portion of technical assistance available for issues related to mass evacuation and host communities. 

Due to economic restraints, the Committee understands that in fiscal year 2010 some grantees were unable to meet the match requirement for regional activities, leaving critical projects at risk for 

completion, as they use limited resources for meeting requirements 

in their own jurisdictions. Therefore, in fiscal year 2011 there shall 

be no requirement for grantees to match funding for this program 

so that grantees can implement regional solutions for catastrophic 

events without delay. 

RCPGP has provided needed funding for planning efforts to date. 

The Committee recognizes that a crucial step after initial plan development is to exercise and validate those plans and ensure train-
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ing needs are filled. Therefore grant funds shall be available for 

overtime, backfill, exercises (tabletop, functional, or full-scale), and 

training. Exercises should be coordinated through the National Exercise Program. Further, as plans are completed, FEMA is directed 

to: prioritize funding for efforts which formalize sustainable working groups for continued effective coordination; ensure synchronization of plans and shared best practices; implement citizen and 

community preparedness campaigns; and pre-position needed commodities and equipment. FEMA is further directed to take into account the needs of both the area at risk of attack and likely host 

communities. 

METROPOLITAN MEDICAL RESPONSE SYSTEM

The Committee recommends $38,000,000 for the Metropolitan 

Medical Response System [MMRS], which is $3,000,000 below the 

fiscal year 2010 level. The budget requests no specific funding for 

MMRS. The Committee recognizes the important work of MMRS in 

preparing the Nation for a large-scale medical response in urban 

areas. 

CITIZENS CORPS

The Committee recommends $11,500,000 for the Citizens Corps 

Program, which is $1,500,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level. The 

budget requests no specific funding for Citizens Corps. The Committee recognizes the important work Citizens Corps grantees have 

completed to better prepare their communities for an emergency response to date. As required under the heading, Management and 

Administration, FEMA is directed to develop an inventory of the 

products and best practices developed through the Citizens Corp 

programs. 

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ASSISTANCE, RAILROAD SECURITY

ASSISTANCE, AND OVER-THE-ROAD BUS SECURITY ASSISTANCE

The Committee recommends $350,000,000 for Public Transportation Security Assistance [PTSA], Railroad Security Assistance 

[RSA], and Over-The-Road Bus Security Assistance; instead of 

$300,000,000 for PTSA and RSA, and no funding for Over-TheRoad Bus Security Assistance as proposed in the budget request. 

Of the recommended amount, no less than $25,000,000 is provided 

for Amtrak security needs and no less than $6,000,000 is for OverThe-Road Bus Security Assistance. The Committee notes that since 

2004 there have been over 1,300 attacks on trains, subways, and 

buses worldwide resulting in over 4,000 killed and 14,000 injured. 

It is essential that FEMA continue to work with grantees to ensure 

that funds are used rapidly and effectively. The Committee remains concerned about the slow pace of spending these funds and 

directs FEMA to brief the Committees on Appropriations no later 

than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act on efforts to 

expedite the effective expenditure of these funds. 

PORT SECURITY GRANTS

The Committee recommends $350,000,000 for the Port Security 

Grant Program, $50,000,000 above the amount proposed in the 
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budget and $50,000,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. The Committee notes that physical security, preparedness and planning for 

response to a disaster, and training of port facility officials at the 

Nation’s ports is imperative to economic security. 

BUFFER ZONE PROTECTION PROGRAM

The Committee recommends $50,000,000 for the Buffer Zone Protection Program, as proposed in the budget. 

DRIVER’S LICENSE SECURITY GRANTS PROGRAM

The Committee recommends no separate funding for the Driver’s 

License Security Grants Program, as proposed in the budget. 

States may use SHSGP funding for this activity 

INTEROPERABILITY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS GRANTS

The Committee recommends $50,000,000 for Interoperability 

Emergency Communications Grants, which is same amount as the 

fiscal year 2010 level. The budget request provides no specific funding for this grant program. 

The Committee expects that before grant dollars can be obligated 

by grantees for interoperable communications equipment, jurisdictions must certify to FEMA that the funds are being spent in accordance with their plans. The Committee directs FEMA Regional 

Offices, in conjunction with the National Protection and Programs 

Directorate Office of Emergency Communications, to assist in integrating communications plans. 

EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS

The Committee recommends $31,520,000 for Emergency Operations Centers, instead of no funding as proposed in the budget. Of 

the amount provided $15,760,000 shall be competitively awarded. 

Bill language is included providing for the Congressionally directed spending items listed in the following table: 

EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS 

Amount 

City of Compton, CA ........................................................................................................................................ $500,000 

City of Pasadena, CA ....................................................................................................................................... 500,000 

State of Illinois, Springfield, IL ....................................................................................................................... 1,000,000 

Polk County, IA ................................................................................................................................................. 610,000 

Louisana Sheriffs’ Association, Baton Rouge, LA ........................................................................................... 750,000 

City of Baton Rouge, LA .................................................................................................................................. 250,000 

State of Michigan, Lansing, MI ....................................................................................................................... 250,000 

Missoula County, MT ........................................................................................................................................ 771,000 

Park County, MT ............................................................................................................................................... 129,000 

City of Passaic, NJ ........................................................................................................................................... 950,000 

Hudson County, NJ ........................................................................................................................................... 3,450,000 

City of Orange Township, NJ ............................................................................................................................ 600,000 

Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency, RI ......................................................................................... 1,000,000 

State of West Virginia ...................................................................................................................................... 5,000,000 

CENTER FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS

The Committee recommends $62,500,000 to continue activities 

for the Center for Domestic Preparedness, the same amount as the 
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fiscal year 2010 level and the request level. Included in this 

amount is funding to continue activities for the Noble Training 

Center. 

NATIONAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM

The Committee recommends $97,000,000 for the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, instead of $51,500,000, as proposed in the budget. Funds are to be allocated in the same 

amounts as fiscal year 2010 to the following existing members of 

the Consortium: the National Energetic Materials Research and 

Testing Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; 

the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training, Louisiana State University; the National Emergency Response and 

Rescue Training Center, Texas A&M University; the National Exercise, Test, and Training Center, Nevada Test Site; and the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

CENTER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM AND CYBERCRIME

The Committee recommends $2,450,000 for counterterrorism and 

cybercrime training at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. 

CONTINUING TRAINING GRANTS

The Committee provides $30,000,000 for continuing training 

grants, $8,410,000 above the request and $1,000,000 above fiscal 

year 2010, of which State and local government intelligence awareness training shall be no less than $1,000,000 above the level funded in fiscal year 2010. The Committee supports full funding of programs that deliver homeland security curricula in the form of executive education programs and accredited master’s degree education. 

The Committee also notes the importance of the Mobile Education 

Team providing half-day, graduate-level seminars on homeland security challenges for Governors, Mayors, and senior staff being conducted prior to any emergency their community may experience. 

The Committee directs FEMA to report to the Committees on Appropriations, no later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 

this act, regarding the needs being met by the continuing training 

grants to date. The report shall include any potential gaps in new 

needs that have evolved including training for planning and response to catastrophic events, State and local government intelligence, and law enforcement response related to all-hazards 

events, including jail evacuation. 

NATIONAL EXERCISE PROGRAM

The Committee recommends $40,000,000 for the National Exercise Program, the same amount as fiscal year 2010, and $2,000,000 

below the budget request. 

The Committee understands the national exercise program is 

under review, by the Department and FEMA, to ensure exercises 

validate response capabilities and provide assessments of plans, organization, training, and equipment needs which are relevant to realistic scenarios. FEMA is directed to brief the Committee no later 

than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act on any planned 
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and needed program reforms. The briefing shall include a discussion on how exercises can produce specific and measurable accomplishments such as effective regional response protocol, information 

sharing, and citizen preparedness. Further, the briefing shall provide information regarding an effective way to use reconstruction 

of actual events that have already occurred as opportunities to validate response capabilities and assess plans, organization, training, 

and equipment needs. 

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

The Committee recommends $15,000,000 for technical assistance, 

the same amount as the budget request, and $2,000,000 above fiscal year 2010. The Committee recognizes the importance of the 

technical assistance program, which delivers quick and effective 

problem solving tools for homeland security partners and supports 

the delivery of technical assistance for three major areas, as outlined in the budget request, for grants management, planning, and 

prevention activities. In administering grants management technical assistance, FEMA should focus on assistance related to expediting the drawdown of Federal funds. 

The Committee encourages FEMA to continue to provide training 

to first responders through the Domestic Preparedness Equipment 

Technical Assistance Program. 

EVALUATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS

The Committee recommends $16,000,000 for evaluations and assessments, the same amount as the fiscal year 2010 level and 

$2,000,000 below the request. The Committee views the responsibilities encompassed by evaluations and assessments as crucial to 

policy development, grant funding determinations, and measuring 

the outcomes of the Nation’s preparedness efforts. The lack of effective assessment development and direction for this effort, by both 

the former Preparedness Directorate and FEMA, is disappointing: 

it has left the Nation less able to forge ahead on preparedness in 

the most effective and cost efficient way. Assessing the preparedness of the Nation in a Federal system is complicated, but it can 

and must be done. Leadership and commitment to the task are imperative to its completion. So is the cooperation of stakeholders. 

The Committee considered withholding funds of the Office of the 

Administrator and grantees until a way forward on assessments is 

in place. However, with the Preparedness Task Force set to make 

recommendations at the end of the fiscal year, the Committee did 

not want to impose a deadline that would restrict full consideration 

of the Task Force recommendations. Therefore, the Office of the 

Administrator is directed to brief the Committee quarterly on the 

progress of implementing an outcomes based preparedness assessment. The initial briefing shall include a review of how other nations have attempted to complete such an effort. FEMA is encouraged to submit a reprogramming request after the Task Force recommendations are received if additional resources are needed to 

implement the recommendations. 
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FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $810,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 1 ......................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 810,000,000 

1 Budget proposes $610,000,000 under State and Local Programs. 

Firefighter assistance grants, as authorized by section 33 of the 

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229), 

assist local firefighting departments for the purpose of protecting 

the health and safety of the public and fire fighting personnel, including volunteers and emergency medical service personnel, 

against fire and fire-related hazards. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $810,000,000 for firefighter assistance grants, including $390,000,000 for firefighter assistance 

grants, and $420,000,000 for firefighter staffing grants, to remain 

available until September 30, 2011. This is the same amount as the 

fiscal year 2010 level and $200,000,000 above the level requested 

in ‘‘State and Local Programs’’. 

The Committee directs the Department to continue the present 

practice of funding applications according to local priorities and 

those established by the United States Fire Administration, and to 

continue direct funding to fire departments and the peer review 

process. Up to 5 percent of grant funds shall be for program administration. 

The Committee notes that the U.S. Fire Service Needs Assessment, which was required in the explanatory statement accompanying the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 

2010 to be submitted no later than April 9, 2010, has not been received by the Committee. FEMA is directed to submit the assessment without delay. The Committee directs FEMA to brief the 

Committees on Appropriations no later than 60 days after the date 

of enactment of this act regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the recent GAO report (GAO–10–64) on additional actions which would improve the grants process. 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $340,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 1 ......................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 345,000,000 

1 Budget proposes $345,000,000 under State and Local Programs. 

Funding requested in this account provides support to the Nation’s all-hazards emergency management system and helps to 

build State and local emergency management capability. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $345,000,000 for emergency management performance grants [EMPG], the same level as the 

amount requested in the budget within the ‘‘State and Local Programs’’ account and $5,000,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. 

EMPG is an essential source of funding for State and local emergency management. 
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The Committee directs FEMA to retain EMPG as a separate 

grant program, and not to combine its funding with any other 

grant allocation or application process. Not to exceed 3 percent of 

grant funds shall be for administrative expenses. 

RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

Appropriations, 2010 1 ........................................................................... ¥$265,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 1 ......................................................................... ¥361,000 

Committee recommendation 1 ............................................................... ¥361,000 

1Fee collections are estimated to exceed costs. 

The Radiological Emergency Preparedness [REP] program assists 

State and local governments in the development of off-site radiological emergency preparedness plans within the emergency planning zones of commercial nuclear power facilities licensed by the 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission [NRC]. The fund is financed from 

fees assessed and collected from the NRC licensees to recover the 

amounts anticipated to be obligated in the next fiscal year for expenses related to REP program activities. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee provides for the receipt and expenditure of fees 

collected, as authorized by Public Law 105–276. The budget estimates fee collections to exceed expenditures by $361,000 in fiscal 

year 2011. 

UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $45,588,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 45,930,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 45,930,000 

The mission of the United States Fire Administration [USFA] is 

to reduce losses, both economic and human, due to fire and other 

emergencies through training, research, coordination and support. 

USFA also prepares the Nation’s first responder and healthcare 

leaders through ongoing, and when necessary, expedited training 

regarding how to evaluate and minimize community risk, improve 

protection to critical infrastructure, and be better prepared to react 

to all hazard and terrorism emergencies. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $45,930,000 for the USFA, as requested in the budget. 

DISASTER RELIEF

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $1,600,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 1,950,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,950,000,000 

Through the Disaster Relief Fund [DRF], the Department provides a significant portion of the total Federal response to victims 

in presidentially declared major disasters and emergencies. Major 

disasters are declared when a State requests Federal assistance 

and proves that a given disaster is beyond the local and State ca-
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pacity to respond. Under the DRF, FEMA will continue to operate 

the primary assistance programs, including Federal assistance to 

individuals and households; and public assistance, which includes 

the repair and reconstruction of State, local, and nonprofit infrastructure. The post-disaster hazard mitigation set-aside to States, 

as part of the DRF, works as a companion piece to the National 

Predisaster Mitigation Fund. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $1,950,000,000 for disaster relief, 

the same amount as the budget request and $350,000,000 above 

the fiscal year 2010 level. Of this amount, $216,760,000 shall be 

transferred to FEMA ‘‘Management and Administration’’ for management and administration functions; and $16,000,000 shall be 

transferred to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General for audits and investigations related to disasters, 

subject to section 503 of this act. The Committee also recommends 

bill language requiring an expenditure plan and quarterly reports 

for disaster readiness and support costs; and a monthly report on 

the disaster relief expenditures. 

The Office of Management and Budget fails to provide Congress 

with timely information of funding requirements for disaster relief 

activities. The President’s $5,100,000,000 supplemental request 

was not submitted until February 2010, when a funding shortfall 

was known in May 2009. Further, the Committee is aware that the 

President’s fiscal year 2011 request is $1,000,000,000 to 

$2,000,000,000 short of known requirements for prior disasters, including Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, Ike, and the Midwest 

floods. The FEMA Administrator shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations no later than September 7, 2010, on the 

estimated fiscal year 2011 requirements for prior and future disasters. 

FEMA is directed to maintain the Florida long-term recovery office as long as there is sufficient work to be done following the 2004 

and 2005 hurricanes that struck the State. FEMA is directed to notify the Committees 60 days prior to closing the office. 

DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $295,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 295,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 295,000 

Disaster assistance loans authorized by the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5162) are 

loans to States for the non-Federal portion of cost sharing funds, 

and community disaster loans to local governments incurring a 

substantial loss of tax and other revenues as a result of a major 

disaster. The funds requested for this program include direct loans 

and a subsidy based on criteria including loan amount and interest 

charged. As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 

U.S.C. 661 et seq.), this account records, for this program, the subsidy costs associated with the direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond (including modifications of direct loans), as well as administrative expenses of the program. The subsidy amounts are esti-
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mated on a present value basis; the administrative expenses are estimated on a cash basis. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $295,000, as proposed in the budget, 

in subsidy costs for disaster assistance direct loans. 

Bill language is included directing the gross obligations for the 

principal amount of direct loans to not exceed $25,000,000. 

The Committee recognizes that the Department issued a rulemaking in January 2010 providing for the cancellation of Special 

Community Disaster Loans [SCDLs] issued by FEMA following 

Hurricane Katrina, more than a year and a half after passage of 

the law providing for cancellation of these loans in 2007. The Committee is pleased with FEMA’s efforts to assist communities in 

their applications for cancellation of SCDLs and directs FEMA to 

continue their work with these communities to ensure maximum 

flexibility within the law as it considers cancellation applications. 

The Committee further directs FEMA to provide communities 

whose loans are not ultimately cancelled with extended deadlines 

and financing for loan repayment. 

FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS 1

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $220,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 194,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 194,000,000 

1Formerly called the Flood Map Modernization Fund. 

This appropriation supports the functions necessary to develop, 

and keep current, flood risk information and flood maps. The flood 

maps are used to determine appropriate risk-based premium rates 

for the National Flood Insurance Program, to complete flood hazard 

determinations required of the Nation’s lending institutions, and to 

develop appropriate disaster response plans for Federal, State, and 

local emergency management personnel. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $194,000,000 for Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, the same amount as the budget request 

and $26,000,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level. FEMA and the 

cooperating partners have delivered modernized maps for 80 percent of the United States population and are projecting coverage of 

92 percent of the population once the fiscal year 2010 funds are obligated. The Committee recommendation includes language in the 

bill that provides that up to 5 percent of the funds may be made 

available for administrative purposes. The budget proposes no cap 

on administrative expenses. The Committee also recommends the 

program name change, as proposed in the budget, which better reflects the focus of future flood map modernization activities. 

