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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2217 

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, 
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year end4 ing September 30, 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 

5 TITLE I 

6 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND 

7 OPERATIONS 

8 DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS

9 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE

10 MANAGEMENT

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

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

13 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), and exec14 utive management of the Department of Homeland Secu15 rity, as authorized by law, $103,246,000 (reduced by 

16 $2,838,000): Provided, That not to exceed $45,000 shall 

17 be for official reception and representation expenses: Pro18 vided further, That all official costs associated with the 

19 use of government aircraft by Department of Homeland 

20 Security personnel to support official travel of the Sec21 retary and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid from 

22 amounts made available for the Immediate Office of the 

23 Secretary and the Immediate Office of the Deputy Sec24 retary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall submit 

25 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
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1 the House of Representatives, with the President’s budget 

2 proposal for fiscal year 2015 submitted pursuant to sec3 tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, expenditure 

4 plans for the Office of Policy, the Office for Intergovern5 mental Affairs, the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Lib6 erties, the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombuds7 man, and the Privacy Officer. 

8 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

10 Secretary for Management, as authorized by sections 701 

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

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

13 $10,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

14 $7,667,000) (reduced by $15,676,000), of which not to 

15 exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and represen16 tation expenses: Provided, That of the total amount made 

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

18 available until September 30, 2015, solely for the alter19 ation and improvement of facilities, tenant improvements, 

20 and relocation costs to consolidate Department head21 quarters operations at the Nebraska Avenue Complex; and 

22 $7,815,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2015, for the Human Resources Information Technology 

24 program: Provided further, That the Under Secretary for 

25 Management shall, pursuant to the requirements con-
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1 tained in House Report 112–331, submit to the Commit2 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

3 Representatives at the time the President’s budget pro4 posal for fiscal year 2015 is submitted pursuant to section 

5 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a Comprehensive 

6 Acquisition Status Report, which shall include the infor7 mation required under the heading ‘‘Office of the Under 

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

9 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 

10 112–74), and quarterly updates to such report not later 

11 than 45 days after the completion of each quarter. 

12 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi14 nancial Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Home15 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), $41,242,000, 

16 of which $4,000,000 shall remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2015, for financial systems modernization ef18 forts: Provided, That the Secretary of Homeland Security 

19 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

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

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

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

23 States Code, the Future Years Homeland Security Pro24 gram and a comprehensive report compiled in conjunction 

25 with the Government Accountability Office that details up-
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1 dated missions, goals, strategies, priorities, along with per2 formance metrics that are measurable, repeatable, and di3 rectly linked to requests for funding, as described in the 

4 accompanying report. 

5 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In7 formation Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the 

8 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), and De9 partment-wide technology investments, $210,735,000; of 

10 which $99,397,000 shall be available for salaries and ex11 penses; and of which $111,338,000, to remain available 

12 until September 30, 2015, shall be available for develop13 ment and acquisition of information technology equip14 ment, software, services, and related activities for the De15 partment of Homeland Security: Provided, That the De16 partment of Homeland Security Chief Information Officer 

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, a multi-year investment and management 

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

23 for all information technology acquisition projects funded 

24 under this heading or funded by multiple components of 
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1 the Department of Homeland Security through reimburs2 able agreements, that includes— 

3 (1) the proposed appropriations included for 

4 each project and activity tied to mission require5 ments, program management capabilities, perform6 ance levels, and specific capabilities and services to 

7 be delivered; 

8 (2) the total estimated cost and projected 

9 timeline of completion for all multi-year enhance10 ments, modernizations, and new capabilities that are 

11 proposed in such budget or underway; 

12 (3) a detailed accounting of operations and 

13 maintenance and contractor services costs; and 

14 (4) a current acquisition program baseline for 

15 each project, that— 

16 (A) notes and explains any deviations in 

17 cost, performance parameters, schedule, or esti18 mated date of completion from the original ac19 quisition program baseline; 

20 (B) aligns the acquisition programs cov21 ered by the baseline to mission requirements by 

22 defining existing capabilities, identifying known 

23 capability gaps between such existing capabili24 ties and stated mission requirements, and ex-
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1 plaining how each increment will address such 

2 known capability gaps; and 

3 (C) defines life-cycle costs for such pro4 grams. 

5 ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS

6 For necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and 

7 operations coordination activities, as authorized by title II 

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

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

10 be for official reception and representation expenses; and 

11 of which $89,334,000 shall remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2015. 

