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Union Calendar No. 64 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2217 

[Report No. 113–91] 

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 29, 2013 

Mr. CARTER, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

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

and for other purposes. 


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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year end6 ing September 30, 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND 

9 OPERATIONS 

10 DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS

11 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE

12 MANAGEMENT

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

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

15 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), and exec16 utive management of the Department of Homeland Secu17 rity, as authorized by law, $103,246,000: Provided, That 

18 not to exceed $45,000 shall be for official reception and 

19 representation expenses: Provided further, That all official 

20 costs associated with the use of government aircraft by 

21 Department of Homeland Security personnel to support 

22 official travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary 

23 shall be paid from amounts made available for the Imme24 diate Office of the Secretary and the Immediate Office of 

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1 retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

2 of the Senate and the House of Representatives, with the 

3 President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 submitted 

4 pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

5 Code, expenditure plans for the Office of Policy, the Office 

6 for Intergovernmental Affairs, the Office for Civil Rights 

7 and Civil Liberties, the Citizenship and Immigration Serv8 ices Ombudsman, and the Privacy Officer. 

9 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

11 Secretary for Management, as authorized by sections 701 

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

13 U.S.C. 341 through 345), $171,173,000, of which not to 

14 exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and represen15 tation expenses: Provided, That of the total amount made 

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

17 available until September 30, 2015, solely for the alter18 ation and improvement of facilities, tenant improvements, 

19 and relocation costs to consolidate Department head20 quarters operations at the Nebraska Avenue Complex; and 

21 $7,815,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2015, for the Human Resources Information Technology 

23 program: Provided further, That the Under Secretary for 

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1 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

2 Representatives at the time the President’s budget pro3 posal for fiscal year 2015 is submitted pursuant to section 

4 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a Comprehensive 

5 Acquisition Status Report, which shall include the infor6 mation required under the heading ‘‘Office of the Under 

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

8 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 

9 112–74), and quarterly updates to such report not later 

10 than 45 days after the completion of each quarter. 

11 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi13 nancial Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Home14 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), $41,242,000, 

15 of which $4,000,000 shall remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2015, for financial systems modernization ef17 forts: Provided, That the Secretary of Homeland Security 

18 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

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

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

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

22 States Code, the Future Years Homeland Security Pro23 gram and a comprehensive report compiled in conjunction 

24 with the Government Accountability Office that details up25 dated missions, goals, strategies, priorities, along with perVerDate Mar 15 2010 21:57 May 29, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2217.RH H2217

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1 formance metrics that are measurable, repeatable, and di2 rectly linked to requests for funding, as described in the 

3 accompanying report. 

4 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In6 formation Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the 

7 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), and De8 partment-wide technology investments, $210,735,000; of 

9 which $99,397,000 shall be available for salaries and ex10 penses; and of which $111,338,000, to remain available 

11 until September 30, 2015, shall be available for develop12 ment and acquisition of information technology equip13 ment, software, services, and related activities for the De14 partment of Homeland Security: Provided, That the De15 partment of Homeland Security Chief Information Officer 

16 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

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

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

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

20 States Code, a multi-year investment and management 

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

22 for all information technology acquisition projects funded 

23 under this heading or funded by multiple components of 

24 the Department of Homeland Security through reimburs25 able agreements, that includes— 


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1 (1) the proposed appropriations included for 

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

5 be delivered; 

6 (2) the total estimated cost and projected 

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

9 proposed in such budget or underway; 

10 (3) a detailed accounting of operations and 

11 maintenance and contractor services costs; and 

12 (4) a current acquisition program baseline for 

13 each project, that— 

14 (A) notes and explains any deviations in 

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

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

20 defining existing capabilities, identifying known 

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

24 known capability gaps; and 


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1 (C) defines life-cycle costs for such pro2 grams. 

3 ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS

4 For necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and 

5 operations coordination activities, as authorized by title II 

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

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

8 be for official reception and representation expenses; and 

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

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

13 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

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

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

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

19 TITLE II 

20 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 

21 INVESTIGATIONS 

22 U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relat25 ing to border security, immigration, customs, agricultural 


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1 inspections and regulatory activities related to plant and 

2 animal imports, and transportation of unaccompanied 

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

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

5 with individuals for personal services abroad; 

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 

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

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

22 informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate 

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

24 fiscal year 2014, the overtime limitation prescribed in sec25 tion 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 


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

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

3 this Act shall be available to compensate any employee of 

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

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

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

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

12 full-time equivalent agents protecting the borders of the 

13 United States in the fiscal year. 

14 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

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

16 Protection for operation and improvement of automated 

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

18 of which $325,526,000 shall remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2016; and of which not less than $140,762,000 

20 shall be for the development of the Automated Commercial 

21 Environment. 


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1 BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND

2 TECHNOLOGY

3 For expenses for border security fencing, infrastruc4 ture, and technology, $351,454,000, to remain available 

5 until September 30, 2016. 

6 AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS

7 For necessary expenses for the operations, mainte8 nance, and procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, un9 manned aircraft systems, and other related equipment of 

10 the air and marine program, including salaries and ex11 penses and operational training and mission-related travel, 

12 the operations of which include the following: the interdic13 tion of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support 

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

15 or administration of laws enforced by the Department of 

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

17 of Homeland Security, the provision of assistance to Fed18 eral, State, and local agencies in other law enforcement 

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

20 which $292,791,000 shall be available for salaries and ex21 penses; and of which $509,950,000 shall remain available 

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

23 other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft 

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

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


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1 aircraft that have been damaged beyond repair, shall be 

2 transferred to any other Federal agency, department, or 

3 office outside of the Department of Homeland Security 

4 during fiscal year 2014 without prior notice to the Com5 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

6 of Representatives: Provided further, That the Secretary 

7 of Homeland Security shall report to the Committees on 

8 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent9 atives, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

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

11 for the air and marine program required under this head12 ing in Public Law 112–74. 

13 CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

14 For necessary expenses to plan, acquire, construct, 

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

16 buildings, facilities, and related infrastructure necessary 

17 for the administration and enforcement of the laws relat18 ing to customs, immigration, and border security, 

19 $471,278,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2018: Provided, That the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 

21 and Border Protection shall submit to the Committees on 

22 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent23 atives, at the time that the President’s budget proposal 

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

25 31, United States Code, an inventory of the real property 


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

2 each activity and project proposed for funding under this 

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

4 activity and project proposed and underway in fiscal year 

5 2015. 

6 U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigra9 tion and customs laws, detention and removals, and inves10 tigations, including overseas vetted units operations; and 

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

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

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

14 conducting special operations under section 3131 of the 

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

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

17 and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 

18 $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to inform19 ants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of 

20 the Secretary of Homeland Security; of which not less 

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

22 of the child pornography tipline and activities to counter 

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

24 be used to facilitate agreements consistent with section 

25 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 


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1 1357(g)); and of which not to exceed $11,216,000 shall 

2 be available to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies 

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

4 repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the 

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

6 available under this heading shall be available to com7 pensate any employee for overtime in an annual amount 

8 in excess of $35,000, except that the Secretary of Home9 land Security, or the designee of the Secretary, may waive 

10 that amount as necessary for national security purposes 

11 and in cases of immigration emergencies: Provided further, 

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

13 for activities to enforce laws against forced child labor, 

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

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

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

17 to identify aliens convicted of a crime who may be deport18 able, and to remove them from the United States once 

19 they are judged deportable: Provided further, That the 

20 Secretary of Homeland Security shall prioritize the identi21 fication and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the 

22 severity of that crime: Provided further, That funding 

23 made available under this heading shall maintain a level 

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

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1 vided, not less than $2,835,581,000 is for detention and 

2 removal operations, including transportation of unaccom3 panied minor aliens: Provided further, That of the total 

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

5 September 30, 2015, for the Visa Security Program: Pro6 vided further, That not less than $10,000,000 shall be 

7 available for investigation of intellectual property rights 

8 violations, including operation of the National Intellectual 

9 Property Rights Coordination Center: Provided further, 

10 That none of the funds provided under this heading may 

11 be used to continue a delegation of law enforcement au12 thority authorized under section 287(g) of the Immigra13 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Depart14 ment of Homeland Security Inspector General determines 

15 that the terms of the agreement governing the delegation 

16 of authority have been violated: Provided further, That 

17 none of the funds provided under this heading may be 

18 used to continue any contract for the provision of deten19 tion services if the two most recent overall performance 

20 evaluations received by the contracted facility are less than 

21 ‘‘adequate’’ or the equivalent median score in any subse22 quent performance evaluation system: Provided further, 

23 That nothing under this heading shall prevent U.S. Immi24 gration and Customs Enforcement from exercising those 

25 authorities provided under immigration laws (as defined 


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

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

3 pertaining to aliens convicted of a crime. 