FLOOD PREVENTION AND RECOVERY

Flood prevention and recovery at the local level are impacted by 

several Federal agencies and programs, including FEMA and the 

United States Army Corps of Engineers [USACE], which interact 

in the establishment of certain Flood Insurance Rate Maps. Updat-
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ing Flood Insurance Rate Maps and educating residents about flood 

risk contributes significantly to mitigating future losses to floods 

for homeowners, businesses, and American taxpayers. However, 

communities seeking a resolution to disagreements about flood control infrastructure protection and mapping are often left at an impasse due to the inability of FEMA and USACE to clarify Federal 

roles and responsibilities. The stovepiped approach by Federal 

agencies to date has left communities with two options—ignore the 

risk or face unaffordable costs. Neither is acceptable. There is not 

a clear understanding of the scope of the problems or the full set 

of reasonable solutions to mitigate them. Nonetheless, the costs to 

communities to complete flood control infrastructure repairs, and to 

individuals as a result of sudden increases in flood insurance, are 

causing serious concerns about affordability, especially in the current economy. 

Therefore, FEMA is directed to create an inter-agency task force, 

to include the USACE and the Office of Management and Budget 

[OMB], to track, address, and where possible, resolve concerns 

stemming from FEMA mapping efforts in communities with issues 

related to flood control infrastructure protection, such as levees, 

drainage, or dams. OMB, as a participant in the task force, shall 

work to ensure any conflicts between agencies on the task force are 

resolved in a timely fashion. The task force shall provide a quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations and other appropriate congressional committees, the first of which shall be issued 

no later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this act. The 

report shall provide a list of contacts made by a community official 

to either FEMA or USACE, including the date of each contact; a 

brief summary of the community official’s concern; a determination 

of which governmental entity is legally responsible for the maintenance and certification of the flood protection infrastructure; and a 

joint response from FEMA and USACE to the concern, including all 

options the Federal Government allows to resolve the concern. 

Within 6 months after the date of enactment of this act, the Government Accountability Office [GAO] shall initiate an examination 

of the number and status, including timeliness, of responses to 

issues communities have submitted to the task force members regarding flood control infrastructure and the effect on Flood Insurance Rate Maps and the estimated costs to the community. GAO 

shall periodically update the report on a schedule to be agreed 

upon with the Committees on Appropriations. 

NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

Appropriations, 2010 1 ........................................................................... ($146,000,000) 

Budget estimate, 2011 1 ......................................................................... (169,000,000) 

Committee recommendation 1 ............................................................... (169,000,000) 

1Fully offset by fee collections. 

The National Flood Insurance Fund is a fee-generated fund 

which provides funding for the National Flood Insurance Program. 

This program enables property owners to purchase flood insurance 

otherwise unavailable in the commercial market. The National 

Flood Insurance Act of 1968 authorizes the Federal Government to 

provide flood insurance on a national basis. This insurance is available to communities which enact and enforce appropriate floodplain 
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management measures and covers virtually all types of buildings 

and their contents up to $350,000 for residential types and 

$1,000,000 for all other types. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $169,000,000, as proposed in the 

budget, for the National Flood Insurance Fund, of which 

$40,000,000 is for expenses under section 1366 of the National 

Flood Insurance Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c) to provide assistance planning to States and communities for implementing floodplain management measures to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of 

flood damage to buildings and other structures eligible for insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program. 

The Committee has been frustrated with the lack of clarity on resources available to support mapping activities between the National Flood Insurance Fund and the program formerly called the 

Flood Map Modernization Fund, now Flood Hazard Mapping and 

Risk Analysis. FEMA is directed to continue to clarify the roles and 

responsibilities between these programs. The Committee does not 

recommend elimination of funding for the Severe Repetitive Loss 

Program, as proposed in the budget. Instead, FEMA is directed to 

streamline the process and eligibility requirements for the program 

to ensure its most effective use to prevent loss of property and save 

disaster relief resources. 

NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $100,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 100,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 75,000,000 

The National Predisaster Mitigation [PDM] Fund provides grants 

to States, communities, territories, and Indian tribal governments 

for hazard mitigation planning and implementing mitigation 

projects prior to a disaster event. PDM grants are awarded on a 

competitive basis. This program operates independent of the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, funded through the Disaster Relief 

Fund, which provides grants to a State in which a disaster has 

been declared. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $75,000,000 for PDM, $25,000,000 

below the fiscal year 2010 level and the request. The Committee 

continues to support predisaster mitigation, and recognizes the importance of coordinating predisaster mitigation projects with 

projects being completed through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. The Committee continues to be concerned about the pace of 

awarding these funds. Over $230,000,000 of prior-year appropriations remain unobligated as of April 30, 2010. 

EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $200,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 100,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 150,000,000 
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This appropriation funds grants to nonprofit and faith-based organizations at the local level to supplement their programs for 

emergency food and shelter to provide for the immediate needs of 

the homeless. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $150,000,000 for Emergency Food 

and Shelter, which is $50,000,000 above the budget request level 

and $50,000,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level. The Committee 

continues to support the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, 

and recognizes it as one program, in conjunction with other Federal 

programs, that serves those in immediate need of food and shelter 

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TITLE IV 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES 

UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $224,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 385,800,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 171,593,000 

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services [USCIS] 

funds expenses necessary for the administration of laws and the 

provision of services related to people seeking to enter, reside, 

work, and naturalize in the United States. In addition to directly 

appropriated resources, fee collections are available for the operations of USCIS. 

Immigration Examinations Fees.—USCIS collects fees from persons applying for immigration benefits to support the adjudication 

of applications, as authorized by the Immigration and Nationality 

Act (8 U.S.C. 1356). 

H1–B and L Fraud Prevention and Detection Fees.—USCIS collects fees from petitioners seeking a beneficiary’s initial grant of 

H1–B or L nonimmigrant classification or those petitioners seeking 

to change a beneficiary’s employer within those classifications 

(Public Law 108–447). 

H1–B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Fees.—USCIS collects fees from 

petitioners using the H1–B program (Public Law 108–447). 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends total resources of $2,598,150,000, 

including direct appropriations of $171,593,000 and estimated fee 

collections of $2,426,557,000. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES—FUNDING SUMMARY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Appropriations ................................................................................ 224,000 385,800 171,593 

Estimated Fee Collections: 

Immigration Examinations Fees ........................................... 2,451,884 2,375,479 2,375,479 

H–1B and L Fraud Prevention and Detection Fees .............. 38,348 38,078 38,078 

H–1B Non-immigrant Petitioner Fees ................................... 13,000 13,000 13,000 

Total, Estimated Fee Collections ...................................... 2,503,232 2,426,557 2,426,557 

Total, Available Funding .................................................. 2,727,232 2,812,357 2,598,150 
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E-VERIFY

The Committee recommends $103,400,000 for the E-verify program, as requested. 

The Committee supports E-Verify and the effort the Department 

is performing to improve E-Verify’s ability to automatically verify 

those who are work authorized, detect identity fraud, and detect 

system misuse and discrimination. E-Verify is both a tool for employers committed to maintaining a legal workforce and a deterrent 

to illegal immigration. The Committee notes progress continues to 

be made on reducing the mismatch rate. The additional funds 

above the request provided to this program in the fiscal year 2010 

act that remain available in fiscal year 2011 will promote monitoring and compliance activities and IT-related business initiatives 

geared toward improved system use. 

The Committee is disappointed that USCIS has not aggressively 

made use of the additional funds provided above the President’s request for E-Verify compliance and capacity building. The Committee directs USCIS to provide a briefing by September 10, 2010, 

on efforts to improve compliance and the capacity of the system. 

Last year, in response to an amendment adopted by the Senate 

to the fiscal year 2010 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill which would have provided private sector employers 

the option to use E-Verify to check the eligibility of current workers 

and not just newly hired employees, the Department indicated it 

opposed the inclusion of the Senate provision during the HouseSenate conference. The Secretary of Homeland Security specifically 

stated that the provision ‘‘has significant implementation challenges and would impose large new burdens on the E-Verify system 

that have not been budgeted. I support the general intent to expand and improve employers’ ability to verify the employment eligibility of their workforce, but oppose this provision until such an expansion can be implemented in a measured and well-planned fashion.’’ 

While the Secretary indicated her support for the intent of the 

provision, the Committee notes that there are no additional funds 

requested in the President’s budget to expand the capacity of the 

E-Verify system to allow employers to verify the work eligibility 

status of existing employees. The Committee directs the Director of 

USCIS to provide a report not later than 90 days after the date of 

enactment of this act identifying the costs to expand E-Verify to 

allow employers to voluntarily verify the work eligibility of their 

workforce. 

The Committee urges USCIS to continue to work to enhance the 

system to further improve performance, to continue its public outreach and education campaign, and to perform a new, independent 

evaluation of the system during the first quarter of fiscal year 

2011. 

PROPOSED NEW FEES

The budget proposed $207,000,000 in new appropriated resources 

to cover the costs associated with performing administrative and 

international programs such as asylum, refugee, and humanitarian 

parole. The Committee supports the existing method used to cover 
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the costs for those activities. The Committee notes that section 

286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)) 

provides the Department with broad discretion on how fees collected may be used. Specifically, it states that immigration examination fees ‘‘may be set at a level that will ensure recovery of the 

full costs of providing all such services, including the costs of similar services provided without charge to asylum applicants or other 

immigrants. Such fees may also be set at a level that will recover 

any additional costs associated with the administration of the fees 

collected.’’ The Committee recommends $50,000,000 for asylum and 

refugee services, the same as provided in fiscal year 2010. The 

Committee recommends no appropriated funds for the systematic 

alien verification for entitlements program, and directs that this 

activity and asylum and refugee services shall be funded using the 

existing methods to cover the costs of these activities. The Committee directs the Department to submit a reprogramming within 

30 days after the date of enactment of this act, to reflect the continuation of these activities as fee-funded. The Committee notes 

that funding for military naturalization activities has been requested in the Department of Defense budget. The Committee also 

notes that approximately $72,000,000 is available in the H and L 

Fund for fraud investigations and that up to $38,000,000 in prioryear balances are available to be used for these and other purposes. 

IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION

The Committee recommends $11,000,000, the same level as provided in fiscal year 2010, for citizenship education and immigrant 

integration grants. The Committee does not recommend the 

$7,000,000 requested in the budget for operation of the Office of 

Citizenship Services and directs that it continue to be a fee-funded 

activity. 

DRIVER’S LICENSE SECURITY HUB

The Committee is disappointed that it has not yet received the 

REAL ID Hub expenditure plan as called for in the statement of 

managers accompanying the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010. The Committee directs that it be submitted 

immediately. A rescission of $10,000,000 in unobligated prior-year 

funding for this activity is included as a General Provision. 

DATA CENTER MIGRATION

The Committee recommends $7,193,000, for data center migration activities, a reduction of $16,207,000 below the request, due to 

accelerated funding for these activities provided in fiscal year 2010. 

NATURALIZATION CEREMONIES

The Committee encourages USCIS to work with local public and 

private groups to schedule naturalization and oath of allegiance 

ceremonies as part of Flag Day, Independence Day, and Constitution Day celebrations. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The following table, which includes appropriations and estimated 

fee collections, summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as 

compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES—PROGRAM SUMMARY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Appropriations: 

Employment Eligibility Verification [EEV]/E-Verify ............... 137,000 103,400 103,400 

Data Center Consolidation .................................................... 11,000 23,400 7,193 

Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements ..................... ............................ 34,000 ............................

Immigration Integration Programs ....................................... 11,000 18,000 11,000 

REAL ID Act Implementation ................................................ 10,000 ............................ ............................

Asylum and Refugee Services .............................................. 50,000 207,000 50,000 

Military Naturalization Services ............................................ 5,000 ............................ ............................

Total, Appropriations ........................................................ 224,000 385,800 171,593 

Fee Collections: 

Adjudication Services (Fee Account): 

District Operations ....................................................... (1,132,317) (1,169,135) (1,169,135) 

Service Center Operations ........................................... (549,623) (508,281) (508,281) 

Asylum, Refugee and International Ops ...................... ............................ (62,630) (62,630) 

International Operations .............................................. (64,587) ............................ ............................

Record Operations ........................................................ (107,113) (102,471) (102,471) 

Business Transformation ............................................. (173,264) (164,025) (164,025) 

Subtotal, Adjudication Services ..................... (2,026,904) (2,006,542) (2,006,542) 

Information and Customer Services (Fee Account): 

Operating Expenses: 

Information and Customer Service ..................... (89,050) (83,501) (83,501) 

Subtotal, Information and Customer Services ............................................................. (89,050) (83,501) (83,501) 

Administration, (Fee Account): 

Administration ..................................................... (365,932) (336,514) (336,514) 

Subtotal, Administration ................................ (365,932) (336,514) (336,514) 

Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements [SAVE], (Fee 

Account) ............................................................................ (21,346) ............................ ............................

Total, Fee Collections ....................................................... (2,503,232) (2,426,557) (2,426,557) 

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2010 1 ........................................................................... $239,356,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 2 ......................................................................... 241,338,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 234,500,000 

1 Includes $1,309,000 for Federal Law Enforcement Accreditation. 

2 Includes $1,419,000 for Federal Law Enforcement Accreditation. 

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Salaries and Expenses appropriation provides funds for basic and some advanced 

training to Federal law enforcement personnel from more than 80 

agencies. This account also allows for research of new training 
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methodologies; provides for training to certain State, local, and foreign law enforcement personnel on a space-available basis; and accreditation of Federal law enforcement training programs. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $234,500,000 for salaries and expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center [FLETC] 

for fiscal year 2011. 

The Committee recommendation does not include $4,000,000 requested for the National Computer Forensics Institute [NCFI] and 

denies the budget proposal to transfer this function to the Federal 

Law Enforcement Training Center. The Committee expects the National Protection and Programs Directorate will continue to administer the NCFI in the same manner as fiscal year 2010, including 

allowing non-Federal, nonlaw enforcement cyber security professionals as students. 

The Committee includes bill language requiring the Director of 

FLETC to ensure all training centers are operated at the highest 

capacity feasible throughout the fiscal year. The Committee also 

expects the Director to maintain training at or near capacity before 

entering into new leases with private contractors or establishing 

new partner organizations. 

INTEGRITY TRAINING

The Federal Government has experienced a significant increase 

in law enforcement officer hiring in the years since the tragic attacks on September 11, 2001. The Committee believes it is critical 

that all Federal law enforcement personnel, especially new hires, 

receive comprehensive training in ethics and public integrity. The 

Committee notes that Federal law enforcement personnel receive 

ethics training as part of their basic training at FLETC and expects that all newly hired Federal law enforcement officers will receive such training wherever they are trained. 

ACCREDITATION

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. ( 1 ) 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... ( 2 ) 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. $1,419,000 

1 $1,309,000 for Accreditation included in ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

2 $1,419,000 for Accreditation requested in ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation [FLETA] 

process sets the standards for Federal law enforcement training. 

The accreditation of a Federal law enforcement academy or program provides assurance to the citizens they serve that they have 

voluntarily submitted to a process of self-regulation; and, that they 

have successfully achieved compliance with a set of standards that 

have been collectively established by their peers within their professional community that demonstrate adherence to quality, effectiveness, and integrity. The focus of the effort is to accredit Federal 

academies; entry-level and advanced or specialized training programs; instructor training; and other programs that affect multiple 

Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $1,419,000 for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board [FLETA]. FLETA should 

lead the Federal law enforcement training accreditation process to 

continue the implementation of measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, 

facilities, and instructors. 

ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED

EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $43,456,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 38,456,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 38,456,000 

This account provides for the acquisition and related costs for expansion and maintenance of facilities of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center [FLETC]. This includes construction and 

maintenance of facilities and environmental compliance. The environmental compliance funds ensure compliance with Environmental Protection Agency and State environmental laws and regulations. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $38,456,000 for acquisitions, construction, improvements, and related expenses for expansion and 

maintenance of facilities of FLETC as requested in the budget. 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SUMMARY

The mission of Science and Technology [S&T] is to conduct, stimulate, and enable homeland security research, development, testing, and to facilitate the timely transition of capabilities to Federal, 

State, local, and tribal end-users. 

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $143,200,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 151,959,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 146,918,000 

The Management and Administration account funds salaries and 

expenses related to the Office of the Under Secretary for Science 

and Technology, and headquarters. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $146,918,000 for management and 

administration of programs and activities carried out by S&T. Of 

this amount the Committee recommends not to exceed $10,000 for 

official reception and representation expenses. 

