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Calendar No. 140 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2217 

[Report No. 113–77] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 7, 2013 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

JUNE 12, 2013 

Committee discharged; ordered returned to the House 

JUNE 13, 2013 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

pursuant to the order of June 12, 2013 

JULY 18, 2013 

Reported by Ms. LANDRIEU, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
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1 Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year end2 ing September 30, 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND 

5 OPERATIONS 

6 DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE

8 MANAGEMENT

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

10 of Homeland Security, as authorized by section 102 of the 

11 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), and exec12 utive management of the Department of Homeland Secu13 rity, as authorized by law, $103,246,000 (reduced by 

14 $2,838,000): Provided, That not to exceed $45,000 shall 

15 be for official reception and representation expenses: Pro16 vided further, That all official costs associated with the 

17 use of government aircraft by Department of Homeland 

18 Security personnel to support official travel of the Sec19 retary and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid from 

20 amounts made available for the Immediate Office of the 

21 Secretary and the Immediate Office of the Deputy Sec22 retary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall submit 

23 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

24 the House of Representatives, with the President’s budget 

25 proposal for fiscal year 2015 submitted pursuant to sec-
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1 tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, expenditure 

2 plans for the Office of Policy, the Office for Intergovern3 mental Affairs, the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Lib4 erties, the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombuds5 man, and the Privacy Officer. 

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

8 Secretary for Management, as authorized by sections 701 

9 through 705 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

10 U.S.C. 341 through 345), $171,173,000 (reduced by 

11 $10,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

12 $7,667,000) (reduced by $15,676,000), of which not to 

13 exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and represen14 tation expenses: Provided, That of the total amount made 

15 available under this heading, $4,020,000 shall remain 

16 available until September 30, 2015, solely for the alter17 ation and improvement of facilities, tenant improvements, 

18 and relocation costs to consolidate Department head19 quarters operations at the Nebraska Avenue Complex; and 

20 $7,815,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2015, for the Human Resources Information Technology 

22 program: Provided further, That the Under Secretary for 

23 Management shall, pursuant to the requirements con24 tained in House Report 112–331, submit to the Commit25 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
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1 Representatives at the time the President’s budget pro2 posal for fiscal year 2015 is submitted pursuant to section 

3 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a Comprehensive 

4 Acquisition Status Report, which shall include the infor5 mation required under the heading ‘‘Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Management’’ under title I of division D of 

7 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 

8 112–74), and quarterly updates to such report not later 

9 than 45 days after the completion of each quarter. 

10 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi12 nancial Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Home13 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), $41,242,000, 

14 of which $4,000,000 shall remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2015, for financial systems modernization ef16 forts: Provided, That the Secretary of Homeland Security 

17 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

18 Senate and the House of Representatives, at the time that 

19 the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 is 

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

21 States Code, the Future Years Homeland Security Pro22 gram and a comprehensive report compiled in conjunction 

23 with the Government Accountability Office that details up24 dated missions, goals, strategies, priorities, along with per25 formance metrics that are measurable, repeatable, and di-
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1 rectly linked to requests for funding, as described in the 

2 accompanying report. 

3 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In5 formation Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the 

6 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), and De7 partment-wide technology investments, $210,735,000; of 

8 which $99,397,000 shall be available for salaries and ex9 penses; and of which $111,338,000, to remain available 

10 until September 30, 2015, shall be available for develop11 ment and acquisition of information technology equip12 ment, software, services, and related activities for the De13 partment of Homeland Security: Provided, That the De14 partment of Homeland Security Chief Information Officer 

15 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

16 Senate and the House of Representatives, at the time that 

17 the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 is 

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

19 States Code, a multi-year investment and management 

20 plan, to include each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017, 

21 for all information technology acquisition projects funded 

22 under this heading or funded by multiple components of 

23 the Department of Homeland Security through reimburs24 able agreements, that includes— 
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1 (1) the proposed appropriations included for 

2 each project and activity tied to mission require3 ments, program management capabilities, perform4 ance levels, and specific capabilities and services to 

5 be delivered; 

6 (2) the total estimated cost and projected 

7 timeline of completion for all multi-year enhance8 ments, modernizations, and new capabilities that are 

9 proposed in such budget or underway; 

10 (3) a detailed accounting of operations and 

11 maintenance and contractor services costs; and 

12 (4) a current acquisition program baseline for 

13 each project, that— 

14 (A) notes and explains any deviations in 

15 cost, performance parameters, schedule, or esti16 mated date of completion from the original ac17 quisition program baseline; 

18 (B) aligns the acquisition programs cov19 ered by the baseline to mission requirements by 

20 defining existing capabilities, identifying known 

21 capability gaps between such existing capabili22 ties and stated mission requirements, and ex23 plaining how each increment will address such 

24 known capability gaps; and 
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1 (C) defines life-cycle costs for such pro2 grams. 

3 ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS

4 For necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and 

5 operations coordination activities, as authorized by title II 

6 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et 

7 seq.), $291,623,000; of which not to exceed $3,825 shall 

8 be for official reception and representation expenses; and 

9 of which $89,334,000 shall remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2015. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

13 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

14 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $113,903,000, of 

15 which not to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain con16 fidential operational expenses, including the payment of 

17 informants, to be expended at the direction of the Inspec18 tor General. 

19 TITLE II 

20 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 

21 INVESTIGATIONS 

22 U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relat25 ing to border security, immigration, customs, agricultural 
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1 inspections and regulatory activities related to plant and 

2 animal imports, and transportation of unaccompanied 

3 minor aliens; purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 

4 for replacement only) police-type vehicles; and contracting 

5 with individuals for personal services abroad; 

6 $8,275,983,000; of which $3,274,000 shall be derived 

7 from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for administra8 tive expenses related to the collection of the Harbor Main9 tenance Fee pursuant to section 9505(c)(3) of the Internal 

10 Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and not11 withstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security 

12 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which not to exceed 

13 $34,425 shall be for official reception and representation 

14 expenses; of which such sums as become available in the 

15 Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 

16 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Rec17 onciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be de18 rived from that account; of which not to exceed $150,000 

19 shall be available for payment for rental space in connec20 tion with preclearance operations; and of which not to ex21 ceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to 

22 informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate 

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

24 fiscal year 2014, the overtime limitation prescribed in sec25 tion 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 
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1 267(c)(1)) shall be $35,000; and notwithstanding any 

2 other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated by 

3 this Act shall be available to compensate any employee of 

4 U.S. Customs and Border Protection for overtime, from 

5 whatever source, in an amount that exceeds such limita6 tion, except in individual cases determined by the Sec7 retary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Sec8 retary, to be necessary for national security purposes, to 

9 prevent excessive costs, or in cases of immigration emer10 gencies: Provided further, That the Border Patrol shall 

11 maintain an active duty presence of not less than 21,370 

12 full-time equivalent agents protecting the borders of the 

13 United States in the fiscal year. 

14 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

15 For necessary expenses for U.S. Customs and Border 

16 Protection for operation and improvement of automated 

17 systems, including salaries and expenses, $707,897,000 

18 (reduced by $7,655,000); of which $325,526,000 shall re19 main available until September 30, 2016; and of which 

20 not less than $140,762,000 shall be for the development 

21 of the Automated Commercial Environment. 

22 BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND

23 TECHNOLOGY

24 For expenses for border security fencing, infrastruc25 ture, and technology, $351,454,000 (increased by 
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1 $10,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

2 2016. 

3 AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS

4 For necessary expenses for the operations, mainte5 nance, and procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, un6 manned aircraft systems, and other related equipment of 

7 the air and marine program, including salaries and ex8 penses and operational training and mission-related travel, 

9 the operations of which include the following: the interdic10 tion of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support 

11 to Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement 

12 or administration of laws enforced by the Department of 

13 Homeland Security; and, at the discretion of the Secretary 

14 of Homeland Security, the provision of assistance to Fed15 eral, State, and local agencies in other law enforcement 

16 and emergency humanitarian efforts; $802,741,000; of 

17 which $292,791,000 shall be available for salaries and ex18 penses; and of which $509,950,000 shall remain available 

19 until September 30, 2016: Provided, That no aircraft or 

20 other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft 

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

22 to U.S. Customs and Border Protection requirements and 

23 aircraft that have been damaged beyond repair, shall be 

24 transferred to any other Federal agency, department, or 

25 office outside of the Department of Homeland Security 
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1 during fiscal year 2014 without prior notice to the Com2 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

3 of Representatives: Provided further, That the Secretary 

4 of Homeland Security shall report to the Committees on 

5 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent6 atives, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

7 of this Act, on any changes to the 5-year strategic plan 

8 for the air and marine program required under this head9 ing in Public Law 112–74. 

10 CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

11 For necessary expenses to plan, acquire, construct, 

12 renovate, equip, furnish, operate, manage, and maintain 

13 buildings, facilities, and related infrastructure necessary 

14 for the administration and enforcement of the laws relat15 ing to customs, immigration, and border security, 

16 $471,278,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2018: Provided, That the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 

18 and Border Protection shall submit to the Committees on 

19 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent20 atives, at the time that the President’s budget proposal 

21 for fiscal year 2015 pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 

22 31, United States Code, an inventory of the real property 

23 of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and a plan for 

24 each activity and project proposed for funding under this 

25 heading that includes the full cost by fiscal year of each 
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1 activity and project proposed and underway in fiscal year 

2 2015. 

3 U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigra6 tion and customs laws, detention and removals, and inves7 tigations, including overseas vetted units operations; and 

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

9 only) police-type vehicles; $5,344,461,000; of which not to 

10 exceed $10,000,000 shall be available until expended for 

11 conducting special operations under section 3131 of the 

12 Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081); of 

13 which not to exceed $11,475 shall be for official reception 

14 and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 

15 $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to inform16 ants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of 

17 the Secretary of Homeland Security; of which not less 

18 than $305,000 shall be for promotion of public awareness 

19 of the child pornography tipline and activities to counter 

20 child exploitation; of which not less than $5,400,000 shall 

21 be used to facilitate agreements consistent with section 

22 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

23 1357(g)); and of which not to exceed $11,216,000 shall 

24 be available to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies 

25 for the costs associated with the care, maintenance, and 
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1 repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the 

2 United States: Provided, That none of the funds made 

3 available under this heading shall be available to com4 pensate any employee for overtime in an annual amount 

5 in excess of $35,000, except that the Secretary of Home6 land Security, or the designee of the Secretary, may waive 

7 that amount as necessary for national security purposes 

8 and in cases of immigration emergencies: Provided further, 

9 That of the total amount provided, $15,770,000 shall be 

10 for activities to enforce laws against forced child labor, 

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

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

13 available, not less than $1,600,000,000 shall be available 

14 to identify aliens convicted of a crime who may be deport15 able, and to remove them from the United States once 

16 they are judged deportable: Provided further, That the 

17 Secretary of Homeland Security shall prioritize the identi18 fication and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the 

19 severity of that crime: Provided further, That funding 

20 made available under this heading shall maintain a level 

21 of not less than 34,000 detention beds through September 

22 30, 2014: Provided further, That of the total amount pro23 vided, not less than $2,835,581,000 is for detention and 

24 removal operations, including transportation of unaccom25 panied minor aliens: Provided further, That of the total 
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1 amount provided, $31,541,000 shall remain available until 

2 September 30, 2015, for the Visa Security Program: Pro3 vided further, That not less than $10,000,000 shall be 

4 available for investigation of intellectual property rights 

5 violations, including operation of the National Intellectual 

6 Property Rights Coordination Center: Provided further, 

7 That none of the funds provided under this heading may 

8 be used to continue a delegation of law enforcement au9 thority authorized under section 287(g) of the Immigra10 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Depart11 ment of Homeland Security Inspector General determines 

12 that the terms of the agreement governing the delegation 

13 of authority have been violated: Provided further, That 

14 none of the funds provided under this heading may be 

15 used to continue any contract for the provision of deten16 tion services if the two most recent overall performance 

17 evaluations received by the contracted facility are less than 

18 ‘‘adequate’’ or the equivalent median score in any subse19 quent performance evaluation system: Provided further, 

20 That nothing under this heading shall prevent U.S. Immi21 gration and Customs Enforcement from exercising those 

22 authorities provided under immigration laws (as defined 

23 in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality 

24 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))) during priority operations 

25 pertaining to aliens convicted of a crime. 
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1 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

2 For expenses of immigration and customs enforce3 ment automated systems, $34,900,000, to remain avail4 able until September 30, 2016. 

5 CONSTRUCTION

6 For necessary expenses to plan, construct, renovate, 

7 equip, and maintain buildings and facilities necessary for 

8 the administration and enforcement of the laws relating 

9 to customs and immigration, $5,000,000, to remain avail10 able until September 30, 2017. 

11 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

12 AVIATION SECURITY

13 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu14 rity Administration related to providing civil aviation secu15 rity services pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation 

16 Security Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 

17 U.S.C. 40101 note), $4,872,739,000 (increased by 

18 $3,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

19 2015, of which not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official 

20 reception and representation expenses: Provided, That of 

21 the total amount made available under this heading, not 

22 to exceed $3,824,625,000 (increased by $3,000,000) shall 

23 be for screening operations and not to exceed 

24 $1,048,114,000 (reduced by $12,500,000) (increased by 

25 $12,500,000) (reduced by $31,810,000) shall be for avia-
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1 tion security direction and enforcement: Provided further, 

2 That of the amount made available in the preceding pro3 viso for screening operations, $2,972,715,000, to remain 

4 available until September 30, 2014, shall be available for 

5 Screener Compensation and Benefits; $163,190,000 (in6 creased by $31,810,000) shall be available for the Screen7 ing Partnership Program; $382,354,000 shall be available 

8 for explosives detection systems, of which $83,845,000 

9 shall be available for the purchase and installation of these 

10 systems; and $103,309,000 (increased by $3,000,000) 

11 shall be for checkpoint support: Provided further, That any 

12 award to deploy explosives detection systems shall be 

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

14 screening solutions, lobby congestion resulting in increased 

15 security concerns, high injury rates, airport readiness, and 

16 increased cost effectiveness: Provided further, That secu17 rity service fees authorized under section 44940 of title 

18 49, United States Code, shall be credited to this appro19 priation as offsetting collections and shall be available only 

20 for aviation security: Provided further, That the sum ap21 propriated under this heading from the general fund shall 

22 be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting 

23 collections are received during fiscal year 2014 so as to 

24 result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the general 

25 fund estimated at not more than $2,752,739,000: Pro-
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1 vided further, That any security service fees collected in 

2 excess of the amount made available under this heading 

3 shall become available during fiscal year 2015: Provided 

4 further, That notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 

5 United States Code, for fiscal year 2014, any funds in 

6 the Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section 

7 44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used 

8 for the procurement and installation of explosives detec9 tion systems or for the issuance of other transaction agree10 ments for the purpose of funding projects described in sec11 tion 44923(a) of such title: Provided further, That none 

12 of the funds made available in this Act may be used for 

13 any recruiting or hiring of personnel into the Transpor14 tation Security Administration that would cause the agen15 cy to exceed a staffing level of 46,000 full-time equivalent 

16 screeners: Provided further, That the preceding proviso 

17 shall not apply to personnel hired as part-time employees: 

18 Provided further, That not later than 90 days after the 

19 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 

20 Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropria21 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 

22 detailed report on— 

23 (1) the Department of Homeland Security ef24 forts and resources being devoted to develop more 

25 advanced integrated passenger screening tech-
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1 nologies for the most effective security of passengers 

2 and baggage at the lowest possible operating and ac3 quisition costs; 

4 (2) how the Transportation Security Adminis5 tration is deploying its existing passenger and bag6 gage screener workforce in the most cost effective 

7 manner; and 

8 (3) labor savings from the deployment of im9 proved technologies for passenger and baggage 

10 screening and how those savings are being used to 

11 offset security costs or reinvested to address security 

12 vulnerabilities: 

13 Provided further, That Members of the Senate and House 

14 of Representatives, including the leadership; the heads of 

15 Federal agencies and commissions, including the Sec16 retary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assist17 ant Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security; 

18 the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant 

19 Attorneys General, and the United States Attorneys; and 

20 senior members of the Executive Office of the President, 

21 including the Director of the Office of Management and 

22 Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and 

23 baggage screening. 
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1 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

2 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu3 rity Administration related to surface transportation secu4 rity activities, $108,618,000 (increased by $15,676,000), 

5 to remain available until September 30, 2015. 

6 TRANSPORTATION THREAT ASSESSMENT AND

7 CREDENTIALING

8 For necessary expenses for the development and im9 plementation of screening programs of the Office of 

10 Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing, 

11 $182,617,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2015. 

13 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

14 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu15 rity Administration related to transportation security sup16 port and intelligence pursuant to the Aviation and Trans17 portation Security Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 

18 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note), $901,666,000 (reduced by 

19 $4,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

20 2015: Provided, That of the funds provided under this 

21 heading, $50,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for 

22 headquarters administration until the Administrator of 

23 the Transportation Security Administration submits to the 

24 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

25 House of Representatives detailed expenditure plans for 
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1 air cargo security, checkpoint support, and explosives de2 tection systems refurbishment, procurement, and installa3 tions on an airport-by-airport basis for fiscal year 2014 

4 and the completion of a security assessment measuring the 

5 effectiveness of using the Transportation Worker Identi6 fication Credential: Provided further, That the Adminis7 trator of the Transportation Security Administration shall 

8 submit to the Committees of the Senate and the House 

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

10 proposal for fiscal year 2015 is submitted pursuant to sec11 tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the expendi12 ture plans and report detailed in the preceding proviso. 

13 FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS

14 For necessary expenses of the Federal Air Marshal 

15 Service, $821,107,000: Provided, That the Director of the 

16 Federal Air Marshal Service shall submit to the Commit17 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

18 Representatives not later than 45 days after the date of 

19 enactment of this Act a detailed, classified expenditure 

20 and staffing plan for ensuring optimal coverage of high21 risk flights. 

22 COAST GUARD

23 OPERATING EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte25 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur-
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1 chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehi2 cles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease 

3 of small boats for contingent and emergent requirements 

4 (at a unit cost of no more than $700,000) and repairs 

5 and service-life replacements, not to exceed a total of 

6 $31,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for 

7 overseas deployments and activities; minor shore construc8 tion projects not exceeding $1,000,000 in total cost on any 

9 location; payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 

10 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recre11 ation and welfare; $6,839,416,000; of which $340,000,000 

12 shall be for defense-related activities, of which 

13 $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 

14 Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 

15 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 

16 2712(a)(5)); and of which not to exceed $15,300 shall be 

17 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro18 vided, That none of the funds made available by this Act 

19 shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels 

20 under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, ex21 cept to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts 

22 and credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That 

23 of the funds provided under this heading, $167,683,000 

24 shall be withheld from obligation for Coast Guard Head25 quarters Directorates until a revised future-years capital 
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1 investment plan for fiscal years 2015 through 2019, as 

2 specified under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard Acquisition, 

3 Construction, and Improvements’’ of this Act is submitted 

4 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

5 the House of Representatives. 

6 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the environ8 mental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast 

9 Guard under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, 

10 $13,164,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2018. 

12 RESERVE TRAINING

13 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, 

14 as authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the 

15 Coast Guard Reserve program; personnel and training 

16 costs; and equipment and services; $112,991,000. 

17 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

18 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 

19 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 

20 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 

21 thereto; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and oper22 ation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by law; 

23 $1,222,712,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived 

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

25 purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act 
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1 of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which the fol2 lowing amounts, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2018 (except as subsequently specified), shall be available 

4 as follows: $18,000,000 shall be available for military fam5 ily housing, of which not more than $6,828,691 shall be 

6 derived from the Coast Guard Housing Fund established 

7 pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 687; $860,553,000 shall be avail8 able to acquire, effect major repairs to, renovate, or im9 prove vessels, small boats, and related equipment; 

10 $149,710,000 shall be available to acquire, effect major 

11 repairs to, renovate, or improve aircraft or increase avia12 tion capability; $74,930,000 shall be available for other 

13 acquisition programs; $5,000,000 shall be available for 

14 shore facilities and aids to navigation, including water15 front facilities at Navy installations used by the Coast 

16 Guard; and $114,519,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2014, shall be available for personnel com18 pensation and benefits and related costs: Provided, That 

19 the funds provided by this Act shall be immediately avail20 able and allotted to contract for the production of the sev21 enth National Security Cutter notwithstanding the avail22 ability of funds for post-production costs: Provided further, 

23 That the funds provided by this Act shall be immediately 

24 available and allotted to contract for long lead time mate25 rials, components, and designs for the eighth National Se-
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1 curity Cutter notwithstanding the availability of funds for 

2 production costs or post-production costs: Provided fur3 ther, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall sub4 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

5 and the House of Representatives, at the time that the 

6 President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 is sub7 mitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

8 States Code, a future-years capital investment plan for the 

9 Coast Guard that identifies for each requested capital 

10 asset— 

11 (1) the proposed appropriations included in that 

12 budget; 

13 (2) the total estimated cost of completion, in14 cluding and clearly delineating the costs of associ15 ated major acquisition systems infrastructure and 

16 transition to operations; 

17 (3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year 

18 for the next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition pro19 gram baseline or project completion, whichever is 

20 earlier; 

21 (4) an estimated completion date at the pro22 jected funding levels; and 

23 (5) a current acquisition program baseline for 

24 each capital asset, as applicable, that— 
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1 (A) includes the total acquisition cost of 

2 each asset, subdivided by fiscal year and includ3 ing a detailed description of the purpose of the 

4 proposed funding levels for each fiscal year, in5 cluding for each fiscal year funds requested for 

6 design, pre-acquisition activities, production, 

7 structural modifications, missionization, post8 delivery, and transition to operations costs; 

9 (B) includes a detailed project schedule 

10 through completion, subdivided by fiscal year, 

11 that details— 

12 (i) quantities planned for each fiscal 

13 year; and 

14 (ii) major acquisition and project 

15 events, including development of oper16 ational requirements, contracting actions, 

17 design reviews, production, delivery, test 

18 and evaluation, and transition to oper19 ations, including necessary training, shore 

20 infrastructure, and logistics; 

21 (C) notes and explains any deviations in 

22 cost, performance parameters, schedule, or esti23 mated date of completion from the original ac24 quisition program baseline and the most recent 

25 baseline approved by the Department of Home-
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1 land Security’s Acquisition Review Board, if ap2 plicable; 

3 (D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to 

4 mission requirements by defining existing capa5 bilities of comparable legacy assets, identifying 

6 known capability gaps between such existing ca7 pabilities and stated mission requirements, and 

8 explaining how the acquisition of each asset will 

9 address such known capability gaps; 

10 (E) defines life-cycle costs for each asset 

11 and the date of the estimate on which such 

12 costs are based, including all associated costs of 

13 major acquisitions systems infrastructure and 

14 transition to operations, delineated by purpose 

15 and fiscal year for the projected service life of 

16 the asset; 

17 (F) includes the earned value management 

18 system summary schedule performance index 

19 and cost performance index for each asset, if 

20 applicable; and 

21 (G) includes a phase-out and decommis22 sioning schedule delineated by fiscal year for 

23 each existing legacy asset that each asset is in24 tended to replace or recapitalize: 
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1 Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast 

2 Guard shall ensure that amounts specified in the future3 years capital investment plan are consistent, to the max4 imum extent practicable, with proposed appropriations 

5 necessary to support the programs, projects, and activities 

6 of the Coast Guard in the President’s budget proposal for 

7 fiscal year 2015 is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) 

8 of title 31, United States Code, for that fiscal year: Pro9 vided further, That any inconsistencies between the capital 

10 investment plan and proposed appropriations shall be 

11 identified and justified: Provided further, That subsections 

12 (a) and (b) of section 6402 of Public Law 110–28 shall 

13 apply with respect to the amounts made available under 

14 this heading. 