4 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

5 For expenses of immigration and customs enforce6 ment automated systems, $34,900,000, to remain avail7 able until September 30, 2016. 

8 CONSTRUCTION

9 For necessary expenses to plan, construct, renovate, 

10 equip, and maintain buildings and facilities necessary for 

11 the administration and enforcement of the laws relating 

12 to customs and immigration, $5,000,000, to remain avail13 able until September 30, 2017. 

14 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

15 AVIATION SECURITY

16 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu17 rity Administration related to providing civil aviation secu18 rity services pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation 

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

20 U.S.C. 40101 note), $4,872,739,000, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2015, of which not to exceed $7,650 

22 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 

23 Provided, That of the total amount made available under 

24 this heading, not to exceed $3,824,625,000 shall be for 

25 screening operations and not to exceed $1,048,114,000 


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1 shall be for aviation security direction and enforcement: 

2 Provided further, That of the amount made available in 

3 the preceding proviso for screening operations, 

4 $2,972,715,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2014, shall be available for Screener Compensation and 

6 Benefits; $163,190,000 shall be available for the Screen7 ing Partnership Program; $382,354,000 shall be available 

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

9 shall be available for the purchase and installation of these 

10 systems; and $103,309,000 shall be for checkpoint sup11 port: Provided further, That any award to deploy explo12 sives detection systems shall be based on risk, the airport’s 

13 current reliance on other screening solutions, lobby con14 gestion resulting in increased security concerns, high in15 jury rates, airport readiness, and increased cost effective16 ness: Provided further, That security service fees author17 ized under section 44940 of title 49, United States Code, 

18 shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collec19 tions and shall be available only for aviation security: Pro20 vided further, That the sum appropriated under this head21 ing from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar22 for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received 

23 during fiscal year 2014 so as to result in a final fiscal 

24 year appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 

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1 curity service fees collected in excess of the amount made 

2 available under this heading shall become available during 

3 fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

4 section 44923 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal 

5 year 2014, any funds in the Aviation Security Capital 

6 Fund established by section 44923(h) of title 49, United 

7 States Code, may be used for the procurement and instal8 lation of explosives detection systems or for the issuance 

9 of other transaction agreements for the purpose of funding 

10 projects described in section 44923(a) of such title: Pro11 vided further, That none of the funds made available in 

12 this Act may be used for any recruiting or hiring of per13 sonnel into the Transportation Security Administration 

14 that would cause the agency to exceed a staffing level of 

15 46,000 full-time equivalent screeners: Provided further, 

16 That the preceding proviso shall not apply to personnel 

17 hired as part-time employees: Provided further, That not 

18 later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

19 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the 

20 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

21 House of Representatives a detailed report on— 

22 (1) the Department of Homeland Security ef23 forts and resources being devoted to develop more 

24 advanced integrated passenger screening tech25 nologies for the most effective security of passengers 


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1 and baggage at the lowest possible operating and ac2 quisition costs; 

3 (2) how the Transportation Security Adminis4 tration is deploying its existing passenger and bag5 gage screener workforce in the most cost effective 

6 manner; and 

7 (3) labor savings from the deployment of im8 proved technologies for passenger and baggage 

9 screening and how those savings are being used to 

10 offset security costs or reinvested to address security 

11 vulnerabilities: 

12 Provided further, That Members of the Senate and House 

13 of Representatives, including the leadership; the heads of 

14 Federal agencies and commissions, including the Sec15 retary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assist16 ant Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security; 

17 the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant 

18 Attorneys General, and the United States Attorneys; and 

19 senior members of the Executive Office of the President, 

20 including the Director of the Office of Management and 

21 Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and 

22 baggage screening. 

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1 rity activities, $108,618,000, to remain available until 

2 September 30, 2015. 

3 TRANSPORTATION THREAT ASSESSMENT AND

4 CREDENTIALING

5 For necessary expenses for the development and im6 plementation of screening programs of the Office of 

7 Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing, 

8 $182,617,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2015. 

10 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

11 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu12 rity Administration related to transportation security sup13 port and intelligence pursuant to the Aviation and Trans14 portation Security Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 

15 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note), $901,666,000, to remain 

16 available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That of the 

17 funds provided under this heading, $50,000,000 shall be 

18 withheld from obligation for headquarters administration 

19 until the Administrator of the Transportation Security 

20 Administration submits to the Committees on Appropria21 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives de22 tailed expenditure plans for air cargo security, checkpoint 

23 support, and explosives detection systems refurbishment, 

24 procurement, and installations on an airport-by-airport 

25 basis for fiscal year 2014 and the completion of a security 


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1 assessment measuring the effectiveness of using the 

2 Transportation Worker Identification Credential: Provided 

3 further, That the Administrator of the Transportation Se4 curity Administration shall submit to the Committees of 

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

6 that the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 

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

8 United States Code, the expenditure plans and report de9 tailed in the preceding proviso. 

10 FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS

11 For necessary expenses of the Federal Air Marshal 

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

13 Federal Air Marshal Service shall submit to the Commit14 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

15 Representatives not later than 45 days after the date of 

16 enactment of this Act a detailed, classified expenditure 

17 and staffing plan for ensuring optimal coverage of high18 risk flights. 

19 COAST GUARD

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte22 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur23 chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehi24 cles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease 

25 of small boats for contingent and emergent requirements 


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

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

3 $31,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for 

4 overseas deployments and activities; minor shore construc5 tion projects not exceeding $1,000,000 in total cost on any 

6 location; payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 

7 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recre8 ation and welfare; $6,839,416,000; of which $340,000,000 

9 shall be for defense-related activities, of which 

10 $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 

11 Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 

12 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 

13 2712(a)(5)); and of which not to exceed $15,300 shall be 

14 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro15 vided, That none of the funds made available by this Act 

16 shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels 

17 under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, ex18 cept to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts 

19 and credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That 

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

21 shall be withheld from obligation for Coast Guard Head22 quarters Directorates until a revised future-years capital 

23 investment plan for fiscal years 2015 through 2019, as 

24 specified under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard Acquisition, 

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


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1 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

2 the House of Representatives. 

3 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the environ5 mental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast 

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

7 $13,164,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2018. 

9 RESERVE TRAINING

10 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, 

11 as authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the 

12 Coast Guard Reserve program; personnel and training 

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

14 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

15 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 

16 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 

17 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 

18 thereto; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and oper19 ation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by law; 

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

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

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

23 of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which the fol24 lowing amounts, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2018 (except as subsequently specified), shall be available 


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1 as follows: $18,000,000 shall be available for military fam2 ily housing, of which not more than $6,828,691 shall be 

3 derived from the Coast Guard Housing Fund established 

4 pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 687; $860,553,000 shall be avail5 able to acquire, effect major repairs to, renovate, or im6 prove vessels, small boats, and related equipment; 

7 $149,710,000 shall be available to acquire, effect major 

8 repairs to, renovate, or improve aircraft or increase avia9 tion capability; $74,930,000 shall be available for other 

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

11 shore facilities and aids to navigation, including water12 front facilities at Navy installations used by the Coast 

13 Guard; and $114,519,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2014, shall be available for personnel com15 pensation and benefits and related costs: Provided, That 

16 the funds provided by this Act shall be immediately avail17 able and allotted to contract for the production of the sev18 enth National Security Cutter notwithstanding the avail19 ability of funds for post-production costs: Provided further, 

20 That the funds provided by this Act shall be immediately 

21 available and allotted to contract for long lead time mate22 rials, components, and designs for the eighth National Se23 curity Cutter notwithstanding the availability of funds for 

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1 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

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

3 President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 is sub4 mitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

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

6 Coast Guard that identifies for each requested capital 

7 asset— 

8 (1) the proposed appropriations included in that 

9 budget; 

10 (2) the total estimated cost of completion, in11 cluding and clearly delineating the costs of associ12 ated major acquisition systems infrastructure and 

13 transition to operations; 

14 (3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year 

15 for the next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition pro16 gram baseline or project completion, whichever is 

17 earlier; 

18 (4) an estimated completion date at the pro19 jected funding levels; and 

20 (5) a current acquisition program baseline for 

21 each capital asset, as applicable, that— 

22 (A) includes the total acquisition cost of 

23 each asset, subdivided by fiscal year and includ24 ing a detailed description of the purpose of the 

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1 cluding for each fiscal year funds requested for 

2 design, pre-acquisition activities, production, 

3 structural modifications, missionization, post4 delivery, and transition to operations costs; 