The recommended amount is $5,041,000 below the budget request and $3,718,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. The recommendation does not include funding for data center migration, 

however the Department is encouraged to resubmit the request 

with the fiscal year 2012 budget. 
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REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

S&T is directed to continue to provide the following: (1) quarterly 

briefings to the Committee on the test and evaluation status of all 

level 1 acquisitions; (2) a report on results of its research and development for the prior fiscal year; and (3) a report on the amounts 

de-obligated from projects during the prior fiscal year and what 

projects those funds were subsequently obligated to. The reports 

listed above are to be submitted in conjunction with the fiscal year 

2012 President’s budget request and in each subsequent fiscal year. 

Further, the report on the results of research and development 

should detail all technologies, technology improvements, or capabilities delivered to front line users, and if the technology or capability was the result of a project reviewed and prioritized by the Integrated Product Team process. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $863,271,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 866,305,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 863,420,000 

Science and Technology [S&T] supports the mission of DHS 

through basic and applied research, fabrication of prototypes, research and development to mitigate the effects of weapons of mass 

destruction, as well as acquiring and field testing equipment. Separate funding is provided for 12 different activities or portfolios. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $863,420,000, for research, development, acquisition, and operations of S&T. The recommended 

amount is $2,885,000 below the request and $149,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Border and Maritime Security ........................................................ 44,181 39,936 39,936 

Chemical and Biological ................................................................ 206,800 200,863 200,863 

Command, Control, and Interoperability ....................................... 81,764 74,832 77,082 

Explosives ....................................................................................... 120,809 120,809 120,809 

Human Factors ............................................................................... 16,087 13,435 13,435 

Infrastructure and Geophysical ..................................................... 74,958 36,122 56,987 

Innovation ...................................................................................... 44,000 44,000 44,000 

Laboratory Facilities ....................................................................... 150,188 122,000 122,000 

Radiological and Nuclear .............................................................. ............................ 109,000 109,000 

Test and Evaluation, Standards .................................................... 29,000 23,174 23,174 

Transition ....................................................................................... 46,134 42,134 42,134 

University Programs ....................................................................... 49,350 40,000 50,000 

Unspecified Reduction ................................................................... ............................ ............................ ¥36,000 

Total, Research, Development, Acquisition and Operations ........................................................................... 863,271 866,305 863,420 
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BORDER AND MARITIME SECURITY

The Committee recommendation includes $39,936,000, as requested in the budget, for developing and transitioning tools and 

technologies that improve the security of our Nation’s border and 

waterways. Within the amount provided is $3,000,000 for basic research on urban tunnel detection, as requested. 

The Committee encourages S&T to conduct a comprehensive 

technical evaluation of the various methods for detecting and interdicting the southbound movement of smuggled contraband, especially weapons and bulk cash. The evaluation should provide recommendations regarding the most effective strategies and technical 

assets that can be deployed in a manner that does not hamper legitimate cross-border traffic. 

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL

The Committee recommendation includes $200,863,000, as requested in the budget, for developing technologies for the detection 

of chemical, biological, and radiological contaminants. 

COMMAND, CONTROL, AND INTEROPERABILITY

The Committee recommendation includes $77,082,000, an increase of $2,250,000 above the amount requested in the budget. 

The Committee recommendation includes not less than $2,250,000 

for Distributed Environment for Critical Infrastructure Decisionmaking Exercises for research of low probability, high-consequence 

cyber attacks against infrastructure critical to the U.S. economy. 

FIRST RESPONDER COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT STANDARDS

S&T, in conjunction with the Director of the National Institute 

of Standards and Technology, shall continue assessing the compliance of first responder communications equipment with common 

system standards for digital public safety radio communications 

(Project 25 standards). 

EXPLOSIVES

The Committee recommendation includes $120,809,000, as requested in the budget. As requested, the Committee includes 

$15,671,000 to develop air cargo screening technologies, 

$17,000,000 for checkpoint screening technologies, and $3,600,000 

for homemade explosives detection. 

HUMAN FACTORS

The Committee recommendation includes $13,435,000, a decrease 

of $2,652,000, as requested in the budget. The Committee is aware 

of efforts to validate the Transportation Security Administration’s 

behavior detection program called Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques. As recommended by the Government Accountability Office, the results of this study are to be peer reviewed as 

an important quality control mechanism. S&T is to brief the Committee no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act 

on its plans to comply with this requirement. 
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INFRASTRUCTURE AND GEOPHYSICAL

The Committee recommendation includes $56,987,000, an increase of $20,865,000 above the amount requested in the budget. 

The amount recommended includes $20,865,000 for the United 

States Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Center for competitive awards to continue the Southeast Region Research Initiative, including $2,500,000 to continue to support the efforts of the Community and Regional Resilience Institute. 

INNOVATION

The Committee recommendation includes $44,000,000, as requested in the budget. As requested, specific projects to be funded 

include: $2,000,000 for the Multi-modal Tunnel Detect project; 

$2,000,000 for the Resilient Tunnel project; $4,000,000 for levee 

strengthening and damage mitigation; $1,500,000 for hurricane 

and storm surge mitigation; and $8,000,000 for the resilient electric 

grid. 

LABORATORY FACILITIES

The Committee recommendation includes $122,000,000 for Laboratory Facilities, as requested in the budget. Included in this 

amount is $20,000,000 for infrastructure upgrades at the Transportation Security Laboratory, as requested. 

RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR

The Committee recommendation includes $109,000,000, as requested in the budget, for developing technologies for the detection 

of radiological and nuclear materials, and improving response and 

recovery from a nuclear event. The Committee strongly endorses 

the consolidation of this research area into S&T, and directs S&T 

to conduct an independent review of all of the current research 

projects within this area and the state of technology development 

across the private sector before determining the research priorities 

for fiscal year 2011. Two areas the Committee encourages S&T to 

review are simultaneous and passive radiation detection of shielded 

and unshielded nuclear materials, such as muon tomography, and 

advanced electron accelerator for nonintrusive detection of weapons 

of mass destruction. 

The Committee also includes bill language to transfer all available prior-year balances of transformational research and development from the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office to S&T. 

TRANSITION

The Committee recommendation includes $42,134,000 for Transition, as requested in the budget. Included in this amount is 

$10,450,000 for first responder technologies to address gaps identified by the new Federal, State, local and Tribal First Responders 

Integrated Product Team. Given that this effort is just getting underway, and that project requirements have not yet been decided 

for any potential projects to be funded from this program, an expenditure plan for these funds is required to be submitted 60 days 

after the date of enactment of this act. 
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UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

The Committee recommendation includes $50,000,000 for University Programs, $10,000,000 above the budget request. 

UNSPECIFIED REDUCTION

The Committee recommendation includes an unspecified reduction of $36,000,000. S&T is to brief the Committee no later than 

30 days after the date of enactment of this act on the distribution 

of this reduction across its programs and activities. 

NEW TECHNOLOGIES

The Committee believes new technologies may significantly help 

the Department as it seeks to secure our homeland. The Committee 

encourages the Department to develop, through competitive 

awards, such technologies as: large-scale graph analytics; mobile 

technology that extends the command and control of first responders in the field; spatial mapping for coordinating robot teams; interconnected underwater remotely operated vehicles; rapid three-dimensional facial information; emergency transformer protection capability; and rapidly administered deception detection technology. 

DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE

SUMMARY

The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office [DNDO] is responsible for 

development of technologies to detect and report attempts to import, possess, store, develop, or transport nuclear and radiological 

material. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $322,820,000 for activities of DNDO 

for fiscal year 2011. The recommendation is a decrease of 

$60,217,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level and an increase of 

$17,000,000 above the level proposed in the budget request. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2010 and budget request levels: 

DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2010 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2011 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Management and Administration .................................................. 38,500 36,992 36,992 

Research, Development, and Operations ....................................... 324,537 207,828 207,828 

Systems Acquisition ....................................................................... 20,000 61,000 78,000 

Total, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office ........................ 383,037 305,820 322,820 

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $38,500,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 36,992,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 36,992,000 
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The Management and Administration account funds salaries, 

benefits, and expenses for DNDO. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommendation includes $36,992,000 for Management and Administration. The recommendation is a decrease of 

$1,508,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level and the same as the 

level proposed in the budget request. Of this amount the Committee recommends not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 

representation expenses. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $324,537,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 207,828,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 207,828,000 

The Research, Development and Operations account funds the 

development of nuclear detection systems and the integration and 

advancement of national nuclear forensics capabilities. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommendation includes $207,828,000 for Research, Development and Operations, with the funds to remain 

available for 2 years. The recommendation is a decrease of 

$116,709,000 below the fiscal year 2010 level and the same as the 

level proposed in the budget request. The recommendation reflects 

the transfer of $109,000,000 for the transformational research and 

development program to the Science and Technology Directorate. 

Bill language rescinding $27,000,000 of prior-year balances is included in the general provisions. 

SCANNING ON-DOCK RAIL CARGO

The Committee is aware of the particular challenges faced when 

attempting to scan incoming containerized cargo at port facilities 

utilizing on-dock rail, as well as DNDO’s work at the Port of Tacoma Intermodal Radiation Test Center to identify technologies to 

address these challenges. The Committee is relieved that DNDO 

has recently begun the process to evaluate detectors incorporated 

into straddle carriers, such as those in use for the past several 

years at the Freeport Container Port, Bahamas. DNDO should 

move swiftly to complete any testing necessary to make a decision 

regarding operational deployments. DNDO is to report on its plans 

to complete its research scanning issues regarding on-dock rail no 

later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

QUARTERLY REPORTS

The Committee believes DNDO must aggressively pursue its preventive radiation/nuclear detection mission, and go beyond addressing the potential threat posed by the use of cargo containers to 

transport nuclear or radioactive materials or weapons. It is critical 

that DNDO prioritize its efforts based on risk and with attention 

to pathways such as general aviation, the maritime domain, land 

border threats, including rail, and in areas between ports of entry, 

and in urban areas and critical locations in the Nation’s interior. 
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The Committee directs DNDO to continue quarterly briefings on 

progress in developing architecture to guide technology research 

and applications; the status of such technologies, including their 

strengths and weaknesses; and timetables to develop and deploy 

them. 

The Committee also directs DNDO to continue quarterly briefings on developments of the Cargo Advanced Automated Radiography Systems and Joint Integrated Non Intrusive Inspection programs; red team exercises and assessments, including 

vulnerabilities identified and recommendations for addressing 

them; the progress in the Human Portable Radiation Detection 

System development effort, including operational testing and production of new technology for advanced operations; and progress in 

developing alternatives to existing detection materials and systems, 

in particular progress in finding alternatives to neutron detectors 

based on Helium-3. 

SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

Appropriations, 2010 ............................................................................. $20,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2011 ........................................................................... 61,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 78,000,000 

The Systems Acquisition account funds the acquisition of equipment for front line users across the Department. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommendation includes $78,000,000 for Systems Acquisition. The recommendation is an increase of 

$58,000,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level and an increase of 

$17,000,000 above the level proposed in the budget request. 

When DNDO was created there was logic to combining the research, development, and acquisition of nuclear detection technologies within one organization. As the deployment of the domestic nuclear detection architecture has matured, it may be more appropriate for future acquisition dollars to be placed in the operational components that perform these activities—Coast Guard, 

CBP, and TSA. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Department to review the placement of acquisition resources for nuclear 

detection technologies within what is primarily a research and development component and not an operational component. Further, 

if it is determined that acquisition resources would be more properly placed within the operating components noted above, the Committee encourages the Department to transfer remaining balances 

within this account to those components in the fiscal year 2012 

budget request. 

RADIATION PORTAL MONITORS

The Committee recommendation includes $20,000,000 for the Radiation Portal Monitor [RPM] program. The recommendation is an 

increase of $20,000,000 above the fiscal year 2010 level and an increase of $12,000,000 above the level proposed in the budget request. This amount, in addition to remaining unobligated balances, 

will allow DNDO to address a significant RPM gap in coverage at 

our seaports, land ports, airports, and rail entrances. 
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SECURING THE CITIES

The Committee recommendation includes $20,000,000 to continue the Securing the Cities [STC] initiative as a competitively 

awarded grant program. The Committee is aware that a full-scale 

exercise is scheduled in fiscal year 2011 to be followed by a program assessment. This assessment will help DHS determine 

whether to continue, discontinue, or modify the STC initiative. Results of this assessment shall be submitted to the Committee upon 

its completion. 

HUMAN PORTABLE RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEMS

The Committee recommendation includes $38,000,000 for the 

Human Portable Radiation Detection Systems program. The recommendation is an increase of $38,000,000 above the fiscal year 

2010 level and $15,000,000 below the level proposed in the budget 

request. The reduction reflects the delay in the procurement schedule to acquire next generation personal radiation detectors for U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection. The Committee supports efforts by 

DNDO to purchase handheld and backpack units for border, maritime, and interior requirements. 

ADVANCED SPECTROSCOPIC PORTAL MONITORS CERTIFICATION

Bill language is included prohibiting the Department from fullscale procurement of Advanced Spectrscopic Portal [ASP] monitors 

until the Secretary submits a report to the Committees on Appropriations certifying that a significant increase in operational effectiveness will be achieved. In addition, separate and distinct certifications shall be submitted by the Secretary prior to the procurement of ASPs for primary and secondary deployment that address 

the requirements for operational effectiveness of each type of deployment. Finally, DNDO is prohibited from engaging in high-risk 

concurrent development and production of mutually dependent software and hardware components of detection systems. 
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TITLE V 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

Section 501. The bill includes a provision that no part of any appropriation shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

fiscal year unless expressly provided. 

Section 502. The bill includes a provision that unexpended balances of prior appropriations may be merged with new appropriations accounts and used for the same purpose, subject to reprogramming guidelines. 

Section 503. The bill includes a provision that provides authority 

to reprogram appropriations within an account and to transfer up 

to 5 percent between appropriations accounts with 15-day advance 

notification of the Committees on Appropriations. A detailed funding table identifying each congressional control level for reprogramming purposes is included at the end of this statement. These reprogramming guidelines shall be complied with by all departmental 

components funded by this act. 

The Committee expects the Department to submit reprogramming requests on a timely basis, and to provide complete explanations of the reallocations proposed, including detailed justifications of the increases and offsets, and any specific impact the proposed changes will have on the budget request for the following fiscal year and future-year appropriations requirements. Each request 

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 staffing (full-time equivalent) levels 

for the current fiscal year and to the levels required for the following fiscal year. The Committee continues to be disappointed by 

the quality, level of detail, and timeliness of the Department’s proposed reprogrammings. 

The Committee expects the Department to manage its programs 

and activities within the levels appropriated. The Committee reminds the Department that reprogramming or transfer requests 

should be submitted only in the case of an unforeseeable emergency or situation that could not have been predicted when formulating the budget request for the current fiscal year. When the Department submits a reprogramming or transfer request to the Committees on Appropriations and does not receive identical responses 

from the House and Senate, it is the responsibility of the Department to reconcile the House and Senate differences before proceeding, and if reconciliation is not possible, to consider the reprogramming or transfer request unapproved. 

The Department shall not propose a reprogramming or transfer 

of funds after May 31 unless there are extraordinary cir-
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cumstances, which place human lives or property in imminent danger. 

Section 504. The bill includes a provision relating to the Department’s Working Capital Fund [WCF] that: extends the authority of 

the Department’s WCF in fiscal year 2011; prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department from being 

used to make payments to the WCF, except for the activities and 

amounts allowed in the President’s fiscal year 2011 budget; makes 

funds available for the WCF available until expended; ensures departmental components are only charged for direct usage of each 

WCF service; makes funds provided to the WCF available only for 

purposes consistent with the contributing component; requires the 

WCF to be paid in advance or reimbursed at rates which will return the full cost of each service; and subjects the WCF to the requirements of section 503 of this act. The WCF table included in 

the Department’s congressional justification accompanying the 

President’s fiscal year 2011 budget shall serve as the control level 

for reprogramming and transfer purposes in compliance with section 503 of this act. 

Section 505. The bill includes a provision that not to exceed 50 

percent of unobligated balances remaining at the end of fiscal year 

2010 from appropriations made for salaries and expenses shall remain available through fiscal year 2013 subject to reprogramming. 

Section 506. The bill includes a provision providing that funds for 

intelligence activities are specifically authorized during fiscal year 

2011 until the enactment of an act authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2011. 

Section 507. The bill includes a provision requiring notification 

of the Committees 3 business days before any grant allocation, 

grant award, contract award (including Federal Acquisition Regulation-covered contracts), other transaction agreement, a task or delivery order on a DHS multiple award contract, letter of intent, or 

public announcement of the intention to make such an award totaling in excess of $1,000,000. If the Secretary determines that compliance would pose substantial risk to health, human life, or safety, 

an award may be made without prior notification but the Committees shall be notified within 5 full business days after such award 

or letter is issued. Additionally, FEMA is required to brief the 

Committees 5 full business days prior to announcing publicly the 

intention to make an award under State and Local Programs. 

Section 508. The bill includes a provision that no agency shall 

purchase, construct, or lease additional facilities for Federal law 

enforcement training without the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 

Section 509. The bill includes a provision that none of the funds 

may be used 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. The bill excludes 

funds that may be required for development of a proposed prospectus. 

Section 510. The bill includes a provision that consolidates, continues, and modifies by reference prior-year statutory bill language 

into one provision. These provisions concern contracting officers’ 
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training, Federal building energy performance, fleet and transportation efficiency, and sensitive security information protocols. 

Section 511. The bill includes a provision prohibiting any person 

other than the privacy officer appointed under subsection (a) of section 222 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to alter, direct that 

changes may be made, delay, or prohibit the transmission to Congress of any report prepared under paragraph (b) of such subsection. 

Section 512. The bill includes a provision that none of the funds 

may be used in contravention of the Buy American Act. 

Section 513. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds to be 

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

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

Section 514. The bill includes a provision regarding competitive 

sourcing for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. 

Section 515. The bill includes a provision directing TSA to work 

with air carriers and airports to ensure the screening of cargo carried on passenger aircraft, as required by the 9/11 Act, increases 

incrementally each quarter until the requirements are met. TSA is 

required to report air cargo inspection statistics detailing how incremental progress is being made to the Committees within 45 

days after the end of each quarter of the fiscal year. Finally, TSA 

shall submit a report no later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act certifying that either the 100 percent mandate contained in the 9/11 Act has been met or providing its plans to comply with the mandate. 