15 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

16 For necessary expenses for applied scientific re17 search, development, test, and evaluation; and for mainte18 nance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and 

19 equipment; as authorized by law; $9,928,000, to remain 

20 available until September 30, 2015, of which $500,000 

21 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 

22 to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil 

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

24 That there may be credited to and used for the purposes 

25 of this appropriation funds received from State and local 
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1 governments, other public authorities, private sources, and 

2 foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, devel3 opment, testing, and evaluation. 

4 RETIRED PAY

5 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 

6 otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur7 pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 

8 Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca9 reer status bonuses, concurrent receipts and combat-re10 lated special compensation under the National Defense 

11 Authorization Act, and payments for medical care of re12 tired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of 

13 title 10, United States Code, $1,460,000,000, to remain 

14 available until expended. 

15 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 

18 Service, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles 

19 for police-type use for replacement only; hire of passenger 

20 motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the 

21 United States; hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses 

22 at such rates as may be determined by the Director of 

23 the Secret Service; rental of buildings in the District of 

24 Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other 

25 facilities on private or other property not in Government 
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1 ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform pro2 tective functions; payment of per diem or subsistence al3 lowances to employees in cases in which a protective as4 signment on the actual day or days of the visit of a 

5 protectee requires an employee to work 16 hours per day 

6 or to remain overnight at a post of duty; conduct of and 

7 participation in firearms matches; presentation of awards; 

8 travel of United States Secret Service employees on pro9 tective missions without regard to the limitations on such 

10 expenditures in this or any other Act; research and devel11 opment; grants to conduct behavioral research in support 

12 of protective research and operations; and payment in ad13 vance for commercial accommodations as may be nec14 essary to perform protective functions; $1,534,589,000; of 

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

16 and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 

17 $100,000 shall be to provide technical assistance and 

18 equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in 

19 counterfeit investigations; of which $2,358,000 shall be for 

20 forensic and related support of investigations of missing 

21 and exploited children; of which $6,000,000 shall be for 

22 a grant for activities related to investigations of missing 

23 and exploited children and shall remain available until 

24 September 30, 2015; and of which not less than 

25 $8,000,000 shall be for activities related to training in 
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1 electronic crimes investigations and forensics: Provided, 

2 That $18,000,000 for protective travel shall remain avail3 able until September 30, 2015: Provided further, That 

4 $4,500,000 for National Special Security Events shall re5 main available until September 30, 2015: Provided further, 

6 That the United States Secret Service is authorized to ob7 ligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from Fed8 eral agencies and entities, as defined in section 105 of title 

9 5, United States Code, for personnel receiving training 

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

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

12 not exceed total budgetary resources available under this 

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

14 That none of the funds made available under this heading 

15 shall be available to compensate any employee for overtime 

16 in an annual amount in excess of $35,000, except that 

17 the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of 

18 the Secretary, may waive that amount as necessary for 

19 national security purposes: Provided further, That none of 

20 the funds made available to the United States Secret Serv21 ice by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts may 

22 be made available for the protection of the head of a Fed23 eral agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Secu24 rity: Provided further, That the Director of the Secret 

25 Service may enter into an agreement to provide such pro-
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1 tection on a fully reimbursable basis: Provided further, 

2 That none of the funds made available to the United 

3 States Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropria4 tions Acts may be obligated for the purpose of opening 

5 a new permanent domestic or overseas office or location 

6 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

7 and the House of Representatives are notified 15 days in 

8 advance of such obligation: Provided further, That for pur9 poses of section 503(b) of this Act, $15,000,000 or 10 

10 percent, whichever is less, may be transferred between 

11 ‘‘Protection of Persons and Facilities’’ and ‘‘Domestic 

12 Field Operations’’. 

13 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

14 RELATED EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 

16 repair, alteration, and improvement of physical and tech17 nological infrastructure, $51,775,000; of which 

18 $5,380,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 

19 shall be for acquisition, construction, improvement, and 

20 maintenance of facilities; and of which $46,395,000, to re21 main available until September 30, 2016, shall be for in22 formation integration and technology transformation exe23 cution: Provided, That the Director of the Secret Service 

24 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

25 Senate and the House of Representatives at the time that 
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1 the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 is 

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

3 States Code, a multi-year investment and management 

4 plan for its Information Integration and Technology 

5 Transformation program that describes funding for the 

6 current fiscal year and the following 3 fiscal years, with 

7 associated plans for systems acquisition and technology 

8 deployment. 

9 TITLE III 

10 PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

11 RECOVERY 

12 NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE

13 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

14 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

15 Secretary and the Offices of the Assistant Secretaries for 

16 the National Protection and Programs Directorate, sup17 port for operations, and information technology, 

18 $50,522,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall 

19 be for official reception and representation expenses. 

20 INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION

21 SECURITY

22 For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection 

23 and information security programs and activities, as au24 thorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

25 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $1,176,629,000, of which 
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1 $200,000,000, shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2015: Provided, That of the total amount provided for the 

3 ‘‘Infrastructure Security Compliance’’ program, project, 

4 and activity, $20,000,000 shall be withheld from obliga5 tion until the Under Secretary for the National Protection 

6 and Programs Directorate submits to the Committees on 

7 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent8 atives an expenditure plan for the Chemical Facility Anti9 Terrorism Standards program that includes the number 

10 of facilities covered by the program, inspectors on-board, 

11 inspections pending, and inspections projected to be com12 pleted by September 30, 2014. 

13 FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

14 The revenues and collections of security fees credited 

15 to this account shall be available until expended for nec16 essary expenses related to the protection of federally 

17 owned and leased buildings and for the operations of the 

18 Federal Protective Service. 

19 OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

20 For necessary expenses for the Office of Biometric 

21 Identity Management, as authorized by section 7208 of 

22 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

23 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), $232,190,000: Provided, That of 

24 the total amount made available under this heading, 

25 $113,956,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
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1 2016: Provided further, That the Secretary of Homeland 

2 Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropria3 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not 

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

5 an expenditure plan for the Office of Biometric Identity 

6 Management: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

7 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

8 and the House of Representatives at the time the Presi9 dent’s budget is submitted each year under section 

10 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a multi-year in11 vestment and management plan for the Office of Biomet12 ric Identity Management program, to include each fiscal 

13 year starting with the current fiscal year and the 3 subse14 quent fiscal years, that provides— 

15 (1) the proposed appropriation for each activity 

16 tied to mission requirements and outcomes, program 

17 management capabilities, performance levels, and 

18 specific capabilities and services to be delivered, not19 ing any deviations in cost or performance from the 

20 prior fiscal years expenditure or investment and 

21 management plan for United States Visitor and Im22 migrant Status Indicator Technology; 

23 (2) the total estimated cost, projected funding 

24 by fiscal year, and projected timeline of completion 

25 for all enhancements, modernizations, and new capa-
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1 bilities proposed in such budget and underway, in2 cluding and clearly delineating associated efforts and 

3 funds requested by other agencies within the De4 partment of Homeland Security and in the Federal 

5 Government and detailing any deviations in cost, 

6 performance, schedule, or estimated date of comple7 tion provided in the prior fiscal years expenditure or 

8 investment and management plan for United States 

9 Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology; 

10 and 

11 (3) a detailed accounting of operations and 

12 maintenance, contractor services, and program costs 

13 associated with the management of identity services. 

14 OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Af16 fairs, $123,425,000; of which $25,072,000 is for salaries 

17 and expenses; and of which $79,534,000 is for BioWatch 

18 operations: Provided, That of the amount made available 

19 under this heading, $18,819,000 shall remain available 

20 until September 30, 2015, for biosurveillance, chemical de21 fense, medical and health planning and coordination, and 

22 workforce health protection: Provided further, That not to 

23 exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and represen24 tation expenses. 
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1 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 

4 Management Agency, $914,795,000 (increased by 

5 $7,667,000), including activities authorized by the Na6 tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et 

7 seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer8 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Cerro 

9 Grande Fire Assistance Act of 2000 (division C, title I, 

10 114 Stat. 583), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 

11 of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Defense Production 

12 Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 

13 and 303 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

14 404, 405), Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

15 App.), the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 

16 et seq.), the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 

17 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53), the Fed18 eral Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 

19 2201 et seq.), the Post-Katrina Emergency Management 

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

21 1394), and the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform 

22 Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916): Pro23 vided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official recep24 tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That 

25 of the total amount made available under this heading, 
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1 $27,513,000 (increased by $7,667,000) shall be for the 

2 Urban Search and Rescue Response System, of which 

3 none is available for Federal Emergency Management 

4 Agency administrative costs: Provided further, That of the 

5 total amount made available under this heading, 

6 $22,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

7 2015, for capital improvements and other expenses related 

8 to continuity of operations at the Mount Weather Emer9 gency Operations Center. 

10 STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

11 For grants contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

12 other activities, $1,500,000,000 (reduced by $97,500,000) 

13 (increased by $97,500,000) (reduced by $97,500,000) (in14 creased by $97,500,000), which shall be allocated as fol15 lows: 

16 (1) Notwithstanding section 503 of this Act, 

17 $1,264,826,000 (reduced by $97,500,000) (in18 creased by $97,500,000) shall be distributed, accord19 ing to threat, vulnerability, and consequence, at the 

20 discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security 

21 based on the following authorities: 

22 (A) The State Homeland Security Grant 

23 Program under section 2004 of the Homeland 

24 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605): Provided, 

25 That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of such 
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1 section 2004, for fiscal year 2014, the Com2 monwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available 

3 to local and tribal governments amounts pro4 vided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

5 under this paragraph in accordance with sub6 section (c)(1) of such section 2004. 

7 (B) Operation Stonegarden. 

8 (C) The Urban Area Security Initiative 

9 under section 2003 of the Homeland Security 

10 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604). 

11 (D) Organizations (as described under sec12 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

13 1986 and exempt from tax section 501(a) of 

14 such code) determined by the Secretary of 

15 Homeland Security to be at high risk of a ter16 rorist attack. 

17 (E) Public Transportation Security Assist18 ance and Railroad Security Assistance, under 

19 sections 1406 and 1513 of the Implementing 

20 Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act 

21 of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135 and 1163), including 

22 Amtrak security: Provided, That such public 

23 transportation security assistance shall be pro24 vided directly to public transportation agencies. 
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1 (F) Port Security Grants in accordance 

2 with 46 U.S.C. 70107. 

3 (G) Over-the-Road Bus Security Assist4 ance under section 1532 of the Implementing 

5 Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act 

6 of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 1182). 

7 (H) The Metropolitan Medical Response 

8 System under section 635 of the Post-Katrina 

9 Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 

10 (6 U.S.C. 723). 

11 (I) The Citizen Corps Program. 

12 (J) The Driver’s License Security Grants 

13 Program in accordance with section 204 of the 

14 REAL ID Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 30301 note). 

15 (K) The Interoperable Emergency Commu16 nications Grant Program under section 1809 of 

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

18 579). 

19 (L) Emergency Operations Centers under 

20 section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

21 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 5196c). 

23 (M) The Buffer Zone Protection Program 

24 Grants. 
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1 (N) Regional Catastrophic Preparedness 

2 Grants. 

3 (2) $235,174,000 shall be to sustain current 

4 operations for training, exercises, technical assist5 ance, and other programs, of which $157,991,000 

6 shall be for training of State, local, and tribal emer7 gency response providers: 

8 Provided, That of the amounts provided in paragraph (1) 

9 under this heading, $55,000,000 shall be for operation 

10 Stonegarden; Provided further, That for grants under 

11 paragraph (1), applications for grants shall be made avail12 able to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after the 

13 date of enactment of this Act, that eligible applicants shall 

14 submit applications not later than 80 days after the grant 

15 announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 

16 Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days 

17 after the receipt of an application: Provided further, That 

18 notwithstanding section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Se19 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)), or any other 

20 provision of law, a grantee may not use more than 5 per21 cent of the amount of a grant made available under this 

22 heading for expenses directly related to administration of 

23 the grant: Provided further, That for grants under para24 graphs (1) and (2), the installation of communications 

25 towers is not considered construction of a building or other 
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1 physical facility: Provided further, That grantees shall pro2 vide reports on their use of funds, as determined necessary 

3 by the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

4 FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

5 For grants for programs authorized by the Federal 

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

7 et seq.), $675,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000), to re8 main available until September 30, 2015, of which 

9 $337,500,000 (increased by $2,500,000) shall be available 

10 to carry out section 33 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229) and 

11 $337,500,000 (increased by $2,500,000) shall be available 

12 to carry out section 34 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

13 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

14 For emergency management performance grants, as 

15 authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

16 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

18 seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 

19 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 

20 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $350,000,000. 

21 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

22 The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 

23 2014, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Vet24 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 

25 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 
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1 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the 

2 amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland Se3 curity necessary for its radiological emergency prepared4 ness program for the next fiscal year: Provided, That the 

5 methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall be 

6 fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing such 

7 services, including administrative costs of collecting such 

8 fees: Provided further, That fees received under this head9 ing shall be deposited in this account as offsetting collec10 tions and will become available for authorized purposes on 

11 October 1, 2014, and remain available until September 30, 

12 2016. 

13 UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

14 For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Ad15 ministration and for other purposes, as authorized by the 

16 Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 

17 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) and the Homeland Security Act of 

18 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $42,162,000 (increased by 

19 $1,838,000). 

20 DISASTER RELIEF FUND

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 

23 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

24 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $6,220,908,000, to remain avail25 able until expended, of which $24,000,000 shall be trans-
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1 ferred to the Department of Homeland Security Office of 

2 Inspector General for audits and investigations related to 

3 disasters: Provided, That the Administrator of the Federal 

4 Emergency Management Agency shall submit an expendi5 ture plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

6 House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the use 

7 of the funds made available in this or any other Act for 

8 disaster readiness and support not later than 60 days 

9 after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

10 That the Administrator shall submit to such Committees 

11 a quarterly report detailing obligations against the ex12 penditure plan and a justification for any changes from 

13 the initial plan: Provided further, That the Administrator 

14 shall submit to such Committees the following reports, in15 cluding a specific description of the methodology and the 

16 source data used in developing such reports: 

17 (1) An estimate of the following amounts shall 

18 be submitted for the budget year at the time that 

19 the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 

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

21 United States Code: 

22 (A) The unobligated balance of funds to be 

23 carried over from the prior fiscal year to the 

24 budget year. 
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1 (B) The unobligated balance of funds to be 

2 carried over from the budget year to the budget 

3 year plus 1. 

4 (C) The amount of obligations for non-cat5 astrophic events for the budget year. 

6 (D) The amount of obligations for the 

7 budget year for catastrophic events delineated 

8 by event and by State. 

9 (E) The total amount that has been pre10 viously obligated or will be required for cata11 strophic events delineated by event and by State 

12 for all prior years, the current year, the budget 

13 year, the budget year plus 1, the budget year 

14 plus 2, and the budget year plus 3 and beyond. 

15 (F) The amount of previously obligated 

16 funds that will be recovered for the budget 

17 year. 

18 (G) The amount that will be required for 

19 obligations for emergencies, as described in sec20 tion 102(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

21 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 5122(1)), major disasters, as described 

23 in section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis24 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

25 U.S.C. 5122(2)), fire management assistance 
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1 grants, as described in section 420 of the Rob2 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

3 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187), surge activi4 ties, and disaster readiness and support activi5 ties. 

6 (H) The amount required for activities not 

7 covered under section 251(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the 

8 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con9 trol Act of 1985. 

10 (2) An estimate or actual amounts, if available, 

11 of the following for the current fiscal year shall be 

12 submitted not later than the fifth day of each 

13 month, and shall be published by the Administrator 

14 on the Agency’s website not later than the eleventh 

15 day of each month: 

16 (A) A summary of the amount of appro17 priations made available by source, the trans18 fers executed, the previously allocated funds re19 covered, and the commitments, allocations, and 

20 obligations made. 

21 (B) A table of disaster relief activity delin22 eated by month, including— 

23 (i) the beginning and ending balances; 

24 (ii) the total obligations to include 

25 amounts obligated for fire assistance, 
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1 emergencies, surge, and disaster support 

2 activities; 

3 (iii) the obligations for catastrophic 

4 events delineated by event and by State; 

5 and 

6 (iv) the amount of previously obli7 gated funds that are recovered. 

8 (C) A summary of allocations, obligations, 

9 and expenditures for catastrophic events delin10 eated by event. 

11 (D) In addition, for a disaster declaration 

12 related to Hurricane Sandy, the cost of the fol13 lowing categories of spending: public assistance, 

14 individual assistance, mitigation, administrative, 

15 operations, and any other relevant category (in16 cluding emergency measures and disaster re17 sources). 

18 (E) The date on which funds appropriated 

19 will be exhausted: 

20

21

22 Provided further, That the Administrator shall publish on 

23 the Agency’s website not later than 24 hours after an 

24 award of a public assistance grant under section 406 of 

25 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
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1 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) the specifics of the grant 

2 award: Provided further, That for any mission assignment 

3 or mission assignment task order to another Federal de4 partment or agency regarding a major disaster, not later 

5 than 24 hours after the issuance of the mission assign6 ment or task order, the Administrator shall publish on the 

7 Agency’s website the following: the name of the impacted 

8 State and the disaster declaration for such State, the as9 signed agency, the assistance requested, a description of 

10 the disaster, the total cost estimate, and the amount obli11 gated: Provided further, That not later than 10 days after 

12 the last day of each month until the mission assignment 

13 or task order is completed and closed out, the Adminis14 trator shall update any changes to the total cost estimate 

15 and the amount obligated: Provided further, That of the 

16 amount provided under this heading, $5,626,386,000 is 

17 for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. 

18 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

19 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That the 

20 amount in the preceding proviso is designated by the Con21 gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

22 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

23 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses, including administrative 

3 costs, under section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance 

4 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101) and under sections 100215, 

5 100216, 100226, 100230, and 100246 of the Biggert-Wa6 ters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 

7 112–141, 126 Stat. 917), $95,202,000, and such addi8 tional sums as may be provided by State and local govern9 ments or other political subdivisions for cost-shared map10 ping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of such Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until expended. 

12 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

13 For activities under the National Flood Insurance 

14 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster 

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

16 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 

17 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), $176,300,000, 

18 which shall be derived from offsetting amounts collected 

19 under section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 

20 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which not to exceed 

21 $22,000,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses 

22 associated with flood mitigation and flood insurance oper23 ations; and not less than $154,300,000 shall be available 

24 for flood plain management and flood mapping, to remain 

25 available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That any 
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1 additional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the 

2 National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

3 4015(d)) shall be credited as an offsetting collection to 

4 this account, to be available for flood plain management 

5 and flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 

6 2014, no funds shall be available from the National Flood 

7 Insurance Fund under section 1310 of that Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of: 

9 (1) $132,000,000 for operating expenses; 

10 (2) $1,152,000,000 for commissions and taxes 

11 of agents; 

12 (3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 

13 Treasury borrowings; and 

14 (4) $100,000,000, which shall remain available 

15 until expended, for flood mitigation actions under 

16 section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 

17 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c): Provided further, That the 

18 amounts collected under section 102 of the Flood 

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

20 and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance 

21 Act of 1968 shall be deposited in the National Flood 

22 Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts speci23 fied as available for section 1366 of the National 

24 Flood Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding sub25 section (f)(8) of such section 102 (42 U.S.C. 
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1 4012a(f)(8)) and subsection 1366(e) and paragraphs 

2 (2) and (3) of section 1367(b) of the National Flood 

3 Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 

4 4104d(b)(2)–(3)): Provided further, That total ad5 ministrative costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the 

6 total appropriation. 

7 NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

8 For the predisaster mitigation grant program under 

9 section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

10 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), $22,500,000 

11 (increased by $7,655,000) to remain available until ex12 pended. 

13 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

14 To carry out the emergency food and shelter program 

15 pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As16 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $120,000,000, to 

17 remain available until expended: Provided, That total ad18 ministrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 

19 amount made available under this heading. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, 

3 AND SERVICES 

4 UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

5 SERVICES

6 For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigra7 tion services, $114,213,000 for the E-Verify Program, as 

8 described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Re9 form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 

10 1324a note), to assist United States employers with main11 taining a legal workforce: Provided, That notwithstanding 

12 any other provision of law, funds otherwise made available 

13 to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

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

15 to 5 vehicles, for replacement only, for areas where the 

16 Administrator of General Services does not provide vehi17 cles for lease: Provided further, That the Director of 

18 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services may 

19 authorize employees who are assigned to those areas to 

20 use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ resi21 dences and places of employment. 

22 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce25 ment Training Center, including materials and support 
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1 costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; the pur2 chase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and 

3 hire of passenger motor vehicles; expenses for student ath4 letic and related activities; the conduct of and participa5 tion in firearms matches and presentation of awards; pub6 lic awareness and enhancement of community support of 

7 law enforcement training; room and board for student in8 terns; a flat monthly reimbursement to employees author9 ized to use personal mobile phones for official duties; and 

10 services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

11 States Code; $227,845,000; of which $300,000 shall re12 main available until expended to be distributed to Federal 

13 law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred partici14 pating in training accreditation; and of which not to ex15 ceed $9,180 shall be for official reception and representa16 tion expenses: Provided, That the Center is authorized to 

17 obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from 

18 agencies receiving training sponsored by the Center, ex19 cept that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year 

20 shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the 

21 end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That section 

22 1202(a) of Public Law 107–206 (42 U.S.C. 3771 note), 

23 as amended under this heading in division D of Public 

24 Law 113–6 is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

25 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2016’’: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 

2 Training Center shall schedule basic or advanced law en3 forcement training, or both, at all four training facilities 

4 under the control of the Federal Law Enforcement Train5 ing Center to ensure that such training facilities are oper6 ated at the highest capacity throughout the fiscal year: 

7 Provided further, That the Federal Law Enforcement 

8 Training Accreditation Board, including representatives 

9 from the Federal law enforcement community and non10 Federal accreditation experts involved in law enforcement 

11 training, shall lead the Federal law enforcement training 

12 accreditation process to continue the implementation of 

13 measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of 

14 Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and 

15 instructors. 