5 (B) includes a detailed project schedule 

6 through completion, subdivided by fiscal year, 

7 that details— 

8 (i) quantities planned for each fiscal 

9 year; and 

10 (ii) major acquisition and project 

11 events, including development of oper12 ational requirements, contracting actions, 

13 design reviews, production, delivery, test 

14 and evaluation, and transition to oper15 ations, including necessary training, shore 

16 infrastructure, and logistics; 

17 (C) notes and explains any deviations in 

18 cost, performance parameters, schedule, or esti19 mated date of completion from the original ac20 quisition program baseline and the most recent 

21 baseline approved by the Department of Home22 land Security’s Acquisition Review Board, if ap23 plicable; 

24 (D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to 

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1 bilities of comparable legacy assets, identifying 

2 known capability gaps between such existing ca3 pabilities and stated mission requirements, and 

4 explaining how the acquisition of each asset will 

5 address such known capability gaps; 

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

7 and the date of the estimate on which such 

8 costs are based, including all associated costs of 

9 major acquisitions systems infrastructure and 

10 transition to operations, delineated by purpose 

11 and fiscal year for the projected service life of 

12 the asset; 

13 (F) includes the earned value management 

14 system summary schedule performance index 

15 and cost performance index for each asset, if 

16 applicable; and 

17 (G) includes a phase-out and decommis18 sioning schedule delineated by fiscal year for 

19 each existing legacy asset that each asset is in20 tended to replace or recapitalize: 

21 Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast 

22 Guard shall ensure that amounts specified in the future23 years capital investment plan are consistent, to the max24 imum extent practicable, with proposed appropriations 

25 necessary to support the programs, projects, and activities 


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

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

3 of title 31, United States Code, for that fiscal year: Pro4 vided further, That any inconsistencies between the capital 

5 investment plan and proposed appropriations shall be 

6 identified and justified: Provided further, That subsections 

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

8 apply with respect to the amounts made available under 

9 this heading. 

10 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

11 For necessary expenses for applied scientific re12 search, development, test, and evaluation; and for mainte13 nance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and 

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

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

16 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 

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

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

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

20 of this appropriation funds received from State and local 

21 governments, other public authorities, private sources, and 

22 foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, devel23 opment, testing, and evaluation. 


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1 RETIRED PAY

2 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 

3 otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur4 pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 

5 Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca6 reer status bonuses, concurrent receipts and combat-re7 lated special compensation under the National Defense 

8 Authorization Act, and payments for medical care of re9 tired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of 

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

11 available until expended. 

12 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 

15 Service, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles 

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

17 motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the 

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

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

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

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

22 facilities on private or other property not in Government 

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1 signment on the actual day or days of the visit of a 

2 protectee requires an employee to work 16 hours per day 

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

4 participation in firearms matches; presentation of awards; 

5 travel of United States Secret Service employees on pro6 tective missions without regard to the limitations on such 

7 expenditures in this or any other Act; research and devel8 opment; grants to conduct behavioral research in support 

9 of protective research and operations; and payment in ad10 vance for commercial accommodations as may be nec11 essary to perform protective functions; $1,534,589,000; of 

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

13 and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 

14 $100,000 shall be to provide technical assistance and 

15 equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in 

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

17 forensic and related support of investigations of missing 

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

19 a grant for activities related to investigations of missing 

20 and exploited children and shall remain available until 

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

22 $8,000,000 shall be for activities related to training in 

23 electronic crimes investigations and forensics: Provided, 

24 That $18,000,000 for protective travel shall remain avail25 able until September 30, 2015: Provided further, That 


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1 $4,500,000 for National Special Security Events shall re2 main available until September 30, 2015: Provided further, 

3 That the United States Secret Service is authorized to ob4 ligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from Fed5 eral agencies and entities, as defined in section 105 of title 

6 5, United States Code, for personnel receiving training 

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

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

9 not exceed total budgetary resources available under this 

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

11 That none of the funds made available under this heading 

12 shall be available to compensate any employee for overtime 

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

14 the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of 

15 the Secretary, may waive that amount as necessary for 

16 national security purposes: Provided further, That none of 

17 the funds made available to the United States Secret Serv18 ice by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts may 

19 be made available for the protection of the head of a Fed20 eral agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Secu21 rity: Provided further, That the Director of the Secret 

22 Service may enter into an agreement to provide such pro23 tection on a fully reimbursable basis: Provided further, 

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1 tions Acts may be obligated for the purpose of opening 

2 a new permanent domestic or overseas office or location 

3 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

4 and the House of Representatives are notified 15 days in 

5 advance of such obligation: Provided further, That for pur6 poses of section 503(b) of this Act, $15,000,000 or 10 

7 percent, whichever is less, may be transferred between 

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

9 Field Operations’’. 

10 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

11 RELATED EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 

13 repair, alteration, and improvement of physical and tech14 nological infrastructure, $51,775,000; of which 

15 $5,380,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 

16 shall be for acquisition, construction, improvement, and 

17 maintenance of facilities; and of which $46,395,000, to re18 main available until September 30, 2016, shall be for in19 formation integration and technology transformation exe20 cution: Provided, That the Director of the Secret Service 

21 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

22 Senate and the House of Representatives at the time that 

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

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

25 States Code, a multi-year investment and management 


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1 plan for its Information Integration and Technology 

2 Transformation program that describes funding for the 

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

4 associated plans for systems acquisition and technology 

5 deployment. 

6 TITLE III 

7 PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

8 RECOVERY 

9 NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE

10 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

11 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

12 Secretary and the Offices of the Assistant Secretaries for 

13 the National Protection and Programs Directorate, sup14 port for operations, and information technology, 

15 $50,522,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall 

16 be for official reception and representation expenses. 

17 INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION

18 SECURITY

19 For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection 

20 and information security programs and activities, as au21 thorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

22 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $1,176,629,000, of which 

23 $200,000,000, shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2015: Provided, That of the total amount provided for the 

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


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1 and activity, $20,000,000 shall be withheld from obliga2 tion until the Under Secretary for the National Protection 

3 and Programs Directorate submits to the Committees on 

4 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent5 atives an expenditure plan for the Chemical Facility Anti6 Terrorism Standards program that includes the number 

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

8 inspections pending, and inspections projected to be com9 pleted by September 30, 2014. 

10 FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

11 The revenues and collections of security fees credited 

12 to this account shall be available until expended for nec13 essary expenses related to the protection of federally 

14 owned and leased buildings and for the operations of the 

15 Federal Protective Service. 

16 OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

17 For necessary expenses for the Office of Biometric 

18 Identity Management, as authorized by section 7208 of 

19 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

20 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), $232,190,000: Provided, That of 

21 the total amount made available under this heading, 

22 $113,956,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2016: Provided further, That the Secretary of Homeland 

24 Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropria25 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not 


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

2 an expenditure plan for the Office of Biometric Identity 

3 Management: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

4 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

5 and the House of Representatives at the time the Presi6 dent’s budget is submitted each year under section 

7 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a multi-year in8 vestment and management plan for the Office of Biomet9 ric Identity Management program, to include each fiscal 

10 year starting with the current fiscal year and the 3 subse11 quent fiscal years, that provides— 

12 (1) the proposed appropriation for each activity 

13 tied to mission requirements and outcomes, program 

14 management capabilities, performance levels, and 

15 specific capabilities and services to be delivered, not16 ing any deviations in cost or performance from the 

17 prior fiscal years expenditure or investment and 

18 management plan for United States Visitor and Im19 migrant Status Indicator Technology; 

20 (2) the total estimated cost, projected funding 

21 by fiscal year, and projected timeline of completion 

22 for all enhancements, modernizations, and new capa23 bilities proposed in such budget and underway, in24 cluding and clearly delineating associated efforts and 

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1 partment of Homeland Security and in the Federal 

2 Government and detailing any deviations in cost, 

3 performance, schedule, or estimated date of comple4 tion provided in the prior fiscal years expenditure or 

5 investment and management plan for United States 

6 Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology; 

7 and 

8 (3) a detailed accounting of operations and 

9 maintenance, contractor services, and program costs 

10 associated with the management of identity services. 

11 OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Af13 fairs, $123,425,000; of which $25,072,000 is for salaries 

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

15 operations: Provided, That of the amount made available 

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

17 until September 30, 2015, for biosurveillance, chemical de18 fense, medical and health planning and coordination, and 

19 workforce health protection: Provided further, That not to 

20 exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and represen21 tation expenses. 

22 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 

25 Management Agency, $914,795,000, including activities 


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1 authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

2 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

4 seq.), the Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act of 2000 (divi5 sion C, title I, 114 Stat. 583), the Earthquake Hazards 

6 Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the De7 fense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et 

8 seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National Security Act 

9 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404, 405), Reorganization Plan No. 