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

15 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

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

17 which not to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain con18 fidential operational expenses, including the payment of 

19 informants, to be expended at the direction of the Inspec20 tor General. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 

3 INVESTIGATIONS 

4 U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relat7 ing to border security, immigration, customs, agricultural 

8 inspections and regulatory activities related to plant and 

9 animal imports, and transportation of unaccompanied 

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

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

12 with individuals for personal services abroad; 

13 $8,275,983,000; of which $3,274,000 shall be derived 

14 from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for administra15 tive expenses related to the collection of the Harbor Main16 tenance Fee pursuant to section 9505(c)(3) of the Internal 

17 Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and not18 withstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security 

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

20 $34,425 shall be for official reception and representation 

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

22 Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 

23 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Rec24 onciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be de25 rived from that account; of which not to exceed $150,000 
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1 shall be available for payment for rental space in connec2 tion with preclearance operations; and of which not to ex3 ceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to 

4 informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate 

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

6 fiscal year 2014, the overtime limitation prescribed in sec7 tion 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 

8 267(c)(1)) shall be $35,000; and notwithstanding any 

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

10 this Act shall be available to compensate any employee of 

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

12 whatever source, in an amount that exceeds such limita13 tion, except in individual cases determined by the Sec14 retary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Sec15 retary, to be necessary for national security purposes, to 

16 prevent excessive costs, or in cases of immigration emer17 gencies: Provided further, That the Border Patrol shall 

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

19 full-time equivalent agents protecting the borders of the 

20 United States in the fiscal year. 

21 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

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

23 Protection for operation and improvement of automated 

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

25 (reduced by $7,655,000); of which $325,526,000 shall re-
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1 main available until September 30, 2016; and of which 

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

3 of the Automated Commercial Environment. 

4 BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND

5 TECHNOLOGY

6 For expenses for border security fencing, infrastruc7 ture, and technology, $351,454,000 (increased by 

8 $10,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

9 2016. 

10 AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS

11 For necessary expenses for the operations, mainte12 nance, and procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, un13 manned aircraft systems, and other related equipment of 

14 the air and marine program, including salaries and ex15 penses and operational training and mission-related travel, 

16 the operations of which include the following: the interdic17 tion of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support 

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

19 or administration of laws enforced by the Department of 

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

21 of Homeland Security, the provision of assistance to Fed22 eral, State, and local agencies in other law enforcement 

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

24 which $292,791,000 shall be available for salaries and ex25 penses; and of which $509,950,000 shall remain available 
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1 until September 30, 2016: Provided, That no aircraft or 

2 other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft 

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

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

5 aircraft that have been damaged beyond repair, shall be 

6 transferred to any other Federal agency, department, or 

7 office outside of the Department of Homeland Security 

8 during fiscal year 2014 without prior notice to the Com9 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

10 of Representatives: Provided further, That the Secretary 

11 of Homeland Security shall report to the Committees on 

12 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent13 atives, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

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

15 for the air and marine program required under this head16 ing in Public Law 112–74. 

17 CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

18 For necessary expenses to plan, acquire, construct, 

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

20 buildings, facilities, and related infrastructure necessary 

21 for the administration and enforcement of the laws relat22 ing to customs, immigration, and border security, 

23 $471,278,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2018: Provided, That the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 

25 and Border Protection shall submit to the Committees on 
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1 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent2 atives, at the time that the President’s budget proposal 

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

4 31, United States Code, an inventory of the real property 

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

6 each activity and project proposed for funding under this 

7 heading that includes the full cost by fiscal year of each 

8 activity and project proposed and underway in fiscal year 

9 2015. 

10 U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigra13 tion and customs laws, detention and removals, and inves14 tigations, including overseas vetted units operations; and 

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

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

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

18 conducting special operations under section 3131 of the 

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

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

21 and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 

22 $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to inform23 ants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of 

24 the Secretary of Homeland Security; of which not less 

25 than $305,000 shall be for promotion of public awareness 
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1 of the child pornography tipline and activities to counter 

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

3 be used to facilitate agreements consistent with section 

4 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

5 1357(g)); and of which not to exceed $11,216,000 shall 

6 be available to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies 

7 for the costs associated with the care, maintenance, and 

8 repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the 

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

10 available under this heading shall be available to com11 pensate any employee for overtime in an annual amount 

12 in excess of $35,000, except that the Secretary of Home13 land Security, or the designee of the Secretary, may waive 

14 that amount as necessary for national security purposes 

15 and in cases of immigration emergencies: Provided further, 

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

17 for activities to enforce laws against forced child labor, 

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

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

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

21 to identify aliens convicted of a crime who may be deport22 able, and to remove them from the United States once 

23 they are judged deportable: Provided further, That the 

24 Secretary of Homeland Security shall prioritize the identi25 fication and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the 
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1 severity of that crime: Provided further, That funding 

2 made available under this heading shall maintain a level 

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

4 30, 2014: Provided further, That of the total amount pro5 vided, not less than $2,835,581,000 is for detention and 

6 removal operations, including transportation of unaccom7 panied minor aliens: Provided further, That of the total 

8 amount provided, $31,541,000 shall remain available until 

9 September 30, 2015, for the Visa Security Program: Pro10 vided further, That not less than $10,000,000 shall be 

11 available for investigation of intellectual property rights 

12 violations, including operation of the National Intellectual 

13 Property Rights Coordination Center: Provided further, 

14 That none of the funds provided under this heading may 

15 be used to continue a delegation of law enforcement au16 thority authorized under section 287(g) of the Immigra17 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Depart18 ment of Homeland Security Inspector General determines 

19 that the terms of the agreement governing the delegation 

20 of authority have been violated: Provided further, That 

21 none of the funds provided under this heading may be 

22 used to continue any contract for the provision of deten23 tion services if the two most recent overall performance 

24 evaluations received by the contracted facility are less than 

25 ‘‘adequate’’ or the equivalent median score in any subse-
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1 quent performance evaluation system: Provided further, 

2 That nothing under this heading shall prevent U.S. Immi3 gration and Customs Enforcement from exercising those 

4 authorities provided under immigration laws (as defined 

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

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

7 pertaining to aliens convicted of a crime. 