16 ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

17 RELATED EXPENSES

18 For acquisition of necessary additional real property 

19 and facilities, construction, and ongoing maintenance, fa20 cility improvements, and related expenses of the Federal 

21 Law Enforcement Training Center, $30,885,000, to re22 main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 

23 the Center is authorized to accept reimbursement to this 

24 appropriation from government agencies requesting the 

25 construction of special use facilities. 
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1 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

2 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

3 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

4 Secretary for Science and Technology and for manage5 ment and administration of programs and activities as au6 thorized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

7 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $129,000,000: Provided, That not 

8 to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and rep9 resentation expenses: Provided further, That the Secretary 

10 of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on 

11 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent12 atives, at the time that the President’s budget proposal 

13 for fiscal year 2015 is submitted pursuant to section 

14 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a report outlining 

15 reforms to research and development programs, as speci16 fied in the accompanying report. 

17 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND

18 OPERATIONS

19 For necessary expenses for science and technology re20 search, including advanced research projects, development, 

21 test and evaluation, acquisition, and operations as author22 ized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

23 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the purchase or lease of not 

24 to exceed 5 vehicles, $1,096,488,000; of which 

25 $548,703,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
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1 2016; and of which $547,785,000 shall remain available 

2 until September 30, 2018, solely for operation and con3 struction of laboratory facilities: Provided, That of the 

4 funds provided for the operation and construction of lab5 oratory facilities under this heading, $404,000,000 shall 

6 be for construction of the National Bio- and Agro-defense 

7 Facility. 

8 DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE

9 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

10 For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear 

11 Detection Office, as authorized by title XIX of the Home12 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for man13 agement and administration of programs and activities, 

14 $37,353,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 

15 be for official reception and representation expenses: Pro16 vided further, That not later than 60 days after the date 

17 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu18 rity shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 

19 the Senate and the House of Representatives a strategic 

20 plan of investments necessary to implement the Depart21 ment of Homeland Security’s responsibilities under the do22 mestic component of the global nuclear detection architec23 ture that shall: 

24 (1) define the role and responsibilities of each 

25 Departmental component in support of the domestic 
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1 detection architecture, including any existing or 

2 planned programs to pre-screen cargo or convey3 ances overseas; 

4 (2) identify and describe the specific invest5 ments being made by each Departmental component 

6 in fiscal year 2014 and planned for fiscal year 2015 

7 to support the domestic architecture and the secu8 rity of sea, land, and air pathways into the United 

9 States; 

10 (3) describe the investments necessary to close 

11 known vulnerabilities and gaps, including associated 

12 costs and timeframes, and estimates of feasibility 

13 and cost effectiveness; and 

14 (4) explain how the Department’s research and 

15 development funding is furthering the implementa16 tion of the domestic nuclear detection architecture, 

17 including specific investments planned for each of 

18 fiscal years 2014 and 2015. 

19 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS

20 For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear 

21 research, development, testing, evaluation, and operations, 

22 $211,210,000, to remain available until September 30, 

23 2015. 
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1 SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

2 For expenses for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Of3 fice acquisition and deployment of radiological detection 

4 systems in accordance with the global nuclear detection 

5 architecture, $42,600,000, to remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2016. 

7 TITLE V 

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

10 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

11 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

13 of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropria14 tions provided for activities in this Act may be transferred 

15 to appropriation accounts for such activities established 

16 pursuant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the 

17 applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be ac18 counted for as one fund for the same time period as origi19 nally enacted. 

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

21 provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 

22 in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 

23 that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

24 year 2014, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

25 of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail-
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1 able to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 

2 for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 

3 funds that: 

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

5 (2) eliminates a program, project, office, or ac6 tivity; 

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

8 activity for which funds have been denied or re9 stricted by the Congress; 

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

11 activity by either of the Committees on Appropria12 tions of the Senate or the House of Representatives 

13 for a different purpose; or 

14 (5) contracts out any function or activity for 

15 which funding levels were requested for Federal full16 time equivalents in the object classification tables 

17 contained in the fiscal year 2014 Budget Appendix 

18 for the Department of Homeland Security, as modi19 fied by the report accompanying this Act, unless the 

20 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

21 House of Representatives are notified 15 days in ad22 vance of such reprogramming of funds. 

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

24 by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or 

25 transferred to the Department of Homeland Security that 
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1 remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

2 year 2014, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

3 of the United States derived by the collection of fees or 

4 proceeds available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 

5 be available for obligation or expenditure for programs, 

6 projects, or activities through a reprogramming of funds 

7 in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

8 that: 

9 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac10 tivities; 

11 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist12 ing program, project, or activity; 

13 (3) reduces by 10 percent the numbers of per14 sonnel approved by the Congress; or 

15 (4) results from any general savings from a re16 duction in personnel that would result in a change 

17 in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap18 proved by the Congress, unless the Committees on 

19 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep20 resentatives are notified 15 days in advance of such 

21 reprogramming of funds. 

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

23 made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart24 ment of Homeland Security by this Act or provided by 

25 previous appropriations Acts may be transferred between 
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1 such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 

2 otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 

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

4 transfer under this section shall be treated as a re5 programming of funds under subsection (b) and shall not 

6 be available for obligation unless the Committees on Ap7 propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa8 tives are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer. 

9 (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 

10 this section, no funds shall be reprogrammed within or 

11 transferred between appropriations after June 30, except 

12 in extraordinary circumstances that imminently threaten 

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

14 (e) The notification thresholds and procedures set 

15 forth in this section shall apply to any use of deobligated 

16 balances of funds provided in previous Department of 

17 Homeland Security Appropriations Acts. 

18 SEC. 504. (a) The Department of Homeland Security 

19 Working Capital Fund, established pursuant to section 

20 403 of Public Law 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), shall 

21 continue operations as a permanent working capital fund 

22 for fiscal year 2014: Provided, That none of the funds ap23 propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 

24 of Homeland Security may be used to make payments to 

25 the Working Capital Fund, except for the activities and 
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1 amounts allowed in the President’s fiscal year 2014 budg2 et: Provided further, That funds provided to the Working 

3 Capital Fund shall be available for obligation until ex4 pended to carry out the purposes of the Working Capital 

5 Fund: Provided further, That all departmental components 

6 shall be charged only for direct usage of each Working 

7 Capital Fund service: Provided further, That funds pro8 vided to the Working Capital Fund shall be used only for 

9 purposes consistent with the contributing component: Pro10 vided further, That the Working Capital Fund shall be 

11 paid in advance or reimbursed at rates which will return 

12 the full cost of each service: Provided further, That the 

13 Working Capital Fund shall be subject to the require14 ments of section 503 of this Act. 

15 (b) The amounts appropriated in this Act are hereby 

16 reduced by $250,000,000 to reflect cash balance and rate 

17 stabilization adjustments in the Working Capital Fund. 

18 SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

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

20 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2014 from 

21 appropriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 

22 2014 in this Act shall remain available through September 

23 30, 2015, in the account and for the purposes for which 

24 the appropriations were provided: Provided, That prior to 

25 the obligation of such funds, a request shall be submitted 
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1 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

2 the House of Representatives for approval in accordance 

3 with section 503 of this Act. 

4 SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intel5 ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 

6 by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na7 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 

8 year 2014 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel9 ligence activities for fiscal year 2014. 

10 SEC. 507. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 

11 and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may 

12 be used to— 

13 (1) make or award a grant allocation, grant, 

14 contract, other transaction agreement, or task or de15 livery order on a Department of Homeland Security 

16 multiple award contract, or to issue a letter of intent 

17 totaling in excess of $1,000,000; 

18 (2) award a task or delivery order requiring an 

19 obligation of funds in an amount greater than 

20 $10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home21 land Security funds or a task or delivery order that 

22 would cause cumulative obligations of multi-year 

23 funds in a single account to exceed 50 percent of the 

24 total amount appropriated; 

25 (3) make a sole-source grant award; or 
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1 (4) announce publicly the intention to make or 

2 award items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) includ3 ing a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition 

4 Regulation. 

5 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive 

6 the prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary noti7 fies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

8 the House of Representatives at least 3 full business days 

9 in advance of making an award or issuing a letter as de10 scribed in that subsection. 

11 (c) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

12 that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 

13 risk to human life, health, or safety, an award may be 

14 made without notification, and the Secretary shall notify 

15 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

16 House of Representatives not later than 5 full business 

17 days after such an award is made or letter issued. 

18 (d) A notification under this section— 

19 (1) may not involve funds that are not available 

20 for obligation; and 

21 (2) shall include the amount of the award; the 

22 fiscal year for which the funds for the award were 

23 appropriated; the type of contract; and the account 

24 and each program, project, and activity from which 

25 the funds are being drawn. 
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1 (e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

2 Management Agency shall brief the Committees on Appro3 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

4 5 full business days in advance of announcing publicly the 

5 intention of making an award under ‘‘State and Local 

6 Programs’’. 

7 SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 law, no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any ad9 ditional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 

10 locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal 

11 law enforcement training without the advance approval of 

12 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

13 House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law 

14 Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the 

15 temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, 

16 or other agreement for training that cannot be accommo17 dated in existing Center facilities. 

18 SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act may be used for expenses 

20 for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition 

21 project for which a prospectus otherwise required under 

22 chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, has not been 

23 approved, except that necessary funds may be expended 

24 for each project for required expenses for the development 

25 of a proposed prospectus. 
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1 SEC. 510. (a) Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the De2 partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 

3 (division E of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 

4 2074) shall apply with respect to funds made available in 

5 this Act in the same manner as such sections applied to 

6 funds made available in that Act. 

7 (b) The third proviso of section 537 of the Depart8 ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (6 

9 U.S.C. 114), shall not apply with respect to funds made 

10 available in this Act. 

11 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provi13 sions of the Buy American Act. For purposes of the pre14 ceding sentence, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means 

15 chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

16 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used by any person other than the Privacy 

18 Officer appointed under subsection (a) of section 222 of 

19 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 142(a)) to 

20 alter, direct that changes be made to, delay, or prohibit 

21 the transmission to Congress of any report prepared under 

22 paragraph (6) of such subsection. 

23 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required 
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1 by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

2 (8 U.S.C. 1448). 

3 SEC. 514. Within 45 days after the end of each 

4 month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of 

5 Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Ap6 propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa7 tives a monthly budget and staffing report for that month 

8 that includes total obligations, on-board versus funded 

9 full-time equivalent staffing levels, and the number of con10 tract employees for each office of the Department. 

11 SEC. 515. Except as provided in section 44945 of title 

12 49, United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred 

13 to Transportation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Se14 curity’’, ‘‘Administration’’, and ‘‘Transportation Security 

15 Support’’ for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 that are recov16 ered or deobligated shall be available only for the procure17 ment or installation of explosives detection systems, air 

18 cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject 

19 to notification: Provided, That quarterly reports shall be 

20 submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

21 Senate and the House of Representatives on any funds 

22 that are recovered or deobligated. 

23 SEC. 516. Any funds appropriated to Coast Guard 

24 ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ for fiscal 

25 years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 for the 110– 
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1 123 foot patrol boat conversion that are recovered, col2 lected, or otherwise received as the result of negotiation, 

3 mediation, or litigation, shall be available until expended 

4 for the Fast Response Cutter program. 

5 SEC. 517. Section 532(a) of Public Law 109–295 

6 (120 Stat. 1384) is amended by striking ‘‘2013’’ and in7 serting ‘‘2014’’. 

8 SEC. 518. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce9 ment Training Center instructor staff shall be classified 

10 as inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal 

11 Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 

12 note). 

13 SEC. 519. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 

14 shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2014, 

15 to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of 

16 Homeland Security listing all grants and contracts award17 ed by any means other than full and open competition dur18 ing fiscal year 2014. 

19 (b) The Inspector General shall review the report re20 quired by subsection (a) to assess Departmental compli21 ance with applicable laws and regulations and report the 

22 results of that review to the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later 

24 than February 15, 2015. 
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1 SEC. 520. None of the funds provided by this or pre2 vious appropriations Acts shall be used to fund any posi3 tion designated as a Principal Federal Official (or the suc4 cessor thereto) for any Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

5 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) 

6 declared disasters or emergencies unless— 

7 (1) the responsibilities of the Principal Federal 

8 Official do not include operational functions related 

9 to incident management, including coordination of 

10 operations, and are consistent with the requirements 

11 of section 509(c) and sections 503(c)(3) and 

12 503(c)(4)(A) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

13 (6 U.S.C. 319(c) and 313(c)(3) and 313(c)(4)(A)) 

14 and section 302 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

15 Relief and Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5143); 

16 (2) not later than 10 business days after the 

17 latter of the date on which the Secretary of Home18 land Security appoints the Principal Federal Official 

19 and the date on which the President issues a dec20 laration under section 401 or section 501 of the 

21 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

22 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191, respec23 tively), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

24 submit a notification of the appointment of the Prin25 cipal Federal Official and a description of the re-
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1 sponsibilities of such Official and how such respon2 sibilities are consistent with paragraph (1) to the 

3 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

4 House of Representatives, the Transportation and 

5 Infrastructure Committee of the House of Rep6 resentatives, and the Homeland Security and Gov7 ernmental Affairs Committee of the Senate; and 

8 (3) not later than 60 days after the date of en9 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a re10 port specifying timeframes and milestones regarding 

11 the update of operations, planning and policy docu12 ments, and training and exercise protocols, to ensure 

13 consistency with paragraph (1) of this section. 

14 SEC. 521. None of the funds provided or otherwise 

15 made available in this Act shall be available to carry out 

16 section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

17 U.S.C. 452). 

18 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used by United States Citizenship and Immi20 gration Services to grant an immigration benefit unless 

21 the results of background checks required by law to be 

22 completed prior to the granting of the benefit have been 

23 received by United States Citizenship and Immigration 

24 Services, and the results do not preclude the granting of 

25 the benefit. 
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1 SEC. 523. Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act 

2 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until Sep4 tember 30, 2013,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 

5 30, 2014,’’; 

6 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘September 

7 30, 2013,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014,’’. 

8 SEC. 524. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

9 require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 

10 Security that provide award fees link such fees to success11 ful acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be speci12 fied in terms of cost, schedule, and performance). 

13 SEC. 525. None of the funds made available to the 

14 Office of the Secretary and Executive Management under 

15 this Act may be expended for any new hires by the Depart16 ment of Homeland Security that are not verified through 

17 the E-Verify Program as described in section 403(a) of 

18 the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi19 bility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 

20 SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used 

22 to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 

23 a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) 

24 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from im25 porting a prescription drug from Canada that complies 
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1 with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, 

2 That this section shall apply only to individuals trans3 porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the pre4 scription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided 

5 further, That the prescription drug may not be— 

6 (1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 

7 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

8 802); or 

9 (2) a biological product, as defined in section 

10 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 262). 

12 SEC. 527. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 

13 consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall no14 tify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

15 the House of Representatives of any proposed transfers 

16 of funds available under section 9703(g)(4)(B) of title 31, 

17 United States Code (as added by Section 638 of Public 

18 Law 102–393) from the Department of the Treasury For19 feiture Fund to any agency within the Department of 

20 Homeland Security: Provided, That none of the funds 

21 identified for such a transfer may be obligated until the 

22 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

23 House of Representatives approve the proposed transfers. 
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1 SEC. 528. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel3 oping a national identification card. 

4 SEC. 529. If the Administrator of the Transportation 

5 Security Administration determines that an airport does 

6 not need to participate in the E-Verify Program as de7 scribed in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Re8 form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 

9 1324a note), the Administrator shall certify to the Com10 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

11 of Representatives that no security risks will result from 

12 such non-participation. 

13 SEC. 530. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

14 of this Act, except as provided in subsection (b), and 30 

15 days after the date on which the President determines 

16 whether to declare a major disaster because of an event 

17 and any appeal is completed, the Administrator shall pub18 lish on the Web site of the Federal Emergency Manage19 ment Agency a report regarding that decision that shall 

20 summarize damage assessment information used to deter21 mine whether to declare a major disaster. 

22 (b) The Administrator may redact from a report 

23 under subsection (a) any data that the Administrator de24 termines would compromise national security. 

25 (c) In this section— 
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1 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad2 ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

3 Agency; and 

4 (2) the term ‘‘major disaster’’ has the meaning 

5 given that term in section 102 of the Robert T. 

6 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

7 Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). 

8 SEC. 531. Any official that is required by this Act 

9 to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropria10 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives may 

11 not delegate such authority to perform that act unless spe12 cifically authorized herein. 

13 SEC. 532. Section 550(b) of the Department of 

14 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 

15 109–295; 6 U.S.C. 121 note), as amended by section 537 

16 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 

17 Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–6), is further amended by 

18 striking ‘‘on October 4, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘on October 

19 4, 2014’’. 

20 SEC. 533. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

22 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

23 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

24 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
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1 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

2 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

3 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

4 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

5 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

6 SEC. 534. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees 

8 of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 

9 301–10.122 through 301.10–124 of title 41, Code of Fed10 eral Regulations. 

11 SEC. 535. None of the funds made available in this 

12 or any other Act for fiscal year 2014 and thereafter may 

13 be used to propose or effect a disciplinary or adverse ac14 tion, with respect to any Department of Homeland Secu15 rity employee who engages regularly with the public in the 

16 performance of his or her official duties solely because that 

17 employee elects to utilize protective equipment or meas18 ures, including but not limited to surgical masks, N95 res19 pirators, gloves, or hand-sanitizers, where use of such 

20 equipment or measures is in accord with Department of 

21 Homeland Security policy and Centers for Disease Control 

22 and Prevention and Office of Personnel Management guid23 ance. 

24 SEC. 536. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act may be used to employ workers described in section 
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1 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

2 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 

3 SEC. 537. (a) Any company that collects or retains 

4 personal information directly from any individual who par5 ticipates in the Registered Traveler or successor program 

6 of the Transportation Security Administration shall safe7 guard and dispose of such information in accordance with 

8 the requirements in— 

9 (1) the National Institute for Standards and 

10 Technology Special Publication 800–30, entitled 

11 ‘‘Risk Management Guide for Information Tech12 nology Systems’’; 

13 (2) the National Institute for Standards and 

14 Technology Special Publication 800–53, Revision 3, 

15 entitled ‘‘Recommended Security Controls for Fed16 eral Information Systems and Organizations’’; and 

17 (3) any supplemental standards established by 

18 the Administrator of the Transportation Security 

19 Administration (referred to in this section as the 

20 ‘‘Administrator’’). 

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

22 sponsors the company under the Registered Traveler pro23 gram shall be known as the ‘‘Sponsoring Entity’’. 

24 (c) The Administrator shall require any company cov25 ered by subsection (a) to provide, not later than 30 days 
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1 after the date of enactment of this Act, to the Sponsoring 

2 Entity written certification that the procedures used by 

3 the company to safeguard and dispose of information are 

4 in compliance with the requirements under subsection (a). 

5 Such certification shall include a description of the proce6 dures used by the company to comply with such require7 ments. 

8 SEC. 538. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

10 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 

11 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 

12 judged to be below satisfactory performance or perform13 ance that does not meet the basic requirements of a con14 tract. 

15 SEC. 539. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 

16 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Trans17 portation Security Administration shall submit to the 

18 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

19 House of Representatives, a report that either— 

20 (1) certifies that the requirement for screening 

21 all air cargo on passenger aircraft by the deadline 

22 under section 44901(g) of title 49, United States 

23 Code, has been met; or 
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1 (2) includes a strategy to comply with the re2 quirements under title 44901(g) of title 49, United 

3 States Code, including— 

4 (A) a plan to meet the requirement under 

5 section 44901(g) of title 49, United States 

6 Code, to screen 100 percent of air cargo trans7 ported on passenger aircraft arriving in the 

8 United States in foreign air transportation (as 

9 that term is defined in section 40102 of that 

10 title); and 

11 (B) specification of— 

12 (i) the percentage of such air cargo 

13 that is being screened; and 

14 (ii) the schedule for achieving screen15 ing of 100 percent of such air cargo. 

16 (b) The Administrator shall continue to submit re17 ports described in subsection (a)(2) every 180 days there18 after until the Administrator certifies that the Transpor19 tation Security Administration has achieved screening of 

20 100 percent of such air cargo. 

21 SEC. 540. In developing any process to screen avia22 tion passengers and crews for transportation or national 

23 security purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

24 shall ensure that all such processes take into consideration 
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1 such passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil liberties con2 sistent with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance. 

3 SEC. 541. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of 

4 title 8, United States Code, of the funds deposited into 

5 the Immigration Examinations Fee Account, $10,000,000 

6 may be allocated by United States Citizenship and Immi7 gration Services in fiscal year 2014 for the purpose of pro8 viding an immigrant integration grants program. 

9 (b) None of the funds made available to United 

10 States Citizenship and Immigration Services for grants for 

11 immigrant integration may be used to provide services to 

12 aliens who have not been lawfully admitted for permanent 

13 residence. 

14 SEC. 542. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this Act may be used by the De16 partment of Homeland Security to enter into any Federal 

17 contract unless such contract is entered into in accordance 

18 with the requirements of subtitle I of title 41, United 

19 States Code or chapter 137 of title 10, United States 

20 Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such 

21 contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered 

22 into without regard to the above referenced statutes. 

23 SEC. 543. (a) For an additional amount for data cen24 ter migration, $34,200,000. 
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1 (b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for data 

2 center migration may be transferred by the Secretary of 

3 Homeland Security between appropriations for the same 

4 purpose, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 

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

6 until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of 

7 the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 

8 of such transfer. 

9 SEC. 544. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

11 that specific U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

12 Service Processing Centers or other U.S. Immigration and 

13 Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities no longer 

14 meet the mission need, the Secretary is authorized to dis15 pose of individual Service Processing Centers or other 

16 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement owned de17 tention facilities by directing the Administrator of General 

18 Services to sell all real and related personal property which 

19 support Service Processing Centers or other U.S. Immi20 gration and Customs Enforcement owned detention facili21 ties, subject to such terms and conditions as necessary to 

22 protect Government interests and meet program require23 ments: Provided, That the proceeds, net of the costs of 

24 sale incurred by the General Services Administration and 

25 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shall be de-
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1 posited as offsetting collections into a separate account 

2 that shall be available, subject to appropriation, until ex3 pended for other real property capital asset needs of exist4 ing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement assets, 

5 excluding daily operations and maintenance costs, as the 

6 Secretary deems appropriate: Provided further, That any 

7 sale or collocation of federally owned detention facilities 

8 shall not result in the maintenance of fewer than 34,000 

9 detention beds: Provided further, That the Committees on 

10 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent11 atives shall be notified 15 days prior to the announcement 

12 of any proposed sale or collocation. 

13 SEC. 545. None of the funds made available under 

14 this Act or any prior appropriations Act may be provided 

15 to the Association of Community Organizations for Re16 form Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, 

17 or allied organizations. 

18 SEC. 546. The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

19 Border Protection and the Assistant Secretary of Home20 land Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce21 ment shall, with respect to fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 

22 and 2017, submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of the Senate and the House of Representatives, at the 

24 time that the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 

25 2015 is submitted pursuant to the requirements of section 
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1 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the information 

2 required in the multi-year investment and management 

3 plans required, respectively, under the headings U.S. Cus4 toms and Border Protection, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 

5 under title II of division D of the Consolidated Appropria6 tions Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74), and U.S. Customs 

7 and Border Protection, ‘‘Border Security Fencing, Infra8 structure, and Technology’’ under such title, and section 

9 568 of such Act. 