10 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the Homeland Security Act 

11 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), the Implementing Rec12 ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Pub13 lic Law 110–53), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 

14 Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Post-Katrina 

15 Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 

16 109–295; 120 Stat. 1394), and the Biggert-Waters Flood 

17 Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141, 126 

18 Stat. 916): Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be 

19 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro20 vided further, That of the total amount made available 

21 under this heading, $27,513,000 shall be for the Urban 

22 Search and Rescue Response System, of which none is 

23 available for Federal Emergency Management Agency ad24 ministrative costs: Provided further, That of the total 

25 amount made available under this heading, $22,000,000 


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1 shall remain available until September 30, 2015, for cap2 ital improvements and other expenses related to continuity 

3 of operations at the Mount Weather Emergency Oper4 ations Center. 

5 STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

6 For grants contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

7 other activities, $1,500,000,000, which shall be allocated 

8 as follows: 

9 (1) Notwithstanding section 503 of this Act, 

10 $1,264,826,000 shall be distributed, according to 

11 threat, vulnerability, and consequence, at the discre12 tion of the Secretary of Homeland Security based on 

13 the following authorities: 

14 (A) The State Homeland Security Grant 

15 Program under section 2004 of the Homeland 

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

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

18 section 2004, for fiscal year 2014, the Com19 monwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available 

20 to local and tribal governments amounts pro21 vided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

22 under this paragraph in accordance with sub23 section (c)(1) of such section 2004. 

24 (B) Operation Stonegarden. 


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1 (C) The Urban Area Security Initiative 

2 under section 2003 of the Homeland Security 

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

4 (D) Organizations (as described under sec5 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

6 1986 and exempt from tax section 501(a) of 

7 such code) determined by the Secretary of 

8 Homeland Security to be at high risk of a ter9 rorist attack. 

10 (E) Public Transportation Security Assist11 ance and Railroad Security Assistance, under 

12 sections 1406 and 1513 of the Implementing 

13 Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act 

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

15 Amtrak security: Provided, That such public 

16 transportation security assistance shall be pro17 vided directly to public transportation agencies. 

18 (F) Port Security Grants in accordance 

19 with 46 U.S.C. 70107. 

20 (G) Over-the-Road Bus Security Assist21 ance under section 1532 of the Implementing 

22 Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act 

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

24 (H) The Metropolitan Medical Response 

25 System under section 635 of the Post-Katrina 


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1 Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 

2 (6 U.S.C. 723). 

3 (I) The Citizen Corps Program. 

4 (J) The Driver’s License Security Grants 

5 Program in accordance with section 204 of the 

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

7 (K) The Interoperable Emergency Commu8 nications Grant Program under section 1809 of 

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

10 579). 

11 (L) Emergency Operations Centers under 

12 section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

13 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 5196c). 

15 (M) The Buffer Zone Protection Program 

16 Grants. 

17 (N) Regional Catastrophic Preparedness 

18 Grants. 

19 (2) $235,174,000 shall be to sustain current 

20 operations for training, exercises, technical assist21 ance, and other programs, of which $157,991,000 

22 shall be for training of State, local, and tribal emer23 gency response providers: 

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

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


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1 Stonegarden; Provided further, That for grants under 

2 paragraph (1), applications for grants shall be made avail3 able to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after the 

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

5 submit applications not later than 80 days after the grant 

6 announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 

7 Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days 

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

9 notwithstanding section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Se10 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)), or any other 

11 provision of law, a grantee may not use more than 5 per12 cent of the amount of a grant made available under this 

13 heading for expenses directly related to administration of 

14 the grant: Provided further, That for grants under para15 graphs (1) and (2), the installation of communications 

16 towers is not considered construction of a building or other 

17 physical facility: Provided further, That grantees shall pro18 vide reports on their use of funds, as determined necessary 

19 by the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

20 FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

21 For grants for programs authorized by the Federal 

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

23 et seq.), $675,000,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2015, of which $337,500,000 shall be available 

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


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1 $337,500,000 shall be available to carry out section 34 

2 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

3 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

4 For emergency management performance grants, as 

5 authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

6 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

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

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

10 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $350,000,000. 

11 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

12 The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 

13 2014, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Vet14 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 

15 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 

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

17 amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland Se18 curity necessary for its radiological emergency prepared19 ness program for the next fiscal year: Provided, That the 

20 methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall be 

21 fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing such 

22 services, including administrative costs of collecting such 

23 fees: Provided further, That fees received under this head24 ing shall be deposited in this account as offsetting collec25 tions and will become available for authorized purposes on 


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

2 2016. 

3 UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

4 For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Ad5 ministration and for other purposes, as authorized by the 

6 Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 

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

8 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $42,162,000. 

9 DISASTER RELIEF FUND

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 

12 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

13 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $6,220,908,000, to remain avail14 able until expended, of which $24,000,000 shall be trans15 ferred to the Department of Homeland Security Office of 

16 Inspector General for audits and investigations related to 

17 disasters: Provided, That the Administrator of the Federal 

18 Emergency Management Agency shall submit an expendi19 ture plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the use 

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

22 disaster readiness and support not later than 60 days 

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

24 That the Administrator shall submit to such Committees 

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1 penditure plan and a justification for any changes from 

2 the initial plan: Provided further, That the Administrator 

3 shall submit to such Committees the following reports, in4 cluding a specific description of the methodology and the 

5 source data used in developing such reports: 

6 (1) An estimate of the following amounts shall 

7 be submitted for the budget year at the time that 

8 the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 

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

10 United States Code: 

11 (A) The unobligated balance of funds to be 

12 carried over from the prior fiscal year to the 

13 budget year. 

14 (B) The unobligated balance of funds to be 

15 carried over from the budget year to the budget 

16 year plus 1. 

17 (C) The amount of obligations for non-cat18 astrophic events for the budget year. 

19 (D) The amount of obligations for the 

20 budget year for catastrophic events delineated 

21 by event and by State. 

22 (E) The total amount that has been pre23 viously obligated or will be required for cata24 strophic events delineated by event and by State 

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

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

3 (F) The amount of previously obligated 

4 funds that will be recovered for the budget 

5 year. 

6 (G) The amount that will be required for 

7 obligations for emergencies, as described in sec8 tion 102(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

9 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

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

11 in section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis12 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

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

14 grants, as described in section 420 of the Rob15 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

16 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187), surge activi17 ties, and disaster readiness and support activi18 ties. 

19 (H) The amount required for activities not 

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

21 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con22 trol Act of 1985. 

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

24 of the following for the current fiscal year shall be 

25 submitted not later than the fifth day of each 


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1 month, and shall be published by the Administrator 

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

3 day of each month: 

4 (A) A summary of the amount of appro5 priations made available by source, the trans6 fers executed, the previously allocated funds re7 covered, and the commitments, allocations, and 

8 obligations made. 

9 (B) A table of disaster relief activity delin10 eated by month, including— 

11 (i) the beginning and ending balances; 

12 (ii) the total obligations to include 

13 amounts obligated for fire assistance, 

14 emergencies, surge, and disaster support 

15 activities; 

16 (iii) the obligations for catastrophic 

17 events delineated by event and by State; 

18 and 

19 (iv) the amount of previously obli20 gated funds that are recovered. 

21 (C) A summary of allocations, obligations, 

22 and expenditures for catastrophic events delin23 eated by event. 

24 (D) In addition, for a disaster declaration 

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1 lowing categories of spending: public assistance, 

2 individual assistance, mitigation, administrative, 

3 operations, and any other relevant category (in4 cluding emergency measures and disaster re5 sources). 

6 (E) The date on which funds appropriated 

7 will be exhausted. 

8 Provided further, That the Administrator shall publish on 

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

10 award of a public assistance grant under section 406 of 

11 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As12 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) the specifics of the grant 

13 award: Provided further, That for any mission assignment 

14 or mission assignment task order to another Federal de15 partment or agency regarding a major disaster, not later 

16 than 24 hours after the issuance of the mission assign17 ment or task order, the Administrator shall publish on the 

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

19 State and the disaster declaration for such State, the as20 signed agency, the assistance requested, a description of 

21 the disaster, the total cost estimate, and the amount obli22 gated: Provided further, That not later than 10 days after 

23 the last day of each month until the mission assignment 

24 or task order is completed and closed out, the Adminis25 trator shall update any changes to the total cost estimate 


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

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

3 for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. 