Section 516. The bill includes a provision requiring the Chief Financial Officer to submit monthly budget execution and staffing reports within 45 days after the close of each month. 

Section 517. The bill includes a provision directing that any 

funds appropriated or transferred to TSA ‘‘Aviation Security’’, ‘‘Administration’’, and ‘‘Transportation Security Support’’ in fiscal 

years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 that are recovered 

or deobligated shall be available only for procurement and installation of explosives detection systems, air cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject to notification. Quarterly reports 

must be submitted identifying any funds that are recovered or 

deobligated. 

Section 518. The bill includes a provision requiring any funds appropriated to Coast Guard for 110–123 foot patrol boat conversions 

that are recovered, collected, or otherwise received as a result of 

negotiation, mediation, or litigation, shall be available until expended for the Fast Response Cutter program. 

Section 519. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds for 

the development, testing, deployment, or operation of any portion 

of a human resources management system authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

9701(a), or by regulations prescribed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 9701(a), 

for an ‘‘employee’’ as defined in 5 U.S.C. 7103(a)(2). 

Section 520. The bill includes a provision relating to undercover 

investigative operations authority of the Secret Service. 

Section 521. The bill includes a provision classifying the functions of instructor staff at FLETC as inherently governmental for 

purposes of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998. 
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Section 522. The bill includes a provision prohibiting the obligation of funds appropriated to the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management, the Office of the Under Secretary for Management, or the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for grants or contracts awarded by any means other than full and open competition. 

Certain exceptions apply. This provision does not require new competitions of existing contracts during their current terms. The IG 

is required to review Departmental contracts awarded noncompetitively and report on the results to the Committees. 

Section 523. The bill includes a provision regarding the enforcement of section 4025(1) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 

Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 118 Stat. 3724) regarding butane lighters. 

Section 524. The bill includes a provision prohibiting the Secretary of Homeland Secretary from reducing operations within the 

Coast Guard’s Civil Engineering Program except as specifically authorized by a statute enacted after the date of enactment of this 

act. 

Section 525. The bill includes a provision that precludes DHS 

from using funds in this act to carry out reorganization authority. 

This prohibition is not intended to prevent the Department from 

carrying out routine or small reallocations of personnel or functions 

within components of the Department, subject to section 503 of this 

act. 

Section 526. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funding to 

grant an immigration benefit to any individual unless the results 

of background checks required by statute to be completed prior to 

the grant of benefit have been received by DHS. 

Section 527. The bill includes a provision prohibiting, hereafter, 

the use of funds to destroy or put out to pasture any horse or other 

equine belonging to the Federal Government unless adoption has 

been offered first. 

Section 528. The bill includes a provision regarding the use of 

Data Center One (National Center for Critical Information Processing and Storage). 

Section 529. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds from 

being used to reduce the Coast Guard’s Operations Systems Center 

mission or its Government-employed or contract staff. 

Section 530. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds to be 

used to conduct or implement the results of a competition under 

Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 with respect to 

the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 

Section 531. The bill includes a provision extending other transactional authority for DHS through fiscal year 2011. 

Section 532. The bill includes a provision requiring the Secretary 

to link all contracts that provide award fees to successful acquisition outcomes. 

Section 533. The bill includes a provision prohibiting the obligation of funds for the Office of Secretary and Executive Management 

for any new hires that are not verified through the E-Verify Program. 

Section 534. The bill includes a provision contained in Public 

Laws 109–295, 110–161, 110–329, and 111–83 related to prescription drugs. 
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Section 535. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funding 

from being used to implement a rule or regulation which implements the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to Petitions for 

Aliens to Perform Temporary Nonagricultural Service or Labor (H– 

2B) set out beginning on 70 Federal Register 3984 (January 27, 

2005). 

Section 536. The bill includes a provision requiring the Secretary 

of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Secretary of the 

Treasury, to notify the Committees on proposed transfers of surplus balances from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture 

Fund to any agency within the Department of Homeland Security. 

Section 537. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds from 

being used to plan, test, pilot, or develop a national identification 

card. 

Section 538. The bill includes a provision requiring the Assistant 

Secretary of Homeland Security [TSA] to certify that no security 

risks will result if any airport does not participate in the E-Verify 

program. 

Section 539. The bill includes a provision requiring FEMA to report on damage assessment information used to determine if a disaster should be declared and requiring this report to be placed on 

FEMA’s Web site unless it compromises national security. 

Section 540. The bill includes a provision relating to the liquidation of Plum Island assets and how the proceeds from this sale may 

be applied. 

Section 541. The bill includes 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 542. A provision is included that extends the National 

Flood Insurance Program until September 30, 2011. 

Section 543. The bill includes a provision extending the riskbased security standards for chemical facilities cited in section 550 

of Public Law 109–295 for 1 year. 

Section 544. The bill includes a provision extending current law 

concerning individuals detained at the Naval Station, Guantanamo 

Bay, Cuba. 

Section 545. The bill includes a FLETC provision regarding the 

definition of the term ‘‘rural’’. 

Section 546. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds in 

this act to be used for first-class travel. 

Section 547. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds to be 

used for adverse personnel actions for employees who use protective equipment or measures, including surgical masks, N95 respirators, gloves, or hand-sanitizers in the conduct of their official 

duties. 

Section 548. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds to be 

used to employ workers in contravention of section 274A(h)(3) of 

the Immigration and Nationality Act. 

Section 549. The bill includes a provision permitting proceeds 

from the sale of LORAN properties to be used as offsetting collections for environmental compliance and restoration activities, including costs of securing and maintaining equipment that may be 

used as a backup to GPS or to meet any other Federal navigation 
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requirement, for the demolition of improvements on such real property, and for the costs associated with the sale of such real and personal property, including certain costs incurred by the General 

Services Administration. 

Section 550. The bill includes a provision permitting administrative law judges to be available temporarily to serve on an arbitration panel for public assistance projects related to Hurricanes 

Katrina and Rita. 

Section 551. The bill includes a provision on the proper disposal 

of personal information collected through the Registered Traveler 

program. A report on procedures and status is required to be submitted 90 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

Section 552. The bill includes 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 553. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this act for DHS to enter 

into a Federal contract unless the contract meets 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 554. The bill includes a provision allowing the Secretary 

to transfer data center migration funds made available by this act 

between appropriations for the same purpose after notifying the 

Committees 15 days in advance. 

Section 555. The bill includes a provision providing an additional $18,000,000 for the ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary for Management’’ to increase the Department’s acquisition workforce capacity 

and capabilities. Section 556. The recommendation includes $287,800,000 to continue development of the DHS Consolidated Headquarters at St. 

Elizabeths and $54,300,000 to consolidate leases scattered across 

the National Capital Region [NCR]. 

The Department of Homeland Security is currently spread 

throughout 46 locations across the National Capital Region. This 

dispersion adversely impacts critical coordination, communication, 

and cooperation among the components in the preparation for and 

response to terrorism and disasters. Funding to construct a new 

headquarters at St. Elizabeths will maintain construction of Phase 

1 (Coast Guard headquarters) and initiates Phase 2 construction 

(DHS headquarters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

the National Operations Center, and the collocation of component 

operations centers). The Department has committed to completing 

Phase 1 by 2013 and Phase 2 by 2014. The Committee directs the 

Chief Administrative Officer to continue regular briefings on the 

DHS Headquarters Consolidation plan, including the status of the 

National Capital Planning Commission’s approvals, the project’s 

schedule, and any deviation from the plans described in the fiscal 

year 2011 congressional justification. 

An additional $54,300,000 is provided to consolidate scattered 

leases for offices that will not be accommodated at the St. Eliza-
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beths campus. This initiative will lower the total number of locations that house DHS components from 46 to approximately 8, reduce security risks, and improve response capability. Consolidating 

leases results in net present value savings of approximately 

$487,000,000 over 30 years and is consistent with the President’s 

direction to dispose of unnecessary Federal property, including the 

consolidation of office space to reduce operating, maintenance and 

energy expenses. 

Section 557. The bill includes a provision permitting the Department to sell ICE-owned detention facilities and use the proceeds 

from any sale for improvement to other facilities provided that any 

such sale will not result in the maintenance of less than 33,400 detention beds. ICE is required to notify the Committees on Appropriations 15 days prior to announcing any sale. 

Section 558. The bill includes a provision requiring the Department to report to Congress with recommendations for savings from 

the identification of excess surplus property as described in the 

June 10, 2010, Presidential Memorandum entitled ‘‘Disposing of 

Unneeded Federal Real Estate.’’ 

Section 559. The bill includes a provision to impose increased 

penalties on individuals who circumvent security screening at airports. 

Section 560. The bill includes a provision extending the existing 

vessel manning exemption for the distant water tuna fleet. 

Section 561. The bill includes a provision related to a Hazard 

Mitigation Grant Program project. 

Section 562. The Committee strongly believes that no company 

doing business with Iran should receive U.S. Government contracts. Therefore, the bill prohibits the obligation of funds in this 

act in contravention of the new certification requirement established by section 6(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, which is 

to be included in revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

pursuant to that section. The revised FAR will require a certification from each prospective contractor that it does not engage in 

any activity for which sanctions may be imposed under section 5 

of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996. Section 6(b) of the Iran Sanctions 

Act of 1996 was added by section 102(b) of the recent Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010. 

Section 563. The bill includes a provision rescinding $22,600,000 

in the fund codified under title 31 U.S.C. 9703. 

Section 564. The bill includes a provision rescinding $10,000,000 

in unobligated prior-year balances from U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, ‘‘Automation Modernization’’. 

Section 565. The bill includes a provision rescinding $25,000,000 

in unobligated prior-year balances from U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, ‘‘Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’. 

Section 566. The bill includes a provision rescinding $15,000,000 

in unobligated prior-year balances from TSA. 

Section 567. The bill includes a provision rescinding $27,000,000 

in unobligated prior-year balances from the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, ‘‘Research, Development, and Operations’’. 

Section 568. The bill includes a provision rescinding $6,000,000 

from unobligated balances of prior-year appropriations to National 
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Protection and Programs Directorate ‘‘Infrastructure Protection and 

Information Security’’ for the Next Generation Networks program. Section 569. The bill includes a provision rescinding $5,000,000 

from unobligated balances of funds for the ‘‘Office for Domestic Preparedness’’ transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 

when it was created in 2003, Account 70X0511. 

Section 570. The bill includes a provision rescinding $14,500,000 

in unobligated prior-year balances from U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ Headquarters Management 

and Administration PPA, Account 70x0503. 

Section 571. The bill includes a provision rescinding $4,800,000 

from unobligated balances of funds for the ‘‘Violent Crime Reduction Program’’ transferred to the Department when it was created 

in 2003, Account 70x8529. 

Section 572. The bill includes a provision rescinding $10,000,000 

from unobligated prior-year balances for United States Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, REAL ID Act hub. 

Section 573. The bill includes a provision allowing the Advanced 

Training Center to charge fees in fiscal year 2011 and hereafter for 

any service or thing of value it provides to the Federal Government 

or non-government entities or individuals, so long as the fee does 

not exceed the full costs associated with the service or thing of 

value. Any fees that are collected are to be deposited in a separate 

account and used without further appropriation for necessary expenses of the Advanced Training Center program. 

Section 574. A provision is included that provides an additional amount of $20,000,000 for the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency ‘‘State and Local Programs’’ to reimburse costs incurred by 

State and local governments affected by National Special Security 

Events, including use of services, personnel, equipment, and facilities. The Federal Emergency Management Agency shall brief the 

Committees on Appropriations within 90 days of the date of enactment of this act regarding the process to distribute this funding, 

including the application process and eligible costs. Funds shall remain available until expended and are not subject to any legislated 

timeframes required under ‘‘State and Local Programs’’. 

Section 575. The bill includes a provision related to the non-Federal match for Hurricane Katrina Hazard Mitigation Grant Program projects. 

Section 576. The bill includes a provision related to non-Federal 

match requirements for activities authorized by the Stafford Act for 

flood and other disaster response and recovery. 

Section 577. The bill includes a provision related to construction 

of communications towers. 
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PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 

The following information provides the definition of the term 

‘‘program, project, and activity’’ for the components of the Department of Homeland Security under the jurisdiction of the Homeland 

Security Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations. The 

term ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall include the most specific 

level of budget items identified in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011, the House and Senate Committee 

reports, and the conference report and accompanying joint explanatory statement of the managers of the committee of conference. 

If a percentage reduction is necessary, in implementing that reduction, components of the Department of Homeland Security shall 

apply any percentage reduction required for fiscal year 2011 to all 

items specified in the justifications submitted to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives in 

support of the fiscal year 2011 budget estimates, as amended, for 

such components, as modified by congressional action. 
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COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports accompanying general appropriations bills identify each recommended 

amendment which proposes an item of appropriation which is not 

made to carry out the provisions of an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution previously passed by the Senate during that session. 

The Committee is filing an original bill, which is not covered 

under this rule, but reports this information in the spirit of full disclosure. 

The Committee recommends funding for the following programs 

or activities which currently lack authorization for fiscal year 2011: 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Salaries and Expenses; Automation Modernization; Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, 

and Technology; Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement; and Construction and Facilities Management; 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Salaries and Expenses; and Automation Modernization; 

Transportation Security Administration: Transportation Threat 

Assessment and Credentialing; and Transportation Security Support; 

Coast Guard: Operating Expenses; Environmental Compliance 

and Restoration; Reserve Training; Acquisition, Construction, and 

Improvements; Alteration of Bridges; Research, Development, Test, 

and Evaluation; and Retired Pay; 

United States Secret Service: Salaries and Expenses; and Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses; 

National Protection and Programs Directorate: Management and 

Administration; and U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator 

Technology; 

Office of Health Affairs; 

Federal Emergency Management Agency: Management and Administration; State and Local Programs; Disaster Relief; Flood 

Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis; Firefighter Assistance Grants; 

National Predisaster Mitigation Fund; National Flood Insurance 

Fund; and Emergency Food and Shelter; 

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(c), RULE XXVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on July 15, 2010, the 

Committee ordered reported en bloc an original bill (S. 3606) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes; an origi-
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nal bill (S. 3607) making appropriations for the Department of 

Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 

and for other purposes; and an original bill making appropriations 

military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and 

for other purposes, with each subject to amendment and subject to 

the Committee Spending Guidance, and authorized the chairman of 

the committee or the chairman of the subcommittee to offer the 

text of the Senate-reported bill as a committee amendment in the 

nature of a substitute to the House companion measure, by a recorded vote of 17–12, a quorum being present. The vote was as follows: 

Yeas Nays 

Chairman Inouye Mr. Cochran 

Mr. Leahy Mr. Bond 

Mr. Harkin Mr. McConnell 

Ms. Mikulski Mr. Shelby 

Mr. Kohl Mr. Gregg 

Mrs. Murray Mr. Bennett 

Mr. Dorgan Mrs. Hutchison 

Mrs. Feinstein Mr. Brownback 

Mr. Durbin Mr. Alexander 

Mr. Johnson Ms. Collins 

Ms. Landrieu Mr. Voinovich 

Mr. Reed Ms. Murkowski 

Mr. Lautenberg 

Mr. Nelson 

Mr. Pryor 

Mr. Tester 

Mr. Specter 

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports on 

a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute or part 

of any statute include ‘‘(a) the text of the statute or part thereof 

which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a comparative print of 

that part of the bill or joint resolution making the amendment and 

of the statute or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing by 

stricken-through type and italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical devices the omissions and insertions which 

would be made by the bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form 

recommended by the committee.’’ 

In compliance with this rule, the following changes in existing 

law proposed to be made by the bill are shown as follows: existing 

law to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets; new matter is 

printed in italics; and existing law in which no change is proposed 

is shown in roman. 
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY 

CHAPTER 1—HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION

SUBCHAPTER VIII—COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; 

INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST

GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART D—ACQUISITIONS

§ 391. Research and development projects 

(a) Authority 

øUntil September 30, 2010¿ Until September 30, 2011, and 

subject to subsection (d), the Secretary may carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary may exercise the following authorities: 

* * * * * * * 

(d) Additional requirements 

(1) In general

The authority of the Secretary under this section shall terminate øSeptember 30, 2010,¿ September 30, 2011, unless before that date the Secretary— 

TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE 

CHAPTER 46—JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT

SUBCHAPTER VII—FBI TRAINING OF STATE AND LOCAL CRIMINAL

JUSTICE PERSONNEL

§ 3771. Training and manpower development 

(a) Functions, powers, and duties of Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation 

The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is authorized to— 

* * * * * * * 

PRIOR PROVISIONS

* * * * * * * 

EMPLOYMENT OF ANNUITANTS BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

TRAINING CENTER

Pub. L. 107–206, title I, § 1202, Aug. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 887, as 

amended by Pub. L. 109–295, title IV, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1374; 

Pub. L. 110–161, div. E, title IV, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2068; 

Pub. L. 110–329, div. D, title IV, Sept. 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 3677, 

provided that: 

‘‘(a) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center may, for a 

period ending not later than øDecember 31, 2012¿ December 31, 

2013, appoint and maintain a cadre of up to 350 Federal annu-
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itants: (1) without regard to any provision of title 5, United States 

Code, which might otherwise require the application of competitive 

hiring procedures; and (2) who shall not be subject to any reduction 

in pay (for annuity allocable to the period of actual employment) 

under the provisions of section 8344 or 8468 of such title 5 or similar provision of any other retirement system for employees. A reemployed Federal annuitant as to whom a waiver of reduction 

under paragraph (2) applies shall not, for any period during which 

such waiver is in effect, be considered an employee for purposes of 

subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States 

Code, or such other retirement system (referred to in paragraph 

(2)) as may apply. 

