U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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39–012 2014

113th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 113–130 

A REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL 

APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY 2014 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

A EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS REQUEST FOR 

FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2014 

JULY 10, 2014.—Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 

to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, DC, July 8, 2014. 

Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: On June 30, I provided an update on my Administration’s efforts in addressing the urgent humanitarian situation on both sides of the Southwest border with an aggressive, unified, and coordinated Federal response. Today, I ask the Congress 

to consider the enclosed emergency supplemental appropriations 

request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 that includes $3.7 billion to comprehensively address this urgent humanitarian situation. 

This funding would support a sustained border security surge 

through enhanced domestic enforcement, including air surveillance; 

expenses related to the repatriation and reintegration of migrants; 

associated transportation costs; additional immigration judge 

teams, immigration prosecutors, and immigration litigation attorneys to ensure cases are processed fairly and as quickly as possible; 

funding to address the root causes of migration; public diplomacy 

and international information programs; the operational costs of responding to the significant rise in apprehensions of unaccompanied 

children and adults traveling with children; and expenses associated with the appropriate care for those apprehended, consistent 

with Federal law, and the necessary medical response. 

I am also requesting $615 million for emergency wildfire suppression activities for FY 2014, and a new discretionary cap adjustment for wildfire suppression operations starting in FY 2015. This 

funding would provide for the necessary expenses for wildfire suppression and rehabilitation activities this fiscal year so we can fight 

fires without having to resort to damaging transfers from our wildfire treatment and protection activities. Too often in recent years, 

this cycle of transfers has undermined our efforts to prepare for 

and reduce the severity of wildfires, which is both fiscally imprudent and self-defeating. 

My request includes language to support a discretionary cap adjustment to allow the Federal Government to respond to severe, 

complex, and threatening fires or a severe fire season in the same 

way as we fund other natural disasters such as hurricanes or 

earthquakes. This approach would provide funding certainty in future years for firefighting costs, free up resources to invest in areas 

that will promote long-term forest health and reduce fire risk, and 

maintain fiscal responsibility by addressing wildfire disaster needs 

through agreed-upon funding mechanisms. 

My Administration requests that the funding described above be 

designated as emergency requirements pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985, as amended, (BBEDCA). In addition, my AdministraVerDate Mar 15 2010 00:12 Jul 15, 2014 Jkt 039012 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 E:\HR\OC\HD130.XXX HD130

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tion requests that a new cap adjustment for wildfire suppression 

operations be added to section 251(b)(2) of BBEDCA. 

I urge the Congress to act expeditiously in considering this important request, the details of which are set forth in the enclosed 

letter from the Acting Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget. 

Finally, separate from this request, my Administration will continue to work with the Congress—following up on my letter to congressional leadership on June 30, 2014—to ensure that we have the 

legal authorities to maximize the impact of our efforts, including 

providing the Secretary of Homeland Security additional authority 

to exercise discretion in processing the return and removal of unaccompanied minor children from non-contiguous countries like Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, and increasing penalties for 

those who smuggle vulnerable migrants, like children. 

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 


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[Estimate No. 3, 113th Cong., 2nd Sess.] 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, 

Washington, DC, July 8, 2014. 

The PRESIDENT, The White House. 

DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: Submitted for your consideration is an 

emergency supplemental request for $3.7 billion to address the urgent humanitarian situation in the Rio Grande Valley areas of our 

Nation’s southwest border. This request also includes $615 million 

for emergency wildfire suppression activities for FY 2014 and a 

new discretionary cap adjustment for wildfire suppression operations starting in FY 2015. 

As you know, while overall rates of apprehensions across our 

Southwest border remain at near historic lows, apprehensions and 

processing of children and individuals from Central America crossing the border in the Rio Grande Valley have continued at high 

rates. Your Administration continues to address this crisis with a 

whole-of-government response on both sides of the border. These 

actions will permit us to fulfill our legal and moral obligations to 

appropriately care for unaccompanied children who are apprehended, while taking aggressive steps to surge resources to our 

Southwest border to deter both adults and children from embarking on this dangerous journey, increase capacity for enforcement 

and removal proceedings. and quickly return recent unlawful border crossers to their home countries after appropriate humanitarian screenings are conducted and it is determined that no relief 

is available. 