4 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That the 

6 amount in the preceding proviso is designated by the Con7 gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

8 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

9 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses, including administrative 

12 costs, under section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance 

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

14 100216, 100226, 100230, and 100246 of the Biggert15 Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 

16 112–141, 126 Stat. 917), $95,202,000, and such addi17 tional sums as may be provided by State and local govern18 ments or other political subdivisions for cost-shared map19 ping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of such Act (42 

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

21 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

22 For activities under the National Flood Insurance 

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

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

25 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 


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

2 which shall be derived from offsetting amounts collected 

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

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

5 $22,000,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses 

6 associated with flood mitigation and flood insurance oper7 ations; and not less than $154,300,000 shall be available 

8 for flood plain management and flood mapping, to remain 

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

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

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

12 4015(d)) shall be credited as an offsetting collection to 

13 this account, to be available for flood plain management 

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

15 2014, no funds shall be available from the National Flood 

16 Insurance Fund under section 1310 of that Act (42 

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

18 (1) $132,000,000 for operating expenses; 

19 (2) $1,152,000,000 for commissions and taxes 

20 of agents; 

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

22 Treasury borrowings; and 

23 (4) $100,000,000, which shall remain available 

24 until expended, for flood mitigation actions under 

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1 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c): Provided further, That the 

2 amounts collected under section 102 of the Flood 

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

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

5 Act of 1968 shall be deposited in the National Flood 

6 Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts speci7 fied as available for section 1366 of the National 

8 Flood Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding sub9 section (f)(8) of such section 102 (42 U.S.C. 

10 4012a(f)(8)) and subsection 1366(e) and paragraphs 

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

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

13 4104d(b)(2)–(3)): Provided further, That total ad14 ministrative costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the 

15 total appropriation. 

16 NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

17 For the predisaster mitigation grant program under 

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

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

20 to remain available until expended. 

21 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

22 To carry out the emergency food and shelter program 

23 pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As24 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $120,000,000, to 

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1 ministrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 

2 amount made available under this heading. 

3 TITLE IV 

4 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, 

5 AND SERVICES 

6 UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

7 SERVICES

8 For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigra9 tion services, $114,213,000 for the E-Verify Program, as 

10 described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Re11 form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 

12 1324a note), to assist United States employers with main13 taining a legal workforce: Provided, That notwithstanding 

14 any other provision of law, funds otherwise made available 

15 to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

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

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

18 Administrator of General Services does not provide vehi19 cles for lease: Provided further, That the Director of 

20 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services may 

21 authorize employees who are assigned to those areas to 

22 use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ resi23 dences and places of employment. 


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1 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce4 ment Training Center, including materials and support 

5 costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; the pur6 chase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and 

7 hire of passenger motor vehicles; expenses for student ath8 letic and related activities; the conduct of and participa9 tion in firearms matches and presentation of awards; pub10 lic awareness and enhancement of community support of 

11 law enforcement training; room and board for student in12 terns; a flat monthly reimbursement to employees author13 ized to use personal mobile phones for official duties; and 

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

15 States Code; $227,845,000; of which $300,000 shall re16 main available until expended to be distributed to Federal 

17 law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred partici18 pating in training accreditation; and of which not to ex19 ceed $9,180 shall be for official reception and representa20 tion expenses: Provided, That the Center is authorized to 

21 obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from 

22 agencies receiving training sponsored by the Center, ex23 cept that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year 

24 shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the 

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1 1202(a) of Public Law 107–206 (42 U.S.C. 3771 note), 

2 as amended under this heading in division D of Public 

3 Law 113-6 is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

4 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2016’’: Provided fur5 ther, That the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 

6 Training Center shall schedule basic or advanced law en7 forcement training, or both, at all four training facilities 

8 under the control of the Federal Law Enforcement Train9 ing Center to ensure that such training facilities are oper10 ated at the highest capacity throughout the fiscal year: 

11 Provided further, That the Federal Law Enforcement 

12 Training Accreditation Board, including representatives 

13 from the Federal law enforcement community and non14 Federal accreditation experts involved in law enforcement 

15 training, shall lead the Federal law enforcement training 

16 accreditation process to continue the implementation of 

17 measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of 

18 Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and 

19 instructors. 

20 ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

21 RELATED EXPENSES

22 For acquisition of necessary additional real property 

23 and facilities, construction, and ongoing maintenance, fa24 cility improvements, and related expenses of the Federal 

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1 main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 

2 the Center is authorized to accept reimbursement to this 

3 appropriation from government agencies requesting the 

4 construction of special use facilities. 

5 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

6 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

7 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

8 Secretary for Science and Technology and for manage9 ment and administration of programs and activities as au10 thorized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

11 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $129,000,000: Provided, That not 

12 to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and rep13 resentation expenses: Provided further, That the Secretary 

14 of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on 

15 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent16 atives, at the time that the President’s budget proposal 

17 for fiscal year 2015 is submitted pursuant to section 

18 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a report outlining 

19 reforms to research and development programs, as speci20 fied in the accompanying report. 

21 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND

22 OPERATIONS

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1 ized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

2 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the purchase or lease of not 

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

4 $548,703,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

5 2016; and of which $547,785,000 shall remain available 

6 until September 30, 2018, solely for operation and con7 struction of laboratory facilities: Provided, That of the 

8 funds provided for the operation and construction of lab9 oratory facilities under this heading, $404,000,000 shall 

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

11 Facility. 

12 DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE

13 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

14 For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear 

15 Detection Office, as authorized by title XIX of the Home16 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for man17 agement and administration of programs and activities, 

18 $37,353,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 

19 be for official reception and representation expenses: Pro20 vided further, That not later than 60 days after the date 

21 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu22 rity shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 

23 the Senate and the House of Representatives a strategic 

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1 mestic component of the global nuclear detection architec2 ture that shall: 

3 (1) define the role and responsibilities of each 

4 Departmental component in support of the domestic 

5 detection architecture, including any existing or 

6 planned programs to pre-screen cargo or convey7 ances overseas; 

8 (2) identify and describe the specific invest9 ments being made by each Departmental component 

10 in fiscal year 2014 and planned for fiscal year 2015 

11 to support the domestic architecture and the secu12 rity of sea, land, and air pathways into the United 

13 States; 

14 (3) describe the investments necessary to close 

15 known vulnerabilities and gaps, including associated 

16 costs and timeframes, and estimates of feasibility 

17 and cost effectiveness; and 

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

19 development funding is furthering the implementa20 tion of the domestic nuclear detection architecture, 

21 including specific investments planned for each of 

22 fiscal years 2014 and 2015. 

23 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS

24 For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear 

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1 $211,210,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2015. 

3 SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

4 For expenses for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Of5 fice acquisition and deployment of radiological detection 

6 systems in accordance with the global nuclear detection 

7 architecture, $42,600,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2016. 

9 TITLE V 

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

12 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

13 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

15 of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropria16 tions provided for activities in this Act may be transferred 

17 to appropriation accounts for such activities established 

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

19 applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be ac20 counted for as one fund for the same time period as origi21 nally enacted. 

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

23 provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 

24 in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 

25 that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 


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

2 of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail3 able to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 

4 for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 

5 funds that: 

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

7 (2) eliminates a program, project, office, or ac8 tivity; 

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

10 activity for which funds have been denied or re11 stricted by the Congress; 

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

13 activity by either of the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the Senate or the House of Representatives 

15 for a different purpose; or 

16 (5) contracts out any function or activity for 

17 which funding levels were requested for Federal full18 time equivalents in the object classification tables 

19 contained in the fiscal year 2014 Budget Appendix 

20 for the Department of Homeland Security, as modi21 fied by the report accompanying this Act, unless the 

22 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

23 House of Representatives are notified 15 days in ad24 vance of such reprogramming of funds. 


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

2 by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or 

3 transferred to the Department of Homeland Security that 

4 remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

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

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

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

8 be available for obligation or expenditure for programs, 

9 projects, or activities through a reprogramming of funds 

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

11 that: 

12 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac13 tivities; 

14 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist15 ing program, project, or activity; 

16 (3) reduces by 10 percent the numbers of per17 sonnel approved by the Congress; or 

18 (4) results from any general savings from a re19 duction in personnel that would result in a change 

20 in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap21 proved by the Congress, unless the Committees on 

22 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep23 resentatives are notified 15 days in advance of such 

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

2 made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart3 ment of Homeland Security by this Act or provided by 

4 previous appropriations Acts may be transferred between 

5 such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 

6 otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 

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

8 transfer under this section shall be treated as a re9 programming of funds under subsection (b) and shall not 

10 be available for obligation unless the Committees on Ap11 propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa12 tives are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer. 