8 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

9 For expenses of immigration and customs enforce10 ment automated systems, $34,900,000, to remain avail11 able until September 30, 2016. 

12 CONSTRUCTION

13 For necessary expenses to plan, construct, renovate, 

14 equip, and maintain buildings and facilities necessary for 

15 the administration and enforcement of the laws relating 

16 to customs and immigration, $5,000,000, to remain avail17 able until September 30, 2017. 

18 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

19 AVIATION SECURITY

20 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu21 rity Administration related to providing civil aviation secu22 rity services pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation 

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

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

25 $3,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
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1 2015, of which not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official 

2 reception and representation expenses: Provided, That of 

3 the total amount made available under this heading, not 

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

5 be for screening operations and not to exceed 

6 $1,048,114,000 (reduced by $12,500,000) (increased by 

7 $12,500,000) (reduced by $31,810,000) shall be for avia8 tion security direction and enforcement: Provided further, 

9 That of the amount made available in the preceding pro10 viso for screening operations, $2,972,715,000, to remain 

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

12 Screener Compensation and Benefits; $163,190,000 (in13 creased by $31,810,000) shall be available for the Screen14 ing Partnership Program; $382,354,000 shall be available 

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

16 shall be available for the purchase and installation of these 

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

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

19 award to deploy explosives detection systems shall be 

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

21 screening solutions, lobby congestion resulting in increased 

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

23 increased cost effectiveness: Provided further, That secu24 rity service fees authorized under section 44940 of title 

25 49, United States Code, shall be credited to this appro-
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1 priation as offsetting collections and shall be available only 

2 for aviation security: Provided further, That the sum ap3 propriated under this heading from the general fund shall 

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

5 collections are received during fiscal year 2014 so as to 

6 result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the general 

7 fund estimated at not more than $2,752,739,000: Pro8 vided further, That any security service fees collected in 

9 excess of the amount made available under this heading 

10 shall become available during fiscal year 2015: Provided 

11 further, That notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 

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

13 the Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section 

14 44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used 

15 for the procurement and installation of explosives detec16 tion systems or for the issuance of other transaction agree17 ments for the purpose of funding projects described in sec18 tion 44923(a) of such title: Provided further, That none 

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

20 any recruiting or hiring of personnel into the Transpor21 tation Security Administration that would cause the agen22 cy to exceed a staffing level of 46,000 full-time equivalent 

23 screeners: Provided further, That the preceding proviso 

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

25 Provided further, That not later than 90 days after the 
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1 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 

2 Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropria3 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 

4 detailed report on— 

5 (1) the Department of Homeland Security ef6 forts and resources being devoted to develop more 

7 advanced integrated passenger screening tech8 nologies for the most effective security of passengers 

9 and baggage at the lowest possible operating and ac10 quisition costs; 

11 (2) how the Transportation Security Adminis12 tration is deploying its existing passenger and bag13 gage screener workforce in the most cost effective 

14 manner; and 

15 (3) labor savings from the deployment of im16 proved technologies for passenger and baggage 

17 screening and how those savings are being used to 

18 offset security costs or reinvested to address security 

19 vulnerabilities: 

20 Provided further, That Members of the Senate and House 

21 of Representatives, including the leadership; the heads of 

22 Federal agencies and commissions, including the Sec23 retary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assist24 ant Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security; 

25 the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant 
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1 Attorneys General, and the United States Attorneys; and 

2 senior members of the Executive Office of the President, 

3 including the Director of the Office of Management and 

4 Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and 

5 baggage screening. 

6 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

7 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu8 rity Administration related to surface transportation secu9 rity activities, $108,618,000 (increased by $15,676,000), 

10 to remain available until September 30, 2015. 

11 TRANSPORTATION THREAT ASSESSMENT AND

12 CREDENTIALING

13 For necessary expenses for the development and im14 plementation of screening programs of the Office of 

15 Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing, 

16 $182,617,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2015. 