10 SEC. 547. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

11 ensure enforcement of immigration laws (as defined in sec12 tion 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

13 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))). 

14 SEC. 548. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

15 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

16 of Representatives and the Senate, at the time that the 

17 President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 is sub18 mitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

19 States Code, a report detailing the fiscal policy that pre20 scribes Coast Guard budgetary policies, procedures, and 

21 technical direction necessary to comply with subsection (a) 

22 of section 557 of division D of Public Law 113–6 (as re23 quired to be developed under subsection (b) of such sec24 tion). 
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1 SEC. 549. (a) Of the amounts made available by this 

2 Act for National Protection and Programs Directorate, 

3 ‘‘Infrastructure Protection and Information Security’’, 

4 $199,725,000 for the ‘‘Federal Network Security’’ pro5 gram, project, and activity shall be used to deploy on Fed6 eral systems technology to improve the information secu7 rity of agency information systems covered by section 

8 3543(a) of title 44, United States Code: Provided, That 

9 funds made available under this section shall be used to 

10 assist and support Government-wide and agency-specific 

11 efforts to provide adequate, risk-based, and cost-effective 

12 cybersecurity to address escalating and rapidly evolving 

13 threats to information security, including the acquisition 

14 and operation of a continuous monitoring and diagnostics 

15 program, in collaboration with departments and agencies, 

16 that includes equipment, software, and Department of 

17 Homeland Security supplied services: Provided further, 

18 That not later than April 1, 2014, and quarterly there19 after, the Under Secretary of Homeland Security of the 

20 National Protection and Programs Directorate shall sub21 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

22 and House of Representatives a report on the obligation 

23 and expenditure of funds made available under this sec24 tion: Provided further, That continuous monitoring and 

25 diagnostics software procured by the funds made available 
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1 by this section shall not transmit to the Department of 

2 Homeland Security any personally identifiable information 

3 or content of network communications of other agencies’ 

4 users: Provided further, That such software shall be in5 stalled, maintained, and operated in accordance with all 

6 applicable privacy laws and agency-specific policies regard7 ing network content. 

8 (b) Funds made available under this section may not 

9 be used to supplant funds provided for any such system 

10 within an agency budget. 

11 (c) Not later than July 1, 2014, the heads of all Fed12 eral agencies shall submit to the Committees on Appro13 priations of the Senate and House of Representatives ex14 penditure plans for necessary cybersecurity improvements 

15 to address known vulnerabilities to information systems 

16 described in subsection (a). 

17 (d) Not later than October 1, 2014, and quarterly 

18 thereafter, the head of each Federal agency shall submit 

19 to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

20 a report on the execution of the expenditure plan for that 

21 agency required by subsection (c): Provided, That the Di22 rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall sum23 marize such execution reports and annually submit such 

24 summaries to Congress in conjunction with the annual 

25 progress report on implementation of the E-Government 
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1 Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–347), as required by section 

2 3606 of title 44, United States Code. 

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

4 judicial branches of the Federal Government and shall 

5 apply to all Federal agencies within the executive branch 

6 except for the Department of Defense, the Central Intel7 ligence Agency, and the Office of the Director of National 

8 Intelligence. 

9 SEC. 550. (a) None of the funds made available in 

10 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

11 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

12 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

13 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

14 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

15 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi16 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

17 SEC. 551. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to 

19 facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi20 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus21 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 

22 law enforcement personnel of the United States continu23 ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

24 SEC. 552. Fifty percent of each of the appropriations 

25 provided in this Act for the ‘‘Office of the Secretary and 
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1 Executive Management’’, the ‘‘Office of the Under Sec2 retary for Management’’, and the ‘‘Office of the Chief Fi3 nancial Officer’’ shall be withheld from obligation until the 

4 reports and plans required in this Act to be submitted on 

5 or before March 14, 2014, are received by the Committees 

6 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep7 resentatives. 

8 SEC. 553. None of the funds provided in this or any 

9 other Act may be obligated to implement the National Pre10 paredness Grant Program or any other successor grant 

11 programs unless explicitly authorized by Congress. 

12 SEC. 554. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used to provide funding for the position of 

14 Public Advocate, or a successor position, within U.S. Im15 migration and Customs Enforcement. 

16 SEC. 555. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance 

18 of more than 50 employees of a single component of the 

19 Department of Homeland Security, who are stationed in 

20 the United States, at a single international conference un21 less the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that 

22 such attendance is in the national interest and notifies the 

23 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

24 House of Representatives within at least 10 days of that 

25 determination and the basis for that determination: Pro-
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1 vided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter2 national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring 

3 outside of the United States attended by representatives 

4 of the United States Government and of foreign govern5 ments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 

6 organizations. 

7 SEC. 556. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

9 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

10 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any cor11 poration that was convicted (or had an officer or agent 

12 of such corporation acting on behalf of the corporation 

13 convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 

14 or State law within the preceding 24 months, where the 

15 awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the 

16 agency has considered suspension or debarment of the cor17 poration, or such officer or agent, and made a determina18 tion that this further action is not necessary to protect 

19 the interests of the Government. 

20 SEC. 557. None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

22 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

23 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor24 poration for which any unpaid Federal tax liability that 

25 has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 
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1 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

2 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree3 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

4 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

5 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

6 or debarment of the corporation and made a determination 

7 that this further action is not necessary to protect the in8 terests of the Government. 

9 SEC. 558. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 

10 shall submit quarterly reports to the Inspector General of 

11 the Department of Homeland Security regarding the costs 

12 and contracting procedures related to each conference or 

13 ceremony (including commissionings and changes of com14 mand) held by any departmental component or office in 

15 fiscal year 2014 for which the cost to the United States 

16 Government was more than $20,000. 

17 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con18 ference or ceremony in subsection (a) held during the ap19 plicable quarter— 

20 (1) a description of its purpose; 

21 (2) the number of participants attending; 

22 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 

23 United States Government, including— 

24 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

25 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
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1 (C) the cost of travel to and from the con2 ference or ceremony; and 

3 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

4 to determine which costs relate to the con5 ference or ceremony; and 

6 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

7 used including— 

8 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

9 competitive basis; and 

10 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

11 conducted by the departmental component or 

12 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

13 conference or ceremony. 

14 (c) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro15 priated by this Act may not be used for the purpose of 

16 defraying the costs of a conference or ceremony described 

17 in subsection (a) that is not directly and programmatically 

18 related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was 

19 awarded, such as a conference or ceremony held in connec20 tion with planning, training, assessment, review, or other 

21 routine purposes related to a project funded by the grant 

22 or contract. 

23 (d) None of the funds made available in the Act may 

24 be used for travel and conference activities that are not 
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1 in compliance with Office of Management and Budget 

2 Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012. 

3 SEC. 559. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used for pre-clearance operations in new loca5 tions unless the required conditions relative to these oper6 ations and contained in the accompanying report are met. 

7 SEC. 560. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fire8 fighter Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary shall grant waiv9 ers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), 

10 (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 

11 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 

12 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

13 SEC. 561. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used to establish, collect, or otherwise impose 

15 a border crossing fee for pedestrians or passenger vehicles 

16 at land ports of entry along the Southern border or the 

17 Northern border, or to conduct any study relating to the 

18 imposition of such a fee. 

19 SEC. 562. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to eliminate or reduce funding for a pro21 gram, project or activity as proposed in the President’s 

22 budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed change 

23 is subsequently enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless 

24 such change is made pursuant to the reprogramming or 

25 transfer provisions of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 563. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

2 for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall be 

3 available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of 

4 the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 

5 to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Provided, That 

6 should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a 

7 court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null 

8 and void. 

9 SEC. 564. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

10 for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall be 

11 used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any 

12 way the performance of, any abortion. 

13 SEC. 565. Nothing in the preceding section shall re14 move the obligation of the Assistant Secretary of Home15 land Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce16 ment to provide escort services necessary for a female de17 tainee to receive such service outside the detention facility: 

18 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin19 ishes the effect of section 564 intended to address the phil20 osophical beliefs of individual employees of U.S. Immigra21 tion and Customs Enforcement. 

22 SEC. 566. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 

23 shall submit to Congress, at the time that the President’s 

24 budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 is submitted pursuant 

25 to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a com-
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1 prehensive report on purchase and usage of ammunition 

2 by the Department of Homeland Security, that includes— 

3 (1) mission requirements pertaining to ammuni4 tion, including certification, qualification, training, 

5 and inventory requirements for each relevant De6 partment component or agency and a comparison of 

7 such requirements to the requirements of Federal 

8 law enforcement agencies of the Department of Jus9 tice and the military components of the Department 

10 of Defense; and 

11 (2) details on all contracting practices applied 

12 by the Department of Homeland Security to procure 

13 ammunition, including comparative details regarding 

14 other contracting options with respect to cost and 

15 availability. 

16 (b) Beginning on April 15, 2014, and quarterly there17 after, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a 

18 report to Congress that includes— 

19 (1) the quantity of ammunition in inventory in 

20 the Department of Homeland Security at the end of 

21 the preceding calendar quarter, subdivided by am22 munition type, and how such quantity aligns to mis23 sion requirements of each relevant Department of 

24 Homeland Security component or agency; 
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1 (2) the quantity of ammunition used by the De2 partment of Homeland Security during the pre3 ceding calendar quarter, subdivided by ammunition 

4 type, the purpose of such usage, the average number 

5 of rounds used per agent or officer subdivided by 

6 ammunition type, and how such usage aligns to mis7 sion requirements, including certification, qualifica8 tion, and training requirements, for each relevant 

9 Department of Homeland Security component or 

10 agency; and 

11 (3) the quantity of ammunition purchased by 

12 the Department of Homeland Security during the 

13 preceding calendar quarter, subdivided by ammuni14 tion type, and the associated contract details of such 

15 purchase, for each relevant Department of Home16 land Security component or agency. 

17 (RESCISSIONS)

18 SEC. 567. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart19 ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are here20 by rescinded from the following accounts and programs 

21 in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 

22 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 

23 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con24 current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
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1 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 

2 99–177), as amended: 

3 (1) $14,500,000 from Public Law 111–83 

4 under the heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Con5 struction, and Improvements’’; 

6 (2) $21,612,000 from Public Law 112–10 

7 under the heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Con8 struction, and Improvements’’; 

9 (3) $41,000,000 from Public Law 112–74 

10 under the heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Con11 struction, and Improvements’’; and 

12 (4) $32,479,000 from Public Law 113–6 under 

13 the heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, 

14 and Improvements’’. 

15 (RESCISSION)

16 SEC. 568. From the unobligated balances made avail17 able in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

18 established by section 9703 of title 31, United States 

19 Code, (added by section 638 of Public Law 102–393) 

20 $100,000,000 shall be permanently rescinded. 

21 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

22 SEC. 569. The amount by which the applicable alloca23 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

24 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
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1 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex2 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

3 SEC. 570. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce sec5 tion 1301(a) of title 31, United States Code, with respect 

6 to the use of amounts made available by this Act for the 

7 ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ and ‘‘Air and Marine Oper8 ations’’ accounts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

9 for the expenses authorized to be paid in section 9 of the 

10 Jones Act (48 U.S.C. 795) and for the collection of duties 

11 and taxes authorized to be levied, collected, and paid in 

12 Puerto Rico, as authorized in section 4 of the Foraker Act 

13 (48 U.S.C. 740), in addition to the more specific amounts 

14 available for such purposes in the Puerto Rico Trust Fund 

15 pursuant to such provisions of law. 

16 SEC. 571. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to implement any change in the list of 

18 sharp objects prohibited under section 1540.111 of title 

19 49, Code of Federal Regulations, from being carried by 

20 passengers as accessible property or on their person 

21 through passenger screening checkpoints or into airport 

22 sterile areas and the cabins of a passenger aircraft, as 

23 published in the Federal Register on August 31, 2005 (70 

24 Fed. Reg. 51679). 
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1 SEC. 572. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to enter into a contract with an offeror 

3 for the purchase of an American flag if, as required by 

4 the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the flag is certified 

5 as a foreign end product. 

6 SEC. 573. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 

8 or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 

9 by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 

10 of its principals— 

11 (1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 

12 has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren13 dered against it for: (A) commission of fraud or a 

14 criminal offense in connection with obtaining, at15 tempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, 

16 State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of 

17 Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 

18 submission of offers; or (B) commission of embezzle19 ment, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruc20 tion of records, making false statements, tax eva21 sion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving 

22 stolen property; 

23 (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 

24 criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti-
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1 ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer2 ated above in paragraph (1); or 

3 (3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 

4 has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 

5 an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil6 ity remains unsatisfied. 

7 SEC. 574. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used in contravention of the First, Second, 

9 or Fourth Amendments to the Constitution of the United 

10 States. 

11 SEC. 575. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used for the purchase, operation, or mainte13 nance of armed unmanned aerial vehicles. 

14 SEC. 576. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used in contravention of section 236(c) of the 

16 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)). 

17 SEC. 577. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used in contravention of section 642(a) of the 

19 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 

20 Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)). 

21 SEC. 578. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used in contravention of section 44917 of title 

23 49, United States Code. 
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1 SEC. 579. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used in contravention of section 287(g) of the 

3 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)). 

4 SEC. 580. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be used to implement, carry out, administer, or 

6 enforce section 1308(h) of the National Flood Insurance 

7 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(h)). 

8 SEC. 581. None of funds made available by this Act 

9 may be used for entering into a new contract for the pur10 poses of purchasing ammunition before the date the report 

11 required by section 566(a) is submitted to Congress. 

12 SEC. 582. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used to enforce section 526 of the Energy 

14 Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 

15 140; 42 U.S.C. 17142). 

16 SEC. 583. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used for U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

18 preclearance operations at Abu Dhabi International Air19 port in the United Arab Emirates. The limitation de20 scribed in this section shall not apply in the case of the 

21 administration of a tax or tariff. 

22 SEC. 584. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used by the Department of Homeland Security 

24 to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any execu25 tive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, except in ac-
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1 cordance with Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet 

2 Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 

3 SEC. 585. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used in contravention of any of the following: 

5 (1) The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to 

6 the Constitution of the United States. 

7 (2) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (re8 lating to nondiscrimination in federally assisted pro9 grams). 

10 (3) Section 809(c)(1) of the Omnibus Crime 

11 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (relating to 

12 prohibition of discrimination). 

13 (4) Section 210401(a) of the Violent Crime and 

14 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (relating to unlawful 

15 police pattern or practice). 

16 SEC. 586. None of the funds made available under 

17 the heading ‘‘Departmental Management and Oper18 ations—Departmental Operations—Office of the Sec19 retary and Executive Management’’ may be used for offi20 cial reception and representational expenses until the Sec21 retary of Homeland Security complies with section 7208 

22 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act 

23 of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b). 

24 SEC. 587. For ‘‘Department of Homeland Security— 

25 Federal Emergency Management Agency—State and 
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1 Local Programs’’ for the State Homeland Security Grant 

2 Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security 

3 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), as authorized by subsection 

4 (f)(2) of such section, there is hereby appropriated, and 

5 the amount otherwise provided by this Act for ‘‘Depart6 ment of Homeland Security—Office of the Chief Financial 

7 Officer’’ is hereby reduced by, $10,000,000. 

8 SEC. 588. (a) None of the funds made available in 

9 this Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, 

10 or enforce the documents described in subsection (b). 

11 (b) For purposes of this section, the documents de12 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

13 (1) Policy Number 10072.1, published on 

14 March 2, 2011. 

15 (2) Policy Number 10075.1, published on June 

16 17, 2011. 

17 (3) Policy Number 10076.1, published on June 

18 17, 2011. 

19 (4) The Memorandum of November 17, 2011, 

20 from the Principal Legal Advisor of United States 

21 Immigration and Customs Enforcement pertaining 

22 to ‘‘Case-by-Case Review of Incoming and Certain 

23 Pending Cases’’. 

24 (5) The Memorandum of June 15, 2012, from 

25 the Secretary of Homeland Security pertaining to 
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1 ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to 

2 Individuals Who Came to the United States as Chil3 dren’’. 

4 (6) The Memorandum of December 21, 2012, 

5 from the Director of United States Immigration and 

6 Customs Enforcement pertaining to ‘‘Civil Immigra7 tion Enforcement: Guidance on the Use of Detainers 

8 in the Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Criminal 

9 Justice Systems’’. 

10 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home11 land Security Appropriations Act, 2014’’. 

12 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

13 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

14 Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year end15 ing September 30, 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 

16 TITLE I 

17 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND 

18 OPERATIONS 

19 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE

20 MANAGEMENT

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

22 of Homeland Security, as authorized by section 102 of the 

23 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), and execu24 tive management of the Department of Homeland Security, 

25 as authorized by law, $123,600,000: Provided, That not to 
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1 exceed $45,000 shall be for official reception and representa2 tion expenses: Provided further, That all official costs asso3 ciated with the use of government aircraft by Department 

4 of Homeland Security personnel to support official travel 

5 of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid 

6 from amounts made available for the Immediate Office of 

7 the Secretary and the Immediate Office of the Deputy Sec8 retary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall submit 

9 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

10 House of Representatives, not later than 90 days after the 

11 date of enactment of this Act, expenditure plans for the Of12 fice of Policy, the Office for Intergovernmental Affairs, the 

13 Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Citizenship 

14 and Immigration Services Ombudsman, and the Privacy 

15 Officer. 

16 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec18 retary for Management, as authorized by sections 701 

19 through 705 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

20 U.S.C. 341 through 345), $198,200,000, of which not to ex21 ceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 

22 expenses: Provided, That of the total amount made available 

23 under this heading, $4,500,000 shall remain available until 

24 September 30, 2018, solely for the alteration and improve25 ment of facilities, tenant improvements, and relocation costs 
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1 to consolidate Department headquarters operations at the 

2 Nebraska Avenue Complex; and $8,000,000 shall remain 

3 available until September 30, 2016, for the Human Re4 sources Information Technology program: Provided further, 

5 That the Under Secretary for Management shall, pursuant 

6 to the requirements contained in House Report 112–331, 

7 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

8 and the House of Representatives at the time the President’s 

9 budget is submitted each year under section 1105(a) of title 

10 31, United States Code, a Comprehensive Acquisition Sta11 tus Report, which shall include the information required 

12 under the heading ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary for Man13 agement’’ under title I of division D of the Consolidated 

14 Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74), and quar15 terly updates to such report not later than 45 days after 

16 the completion of each quarter. 

17 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan19 cial Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Homeland 

20 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), $48,000,000. 

21 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor23 mation Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Home24 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), and Department25 wide technology investments, $263,000,000; of which 
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1 $115,000,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses; 

2 and of which $148,000,000, to remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2016, shall be available for development and ac4 quisition of information technology equipment, software, 

5 services, and related activities for the Department of Home6 land Security: Provided, That the Department of Homeland 

7 Security Chief Information Officer shall submit to the Com8 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

9 Representatives, at the time that the President’s budget is 

10 submitted each year under section 1105(a) of title 31, 

11 United States Code, a multi-year investment and manage12 ment plan, to include each of fiscal years 2014 through 

13 2017, for all information technology acquisition projects 

14 funded under this heading or funded by multiple compo15 nents of the Department of Homeland Security through re16 imbursable agreements, that includes— 

17 (1) the proposed appropriations included for 

18 each project and activity tied to mission require19 ments, program management capabilities, perform20 ance levels, and specific capabilities and services to be 

21 delivered; 

22 (2) the total estimated cost and projected 

23 timeline of completion for all multi-year enhance24 ments, modernizations, and new capabilities that are 

25 proposed in such budget or underway; 
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1 (3) a detailed accounting of operations and 

2 maintenance and contractor services costs; and 

3 (4) a current acquisition program baseline for 

4 each project, that— 

5 (A) notes and explains any deviations in 

6 cost, performance parameters, schedule, or esti7 mated date of completion from the original ac8 quisition program baseline; 

9 (B) aligns the acquisition programs covered 

10 by the baseline to mission requirements by defin11 ing existing capabilities, identifying known ca12 pability gaps between such existing capabilities 

13 and stated mission requirements, and explaining 

14 how each increment will address such known ca15 pability gaps; and 

16 (C) defines lifecycle costs for such programs. 

17 ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS

18 For necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and 

19 operations coordination activities, as authorized by title II 

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

21 $303,708,000; of which not to exceed $3,825 shall be for offi22 cial reception and representation expenses; and of which 

23 $108,519,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2015. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen3 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

4 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $117,371,000, of which not 

5 to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain confidential 

6 operational expenses, including the payment of informants, 

7 to be expended at the direction of the Inspector General. 

8 TITLE II 

9 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 

10 U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relating 

13 to border security, immigration, customs, agricultural in14 spections and regulatory activities related to plant and ani15 mal imports, and transportation of unaccompanied minor 

16 aliens; purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for replace17 ment only) police-type vehicles; and contracting with indi18 viduals for personal services abroad; $7,976,142,000; of 

19 which $3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte20 nance Trust Fund for administrative expenses related to the 

21 collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant to sec22 tion 9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 

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

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

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

2 available in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums 

3 subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus 

4 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), 

5 shall be derived from that account; of which not to exceed 

6 $150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space 

7 in connection with preclearance operations; and of which 

8 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of compensa9 tion to informants, to be accounted for solely under the cer10 tificate of the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided, 

11 That for fiscal year 2014, the overtime limitation prescribed 

12 in section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 

13 U.S.C. 267(c)(1)) shall be $35,000; and notwithstanding 

14 any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated 

15 by this Act shall be available to compensate any employee 

16 of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for overtime, from 

17 whatever source, in an amount that exceeds such limitation, 

18 except in individual cases determined by the Secretary of 

19 Homeland Security, or the designee of the Secretary, to be 

20 necessary for national security purposes, to prevent exces21 sive costs, or in cases of immigration emergencies: Provided 

22 further, That the Border Patrol shall maintain an active 

23 duty presence of not less than 21,370 full-time equivalent 

24 agents protecting the borders of the United States in the 

25 fiscal year. 
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1 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

2 For necessary expenses for U.S. Customs and Border 

3 Protection for operation and improvement of automated 

4 systems, including salaries and expenses, $800,318,000; of 

5 which $340,936,000 shall remain available until September 

6 30, 2016; and of which not less than $140,762,000 shall be 

7 for the development of the Automated Commercial Environ8 ment. 

9 BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND

10 TECHNOLOGY

11 For expenses for border security fencing, infrastruc12 ture, and technology, $351,454,000, to remain available 

13 until September 30, 2016: Provided, That none of the funds 

14 appropriated under this heading shall be used for concur15 rent deployment of technology associated with integrated 

16 fixed towers until the Commissioner certifies that oper17 ational testing has been completed on the first deployment. 

18 AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS

19 For necessary expenses for the operations, mainte20 nance, and procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, un21 manned aircraft systems, and other related equipment of 

22 the air and marine program, including salaries and ex23 penses and operational training and mission-related travel, 

24 the operations of which include the following: the interdic25 tion of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support 
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1 to Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement or 

2 administration of laws enforced by the Department of 

3 Homeland Security; and, at the discretion of the Secretary 

4 of Homeland Security, the provision of assistance to Fed5 eral, State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and 

6 emergency humanitarian efforts; $755,819,000; of which 

7 $283,318,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses; 

8 and of which $472,501,000 shall remain available until 

9 September 30, 2016: Provided, That no aircraft or other 

10 related equipment, with the exception of aircraft that are 

11 one of a kind and have been identified as excess to U.S. 