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

14 this section, no funds shall be reprogrammed within or 

15 transferred between appropriations after June 30, except 

16 in extraordinary circumstances that imminently threaten 

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

18 (e) The notification thresholds and procedures set 

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

20 balances of funds provided in previous Department of 

21 Homeland Security Appropriations Acts. 

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

23 Working Capital Fund, established pursuant to section 

24 403 of Public Law 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), shall 

25 continue operations as a permanent working capital fund 


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1 for fiscal year 2014: Provided, That none of the funds ap2 propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 

3 of Homeland Security may be used to make payments to 

4 the Working Capital Fund, except for the activities and 

5 amounts allowed in the President’s fiscal year 2014 budg6 et: Provided further, That funds provided to the Working 

7 Capital Fund shall be available for obligation until ex8 pended to carry out the purposes of the Working Capital 

9 Fund: Provided further, That all departmental components 

10 shall be charged only for direct usage of each Working 

11 Capital Fund service: Provided further, That funds pro12 vided to the Working Capital Fund shall be used only for 

13 purposes consistent with the contributing component: Pro14 vided further, That the Working Capital Fund shall be 

15 paid in advance or reimbursed at rates which will return 

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

17 Working Capital Fund shall be subject to the require18 ments of section 503 of this Act. 

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

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

21 stabilization adjustments in the Working Capital Fund. 

22 SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

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

24 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2014 from 

25 appropriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 


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1 2014 in this Act shall remain available through September 

2 30, 2015, in the account and for the purposes for which 

3 the appropriations were provided: Provided, That prior to 

4 the obligation of such funds, a request shall be submitted 

5 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

6 the House of Representatives for approval in accordance 

7 with section 503 of this Act. 

8 SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intel9 ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 

10 by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na11 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 

12 year 2014 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel13 ligence activities for fiscal year 2014. 

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

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

16 be used to— 

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

18 contract, other transaction agreement, or task or de19 livery order on a Department of Homeland Security 

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

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

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

23 obligation of funds in an amount greater than 

24 $10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home25 land Security funds or a task or delivery order that 


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1 would cause cumulative obligations of multi-year 

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

3 total amount appropriated; 

4 (3) make a sole-source grant award; or 

5 (4) announce publicly the intention to make or 

6 award items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) includ7 ing a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition 

8 Regulation. 

9 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive 

10 the prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary noti11 fies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

12 the House of Representatives at least 3 full business days 

13 in advance of making an award or issuing a letter as de14 scribed in that subsection. 

15 (c) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

16 that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 

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

18 made without notification, and the Secretary shall notify 

19 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

20 House of Representatives not later than 5 full business 

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

22 (d) A notification under this section— 

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

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

2 fiscal year for which the funds for the award were 

3 appropriated; the type of contract; and the account 

4 and each program, project, and activity from which 

5 the funds are being drawn. 

6 (e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

7 Management Agency shall brief the Committees on Appro8 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

9 5 full business days in advance of announcing publicly the 

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

11 Programs’’. 

12 SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any ad14 ditional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 

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

16 law enforcement training without the advance approval of 

17 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

18 House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law 

19 Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the 

20 temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, 

21 or other agreement for training that cannot be accommo22 dated in existing Center facilities. 

23 SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available by this Act may be used for expenses 

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1 project for which a prospectus otherwise required under 

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

3 approved, except that necessary funds may be expended 

4 for each project for required expenses for the development 

5 of a proposed prospectus. 

6 SEC. 510. (a) Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the De7 partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 

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

9 2074) shall apply with respect to funds made available in 

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

11 funds made available in that Act. 

12 (b) The third proviso of section 537 of the Depart13 ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (6 

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

15 available in this Act. 

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

17 Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provi18 sions of the Buy American Act. For purposes of the pre19 ceding sentence, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means 

20 chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

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

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

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

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

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1 the transmission to Congress of any report prepared under 

2 paragraph (6) of such subsection. 

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

4 Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required 

5 by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

6 (8 U.S.C. 1448). 

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

8 month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of 

9 Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Ap10 propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa11 tives a monthly budget and staffing report for that month 

12 that includes total obligations, on-board versus funded 

13 full-time equivalent staffing levels, and the number of con14 tract employees for each office of the Department. 

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

16 49, United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred 

17 to Transportation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Se18 curity’’, ‘‘Administration’’, and ‘‘Transportation Security 

19 Support’’ for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 that are recov20 ered or deobligated shall be available only for the procure21 ment or installation of explosives detection systems, air 

22 cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject 

23 to notification: Provided, That quarterly reports shall be 

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1 Senate and the House of Representatives on any funds 

2 that are recovered or deobligated. 

3 SEC. 516. Any funds appropriated to Coast Guard 

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

5 years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 for the 110– 

6 123 foot patrol boat conversion that are recovered, col7 lected, or otherwise received as the result of negotiation, 

8 mediation, or litigation, shall be available until expended 

9 for the Fast Response Cutter program. 

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

11 (120 Stat. 1384) is amended by striking ‘‘2013’’ and in12 serting ‘‘2014’’. 

13 SEC. 518. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce14 ment Training Center instructor staff shall be classified 

15 as inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal 

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

17 note). 

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

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

20 to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of 

21 Homeland Security listing all grants and contracts award22 ed by any means other than full and open competition dur23 ing fiscal year 2014. 

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1 ance with applicable laws and regulations and report the 

2 results of that review to the Committees on Appropriations 

3 of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later 

4 than February 15, 2015. 

5 SEC. 520. None of the funds provided by this or pre6 vious appropriations Acts shall be used to fund any posi7 tion designated as a Principal Federal Official (or the suc8 cessor thereto) for any Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

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

10 declared disasters or emergencies unless— 

11 (1) the responsibilities of the Principal Federal 

12 Official do not include operational functions related 

13 to incident management, including coordination of 

14 operations, and are consistent with the requirements 

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

16 503(c)(4)(A) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

17 (6 U.S.C. 319(c) and 313(c)(3) and 313(c)(4)(A)) 

18 and section 302 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

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

21 latter of the date on which the Secretary of Home22 land Security appoints the Principal Federal Official 

23 and the date on which the President issues a dec24 laration under section 401 or section 501 of the 

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1 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191, respec2 tively), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

3 submit a notification of the appointment of the Prin4 cipal Federal Official and a description of the re5 sponsibilities of such Official and how such respon6 sibilities are consistent with paragraph (1) to the 

7 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

8 House of Representatives, the Transportation and 

9 Infrastructure Committee of the House of Rep10 resentatives, and the Homeland Security and Gov11 ernmental Affairs Committee of the Senate; and 

12 (3) not later than 60 days after the date of en13 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a re14 port specifying timeframes and milestones regarding 

15 the update of operations, planning and policy docu16 ments, and training and exercise protocols, to ensure 

17 consistency with paragraph (1) of this section. 

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

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

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

21 U.S.C. 452). 

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

23 Act may be used by United States Citizenship and Immi24 gration Services to grant an immigration benefit unless 

25 the results of background checks required by law to be 


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1 completed prior to the granting of the benefit have been 

2 received by United States Citizenship and Immigration 

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

4 the benefit. 

5 SEC. 523. Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act 

6 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until Sep8 tember 30, 2013,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 

9 30, 2014,’’; 

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

11 30, 2013,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014,’’. 

12 SEC. 524. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

13 require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 

14 Security that provide award fees link such fees to success15 ful acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be speci16 fied in terms of cost, schedule, and performance). 

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

18 Office of the Secretary and Executive Management under 

19 this Act may be expended for any new hires by the Depart20 ment of Homeland Security that are not verified through 

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

22 the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi23 bility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 

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

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1 to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 

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

3 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from im4 porting a prescription drug from Canada that complies 

5 with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, 

6 That this section shall apply only to individuals trans7 porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the pre8 scription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided 

9 further, That the prescription drug may not be— 

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

11 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

12 802); or 

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

14 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 262). 

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

17 consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall no18 tify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

19 the House of Representatives of any proposed transfers 

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

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

22 Law 102–393) from the Department of the Treasury For23 feiture Fund to any agency within the Department of 

24 Homeland Security: Provided, That none of the funds 

25 identified for such a transfer may be obligated until the 


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1 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

2 House of Representatives approve the proposed transfers. 

3 SEC. 528. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel5 oping a national identification card. 

6 SEC. 529. If the Administrator of the Transportation 

7 Security Administration determines that an airport does 

8 not need to participate in the E-Verify Program as de9 scribed in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Re10 form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 

11 1324a note), the Administrator shall certify to the Com12 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

13 of Representatives that no security risks will result from 

14 such non-participation. 

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

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

17 days after the date on which the President determines 

18 whether to declare a major disaster because of an event 

19 and any appeal is completed, the Administrator shall pub20 lish on the Web site of the Federal Emergency Manage21 ment Agency a report regarding that decision that shall 

22 summarize damage assessment information used to deter23 mine whether to declare a major disaster. 


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1 (b) The Administrator may redact from a report 

2 under subsection (a) any data that the Administrator de3 termines would compromise national security. 

4 (c) In this section— 

5 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad6 ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

7 Agency; and 

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

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

10 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

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

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

13 to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives may 

15 not delegate such authority to perform that act unless spe16 cifically authorized herein. 

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

18 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 

19 109–295; 6 U.S.C. 121 note), as amended by section 537 

20 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 

21 Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-6), is further amended by 

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

23 4, 2014’’. 

24 SEC. 533. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 


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

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

3 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

4 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

5 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

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

7 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

8 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

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

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

11 of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 

12 301–10.122 through 301.10–124 of title 41, Code of Fed13 eral Regulations. 

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

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

16 be used to propose or effect a disciplinary or adverse ac17 tion, with respect to any Department of Homeland Secu18 rity employee who engages regularly with the public in the 

19 performance of his or her official duties solely because that 

20 employee elects to utilize protective equipment or meas21 ures, including but not limited to surgical masks, N95 res22 pirators, gloves, or hand-sanitizers, where use of such 

23 equipment or measures is in accord with Department of 

24 Homeland Security policy and Centers for Disease Control 


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1 and Prevention and Office of Personnel Management guid2 ance. 

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

4 Act may be used to employ workers described in section 

5 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

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

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

8 personal information directly from any individual who par9 ticipates in the Registered Traveler or successor program 

10 of the Transportation Security Administration shall safe11 guard and dispose of such information in accordance with 

12 the requirements in— 

13 (1) the National Institute for Standards and 

14 Technology Special Publication 800–30, entitled 

15 ‘‘Risk Management Guide for Information Tech16 nology Systems’’; 

17 (2) the National Institute for Standards and 

18 Technology Special Publication 800–53, Revision 3, 

19 entitled ‘‘Recommended Security Controls for Fed20 eral Information Systems and Organizations’’; and 

21 (3) any supplemental standards established by 

22 the Administrator of the Transportation Security 

23 Administration (referred to in this section as the 

24 ‘‘Administrator’’). 


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

2 sponsors the company under the Registered Traveler pro3 gram shall be known as the ‘‘Sponsoring Entity’’. 

4 (c) The Administrator shall require any company cov5 ered by subsection (a) to provide, not later than 30 days 

6 after the date of enactment of this Act, to the Sponsoring 

7 Entity written certification that the procedures used by 

8 the company to safeguard and dispose of information are 

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

10 Such certification shall include a description of the proce11 dures used by the company to comply with such require12 ments. 

13 SEC. 538. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

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

16 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 

17 judged to be below satisfactory performance or perform18 ance that does not meet the basic requirements of a con19 tract. 

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

21 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Trans22 portation Security Administration shall submit to the 

23 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

24 House of Representatives, a report that either— 


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1 (1) certifies that the requirement for screening 

2 all air cargo on passenger aircraft by the deadline 

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

4 Code, has been met; or 

5 (2) includes a strategy to comply with the re6 quirements under title 44901(g) of title 49, United 

7 States Code, including— 

8 (A) a plan to meet the requirement under 

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

10 Code, to screen 100 percent of air cargo trans11 ported on passenger aircraft arriving in the 

12 United States in foreign air transportation (as 

13 that term is defined in section 40102 of that 

14 title); and 

15 (B) specification of— 

16 (i) the percentage of such air cargo 

17 that is being screened; and 

18 (ii) the schedule for achieving screen19 ing of 100 percent of such air cargo. 

20 (b) The Administrator shall continue to submit re21 ports described in subsection (a)(2) every 180 days there22 after until the Administrator certifies that the Transpor23 tation Security Administration has achieved screening of 

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1 SEC. 540. In developing any process to screen avia2 tion passengers and crews for transportation or national 

3 security purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

4 shall ensure that all such processes take into consideration 

5 such passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil liberties con6 sistent with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance. 

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

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

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

10 may be allocated by United States Citizenship and Immi11 gration Services in fiscal year 2014 for the purpose of pro12 viding an immigrant integration grants program. 

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

14 States Citizenship and Immigration Services for grants for 

15 immigrant integration may be used to provide services to 

16 aliens who have not been lawfully admitted for permanent 

17 residence. 

18 SEC. 542. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act may be used by the De20 partment of Homeland Security to enter into any Federal 

21 contract unless such contract is entered into in accordance 

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

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

24 Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such 


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1 contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered 

2 into without regard to the above referenced statutes. 

3 SEC. 543. (a) For an additional amount for data cen4 ter migration, $34,200,000. 

5 (b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for data 

6 center migration may be transferred by the Secretary of 

7 Homeland Security between appropriations for the same 

8 purpose, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 

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

10 until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of 

11 the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 

12 of such transfer. 

13 SEC. 544. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 law, if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

15 that specific U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

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

17 Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities no longer 

18 meet the mission need, the Secretary is authorized to dis19 pose of individual Service Processing Centers or other 

20 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement owned de21 tention facilities by directing the Administrator of General 

22 Services to sell all real and related personal property which 

23 support Service Processing Centers or other U.S. Immi24 gration and Customs Enforcement owned detention facili25 ties, subject to such terms and conditions as necessary to 


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1 protect Government interests and meet program require2 ments: Provided, That the proceeds, net of the costs of 

3 sale incurred by the General Services Administration and 

4 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shall be de5 posited as offsetting collections into a separate account 

6 that shall be available, subject to appropriation, until ex7 pended for other real property capital asset needs of exist8 ing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement assets, 

9 excluding daily operations and maintenance costs, as the 

10 Secretary deems appropriate: Provided further, That any 

11 sale or collocation of federally owned detention facilities 

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

13 detention beds: Provided further, That the Committees on 

14 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent15 atives shall be notified 15 days prior to the announcement 

16 of any proposed sale or collocation. 

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

18 this Act or any prior appropriations Act may be provided 

19 to the Association of Community Organizations for Re20 form Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, 

21 or allied organizations. 

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

23 Border Protection and the Assistant Secretary of Home24 land Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce25 ment shall, with respect to fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 


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1 and 2017, submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

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

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

4 2015 is submitted pursuant to the requirements of section 

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

6 required in the multi-year investment and management 

7 plans required, respectively, under the headings U.S. Cus8 toms and Border Protection, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 

9 under title II of division D of the Consolidated Appropria10 tions Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74), and U.S. Customs 

11 and Border Protection, ‘‘Border Security Fencing, Infra12 structure, and Technology’’ under such title, and section 

13 568 of such Act. 

14 SEC. 547. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

15 ensure enforcement of immigration laws (as defined in sec16 tion 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

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

18 SEC. 548. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

19 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

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

21 President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 is sub22 mitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

23 States Code, a report detailing the fiscal policy that pre24 scribes Coast Guard budgetary policies, procedures, and 

25 technical direction necessary to comply with subsection (a) 


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1 of section 557 of division D of Public Law 113-6 (as re2 quired to be developed under subsection (b) of such sec3 tion). 

4 SEC. 549. (a) Of the amounts made available by this 

5 Act for National Protection and Programs Directorate, 

6 ‘‘Infrastructure Protection and Information Security’’, 

7 $199,725,000 for the ‘‘Federal Network Security’’ pro8 gram, project, and activity shall be used to deploy on Fed9 eral systems technology to improve the information secu10 rity of agency information systems covered by section 

11 3543(a) of title 44, United States Code: Provided, That 

12 funds made available under this section shall be used to 

13 assist and support Government-wide and agency-specific 

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

15 cybersecurity to address escalating and rapidly evolving 

16 threats to information security, including the acquisition 

17 and operation of a continuous monitoring and diagnostics 

18 program, in collaboration with departments and agencies, 

19 that includes equipment, software, and Department of 

20 Homeland Security supplied services: Provided further, 

21 That not later than April 1, 2014, and quarterly there22 after, the Under Secretary of Homeland Security of the 

23 National Protection and Programs Directorate shall sub24 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

25 and House of Representatives a report on the obligation 


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1 and expenditure of funds made available under this sec2 tion: Provided further, That continuous monitoring and 

3 diagnostics software procured by the funds made available 

4 by this section shall not transmit to the Department of 

5 Homeland Security any personally identifiable information 

6 or content of network communications of other agencies’ 

7 users: Provided further, That such software shall be in8 stalled, maintained, and operated in accordance with all 

9 applicable privacy laws and agency-specific policies regard10 ing network content. 