To date, the Government-wide response includes efforts by the 

Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) to deploy additional enforcement resources—including immigration 

judges, Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorneys, and asylum officers—to focus on individuals and adults traveling with children from Central America and entering without authorization 

across the Southwest border. Part of this surge includes detention 

of adults traveling with children, as well as expanded use of the 

Alternatives to Detention program, to avoid a more significant humanitarian situation. DHS is working to secure additional space 

that satisfies applicable legal and humanitarian standards for detention of adults with children. This surge of resources means that 

cases are processed fairly and as quickly as possible, ensuring the 

protection of asylum seekers and refugees while enabling the 

prompt removal of individuals who do not qualify for asylum or 

other forms of relief from removal. Finally, to attack the criminal 

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operation with our international partners, with a focus on steppedup interdiction and prosecution. 

Under your direction, the Administration also continues to work 

closely with our Mexican and Central American partners to address 

the root causes of this problem, stem the flow of adults and unaccompanied children into the United States, and expand capacity to 

receive and reintegrate repatriated migrants. Following the Vice 

President’s June 20th meeting with leaders from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, to discuss our shared responsibility 

for promoting security, these countries committed to working together and with the United States to address the immediate humanitarian crisis as well as the long-term challenges in their countries. Secretary Kerry met with leaders from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras on July 1st in Panama, and his remarks highlighted some of the challenges driving migration, the importance of 

applying the law and combating misinformation, and working together with Central American partners to address these challenges. 

We are working with our Central American partners, nongovernmental organizations, and other influential voices to send a clear 

message to potential migrants so that they understand the significant dangers of this journey and to make clear that they are not 

eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals process or 

earned citizenship provisions that are part of comprehensive immigration reform pending in the Congress. As part of this effort, we 

have also committed foreign assistance resources to improve the capacity of these countries to receive and reintegrate returned individuals and address the underlying security and economic issues 

that cause migration. 

While we are working across all of these channels, we also are 

focused on ensuring that sufficient resources and authorities exist 

to support a comprehensive approach to stemming this crisis. Accordingly, this request would provide funding to: support a sustained border security surge through enhanced domestic enforcement, including air surveillance; pay for expenses related to the repatriation and reintegration of migrants, associated transportation 

costs, and additional immigration judge teams, immigration prosecutors, and immigration litigation attorneys to ensure cases are 

processed fairly and as quickly as possible; address the root causes 

of migration; public diplomacy and international information programs; the operational costs of responding to the significant rise in 

apprehensions of unaccompanied children and adults traveling 

with children; and pay for expenses associated with the appropriate 

care for those apprehended, consistent with Federal law, including 

necessary medical responses. 

In addition, the request would provide resources necessary to 

support wildfire suppression and rehabilitation activities this year, 

and would fund these activities in a more fiscally sustainable manner going forward. As you know, too often in recent years, Federal 

funding for wildfire suppression has proved insufficient to address 

rising costs. When this happens, the Government is forced to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars away from critical forest programs to fund wildfire suppression activities. It forces the Government to delay or suspend, key fire preparedness, forest maintenance, research, and other activities, and creates a vicious cycle. 


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Unfortunately, current projections of suppression needs indicate 

this cycle is set to repeat itself once again this year. The Department of Agriculture currently projects that the costs for fire suppression could exceed appropriated funding by over $600 million. 

The proposal you introduced in the Budget—modeled on bipartisan 

proposals in both houses of the Congress—would break this cycle 

by budgeting for the most extreme fires just as we do for other disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes, and to do so in 

a fiscally responsible way that would not increase the total amount 

of discretionary resources available to spend. The discretionary cap 

adjustment included in this request would re-propose this approach. 