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CHAPTER 50—NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE

SUBCHAPTER I—THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM

§ 4016. Financing provisions; issuance of notes or other obligations; limitation; report to Congressional committees; deposits in Fund 

(a) All authority which was vested in the Director by virtue of 

section 2414(e) of this title (pertaining to the issue of notes or other 

obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury), as amended by subsections (a) and (b) of section 1303 of this Act, shall be available 

to the Director for the purpose of carrying out the flood insurance 

program under this chapter; except that the total amount of notes 

and obligations which may be issued by the Director pursuant to 

such authority (1) without the approval of the President, may not 

exceed $500,000,000, and (2) with the approval of the President, 

may not exceed $1,500,000,000 through the date specified in section 4026 of this title, and $1,000,000,000 thereafter; except that, 

through øSeptember 30, 2008¿ September 30, 2011, clause (2) of 

this sentence shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$20,775,000,000’’ for 

‘‘$1,500,000,000’’. The Director shall report to the Committee on 

Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

of the Senate at any time when he requests the approval of the 

President in accordance with the preceding sentence. 

* * * * * * * 

§ 4026. Expiration of program 

No new contract for flood insurance under this chapter shall be 

entered into after øSeptember 30, 2008¿ September 30, 2011. 

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CHAPTER 68—DISASTER RELIEF

SUBCHAPTER II—DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION

ASSISTANCE

(a) Definition of small impoverished community 
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In this section, the term ‘‘small impoverished community’’ 

means a community of 3,000 or fewer individuals that is economically disadvantaged, as determined by the State in which the community is located and based on criteria established by the President. 

TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION 

SUBTITLE VII—AVIATION PROGRAMS 

CHAPTER 463—PENALTIES

PART A—AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY

SUBPART IV—ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

§ 46301. Civil penalties 

(a) GENERAL PENALTY.—(1) A person is liable to the United 

States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 (or 

$1,100 if the person is an individual or small business concern) for 

violating— 

* * * * * * * 

(5) PENALTIES APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL BUSINESS

CONCERNS.— 

(A) An individual (except an airman serving as an airman) 

or small business concern is liable to the Government for a 

civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for violating— 

(i) chapter 401 (except sections 40103(a) and (d), 

40105, 40106(b), 40116, and 40117), section 44502 (b) or 

(c), chapter 447 (except sections 44717–44723), øor chapter 

449¿ chapter 449 (except sections 44902, 44903(d), 44904, 

and 44907–44909), or section 46314(a) of this title; or 

* * * * * * * 

§ 46314. Entering aircraft or airport area in violation of security requirements 

(a) PROHIBITION.— * * * 

ø(b) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—(1) A person violating subsection (a) 

of this section shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more 

than one year, or both.¿ 

ø(2) A person violating subsection (a) of this section with intent 

to commit, in the aircraft or airport area, a felony under a law of 

the United States or a State shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.¿ 

(b) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—A person violating subsection (a) of 

this section shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more 

than 10 years, or both. 

(c) NOTICE OF PENALTIES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Each operator of an airport in the United 

States that is required to establish an air transportation security program pursuant to section 44903(c) shall ensure that 

signs that meet such requirements as the Secretary of Homeland Security may prescribe providing notice of the penalties 
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imposed under sections 46301(a)(5)(A)(i) and subsection (b) of 

this section, are displayed near all screening locations, all locations where passengers exit the sterile area, and such other locations at the airport as the Secretary of Homeland Security determines appropriate. 

(2) EFFECT OF SIGNS ON PENALTIES.—An individual shall 

be subject to the penalty provided for under section 

46301(a)(5)(A)(i) and subsection (b) of this section without regard to whether signs are displayed at an airport as required 

by paragraph (1). 

COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION ACT, 

2006, PUBLIC LAW 109–241 

TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 

SEC. 421. DISTANT WATER TUNA FLEET. 

(a) MANNING REQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding section 

8103(a) of title 46, United States Code, United States purse seine 

fishing vessels fishing exclusively for highly migratory species in 

the treaty area under a fishing license issued pursuant to the 1987 

Treaty on Fisheries Between the Governments of Certain Pacific 

Islands States and the Government of the United States of America, or transiting to or from the treaty area exclusively for such 

purpose, may engage foreign citizens to meet the manning requirement (except for the master) øin the 48-month period beginning on 

the date of enactment of this Act if,¿ until the date of expiration 

of this section if, after timely notice of a vacancy to meet the manning requirement, no United States citizen personnel are readily 

available to fill such vacancy. 

(b) LICENSING RESTRICTIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—øSubsection (a)(1)¿ Subsection (a) only 

applies to a foreign citizen that holds a valid license or certificate issued— 

* * * * * * * 

(d) EXPIRATION.—This section expires ø48 months after the 

date of enactment of this Act.¿ on July 11, 2012. 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2007, PUBLIC LAW 109–295 

TITLE V 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

SEC. 501. * * * 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 532. (a) UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE USE OF PROCEEDS DERIVED FROM CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.—During fiscal 

year ø2010¿ 2011, with respect to any undercover investigative operation of the United States Secret Service (hereafter referred to in 
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this section as the ‘‘Secret Service’’) that is necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States— 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 550. (a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(b) Interim regulations issued under this section shall apply 

until the effective date of interim or final regulations promulgated 

under other laws that establish requirements and standards referred to in subsection (a) and expressly supersede this section: 

Provided, That the authority provided by this section shall terminate øon October 4, 2010¿ on October 4, 2011. 

BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL 

PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 

308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93–344, AS AMENDED 

[In millions of dollars] 

Budget authority Outlays 

Committee 

guidance 1

Amount 

of bill 

Committee 

guidance 1

Amount 

of bill 

Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee spending 

guidance to its subcommittees for 2011: Subcommittee on 

Homeland Security: 

Mandatory ............................................................................ NA 1,300 NA 1 1,348 

Discretionary ........................................................................ NA 43,790 NA 2 46,187 

General purpose .......................................................... 43,536 43,356 NA NA 

Overseas deployments and other activities ............... 255 254 NA NA 

Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation: 

2010 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 27,031 

2011 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 8,556 

2012 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 5,333 

2013 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 2,096 

2014 and future years ........................................................ .................... .................... .................... 1,348 

Financial assistance to State and local governments for 

2011 ......................................................................................... NA 4,939 NA 359 

1 There is no section 302(a) allocation to the committee for fiscal year 2011. 

2 Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

3 Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

NA: Not applicable. 

DISCLOSURE OF CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING 

ITEMS 

The Constitution vests in the Congress the power of the purse. 

The Committee believes strongly that Congress should make the 

decisions on how to allocate the people’s money. 

As defined in Rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the 

term ‘‘congressionally directed spending item’’ means a provision or 

report language included primarily at the request of a Senator, providing, authorizing, or recommending a specific amount of discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or other spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, 

or other expenditure with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific 

State, locality or Congressional district, other than through a statutory or administrative, formula-driven, or competitive award process. 
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For each item, a Member is required to provide a certification 

that neither the Member nor the Senator’s immediate family has 

a pecuniary interest in such congressionally directed spending 

item. Such certifications are available to the public on the website 

of the Senate Committee on Appropriations 

(www.appropriations.senate.gov/senators.cfm). 

Following is a list of congressionally directed spending items included in the Senate recommendation discussed in this report, 

along with the name of each Senator who submitted a request to 

the Committee of jurisdiction for each item so identified. Neither 

the Committee recommendation nor this report contains any limited tax benefits or limited tariff benefits as defined in rule XLIV. 
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

Agency Account Project Amount Requester(s) 

CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS 

CBP ....................................... Construction and Facilities Management .............................. Advanced Training Center, WV .............................................. $4,000,000 Senator John Rockefeller 

CG ......................................... Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements ....................... Coast Guard Station Cleveland Harbor, OH .......................... $21,050,000 Senator George Voinovich CG ......................................... Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements ....................... Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command and Interagency 

Operations Center, HI.

$18,100,000 Senator Daniel Inouye 

CG ......................................... Alteration of Bridges .............................................................. Union Pacific Railroad Bridge, Clinton, IA ............................ $4,000,000 Senator Tom Harkin NPPD ..................................... Infrastructure Protection and Information Security ............... National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, 

NM.

$2,000,000 Senators Jeff Bingaman, Tom Udall 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Emergency Operations Center, City of Compton, CA ............ $500,000 Senator Dianne Feinstein FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Emergency Operations Center, City of Pasadena, CA ........... $500,000 Senator Dianne Feinstein FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Emergency Operations Center, State of Illinois, Springfield, 

IL.

$1,000,000 Senator Richard Durbin 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Emergency Operations Center, Polk County, IA ..................... $610,000 Senator Tom Harkin FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Emergency Operations Center, Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association, Baton Rouge, LA. $750,000 Senators Mary Landrieu, David Vit- ter FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Emergency Operations Center, City of Baton Rouge, LA ...... $250,000 Senators Mary Landrieu, David Vitter FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Emergency Operations Center, State of Michigan, Lansing, 

MI.

$250,000 Senators Carl Levin, Debbie Stabenow 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Emergency Operations Center, Missoula County, MT ............ $771,000 Senators Jon Tester, Max Baucus FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Emergency Operations Center, Park County, MT ................... $129,000 Senators Jon Tester, Max Baucus FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Emergency Operations Center, City of Passaic, NJ ............... $950,000 Senators Frank Lautenberg, Robert 

Menendez 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Emergency Operations Center, Hudson County, NJ ............... $3,450,000 Senators Frank Lautenberg, Robert 

Menendez 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Emergency Operations Center, City of Orange Township, NJ $600,000 Senators Frank Lautenberg, Robert 

Menendez 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Emergency Operations Center, Rhode Island Emergency 

Management Agency, East Greenwich, RI.

$1,000,000 Senators Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Emergency Operations Center, State of West Virginia .......... $5,000,000 Senator John Rockefeller FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... National Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, 

NM.

$10,125,000 Senators Jeff Bingaman, Tom Udall 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... National Center for Biomedical Research and Training, 

LSU.

$10,125,000 Senator Mary Landrieu 
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FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center, 

Texas A&M.

$10,125,000 Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison, 

John Cornyn 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... National Exercise, Test, and Training Center, Nevada Test 

Site.

$10,125,000 Senator Harry Reid 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, University 

of Hawaii, HI.

$5,000,000 Senator Daniel Inouye 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Center for Counterterrorism and Cybercrime, Norwich, VT ... $2,450,000 Senator Patrick Leahy S&T ....................................... Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations ........... Distributed Environment for Critical Infrastructure Decision-making Exercises, Multiple Locations. $2,250,000 Senators Patrick Leahy, Robert Bennett S&T ....................................... Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations ........... Southeast Region Research Initiative, Multi-State ............... $20,865,000 Senators Thad Cochran, Roger 

Wicker 

General Provision ................................................................... Mitigation, Findlay, OH .......................................................... ............................ Senator George Voinovich General Provision ................................................................... Hurricane Katrina—Global Match ......................................... ............................ Senator Thad Cochran General Provision ................................................................... Reimbursement for Presidentially declared disasters, MS, 

NJ, RI, TN.

............................ Senator Thad Cochran, Frank Lautenberg, Jack Reed, Lamar Alexander 

General Provision ................................................................... Communication Towers, MS ................................................... ............................ Senator Thad Cochran 

PRESIDENTIALLY REQUESTED SPENDING ITEMS 

ICE ........................................ Salaries & Expenses .............................................................. Border Enforcement Security Task Forces, CA, HI, and NY .. $10,000,000 The President 

CG ......................................... Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements ....................... Shore and Operational Support projects, various locations. $61,500,000 The President, Senator Jack Reed CG ......................................... Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements ....................... Military Housing, FL and NY .................................................. $13,965,000 The President NPPD ..................................... Infrastructure Protection and Information Security ............... National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, 

NM.

$16,000,000 The President, Senators Jeff Bingaman, Tom Udall 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... National Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, 

NM.

$12,875,000 The President, Senators Jeff Bingaman, Tom Udall 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... National Center for Biomedical Research and Training, 

LSU.

$12,875,000 The President, Senator Mary Landrieu 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center, 

Texas A&M.

$12,875,000 The President, Senators Kay Bailey 

Hutchison, John Cornyn 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... National Exercise, Test, and Training Center, Nevada Test 

Site.

$12,875,000 The President, Senator Harry Reid 

FEMA ..................................... State and Local Programs ..................................................... Center for Domestic Preparedness, AL .................................. $62,500,000 The President, Senator Richard 

Shelby 

FEMA ..................................... Management and Administration .......................................... Regional Office Relocation, PA .............................................. $8,200,000 The President S&T ....................................... Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations ........... Transportation Security Laboratory, NJ .................................. $20,000,000 The President General Provision .................. DHS HQ Consolidation ........................................................... DHS HQ Consolidation Project—St. Elizabeths, Washington, 

DC.

$287,800,000 The President, Senator Joseph Lieberman 
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2010 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2009 appropriation Budget estimate 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS 

Departmental Operations 

Office of the Secretary and Executive Management: 

Immediate Office of the Secretary .................................................................................................................... 5,061 5,427 5,427 ∂366 ............................Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary ........................................................................................................ 1,810 1,974 1,974 ∂164 ............................Office of the Chief of Staff ............................................................................................................................... 2,595 3,658 3,500 ∂905 ¥158 Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement ........................................................................................................... 3,612 3,872 3,612 ............................ ¥260 Executive Secretary ............................................................................................................................................ 7,800 8,967 8,467 ∂667 ¥500 Office of Policy .................................................................................................................................................. 51,564 49,807 46,527 ¥5,037 ¥3,280 Office of Public Affairs ..................................................................................................................................... 5,991 7,025 6,446 ∂455 ¥579 Office of Legislative Affairs .............................................................................................................................. 6,797 7,200 7,011 ∂214 ¥189 Office of Intergovernmental Affairs .................................................................................................................. 2,800 4,207 3,519 ∂719 ¥688 Office of General Counsel ................................................................................................................................. 24,028 24,363 24,363 ∂335 ............................Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties ........................................................................................................ 21,104 24,559 23,956 ∂2,852 ¥603 Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman ......................................................................................... 6,685 6,864 6,685 ............................ ¥179 Privacy Officer ................................................................................................................................................... 7,971 9,118 9,118 ∂1,147 ............................

Subtotal, Office of the Secretary and Executive Management .................................................................... 147,818 157,041 150,605 ∂2,787 ¥6,436 

Office of the Under Secretary for Management: 

Immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Management ............................................................................. 2,864 2,770 2,770 ¥94 ............................Office of the Chief Security Officer .................................................................................................................. 90,193 72,864 72,864 ¥17,329 ............................Office of the Chief Procurement Officer ........................................................................................................... 68,538 75,527 75,527 ∂6,989 ............................Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer ....................................................................................................... 42,604 42,130 39,130 ¥3,474 ¥3,000 Office of the Chief Administrative Officer: 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................................................................. 44,491 43,942 44,642 ∂151 ∂700 Nebraska Avenue Complex [NAC] ............................................................................................................. 5,500 5,500 5,000 ¥500 ¥500 
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Subtotal, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer ........................................................................... 49,991 49,442 49,642 ¥349 ∂200 

Total, Office of the Under Secretary for Management ................................................................................. 254,190 242,733 239,933 ¥14,257 ¥2,800 

DHS Consolidated Headquarters Project: 

Mission support leases consolidation ............................................................................................................... ............................ 75,000 ............................ ............................ ¥75,000 St. Elizabeths .................................................................................................................................................... ............................ 287,800 ............................ ............................ ¥287,800 

Subtotal, DHS Consolidated Headquarters Project ....................................................................................... ............................ 362,800 ............................ ............................ ¥362,800 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer ......................................................................................................................... 60,530 65,552 64,480 ∂3,950 ¥1,072 Office of the Chief Information Officer: 

Salaries and expenses ...................................................................................................................................... 86,912 82,727 82,727 ¥4,185 ............................Information technology services ........................................................................................................................ 51,417 56,079 56,079 ∂4,662 ............................Infrastructure and Security activities ............................................................................................................... 152,403 185,644 181,644 ∂29,241 ¥4,000 National security systems ................................................................................................................................. 47,661 74,009 62,009 ∂14,348 ¥12,000 

Subtotal, Office of the Chief Information Officer ........................................................................................ 338,393 398,459 382,459 ∂44,066 ¥16,000 

Analysis and Operations ............................................................................................................................................ 335,030 347,930 340,000 ∂4,970 ¥7,930 National Special Security Event State and Local Reimbursement Fund .................................................................. ............................ 20,000 ............................ ............................ ¥20,000 

Total, Departmental Operations .................................................................................................................... 1,135,961 1,594,515 1,177,477 ∂41,516 ¥417,038 

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding .................................................................................... 2,000 ............................ ............................ ¥2,000 ............................