18 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

19 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu20 rity Administration related to transportation security sup21 port and intelligence pursuant to the Aviation and Trans22 portation Security Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 

23 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note), $901,666,000 (reduced by 

24 $4,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

25 2015: Provided, That of the funds provided under this 
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1 heading, $50,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for 

2 headquarters administration until the Administrator of 

3 the Transportation Security Administration submits to the 

4 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

5 House of Representatives detailed expenditure plans for 

6 air cargo security, checkpoint support, and explosives de7 tection systems refurbishment, procurement, and installa8 tions on an airport-by-airport basis for fiscal year 2014 

9 and the completion of a security assessment measuring the 

10 effectiveness of using the Transportation Worker Identi11 fication Credential: Provided further, That the Adminis12 trator of the Transportation Security Administration shall 

13 submit to the Committees of the Senate and the House 

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

15 proposal for fiscal year 2015 is submitted pursuant to sec16 tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the expendi17 ture plans and report detailed in the preceding proviso. 

18 FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS

19 For necessary expenses of the Federal Air Marshal 

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

21 Federal Air Marshal Service shall submit to the Commit22 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

23 Representatives not later than 45 days after the date of 

24 enactment of this Act a detailed, classified expenditure 
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1 and staffing plan for ensuring optimal coverage of high2 risk flights. 

3 COAST GUARD

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte6 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur7 chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehi8 cles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease 

9 of small boats for contingent and emergent requirements 

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

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

12 $31,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for 

13 overseas deployments and activities; minor shore construc14 tion projects not exceeding $1,000,000 in total cost on any 

15 location; payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 

16 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recre17 ation and welfare; $6,839,416,000; of which $340,000,000 

18 shall be for defense-related activities, of which 

19 $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 

20 Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 

21 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 

22 2712(a)(5)); and of which not to exceed $15,300 shall be 

23 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro24 vided, That none of the funds made available by this Act 

25 shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels 
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1 under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, ex2 cept to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts 

3 and credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That 

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

5 shall be withheld from obligation for Coast Guard Head6 quarters Directorates until a revised future-years capital 

7 investment plan for fiscal years 2015 through 2019, as 

8 specified under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard Acquisition, 

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

10 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

11 the House of Representatives. 

12 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the environ14 mental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast 

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

16 $13,164,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2018. 

18 RESERVE TRAINING

19 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, 

20 as authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the 

21 Coast Guard Reserve program; personnel and training 

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

23 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

24 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 

25 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 
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1 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 

2 thereto; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and oper3 ation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by law; 

4 $1,222,712,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived 

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

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

7 of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which the fol8 lowing amounts, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2018 (except as subsequently specified), shall be available 

10 as follows: $18,000,000 shall be available for military fam11 ily housing, of which not more than $6,828,691 shall be 

12 derived from the Coast Guard Housing Fund established 

13 pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 687; $860,553,000 shall be avail14 able to acquire, effect major repairs to, renovate, or im15 prove vessels, small boats, and related equipment; 

16 $149,710,000 shall be available to acquire, effect major 

17 repairs to, renovate, or improve aircraft or increase avia18 tion capability; $74,930,000 shall be available for other 

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

20 shore facilities and aids to navigation, including water21 front facilities at Navy installations used by the Coast 

22 Guard; and $114,519,000, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2014, shall be available for personnel com24 pensation and benefits and related costs: Provided, That 

25 the funds provided by this Act shall be immediately avail-
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1 able and allotted to contract for the production of the sev2 enth National Security Cutter notwithstanding the avail3 ability of funds for post-production costs: Provided further, 

4 That the funds provided by this Act shall be immediately 

5 available and allotted to contract for long lead time mate6 rials, components, and designs for the eighth National Se7 curity Cutter notwithstanding the availability of funds for 

8 production costs or post-production costs: Provided fur9 ther, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall sub10 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

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

12 President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 is sub13 mitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

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

15 Coast Guard that identifies for each requested capital 

16 asset— 

17 (1) the proposed appropriations included in that 

18 budget; 

19 (2) the total estimated cost of completion, in20 cluding and clearly delineating the costs of associ21 ated major acquisition systems infrastructure and 

22 transition to operations; 

23 (3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year 

24 for the next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition pro-
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1 gram baseline or project completion, whichever is 

2 earlier; 

3 (4) an estimated completion date at the pro4 jected funding levels; and 

5 (5) a current acquisition program baseline for 

6 each capital asset, as applicable, that— 

7 (A) includes the total acquisition cost of 

8 each asset, subdivided by fiscal year and includ9 ing a detailed description of the purpose of the 

10 proposed funding levels for each fiscal year, in11 cluding for each fiscal year funds requested for 

12 design, pre-acquisition activities, production, 

13 structural modifications, missionization, post14 delivery, and transition to operations costs; 

15 (B) includes a detailed project schedule 

16 through completion, subdivided by fiscal year, 

17 that details— 

18 (i) quantities planned for each fiscal 

19 year; and 

20 (ii) major acquisition and project 

21 events, including development of oper22 ational requirements, contracting actions, 

23 design reviews, production, delivery, test 

24 and evaluation, and transition to oper-
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1 ations, including necessary training, shore 

2 infrastructure, and logistics; 