The amounts requested to address the urgent humanitarian situation in the Rio Grande Valley areas of our Nation’s southwest border, and the wildfire suppression activities are designated as an 

emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 

amended (BBEDCA). In addition, this request includes a proposal 

to add a new cap adjustment for wildfire suppression operations to 

section 251(b)(2) of BBEDCA. 

The major categories of funding—in Agency order—are highlighted below: 

Department of Agriculture Wildfire Management 

• $615 million for wildfire suppression. 

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration 

for Children and Families 

• $1.8 billion for additional capacity to care for unaccompanied 

children including through more stable, cost-effective arrangements, while maintaining services for refugees; and the necessary 

medical response to the arrival of these children. With these funds, 

HHS will have the resources to be able to care for the children currently projected to come into the custody of the Department of 

Homeland Security. 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement (ICE) 

• $879 million for the detention, prosecution, and removal of apprehended undocumented families; 

• $116 million for transportation costs associated with the surge 

in apprehensions of unaccompanied children; and 

• $109 million for expanded domestic and international immigration and customs investigatory and other enforcement efforts. 

DHS Customs and Border Protection 

• $364 million for operational costs associated with responding 

to the surge in the apprehensions of unaccompanied children and 

families; 

• $29 million for expansion of the Border Enforcement Security 

Task Force program; and 

• $39 million to increase air surveillance capabilities to improve 

detection and interdiction of illegal activity in the Rio Grande Valley region. 


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Department of Justice (DOJ) Administrative Review and Appeals 

• $45.4 million for additional immigration judge teams to increase case processing; 

• $2.5 million for expansion of the legal orientation program; and 

• $15.0 million for direct legal representation services to children 

in immigration proceedings. 

DOJ General Legal Activities 

• $1.1 million for additional immigration litigation attorneys to 

support Federal agencies involved in detainee admission, regulation, and removal action. 

Department of State (State) and Other International Programs 

(OIP) Diplomatic and Consular Programs 

• $5 million for public diplomacy and international information 

programs and support related to Central American migration 

issues. 

State and OIP Economic Support Fund 

• $295 million for the repatriation and reintegration of migrants 

to countries in Central America and to address the root causes of 

migration from these countries. 

General Provisions 

• Proposes to limit the authority of agencies appropriated funds 

under DHS to reprogram appropriations within an account and to 

transfer up to 30 percent between appropriations accounts with notification; 

• Proposes authority to transfer up to $250 million between appropriations made available in this Act for the humanitarian situation at the border; and 

• Proposes adjustment to the discretionary spending limits for 

wildfire suppression operations. 

Recommendation 

I carefully reviewed this request and am satisfied that it is necessary at this time. Without supplemental funding, absent undertaking extraordinary measures, agencies will not have sufficient resources to adequately address this situation. HHS will be unable 

to address the influx of children by securing sufficient shelter capacity with the number of children held at Border Patrol stations 

continuing to increase, for longer periods of time. Going forward, 

HHS will be unable to set-up more stable, cost-effective arrangements for these children, Border Patrol agents will have to be reassigned to child care duties from their border security work, and 

ICE will lack the resources needed to sufficiently expand detention 

and removal capacity for adults with children who cross the border 

illegally. In addition, without additional funds, DOJ will be unable 

to keep pace with its growing caseload, leading to longer wait times 

for those cases already on the docket. And absent dedicated resources in Central American countries, we will not make progress 

on the larger drivers of this humanitarian crisis. 


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Therefore, I join the heads of the affected departments and agencies in recommending you transmit the proposals to the Congress. 

Sincerely, 

BRIAN DEESE, 

Acting Director. 

Enclosures. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

FOREST SERVICE

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ to 

cover necessary expenses for wildfire suppression and emergency rehabilitation activities of the Forest Service, $615,000,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated 

by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That such amount shall 

be available only if the President designates such amount as an 

emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A). 

This proposal would provide the Department of Agriculture an 

additional $615 million for the Forest Service Wildland Fire Management account in FY 2014. The latest Federal Land Assistance, 

Management, and Enhancement Act projection of fire suppression 

costs at the 90 percent confidence interval shows an upper-bound 

of $1.61 billion. When compared to the current appropriations level 

of $995 million, an additional $615 million is needed to cover potential suppression costs and avoid the need for destabilizing transfers from other forest health and resilience activities. Any unused 

balances in FY 2014 would remain available to cover wildfire suppression and emergency rehabilitation activities in future severe 

fire seasons. 

Without this additional funding, should suppression costs meet 

currently estimated levels, the Department of Agriculture would 

once again have to transfer fluids from other areas—such as brush 

disposal and hazardous fuels treatment, bridge, road and trail 

maintenance; capital construction; recreation; visitor safety 

projects; and timber sales—all of which are important not only for 

better fire management, but also for the local economies in and 

around Federal lands. This would also serve to perpetuate the cycle 

that has occurred in recent years, whereby agencies have had to 

delay or cancel investments in long-term priorities that can improve forest health and fire preparedness in order to meet shortterm fire suppression needs. 


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’, 

$1,830,000,000, to be merged with and available for the same period 

and purposes as funds appropriated in Public Law 113–76 ‘‘for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235’’: Provided, That 

funds appropriated under this heading may also be used for other 

medical response expenses of the Department of Health and Human 

Services in assisting individuals identified under subsection (b) of 

such section 235 and for acquisition, construction, improvement, repair, operation, and maintenance of real property and facilities: 

Provided further, That, the Secretary may, in this fiscal year and 

hereafter, accept and use money, funds, property, and services of 

any kind made available by gift, devise bequest, grant, or other donation for carrying out such sections: Provided further, That funds 

appropriated under this heading for medical response expenses may 

be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Public Health and Social 

Services Emergency Fund’’: Provided further, That such transfer authority is subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That such amount is 

designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 

to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That 

such amount shall be available only if the President designates such 

amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A). 

This proposal would provide an additional $1.8 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide the appropriate care for unaccompanied children, consistent with Federal 

law, while maintaining services for refugees. The number of unaccompanied children apprehended while crossing the southwest border of the United States without authorization has increased substantially, resulting in an urgent humanitarian situation and 

straining the resources of the Departments of Homeland Security 

and HHS. With these funds, HHS could bring on additional capacity and put in place more stable, cost-effective arrangements. The 

proposal would also fund the necessary medical response for unaccompanied children in Border Patrol facilities. This proposal would 

also provide the Secretary of HHS with the authority to accept gifts 

and acquire property for purposes of carrying out responsibilities 

related to the care and custody of unaccompanied children. 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ to cover 

necessary expenses to respond to the significant rise in unaccompanied children and adults with children at the southwest border 

and related activities, and for the necessary expenses for enforceVerDate Mar 15 2010 00:12 Jul 15, 2014 Jkt 039012 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\HD130.XXX HD130

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ment of immigration and customs law, detention and removals of 

adults with children crossing the border unlawfully, and investigations $1,103,995,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: 

Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an 

emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 

amended: Provided further, That such amount shall be available 

only if the President designates such amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A). 

This proposal would provide the Department of Homeland Security a total of $1.1 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Of this total, $879 million would pay for detention and 

removal of apprehended undocumented adults traveling with children, expansion of alternatives to detention programs for these individuals, and additional prosecution capacity for adults with children who cross the border unlawfully; $116 million would pay for 

transportation costs associated with the significant rise in apprehensions of unaccompanied children; and $109 million would provide for immigration and customs enforcement efforts, including expanding the Border Enforcement Security Task Force program, 

doubling the size of vetted units in El Salvador, Guatemala, and 

Honduras, and expanding investigatory activities by ICE Homeland 

Security Investigations. 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ to cover 

necessary expenses to respond to the significant rise in unaccompanied children and adults with children at the southwest border 

and related activities, including the acquisition, construction, improvement, repair, and management of facilities, and for necessary 

expenses related to border security, $393,549,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That such 

amount shall be available only if the President designates such 

amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A). 

This proposal would provide the Department of Homeland Security a total of $393 million for Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP). Of this total, $364 million would pay for operational costs 

of responding to the significant rise in apprehensions of unaccompanied children and families, including overtime and temporary 

duty costs for Border Patrol agents, contract services and facility 

costs to care for children while in CBP custody, and medical and 

transportation service arrangements; and $29 million for CBP to 

expand its role in Border Enforcement Security Task Force programs, increasing information-sharing and collaboration among the 

participating law enforcement agencies combatting transnational 

crime. 


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND

PROCUREMENT

For an additional amount for ‘‘Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement’’ to cover necessary expenses 

to respond to the significant rise in unaccompanied children and 

adults with children at the southwest border and related activities, 

$39,411,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 

Provided further, That such amount shall be available only if the 

President designates such amount as an emergency requirement 

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A). 

This proposal would provide the Department of Homeland Security $39.4 million for Customs and Border Protection to increase air 

surveillance capabilities in response to the significant rise in apprehensions of unaccompanied children. The funding would support 

16,526 additional flight hours above the level requested in the 

President’s FY 2015 Budget for border surveillance and 16 additional crews for unmanned aerial systems to improve the detection 

and interdiction of illegal activity at the border. 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. ll. (a) None of the funds provided by this title shall be 

available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 

funds that proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by 

either of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate or the 

House of Representatives for a different purpose unless the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of 

funds. 

(b) Not to exceed 30 percent of any appropriation made available 

by this title may be transferred between such appropriations, but no 

such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

be increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Provided, 

That any transfer under this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under subsection (a) and shall not be available for obligation unless the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer. 

This proposal would limit the authority of agencies appropriated 

funds under this title to reprogram appropriations within an account, and would provide the authority to transfer up to 30 percent 

between appropriations accounts with 15-day advance notification 

to the Committees. 


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Administrative Review and Appeals’’ to cover necessary expenses to respond to the significant rise 

in unaccompanied children and adults with children at the southwest border and related activities, $62,900,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2015: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That such 

amount shall be available only if the President designates such 

amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A). 

This proposal would provide the Department of Justice a total of 

$62.9 million for Administrative Review and Appeals. Of the total, 

$45.4 million would be to hire approximately 40 additional immigration judges and support teams, including those anticipated to be 

hired on a temporary basis. This funding would also expand courtroom capacity including additional video conferencing and other 

equipment in support of the additional immigration judge teams. 

These additional resources, when combined with the FY 2015 

Budget request for 35 additional teams would provide sufficient capacity to process an additional 55,000 to 75,000 cases annually. 

This proposal would provide $2.5 million to expand the legal orientation program that provides direct assistance to adults and 

custodians of children in the immigration court system and $15.0 

million to provide direct legal representation services to children in 

immigration proceedings. These programs and services have been 

found to increase appearance rates in immigration proceedings and 

reduce the length of time it takes to adjudicate cases. 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

LEGAL ACTIVITIES AND U.S. MARSHALS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General 

Legal Activities’’ to cover necessary expenses to respond to the significant rise in unaccompanied children and adults with children 

at the southwest border and related activities $1,100,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That such amount is 

designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 

to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That such 

amount shall be available only if the President designates such 

amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A). 

This proposal would provide the Department of Justice $1.1 million to hire additional immigration litigation attorneys to support 

Federal agencies involved in detainee admission, regulation, and 

removal actions. 


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL 

PROGRAMS 

ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, 

which may be made available for public diplomacy and international information programs and support related to Central 

American migration issues: Provided That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That such 

amount shall be available only if the President designates such 

amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A). 

This proposal would provide an additional $5 million under Department of State and Other International Programs to support 

State Department media campaigns in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, targeting potential migrants and their families. The campaigns will emphasize the dangers of the journey, deliver the message that unaccompanied children are not given a permit to stay in the United States, and highlight a shared community 

responsibility for the welfare of unaccompanied children. Activities 

will include media tours, press interviews, and all media relations 

as well as programmatic oversight. Funds would also support youth 

programs to develop skills and leadership among potential migrants. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL 

PROGRAMS 

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

$295,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, for 

necessary expenses related to the repatriation and reintegration of 

migrants (including unaccompanied children and adults traveling 

with children) to countries in Central America, to address the root 

causes of migration from countries in Central America, and to help 

the countries of Central America build capacity to better control 

their borders, notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided, 

That assistance under this heading may also be provided for transit 

countries assisting in repatriation efforts: Provided further That the 

Department of State and the United States Agency for International 

Development shall develop metrics related to repatriation and reintegration of migrants to measure progress and assess cooperation 

by recipient governments in Central America, and that continued 

funding beyond initial assistance for addressing repatriation and 

reintegration efforts may be contingent on cooperation by Central 

American governments on progress against such metrics: Provided 

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ferred to funds made available under the headings ‘‘Complex Crises 

Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 

in Titles III and IV of acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, and may 

be further transferred under relevant authorities: Provided further, 

That such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by this or any other Act: Provided further, That 

such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided 

further, That such amount shall be available only if the President 

designates such amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

section 251(b)(2)(A). 

This proposal would provide an additional $295 million to support efforts to repatriate and reintegrate migrants to Central 

America, to help the governments in the region better control their 

borders, and to address the underlying root causes driving migration, i.e. creating the economic, social, governance, and citizen security conditions to address factors that are contributing to significant increases in migration to the United States. 

Funding will be used to increase the capacity of Central American governments to receive and reintegrate repatriated migrants. 

For example, funding will expand existing repatriation centers in 

El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, and provide associated 

training to immigration officials. As appropriate, assistance will facilitate transportation and the rapid and humane processing of migrants in country. In addition, funding may expand the capacity of 

governments and NGOs to provide services for returned migrants. 

Reintegration assistance will focus broadly on building the capacity 

of national governments, local officials, and civil society actors to 

develop sustainable community networks and cross-referral systems and identify those most at risk of returning to the United 

States. 

Reception assistance will also aim to build the capacity of countries of origin to implement the voluntary Regional Guidelines for 

the Attention of Unaccompanied Children that were endorsed by 

the member countries of the Regional Conference on Migration in 

2009. Assistance could be provided to foreign countries in the region, countries that have detained migrants transiting their territory before they enter the United States and that seek assistance 

in repatriating those migrants to their country of origin. 

Funding will also be provided to address the underlying root 

causes of migration. This will help countries in the region address 

the economic, social, governance, and institutional factors that contribute to out-migration including endemic poverty, lack of educational, vocational, and employment opportunities, and high rates 

of criminal gang activity, other violent crime, and narcotics and 

human trafficking. For example, assistance may be used to support 

expanded law enforcement capacity and capabilities, building on 

and expanding efforts to improve citizen security; to promote economic growth and jobs, e.g. through small business development, 

vocational training, and to support rural farm incomes; or for programs that target at-risk youths to reduce the influence of gangs. 

In addition, assistance will be used to help countries in the region 


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build their capacity to control their borders. This could include 

training or equipment to improve customs and border control to 

stem illicit migration while improving the flow of licit goods and 

trade across borders. 

To allow a whole-of-government approach and to allow funds to 

be implemented by the most appropriate agency, this language 

uses existing transfer authorities to allow State and USAID to 

transfer funds as necessary to other agencies (e.g. the Department 

of Justice, Millennium Challenge Corporation). 

To improve the alignment of interests between the United States 

and partner governments in Central America, State and USAID 

will devise metrics to measure progress on repatriation and reintegration efforts, and will regularly assess cooperation by recipient governments in Central America and progress against these 

metrics and factor the results into decisions on continuing repatriation and reintegration assistance funding. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT

SEC. ll. TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 

Not to exceed $250,000,000 of any appropriation made available 

in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations (excluding the appropriation for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’): Provided, 

That the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of any such 

transfer by the head of the transferor agency. 

SEC. ll. WILDFIRE DISASTER FUNDING AUTHORITY. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is 

amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(E) FLAME wildfire suppression.— 

‘‘(i) If a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for a fiscal year is enacted that specifies an 

amount for wildfire suppression operations in the 

Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior, 

then the adjustments for that fiscal year shall be the 

amount of additional new budget authority provided in 

that Act for wildfire suppression operations for that fiscal year, but shall not exceed— 

‘‘(I) for fiscal year 2015, $1,410,000,000 in additional new budget authority; 

‘‘(II) for fiscal year 2016, $1,460,000,000 in additional new budget authority; 

‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2017, $1,557,000,000 in additional new budget authority; 

‘‘(IV) for fiscal year 2018, $1,778,000,000 in additional new budget authority; 

‘‘(V) for fiscal year 2019, $2,030,000,000 in additional new budget authority; 

‘‘(VI) for fiscal year 2020, $2,319,000,000 in additional new budget authority; 

‘‘(VII) for fiscal year 2021, $2,650,000,000 in additional new budget authority; 


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‘‘(VIII) for fiscal year 2022, $2,690,000,000, in 

additional new budget authority; ‘‘(IX) for fiscal year 2023, $2,690,000,000, in additional new budget authority; and ‘‘(X) for fiscal year 2024, $2,690,000,000, in additional new budget authority. 

‘‘(ii) As used in this subparagraph— 

‘‘(I) the term ‘additional new budget authority’ 

means the amount provided for a fiscal year, in excess of 70 percent of the average costs for wildfire 

suppression operations over the previous 10 years, 

in an appropriation Act and specified to pay for 

the costs of wildfire suppression operations; and 

‘‘(II) the term ‘wildfire suppression operations’ 

means the emergency and unpredictable aspects of 

wildland firefighting including support, response, 

and emergency stabilization activities; other emergency management activities; and funds necessary 

to repay any transfers needed for these costs. 

‘‘(iii) The average costs for wildfire suppression operations over the previous 10 years shall be calculated 

annually and reported in the President’s Budget submission under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

Code, for each fiscal year.’’. 

(b) DISASTER FUNDING.—Section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 

901(b)(2)(D)) is amended— 

(1) in clause (i)— 

(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ and inserting 

‘‘plus’’; 

(B) in subclause (II), by striking the period and inserting 

‘‘; less’’; and 

(C) by adding the following: 

‘‘(III) the additional new budget authority provided in an appropriation Act for wildfire suppression operations pursuant to subparagraph (E) for 

the preceding fiscal year.’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(v) Beginning in fiscal year 2017 and in subsequent 

fiscal years, the calculation of the ‘average funding provided for disaster relief over the previous 10 years’ 

shall include for each year within that average the additional new budget authority provided in an appropriation Act for wildfire suppression operations pursuant to subparagraph (E) for the preceding fiscal year.’’. 

The Transfer Authority proposal would provide the authority to 

transfer up to $250,000,000 between appropriations made available 

in this Act with 15-day advance notification to the Committees. 

Given the evolving nature of the Government’s response to the 

surge in arrivals at the southwest border of unaccompanied children and adults traveling with children, this authority will permit 

flexibility in addressing critical operational needs as they arise. 

The Wildfire Disaster Funding Authority provision provides a 

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justment to fund extraordinary fire costs in the same manner as 

other disasters such as hurricanes or earthquakes. This proposal 

does not increase overall discretionary spending, as the provision 

reduces the ceiling for the existing disaster relief cap adjustment 

by an equivalent amount. Fire is a natural occurrence that can be 

highly beneficial to landscapes when managed properly; however, 

population growth near forests and rangelands, past management 

practices, and a changing climate have dramatically increased wildfire risk and resulting costs. Since appropriated suppression funds 

in most years have not been adequate to cover suppression costs, 

the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior have relied on 

damaging funding transfers that reduce land management and 

other preparedness activities designed to reduce the impact of 

wildland fires in the future. This situation calls for a fundamental 

change in how wildfire suppression is funded to help reduce fire 

risk, manage landscapes more holistically, and increase the resiliency of the Nation’s forests and rangelands and the communities 

that border them. 

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