Office of Inspector General 

Office of Inspector General ........................................................................................................................................ 113,874 129,806 116,806 ∂2,932 ¥13,000 

Transfer from Disaster Relief ............................................................................................................................ (16,000 ) ............................ (16,000 ) ............................ (∂16,000 ) 

Subtotal, Office of Inspector General (including transfers) ........................................................................ 129,874 129,806 132,806 ∂2,932 ∂3,000 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (113,874 ) (129,806 ) (116,806 ) (∂2,932 ) (¥13,000 ) by transfer ........................................................................................................................................... (16,000 ) ............................ (16,000 ) ............................ (∂16,000 ) 

Total, title I, Departmental Management and Operations (including transfers) ........................................ 1,267,835 1,724,321 1,310,283 ∂42,448 ¥414,038 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (1,251,835 ) (1,724,321 ) (1,294,283 ) (∂42,448 ) (¥430,038 ) by transfer ........................................................................................................................................... (16,000 ) ............................ (16,000 ) ............................ (∂16,000 ) 
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[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2010 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2009 appropriation Budget estimate 

TITLE II—SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Salaries and expenses: 

Headquarters, Management, and Administration: 

Management and administration, border security inspections, and trade facilitation .......................... 520,575 520,182 537,182 ∂16,607 ∂17,000 Management and administration, border security, and control between ports of entry ........................ 495,425 493,242 493,242 ¥2,183 ............................Rent .......................................................................................................................................................... 402,263 400,573 400,573 ¥1,690 ............................

Subtotal, Headquarters, Management, and Administration ................................................................ 1,418,263 1,413,997 1,430,997 ∂12,734 ∂17,000 

Border security inspections and trade facilitation: 

Inspections, trade, and travel facilitation at ports of entry ................................................................... 2,262,235 2,509,157 2,544,257 ∂282,022 ∂35,100 Harbor maintenance fee collection (trust fund) ...................................................................................... 3,226 3,274 3,274 ∂48 ............................International cargo screening .................................................................................................................. 162,000 83,438 103,438 ¥58,562 ∂20,000 Other international programs ................................................................................................................... 11,181 11,247 11,247 ∂66 ............................Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism [C–TPAT] ........................................................................ 62,612 50,034 55,034 ¥7,578 ∂5,000 Trusted Traveler programs ....................................................................................................................... 11,274 10,865 10,865 ¥409 ............................Inspection and detection technology investments ................................................................................... 153,563 155,093 155,093 ∂1,530 ............................Automated targeting systems .................................................................................................................. 32,560 32,482 32,482 ¥78 ............................National Targeting Center ........................................................................................................................ 26,355 36,327 36,327 ∂9,972 ............................Training .................................................................................................................................................... 24,778 20,808 20,808 ¥3,970 ............................

Subtotal, Border security inspections and trade facilitation .............................................................. 2,749,784 2,912,725 2,972,825 ∂223,041 ∂60,100 

Border security and control between ports of entry: 

Border security and control ...................................................................................................................... 3,535,286 3,546,833 3,536,833 ∂1,547 ¥10,000 Training .................................................................................................................................................... 51,751 36,279 36,279 ¥15,472 ............................

Subtotal, Border security and control between ports of entry ............................................................ 3,587,037 3,583,112 3,573,112 ¥13,925 ¥10,000 
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Air and Marine Operations ................................................................................................................................ 309,629 298,152 314,052 ∂4,423 ∂15,900 

Subtotal, Salaries and expenses .................................................................................................................. 8,064,713 8,207,986 8,290,986 ∂226,273 ∂83,000 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (8,061,487 ) (8,204,712 ) (8,287,712 ) (∂226,225 ) (∂83,000 ) Harbor maintenance trust fund ........................................................................................................... (3,226 ) (3,274 ) (3,274 ) (∂48 ) ............................

Automation modernization: 

Automated commercial environment/international Trade Data System (ITDS) ................................................ 227,960 153,090 153,090 ¥74,870 ............................Current operations protection and processing support [COPPS] ..................................................................... 194,485 194,485 194,485 ............................ ............................

Subtotal, Automation modernization ............................................................................................................ 422,445 347,575 347,575 ¥74,870 ............................

Border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology [BSFIT]: 

Development and deployment ........................................................................................................................... 508,000 335,643 335,643 ¥172,357 ............................Operation and maintenance .............................................................................................................................. 200,000 169,357 169,357 ¥30,643 ............................Program management ....................................................................................................................................... 92,000 69,173 69,173 ¥22,827 ............................

Subtotal, BSFIT ............................................................................................................................................. 800,000 574,173 574,173 ¥225,827 ............................

Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement: 

Operations and maintenance ............................................................................................................................ 374,217 371,642 371,642 ¥2,575 ............................Procurement ....................................................................................................................................................... 145,609 131,609 152,109 ∂6,500 ∂20,500 

Subtotal, Air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement ................................... 519,826 503,251 523,751 ∂3,925 ∂20,500 

Construction and facilities management: 

Facility construction and sustainment ............................................................................................................. 282,557 239,357 243,357 ¥39,200 ∂4,000 Program oversight and management ............................................................................................................... 37,013 36,383 36,383 ¥630 ............................Rescissions/cancellations .................................................................................................................................. ............................ ¥99,772 ¥99,772 ¥99,772 ............................

Subtotal, Construction and facilities management ..................................................................................... 319,570 175,968 179,968 ¥139,602 ∂4,000 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (319,570 ) (275,740 ) (279,740 ) (¥39,830 ) (∂4,000 ) Rescissions/cancellations .................................................................................................................... ............................ (¥99,772 ) (¥99,772 ) (¥99,772 ) ............................

Total, Direct appropriations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection ......................................................... 10,126,554 9,808,953 9,916,453 ¥210,101 ∂107,500 

Fee accounts: 

Immigration inspection user fee ....................................................................................................................... (584,000 ) (525,443 ) (525,443 ) (¥58,557 ) ............................Immigration enforcement fines ......................................................................................................................... (5,000 ) (1,037 ) (1,037 ) (¥3,963 ) ............................Land border inspection fee ............................................................................................................................... (30,000 ) (28,598 ) (28,598 ) (¥1,402 ) ............................COBRA passenger inspection fee ...................................................................................................................... (393,000 ) (390,974 ) (390,974 ) (¥2,026 ) ............................APHIS inspection fee ......................................................................................................................................... (320,000 ) (318,472 ) (318,472 ) (¥1,528 ) ............................Global entry user fee ......................................................................................................................................... ............................ (2,500 ) (2,500 ) (∂2,500 ) ............................
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2010 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2009 appropriation Budget estimate 

Puerto Rico Trust Fund ..................................................................................................................................... (92,000 ) (89,980 ) (89,980 ) (¥2,020 ) ............................Small airport user fee ....................................................................................................................................... (8,000 ) (8,164 ) (8,164 ) (∂164 ) ............................

Subtotal, collections ..................................................................................................................................... (1,432,000 ) (1,365,168 ) (1,365,168 ) (¥66,832 ) ............................Total, U.S. Customs and Border Protection .................................................................................................. (11,558,554 ) (11,174,121 ) (11,281,621 ) (¥276,933 ) (∂107,500 ) 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (10,126,554 ) (9,908,725 ) (10,016,225 ) (¥110,329 ) (∂107,500 ) Rescissions/cancellations .................................................................................................................... ............................ (¥99,772 ) (¥99,772 ) (¥99,772 ) ............................

(Fee accounts) .............................................................................................................................................. (1,432,000 ) (1,365,168 ) (1,365,168 ) (¥66,832 ) ............................

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

Salaries and expenses: 

Headquarters management and administration (nondetention and removal operations): 

Personnel compensation and benefits, service and other costs ............................................................. 279,073 300,371 285,433 ∂6,360 ¥14,938 Headquarters-managed IT investment ..................................................................................................... 233,264 209,363 209,363 ¥23,901 ............................

Subtotal, Headquarters management and administration ................................................................. 512,337 509,734 494,796 ¥17,541 ¥14,938 

Legal proceedings ............................................................................................................................................. 221,666 221,666 221,666 ............................ ............................Investigations: 

Domestic ................................................................................................................................................... 1,649,551 1,727,038 1,761,038 ∂111,487 ∂34,000 International investigations: 

International operations .................................................................................................................. 112,872 113,689 113,689 ∂817 ............................Visa security program ..................................................................................................................... 30,686 30,686 37,986 ∂7,300 ∂7,300 

Subtotal, International investigations ........................................................................................ 143,558 144,375 151,675 ∂8,117 ∂7,300 

Subtotal, Investigations ................................................................................................................................ 1,793,109 1,871,413 1,912,713 ∂119,604 ∂41,300 

Intelligence ........................................................................................................................................................ 69,842 71,107 72,107 ∂2,265 ∂1,000 
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Detention and removal operations: 

Custody operations ................................................................................................................................... 1,771,168 1,903,764 1,903,764 ∂132,596 ............................Fugitive operations ................................................................................................................................... 229,682 168,449 168,449 ¥61,233 ............................Criminal alien program ............................................................................................................................ 192,539 179,317 179,317 ¥13,222 ............................Alternatives to detention .......................................................................................................................... 69,913 72,075 72,075 ∂2,162 ............................Transportation and removal program ...................................................................................................... 281,878 294,632 294,632 ∂12,754 ............................

Subtotal, Detention and removal operations ....................................................................................... 2,545,180 2,618,237 2,618,237 ∂73,057 ............................

Identification and removal of criminal aliens (Secure Communities) ............................................................. 200,000 146,943 146,943 ¥53,057 ............................

Subtotal, Salaries and expenses .................................................................................................................. 5,342,134 5,439,100 5,466,462 ∂124,328 ∂27,362 

Automation modernization .......................................................................................................................................... 90,000 84,700 84,700 ¥5,300 ............................Construction ............................................................................................................................................................... 4,818 ............................ ............................ ¥4,818 ............................

Total, Direct appropriations for U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement ................................................... 5,436,952 5,523,800 5,551,162 ∂114,210 ∂27,362 

Fee accounts: 

Immigration inspection user fee ....................................................................................................................... (109,800 ) (116,387 ) (116,387 ) (∂6,587 ) ............................Breached bond/detention fund .......................................................................................................................... (75,000 ) (75,000 ) (75,000 ) ............................ ............................Student exchange and visitor fee ..................................................................................................................... (120,000 ) (120,000 ) (120,000 ) ............................ ............................

Subtotal, fee accounts .................................................................................................................................. (304,800 ) (311,387 ) (311,387 ) (∂6,587 ) ............................Total, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ..................................................................................... (5,741,752 ) (5,835,187 ) (5,862,549 ) (∂120,797 ) (∂27,362 ) 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (5,436,952 ) (5,523,800 ) (5,551,162 ) (∂114,210 ) (∂27,362 ) Fee accounts ........................................................................................................................................ (304,800 ) (311,387 ) (311,387 ) (∂6,587 ) ............................

Transportation Security Administration 

Aviation security: 

Screening operations: 

Screener workforce: 

Privatized screening ........................................................................................................................ 149,643 142,678 142,678 ¥6,965 ............................Screener personnel, compensation, and benefits ........................................................................... 2,758,575 2,997,664 2,960,599 ∂202,024 ¥37,065 

Subtotal, Screener workforce ...................................................................................................... 2,908,218 3,140,342 3,103,277 ∂195,059 ¥37,065 

Screener training and other ..................................................................................................................... 204,713 264,643 258,384 ∂53,671 ¥6,259 Checkpoint support .................................................................................................................................. 128,739 360,026 360,026 ∂231,287 ............................
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2010 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2009 appropriation Budget estimate 

EDS/ETD Systems: 

EDS procurement and installation .................................................................................................. 778,300 373,832 355,000 ¥423,300 ¥18,832 Screening technology maintenance and utilities ............................................................................ 316,625 332,125 323,325 ∂6,700 ¥8,800 Operation integration ...................................................................................................................... 21,481 ............................ ............................ ¥21,481 ............................

Subtotal, EDS/ETD Systems ........................................................................................................ 1,116,406 705,957 678,325 ¥438,081 ¥27,632 

Subtotal, Screening operations ..................................................................................................................... 4,358,076 4,470,968 4,400,012 ∂41,936 ¥70,956 

Aviation security direction and enforcement: 

Aviation regulation and other enforcement ............................................................................................. 254,064 368,363 368,363 ∂114,299 ............................Airport management and support ............................................................................................................ 453,924 577,315 574,926 ∂121,002 ¥2,389 FFDO and flight crew training ................................................................................................................. 25,127 25,694 25,694 ∂567 ............................Air cargo ................................................................................................................................................... 122,849 117,554 121,554 ¥1,295 ∂4,000 

Subtotal, Aviation security direction and enforcement ....................................................................... 855,964 1,088,926 1,090,537 ∂234,573 ∂1,611 

Aviation security capital fund (mandatory) ...................................................................................................... (250,000 ) (250,000 ) (250,000 ) ............................ ............................

Total, Aviation security (gross) ..................................................................................................................... 5,214,040 5,559,894 5,490,549 ∂276,509 ¥69,345 

Offsetting fee collections (nonmandatory) .......................................................................................... ¥2,100,000 ¥2,100,000 ¥2,100,000 ............................ ............................

Total, Aviation security (net) ........................................................................................................................ 3,114,040 3,459,894 3,390,549 ∂276,509 ¥69,345 

Surface transportation security: 

Staffing and operations .................................................................................................................................... 42,293 39,947 39,947 ¥2,346 ............................Surface transportation security inspectors and canines .................................................................................. 68,223 97,611 97,611 ∂29,388 ............................

Subtotal, Surface transportation security .................................................................................................... 110,516 137,558 137,558 ∂27,042 ............................

Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing: 

Secure Flight ..................................................................................................................................................... 84,363 84,637 84,637 ∂274 ............................Crew and other vetting programs ..................................................................................................................... 87,636 89,087 62,587 ¥25,049 ¥26,500 
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TWIC fees ........................................................................................................................................................... (9,000 ) (9,200 ) (9,200 ) (∂200 ) ............................Hazardous materials fees ................................................................................................................................. (15,000 ) (12,000 ) (12,000 ) (¥3,000 ) ............................Alien Flight School fees (by transfer from DOJ) ............................................................................................... (4,000 ) (4,000 ) (4,000 ) ............................ ............................Certified cargo screening program ................................................................................................................... (5,200 ) (5,200 ) (5,200 ) ............................ ............................Large aircraft security program ........................................................................................................................ (1,600 ) (1,200 ) (1,200 ) (¥400 ) ............................Secure identification display area checks ........................................................................................................ (10,000 ) (8,000 ) (8,000 ) (¥2,000 ) ............................Other security threat assessments ................................................................................................................... (100 ) (100 ) (100 ) ............................ ............................General aviation at DCA ................................................................................................................................... (100 ) (100 ) (100 ) ............................ ............................Indirect air cargo .............................................................................................................................................. (2,600 ) (1,400 ) (1,400 ) (¥1,200 ) ............................Sensitive security information [SSI] fees .......................................................................................................... (20 ) (20 ) (20 ) ............................ ............................

Subtotal, Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing (gross) ..................................................... (219,619 ) (214,944 ) (188,444 ) (¥31,175 ) (¥26,500 ) 

Fee-funded programs ........................................................................................................................... (47,620 ) (41,220 ) (41,220 ) (¥6,400 ) ............................

Subtotal, Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing (net) ........................................................ 171,999 173,724 147,224 ¥24,775 ¥26,500 

Transportation security support: 

Headquarters administration ............................................................................................................................ 248,929 271,399 269,774 ∂20,845 ¥1,625 Information technology ...................................................................................................................................... 498,310 480,435 479,685 ¥18,625 ¥750 Human capital services .................................................................................................................................... 226,338 262,747 260,682 ∂34,344 ¥2,065 Intelligence ........................................................................................................................................................ 28,203 37,788 37,788 ∂9,585 ............................

Subtotal, Transportation security support .................................................................................................... 1,001,780 1,052,369 1,047,929 ∂46,149 ¥4,440 

Federal Air Marshals: 

Management and administration ...................................................................................................................... 762,569 822,900 822,900 ∂60,331 ............................Travel and training ........................................................................................................................................... 97,542 127,115 127,115 ∂29,573 ............................

Subtotal, Federal Air Marshals ..................................................................................................................... 860,111 950,015 950,015 ∂89,904 ............................Total, Transportation Security Administration (gross) ................................................................................. 7,656,066 8,164,780 8,064,495 ∂408,429 ¥100,285 

Offsetting fee collections ..................................................................................................................... (¥2,100,000 ) (¥2,100,000 ) (¥2,100,000 ) ............................ ............................Aviation security capital fund ............................................................................................................. (250,000 ) (250,000 ) (250,000 ) ............................ ............................Fee accounts ........................................................................................................................................ (47,620 ) (41,220 ) (41,220 ) (¥6,400 ) ............................