3 (C) notes and explains any deviations in 

4 cost, performance parameters, schedule, or esti5 mated date of completion from the original ac6 quisition program baseline and the most recent 

7 baseline approved by the Department of Home8 land Security’s Acquisition Review Board, if ap9 plicable; 

10 (D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to 

11 mission requirements by defining existing capa12 bilities of comparable legacy assets, identifying 

13 known capability gaps between such existing ca14 pabilities and stated mission requirements, and 

15 explaining how the acquisition of each asset will 

16 address such known capability gaps; 

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

18 and the date of the estimate on which such 

19 costs are based, including all associated costs of 

20 major acquisitions systems infrastructure and 

21 transition to operations, delineated by purpose 

22 and fiscal year for the projected service life of 

23 the asset; 

24 (F) includes the earned value management 

25 system summary schedule performance index 
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1 and cost performance index for each asset, if 

2 applicable; and 

3 (G) includes a phase-out and decommis4 sioning schedule delineated by fiscal year for 

5 each existing legacy asset that each asset is in6 tended to replace or recapitalize: 

7 Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast 

8 Guard shall ensure that amounts specified in the future9 years capital investment plan are consistent, to the max10 imum extent practicable, with proposed appropriations 

11 necessary to support the programs, projects, and activities 

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

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

14 of title 31, United States Code, for that fiscal year: Pro15 vided further, That any inconsistencies between the capital 

16 investment plan and proposed appropriations shall be 

17 identified and justified: Provided further, That subsections 

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

19 apply with respect to the amounts made available under 

20 this heading. 

21 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

22 For necessary expenses for applied scientific re23 search, development, test, and evaluation; and for mainte24 nance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and 

25 equipment; as authorized by law; $9,928,000, to remain 
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1 available until September 30, 2015, of which $500,000 

2 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 

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

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

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

6 of this appropriation funds received from State and local 

7 governments, other public authorities, private sources, and 

8 foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, devel9 opment, testing, and evaluation. 

10 RETIRED PAY

11 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 

12 otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur13 pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 

14 Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca15 reer status bonuses, concurrent receipts and combat-re16 lated special compensation under the National Defense 

17 Authorization Act, and payments for medical care of re18 tired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of 

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

20 available until expended. 

21 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 

24 Service, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles 

25 for police-type use for replacement only; hire of passenger 
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1 motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the 

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

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

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

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

6 facilities on private or other property not in Government 

7 ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform pro8 tective functions; payment of per diem or subsistence al9 lowances to employees in cases in which a protective as10 signment on the actual day or days of the visit of a 

11 protectee requires an employee to work 16 hours per day 

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

13 participation in firearms matches; presentation of awards; 

14 travel of United States Secret Service employees on pro15 tective missions without regard to the limitations on such 

16 expenditures in this or any other Act; research and devel17 opment; grants to conduct behavioral research in support 

18 of protective research and operations; and payment in ad19 vance for commercial accommodations as may be nec20 essary to perform protective functions; $1,534,589,000; of 

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

22 and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 

23 $100,000 shall be to provide technical assistance and 

24 equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in 

25 counterfeit investigations; of which $2,358,000 shall be for 
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1 forensic and related support of investigations of missing 

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

3 a grant for activities related to investigations of missing 

4 and exploited children and shall remain available until 

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

6 $8,000,000 shall be for activities related to training in 

7 electronic crimes investigations and forensics: Provided, 

8 That $18,000,000 for protective travel shall remain avail9 able until September 30, 2015: Provided further, That 

10 $4,500,000 for National Special Security Events shall re11 main available until September 30, 2015: Provided further, 

12 That the United States Secret Service is authorized to ob13 ligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from Fed14 eral agencies and entities, as defined in section 105 of title 

15 5, United States Code, for personnel receiving training 

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

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

18 not exceed total budgetary resources available under this 

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

20 That none of the funds made available under this heading 

21 shall be available to compensate any employee for overtime 

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

23 the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of 

24 the Secretary, may waive that amount as necessary for 

25 national security purposes: Provided further, That none of 
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1 the funds made available to the United States Secret Serv2 ice by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts may 

3 be made available for the protection of the head of a Fed4 eral agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Secu5 rity: Provided further, That the Director of the Secret 

6 Service may enter into an agreement to provide such pro7 tection on a fully reimbursable basis: Provided further, 

8 That none of the funds made available to the United 

9 States Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropria10 tions Acts may be obligated for the purpose of opening 

11 a new permanent domestic or overseas office or location 

12 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

13 and the House of Representatives are notified 15 days in 

14 advance of such obligation: Provided further, That for pur15 poses of section 503(b) of this Act, $15,000,000 or 10 

16 percent, whichever is less, may be transferred between 

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

18 Field Operations’’. 

19 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

20 RELATED EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 

22 repair, alteration, and improvement of physical and tech23 nological infrastructure, $51,775,000; of which 

24 $5,380,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 

25 shall be for acquisition, construction, improvement, and 
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1 maintenance of facilities; and of which $46,395,000, to re2 main available until September 30, 2016, shall be for in3 formation integration and technology transformation exe4 cution: Provided, That the Director of the Secret Service 

5 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

6 Senate and the House of Representatives at the time that 

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

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

9 States Code, a multi-year investment and management 

10 plan for its Information Integration and Technology 

11 Transformation program that describes funding for the 

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

13 associated plans for systems acquisition and technology 

14 deployment. 