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

12 be used to supplant funds provided for any such system 

13 within an agency budget. 

14 (c) Not later than July 1, 2014, the heads of all Fed15 eral agencies shall submit to the Committees on Appro16 priations of the Senate and House of Representatives ex17 penditure plans for necessary cybersecurity improvements 

18 to address known vulnerabilities to information systems 

19 described in subsection (a). 

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

21 thereafter, the head of each Federal agency shall submit 

22 to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

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

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1 marize such execution reports and annually submit such 

2 summaries to Congress in conjunction with the annual 

3 progress report on implementation of the E-Government 

4 Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–347), as required by section 

5 3606 of title 44, United States Code. 

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

7 judicial branches of the Federal Government and shall 

8 apply to all Federal agencies within the executive branch 

9 except for the Department of Defense, the Central Intel10 ligence Agency, and the Office of the Director of National 

11 Intelligence. 

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

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

14 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

15 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

18 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi19 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

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

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

22 facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi23 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus24 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 


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1 law enforcement personnel of the United States continu2 ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

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

4 provided in this Act for the ‘‘Office of the Secretary and 

5 Executive Management’’, the ‘‘Office of the Under Sec6 retary for Management’’, and the ‘‘Office of the Chief Fi7 nancial Officer’’ shall be withheld from obligation until the 

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

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

10 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep11 resentatives. 

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

13 other Act may be obligated to implement the National Pre14 paredness Grant Program or any other successor grant 

15 programs unless explicitly authorized by Congress. 

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

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

18 Public Advocate, or a successor position, within U.S. Im19 migration and Customs Enforcement. 

20 SEC. 555. None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance 

22 of more than 50 employees of a single component of the 

23 Department of Homeland Security, who are stationed in 

24 the United States, at a single international conference un25 less the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that 


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1 such attendance is in the national interest and notifies the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

3 House of Representatives within at least 10 days of that 

4 determination and the basis for that determination: Pro5 vided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter6 national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring 

7 outside of the United States attended by representatives 

8 of the United States Government and of foreign govern9 ments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 

10 organizations. 

11 SEC. 556. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

13 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

14 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any cor15 poration that was convicted (or had an officer or agent 

16 of such corporation acting on behalf of the corporation 

17 convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 

18 or State law within the preceding 24 months, where the 

19 awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the 

20 agency has considered suspension or debarment of the cor21 poration, or such officer or agent, and made a determina22 tion that this further action is not necessary to protect 

23 the interests of the Government. 

24 SEC. 557. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 


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1 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

2 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor3 poration for which any unpaid Federal tax liability that 

4 has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

5 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

6 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree7 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

8 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

9 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

10 or debarment of the corporation and made a determination 

11 that this further action is not necessary to protect the in12 terests of the Government. 

13 SEC. 558. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 

14 shall submit quarterly reports to the Inspector General of 

15 the Department of Homeland Security regarding the costs 

16 and contracting procedures related to each conference or 

17 ceremony (including commissionings and changes of com18 mand) held by any departmental component or office in 

19 fiscal year 2014 for which the cost to the United States 

20 Government was more than $20,000. 

21 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con22 ference or ceremony in subsection (a) held during the ap23 plicable quarter –— 

24 (1) a description of its purpose; 

25 (2) the number of participants attending; 


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1 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 

2 United States Government, including –— 

3 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

4 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

5 (C) the cost of travel to and from the con6 ference or ceremony; 

7 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

8 to determine which costs relate to the con9 ference or ceremony; and 

10 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

11 used including –— 

12 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

13 competitive basis; and 

14 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

15 conducted by the departmental component or 

16 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

17 conference or ceremony. 

18 (c) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro19 priated by this Act may not be used for the purpose of 

20 defraying the costs of a conference or ceremony described 

21 in subsection (a) that is not directly and programmatically 

22 related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was 

23 awarded, such as a conference or ceremony held in connec24 tion with planning, training, assessment, review, or other 


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1 routine purposes related to a project funded by the grant 

2 or contract. 

3 (d) None of the funds made available in the Act may 

4 be used for travel and conference activities that are not 

5 in compliance with Office of Management and Budget 

6 Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012. 

7 SEC. 559. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used for pre-clearance operations in new loca9 tions unless the required conditions relative to these oper10 ations and contained in the accompanying report are met. 

11 SEC. 560. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fire12 fighter Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary shall grant waiv13 ers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), 

14 (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 

15 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 

16 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

17 SEC. 561. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be used to establish, collect, or otherwise impose 

19 a border crossing fee for pedestrians or passenger vehicles 

20 at land ports of entry along the Southern border or the 

21 Northern border, or to conduct any study relating to the 

22 imposition of such a fee. 

23 SEC. 562. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to eliminate or reduce funding for a pro25 gram, project or activity as proposed in the President’s 


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1 budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed change 

2 is subsequently enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless 

3 such change is made pursuant to the reprogramming or 

4 transfer provisions of this Act. 

5 SEC. 563. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to approve a classification petition filed 

7 for or by a citizen or national of Brazil in order to render 

8 such individual eligible to receive an immigrant visa. 

9 SEC. 564. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

10 for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall be 

11 available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of 

12 the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 

13 to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Provided, That 

14 should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a 

15 court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null 

16 and void. 

17 SEC. 565. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

18 for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall be 

19 used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any 

20 way the performance of, any abortion. 

21 SEC. 566. Nothing in the preceding section shall re22 move the obligation of the Assistant Secretary of Home23 land Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce24 ment to provide escort services necessary for a female de25 tainee to receive such service outside the detention facility: 


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1 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin2 ishes the effect of section 565 intended to address the phil3 osophical beliefs of individual employees of U.S. Immigra4 tion and Customs Enforcement. 

5 SEC. 567. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 

6 shall submit to Congress, at the time that the President’s 

7 budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 is submitted pursuant 

8 to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a com9 prehensive report on purchase and usage of ammunition 

10 by the Department of Homeland Security, that includes— 

11 (1) mission requirements pertaining to ammuni12 tion, including certification, qualification, training, 

13 and inventory requirements for each relevant De14 partment component or agency and a comparison of 

15 such requirements to the requirements of Federal 

16 law enforcement agencies of the Department of Jus17 tice and the military components of the Department 

18 of Defense; and 

19 (2) details on all contracting practices applied 

20 by the Department of Homeland Security to procure 

21 ammunition, including comparative details regarding 

22 other contracting options with respect to cost and 

23 availability. 


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1 (b) Beginning on April 15, 2014, and quarterly there2 after, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a 

3 report to Congress that includes — 

4 (1) the quantity of ammunition in inventory in 

5 the Department of Homeland Security at the end of 

6 the preceding calendar quarter, subdivided by am7 munition type, and how such quantity aligns to mis8 sion requirements of each relevant Department of 

9 Homeland Security component or agency; 

10 (2) the quantity of ammunition used by the De11 partment of Homeland Security during the pre12 ceding calendar quarter, subdivided by ammunition 

13 type, the purpose of such usage, the average number 

14 of rounds used per agent or officer subdivided by 

15 ammunition type, and how such usage aligns to mis16 sion requirements, including certification, qualifica17 tion, and training requirements, for each relevant 

18 Department of Homeland Security component or 

19 agency; and 

20 (3) the quantity of ammunition purchased by 

21 the Department of Homeland Security during the 

22 preceding calendar quarter, subdivided by ammuni23 tion type, and the associated contract details of such 

24 purchase, for each relevant Department of Home25 land Security component or agency. 


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1 (RESCISSIONS)

2 SEC. 568. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart3 ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are here4 by rescinded from the following accounts and programs 

5 in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 

6 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 

7 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con8 current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 

9 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 

10 99-177), as amended: 

11 (1) $14,500,000 from Public Law 111–83 

12 under the heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Con13 struction, and Improvements’’; 

14 (2) $21,612,000 from Public Law 112–10 

15 under the heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Con16 struction, and Improvements’’; 

17 (3) $41,000,000 from Public Law 112–74 

18 under the heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Con19 struction, and Improvements’’; 

20 (4) $32,479,000 from Public Law 113-6 under 

21 the heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, 

22 and Improvements’’. 

23 (RESCISSION)

24 SEC. 569. From the unobligated balances made avail25 able in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 


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1 established by section 9703 of title 31, United States 

2 Code, (added by section 638 of Public Law 102-393) 

3 $100,000,000 shall be permanently rescinded. 

4 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

5 SEC. 570. The amount by which the applicable alloca6 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

7 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec8 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex9 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

10 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home11 land Security Appropriations Act, 2014’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 64 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2217 

[Report No. 113–91] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of 

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

MAY 29, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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