12 Customs and Border Protection requirements and aircraft 

13 that have been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred 

14 to any other Federal agency, department, or office outside 

15 of the Department of Homeland Security during fiscal year 

16 2014 without prior notice to the Committees on Appropria17 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives: Pro18 vided further, That the Secretary of Homeland Security 

19 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

20 Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than 90 

21 days after the date of enactment of this Act, on any changes 

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

23 required under this heading in Public Law 112–74. 
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1 CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

2 For necessary expenses to plan, acquire, construct, ren3 ovate, equip, furnish, operate, manage, and maintain build4 ings, facilities, and related infrastructure necessary for the 

5 administration and enforcement of the laws relating to cus6 toms, immigration, and border security, including land 

7 ports of entry where the Administrator of General Services 

8 has delegated to the Secretary of Homeland Security the 

9 authority to operate, maintain, repair, and alter such fa10 cilities, and to pay rent to the General Services Administra11 tion for use of Land Ports of Entry, $471,278,000, to re12 main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 

13 the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

14 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

15 Senate and the House of Representatives, at the time that 

16 the President’s budget proposal is submitted pursuant to the 

17 requirements of section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

18 Code, an inventory of the real property of U.S. Customs 

19 and Border Protection and a plan for each activity and 

20 project proposed for funding under this heading that in21 cludes the full cost by fiscal year of each activity and project 

22 proposed and underway in fiscal year 2015. 
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1 U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigration 

4 and customs laws, detention and removals, and investiga5 tions, including intellectual property rights and overseas 

6 vetted units operations; and purchase and lease of up to 

7 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only) police-type vehicles; 

8 $5,013,945,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be 

9 available until expended for conducting special operations 

10 under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 

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

12 for official reception and representation expenses; of which 

13 not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensa14 tion to informants, to be accounted for solely under the cer15 tificate of the Secretary of Homeland Security; of which not 

16 less than $305,000 shall be for promotion of public aware17 ness of the Cyber Tipline and related activities to counter 

18 child exploitation; of which not less than $5,400,000 shall 

19 be used to facilitate agreements consistent with section 

20 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

21 1357(g)); and of which not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be 

22 available to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies for 

23 the costs associated with the care, maintenance, and repa24 triation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the 

25 United States: Provided, That none of the funds made 
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1 available under this heading shall be available to com2 pensate any employee for overtime in an annual amount 

3 in excess of $35,000, except that the Secretary of Homeland 

4 Security, or the designee of the Secretary, may waive that 

5 amount as necessary for national security purposes and in 

6 cases of immigration emergencies: Provided further, That 

7 of the total amount provided, $15,770,000 shall be for ac8 tivities to enforce laws against forced child labor, of which 

9 not to exceed $6,000,000 shall remain available until ex10 pended: Provided further, That of the total amount avail11 able, not less than $1,600,000,000 shall be available to iden12 tify aliens convicted of a crime who may be deportable, and 

13 to remove them from the United States once they are judged 

14 deportable: Provided further, That the Secretary of Home15 land Security shall prioritize the identification and re16 moval of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that 

17 crime: Provided further, That funding made available 

18 under this heading shall maintain a level of not less than 

19 31,800 detention beds through September 30, 2014: Pro20 vided further, That of the total amount provided, not less 

21 than $2,650,302,000 is for detention and removal oper22 ations, including transportation of unaccompanied minor 

23 aliens, of which $46,981,000 shall remain available until 

24 September 30, 2015: Provided further, That of the total 

25 amount provided, $10,300,000 shall remain available until 
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1 September 30, 2015, for the Visa Security Program: Pro2 vided further, That not less than $10,000,000 shall be avail3 able for investigation of intellectual property rights viola4 tions, including operation of the National Intellectual Prop5 erty Rights Coordination Center: Provided further, That 

6 none of the funds provided under this heading may be used 

7 to continue a delegation of law enforcement authority au8 thorized under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Na9 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of 

10 Homeland Security Inspector General determines that the 

11 terms of the agreement governing the delegation of authority 

12 have been violated: Provided further, That none of the funds 

13 provided under this heading may be used to continue any 

14 contract for the provision of detention services if the two 

15 most recent overall performance evaluations received by the 

16 contracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or the equiva17 lent median score in any subsequent performance evalua18 tion system: Provided further, That nothing under this 

19 heading shall prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs En20 forcement from exercising those authorities provided under 

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

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

23 during priority operations pertaining to aliens convicted 

24 of a crime: Provided further, That without regard to the 

25 limitation as to time and condition of section 503(d) of this 
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1 Act, the Secretary may propose to reprogram and transfer 

2 funds within and into this appropriation necessary to en3 sure the detention of aliens prioritized for removal. 

4 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

5 For expenses of immigration and customs enforcement 

6 automated systems, $34,900,000, to remain available until 

7 September 30, 2016. 

8 CONSTRUCTION

9 For necessary expenses to plan, construct, renovate, 

10 equip, and maintain buildings and facilities necessary for 

11 the administration and enforcement of the laws relating to 

12 customs and immigration, $5,000,000, to remain available 

13 until September 30, 2017. 

14 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

15 AVIATION SECURITY

16 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 

17 Administration related to providing civil aviation security 

18 services pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Secu19 rity Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 

20 40101 note), $4,939,393,000, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2015, of which not to exceed $7,650 shall be for 

22 official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 

23 That of the total amount made available under this head24 ing, not to exceed $3,850,557,000 shall be for screening oper25 ations, of which $382,354,000 shall be available for explo-
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1 sives detection systems; $105,309,000 shall be for checkpoint 

2 support; and not to exceed $1,088,836,000 shall be for avia3 tion security direction and enforcement: Provided further, 

4 That of the amount made available in the preceding proviso 

5 for explosives detection systems, $83,845,000 shall be avail6 able for the purchase and installation of these systems: Pro7 vided further, That any award to deploy explosives detec8 tion systems shall be based on risk, the airport’s current 

9 reliance on other screening solutions, lobby congestion re10 sulting in increased security concerns, high injury rates, 

11 airport readiness, and increased cost effectiveness: Provided 

12 further, That security service fees authorized under section 

13 44940 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to 

14 this appropriation as offsetting collections and shall be 

15 available only for aviation security: Provided further, That 

16 the sum appropriated under this heading from the general 

17 fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such 

18 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2014 

19 so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 

20 the general fund estimated at not more than 

21 $2,819,393,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

22 section 44923 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 

23 2014, any funds in the Aviation Security Capital Fund es24 tablished by section 44923(h) of title 49, United States 

25 Code, may be used for the procurement and installation of 
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1 explosives detection systems or for the issuance of other 

2 transaction agreements for the purpose of funding projects 

3 described in section 44923(a) of such title: Provided further, 

4 That not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

5 of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub6 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

7 the House of Representatives a detailed report on— 

8 (1) the Department of Homeland Security efforts 

9 and resources being devoted to develop more advanced 

10 integrated passenger screening technologies for the 

11 most effective security of passengers and baggage at 

12 the lowest possible operating and acquisition costs, in13 cluding projected funding levels for each fiscal year 

14 for the next 5 years or until project completion, 

15 whichever is earlier; 

16 (2) how the Transportation Security Adminis17 tration is deploying its existing passenger and bag18 gage screener workforce in the most cost effective man19 ner; and 

20 (3) labor savings from the deployment of im21 proved technologies for passenger and baggage screen22 ing and how those savings are being used to offset se23 curity costs or reinvested to address security 

24 vulnerabilities: 
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1 Provided further, That not later than December 31, 2013, 

2 the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Ap3 propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa4 tives, a report that: 

5 (1) certifies that one in four air passengers that 

6 require security screening by the Transportation Se7 curity Administration is eligible for expedited screen8 ing without lowering security standards; and 

9 (2) outlines a strategy to increase the number of 

10 air passengers eligible for expedited screening to 50 

11 percent by the end of calendar year 2014, including— 

12 (A) specific benchmarks and performance 

13 measures to increase participation in Pre-Check 

14 by air carriers, airports, and passengers; 

15 (B) options to facilitate direct application 

16 for enrollment in Pre-Check through Transpor17 tation Security Administration’s Web site, air18 ports, and other enrollment locations; 

19 (C) use of third-parties to pre-screen pas20 sengers for expedited screening; and 

21 (D) inclusion of populations already vetted 

22 by the Transportation Security Administration 

23 and other trusted populations as eligible for ex24 pedited screening: 
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1 Provided further, That Members of the United States House 

2 of Representatives and United States Senate, including the 

3 leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and commissions, 

4 including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secre5 taries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of 

6 Homeland Security; the United States Attorney General, 

7 Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and 

8 the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Ex9 ecutive Office of the President, including the Director of the 

10 Office of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from 

11 Federal passenger and baggage screening. 

12 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

13 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 

14 Administration related to surface transportation security 

15 activities, $108,618,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2015. 

17 TRANSPORTATION THREAT ASSESSMENT AND

18 CREDENTIALING

19 For necessary expenses for the development and imple20 mentation of vetting and credentialing activities, 

21 $180,206,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2015. 

23 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

24 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 

25 Administration related to transportation security support 
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1 and intelligence pursuant to the Aviation and Transpor2 tation Security Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 597; 

3 49 U.S.C. 40101 note), $978,561,000, to remain available 

4 until September 30, 2015: Provided, That of the funds ap5 propriated under this heading, $20,000,000 may not be ob6 ligated for headquarters administration until the Adminis7 trator of the Transportation Security Administration sub8 mits to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

9 the House of Representatives detailed expenditure plans for 

10 air cargo security, checkpoint support, and explosives detec11 tion systems refurbishment, procurement, and installations 

12 on an airport-by-airport basis for fiscal year 2014: Pro13 vided further, That these plans shall be submitted not later 

14 than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

15 FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS

16 For necessary expenses of the Federal Air Marshal 

17 Service, $821,107,000: Provided, That the Director of the 

18 Federal Air Marshal Service shall submit to the Committees 

19 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep20 resentatives not later than 45 days after the date of enact21 ment of this Act a detailed, classified expenditure and staff22 ing plan for ensuring optimal coverage of high risk flights. 
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1 COAST GUARD

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte4 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur5 chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, 

6 which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease of 

7 small boats for contingent and emergent requirements (at 

8 a unit cost of no more than $700,000) and repairs and serv9 ice-life replacements, not to exceed a total of $31,000,000; 

10 purchase or lease of boats necessary for overseas deploy11 ments and activities; minor shore construction projects not 

12 exceeding $1,000,000 in total cost on any location; pay13 ments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 

14 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and wel15 fare; $7,026,346,000; of which $567,000,000 shall be for de16 fense-related activities, of which $227,000,000 is designated 

17 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob18 al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 

19 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

20 of 1985; of which $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil 

21 Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of sec22 tion 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 

23 2712(a)(5)); and of which not to exceed $15,300 shall be 

24 for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 

25 That none of the funds made available by this Act shall 
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1 be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels under sec2 tion 12114 of title 46, United States Code, except to the 

3 extent fees are collected from owners of yachts and credited 

4 to this appropriation: Provided further, That of the funds 

5 provided under this heading, $75,000,000 shall be withheld 

6 from obligation for Coast Guard Headquarters Directorates 

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

8 2015 through 2019, as specified under the heading Coast 

9 Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ of 

10 this Act is submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

11 of the Senate and the House of Representatives: Provided 

12 further, That funds made available under this heading for 

13 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

14 may be allocated by program, project, and activity, not15 withstanding section 503 of this Act: Provided further, That 

16 without regard to the limitation as to time and condition 

17 of section 503(d) of this Act, after June 30, an additional 

18 $10,000,000 may be reprogrammed to or from Military Pay 

19 and Allowances in accordance with subsections (a), (b), and 

20 (c), of section 503. 

21 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the environmental 

23 compliance and restoration functions of the Coast Guard 

24 under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, 

25 $13,165,000 to remain available until September 30, 2018. 
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1 RESERVE TRAINING

2 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as 

3 authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the Coast 

4 Guard reserve program; personnel and training costs; and 

5 equipment and services; $122,491,000. 

6 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

7 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 

8 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 

9 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 

10 thereto; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and oper11 ation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by law; 

12 $1,229,684,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from 

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

14 of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 

15 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which the following amounts, to 

16 remain available until September 30, 2018, (except as sub17 sequently specified), shall be available as follows: 

18 $18,000,000 for military family housing, of which not more 

19 than $349,996 shall be derived from the Coast Guard Hous20 ing Fund established pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 687; 

21 $1,004,000,000 shall be available to acquire, effect major 

22 repairs to, renovate, or improve vessels, small boats, and 

23 related equipment; $28,000,000 to acquire, effect major re24 pairs to, renovate, or improve aircraft or increase aviation 

25 capability; $59,930,000 for other acquisition programs; of 
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1 which $5,000,000 for shore facilities and aids to navigation, 

2 including facilities at Department of Defense installations 

3 used by the Coast Guard; and $114,754,000 to remain 

4 available until September 30, 2014, for personnel com5 pensation and benefits and related costs: Provided, That the 

6 funds provided by this Act shall be immediately available 

7 and allotted to contract for the production of the seventh 

8 National Security Cutter notwithstanding the availability 

9 of funds for post-production costs: Provided further, That 

10 the funds provided by this Act shall be immediately avail11 able and allotted to contract for long lead time materials, 

12 components, and designs for the eighth National Security 

13 Cutter notwithstanding the availability of funds for produc14 tion costs or post-production costs: Provided further, That 

15 the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the 

16 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

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

18 is submitted each year under section 1105(a) of title 31, 

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

20 for the Coast Guard that identifies for each requested cap21 ital asset— 

22 (1) the proposed appropriations included in that 

23 budget; 

24 (2) the total estimated cost of completion, includ25 ing and clearly delineating the costs of associated 
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1 major acquisition systems infrastructure and transi2 tion to operations; 

3 (3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year 

4 for the next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition pro5 gram baseline or project completion, whichever is ear6 lier; 

7 (4) an estimated completion date at the projected 

8 funding levels; and 

9 (5) a current acquisition program baseline for 

10 each capital asset, as applicable, that— 

11 (A) includes the total acquisition cost of 

12 each asset, subdivided by fiscal year and includ13 ing a detailed description of the purpose of the 

14 proposed funding levels for each fiscal year, in15 cluding for each fiscal year funds requested for 

16 design, pre-acquisition activities, production, 

17 structural modifications, missionization, post-de18 livery, and transition to operations costs; 

19 (B) includes a detailed project schedule 

20 through completion, subdivided by fiscal year, 

21 that details— 

22 (i) quantities planned for each fiscal 

23 year; and 

24 (ii) major acquisition and project 

25 events, including development of operational 
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1 requirements, contracting actions, design re2 views, production, delivery, test and evalua3 tion, and transition to operations, includ4 ing necessary training, shore infrastructure, 

5 and logistics; 

6 (C) notes and explains any deviations in 

7 cost, performance parameters, schedule, or esti8 mated date of completion from the original ac9 quisition program baseline and the most recent 

10 baseline approved by the Department of Home11 land Security’s Acquisition Review Board, if ap12 plicable; 

13 (D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to 

14 mission requirements by defining existing capa15 bilities of comparable legacy assets, identifying 

16 known capability gaps between such existing ca17 pabilities and stated mission requirements, and 

18 explaining how the acquisition of each asset will 

19 address such known capability gaps; 

20 (E) defines lifecycle costs for each asset and 

21 the date of the estimate on which such costs are 

22 based, including all associated costs of major ac23 quisitions systems infrastructure and transition 

24 to operations, delineated by purpose and fiscal 

25 year for the projected service life of the asset; 
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1 (F) includes the earned value management 

2 system summary schedule performance index and 

3 cost performance index for each asset, if applica4 ble; and 

5 (G) includes a phase-out and decommis6 sioning schedule delineated by fiscal year for 

7 each existing legacy asset that each asset is in8 tended to replace or recapitalize: 

9 Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard 

10 shall ensure that amounts specified in the future-years cap11 ital investment plan are consistent, to the maximum extent 

12 practicable, with proposed appropriations necessary to sup13 port the programs, projects, and activities of the Coast 

14 Guard in the President’s budget as submitted under section 

15 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for that fiscal year: 

16 Provided further, That any inconsistencies between the cap17 ital investment plan and proposed appropriations shall be 

18 identified and justified: Provided further, That subsections 

19 (a) and (b) of section 6402 of Public Law 110–28 shall 

20 apply with respect to the amounts made available under 

21 this heading. 

22 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

23 For necessary expenses for applied scientific research, 

24 development, test, and evaluation; and for maintenance, re25 habilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equip-
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1 ment; as authorized by law; $19,781,000 to remain avail2 able until September 30, 2016, of which $500,000 shall be 

3 derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry 

4 out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution 

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

6 may be credited to and used for the purposes of this appro7 priation funds received from State and local governments, 

8 other public authorities, private sources, and foreign coun9 tries for expenses incurred for research, development, test10 ing, and evaluation. 

11 RETIRED PAY

12 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 

13 otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur14 pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 

15 Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for career 

16 status bonuses, concurrent receipts and combat-related spe17 cial compensation under the National Defense Authoriza18 tion Act, and payments for medical care of retired per19 sonnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of title 10, 

20 United States Code, $1,460,000,000 to remain available 

21 until expended. 

22 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 

25 Service, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles 
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1 for police-type use for replacement only; hire of passenger 

2 motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the United 

3 States; hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such 

4 rates as may be determined by the Director of the Secret 

5 Service; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia, and 

6 fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on pri7 vate or other property not in Government ownership or con8 trol, as may be necessary to perform protective functions; 

9 payment of per diem or subsistence allowances to employees 

10 in cases in which a protective assignment on the actual day 

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

12 work 16 hours per day or to remain overnight at a post 

13 of duty; conduct of and participation in firearms matches; 

14 presentation of awards; travel of United States Secret Serv15 ice employees on protective missions without regard to the 

16 limitations on such expenditures in this or any other Act 

17 if approval is obtained in advance from the Committees on 

18 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa19 tives; research and development; grants to conduct behav20 ioral research in support of protective research and oper21 ations; and payment in advance for commercial accom22 modations as may be necessary to perform protective func23 tions; $1,529,902,000; of which not to exceed $19,125 shall 

24 be for official reception and representation expenses; of 

25 which not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical 
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1 assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement orga2 nizations in counterfeit investigations; of which $2,366,000 

3 shall be for forensic and related support of investigations 

4 of missing and exploited children; of which $6,000,000 shall 

5 be for a grant for activities related to investigations of miss6 ing and exploited children and shall remain available until 

7 September 30, 2015; and of which $6,000,000 shall be for 

8 activities related to training in electronic crimes investiga9 tions and forensics: Provided, That $18,000,000 for protec10 tive travel shall remain available until September 30, 2015: 

11 Provided further, That $4,500,000 for National Special Se12 curity Events shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2015: Provided further, That the United States Secret Serv14 ice is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reim15 bursements from Federal agencies and entities, as defined 

16 in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, for personnel 

17 receiving training sponsored by the James J. Rowley 

18 Training Center, except that total obligations at the end 

19 of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 

20 available under this heading at the end of the fiscal year: 

21 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

22 under this heading shall be available to compensate any em23 ployee for overtime in an annual amount in excess of 

24 $35,000, except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

25 or the designee of the Secretary, may waive that amount 
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1 as necessary for national security purposes: Provided fur2 ther, That none of the funds made available to the United 

3 States Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropria4 tions Acts may be made available for the protection of the 

5 head of a Federal agency other than the Secretary of Home6 land Security: Provided further, That the Director of the 

7 United States Secret Service may enter into an agreement 

8 to provide such protection on a fully reimbursable basis: 

9 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

10 to the United States Secret Service by this Act or by pre11 vious appropriations Acts may be obligated for the purpose 

12 of opening a new permanent domestic or overseas office or 

13 location unless the Committees on Appropriations of the 

14 Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 15 

15 days in advance of such obligation: Provided further, That 

16 for purposes of section 503(b) of this Act, $15,000,000 or 

17 10 percent, whichever is less, may be transferred between 

18 ‘‘Protection of persons and facilities’’ and ‘‘Domestic field 

19 operations’’. 

20 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

21 RELATED EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 

23 repair, alteration, and improvement of physical and techno24 logical infrastructure, $51,775,000; of which $5,380,000, to 

25 remain available until September 30, 2018, shall be for ac-
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1 quisition, construction, improvement, and maintenance of 

2 facilities; and of which $46,395,000, to remain available 

3 until September 30, 2016, shall be for information integra4 tion and technology transformation execution. 

5 TITLE III 

6 PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

7 RECOVERY 

8 NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE

9 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

10 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

11 Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Direc12 torate, support for operations, and information technology, 

13 $59,523,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be 

14 for official reception and representation expenses. 

15 INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION

16 SECURITY

17 For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection 

18 and information security programs and activities, as au19 thorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

20 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $1,209,000,000, of which 

21 $250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2015. 

23 FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

24 The revenues and collections of security fees credited 

25 to this account shall be available until expended for nec-
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1 essary expenses related to the protection of Federally owned 

2 and leased buildings and for the operations of the Federal 

3 Protective Service: Provided, That the Secretary of Home4 land Security and the Director of the Office of Management 

5 and Budget shall certify in writing to the Committees on 

6 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa7 tives not later than December 31, 2013, that the operations 

8 of the Federal Protective Service will be fully funded in fis9 cal year 2014 through revenues and collection of security 

10 fees, and shall adjust the fees to ensure fee collections are 

11 sufficient to ensure that the Federal Protective Service 

12 maintains not fewer than 1,371 full-time equivalent staff 

13 and 1,007 full-time equivalent Police Officers, Inspectors, 

14 Area Commanders, and Special Agents who, while working, 

15 are directly engaged on a daily basis protecting and enforc16 ing laws at Federal buildings (referred to as ‘‘in-service 

17 field staff’’): Provided further, That the Director of the Fed18 eral Protective Service shall include with the submission of 

19 the President’s fiscal year 2015 budget a strategic human 

20 capital plan that aligns fee collections to personnel require21 ments based on a current threat assessment. 

22 OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

23 For necessary expenses for the Office of Biometric 

24 Identity Management, as authorized by section 7208 of the 

25 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
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1 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), $205,967,000: Provided, That of the total 

2 amount made available under this heading, $113,956,000 

3 shall remain available until September 30, 2016. 

4 OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Affairs, 

6 $127,689,000; of which $26,261,000 is for salaries and ex7 penses and $87,609,000 is for BioWatch operations: Pro8 vided, That of the amount made available under this head9 ing, $13,819,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2015, for biosurveillance, chemical defense, medical and 

11 health planning and coordination, and workforce health 

12 protection: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 

13 be for official reception and representation expenses. 

14 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Man17 agement Agency, $948,822,000, including activities author18 ized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 

19 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

20 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the 

21 Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act of 2000 (division C, title 

22 I, 114 Stat. 583), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 

23 of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Defense Production 

24 Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 

25 303 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404, 
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1 405), Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 

2 the National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et 

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

4 et seq.), the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 

5 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53), the Federal 

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

7 et seq.), the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 

8 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–295; 120 Stat. 1394), and 

9 the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 

10 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 917): Provided, That not 

11 to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and represen12 tation expenses: Provided further, That of the total amount 

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

14 the Urban Search and Rescue Response System, of which 

15 none is available for Federal Emergency Management 

16 Agency administrative costs: Provided further, That of the 

17 total amount made available under this heading, 

18 $32,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2015, for capital improvements and other expenses related 

20 to continuity of operations at the Mount Weather Emer21 gency Operations Center: Provided further, That of the total 

22 amount made available, $4,293,000 shall be for the Office 

23 of National Capital Region Coordination: Provided further, 

24 That of the total amount made available under this head25 ing, no less than $5,000,000 shall remain available until 
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1 September 30, 2015, for expenses related to modernization 

2 of automated systems: Provided further, That the Adminis3 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in 

4 consultation with the Department of Homeland Security 

5 Chief Information Officer, shall submit to the Committees 

6 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep7 resentatives an expenditure plan including results to date, 

8 plans for the program, and a list of projects with associated 

9 funding provided from prior appropriations and provided 

10 by this Act for modernization of automated systems. 

11 STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

12 For grants contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

13 other activities, $1,502,000,000 which shall be allocated as 

14 follows: 

15 (1) $453,000,000 shall be for the State Homeland 

16 Security Grant Program under section 2004 of the 

17 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of 

18 which not less than $46,600,000 shall be for Oper19 ation Stonegarden: Provided, That notwithstanding 

20 subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 

21 2014, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make 

22 available to local and tribal governments amounts 

23 provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under 

24 this paragraph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) 

25 of such section 2004. 
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1 (2) $614,152,000 shall be for the Urban Area Se2 curity Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland 

3 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which not less 

4 than $13,000,000 shall be for organizations (as de5 scribed under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev6 enue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax section 

7 501(a) of such code) determined by the Secretary of 

8 Homeland Security to be at high risk of a terrorist 

9 attack. 

10 (3) $100,640,000 shall be for Public Transpor11 tation Security Assistance Railroad Security Assist12 ance, and Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance 

13 under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Imple14 menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 

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

16 1163, and 1182), of which not less than $10,000,000 

17 shall be for Amtrak security: Provided, That such 

18 public transportation security assistance shall be pro19 vided directly to public transportation agencies. 

20 (4) $100,640,000 shall be for Port Security 

21 Grants in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107. 

22 (5) $233,568,000 shall be to sustain current op23 erations for training, exercises, technical assistance, 

24 and other programs, of which $162,905,000 shall be 
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1 for training of State, local, and tribal emergency re2 sponse providers: 

3 Provided, That for grants under paragraphs (1) through 

4 (4), applications for grants shall be made available to eligi5 ble applicants not later than 60 days after the date of enact6 ment of this Act, that eligible applicants shall submit appli7 cations not later than 80 days after the grant announce8 ment, and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

9 Management Agency shall act within 65 days after the re10 ceipt of an application: Provided further, That notwith11 standing section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Security Act 

12 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)), or any other provision of 

13 law, a grantee may not use more than 5 percent of the 

14 amount of a grant made available under this heading for 

15 expenses directly related to administration of the grant: 

16 Provided further, That for grants under paragraphs (1) and 

17 (2), the installation of communications towers is not con18 sidered construction of a building or other physical facility: 

19 Provided further, That grantees shall provide reports on 

20 their use of funds, as determined necessary by the Secretary 

21 of Homeland Security: Provided further, That notwith22 standing section 509 of this Act the Administrator of the 

23 Federal Emergency Management Agency may use the funds 

24 provided in paragraph (5) to acquire real property for the 

25 purpose of establishing or appropriately extending the secu-
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1 rity buffer zones around Federal Emergency Management 

2 Agency training facilities. 

3 FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

4 For grants for programs authorized by the Federal 

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

6 et seq.), $675,000,000, to remain available until September 

7 30, 2015, of which $337,500,000 shall be available to carry 

8 out section 33 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229) and 

9 $337,500,000 shall be available to carry out section 34 of 

10 that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

11 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

12 For emergency management performance grants, as 

13 authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 

14 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

15 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the 

16 Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 

17 7701 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 

18 U.S.C. App.), $350,000,000. 

19 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

20 The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2014, 

21 as authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans 

22 Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Inde23 pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 

24 5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the amounts 

25 anticipated by the Department of Homeland Security nec-
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1 essary for its radiological emergency preparedness program 

2 for the next fiscal year: Provided, That the methodology for 

3 assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and equitable 

4 and shall reflect costs of providing such services, including 

5 administrative costs of collecting such fees: Provided fur6 ther, That fees received under this heading shall be deposited 

7 in this account as offsetting collections and will become 

8 available for authorized purposes on October 1, 2014, and 

9 remain available until September 30, 2016. 

10 UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

11 For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Ad12 ministration and for other purposes, as authorized by the 

13 Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 

14 2201 et seq.) and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

15 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $44,000,000. 

16 DISASTER RELIEF FUND

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. 

19 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

20 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $6,220,908,000 to remain available 

21 until expended, of which $24,000,000 shall be transferred 

22 to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector 

23 General for audits and investigations related to disasters: 

24 Provided, That the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

25 Management Agency shall submit an expenditure plan to 
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1 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

2 House of Representatives detailing the use of the funds made 

3 available in this or any other Act for disaster readiness and 

4 support not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

5 of this Act: Provided further, That the Administrator of the 

6 Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit to 

7 such Committees a quarterly report detailing obligations 

8 against the expenditure plan and a justification for any 

9 changes from the initial plan: Provided further, That the 

10 Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

11 Agency shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

12 of the Senate and the House of Representatives the following 

13 reports, including a specific description of the methodology 

14 and the source data used in developing such reports: 

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

16 submitted for the budget year at the time that the 

17 President’s budget is submitted each year under sec18 tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code: 

19 (A) the unobligated balance of funds to be 

20 carried over from the prior fiscal year to the 

21 budget year; 

22 (B) the unobligated balance of funds to be 

23 carried over from the budget year to the budget 

24 year plus 1; 
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1 (C) the amount of obligations for non-cata2 strophic events for the budget year; 

3 (D) the amount of obligations for the budget 

4 year for catastrophic events delineated by event 

5 and by State; 

6 (E) the total amount that has been pre7 viously obligated or will be required for cata8 strophic events delineated by event and by State 

9 for all prior years, the current year, the budget 

10 year, the budget year plus 1, the budget year 

11 plus 2, and the budget year plus 3 and beyond; 

12 (F) the amount of previously obligated 

13 funds that will be recovered for the budget year; 

14 (G) the amount that will be required for ob15 ligations for emergencies, as described in section 

16 102(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

17 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 5122(1)), major disasters, as described in section 

19 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

20 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 5122(2)), fire management assistance grants, as 

22 described in section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford 

23 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

24 (42 U.S.C. 5187), surge activities, and disaster 

25 readiness and support activities; 
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1 (H) the amount required for activities not 

2 covered under section 251(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the 

3 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

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

5 Law 99–177); 

6 (2) an estimate or actual amounts, if available, 

7 of the following for the current fiscal year shall be 

8 submitted not later than the fifth day of each month: 

9 (A) a summary of the amount of appropria10 tions made available by source, the transfers exe11 cuted, the previously allocated funds recovered, 

12 and the commitments, allocations, and obliga13 tions made; 

14 (B) a table of disaster relief activity delin15 eated by month, including— 

16 (i) the beginning and ending balances; 

17 (ii) the total obligations to include 

18 amounts obligated for fire assistance, emer19 gencies, surge, and disaster support activi20 ties; 

21 (iii) the obligations for catastrophic 

22 events delineated by event and by State; 

23 and 

24 (iv) the amount of previously obligated 

25 funds that are recovered; 
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1 (C) a summary of allocations, obligations, 

2 and expenditures for catastrophic events delin3 eated by event; and 

4 (D) the date on which funds appropriated 

5 will be exhausted: 

6 Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 

7 heading, $5,626,386,000 shall be for major disasters de8 clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

9 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): 

10 Provided further, That the amount in the preceding proviso 

11 is designated by the Congress as being for disaster relief 

12 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget 

13 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM

15 For necessary expenses, including administrative costs, 

16 under section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 

17 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101), and under sections 100215, 100216, 

18 100226, 100230, and 100246 of the Biggert-Waters Flood 

19 Insurance Reform Act of 2012, (Public Law 112–141, 126 

20 Stat. 917), $95,203,000, and such additional sums as may 

21 be provided by State and local governments or other polit22 ical subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities under 

23 section 1360(f)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to re24 main available until expended. 
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1 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

2 For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act 

3 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protec4 tion Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), and the Biggert5 Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 

6 112–141, 126 Stat. 917), $176,300,000, which shall be de7 rived from offsetting amounts collected under section 

8 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 

9 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which not to exceed $22,000,000 shall 

10 be available for salaries and expenses associated with flood 

11 mitigation and flood insurance operations; and not less 

12 than $154,300,000 shall be available for flood plain man13 agement and flood mapping, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2015: Provided, That any additional fees col15 lected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood 

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

17 as an offsetting collection to this account, to be available 

18 for flood plain management and flood mapping: Provided 

19 further, That in fiscal year 2014, no funds shall be available 

20 from the National Flood Insurance Fund under section 

21 1310 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of: 

22 (1) $132,000,000 for operating expenses; 

23 (2) $1,152,000,000 for commissions and taxes of 

24 agents; 
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1 (3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 

2 Treasury borrowings; and 

3 (4) $100,000,000, which shall remain available 

4 until expended, for flood mitigation actions under sec5 tion 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 

6 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c): Provided further, That the 

7 amounts collected under section 102 of the Flood Dis8 aster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a) and 

9 section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance Act 

10 of 1968 shall be deposited in the National Flood In11 surance Fund to supplement other amounts specified 

12 as available for section 1366 of the National Flood 

13 Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding subsection 

14 (f)(8) of such section 102 (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8)) and 

15 subsection 1366(e) and paragraphs (2) and (3) of sec16 tion 1367(b) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 

17 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(2)–(3)): Provided 

18 further, That total administrative costs shall not ex19 ceed 4 percent of the total appropriation. 

20 NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

21 For the predisaster mitigation grant program under 

22 section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

23 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), $25,000,000, 

24 to remain available until expended. 
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1 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

2 To carry out the emergency food and shelter program 

3 pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As4 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $120,000,000, to re5 main available until expended: Provided, That total admin6 istrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 

7 amount made available under this heading. 

8 TITLE IV 

9 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 

10 SERVICES 

11 UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

12 SERVICES

13 For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigra14 tion services, $118,889,000, of which $113,889,000 is for the 

15 E-Verify Program, as described in section 403(a) of the Ille16 gal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 

17 of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note), to assist United States em18 ployers with maintaining a legal workforce, and of which 

19 $5,000,000 is for the Citizenship and Integration Grant 

20 Program: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi21 sion of law, funds otherwise made available to United 

22 States Citizenship and Immigration Services may be used 

23 to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, 

24 for replacement only, for areas where the Administrator of 

25 General Services does not provide vehicles for lease: Pro-
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1 vided further, That the Director of United States Citizen2 ship and Immigration Services may authorize employees 

3 who are assigned to those areas to use such vehicles to travel 

4 between the employees’ residences and places of employment: 

5 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

6 in this Act for grants for immigrant integration may be 

7 used to provide services to aliens who have not been lawfully 

8 admitted for permanent residence. 

9 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce12 ment Training Center, including materials and support 

13 costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; the pur14 chase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and 

15 hire of passenger motor vehicles; expenses for student ath16 letic and related activities; the conduct of and participation 

17 in firearms matches and presentation of awards; public 

18 awareness and enhancement of community support of law 

19 enforcement training; room and board for student interns; 

20 a flat monthly reimbursement to employees authorized to 

21 use personal mobile phones for official duties; and services 

22 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 

23 $227,845,000; of which up to $44,635,000 shall remain 

24 available until September 30, 2015, for materials and sup25 port costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; of 
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1 which $300,000 shall remain available until expended to 

2 be distributed to Federal law enforcement agencies for ex3 penses incurred participating in training accreditation; 

4 and of which not to exceed $9,180 shall be for official recep5 tion and representation expenses: Provided, That the Center 

6 is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimburse7 ments from agencies receiving training sponsored by the 

8 Center, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal 

9 year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at 

10 the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That section 

11 1202(a) of Public Law 107–206 (42 U.S.C. 3771 note), as 

12 amended by Public Law 112–74, is further amended by 

13 striking ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

14 2016’’: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal 

15 Law Enforcement Training Center shall schedule basic or 

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

17 training facilities under the control of the Federal Law En18 forcement Training Center to ensure that such training fa19 cilities are operated at the highest capacity throughout the 

20 fiscal year: Provided further, That the Federal Law En21 forcement Training Accreditation Board, including rep22 resentatives from the Federal law enforcement community 

23 and non-Federal accreditation experts involved in law en24 forcement training, shall lead the Federal law enforcement 

25 training accreditation process to continue the implementa-
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1 tion of measuring and assessing the quality and effective2 ness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facili3 ties, and instructors. 

4 ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

5 RELATED EXPENSES

6 For acquisition of necessary additional real property 

7 and facilities, construction, and ongoing maintenance, fa8 cility improvements, and related expenses of the Federal 

9 Law Enforcement Training Center, $30,885,000, to remain 

10 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That the Cen11 ter is authorized to accept reimbursement to this appropria12 tion from government agencies requesting the construction 

13 of special use facilities. 

14 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

15 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

16 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

17 Secretary for Science and Technology and for management 

18 and administration of programs and activities, as author19 ized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

20 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $129,000,000: Provided, That not to 

21 exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and representa22 tion expenses. 

23 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS

24 For necessary expenses for science and technology re25 search, including advanced research projects, development, 
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1 test and evaluation, acquisition, and operations as author2 ized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

3 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the purchase or lease of not to ex4 ceed 5 vehicles, $1,089,488,000; of which $541,703,000 shall 

5 remain available until September 30, 2016; and of which 

6 $547,785,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

7 2018, solely for operation and construction of laboratory 

8 facilities. 

9 DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE

10 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

11 For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De12 tection Office, as authorized by title XIX of the Homeland 

13 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for management 

14 and administration of programs and activities, 

15 $37,353,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be 

16 for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

17 further, That not later than 120 days after the date of enact18 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

19 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

20 and the House of Representatives a strategic plan of invest21 ments necessary to implement the Department of Homeland 

22 Security’s responsibilities under the domestic component of 

23 the global nuclear detection architecture that shall: 

24 (1) define the role and responsibilities of each 

25 Departmental component in support of the domestic 
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1 detection architecture, including any existing or 

2 planned programs to pre-screen cargo or conveyances 

3 overseas; 

4 (2) identify and describe the specific investments 

5 being made by each Departmental component in fis6 cal year 2014 and planned for fiscal year 2015 to 

7 support the domestic architecture and the security of 

8 sea, land, and air pathways into the United States; 

9 (3) describe the investments necessary to close 

10 known vulnerabilities and gaps, including associated 

11 costs and time frames, and estimates of feasibility 

12 and cost effectiveness; and 

13 (4) explain how the Department’s research and 

14 development funding is furthering the implementation 

15 of the domestic nuclear detection architecture, includ16 ing specific investments planned for each of fiscal 

17 years 2014 and 2015. 

18 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS

19 For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear re20 search, development, testing, evaluation, and operations, 

21 $209,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2016. 

23 SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

24 For expenses for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 

25 acquisition and deployment of radiological detection sys-
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1 tems in accordance with the global nuclear detection archi2 tecture, $42,600,000, to remain available until September 

3 30, 2016. 

4 TITLE V 

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

6 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

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

8 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

9 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

11 of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations 

12 provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to 

13 appropriation accounts for such activities established pur14 suant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the applica15 ble established accounts, and thereafter may be accounted 

16 for as one fund for the same time period as originally en17 acted. 

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

19 provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 

20 in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 

21 that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

22 year 2014, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

23 of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail24 able to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 
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1 for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 

2 funds that: 

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

4 (2) eliminates a program, project, office, or ac5 tivity; 

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

7 activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 

8 by the Congress; 

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

10 activity by either of the Committees on Appropria11 tions of the Senate or the House of Representatives for 

12 a different purpose; or 

13 (5) contracts out any function or activity for 

14 which funding levels were requested for Federal full15 time equivalents in the object classification tables con16 tained in the fiscal year 2014 Budget Appendix for 

17 the Department of Homeland Security, as modified 

18 by the report accompanying this Act, unless the Com19 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

20 House of Representatives are notified 15 days in ad21 vance of such reprogramming of funds. 

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

23 by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or trans24 ferred to the Department of Homeland Security that remain 

25 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2014, 
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1 or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

2 United States derived by the collection of fees or proceeds 

3 available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail4 able for obligation or expenditure for programs, projects, 

5 or activities through a reprogramming of funds in excess 

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

7 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac8 tivities; 

9 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist10 ing program, project, or activity; 

11 (3) reduces the numbers of personnel by 10 per12 cent as approved by the Congress; or 

13 (4) results from any general savings from a re14 duction in personnel that would result in a change in 

15 existing programs, projects, or activities as approved 

16 by the Congress, unless the Committees on Appropria17 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

18 are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogram19 ming of funds. 

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

21 available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 

22 Homeland Security by this Act or provided by previous ap23 propriations Acts may be transferred between such appro24 priations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 

25 specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 
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1 percent by such transfers: Provided, That any transfer 

2 under this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

3 funds under subsection (b) and shall not be available for 

4 obligation unless the Committees on Appropriations of the 

5 Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 15 

6 days in advance of such transfer. 

7 (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 

8 this section, no funds shall be reprogrammed within or 

9 transferred between appropriations based upon an initial 

10 notification provided after June 30, except in extraordinary 

11 circumstances that imminently threaten the safety of 

12 human life or the protection of property. 

13 (e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth 

14 in this section shall apply to any use of deobligated balances 

15 of funds provided in previous Department of Homeland Se16 curity Appropriations Acts. 

17 SEC. 504. The Department of Homeland Security 

18 Working Capital Fund, established pursuant to section 403 

19 of Public Law 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), shall continue 

20 operations as a permanent working capital fund for fiscal 

21 year 2014: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

22 or otherwise made available to the Department of Home23 land Security may be used to make payments to the Work24 ing Capital Fund, except for the activities and amounts al25 lowed in the President’s fiscal year 2014 budget: Provided 
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1 further, That funds provided to the Working Capital Fund 

2 shall be available for obligation until expended to carry out 

3 the purposes of the Working Capital Fund: Provided fur4 ther, That all departmental components shall be charged 

5 only for direct usage of each Working Capital Fund service: 

6 Provided further, That funds provided to the Working Cap7 ital Fund shall be used only for purposes consistent with 

8 the contributing component: Provided further, That the 

9 Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance or reim10 bursed at rates which will return the full cost of each serv11 ice: Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund shall 

12 be subject to the requirements of section 503 of this Act. 

13 SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 

14 law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re15 maining available at the end of fiscal year 2014 from ap16 propriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2014 

17 in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 

18 2015 in the account and for the purposes for which the ap19 propriations were provided: Provided, That prior to the ob20 ligation of such funds, a request shall be submitted to the 

21 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

22 of Representatives for notification in accordance with sec23 tion 503 of this Act. 

24 SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intel25 ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 
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1 by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 

2 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 

3 2014 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence 

4 activities for fiscal year 2014. 

5 SEC. 507. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 

6 and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may 

7 be used to— 

8 (1) make or award a grant allocation, grant, 

9 contract, other transaction agreement, task or delivery 

10 order on a Department of Homeland Security mul11 tiple award contract, or to issue a letter of intent to12 taling in excess of $1,000,000; 

13 (2) award a task or delivery order requiring an 

14 obligation of funds in an amount greater than 

15 $10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home16 land Security funds or a task or delivery order that 

17 would cause cumulative obligations of multi-year 

18 funds in a single account to exceed 50 percent of the 

19 total amount appropriated; 

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

21 (4) announce publicly the intention to make or 

22 award items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) includ23 ing a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition 

24 Regulation. 
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1 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive 

2 the prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary notifies 

3 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

4 House of Representatives at least 3 full business days in 

5 advance of making an award or issuing a letter as described 

6 in that subsection. 

7 (c) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

8 that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 

9 risk to human life, health, or safety, an award may be made 

10 without notification, and the Secretary shall notify the 

11 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

12 of Representatives not later than 5 full business days after 

13 such an award is made or letter issued. 

14 (d) A notification under this section— 

15 (1) may not involve funds that are not available 

16 for obligation; and 

17 (2) shall include the amount of the award; the 

18 fiscal year for which the funds for the award were ap19 propriated; the type of contract; and the account and 

20 each program, project, and activity from which the 

21 funds are being drawn. 

22 (e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man23 agement Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropria24 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives 5 full 

25 business days in advance of announcing publicly the inten-
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1 tion of making an award under ‘‘State and Local Pro2 grams’’. 

3 SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional 

5 facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, 

6 to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforce7 ment training without the advance approval of the Commit8 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep9 resentatives, except that the Federal Law Enforcement 

10 Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use 

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

12 for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Cen13 ter facilities. 

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

15 made available by this Act may be used for expenses for 

16 any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project 

17 for which a prospectus otherwise required under chapter 33 

18 of title 40, United States Code, has not been approved, ex19 cept that necessary funds may be expended for each project 

20 for required expenses for the development of a proposed pro21 spectus. 

22 SEC. 510. (a) Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the De23 partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 

24 (division E of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 

25 2074) shall apply with respect to funds made available in 
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1 this Act in the same manner as such sections applied to 

2 funds made available in that Act. 

3 (b) The third proviso of section 537 of the Department 

4 of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (6 U.S.C. 

5 114), shall not apply with respect to funds made available 

6 in this Act. 

7 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provi9 sions of the Buy American Act. For purposes of the pre10 ceding sentence, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chap11 ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

12 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used by any person other than the Privacy Offi14 cer appointed under subsection (a) of section 222 of the 

15 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 142(a)) to alter, 

16 direct that changes be made to, delay, or prohibit the trans17 mission to Congress of any report prepared under para18 graph (6) of such subsection. 

19 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required 

21 by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

22 U.S.C. 1448). 

23 SEC. 514. Within 30 days after the end of each month, 

24 the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland 

25 Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
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1 of the Senate and the House of Representatives a monthly 

2 budget and staffing report for that month that includes total 

3 obligations, on-board versus funded full-time equivalent 

4 staffing levels, and the number of contract employees for 

5 each office of the Department. 

6 SEC. 515. Except as provided in section 44945 of title 

7 49, United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred 

8 to Transportation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Se9 curity’’, ‘‘Administration’’, and ‘‘Transportation Security 

10 Support’’ for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 that are recovered 

11 or deobligated shall be available only for the procurement 

12 or installation of explosives detection systems, air cargo, 

13 baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject to notifi14 cation: Provided, That quarterly reports shall be submitted 

15 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

16 House of Representatives on any funds that are recovered 

17 or deobligated. 

18 SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

19 may be used to process or approve a competition under Of20 fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for services 

21 provided by employees (including employees serving on a 

22 temporary or term basis) of United States Citizenship and 

23 Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Se24 curity who are known as Immigration Information Offi-
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1 cers, Contact Representatives, Investigative Assistants, or 

2 Immigration Services Officers. 

3 SEC. 517. Any funds appropriated to Coast Guard 

4 ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ for fiscal 

5 years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 for the 110–123 

6 foot patrol boat conversion that are recovered, collected, or 

7 otherwise received as the result of negotiation, mediation, 

8 or litigation, shall be available until expended for the Fast 

9 Response Cutter program. 

10 SEC. 518. Section 532(a) of Public Law 109–295 (120 

11 Stat. 1384) is amended by striking ‘‘2013’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘2014 and thereafter’’. 

13 SEC. 519. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce14 ment Training Center instructor staff shall be classified as 

15 inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal Ac16 tivities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 

17 SEC. 520. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 

18 shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2014, to 

19 the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Home20 land Security listing all grants and contracts awarded by 

21 any means other than full and open competition during fis22 cal year 2014. 

23 (b) The Inspector General shall review the report re24 quired by subsection (a) to assess Departmental compliance 

25 with applicable laws and regulations and report the results 
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1 of that review to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

2 Senate and the House of Representatives not later than Feb3 ruary 14, 2015. 

4 SEC. 521. None of the funds provided or otherwise 

5 made available in this Act shall be available to carry out 

6 section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

7 452). 

8 SEC. 522. Funds made available in this Act may be 

9 used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro10 gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi11 neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 

12 maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast Guard 

13 Academy, except that none of the funds provided in this 

14 Act may be used to reduce operations within any Civil En15 gineering Unit unless specifically authorized by a statute 

16 enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 

17 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be used by United States Citizenship and Immi19 gration Services to grant an immigration benefit unless the 

20 results of background checks required by law to be completed 

21 prior to the granting of the benefit have been received by 

22 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and 

23 the results do not preclude the granting of the benefit. 

24 SEC. 524. Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act 

25 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until Sep2 tember 30, 2013,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 30, 

3 2014’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘September 

5 30, 2013,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014,’’. 

6 SEC. 525. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

7 require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 

8 Security that provide award fees link such fees to successful 

9 acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be specified in 

10 terms of cost, schedule, and performance). 

11 SEC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

12 none of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall 

13 be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel14 inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for the trans15 portation of crude oil distributed from the Strategic Petro16 leum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

17 after consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments 

18 of Energy and Transportation and representatives from the 

19 United States flag maritime industry, takes adequate meas20 ures to ensure the use of United States flag vessels: Pro21 vided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 

22 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa23 tives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor24 tation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation 

25 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives within 
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1 2 business days of any request for waivers of navigation 

2 and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b). 

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

4 to reduce the United States Coast Guard’s Operations Sys5 tems Center mission or its government-employed or contract 

6 staff levels. 

7 SEC. 528. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used 

9 to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 

10 a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) 

11 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from import12 ing a prescription drug from Canada that complies with 

13 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, That 

14 this section shall apply only to individuals transporting on 

15 their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription 

16 drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided further, That 

17 the prescription drug may not be— 

18 (1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 

19 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); 

20 or 

21 (2) a biological product, as defined in section 

22 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262). 

23 SEC. 529. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

24 may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a 

25 competition under Office of Management and Budget Cir-
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1 cular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the Coast 

2 Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 

3 SEC. 530. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 

4 consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify 

5 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

6 House of Representatives of any proposed transfers of funds 

7 available under section 9703.1(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United 

8 States Code (as added by Public Law 102–393) from the 

9 Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to any agency 

10 within the Department of Homeland Security: Provided, 

11 That none of the funds identified for such a transfer may 

12 be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the 

13 Senate and the House of Representatives approve the pro14 posed transfers. 

15 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel17 oping a national identification card. 

18 SEC. 532. If the Administrator of the Transportation 

19 Security Administration determines that an airport does 

20 not need to participate in the E-Verify Program as de21 scribed in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 

22 and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 

23 note), the Administrator shall certify to the Committees on 

24 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
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1 tives that no security risks will result from such non-par2 ticipation. 

3 SEC. 533. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 this Act, except as provided in subsection (b), and 30 days 

5 after the date on which the President determines whether 

6 to declare a major disaster because of an event and any 

7 appeal is completed, the Administrator shall publish on the 

8 Web site of the Federal Emergency Management Agency a 

9 report regarding that decision that shall summarize damage 

10 assessment information used to determine whether to de11 clare a major disaster. 

12 (b) The Administrator may redact from a report under 

13 subsection (a) any data that the Administrator determines 

14 would compromise national security. 

15 (c) In this section— 

16 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Admin17 istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen18 cy; and 

19 (2) the term ‘‘major disaster’’ has the meaning 

20 given that term in section 102 of the Robert T. Staf21 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

22 (42 U.S.C. 5122). 

23 SEC. 534. Any official that is required by this Act to 

24 report or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

25 of the Senate and the House of Representatives may not 
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1 delegate such authority to perform that Act unless specifi2 cally authorized herein. 

3 SEC. 535. Section 550(b) of the Department of Home4 land Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109– 

5 295; 6 U.S.C. 121 note), as amended by section 550 of the 

6 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 

7 2010 (Public Law 111–83), is further amended by striking 

8 ‘‘on October 4, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘on October 4, 2014’’. 

9 SEC. 536. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

10 made available in this Act may be used to transfer, release, 

11 or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United 

12 States, its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Moham13 med or any other detainee who— 

14 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

15 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

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

17 the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

18 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

19 SEC. 537. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees of 

21 agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 

22 301–10.122 through 301.10–124 of title 41, Code of Federal 

23 Regulations. 

24 SEC. 538. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act may be used to employ workers described in section 
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1 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

2 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 

3 SEC. 539. (a) Any company that collects or retains 

4 personal information directly from any individual who 

5 participates in the Registered Traveler or successor pro6 gram of the Transportation Security Administration shall 

7 safeguard and dispose of such information in accordance 

8 with the requirements in— 

9 (1) the National Institute for Standards and 

10 Technology Special Publication 800–30, entitled 

11 ‘‘Risk Management Guide for Information Technology 

12 Systems’’; 

13 (2) the National Institute for Standards and 

14 Technology Special Publication 800–53, Revision 3, 

15 entitled ‘‘Recommended Security Controls for Federal 

16 Information Systems and Organizations’’; and 

17 (3) any supplemental standards established by 

18 the Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad19 ministration (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Ad20 ministrator’’). 

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

22 sponsors the company under the Registered Traveler pro23 gram shall be known as the ‘‘Sponsoring Entity’’. 

24 (c) The Administrator shall require any company cov25 ered by subsection (a) to provide, not later than 30 days 
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1 after the date of enactment of this Act, to the Sponsoring 

2 Entity written certification that the procedures used by the 

3 company to safeguard and dispose of information are in 

4 compliance with the requirements under subsection (a). 

5 Such certification shall include a description of the proce6 dures used by the company to comply with such require7 ments. 

8 SEC. 540. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

9 Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

10 available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive 

11 fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be 

12 below satisfactory performance or performance that does not 

13 meet the basic requirements of a contract. 

14 SEC. 541. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 

15 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transpor16 tation Security Administration shall submit to the Com17 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

18 Representatives, a report that either— 

19 (1) certifies that the requirement for screening 

20 all air cargo on passenger aircraft by the deadline 

21 under section 44901(g) of title 49, United States 

22 Code, has been met; or 

23 (2) includes a strategy to comply with the re24 quirements under title 44901(g) of title 49, United 

25 States Code, including— 
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1 (A) a plan to meet the requirement under 

2 section 44901(g) of title 49, United States Code, 

3 to screen 100 percent of air cargo transported on 

4 passenger aircraft arriving in the United States 

5 in foreign air transportation (as that term is de6 fined in section 40102 of that title); and 

7 (B) specification of— 

8 (i) the percentage of such air cargo 

9 that is being screened; and 

10 (ii) the schedule for achieving screening 

11 of 100 percent of such air cargo. 

12 (b) The Administrator shall continue to submit reports 

13 described in subsection (a)(2) every 180 days thereafter 

14 until the Administrator certifies that the Transportation 

15 Security Administration has achieved screening of 100 per16 cent of such air cargo. 

17 SEC. 542. In developing any process to screen aviation 

18 passengers and crews for transportation or national secu19 rity purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall en20 sure that all such processes take into consideration such 

21 passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil liberties consistent 

22 with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance. 

23 SEC. 543. Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of title 8, 

24 United States Code, of the funds deposited into the Immi25 gration Examinations Fee Account, $5,000,000 shall be 
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1 available to United States Citizenship and Immigration 

2 Services in fiscal year 2014 for the purpose of providing 

3 an immigrant integration grants program. 

4 SEC. 544. Notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation 

5 contained in section 503(c) of this Act, the Secretary of 

6 Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established by 

7 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations 

8 available to the Department of Homeland Security: Pro9 vided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 

10 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa11 tives 5 days in advance of such transfer. 

12 SEC. 545. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

13 made available by this Act may be used by the Department 

14 of Homeland Security to enter into any Federal contract 

15 unless such contract is entered into in accordance with the 

16 requirements of subtitle I of title 41, United States Code 

17 or chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the Fed18 eral Acquisition Regulation, unless such contract is other19 wise authorized by statute to be entered into without regard 

20 to the above referenced statutes. 

21 SEC. 546. (a) For an additional amount for data cen22 ter migration, $54,200,000. 

23 (b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for data 

24 center migration may be transferred by the Secretary of 
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1 Homeland Security between appropriations for the same 

2 purpose, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 

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

4 until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of 

5 the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 

6 of such transfer. 

7 SEC. 547. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office 

8 of the Under Secretary for Management’’, $43,300,000 to 

9 remain available until expended, for necessary expenses to 

10 plan, acquire, design, construct, renovate, remediate, equip, 

11 furnish, improve infrastructure, and occupy buildings and 

12 facilities for the department headquarters consolidation 

13 project and associated mission support consolidation: Pro14 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

15 and the House of Representatives shall receive an expendi16 ture plan not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

17 of the Act detailing the allocation of these funds. 

18 SEC. 548. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that spe20 cific U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service 

21 Processing Centers or other U.S. Immigration and Customs 

22 Enforcement owned detention facilities no longer meet the 

23 mission need, the Secretary is authorized to dispose of indi24 vidual Service Processing Centers or other U.S. Immigra25 tion and Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities 
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1 by directing the Administrator of General Services to sell 

2 all real and related personal property which support Serv3 ice Processing Centers or other U.S. Immigration and Cus4 toms Enforcement owned detention facilities, subject to such 

5 terms and conditions as necessary to protect Government 

6 interests and meet program requirements: Provided, That 

7 the proceeds, net of the costs of sale incurred by the General 

8 Services Administration and U.S. Immigration and Cus9 toms Enforcement, shall be deposited as offsetting collections 

10 into a separate account that shall be available, subject to 

11 appropriation, until expended for other real property cap12 ital asset needs of existing U.S. Immigration and Customs 

13 Enforcement assets, excluding daily operations and mainte14 nance costs, as the Secretary deems appropriate: Provided 

15 further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen16 ate and the House of Representatives shall be notified 15 

17 days prior to the announcement of any proposed sale or 

18 collocation. 

19 SEC. 549. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fire20 fighter Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary may grant waiv21 ers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), 

22 (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 

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

24 U.S.C. 2229a). 
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1 SEC. 550. None of the funds made available under this 

2 Act or any prior appropriations Act may be provided to 

3 the Association of Community Organizations for Reform 

4 Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or al5 lied organizations. 

6 SEC. 551. The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

7 Border Protection, the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Se8 curity for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the 

9 Director of the Secret Service, and the Director of the Office 

10 of Biometric Identity Management shall, with respect to fis11 cal years 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, submit to the Com12 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

13 Representatives, at the time that the President’s budget pro14 posal for fiscal year 2015 is submitted pursuant to the re15 quirements of section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

16 Code, the information required in the multi-year invest17 ment and management plans required, respectively, under 

18 the headings U.S. Customs and Border Protection, ‘‘Sala19 ries and Expenses’’ under title II of division D of the Con20 solidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74); 

21 U.S. Customs and Border Protection, ‘‘Border Security 

22 Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’ under such title; 

23 section 568 of such Act; United States Secret Service, ‘‘Ac24 quisition, Construction, Improvements, and Related Ex25 penses’’ under division D of the Department of Homeland 
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1 Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–6); 

2 and Office of Biometric Identity Management under 

3 divsion D of the Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 

4 2013 (Public Law 113–6). 

5 SEC. 552. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

6 ensure enforcement of immigration laws (as defined in sec7 tion 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))). 

9 SEC. 553. (a) Of the amounts made available by this 

10 Act for National Protection and Programs Directorate, ‘‘In11 frastructure Protection and Information Security’’, 

12 $166,000,000 for the ‘‘Federal Network Security’’ program, 

13 project, and activity shall be used to deploy on Federal sys14 tems technology to improve the information security of 

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

16 title 44, United States Code: Provided, That funds made 

17 available under this section shall be used to assist and sup18 port Government-wide and agency-specific efforts to provide 

19 adequate, risk-based, and cost-effective cybersecurity to ad20 dress escalating and rapidly evolving threats to information 

21 security, including the acquisition and operation of a con22 tinuous monitoring and diagnostics program, in collabora23 tion with departments and agencies, that includes equip24 ment, software, and Department of Homeland Security sup25 plied services: Provided further, That not later than April 
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1 1, 2014, and quarterly thereafter, the Under Secretary of 

2 Homeland Security of the National Protection and Pro3 grams Directorate shall submit to the Committees on Ap4 propriations of the Senate and House of Representatives a 

5 report on the obligation and expenditure of funds made 

6 available under this section: Provided further, That contin7 uous monitoring and diagnostics software procured by the 

8 funds made available by this section shall not transmit to 

9 the Department of Homeland Security any personally iden10 tifiable information or content of network communications 

11 of other agencies’ users: Provided further, That such soft12 ware shall be installed, maintained, and operated in ac13 cordance with all applicable privacy laws and agency-spe14 cific policies regarding network content. 

15 (b) Funds made available under this section may not 

16 be used to supplant funds provided for any such system 

17 within an agency budget. 

18 (c) Not later than July 1, 2014, the heads of all Federal 

19 agencies shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 of the Senate and House of Representatives expenditure 

21 plans for necessary cybersecurity improvements to address 

22 known vulnerabilities to information systems described in 

23 subsection (a). 

24 (d) Not later than October 1, 2014, and quarterly 

25 thereafter, the head of each Federal agency shall submit to 
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1 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a re2 port on the execution of the expenditure plan for that agen3 cy required by subsection (c): Provided, That the Director 

4 of the Office of Management and Budget shall summarize 

5 such execution reports and annually submit such sum6 maries to Congress in conjunction with the annual progress 

7 report on implementation of the E-Government Act of 2002 

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

9 44, United States Code. 

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

11 judicial branches of the Federal Government and shall 

12 apply to all Federal agencies within the executive branch 

13 except for the Department of Defense, the Central Intel14 ligence Agency, and the Office of the Director of National 

15 Intelligence. 

16 SEC. 554. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net18 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

19 and exchanging of pornography. 

20 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

21 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

22 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi23 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

24 SEC. 555. (a) Notwithstanding section 13031(e) of the 

25 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 
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1 (19 U.S.C. 58c(e)) and section 451 of the Tariff Act of 1930 

2 (19 U.S.C. 1451) upon the request of any persons, the Com3 missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may 

4 enter into reimbursable fee agreements for a period of up 

5 to 5 years with such persons for the provision of U.S. Cus6 toms and Border Protection services and any other costs 

7 incurred by U.S. Customs and Border Protection relating 

8 to such services. Such requests may include additional U.S. 

9 Customs and Border Protection services at existing U.S. 

10 Customs and Border Protection-serviced facilities (includ11 ing but not limited to payment for overtime), the provision 

12 of U.S. Customs and Border Protection services at new land 

13 border facilities, and expanded U.S. Customs and Border 

14 Protection services at land border facilities. 

15 (1) By December 31, 2014, the Commissioner 

16 may enter into not more than five agreements under 

17 this section. 

18 (2) The Commissioner shall not enter into such 

19 an agreement if it would unduly and permanently 

20 impact services funded in this or any other appro21 priations Acts, or provided from any accounts in the 

22 Treasury of the United States derived by the collec23 tion of fees. 

24 (b) Funds collected pursuant to any agreement entered 

25 into under this section shall be deposited as offsetting collec-
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1 tions and remain available until expended, without fiscal 

2 year limitation, and shall directly reimburse each appro3 priation for the amount paid out of that appropriation for 

4 any expenses incurred by U.S. Customs and Border Protec5 tion in providing U.S. Customs and Border Protection serv6 ices and any other costs incurred by U.S. Customs and Bor7 der Protection relating to such services. 

8 (c) The amount of the fee to be charged pursuant to 

9 an agreement authorized under subsection (a) of this section 

10 shall be paid by each person requesting U.S. Customs and 

11 Border Protection services and shall include, but shall not 

12 be limited to, the salaries and expenses of individuals em13 ployed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide 

14 such U.S. Customs and Border Protection services and other 

15 costs incurred by U.S. Customs and Border Protection re16 lating to those services, such as temporary placement or per17 manent relocation of those individuals. 

18 (d) U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall termi19 nate the provision of services pursuant to an agreement en20 tered into under subsection (a) with a person that, after 

21 receiving notice from the Commissioner that a fee imposed 

22 under subsection (a) is due, fails to pay the fee in a timely 

23 manner. In the event of such termination, all costs incurred 

24 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which have not 

25 been reimbursed, will become immediately due and payable. 
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1 Interest on unpaid fees will accrue based on current U.S. 

2 Treasury borrowing rates. Additionally, any person who, 

3 after notice and demand for payment of any fee charged 

4 under subsection (a) of this section, fails to pay such fee 

5 in a timely manner shall be liable for a penalty or liq6 uidated damage equal to two times the amount of the fee. 

7 Any amount collected pursuant to any agreement entered 

8 into under this subsection shall be deposited into the ac9 count specified under subsection (b) of this section and shall 

10 be available as described therein. 

11 (e) Each facility at which such U.S. Customs and Bor12 der Protection services are performed shall provide, main13 tain, and equip, without cost to the Government, facilities 

14 in accordance with U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

15 specifications. 

16 (f) The authority found in this section may not be used 

17 to enter into agreements to expand or begin to provide U.S. 

18 Customs and Border Protection services outside of the 

19 United States. 

20 (g) The authority found in this section may not be 

21 used at U.S. Customs and Border Protection serviced air 

22 facilities to enter into agreements for costs other than pay23 ment of overtime. 

24 (h) The Commissioner shall notify the appropriate 

25 Committees of Congress 15 days prior to entering into any 
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1 agreement under the authority of this section and shall pro2 vide a copy of the agreement to the appropriate Committees 

3 of Congress. 

4 (i) For purposes of this section the terms: 

5 (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection services 

6 means any activities of any employee or contractor of 

7 U.S. Customs and Border Protection pertaining to 

8 customs and immigration inspection-related matters. 

9 (2) Person means any natural person or any 

10 corporation, partnership, trust, association, or any 

11 other public or private entity, or any officer, em12 ployee, or agent thereof. 

13 (3) Appropriate Committees of Congress means 

14 the Committees on Appropriations; Finance; Judici15 ary; and Homeland Security and Governmental Af16 fairs of the Senate and the Committees on Appropria17 tions; Judiciary; Ways and Means; and Homeland 

18 Security of the House of Representatives. 

19 SEC. 556. None of the funds made available under this 

20 Act may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to 

21 facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi22 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus23 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 

24 law enforcement personnel of the United States continu25 ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
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1 SEC. 557. None of the funds provided in this or any 

2 other Act may be obligated to implement the National Pre3 paredness Grant Program or any other successor grant pro4 grams unless explicitly authorized by Congress. 

5 SEC. 558. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department or 

7 agency for its participation in a National Special Security 

8 Event. 

9 SEC. 559. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of 

11 more than 50 employees of a single component of the De12 partment of Homeland Security, who are stationed in the 

13 United States, at a single international conference unless 

14 the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

15 that such attendance is in the national interest and notifies 

16 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

17 House of Representatives within at least 10 days of that 

18 determination and the basis for that determination: Pro19 vided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter20 national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring out21 side of the United States attended by representatives of the 

22 United States Government and of foreign governments, 

23 international organizations, or nongovernmental organiza24 tions. 
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1 SEC. 560. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 

2 shall submit an annual report to the Department of Home3 land Security Inspector General regarding the costs and 

4 contracting procedures related to each conference held by 

5 any departmental component, agency, board, commission, 

6 or office during fiscal year 2014 for which the cost to the 

7 United States Government was more than $100,000. 

8 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con9 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica10 ble period— 

11 (1) a description of its purpose; 

12 (2) the number of participants attending; 

13 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United 

14 States Government, including— 

15 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

16 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

17 (C) the cost of employee or contractor travel 

18 to and from the conference; and 

19 (D) a discussion of the methodology used to 

20 determine which costs relate to the conference; 

21 and 

22 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

23 used including— 

24 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

25 competitive basis; and 
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1 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

2 conducted by the departmental component, agen3 cy, board, commission or office in evaluating po4 tential contractors for the conference. 

5 (c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 

6 by any departmental component, agency, board, commis7 sion, or office funded by this Act during fiscal year 2014 

8 for which the cost to the United States Government was 

9 more than $20,000, the head of any such departmental com10 ponent, agency, board, commission, or office shall notify the 

11 Inspector General of the date, location, and number of em12 ployees attending such conference. 

13 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro14 priated by this Act may not be used for the purpose of de15 fraying the costs of a conference described in subsection (c) 

16 that is not directly and programmatically related to the 

17 purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such 

18 as a conference held in connection with planning, training, 

19 assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to a 

20 project funded by the grant or contract. 

21 (e) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

22 be used for travel and conference activities that are not in 

23 compliance with Office of Management and Budget Memo24 randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012. 
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1 SEC. 561. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to implement, carry out, administer, or 

3 enforce section 1308(h) of the National Flood Insurance Act 

4 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015 (h)). 

5 SEC. 562. In administering the funds made available 

6 to address any major disaster declared on or after August 

7 27, 2011, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man8 agement Agency shall establish a pilot program for the relo9 cation of State facilities under section 406 of the Robert 

10 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

11 (42 U.S.C. 5172), under which the Administrator may 

12 waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any regula13 tion the Administrator administers to provide assistance, 

14 consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act of 

15 1969 (42 US.C 4321 et seq.), for the permanent relocation 

16 of State facilities, including administrative office buildings, 

17 medical facilities, laboratories, and related operating infra18 structure (including heat, sewage, mechanical, electrical, 

19 and plumbing), that were significantly damaged as a result 

20 of the major disaster, are subject to flood risk, and are other21 wise eligible for repair, restoration, reconstruction, or re22 placement under section 406 of that Act, if the Adminis23 trator determines that such relocation is practicable, and 

24 will be cost effective or more appropriate than repairing, 

25 restoring, reconstructing, or replacing the facility in its 
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1 predisaster location, and if such relocation will effectively 

2 mitigate the flood risk to the facility. 