15 TITLE III 

16 PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

17 RECOVERY 

18 NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE

19 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

21 Secretary and the Offices of the Assistant Secretaries for 

22 the National Protection and Programs Directorate, sup23 port for operations, and information technology, 

24 $50,522,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall 

25 be for official reception and representation expenses. 
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1 INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION

2 SECURITY

3 For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection 

4 and information security programs and activities, as au5 thorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

6 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $1,176,629,000, of which 

7 $200,000,000, shall remain available until September 30, 

8 2015: Provided, That of the total amount provided for the 

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

10 and activity, $20,000,000 shall be withheld from obliga11 tion until the Under Secretary for the National Protection 

12 and Programs Directorate submits to the Committees on 

13 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent14 atives an expenditure plan for the Chemical Facility Anti15 Terrorism Standards program that includes the number 

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

17 inspections pending, and inspections projected to be com18 pleted by September 30, 2014. 

19 FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

20 The revenues and collections of security fees credited 

21 to this account shall be available until expended for nec22 essary expenses related to the protection of federally 

23 owned and leased buildings and for the operations of the 

24 Federal Protective Service. 
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1 OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

2 For necessary expenses for the Office of Biometric 

3 Identity Management, as authorized by section 7208 of 

4 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

5 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), $232,190,000: Provided, That of 

6 the total amount made available under this heading, 

7 $113,956,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

8 2016: Provided further, That the Secretary of Homeland 

9 Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropria10 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not 

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

12 an expenditure plan for the Office of Biometric Identity 

13 Management: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

14 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

15 and the House of Representatives at the time the Presi16 dent’s budget is submitted each year under section 

17 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a multi-year in18 vestment and management plan for the Office of Biomet19 ric Identity Management program, to include each fiscal 

20 year starting with the current fiscal year and the 3 subse21 quent fiscal years, that provides— 

22 (1) the proposed appropriation for each activity 

23 tied to mission requirements and outcomes, program 

24 management capabilities, performance levels, and 

25 specific capabilities and services to be delivered, not-
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1 ing any deviations in cost or performance from the 

2 prior fiscal years expenditure or investment and 

3 management plan for United States Visitor and Im4 migrant Status Indicator Technology; 

5 (2) the total estimated cost, projected funding 

6 by fiscal year, and projected timeline of completion 

7 for all enhancements, modernizations, and new capa8 bilities proposed in such budget and underway, in9 cluding and clearly delineating associated efforts and 

10 funds requested by other agencies within the De11 partment of Homeland Security and in the Federal 

12 Government and detailing any deviations in cost, 

13 performance, schedule, or estimated date of comple14 tion provided in the prior fiscal years expenditure or 

15 investment and management plan for United States 

16 Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology; 

17 and 

18 (3) a detailed accounting of operations and 

19 maintenance, contractor services, and program costs 

20 associated with the management of identity services. 

21 OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Af23 fairs, $123,425,000; of which $25,072,000 is for salaries 

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

25 operations: Provided, That of the amount made available 
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1 under this heading, $18,819,000 shall remain available 

2 until September 30, 2015, for biosurveillance, chemical de3 fense, medical and health planning and coordination, and 

4 workforce health protection: Provided further, That not to 

5 exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and represen6 tation expenses. 

7 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 

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

11 $7,667,000), including activities authorized by the Na12 tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et 

13 seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer14 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Cerro 

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

16 114 Stat. 583), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 

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

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

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

20 404, 405), Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

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

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

23 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53), the Fed24 eral Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 

25 2201 et seq.), the Post-Katrina Emergency Management 
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1 Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–295; 120 Stat. 

2 1394), and the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform 

3 Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916): Pro4 vided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official recep5 tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That 

6 of the total amount made available under this heading, 

7 $27,513,000 (increased by $7,667,000) shall be for the 

8 Urban Search and Rescue Response System, of which 

9 none is available for Federal Emergency Management 

10 Agency administrative costs: Provided further, That of the 

11 total amount made available under this heading, 

12 $22,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2015, for capital improvements and other expenses related 

14 to continuity of operations at the Mount Weather Emer15 gency Operations Center. 