Total, Transportation Security Administration (net) ..................................................................................... 5,258,446 5,773,560 5,673,275 ∂414,829 ¥100,285 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (5,258,446 ) (5,773,560 ) (5,673,275 ) (∂414,829 ) (¥100,285 ) 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2010 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2009 appropriation Budget estimate 

Coast Guard 

Operating expenses: 

Military pay and allowances ............................................................................................................................. 3,254,512 3,357,762 3,381,164 ∂126,652 ∂23,402 Civilian pay and benefits .................................................................................................................................. 699,794 757,255 757,398 ∂57,604 ∂143 Training and recruiting ..................................................................................................................................... 206,178 203,869 203,884 ¥2,294 ∂15 Operating funds and unit level maintenance .................................................................................................. 1,152,950 1,106,271 1,114,027 ¥38,923 ∂7,756 Centrally managed accounts ............................................................................................................................ 334,275 345,831 346,949 ∂12,674 ∂1,118 Intermediate and depot level maintenance ...................................................................................................... 916,179 879,962 892,798 ¥23,381 ∂12,836 Marine safety and response personnel ............................................................................................................. ............................ ............................ 20,000 ∂20,000 ∂20,000 Defense function ............................................................................................................................................... (581,503 ) (340,000 ) (594,461 ) (∂12,958 ) (∂254,461 ) Overseas contingency operations (defense function) ....................................................................................... 241,503 ............................ 254,461 ∂12,958 ∂254,461 

Subtotal, Operating expenses ....................................................................................................................... 6,805,391 6,650,950 6,970,681 ∂165,290 ∂319,731 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (6,563,888 ) (6,650,950 ) (6,716,220 ) (∂152,332 ) (∂65,270 ) Overseas contingency operations ........................................................................................................ (241,503 ) ............................ (254,461 ) (∂12,958 ) (∂254,461 ) (Defense function) ............................................................................................................................... (581,503 ) (340,000 ) (594,461 ) (∂12,958 ) (∂254,461 ) 

Environmental compliance and restoration ............................................................................................................... 13,198 13,329 13,329 ∂131 ............................Reserve training ......................................................................................................................................................... 133,632 135,675 135,675 ∂2,043 ............................Acquisition, construction, and improvements: 

Vessels: 

Response boat medium ............................................................................................................................ 121,000 42,000 62,000 ¥59,000 ∂20,000 140’ Icebreaker fleet refurbishment ........................................................................................................ ............................ ............................ 21,200 ∂21,200 ∂21,200 

Other equipment: 

National distress and response system modernization (Rescue 21) ...................................................... 117,000 36,000 36,000 ¥81,000 ............................High-frequency recapitalization ............................................................................................................... 2,500 ............................ ............................ ¥2,500 ............................Interagency operations centers ................................................................................................................ 10,000 ............................ ............................ ¥10,000 ............................

Subtotal, Other equipment .................................................................................................................. 129,500 36,000 36,000 ¥93,500 ............................
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Personnel and related support: 

Core acquisition costs .............................................................................................................................. 500 510 510 ∂10 ............................Direct personnel cost ............................................................................................................................... 104,700 107,051 107,051 ∂2,351 ............................

Subtotal, Personnel and related support ............................................................................................ 105,200 107,561 107,561 ∂2,361 ............................

Integrated deepwater systems: 

Aircraft: 

Maritime Patrol Aircraft .................................................................................................................. 138,500 40,000 49,000 ¥89,500 ∂9,000 HH–60 conversions .......................................................................................................................... 45,900 32,000 32,000 ¥13,900 ............................HC–130H conversions ..................................................................................................................... 45,300 25,000 25,000 ¥20,300 ............................HH-65 conversion project ................................................................................................................ 38,000 ............................ ............................ ¥38,000 ............................HC–130J fleet introduction ............................................................................................................. 1,300 4,000 4,000 ∂2,700 ............................Unmanned aircraft systems ............................................................................................................ ............................ ............................ 2,000 ∂2,000 ∂2,000 

Subtotal, Aircraft ........................................................................................................................ 269,000 101,000 112,000 ¥157,000 ∂11,000 

Surface ships: 

National Security Cutter .................................................................................................................. 389,480 538,002 648,002 ∂258,522 ∂110,000 Offshore Patrol Cutter ..................................................................................................................... 9,800 45,000 45,000 ∂35,200 ............................Fast Response Cutter ...................................................................................................................... 243,000 240,000 240,000 ¥3,000 ............................IDS small boats ............................................................................................................................... 3,000 3,000 3,000 ............................ ............................Patrol boat sustainment ................................................................................................................. 23,000 ............................ ............................ ¥23,000 ............................Medium-endurance cutter sustainment .......................................................................................... 31,100 30,000 30,000 ¥1,100 ............................Polar icebreaker refurbishment ....................................................................................................... 27,300 ............................ ............................ ¥27,300 ............................High-endurance cutter sustainment ............................................................................................... 4,000 ............................ ............................ ¥4,000 ............................

Subtotal, Surface ships .............................................................................................................. 730,680 856,002 966,002 ∂235,322 ∂110,000 

Technology obsolescence prevention ........................................................................................................ 1,900 1,000 1,000 ¥900 ............................C4ISR ........................................................................................................................................................ 35,000 30,500 30,500 ¥4,500 ............................Logistics ................................................................................................................................................... 37,700 50,000 50,000 ∂12,300 ............................Systems engineering integration .............................................................................................................. 35,000 29,000 29,000 ¥6,000 ............................Government program management .......................................................................................................... 45,000 45,000 45,000 ............................ ............................

Subtotal, Integrated deepwater systems ............................................................................................. 1,154,280 1,112,502 1,233,502 ∂79,222 ∂121,000 

Shore facilities and aids to navigation ............................................................................................................ 27,100 69,200 108,350 ∂81,250 ∂39,150 Military housing ................................................................................................................................................. ............................ 13,965 13,965 ∂13,965 ............................

Subtotal, Acquisition, construction, and improvements .............................................................................. 1,537,080 1,381,228 1,582,578 ∂45,498 ∂201,350 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2010 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2009 appropriation Budget estimate 

Alteration of bridges .................................................................................................................................................. 4,000 ............................ 4,000 ............................ ∂4,000 

Subtotal ......................................................................................................................................................... 4,000 ............................ 4,000 ............................ ∂4,000 

Research, development, test, and evaluation ........................................................................................................... 24,745 20,034 28,034 ∂3,289 ∂8,000 Healthcare fund contribution (permanent indefinite discretionary) .......................................................................... 261,000 265,321 265,321 ∂4,321 ............................

Subtotal, Coast Guard discretionary ............................................................................................................ 8,779,046 8,466,537 8,999,618 ∂220,572 ∂533,081 

Retired pay (mandatory) ............................................................................................................................................ 1,361,245 1,400,700 1,400,700 ∂39,455 ............................

Total, Coast Guard ........................................................................................................................................ 10,140,291 9,867,237 10,400,318 ∂260,027 ∂533,081 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (9,898,788 ) (9,867,237 ) (10,145,857 ) (∂247,069 ) (∂278,620 ) Overseas contingency operations ........................................................................................................ (241,503 ) ............................ (254,461 ) (∂12,958 ) (∂254,461 ) 

United States Secret Service 

Salaries and expenses: 

Protection: 

Protection of persons and facilities ......................................................................................................... 755,521 792,042 792,042 ∂36,521 ............................Protective intelligence activities .............................................................................................................. 67,824 68,914 68,914 ∂1,090 ............................National special security event funds ..................................................................................................... 1,000 1,000 1,000 ............................ ............................Presidential candidate nominee protection ............................................................................................. ............................ 17,867 17,867 ∂17,867 ............................White House mail screening .................................................................................................................... 22,415 25,315 25,315 ∂2,900 ............................

Subtotal, Protection ............................................................................................................................. 846,760 905,138 905,138 ∂58,378 ............................

Investigations: 

Domestic field operations ........................................................................................................................ 260,892 257,412 261,412 ∂520 ∂4,000 International field office administration, operations, and training ........................................................ 30,705 31,171 31,171 ∂466 ............................Electronic crimes special agent program and electronic crimes task forces ........................................ 56,541 57,158 57,158 ∂617 ............................
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Support for missing and exploited children ............................................................................................ 8,366 8,366 8,366 ............................ ............................

Subtotal, Investigations ....................................................................................................................... 356,504 354,107 358,107 ∂1,603 ∂4,000 

Administration: 

Headquarters, management and administration ..................................................................................... 221,045 253,176 253,176 ∂32,131 ............................

Training: 

Rowley training center ............................................................................................................................. 54,360 55,221 55,221 ∂861 ............................

Subtotal, Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................... 1,478,669 1,567,642 1,571,642 ∂92,973 ∂4,000 

Acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses (Rowley) ................................................................ 3,975 3,975 3,975 ............................ ............................

Total, United States Secret Service .............................................................................................................. 1,482,644 1,571,617 1,575,617 ∂92,973 ∂4,000 Total, title II, Security, Enforcement, and Investigations ............................................................................ 32,444,887 32,545,167 33,116,825 ∂671,938 ∂571,658 

Appropriations ............................................................................................................................. (32,203,384 ) (32,644,939 ) (32,962,136 ) (∂758,752 ) (∂317,197 ) Overseas contingency operations ............................................................................................... (241,503 ) ............................ (254,461 ) (∂12,958 ) (∂254,461 ) Rescissions ................................................................................................................................. ............................ (¥99,772 ) (¥99,772 ) (¥99,772 ) ............................

(Fee Accounts) ..................................................................................................................................... (1,784,420 ) (1,717,775 ) (1,717,775 ) (¥66,645 ) ............................

TITLE III—PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY 

National Protection and Programs Directorate 

Management and administration: 

Administrative activities ................................................................................................................................... 34,682 36,347 36,347 ∂1,665 ............................Risk management and analysis ....................................................................................................................... 9,895 9,790 8,790 ¥1,105 ¥1,000 

Total, Management and administration ....................................................................................................... 44,577 46,137 45,137 ∂560 ¥1,000 

Infrastructure Protection and Information Security: 

Infrastructure protection: 

Identification and analysis ...................................................................................................................... 90,610 82,837 88,595 ¥2,015 ∂5,758 Coordination and information sharing ..................................................................................................... 59,582 52,515 52,215 ¥7,367 ¥300 Mitigation programs ................................................................................................................................. 197,111 198,426 198,426 ∂1,315 ............................

Subtotal, Infrastructure protection ...................................................................................................... 347,303 333,778 339,236 ¥8,067 ∂5,458 

National Cyber Security Division: 

U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team [US–CERT] ........................................................................... 323,629 314,989 ............................ ¥323,629 ¥314,989 Strategic initiatives .................................................................................................................................. 64,179 56,880 ............................ ¥64,179 ¥56,880 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2010 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2009 appropriation Budget estimate 

Outreach and programs ........................................................................................................................... 9,346 6,875 ............................ ¥9,346 ¥6,875 Management and administration ............................................................................................................. ............................ ............................ 16,151 ∂16,151 ∂16,151 Cybersecurity protection and response .................................................................................................... ............................ ............................ 262,331 ∂262,331 ∂262,331 Cybersecurity compliance, standards, and workforce development ........................................................ ............................ ............................ 46,329 ∂46,329 ∂46,329 Critical infrastructure cyber protection and awareness .......................................................................... ............................ ............................ 52,933 ∂52,933 ∂52,933 Cybersecurity coordination ....................................................................................................................... ............................ ............................ 10,000 ∂10,000 ∂10,000 

Subtotal, National Cyber Security Division .......................................................................................... 397,154 378,744 387,744 ¥9,410 ∂9,000 

Office of Emergency Communications .............................................................................................................. 45,060 44,524 44,524 ¥536 ............................National Security/Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications: 

Priority telecommunications services ....................................................................................................... 56,773 56,283 56,283 ¥490 ............................Next generation networks ......................................................................................................................... 25,000 21,095 21,095 ¥3,905 ............................Programs to study and enhance telecommunications ............................................................................ 16,774 16,657 16,657 ¥117 ............................Critical infrastructure protection programs ............................................................................................. 11,352 14,884 14,884 ∂3,532 ............................

Subtotal, National Security/Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications ....................................... 109,899 108,919 108,919 ¥980 ............................Subtotal, Infrastructure Protection and Information Security ............................................................. 899,416 865,965 880,423 ¥18,993 ∂14,458 

Federal Protective Service: 

Basic security .................................................................................................................................................... 213,673 220,000 220,000 ∂6,327 ............................Building-specific security .................................................................................................................................. 426,327 420,000 420,000 ¥6,327 ............................Reimbursable Security Fees (contract guard services) .................................................................................... 475,000 475,000 475,000 ............................ ............................

Subtotal, Federal Protective Service ............................................................................................................. 1,115,000 1,115,000 1,115,000 ............................ ............................

Offsetting collections ........................................................................................................................... ¥1,115,000 ¥1,115,000 ¥1,115,000 ............................ ............................

U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology .......................................................................................... 373,762 334,613 334,613 ¥39,149 ............................

Total, National Protection and Programs Directorate .................................................................................. 1,317,755 1,246,715 1,260,173 ¥57,582 ∂13,458 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (2,432,755 ) (2,361,715 ) (2,375,173 ) (¥57,582 ) (∂13,458 ) 
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Offsetting collections ........................................................................................................................... (¥1,115,000 ) (¥1,115,000 ) (¥1,115,000 ) ............................ ............................

Office of Health Affairs 

BioWatch ............................................................................................................................................................ 89,513 173,505 113,505 ∂23,992 ¥60,000 National biosurveillence integration system ..................................................................................................... 13,000 7,000 7,000 ¥6,000 ............................Rapidly deployable chemical detection system ................................................................................................ 2,600 2,400 4,400 ∂1,800 ∂2,000 Planning and coordination ................................................................................................................................ 3,726 2,276 3,001 ¥725 ∂725 Salaries and expenses ...................................................................................................................................... 30,411 27,553 27,553 ¥2,858 ............................

Total, Office of Health Affairs ...................................................................................................................... 139,250 212,734 155,459 ∂16,209 ¥57,275 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

Management and administration: 

Operations activities ......................................................................................................................................... 758,155 867,947 651,187 ¥106,968 ¥216,760 

(Defense function) .................................................................................................................................... (93,881 ) (70,003 ) (70,003 ) (¥23,878 ) ............................

Urban search and rescue response system ...................................................................................................... 32,500 28,000 38,000 ∂5,500 ∂10,000 Office of National Capital Region Coordination ............................................................................................... 6,995 7,049 7,049 ∂54 ............................Transfer from Disaster relief ............................................................................................................................. (105,600 ) ............................ (216,760 ) (∂111,160 ) (∂216,760 ) 

Subtotal, Management and administration (including transfers) ............................................................... 903,250 902,996 912,996 ∂9,746 ∂10,000 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (797,650 ) (902,996 ) (696,236 ) (¥101,414 ) (¥206,760 ) 

(Defense function) ...................................................................................................................... (93,881 ) (70,003 ) (70,003 ) (¥23,878 ) ............................

by transfer ........................................................................................................................................... (105,600 ) ............................ (216,760 ) (∂111,160 ) (∂216,760 ) 

Grants and Training: 

State and local programs: 

State Homeland Security Grant Program ................................................................................................. 890,000 ............................ 890,000 ............................ ∂890,000 

Operation Stonegarden .................................................................................................................... 60,000 ............................ 60,000 ............................ ∂60,000 

Subtotal, State Homeland Security Grant Program .................................................................... 950,000 ............................ 950,000 ............................ ∂950,000 

Urban area security initiative .................................................................................................................. 887,000 ............................ 950,000 ∂63,000 ∂950,000 Regional catastrophic preparedness grants ............................................................................................ 35,000 ............................ 35,000 ............................ ∂35,000 Metropolitan Medical Response System ................................................................................................... 41,000 ............................ 38,000 ¥3,000 ∂38,000 Citizen Corps program ............................................................................................................................. 13,000 ............................ 11,500 ¥1,500 ∂11,500 Public transportation security assistance and railroad security assistance .......................................... 300,000 ............................ 350,000 ∂50,000 ∂350,000 Port security grants .................................................................................................................................. 300,000 ............................ 350,000 ∂50,000 ∂350,000 Over-the-road bus security assistance .................................................................................................... 12,000 ............................ ............................ ¥12,000 ............................
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2010 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2009 appropriation Budget estimate 

Buffer Zone Protection Program grants ................................................................................................... 50,000 ............................ 50,000 ............................ ∂50,000 Drivers license security grants ................................................................................................................ 50,000 ............................ ............................ ¥50,000 ............................Interoperable emergency communications grant program ...................................................................... 50,000 ............................ 50,000 ............................ ∂50,000 Emergency Operations Centers ................................................................................................................ 60,000 ............................ 31,520 ¥28,480 ∂31,520 National Programs: 

National Domestic Preparedness Consortium ................................................................................. 102,000 ............................ 97,000 ¥5,000 ∂97,000 Center for Domestic Preparedness .................................................................................................. 62,500 ............................ 62,500 ............................ ∂62,500 Counterterrorism and Cyber Crime Center ...................................................................................... 1,700 ............................ 2,450 ∂750 ∂2,450 National exercise program .............................................................................................................. 40,000 ............................ 40,000 ............................ ∂40,000 Technical assistance ....................................................................................................................... 13,000 ............................ 15,000 ∂2,000 ∂15,000 Continuing training grants ............................................................................................................. 29,000 ............................ 30,000 ∂1,000 ∂30,000 Evaluations and assessments ........................................................................................................ 16,000 ............................ 16,000 ............................ ∂16,000 Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium ...................................................................................... 3,000 ............................ ............................ ¥3,000 ............................

Subtotal, National Programs ...................................................................................................... 267,200 ............................ 262,950 ¥4,250 ∂262,950 

State and Regional Preparedness Program: 

State Homeland Security Grant Program ........................................................................................ ............................ 1,050,000 ............................ ............................ ¥1,050,000 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grants .................................................................................. ............................ 35,000 ............................ ............................ ¥35,000 Assistance to Firefighters Grants ................................................................................................... ............................ 610,000 ............................ ............................ ¥610,000 Emergency Management Performance Grants ................................................................................ ............................ 345,000 ............................ ............................ ¥345,000 

Subtotal, State and Regional Preparedness Program ................................................................ ............................ 2,040,000 ............................ ............................ ¥2,040,000 

Metropolitan Statistical Area [MSA] Preparedness Program: 

Urban Area Security Initiative ......................................................................................................... ............................ 1,100,000 ............................ ............................ ¥1,100,000 Port Security Grants ........................................................................................................................ ............................ 300,000 ............................ ............................ ¥300,000 Rail/Public Transportation Security Grants ..................................................................................... ............................ 300,000 ............................ ............................ ¥300,000 Buffer Zone Protection Program ...................................................................................................... ............................ 50,000 ............................ ............................ ¥50,000 

Subtotal, MSA Preparedness Program ........................................................................................ ............................ 1,750,000 ............................ ............................ ¥1,750,000 
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Training, Measurement and Exercise Program: 

National Exercise Program .............................................................................................................. ............................ 42,000 ............................ ............................ ¥42,000 Continuing and Emerging Training Grants ..................................................................................... ............................ 21,590 ............................ ............................ ¥21,590 Center for Domestic Preparedness .................................................................................................. ............................ 62,500 ............................ ............................ ¥62,500 National Domestic Preparedness Consortium ................................................................................. ............................ 51,500 ............................ ............................ ¥51,500 Technical Assistance Program ........................................................................................................ ............................ 15,000 ............................ ............................ ¥15,000 Evaluation and National Assessment Program .............................................................................. ............................ 18,000 ............................ ............................ ¥18,000 

Subtotal, Training Measurement and Exercise Program ............................................................ ............................ 210,590 ............................ ............................ ¥210,590 Subtotal, State and Local Programs .......................................................................................... 3,015,200 4,000,590 3,078,970 ∂63,770 ¥921,620 

Firefighter assistance grants: 

Fire grants ......................................................................................................................................................... 390,000 ............................ 390,000 ............................ ∂390,000 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response [SAFER] Act grants ...................................................... 420,000 ............................ 420,000 ............................ ∂420,000 

Subtotal, Firefighter assistance grants ........................................................................................................ 810,000 ............................ 810,000 ............................ ∂810,000 

Emergency management performance grants ........................................................................................................... 340,000 ............................ 345,000 ∂5,000 ∂345,000 

Subtotal, Grants and training ...................................................................................................................... 4,165,200 4,000,590 4,233,970 ∂68,770 ∂233,380 

Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program ........................................................................................................ ¥265 ¥361 ¥361 ¥96 ............................United States Fire Administration .............................................................................................................................. 45,588 45,930 45,930 ∂342 ............................Disaster Relief ............................................................................................................................................................ 1,600,000 1,950,000 1,950,000 ∂350,000 ............................

(transfer to Management and Administration) ................................................................................................. (¥105,600 ) ............................ (¥216,760 ) (¥111,160 ) (¥216,760 ) (transfer to Inspector General) ......................................................................................................................... (¥16,000 ) ............................ (¥16,000 ) ............................ (¥16,000 ) 

Disaster assistance direct loan program account: 

(Limitation on direct loans) .............................................................................................................................. (25,000 ) (25,000 ) (25,000 ) ............................ ............................Direct loan subsidy ........................................................................................................................................... 295 295 295 ............................ ............................

Flood map modernization fund .................................................................................................................................. 220,000 ............................ ............................ ¥220,000 ............................Flood hazard mapping and risk analysis .................................................................................................................. ............................ 194,000 194,000 ∂194,000 ............................National flood insurance fund: 

Salaries and expenses ...................................................................................................................................... 38,680 22,145 22,145 ¥16,535 ............................Flood plain management and mitigation ......................................................................................................... 107,320 146,855 146,855 ∂39,535 ............................Offsetting fee collections .................................................................................................................................. ¥146,000 ¥169,000 ¥169,000 ¥23,000 ............................

National predisaster mitigation fund ........................................................................................................................ 100,000 100,000 75,000 ¥25,000 ¥25,000 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2010 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2009 appropriation Budget estimate 

Emergency food and shelter ...................................................................................................................................... 200,000 100,000 150,000 ¥50,000 ∂50,000 

Total, Federal Emergency Management Agency (including transfers) ......................................................... 7,112,468 7,293,450 7,329,070 ∂216,602 ∂35,620 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (7,128,468 ) (7,293,450 ) (7,345,070 ) (∂216,602 ) (∂51,620 ) by transfer ........................................................................................................................................... (105,600 ) ............................ (216,760 ) (∂111,160 ) (∂216,760 ) transfer out .......................................................................................................................................... (¥121,600 ) ............................ (¥232,760 ) (¥111,160 ) (¥232,760 ) (Limitation on direct loans) ................................................................................................................. (25,000 ) (25,000 ) (25,000 ) ............................ ............................

Total, title III, Protection, Preparedness, Response and Recovery Directorate ............................................ 8,569,473 8,752,899 8,744,702 ∂175,229 ¥8,197 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (8,585,473 ) (8,752,899 ) (8,760,702 ) (∂175,229 ) (∂7,803 ) By transfer ........................................................................................................................................... (105,600 ) ............................ (216,760 ) (∂111,160 ) (∂216,760 ) Transfer out ......................................................................................................................................... (¥121,600 ) ............................ (¥232,760 ) (¥111,160 ) (¥232,760 ) (Limitation on direct loans) ................................................................................................................. (25,000 ) (25,000 ) (25,000 ) ............................ ............................

TITLE IV—RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES 

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

Appropriations: 

Data center consolidation ................................................................................................................................. 11,000 23,400 7,193 ¥3,807 ¥16,207 Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements ................................................................................................. ............................ 34,000 ............................ ............................ ¥34,000 E-Verify .............................................................................................................................................................. 137,000 103,400 103,400 ¥33,600 ............................Immigrant integration programs ....................................................................................................................... 11,000 18,000 11,000 ............................ ¥7,000 REAL ID Act implementation ............................................................................................................................. 10,000 ............................ ............................ ¥10,000 ............................Asylum and refugee services ............................................................................................................................ 50,000 207,000 50,000 ............................ ¥157,000 Military naturalization services ......................................................................................................................... 5,000 ............................ ............................ ¥5,000 ............................

Subtotal ......................................................................................................................................................... 224,000 385,800 171,593 ¥52,407 ¥214,207 

Adjudication services (fee account): 

District operations ............................................................................................................................................. (1,132,317 ) (1,169,135 ) (1,169,135 ) (∂36,818 ) ............................
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Service center operations .................................................................................................................................. (549,623 ) (508,281 ) (508,281 ) (¥41,342 ) ............................Asylum, refugee and international operations .................................................................................................. ............................ (62,630 ) (62,630 ) (∂62,630 ) ............................International operations .................................................................................................................................... (64,587 ) ............................ ............................ (¥64,587 ) ............................Records operations ............................................................................................................................................ (107,113 ) (102,471 ) (102,471 ) (¥4,642 ) ............................Business transformation ................................................................................................................................... (173,264 ) (164,025 ) (164,025 ) (¥9,239 ) ............................

Digitization program (display only, nonadd) ........................................................................................... (29,000 ) ............................ ............................ (¥29,000 ) ............................

Subtotal, Adjudication services ........................................................................................................... (2,026,904 ) (2,006,542 ) (2,006,542 ) (¥20,362 ) ............................

Information and customer services (fee account): 

Operating expenses: 

Information and customer service ........................................................................................................... (89,050 ) (83,501 ) (83,501 ) (¥5,549 ) ............................

Administration (fee account): 

Administration ................................................................................................................................................... (365,932 ) (336,514 ) (336,514 ) (¥29,418 ) ............................

Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements [SAVE] (fee account) ....................................................................... (21,346 ) ............................ ............................ (¥21,346 ) ............................

Total, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ........................................................................ (2,727,232 ) (2,812,357 ) (2,598,150 ) (¥129,082 ) (¥214,207 ) 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... (224,000 ) (385,800 ) (171,593 ) (¥52,407 ) (¥214,207 ) Total Fees ............................................................................................................................................. (2,503,232 ) (2,426,557 ) (2,426,557 ) (¥76,675 ) ............................

(Immigration Examination Fees) ................................................................................................. (2,451,884 ) (2,375,479 ) (2,375,479 ) (¥76,405 ) ............................(Fraud prevention and detection fees) ....................................................................................... (38,348 ) (38,078 ) (38,078 ) (¥270 ) ............................(H1B Non-Immigrant Petitioner fees) ......................................................................................... (13,000 ) (13,000 ) (13,000 ) ............................ ............................

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 

Salaries and expenses: 

Law enforcement training ................................................................................................................................. 238,047 209,919 204,500 ¥33,547 ¥5,419 Management and administration ...................................................................................................................... ............................ 30,000 30,000 ∂30,000 ............................

Subtotal, Salaries and expenses .................................................................................................................. 238,047 239,919 234,500 ¥3,547 ¥5,419 

Accreditation ............................................................................................................................................................... 1,309 1,419 1,419 ∂110 ............................Acquisitions, construction, improvements, and related expenses: direct appropriation .......................................... 43,456 38,456 38,456 ¥5,000 ............................

Total, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center ......................................................................................... 282,812 279,794 274,375 ¥8,437 ¥5,419 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2010 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2009 appropriation Budget estimate 

Science and Technology 

Management and administration ............................................................................................................................... 143,200 151,959 146,918 ∂3,718 ¥5,041 

Total, Management and administration ....................................................................................................... 143,200 151,959 146,918 ∂3,718 ¥5,041 

Research, development, acquisition, and operations: 

Border and maritime security ........................................................................................................................... 44,181 39,936 39,936 ¥4,245 ............................Chemical and biological ................................................................................................................................... 206,800 200,863 200,863 ¥5,937 ............................Command, control, and interoperability ........................................................................................................... 81,764 74,832 77,082 ¥4,682 ∂2,250 Explosives .......................................................................................................................................................... 120,809 120,809 120,809 ............................ ............................Human factors ................................................................................................................................................... 16,087 13,435 13,435 ¥2,652 ............................Infrastructure and geophysical ......................................................................................................................... 74,958 36,122 56,987 ¥17,971 ∂20,865 Innovation .......................................................................................................................................................... 44,000 44,000 44,000 ............................ ............................Laboratory facilities ........................................................................................................................................... 150,188 122,000 122,000 ¥28,188 ............................Radiological and nuclear .................................................................................................................................. ............................ 109,000 109,000 ∂109,000 ............................Test and evaluations/standards ....................................................................................................................... 29,000 23,174 23,174 ¥5,826 ............................Transition ........................................................................................................................................................... 46,134 42,134 42,134 ¥4,000 ............................University programs .......................................................................................................................................... 49,350 40,000 50,000 ∂650 ∂10,000 Unspecified reduction ........................................................................................................................................ ............................ ............................ ¥36,000 ¥36,000 ¥36,000 

Subtotal, Research, development, acquisition, and operations ................................................................... 863,271 866,305 863,420 ∂149 ¥2,885 Total, Science and Technology ..................................................................................................................... 1,006,471 1,018,264 1,010,338 ∂3,867 ¥7,926 

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 

Management and administration ............................................................................................................................... 38,500 36,992 36,992 ¥1,508 ............................Research, development, and operations: 

Systems engineering and architecture ............................................................................................................. 25,448 38,833 38,833 ∂13,385 ............................Systems development ........................................................................................................................................ 100,000 69,033 69,033 ¥30,967 ............................
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Transformational research and development ................................................................................................... 108,537 ............................ ............................ ¥108,537 ............................Assessments ...................................................................................................................................................... 32,416 43,465 43,465 ∂11,049 ............................Operations support ............................................................................................................................................ 38,436 33,955 33,955 ¥4,481 ............................National Technical Nuclear Forensics Center ................................................................................................... 19,700 22,542 22,542 ∂2,842 ............................

Research, development, and operations ...................................................................................................... 324,537 207,828 207,828 ¥116,709 ............................

Systems acquisition: 

RPM/ASP program ............................................................................................................................................. ............................ 8,000 20,000 ∂20,000 ∂12,000 Securing the Cities ............................................................................................................................................ 20,000 ............................ 20,000 ............................ ∂20,000 HPRDS program ................................................................................................................................................. ............................ 53,000 38,000 ∂38,000 ¥15,000 

Subtotal, Systems acquisition ...................................................................................................................... 20,000 61,000 78,000 ∂58,000 ∂17,000 Total, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office ..................................................................................................... 383,037 305,820 322,820 ¥60,217 ∂17,000 Total, title IV, Research and Development, Training, and Services ............................................................ 1,896,320 1,989,678 1,779,126 ¥117,194 ¥210,552 

(Fee Accounts) ..................................................................................................................................... (2,503,232 ) (2,426,557 ) (2,426,557 ) (¥76,675 ) ............................

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 555: Acquisition workforce enhancements ........................................................................................................ ............................ 24,236 18,000 ∂18,000 ¥6,236 Sec. 556 DHS consolidated headquarters project ..................................................................................................... ............................ ............................ 342,100 ∂342,100 ∂342,100 Sec. 574 National Special Security Event State and Local Reimbursement fund ................................................... ............................ ............................ 20,000 ∂20,000 ∂20,000 Rescission of unobligated balances: 

Sec. 573: Trucking Industry Security Grants .................................................................................................... ¥5,572 ............................ ............................ ∂5,572 ............................Sec. 574: Analysis and Operations ................................................................................................................... ¥2,358 ............................ ............................ ∂2,358 ............................Sec. 575: Infrastructure protection and information security .......................................................................... ¥8,000 ............................ ............................ ∂8,000 ............................Sec. 576: Science and Technology .................................................................................................................... ¥6,944 ............................ ............................ ∂6,944 ............................Sec 577: Domestic Nuclear Detection Office .................................................................................................... ¥8,000 ............................ ............................ ∂8,000 ............................Sec. 578: TSA research and development ........................................................................................................ ¥4,000 ............................ ............................ ∂4,000 ............................Sec 579: Coast Guard AC&I .............................................................................................................................. ¥800 ............................ ............................ ∂800 ............................Sec. 580: Counterterrorism Fund ...................................................................................................................... ¥5,600 ............................ ............................ ∂5,600 ............................Sec 563: Treasury forfeiture fund ..................................................................................................................... ............................ ............................ ¥22,600 ¥22,600 ¥22,600 Sec. 564: CBP Automation modernization ........................................................................................................ ............................ ............................ ¥10,000 ¥10,000 ¥10,000 Sec. 565: CBP BSFIT ......................................................................................................................................... ............................ ............................ ¥25,000 ¥25,000 ¥25,000 Sec. 566: Transportation Security Administration ............................................................................................ ............................ ............................ ¥15,000 ¥15,000 ¥15,000 Sec. 567: Domestic Nuclear Detection Office ................................................................................................... ............................ ............................ ¥27,000 ¥27,000 ¥27,000 Sec. 568: National Protection and Programs Director ...................................................................................... ............................ ............................ ¥6,000 ¥6,000 ¥6,000 Sec. 569: Federal Emergency Management Agency ......................................................................................... ............................ ............................ ¥5,000 ¥5,000 ¥5,000 Sec. 570: CBP Headquarters management and Administration ...................................................................... ............................ ............................ ¥14,500 ¥14,500 ¥14,500 
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2010 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2009 appropriation Budget estimate 

Sec. 571: CBP violent crime act ....................................................................................................................... ............................ ............................ ¥4,800 ¥4,800 ¥4,800 Sec. 572: USCIS REAL ID Act ............................................................................................................................ ............................ ............................ ¥10,000 ¥10,000 ¥10,000 

Total, title V, General Provisions .................................................................................................................. ¥41,274 24,236 240,200 ∂281,474 ∂215,964 

Appropriations ...................................................................................................................................... ............................ (24,236 ) (380,100 ) (∂380,100 ) (∂355,864 ) Rescissions .......................................................................................................................................... (¥41,274 ) ............................ (¥139,900 ) (¥98,626 ) (¥139,900 ) 

Grand total .................................................................................................................................................... 44,137,241 45,036,301 45,191,136 ∂1,053,895 ∂154,835 

Mandatory ............................................................................................................................................ (1,361,245 ) (1,400,700 ) (1,400,700 ) (∂39,455 ) ............................General purpose discretionary ............................................................................................................. (42,775,996 ) (43,635,601 ) (43,790,436 ) (∂1,014,440 ) (∂154,835 ) 

Appropriations ............................................................................................................................. (42,575,767 ) (43,735,373 ) (43,775,647 ) (∂1,199,880 ) (∂40,274 ) Overseas contingency operations ............................................................................................... (241,503 ) ............................ (254,461 ) (∂12,958 ) (∂254,461 ) Rescissions/cancellations ........................................................................................................... (¥41,274 ) (¥99,772 ) (¥239,672 ) (¥198,398 ) (¥139,900 ) 

Fee-funded programs ................................................................................................................................................. (4,287,652 ) (4,144,332 ) (4,144,332 ) (¥143,320 ) ............................(Limitation on direct loans) ....................................................................................................................................... (25,000 ) (25,000 ) (25,000 ) ............................ ............................(Transfer out) ............................................................................................................................................................. (¥121,600 ) ............................ (¥232,760 ) (¥111,160 ) (¥232,760 ) (By transfer) ............................................................................................................................................................... (121,600 ) ............................ (232,760 ) (∂111,160 ) (∂232,760 ) 

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