3 SEC. 563. The administrative law judge annuitants 

4 participating in the Senior Administrative Law Judge Pro5 gram managed by the Director of the Office of Personnel 

6 Management under section 3323 of title 5, United States 

7 Code, shall be available on a temporary reemployment basis 

8 to conduct arbitrations of disputes as part of the arbitration 

9 panel established by the President under section 601 of divi10 sion A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 

11 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 164). 

12 SEC. 564. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 

13 United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im14 plementation Act (Public Law 112–42) fees collected from 

15 passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent 

16 island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated 

17 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 

18 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 

19 SEC. 565. (a) Section 109(1) of the Department of Jus20 tice Appropriations Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–77) is 

21 amended by striking ‘‘$7’’ and inserting ‘‘$9’’. 

22 (b) Section 108 of division B of title I of the Consoli23 dated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108– 

24 7) is amended by striking ‘‘$3’’ and inserting ‘‘$5’’. 
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1 SEC. 566. (a) DONATIONS PERMITTED.—Notwith2 standing any other provision of law, including chapter 33 

3 of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary of Homeland 

4 Security, for purposes of constructing, altering, operating, 

5 or maintaining a new or existing land port of entry facil6 ity, may accept donations of real and personal property 

7 (including monetary donations) and nonpersonal services 

8 from private parties and State and local government enti9 ties. 

10 (b) ALLOWABLE USES OF DONATIONS.—The Sec11 retary, with respect to any donation provided pursuant to 

12 subsection (a), may— 

13 (1) use such property or services for necessary 

14 activities related to the construction, alteration, oper15 ation, or maintenance of a new or existing land port 

16 of entry facility under the custody and control of the 

17 Secretary, including expenses related to— 

18 (A) land acquisition, design, construction, 

19 repair and alteration; 

20 (B) furniture, fixtures, and equipment; 

21 (C) the deployment of technology and equip22 ment; and 

23 (D) operations and maintenance; or 

24 (2) transfer such property or services to the Ad25 ministrator of General Services for necessary activi-
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1 ties described in paragraph (1) related to a new or 

2 existing land port of entry facility under the custody 

3 and control of the Administrator. 

4 (c) EVALUATION PROCEDURES.—Not later than 180 

5 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec6 retary, in consultation with the Administrator, shall estab7 lish procedures for evaluating a proposal submitted by any 

8 person described in paragraph (a) to make a donation of 

9 real or personal property (including monetary donations) 

10 or nonpersonal services to facilitate the construction, alter11 ation, operation, or maintenance of a new or existing land 

12 port of entry facility under the custody and control of the 

13 Secretary and make any evaluation criteria publicly avail14 able. 

15 (d) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining whether or not 

16 to approve a proposal described in paragraph (c), the Sec17 retary or the Administrator shall consider— 

18 (1) the impact of the proposal on reducing wait 

19 times at that port of entry and other ports of entry 

20 on the same border; 

21 (2) the potential of the proposal to increase trade 

22 and travel efficiency through added capacity; 

23 (3) the potential of the proposal to enhance the 

24 security of the port of entry; 
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1 (4) the impact of the proposal on staffing re2 quirements; and 

3 (5) other factors that the Secretary determines to 

4 be relevant. 

5 (e) CONSULTATION.— 

6 (1) LOCATIONS FOR NEW PORTS OF ENTRY.—The 

7 Secretary is encouraged to consult with the Secretary 

8 of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec9 retary of State, the International Boundary and 

10 Water Commission, and appropriate representatives 

11 of States, local governments, Indian tribes, and prop12 erty owners— 

13 (A) to determine locations for new ports of 

14 entry; and 

15 (B) to minimize the adverse impacts from 

16 such ports on the environment, historic and cul17 tural resources, commerce, and the quality of life 

18 for the communities and residents located near 

19 such ports. 

20 (2) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this para21 graph may be construed— 

22 (A) to create any right or liability of the 

23 parties described in subparagraph (1); and 

24 (B) to affect any consultation requirement 

25 under any other law. 
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1 (f) SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.—Property (including 

2 monetary donations) and services provided pursuant to 

3 paragraph (a) may be used in addition to any other fund4 ing (including appropriated funds), property, or services 

5 made available for the same purpose. 

6 (g) UNCONDITIONAL DONATIONS.—A donation pro7 vided pursuant to paragraph (a) shall be made uncondi8 tionally, although the donor may specify— 

9 (1) the land port of entry facility or facilities to 

10 be benefitted from such donation; and 

11 (2) the timeframe during which the donated 

12 property or services shall be used. 

13 (h) RETURN OF DONATIONS.—If the Secretary or the 

14 Administrator does not use the property or services donated 

15 pursuant to paragraph (a) for the specific land port of 

16 entry facility or facilities designated by the donor or within 

17 the timeframe specified by the donor, such donated property 

18 or services shall be returned to the entity that made the 

19 donation. No interest shall be owed to the donor with respect 

20 to any donation of funding provided under paragraph (a) 

21 that is returned pursuant to this paragraph. 

22 (i) REPORT.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

24 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

25 thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Ad-
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1 ministrator, shall submit a report to the congressional 

2 committees listed in subparagraph (2) that de3 scribes— 

4 (A) the accepted donations received under 

5 this subsection; 

6 (B) the ports of entry that received such do7 nations; and 

8 (C) how each donation helped facilitate the 

9 construction, alteration, operation, or mainte10 nance of a new or existing land port of entry. 

11 (2) CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The congres12 sional committees listed in this subparagraph are— 

13 (A) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

14 Senate; 

15 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

16 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

17 (C) the Committee on Environment and 

18 Public Works of the Senate; 

19 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives; 

21 (E) the Committee on Homeland Security 

22 of the House of Representatives; and 

23 (F) the Committee on Transportation and 

24 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. 
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1 (j) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this subsection 

2 may be construed to affect or alter the existing authority 

3 of the Secretary or the Administrator of General Services 

4 to construct, alter, operate, and maintain land port of entry 

5 facilities. 

6 SEC. 567. (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall not— 

8 (1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any 

9 new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 

10 Southern border or the Northern border at a land port 

11 of entry; or 

12 (2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 

13 of a border crossing fee. 

14 (b) BORDER CROSSING FEE DEFINED.—In this sec15 tion, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ means a fee that every 

16 pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and passenger of a private 

17 motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege of crossing 

18 the Southern border or the Northern border at a land port 

19 of entry. 

20 SEC. 568. (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 217(c)(1) of the 

21 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(1)) is 

22 amended to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE; DEFINITIONS.— 

24 ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE.—The Sec25 retary of Homeland Security, in consultation 
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1 with the Secretary of State, may designate any 

2 country as a program country if that country 

3 meets the requirements under paragraph (2). 

4 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

5 ‘‘(i) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL

6 COMMITTEES.—The term ‘appropriate con7 gressional committees’ means— 

8 ‘‘(I) the Committee on Appropria9 tions, the Committee on Foreign Rela10 tions, the Committee on Homeland Se11 curity and Governmental Affairs, and 

12 the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

13 Senate; and 

14 ‘‘(II) the Committee on Appro15 priations, the Committee on Foreign 

16 Affairs, the Committee on Homeland 

17 Security, and the Committee on the 

18 Judiciary of the House of Representa19 tives. 

20 ‘‘(ii) OVERSTAY RATE.— 

21 ‘‘(I) INITIAL DESIGNATION.—The 

22 term ‘overstay rate’ means, with re23 spect to a country being considered for 

24 designation in the program, the ratio 

25 of— 
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1 ‘‘(aa) the number of nation2 als of that country who were ad3 mitted to the United States on the 

4 basis of a nonimmigrant visa 

5 under section 101(a)(15)(B) whose 

6 periods of authorized stay ended 

7 during a fiscal year but who re8 mained unlawfully in the United 

9 States beyond such periods; to 

10 ‘‘(bb) the number of nation11 als of that country who were ad12 mitted to the United States on the 

13 basis of a nonimmigrant visa 

14 under section 101(a)(15)(B) whose 

15 periods of authorized stay ended 

16 during that fiscal year. 

17 ‘‘(II) CONTINUING DESIGNA18 TION.—The term ‘overstay rate’ means, 

19 for each fiscal year after initial des20 ignation under this section with re21 spect to a country, the ratio of— 

22 ‘‘(aa) the number of nation23 als of that country who were ad24 mitted to the United States under 

25 this section or on the basis of a 
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1 nonimmigrant visa under section 

2 101(a)(15)(B) whose periods of 

3 authorized stay ended during a 

4 fiscal year but who remained un5 lawfully in the United States be6 yond such periods; to 

7 ‘‘(bb) the number of nation8 als of that country who were ad9 mitted to the United States under 

10 this section or on the basis of a 

11 nonimmigrant visa under section 

12 101(a)(15)(B) whose periods of 

13 authorized stay ended during that 

14 fiscal year. 

15 ‘‘(III) COMPUTATION OF OVER16 STAY RATE.—In determining the over17 stay rate for a country, the Secretary 

18 of Homeland Security may utilize in19 formation from any available data20 bases to ensure the accuracy of such 

21 rate. 

22 ‘‘(iii) PROGRAM COUNTRY.—The term 

23 ‘program country’ means a country des24 ignated as a program country under sub25 paragraph (A).’’. 
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1 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

2 Section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

3 U.S.C. 1187) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 

5 the term appears (except in subsection (c)(11)(B)) 

6 and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (c)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (2)(C)(iii), by striking 

9 ‘‘Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee 

10 on International Relations of the House of Rep11 resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary 

12 and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

13 Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriate congres14 sional committees’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (5)(A)(i)(III), by striking 

16 ‘‘Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 

17 Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Home18 land Security, of the House of Representatives 

19 and the Committee on the Judiciary, the Com20 mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 

21 on Homeland Security and Governmental Af22 fairs of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriate 

23 congressional committees’’; and 

24 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking subpara25 graph (E). 
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1 (c) DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM COUNTRIES BASED ON

2 OVERSTAY RATES.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 217(c)(2)(A) of the 

4 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

5 1187(c)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(A) GENERAL NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.— 

7 ‘‘(i) LOW NONIMMIGRANT VISA RE8 FUSAL RATE.—The percentage of nationals 

9 of that country refused nonimmigrant visas 

10 under section 101(a)(15)(B) during the pre11 vious full fiscal year was not more than 3 

12 percent of the total number of nationals of 

13 that country who were granted or refused 

14 nonimmigrant visas under such section dur15 ing such year. 

16 ‘‘(ii) LOW NONIMMIGRANT OVERSTAY

17 RATE.—The overstay rate for that country 

18 was not more than 3 percent during the 

19 previous fiscal year.’’. 

20 (2) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA.—Section 

21 217(c)(3) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(3)) is amend22 ed to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(3) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA.—After designa24 tion as a program country under section 217(c)(2), a 

25 country may not continue to be designated as a pro-
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1 gram country unless the Secretary of Homeland Secu2 rity, in consultation with the Secretary of State, de3 termines, pursuant to the requirements under para4 graph (5), that the designation will be continued.’’. 

5 (3) INITIAL PERIOD.—Section 217(c) is further 

6 amended by striking subsection (c)(4). 

7 (4) CONTINUING DESIGNATION.—Section 

8 217(c)(5)(A)(i)(II) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 

9 1187(c)(5)(A)(i)(II)) is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(II) shall determine, 

11 based upon the evaluation in 

12 subclause (I), whether any 

13 such designation under sub14 section (d) or (f), or proba15 tion under subsection (f), 

16 ought to be continued or ter17 minated;’’. 

18 (5) COMPUTATION OF VISA REFUSAL RATES; JU19 DICIAL REVIEW.—Section 217(c)(6) of such Act (8 

20 U.S.C. 1187(c)(6)) is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(6) COMPUTATION OF VISA REFUSAL RATES AND

22 JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 

23 ‘‘(A) COMPUTATION OF VISA REFUSAL

24 RATES.—For purposes of determining the eligi25 bility of a country to be designated as a program 
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1 country, the calculation of visa refusal rates 

2 shall not include any visa refusals which incor3 porate any procedures based on, or are otherwise 

4 based on, race, sex, or disability, unless otherwise 

5 specifically authorized by law or regulation. 

6 ‘‘(B) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—No court shall 

7 have jurisdiction under this section to review 

8 any visa refusal, the Secretary of State’s com9 putation of a visa refusal rate, the Secretary of 

10 Homeland Security’s computation of an overstay 

11 rate, or the designation or nondesignation of a 

12 country as a program country.’’. 

13 (6) VISA WAIVER INFORMATION.—Section 

14 217(c)(7) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(7)) is amend15 ed— 

16 (A) by striking subparagraphs (B) through 

17 (D); and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘WAIVER INFORMATION.—’’ 

19 and all that follows through ‘‘In refusing’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘WAIVER INFORMATION.—In refusing’’. 

21 (7) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Section 217(c)(8) of 

22 such Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(8)) is amended to read as 

23 follows: 

24 ‘‘(8) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of 

25 Homeland Security, in consultation with the Sec-
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1 retary of State, may waive the application of para2 graph (2)(A)(i) for a country if— 

3 ‘‘(A) the country meets all other require4 ments of paragraph (2); 

5 ‘‘(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security 

6 determines that the totality of the country’s secu7 rity risk mitigation measures provide assurance 

8 that the country’s participation in the program 

9 would not compromise the law enforcement, secu10 rity interests, or enforcement of the immigration 

11 laws of the United States; 

12 ‘‘(C) there has been a general downward 

13 trend in the percentage of nationals of the coun14 try refused nonimmigrant visas under section 

15 101(a)(15)(B); 

16 ‘‘(D) the country consistently cooperated 

17 with the Government of the United States on 

18 counterterrorism initiatives, information shar19 ing, preventing terrorist travel, and extradition 

20 to the United States of individuals (including 

21 the country’s own nationals) who commit crimes 

22 that violate United States law before the date of 

23 its designation as a program country, and the 

24 Secretary of Homeland Security and the Sec-
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1 retary of State assess that such cooperation is 

2 likely to continue; 

3 ‘‘(E) the percentage of nationals of the 

4 country refused a nonimmigrant visa under sec5 tion 101(a)(15)(B) during the previous full fiscal 

6 year was not more than 10 percent of the total 

7 number of nationals of that country who were 

8 granted or refused such nonimmigrant visas; and 

9 ‘‘(F) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—The amend10 ments made by this subsection shall be in effect 

11 during the period beginning on the date of enact12 ment of this Act and ending on September 30, 

13 2015.’’. 

14 (d) TERMINATION OF DESIGNATION; PROBATION.— 

15 Section 217(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

16 U.S.C. 1187(f)) is amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(d) TERMINATION OF DESIGNATION; PROBATION.— 

18 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

19 ‘‘(A) PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—The term 

20 ‘probationary period’ means the fiscal year in 

21 which a probationary country is placed in pro22 bationary status under this subsection. 

23 ‘‘(B) PROGRAM COUNTRY.—The term ‘pro24 gram country’ has the meaning given that term 

25 in subsection (c)(1)(B). 
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1 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION, NOTICE, AND INITIAL PRO2 BATIONARY PERIOD.— 

3 ‘‘(A) DETERMINATION OF PROBATIONARY

4 STATUS AND NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—As 

5 part of each program country’s periodic evalua6 tion required by subsection (c)(5)(A), the Sec7 retary of Homeland Security shall determine 

8 whether a program country is in compliance 

9 with the program requirements under subpara10 graphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2). 

11 ‘‘(B) INITIAL PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—If 

12 the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

13 that a program country is not in compliance 

14 with the program requirements under subpara15 graphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2), 

16 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall place 

17 the program country in probationary status for 

18 the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which 

19 the periodic evaluation is completed. 

20 ‘‘(3) ACTIONS AT THE END OF THE INITIAL PRO21 BATIONARY PERIOD.—At the end of the initial proba22 tionary period of a country under paragraph (2)(B), 

23 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take 1 of 

24 the following actions: 
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1 ‘‘(A) COMPLIANCE DURING INITIAL PROBA2 TIONARY PERIOD.—If the Secretary determines 

3 that all instances of noncompliance with the pro4 gram requirements under subparagraphs (A)(ii) 

5 through (F) of subsection (c)(2) that were identi6 fied in the latest periodic evaluation have been 

7 remedied by the end of the initial probationary 

8 period, the Secretary shall end the country’s pro9 bationary period. 

10 ‘‘(B) NONCOMPLIANCE DURING INITIAL PRO11 BATIONARY PERIOD.—If the Secretary determines 

12 that any instance of noncompliance with the 

13 program requirements under subparagraphs 

14 (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2) that were 

15 identified in the latest periodic evaluation has 

16 not been remedied by the end of the initial pro17 bationary period— 

18 ‘‘(i) the Secretary may terminate the 

19 country’s participation in the program; or 

20 ‘‘(ii) on an annual basis, the Secretary 

21 may continue the country’s probationary 

22 status if the Secretary, in consultation with 

23 the Secretary of State, determines that the 

24 country’s continued participation in the 
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1 program is in the national interest of the 

2 United States. 

3 ‘‘(4) ACTIONS AT THE END OF ADDITIONAL PRO4 BATIONARY PERIODS.—At the end of all probationary 

5 periods granted to a country pursuant to paragraph 

6 (3)(B)(ii), the Secretary shall take 1 of the following 

7 actions: 

8 ‘‘(A) COMPLIANCE DURING ADDITIONAL PE9 RIOD.—The Secretary shall end the country’s 

10 probationary status if the Secretary determines 

11 during the latest periodic evaluation required by 

12 subsection (c)(5)(A) that the country is in com13 pliance with the program requirements under 

14 subparagraphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection 

15 (c)(2). 

16 ‘‘(B) NONCOMPLIANCE DURING ADDITIONAL

17 PERIODS.—The Secretary shall terminate the 

18 country’s participation in the program if the 

19 Secretary determines during the latest periodic 

20 evaluation required by subsection (c)(5)(A) that 

21 the program country continues to be in non-com22 pliance with the program requirements under 

23 subparagraphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection 

24 (c)(2). 
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1 ‘‘(5) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The termination of a 

2 country’s participation in the program under para3 graph (3)(B) or (4)(B) shall take effect on the first 

4 day of the first fiscal year following the fiscal year in 

5 which the Secretary determines that such participa6 tion shall be terminated. Until such date, nationals of 

7 the country shall remain eligible for a waiver under 

8 subsection (a). 

9 ‘‘(6) TREATMENT OF NATIONALS AFTER TERMI10 NATION.—For purposes of this subsection and sub11 section (d)— 

12 ‘‘(A) nationals of a country whose designa13 tion is terminated under paragraph (3) or (4) 

14 shall remain eligible for a waiver under sub15 section (a) until the effective date of such termi16 nation; and 

17 ‘‘(B) a waiver under this section that is 

18 provided to such a national for a period de19 scribed in subsection (a)(1) shall not, by such 

20 termination, be deemed to have been rescinded or 

21 otherwise rendered invalid, if the waiver is 

22 granted prior to such termination. 

23 ‘‘(7) CONSULTATIVE ROLE OF THE SECRETARY

24 OF STATE.—In this subsection, references to subpara25 graphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2) and 
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1 subsection (c)(5)(A) carry with them the consultative 

2 role of the Secretary of State as provided in those 

3 provisions.’’. 

4 (e) REVIEW OF OVERSTAY TRACKING METHOD5 OLOGY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

7 States shall conduct a review of the methods used by the 

8 Secretary of Homeland Security— 

9 (1) to track aliens entering and exiting the 

10 United States; and 

11 (2) to detect any such alien who stays longer 

12 than such alien’s period of authorized admission. 

13 (f) EVALUATION OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL

14 AUTHORIZATION.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

15 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu16 rity shall submit to Congress— 

17 (1) an evaluation of the security risks of aliens 

18 who enter the United States without an approved 

19 Electronic System for Travel Authorization 

20 verification; and 

21 (2) a description of any improvements needed to 

22 minimize the number of aliens who enter the United 

23 States without the verification described in paragraph 

24 (1). 
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1 (g) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PRIORITY FOR REVIEW

2 OF PROGRAM COUNTRIES.—It is the sense of Congress that 

3 the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the process of con4 ducting evaluations of countries participating in the visa 

5 waiver program under section 217 of the Immigration and 

6 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), should prioritize the re7 views of countries in which circumstances indicate that 

8 such a review is necessary or desirable. 

9 SEC. 569. The Commissioner of the United States Cus10 toms and Border Protection may waive the claim for reim11 bursement of $221,123 from the fiscal year 2009 appropria12 tion for the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast 

13 Rebuilding. 

14 (RESCISSIONS)

15 SEC. 570. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart16 ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby 

17 rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the 

18 specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may be re19 scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

20 as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res21 olution on the budget of the Balanced Budget and Emer22 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended— 

23 (a) $14,500,000 from Public Law 111–83 under the 

24 heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Im25 provements’’; 
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1 (b) $29,000,000 from Public Law 112–10 under the 

2 heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Im3 provements’’; 

4 (c) $31,500,000 from Public Law 112–74 under the 

5 heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Im6 provements’’; 

7 (d) $1,500,000 from Transportation Security Admin8 istration ‘‘Aviation Security’’ account 70x0550; 

9 (e) $977,000 from Transportation Security Adminis10 tration ‘‘Research and Development’’ account 70x0553; 

11 (f) $61,783,000 from unobligated prior year balances 

12 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection ‘‘Border Secu13 rity, Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’. 

14 (RESCISSION)

15 SEC. 571. Of the funds transferred to the Department 

16 of Homeland Security when it was created in 2003, the fol17 lowing funds are hereby rescinded from the following ac18 counts and programs in the specified amounts: 

19 (1) $153,000 from U.S. Customs and Border 

20 Protection ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 

21 (2) $10,311 from U.S. Immigration and Customs 

22 Enforcement ‘‘Violent Crime Reduction Program’’; 

23 (3) $336,779 from ‘‘Transportation Security Ad24 ministration’’; 
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1 (4) $85,756 from Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, 

2 Construction, and Improvements’’; 

3 (5) $2,501 from Federal Emergency Management 

4 Agency ‘‘Office of Domestic Preparedness’’; 

5 (6) $134,457 from Federal Emergency Manage6 ment Agency ‘‘National Predisaster Mitigation 

7 Fund’’; and 

8 (7) $995,654 from the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’. 

9 (RESCISSION)

10 SEC. 572. From the unobligated balances made avail11 able in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

12 established by section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, 

13 (added by section 638 of Public Law 102–393) 

14 $100,000,000 shall be rescinded. 

15 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home16 land Security Appropriations Act, 2014’’. 
Calendar No. 140 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2217 

[Report No. 113–77] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Department of 

September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 

JUNE 7, 2013 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

J

Appropriations 

UNE 12, 2013 

Committee discharged; ordered returned to the House 

JUNE 13, 2013 

Appropriations pursuant to the order of June 12, 2013 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

JULY 18, 2013 

Reported with an amendment