16 STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

17 For grants contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

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

19 (increased by $97,500,000) (reduced by $97,500,000) (in20 creased by $97,500,000), which shall be allocated as fol21 lows: 

22 (1) Notwithstanding section 503 of this Act, 

23 $1,264,826,000 (reduced by $97,500,000) (in24 creased by $97,500,000) shall be distributed, accord25 ing to threat, vulnerability, and consequence, at the 
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1 discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security 

2 based on the following authorities: 

3 (A) The State Homeland Security Grant 

4 Program under section 2004 of the Homeland 

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

6 That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of such 

7 section 2004, for fiscal year 2014, the Com8 monwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available 

9 to local and tribal governments amounts pro10 vided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

11 under this paragraph in accordance with sub12 section (c)(1) of such section 2004. 

13 (B) Operation Stonegarden. 

14 (C) The Urban Area Security Initiative 

15 under section 2003 of the Homeland Security 

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

17 (D) Organizations (as described under sec18 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

19 1986 and exempt from tax section 501(a) of 

20 such code) determined by the Secretary of 

21 Homeland Security to be at high risk of a ter22 rorist attack. 

23 (E) Public Transportation Security Assist24 ance and Railroad Security Assistance, under 

25 sections 1406 and 1513 of the Implementing 
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1 Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act 

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

3 Amtrak security: Provided, That such public 

4 transportation security assistance shall be pro5 vided directly to public transportation agencies. 

6 (F) Port Security Grants in accordance 

7 with 46 U.S.C. 70107. 

8 (G) Over-the-Road Bus Security Assist9 ance under section 1532 of the Implementing 

10 Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act 

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

12 (H) The Metropolitan Medical Response 

13 System under section 635 of the Post-Katrina 

14 Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 

15 (6 U.S.C. 723). 

16 (I) The Citizen Corps Program. 

17 (J) The Driver’s License Security Grants 

18 Program in accordance with section 204 of the 

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

20 (K) The Interoperable Emergency Commu21 nications Grant Program under section 1809 of 

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

23 579). 

24 (L) Emergency Operations Centers under 

25 section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
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1 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 5196c). 

3 (M) The Buffer Zone Protection Program 

4 Grants. 

5 (N) Regional Catastrophic Preparedness 

6 Grants. 

7 (2) $235,174,000 shall be to sustain current 

8 operations for training, exercises, technical assist9 ance, and other programs, of which $157,991,000 

10 shall be for training of State, local, and tribal emer11 gency response providers: 

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

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

14 Stonegarden; Provided further, That for grants under 

15 paragraph (1), applications for grants shall be made avail16 able to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after the 

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

18 submit applications not later than 80 days after the grant 

19 announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 

20 Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days 

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

22 notwithstanding section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Se23 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)), or any other 

24 provision of law, a grantee may not use more than 5 per25 cent of the amount of a grant made available under this 
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1 heading for expenses directly related to administration of 

2 the grant: Provided further, That for grants under para3 graphs (1) and (2), the installation of communications 

4 towers is not considered construction of a building or other 

5 physical facility: Provided further, That grantees shall pro6 vide reports on their use of funds, as determined necessary 

7 by the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

8 FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

9 For grants for programs authorized by the Federal 

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

11 et seq.), $675,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000), to re12 main available until September 30, 2015, of which 

13 $337,500,000 (increased by $2,500,000) shall be available 

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

15 $337,500,000 (increased by $2,500,000) shall be available 

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

17 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

18 For emergency management performance grants, as 

19 authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

20 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

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

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

24 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $350,000,000. 
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1 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

2 The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 

3 2014, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Vet4 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 

5 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 

6 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the 

7 amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland Se8 curity necessary for its radiological emergency prepared9 ness program for the next fiscal year: Provided, That the 

10 methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall be 

11 fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing such 

12 services, including administrative costs of collecting such 

13 fees: Provided further, That fees received under this head14 ing shall be deposited in this account as offsetting collec15 tions and will become available for authorized purposes on 

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

17 2016. 

18 UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

19 For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Ad20 ministration and for other purposes, as authorized by the 

21 Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 

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

23 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $42,162,000 (increased by 

24 $1,838,000). 
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1 DISASTER RELIEF FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 

4 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $6,220,908,000, to remain avail6 able until expended, of which $24,000,000 shall be trans7 ferred to the Department of Homeland Security Office of 

8 Inspector General for audits and investigations related to 

9 disasters: Provided, That the Administrator of the Federal 

10 Emergency Management Agency shall submit an expendi11 ture plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

12 House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the use 

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

14 disaster readiness and support not later than 60 days 

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

16 That the Administrator shall submit to such Committees 

17 a quarterly report detailing obligations against the ex18 penditure plan and a justification for any changes from 

19 the initial plan: Provided further, That the Administrator 

20 shall submit to such Committees the following reports, in21 cluding a specific description of the methodology and the 

22 source data used in developing such reports: 

23 (1) An estimate of the following amounts shall 

24 be submitted for the budget year at the time that 

25 the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 
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1 is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 

2 United States Code: 

3 (A) The unobligated balance of funds to be 

4 carried over from the prior fiscal year to the 

5 budget year. 

6 (B) The unobligated balance of funds to be 

7 carried over from the budget year to the budget 

8 year plus 1. 

9 (C) The amount of obligations for non-cat10 astrophic events for the budget year. 

11 (D) The amount of obligations for the 

12 budget year for catastrophic events delineated 

13 by event and by State. 

14 (E) The total amount that has been pre15 viously obligated or will be required for cata16 strophic events delineated by event and by State 

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

18 year, the budget year plus 1, the budget year 

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

20 (F) The amount of previously obligated 

21 funds that will be recovered for the budget 

22 year. 

23 (G) The amount that will be required for 

24 obligations for emergencies, as described in sec25 tion 102(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
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1 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

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

3 in section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis4 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 5122(2)), fire management assistance 

6 grants, as described in section 420 of the Rob7 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

8 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187), surge activi9 ties, and disaster readiness and support activi10 ties. 

11 (H) The amount required for activities not 

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

13 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con14 trol Act of 1985. 

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

16 of the following for the current fiscal year shall be 

17 submitted not later than the fifth day of each 

18 month, and shall be published by the Administrator 

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

20 day of each month: 

21 (A) A summary of the amount of appro22 priations made available by source, the trans23 fers executed, the previously allocated funds re24 covered, and the commitments, allocations, and 

25 obligations made. 
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1 (B) A table of disaster relief activity delin2 eated by month, including— 

3 (i) the beginning and ending balances; 

4 (ii) the total obligations to include 

5 amounts obligated for fire assistance, 

6 emergencies, surge, and disaster support 

7 activities; 

8 (iii) the obligations for catastrophic 

9 events delineated by event and by State; 

10 and 

11 (iv) the amount of previously obli12 gated funds that are recovered. 

13 (C) A summary of allocations, obligations, 

14 and expenditures for catastrophic events delin15 eated by event. 

16 (D) In addition, for a disaster declaration 

17 related to Hurricane Sandy, the cost of the fol18 lowing categories of spending: public assistance, 

19 individual assistance, mitigation, administrative, 

20 operations, and any other relevant category (in21 cluding emergency measures and disaster re22 sources). 

23 (E) The date on which funds appropriated 

24 will be exhausted: 
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1 Provided further, That the Administrator shall publish on 

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

3 award of a public assistance grant under section 406 of 

4 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As5 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) the specifics of the grant 

6 award: Provided further, That for any mission assignment 

7 or mission assignment task order to another Federal de8 partment or agency regarding a major disaster, not later 

9 than 24 hours after the issuance of the mission assign10 ment or task order, the Administrator shall publish on the 

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

12 State and the disaster declaration for such State, the as13 signed agency, the assistance requested, a description of 

14 the disaster, the total cost estimate, and the amount obli15 gated: Provided further, That not later than 10 days after 

16 the last day of each month until the mission assignment 

17 or task order is completed and closed out, the Adminis18 trator shall update any changes to the total cost estimate 

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

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

21 for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. 

22 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

23 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That the 

24 amount in the preceding proviso is designated by the Con25 gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
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1 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM

4 For necessary expenses, including administrative 

5 costs, under section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance 

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

7 100216, 100226, 100230, and 100246 of the Biggert8 Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 

9 112–141, 126 Stat. 917), $95,202,000, and such addi10 tional sums as may be provided by State and local govern11 ments or other political subdivisions for cost-shared map12 ping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of such Act (42 

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

14 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

15 For activities under the National Flood Insurance 

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

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

18 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 

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

20 which shall be derived from offsetting amounts collected 

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

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

23 $22,000,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses 

24 associated with flood mitigation and flood insurance oper25 ations; and not less than $154,300,000 shall be available 
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1 for flood plain management and flood mapping, to remain 

2 available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That any 

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

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

5 4015(d)) shall be credited as an offsetting collection to 

6 this account, to be available for flood plain management 

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

8 2014, no funds shall be available from the National Flood 

9 Insurance Fund under section 1310 of that Act (42 

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

11 (1) $132,000,000 for operating expenses; 

12 (2) $1,152,000,000 for commissions and taxes 

13 of agents; 

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

15 Treasury borrowings; and 

16 (4) $100,000,000, which shall remain available 

17 until expended, for flood mitigation actions under 

18 section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 

19 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c): Provided further, That the 

20 amounts collected under section 102 of the Flood 

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

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

23 Act of 1968 shall be deposited in the National Flood 

24 Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts speci25 fied as available for section 1366 of the National 
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1 Flood Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding sub2 section (f)(8) of such section 102 (42 U.S.C. 

3 4012a(f)(8)) and subsection 1366(e) and paragraphs 

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

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

6 4104d(b)(2)–(3)): Provided further, That total ad7 ministrative costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the 

8 total appropriation. 

9 NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

10 For the predisaster mitigation grant program under 

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

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

13 (increased by $7,655,000) to remain available until ex14 pended. 

15 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

16 To carry out the emergency food and shelter program 

17 pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As18 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $120,000,000, to 

19 remain available until expended: Provided, That total ad20 ministrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 

21 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’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 6, 2013. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2217 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Department of 

September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending