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Calendar No. 443 

113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! SENATE 2nd Session 113–198 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS 

BILL, 2015 

JUNE 26, 2014.—Ordered to be printed 

Ms. LANDRIEU, from the Committee on Appropriations, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany S. 2534] 

The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 2534) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, 

reports favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass. 

Total obligational authority, fiscal year 2015 

Total of bill as reported to the Senate 1236 .......... $47,226,793,000 

Amount of 2014 appropriations 4 5 .......................... 46,583,386,000 

Amount of 2015 budget estimate 126 ..................... 46,346,037,000 

Bill as recommended to Senate compared to— 

2014 appropriations .......................................... ∂643,407,000 

2015 budget estimate ........................................ ∂880,756,000 

1 Committee recommendation includes $731,093,000 in rescissions compared to 

$200,000,000 in proposed cancellations. 2 Includes a permanent indefinite appropriation of $176,970,000 for the Coast 

Guard healthcare fund contribution. 3 Includes $213,000,000 for the Coast Guard for the cost of overseas contingency 

operations. 4 Includes rescissions totaling $693,426,000 pursuant to Public Law 113–76. Includes permanent indefinite appropriation of $201,000,000 for the Coast Guard 

healthcare fund contribution. Includes $227,000,000 for the Coast Guard for the 

costs of overseas contingency operations. 5 Includes $5,626,386,000 for the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund designated by Congress as disaster relief pursuant to Public Law 112–25. 6 Includes $6,437,793,000 for the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund designated by Congress as disaster relief pursuant to Public Law 112–25. 
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C O N T E N T S 

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Overview and Summary of the Bill ........................................................................ 4 

Title I: 

Departmental Management and Operations: 

Office of the Secretary and Executive Management .............................. 11 

Office of the Under Secretary for Management ...................................... 20 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer ........................................................ 23 

Office of the Chief Information Officer .................................................... 27 

Analysis and Operations ........................................................................... 29 

Office of Inspector General ....................................................................... 30 

Title II: 

Security, Enforcement, and Investigations: 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection: 

Salaries and Expenses ....................................................................... 33 

Automation Modernization ................................................................ 49 

Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology ............. 50 

Air and Marine Operations ............................................................... 52 

Construction and Facilities Management ........................................ 55 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: 

Salaries and Expenses ....................................................................... 57 

Automation Modernization ................................................................ 65 

Construction ....................................................................................... 66 

Transportation Security Administration: 

Aviation Security ................................................................................ 67 

Surface Transportation Security ....................................................... 76 

Intelligence and Vetting .................................................................... 77 

Transportation Security Support ...................................................... 79 

United States Coast Guard: 

Operating Expenses ........................................................................... 81 

Environmental Compliance and Restoration ................................... 87 

Reserve Training ................................................................................ 88 

Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements ................................. 88 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation ................................ 93 

Retired Pay ......................................................................................... 94 

United States Secret Service: 

Salaries and Expenses ....................................................................... 94 

Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, and Related 

Expenses .......................................................................................... 97 

Title III: 

Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: 

National Protection and Programs Directorate: 

Management and Administration ..................................................... 98 

Infrastructure Protection and Information Security ....................... 100 

Federal Protective Service ................................................................. 106 

Office of Biometric Identity Management ........................................ 107 

Office of Health Affairs ............................................................................. 109 

Federal Emergency Management Agency: 

Salaries and Expenses ....................................................................... 111 

State and Local Programs ................................................................. 117 

Firefighter Assistance Grants ........................................................... 122 

Emergency Management Performance Grants ................................ 122 

Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program ............................. 123 

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

Disaster Relief Fund .......................................................................... 125 

Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis ....................................... 126 
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Title III—Continued 

Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery—Continued 

Federal Emergency Management Agency—Continued 

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

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

Emergency Food and Shelter ............................................................ 129 

Title IV: 

Research and Development, Training, and Services: 

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

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center: 

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

Acquisitions, Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses .............................................................................................. 133 

Science and Technology: 

Management and Administration ..................................................... 134 

Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations .................... 134 

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office: 

Management and Administration ..................................................... 140 

Research, Development, and Operations ......................................... 141 

Systems Acquisition ........................................................................... 142 

Title V: General Provisions ..................................................................................... 144 

Program, Project, and Activity ............................................................................... 150 

Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate ................................................................................................................... 151 

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

Senate ................................................................................................................... 151 

Budgetary Impact of Bill ......................................................................................... 173 

Comparative Statement of New Budget Authority ............................................... 174 
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OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY OF THE BILL 

Fiscal year 2015 

request 123

Fiscal year 2015 

Committee 

recommendation 1234

Title I—Departmental Management and Operations ......................................... $1,171,749,000 $1,033,363,000 

Title II—Security, Enforcement, and Investigations .......................................... 31,404,277,000 32,519,823,000 

Title III—Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery ........................... 12,048,420,000 12,417,695,000 

Title IV—Research and Development, Training, and Services .......................... 1,770,591,000 1,760,905,000 

Title V—General Provisions ................................................................................ ¥49,000,000 ¥504,993,000 

Total, new budget (obligational authority) ........................................... 46,346,037,000 47,226,793,000 

1 Committee recommendation includes $731,093,000 in rescissions compared to $200,000,000 in proposed cancellations. 

2 Includes a permanent indefinite appropriation of $176,970,000 for the Coast Guard healthcare fund contribution. 

3 Includes $6,437,793,000 for the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund designated by Congress as disaster relief pursuant to Public Law 112–25. 4 Includes $213,000,000 for the Coast Guard for the cost of overseas contingency operations. 

The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 

$47,226,793,000 for the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] 

for fiscal year 2015, $880,756,000 more than the budget request. Of 

this amount, $45,650,793,000 is for discretionary programs, including $213,000,000 for Coast Guard overseas contingency operations 

and $6,437,793,000 for the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund designated 

by Congress as disaster relief pursuant to Public Law 112–25. 

The Committee recommends discretionary appropriations, excluding Coast Guard overseas contingency operations and the 

FEMA Disaster Relief Fund adjustment, of $39,000,000,000, 

$667,756,000 above the request. Even with this modest increase, 

discretionary appropriations for the DHS have declined by 8.3 percent since fiscal year 2010. 

OVERVIEW

Homeland security refers to our national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce the vulnerability of 

the United States to terrorism, and minimize the damage from attacks that do occur. Although we have been spared from terrorist 

attacks with the devastating consequences of September 11 for 

more than a decade, the Boston marathon bombing, which was conducted by home-grown extremists less than 15 months ago, reminded us that complacency is not an option. The long war on terrorism is far from over. We face an increasing number of homegrown terror plots that originate within our own borders, in which 

one or more of the plotters are American citizens, legal permanent 

residents, or visitors radicalized in the United States. At the same 

time, individuals and terrorist groups abroad continue to focus on 

doing us harm. Our Nation is still threatened by al Qaeda affiliates 

from countries such as Yemen and Pakistan, as well as foreign 

fighters traveling to and from Syria. The threat today is rapidly 

evolving and diffuse, with al Qaeda affiliates in the Arabian Peninsula being the most active in plotting against our homeland. These 

terrorists, be they homegrown zealots or radical actors from 
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abroad, seek sophisticated means of attack, including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive weapons, as well as 

cyber. While we continue to focus on these known threats, we must 

also be vigilant against new methods of recruitment and engage 

communities at risk of being targeted by terrorist recruiters. This 

bill provides adequate resources for us to keep pace with all of 

these threats. For example: 

—At U.S. Customs and Border Protection [CBP], the bill recommends hiring 1,000 new CBP officers at our air and sea 

ports of entry to facilitate the processing of legitimate trade 

and travelers while preventing entry of those who would do us 

harm. 

—At U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE], the second largest investigative agency in the Government, Homeland 

Security Investigations will use the $1,775,269,000 included in 

the bill for its 6,400 criminal investigators to conduct 

transnational criminal investigations to protect the United 

States against terrorist and other criminal organizations that 

threaten public safety and national security while bringing to 

justice those seeking to exploit customs and immigration laws 

worldwide. The bill provides $5,000,000 above the request to 

ICE for human trafficking and smuggling investigations as 

well as investigations in commercial trade fraud. 

—At the Transportation Security Administration, the bill includes $162,469,000 for explosives detection technologies to 

screen passengers and their belongings at airports and 

$99,569,000 for Secure Flight, which matches passenger data 

against portions of the Terrorist Screening Database. 

—The bill includes $425,552,000 for research and development in 

innovative technology solutions and other countermeasures to 

strengthen the homeland and outpace our adversaries. 

—A total of $300,000,000 is included to complete construction of 

the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, which is being 

built to prevent the accidental or intentional introduction of 

deadly animal diseases into the United States. 

—A total of $306,342,000 for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office to detect illicit radiological material that has fallen out of 

regulatory control, and deter our enemies from using that material for nuclear terrorism. The bill provides $7,000,000 above 

the request for the Securing the Cities program, which helps 

State and local governments develop nuclear detection capabilities for high-density, high-threat urban areas. 

—A total of $162,991,000, the same amount as fiscal year 2014, 

is provided for first responder weapons of mass destruction 

training. 

—A total of $26,024,000 is provided to strengthen the Department’s ability to safeguard and share classified information 

with its Federal, State, and local partners, and to help deter 

the unauthorized release of such information. In the wake of 

past and recent public disclosures of critical national security 

information, such safeguards are vital to ensuring effective 

controls are in place to prevent the illicit removal and dissemination of classified information. 
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—A total of $9,961,000 for the Office of Bombing Prevention to 

advance training, analysis, and awareness. 

Terrorism is not the only threat we must be prepared for. We 

face a constant onslaught of cyber intrusions and attacks on our 

Government networks and critical infrastructure. According to the 

Internet security experts at Norton, we lose $114,000,000,000 each 

year to global cybercriminals, with another $274,000,000,000 in 

lost productivity due to time spent on cybercrime and its effects. 

That total eclipses the global black market in marijuana, cocaine, 

and heroin combined. In 2013, there were over 63,000 security incidents and 1,367 confirmed data breaches. These range from attacks 

that were carried out on media outlets like The New York Times 

and The Wall Street Journal, theft of personal information stolen 

from universities around the country, and the stealing of financial 

data from consumers who used payment card systems at several 

major retail companies. Verizon recently published a report using 

real world data gleaned from 50 organizations around the world, 

including DHS, which clearly showed that individuals, companies, 

and industries are all vulnerable to some type of cyber event/attack. Sadly, the data also showed that attackers are becoming more 

proficient, able to complete their attacks in days, and sometimes in 

a matter of minutes. Conversely, it often takes our cyber warriors—the good guys—over a month to discover and block an infiltration, and even longer to completely resolve the issue. This bill 

takes steps to decrease our vulnerability to cyber attacks and intrusions, stop the exfiltration of data, and help remediate the impacts of a cyber attack. Specifically, —The bill recommends a total of $757,340,000 for cybersecurity 

protection of Federal networks and incident response. This 

amount includes $15,810,000 for cybersecurity education to 

train future cyber warriors. —The bill provides a total of $163,743,000 for ICE to support 761 

full-time equivalents in a variety of cyber investigations including efforts to counter child pornography as well as funding to 

operate the Cyber Crimes Center. 

—A total of $103,937,000 for the United States Secret Service for 

cyber investigations and to provide cyber crime training to 

State and local law enforcement, legal, and judicial professionals for computer forensics and cyber investigations. In the 

last 4 years, the Secret Service’s cyber investigations affected 

over 4,900 arrests and avoided approximately $1,370,000,000 

in fraud losses. 

At the same time we are facing a constant barge of cyber intrusions and attacks, we are also facing a humanitarian crisis on our 

Southern border the likes of which we have never before experienced. More than 66,000 unaccompanied alien children will be apprehended at our border this fiscal year and, at the current rate, 

we can expect to apprehend 145,000 in fiscal year 2015. According 

to the Department of Health and Human Services [HHS], this is 

an 815 percent increase in child apprehensions by the end of this 

fiscal year compared to fiscal year 2011. There were 6,500 children 

apprehended in fiscal year 2011 but in fiscal year 2013 that number rose to nearly 25,000 unaccompanied children. Things have gotten so dire, that on June 2, 2014, the President appointed the 
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FEMA Administrator to lead the Unified Coordination Group in response to this crisis. 

Unfortunately, while knowing of these increasing arrivals year 

after year, the budget request did not reflect additional resources 

for DHS or HHS to address this problem. After hearing bipartisan 

and bicameral cries of concern, the Office of Management and 

Budget acknowledged in a May 30, 2014, letter to the Committees 

on Appropriations that DHS needed $164,547,000 more than it had 

requested in the budget to adequately address its fiscal year 2015 

requirements. In response, this bill provides the following increased 

resources: 

—CBP is provided $76,942,000 above the request to provide for 

initial processing, medical care, food, shelter, and clothing for 

the children they encounter. 

—ICE is provided $87,605,000 above the request for transportation—often via commercial or charter aircraft—of these children from DHS custody to the legally required shelters operated by the Office of Refugee Resettlement within HHS. 

—Also, a detailed, multi-agency briefing is required to be held 

not later than September 15, 2014, of the specific steps each 

department—DHS, HHS, Justice, and State—is taking to mitigate the crisis and reverse this rapidly escalating trend line. 

While we improve our defenses against terrorists and cyber attacks, DHS must remain focused on other legacy and statutory 

missions, such as enforcing our immigration laws, facilitating legitimate travel and trade, protecting our currency, interdicting 

drugs and migrants, responding to oil and chemical spills, and rescuing those in need. This bill does so by refocusing resources on requirements that the Committee believes were underfunded in the 

fiscal year 2015 request and supplementing the request in key 

areas to address technological limitations. For example: 

—The recommendation for the Coast Guard includes several increases above the request, including $25,000,000 and 231 positions to enhance drug and migrant interdiction efforts, 

$208,000,000 to acquire new vessels desperately needed to replace an aging fleet, $24,500,000 for mid-life repairs and service life extension projects on the existing fleet of vessels, 

$6,000,000 to address the construction backlog for military 

housing, and $4,967,000 above the request to restore 300 reservists to active status, which will enable the Coast Guard to 

retain the majority of the first responders proposed for reduction. 

—The bill recommends a total of $1,500,000,000 for first responder grants, $294,531,000 above the request to provide for 

the protection of infrastructure and the readiness of police, 

firefighters, public health officials and emergency managers in 

States, urban areas, ports, and transit systems. 

—The bill funds a minimum of 31,039 ICE detention beds, which 

is 500 beds above the request. Funding reflects the current cost 

of these bed contracts. 

—The bill begins funding the preliminary costs related to candidate protection for the 2016 presidential campaign and funds 

Secret Service agents who protect the First Family and other 
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individuals while also conducting investigations into counterfeiting currency and securing financial networks. —At CBP, the bill directs that not less than $10,000,000 be used 

to sustain the traveler process enhancements, including staffing at certain locations, as provided for in last year’s law. 

—And to assist people lawfully present in this country who wish to become U.S. citizens, a total of $10,000,000 is allocated for 

immigrant integration grants. 

In addition, the Nation must be resilient to all hazards and be 

able to quickly respond to and recover from all hazards that threaten our citizens, property, and way of life. While we have also been 

spared the devastation of a storm with the damaging effects of 

Hurricane Katrina and have proven we are a Nation better able to 

respond and recover quickly than we were before, within the last 

3 years, each State has sought Federal assistance for disaster recovery. History tells us a catastrophic disaster will strike again in 

the future. We must be ready. This bill provides resources to continue recovery from disasters and get ready for future disasters. —A total of $7,033,464,494 for disaster relief, $812,556,400 above 

fiscal year 2014. —A total of $100,000,000 for flood hazard mapping, $15,597,000 

above the request. In the past 5 years, all 50 States have experienced floods or flash floods. Accurate and useful flood maps 

help protect people and property along our waterways on the 

coast and inland against a known risk. —A total of $25,000,000 for predisaster mitigation grants. These 

grants help officials plan for and build more resilient communities to withstand the disasters they are likely to face, ultimately saving money and lives when the next disaster strikes. 

For example, smart building also saves money—$4 for every $1 

invested. 

—A total of $35,180,000 for urban search and rescue teams for 

location, rescue, and initial medical care of people in large 

scale disasters. 

These initiatives can only be undertaken with budgetary restraint in mind. In this austere fiscal climate, we cannot solve all 

of our homeland security challenges by spending more money. DHS 

must continue to root out fraud, waste, and abuse, while refocusing 

effort on programs that truly make a difference. In addition, the 

Department must make a concerted effort to strengthen relationships with other Federal, State, local, and international partners in 

order to maintain our national security and increase our resilience. 

DHS cannot achieve these broader objectives by operating in a vacuum. For fiscal year 2015, the Committee continues several major 

reforms, while instituting several new initiatives to strengthen and 

streamline the Department. 

—The bill allows for the decommissioning of eight Coast Guard 

patrol boats that have become too expensive to maintain, saving $6,053,000. 

—The bill includes funding for six critically needed Coast Guard 

fast response cutters (instead of two requested). Procuring six 

maximizes the production line and generates cost savings of at 

least $5,000,000 per hull for a total savings to the taxpayers 

of $30,000,000. 
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—The bill calls for the Department to develop a strategy to reduce the length of time it takes to hire new employees, which 

is well above the Governmentwide average and inhibiting efforts to select high-quality candidates. 

—As DHS acquisition management remains on GAO’s ‘‘high risk’’ 

list, the bill requires GAO to evaluate select acquisitions across 

the Department to ensure programs are on track to meet cost, 

schedule, and capability goals; and identify challenges the Department faces in managing its large acquisition projects. 

—The bill requires CBP to submit an action plan for expediting 

the travel experience at U.S. international gateway airports 

through the use of innovative technology and changed methodology. These include: expanding the use of automated passport 

control kiosks which greatly reduces a traveler’s interaction 

with a CBP officer; expanding the use of these kiosks to travelers from visa waiver countries; taking advantage of the creativity of individual airports, such as expanding the use of ‘‘1- 

Stop’’ for express screening of those passengers arriving with 

just carry-on luggage and proper documentation; and reviewing 

how CBP allocates its personnel at air ports of entry, to include consideration of non-law enforcement personnel to cover 

processing duties. All of these efforts should streamline the 

U.S. entry process and minimize wait times. 

—The bill continues a provision included in fiscal year 2014 

which authorizes CBP to enter into public-private partnerships 

to upgrade land ports of entry [POEs] and/or to pay overtime 

to CBP officers at POEs, expands the number of eligible airports that can participate in these pilots from five to seven a 

year. 

—The bill rejects the unauthorized National Preparedness Grant 

proposal, waiting for the appropriate authorizing committees to 

act. 

—The bill includes eight statutorily mandated expenditure plans 

for robust congressional oversight. In addition, there are another seven expenditure plans in the report. The Committee 

encourages DHS to issue these reports in an unclassified format so that they can be available to the public, to the maximum extent practicable. 

—The bill includes seven multiyear investment reports so that 

the Committee can better track when acquisitions and procurements are required for large capital programs and anticipate 

their operations and maintenance tails. 

—The bill requires all reports requested by the Committee to be 

posted on the Department’s Web site except for those that may 

compromise homeland security or contain proprietary information. 

—The bill continues annual and monthly reporting requirements 

for expenditures from the Disaster Relief Fund and directs 

FEMA to make these reports available to the public no later 

than 5 days after the close of each month. 

—The bill continues a monthly obligation, expenditure, and staffing reporting requirement. Delivery of these reports is required 

within 30 days after the end of the month. 
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—The bill continues long-standing provisions prohibiting the use 

of first class travel and limits attendance at international conferences. 

In conclusion, the recommendations contained in this bill sustain 

the Department’s vital frontline security operations, while providing resources for the Department to nimbly react to emergent 

threats, be they man-made or naturally occurring. It also provides 

sufficient management and administrative oversight to ensure fiscal responsibility and wise investment of the taxpayers’ money. 

REFERENCES

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

the Budget Control Act of 2011, Public Law 112–25, is referenced 

as the BCA; Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, Public Law 110–53, is referenced as the 9/11 Act; 

and the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93–288, is referenced as the Stafford Act. 

Any reference in this report to the Secretary shall be interpreted 

to mean the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

Any reference to the Department or DHS shall be interpreted to 

mean the Department of Homeland Security. 

Any reference in this report to a departmental component shall 

be interpreted to mean directorates, components, offices, or other 

organizations in the Department of Homeland Security. 

Any reference to FTE shall mean full-time equivalents. 

Any reference to PPA shall mean program, project, and activity. 

Any reference to HSPD shall mean Homeland Security Presidential Directive. 

Any reference to GAO shall mean Government Accountability Office. 

Any reference to the OIG shall mean the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security. 
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $122,350,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 128,769,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 124,571,000 

The Office of the Secretary and Executive Management supports 

the Department by providing direction, management, and policy 

guidance to operating components. The specific activities funded by 

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

Staff; the Office of the Executive Secretary; the Office of Policy; the 

Office of Public Affairs; the Office of Legislative Affairs; the Office 

of General Counsel; the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; 

the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman; the Office 

of Intergovernmental Affairs; and the Privacy Officer. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $124,571,000 for the Office of the 

Secretary and Executive Management. This is $4,198,000 below the 

amount requested and $2,221,000 above the amount provided in 

fiscal year 2014. Of this amount, the Committee recommends not 

to exceed $45,000 for official reception and representation expenses. 

The Committee includes $5,825,000 for the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman [CISOMB], including an additional 

$521,000 and five positions for employment-based case inquiries. 

During the 2014 reporting period (April 1, 2013 to March 2014), 

CISOMB experienced a 33 percent increase in the number of employment-based immigration inquiries. 

The Committee recommends $37,559,000 for the Office of Policy, 

including $715,000 to strengthen the capabilities and requirements 

process to ensure that strategic guidance related to Departmental 

investments is turned into results. The Office of Policy, Office of 

the Chief Financial Officer, and Science and Technology Directorate are to keep the Committee apprised of these efforts. 

The request to restore other reductions taken to OSEM offices in 

prior years is denied due to an insufficient justification for the 

funds. Reductions made in prior years were not considered temporary and are a reflection of a declining discretionary funding 

base for DHS and the Committee’s intent to focus limited resources 

on the Department’s critical operational missions. 
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The specific levels recommended by the Committee as compared 

to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels are as follows: 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Immediate Office of the Secretary ................................................ 4,050 3,950 3,939 

Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary .................................... 1,750 1,751 1,740 

Office of the Chief of Staff ........................................................... 2,050 2,112 2,062 

Executive Secretary ........................................................................ 7,400 7,719 7,477 

Office of Policy ............................................................................... 36,500 38,470 37,559 

Office of Public Affairs .................................................................. 8,550 8,741 8,591 

Office of Legislative Affairs ........................................................... 5,350 5,583 5,403 

Office of Intergovernmental Affairs ............................................... 2,250 2,429 2,273 

Office of General Counsel .............................................................. 19,750 21,310 19,950 

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties ..................................... 21,500 22,003 21,719 

Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman ..................... 5,250 6,428 5,825 

Privacy Officer ................................................................................ 7,950 8,273 8,033 

Total, Office of the Secretary and Executive Management ............................................................................. 122,350 128,769 124,571 

THE CRISIS OF UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN

On May 30, 2014, the Committee received a missive from the 

Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget acknowledging the severe deficiencies in the President’s fiscal year 2015 

budget request to address the skyrocketing growth in apprehensions of unaccompanied alien children [UAC] on our southern border. Under the latest projections, OMB states DHS would require 

an additional $164,547,000 ‘‘to expand base capabilities such as 

[CBP] overtime, contract services for care and support of UACs, 

and ICE transportation costs’’. 

These children, ranging in age from 17 years to mere infants, are 

primarily coming from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. In 

many instances they are fleeing violence in their home countries, 

especially from armed criminal gangs, but in many others they are 

being sent for by a parent or guardian who is already present in 

the United States. Experts disagree, but the reality is that many 

of these children are being sent for by parents who may be resident 

in the United States without legal status but who have an expectation—real or perceived—that some sort of immigration reform will 

be enacted and that they would be better off if the entire family 

were together in the United States to obtain the benefits of reform. 

However, U.S. Government officials, including the White House 

and the Secretary of DHS, have stressed that the children now arriving at our borders are not eligible for any immigration benefits 

under current or currently envisioned law. Indeed, they are placed 

into removal proceedings upon being processed and directed to appear before an immigration court. 

The journey through Central America and Mexico can take 1–2 

months and can be incredibly dangerous well before even reaching 

the U.S. border. Children travel alone, in groups, or accompanied 

by a guide or smuggler. Many children travel packed dangerously 

on tops of trains, nicknamed ‘‘the beast.’’ Many are physically 

abused by their guides or others along the way. 
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Regardless of why these children are coming, the fact remains 

that they are—in ever increasing numbers. From 6,500 UACs in 

fiscal year 2011, and 13,600 in fiscal year 2012, the number grew 

to 24,700 in fiscal year 2013. The most cautious estimates suggest 

66,000 UACs will be encountered by the end of this fiscal year— 

and more than 145,000 could arrive here in fiscal year 2015. In 

May, the Secretary of Homeland Security declared a ‘‘Level IV Condition of Readiness’’ on the Southwest border indicating the current 

situation exceeds the manpower and resources of ICE and CBP, 

and that other agency resources are needed to address the problem. 

He appointed a Federal coordinator—the Deputy Chief of the Border Patrol—to coordinate a Governmentwide response. And on 

June 2, 2014, at the direction of the President, he appointed the 

FEMA Administrator as the Federal Coordinating Official of the 

Unified Coordination Group. He will oversee the ‘‘whole-of-government’’ response to this crisis. 

In addition to the astronomical increase in unaccompanied children, the Border Patrol has seen a significant increase in apprehensions across the Southwest border this year over recent years. 

Approximately two thirds of those apprehensions are occurring in 

the Rio Grande Valley Sector. For fiscal year 2014 to date (October 

1, 2013, to June 1, 2014), the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector has apprehended over 162,000 illegal aliens, a 73 percent increase over the same time period in fiscal year 2013. For the month 

of May 2014, the Rio Grande Valley averaged approximately 1,200 

apprehensions per day. On average, 970 of them, or 81 percent, 

were other-than-Mexican nationals. The number of adult female 

apprehensions is up 93 percent over last year, and the number of 

members crossing as family units is up even higher, more than 500 

percent over last year. 

A number of Department of Defense and other government and 

private facilities are being used and/or considered for conversion 

into temporary shelters for these children—who have been placed 

into removal proceedings which will be reviewed by an immigration 

court—as they await proper placement with foster or other families 

by the Department of Health and Human Resources’ Office of Refugee Resettlement [ORR]. 

Border Patrol stations and land ports of entry were never designed for detaining and caring for children. It is in the best interests of the child to be held in such facilities for the shortest period 

of time possible. And the men and women who work at these facilities are trained law enforcement personnel, not social workers. 

They are trained to apprehend and hold often dangerous drug traffickers and human smugglers, or to process visitors and legal cargo 

entering our ports. Rather than using law enforcement professionals, who need to be on the frontlines protecting our borders, 

DHS is strongly encouraged to take advantage of the expertise of 

non-governmental and other organizations who are experts in the 

field of child and family services. 

While the administration has not submitted a budget amendment to address the overwhelming increase in UACs, the Committee has been able to find other resources to provide funding 

above the request to address this humanitarian issue. Included in 

the bill is an additional $87,605,000 to fund ICE’s transportation 
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costs of UACs to ORR at HHS. Additionally, there is $76,942,000 

above the request for CBP to meet the costs identified by the administration for the care and feeding of these minors while they 

are in their custody. 

The Committee directs DHS, in conjunction with the Department 

of State and other U.S. Government departments and agencies, to 

work with the governments of Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and 

Honduras to better make known the dangers of children coming to 

the United States. 

With regard to the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and 

Honduras, DHS shall also increase its efforts with the State Department to expand information campaigns better advertising the 

dangers of heading north and the fact that these children will not 

be eligible for any immigration benefits. 

DHS shall, through its ICE attache ́, work with the government 

of Mexico to further assist in breaking up the smuggling rings that 

bring these children to our borders. 

Finally, the Committee directs CBP and ICE to work with the 

consulates of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico to expedite the removal of children who are found ineligible to receive 

an immigration benefit or who voluntarily chose to repatriate to 

their home country. This would include more rapidly obtaining 

travel documents from the consulates. 

The Committee directs the Department, jointly with the Departments of State, Health and Human Services, Justice, and the Office 

of Management and Budget, to brief the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not later than September 15, 2014, on 

the U.S. Government’s joint actions taken, and future actions to be 

taken, regarding this humanitarian crisis. 

The briefing shall also include the specific steps taken by each 

agency responsible for administering its responsibilities of the Prison Rape Elimination Act to adhere to the act as it affects unaccompanied children. 

Separately, DHS shall submit electronic reports on a biweekly 

basis on the number of UACs CBP encounters, the length of time 

they are in CBP’s custody before transfer to ORR, and the cost estimates for CBP to care for UACs during each reporting period. The 

reports shall also include data from ICE on the transportation costs 

associated with UAC transfer to ORR, including how many UACs 

are being transported and by what means (vehicle, commercial air, 

charter, or via U.S. Government asset). 

In addition, given the overall increase in apprehensions, the 

Committee directs the Department to include operational statistics 

on all apprehensions when providing the Committee with data on 

UACs. The Department shall keep the Committee apprised of the 

impacts of increased apprehensions on border security and immigration enforcement activities and resource needs. For example, the 

Committee understands that the Department is seeking temporary 

solutions for detention of family units and directs the Department 

to report on the use of non-CBP/ICE facilities, such as the Federal 

Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico, for family units, including the average length of stay in detention in these 

facilities, the removal status of these individuals, the impact of the 

facility’s use on the local community, and the impact on the facili-
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ty’s primary mission. The Committee also directs the Department 

to communicate fully and transparently regarding their current 

and future plans for the new uses of non-CBP/ICE facilities with 

host States and communities. The Committee further urges the Department to avoid imposing financial burdens on those States and 

communities as a result of new uses of such facilities. 

Finally, a new general provision has been included in the bill directing OMB and DHS to ensure that budget documents submitted 

with the fiscal year 2016 budget include, among other items, estimates of UACs anticipated to be apprehended during the fiscal 

year and the number of agent or officer hours required to process, 

manage, and care for such children. 

ADMINISTRATIVELY UNCONTROLLABLE OVERTIME

On January 27, 2014, the Secretary announced interim measures 

concerning administratively uncontrollable overtime [AUO]. He recognized the pervasive, and frequently inappropriate, use of overtime to supplement the basic pay of certain DHS employees, especially in the Border Patrol and the National Protection and Preparedness Directorate. As a follow-up, on May 23, 2014, the Deputy 

Secretary charged the heads of a number of DHS components to 

improve AUO administration within their payroll and human resources systems and announced a DHS-wide solution to the longstanding problem of inconsistent policies and procedures across the 

Department’s components. The Committee expects to be regularly 

updated as this process moves forward. 

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

The Committee is fully aware that congressionally required reports and expenditure plans can be time-consuming endeavors involving a commitment of personnel and leadership attention. However, the information contained in these documents is essential for 

the Committee to serve its role as overseer of the Federal purse 

and to ensure better management of government spending. While 

the Department has improved its overall performance in getting 

these documents to the Committee near their required due dates, 

some of the more high profile reports have been significantly delayed, or in certain cases, ignored completely. The Coast Guard’s 

Capital Investment Plan, which was due with the submission of the 

fiscal year 2015 budget, was received by the Committee more than 

3 months after it was due, the latest this information has ever been 

provided since it was first mandated in fiscal year 2006. Quarterly 

updates on Jones Act violations have not been received, nor has a 

report required in the fiscal year 2013 act examining the consolidation of offices focused on detecting weapons of mass destruction. 

Reports on ICE deportations and another on border security statistics were received 2 years after the required due date, minimizing 

the value of their contents. Whatever the causes are for the delays 

in getting required information to the Committee, the expectation 

is that the Department’s performance will improve. In certain circumstances, a significant portion of a component’s appropriation is 

withheld from obligation until the required report is submitted. 

Sadly, this seems to be the only measure that incentivizes the Department to improve upon its poor performance. In an effort to re-
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duce the Department’s burden on congressional reports, several requirements that are no longer necessary or redundant have been 

discontinued. 

QUARTERLY REPORTS OF OPERATIONAL STATISTICS

The Committee continues its requirement that the Department 

submit quarterly Border Security Status and Detention and Removal Operations reports, as directed in prior years. In an era of 

supposed Government transparency, this data should be readily 

available to the Committee and the public. However, the Department has failed to meet any of these basic expectations. The Committee received the Border Security Status Report for the first 

quarter of fiscal year 2013 just 1 month ago—a report covering 

operational data for a period that closed 17 months before and long 

after many of these same statistics had been published by DHS. 

This delay is unacceptable. The Committee expects the new Secretary to meet his commitment to Congress of timely responses to 

congressional reports and inquiries. 

The Committee expects the Department and all of its relevant 

components to support efforts to enhance migrant lifecycle data 

and the ability to report on illegal entrants from apprehension or 

arrest through final disposition, working with the Department of 

Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review. The Department 

is encouraged to charter a working group to take a programmatic 

look at this issue. Additionally, the Committee encourages the Department, working with the Departments of Justice, State, and 

Health and Human Services, to study the ability of DHS information sharing systems, such as the DHS Data Framework and 

Homeland Security Information Network, to support this capability. The Committee directs the Department and all the relevant 

components to brief the Committee on its migrant lifecycle data effort and related efforts to improve its operational immigration and 

border security data reporting, including potential solution, cost 

and schedule considerations, not later than 90 days after the date 

of enactment of this act. 

STRENGTHENING DHS UNITY OF EFFORT

The Committee is supportive of the new Secretary’s desire to improve the Department’s planning, programming, budgeting, and 

execution process. To that end, the Secretary has identified several 

areas of emphasis for review, such as the management process for 

investments; strategy, planning, and analytical capability; and enhancement of coordinated operations. The Committee recognizes 

that this is an evolving effort, but expects frequent updates on 

progress and adoption of new policies, procedures, and guidelines. 

EXPENDITURE PLANS

The bill includes language directing the Secretary to submit expenditure plans to the Committee with the submission of the President’s fiscal year 2016 budget request for the Offices of Policy, 

Intergovernmental Affairs, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, and Privacy. Each 

plan shall include details on: staffing by programmatic function 
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area, expenses, contracts, obligations, funds by sub-offices (if appropriate), and how resources are aligned to specific activities and initiatives in fiscal year 2015 and proposed for fiscal year 2016. 

EVOLVING THREATS

The demands on the Department of Homeland Security continue 

to grow as the threats from terrorism persistently evolve. Whether 

it is homegrown terrorism; cyber intrusions; biological, chemical, or 

nuclear attacks; food tampering; surgically implanted explosives; 

animal diseases; or varying locations and means for crossing our 

borders (such as tunnels or ultra-light aircraft), the Department 

must be able to respond and adapt swiftly to interdict these threats 

at the earliest point possible. Further, naturally occurring events 

put our Nation at risk. Severe storms and wildfires are growing 

more frequent and larger, and earthquakes threaten major population areas, posing a risk to critical infrastructure. DHS is to continue quarterly threat briefings to the Committee on how it is addressing these evolving threats. 

INTERNATIONAL COSTS

A recent summary of the Department’s DHS attache ́ costs revealed an annual budget of $418,983,402 to support nearly 1,500 

positions in international locations. This is up from $357,429,275 

and 1,200 positions in fiscal year 2014. While the Committee recognizes the importance of the Department’s activities abroad, today’s 

constrained budget environment and the growing costs imposed by 

the State Department demand a more critical look at its international footprint, including the costs necessary to support this 

work. The Committee directs the Department to examine these 

costs and develop a plan to reduce international costs by 10 percent 

in fiscal year 2015. The Department is to brief the Committee not 

later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act on this 

plan including efforts to reduce unnecessary overlap and 

redundancies in its attache ́ laydown while maintaining a strong 

presence internationally. 

DEPARTMENTAL INTEGRITY EFFORTS

The Committee maintains a strong interest in enhancing the investigative relationship between the OIG and CBP regarding corruption investigations. However, given the recent personnel 

changes in CBP’s Office of Internal Affairs, the Committee directs 

the Deputy Secretary, jointly with the OIG, CBP, and ICE, to submit a status update report, not later than 60 days after the date 

of enactment of this act, outlining the specific steps being taken to 

further address the process for investigating cases of corruption of 

DHS employees, and outline the plan to address, as a unified DHS, 

the engagement of DHS with the Department of Justice’s Border 

Corruption Task Forces. 

RECEPTION AND REPRESENTATION EXPENSES

Within the total amount recommended for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management, up to $45,000 is included for reception and representation expenses. The Department is directed to 
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submit quarterly reports to the Committee listing obligations for all 

DHS reception and representation expenses by purpose and dollar 

amount, at a level of detail provided in fiscal year 2014 and 2015, 

or in greater detail if that is required to explain how funds were 

used. In recognition of a more constrained budget environment and 

to limit opportunities for waste and abuse, the Committee maintains the 12 percent reduction implemented over the past two fiscal 

years for reception and representation expenses. The Department 

shall refrain from using funds available for reception and representation to purchase unnecessary collectables or memorabilia. 

OVERHEAD COSTS

The Department should continue to seek to reduce operating expenses by placing greater scrutiny on overhead costs and looking 

at creative ways to achieve efficiencies. For instance, risk-based security measures at TSA and the deployment of higher throughput 

screening technologies have begun to yield real savings in the 

agency’s operational budget. The Department should be commended for this achievement and strive to streamline where it 

makes the most sense. For example, field personnel could take 

more advantage of mobile technology and automation to reduce 

labor-intensive and paper-based incident reporting. This would also 

have benefits to operations, such as facilitating a near real-time 

picture of operations for field and headquarters leadership. The 

Committee directs the Department to provide a briefing on the cost 

reductions achieved by the Department in fiscal year 2014 and its 

plan to reduce overhead costs within 60 days after the date of enactment of this act to include the areas identified in Executive 

Order 13589 as well as consolidating and reducing administrative 

support personnel, as appropriate; consolidating and reducing contractor support, as appropriate; taking advantage of mobile technology and automation to reduce certain support personnel needs; 

and better managing and reducing overtime costs. 

PUBLIC ACCESS TO FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH

In February 2013, the Office of Science and Technology Policy 

issued guidelines on increasing public access to the results of federally funded scientific research. Given the importance of the research funded by the Science and Technology Directorate and the 

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, the Committee encourages the 

Department to expeditiously comply. DHS is to brief the Committee 

not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this act on 

its efforts and internal policies established to comply with these 

guidelines. 

ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING OF WILDLIFE AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES

The Committee notes the recent increase of illegal trade in rhinoceros horns, elephant ivory from Africa, and illegally harvested 

timber, the large sums of money that these products command on 

the black market, and the linkages between illegal wildlife and natural resources trafficking and other transnational organized crimes 

(including trafficking in narcotics, arms, and humans). These activities threaten the stability and development of African countries 
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and pose a threat to U.S. security interests. The Committee is 

pleased with the Department’s membership on the Presidential 

Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking that was established by Executive order on July 1, 2013. The Committee agrees that the connections between trafficking in illegal wildlife and natural resources 

and financing of groups pose a threat to the United States. The 

Committee directs the Secretary to submit a status update report, 

not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this act, outlining the specific steps being taken by the Department to further 

address wildlife trafficking and illegal natural resources trade, the 

engagement of DHS with the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife 

Trafficking, including steps to improve coordination with the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement, steps taken 

by DHS to implement the National Strategy on Wildlife Trafficking, and what resources have been aligned to activities and initiatives to address wildlife and natural resources trafficking. 

LIBERIAN DEFERRED ENFORCED DEPARTURE

The Committee is aware that the current extension of Deferred 

Enforced Departure [DED] for Liberians displaced by that country’s 

former armed conflict and widespread civil strife expires on September 30, 2014. The Department of Homeland Security is encouraged to work with the Executive Office of the President and the 

Department of State to move expeditiously on considering an extension of DED for qualifying Liberians. 

TAX-BASED CITIZENSHIP RENUNCIANTS

Under section 212(a)(10)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act, the Department of Homeland Security has the authority to 

deny admission to former U.S. citizens that are deemed to have expatriated for purposes of tax avoidance. In over a decade, the Department has not issued regulations nor has it undertaken any significant steps to enforce this provision. The Committee directs the 

Secretary to report within 90 days on the steps the Department is 

undertaking to enforce this law, including a schedule for issuing 

guidance or regulations, if necessary. 

COST SAVINGS ON VEHICLE PARTS

The Committee encourages the Secretary to promote the use of 

remanufactured vehicle parts in place of new parts when they are 

the most cost effective alternative and when doing so would not 

delay vehicle repair or reduce performance quality. 

TEXTILE PRODUCTS

Section 604 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 

2009 (Public Law 111–5) contains restrictions on the Department’s 

acquisition of certain foreign textile products. Consistent with the 

Department’s conclusion that section 604 is permanent law, the 

Committee expects DHS to maintain compliance with its statutory 

requirements. 
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CRIMEA

The Committee remains concerned about the Russian aggression 

in Ukraine, Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, and Russia’s illegal and unacceptable efforts to exploit stolen Crimean resources, 

and urges that none of the funds in this act be used to recognize, 

or imply recognition, of the sovereignty of the Russian Federation 

over Crimea, its territory, airspace, or territorial waters. 

STOLEN AND LOST TRAVEL DOCUMENTS

The Committee is concerned that only a few countries use 

INTERPOL’s Stolen/Lost Travel Document [SLTD] database to run 

against international airline passenger information. CBP is the 

world’s largest user of this information, an effort that took several 

years to develop but which has had positive results. In fiscal year 

2013, CBP issued nearly 500 ‘‘no board’’ recommendations based on 

stolen and lost document data for individuals seeking to board 

flights bound for the United States, including foreign nationals 

using lost or stolen U.S. passports. The Committee directs the Office of Policy, in conjunction with CBP and INTERPOL, to issue an 

annual report on use of the SLTD database. 

AMMUNITION

In fiscal year 2014, a general provision was included in Public 

Law 113–76 requiring the Secretary to report on the purchase and 

usage of ammunition by the Department with the submission of 

the President’s budget. Because this is permanent law, this language has not been retained; however, the Committee expects receipt of this report with the fiscal year 2016 request as required 

by section 569 of Public Law 113–76. 

DISCONTINUED REPORTS

The Committee no longer requires the Secretary to submit quarterly updates on user fees as originally directed in the conference 

report accompanying Public Law 111–83. Additionally, the Department is no longer required to report semiannually to the Committee on the current projects tasked to Federally Funded Research 

and Development Centers. The information contained in these reports may be requested of the Department as part of the Committee’s normal oversight responsibilities. 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $196,015,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 195,286,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 192,692,000 

The Under Secretary for Management oversees management and 

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

Under Secretary for Management, the Office of the Chief Security 

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

the Chief Human Capital Officer, and the Office of the Chief Readiness Support Officer. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $192,692,000 for the Under Secretary for Management. This is $2,594,000 below the amount requested and $3,323,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 

2014. Of this amount, the Committee recommends not to exceed 

$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses. The Committee’s recommendation includes funding for oversight of major 

acquisitions, recruitment and development of a skilled workforce, 

and security measures to safeguard DHS personnel, property, facilities, and information. The Committee supports the one-DHS 

concept, which can only be executed when such missions are appropriately funded. Effective government is not accomplished through 

excessive funding cuts for these essential capabilities. 

The recommendation provides $8,000,000 for the Human Resource Information Technology Program, $185,000 above the fiscal 

year 2014 enacted level and $1,878,000 below the request. The reduction below the request reflects available carryover balances for 

the program. 

The specific levels recommended by the Committee, as compared 

to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels, are as follows: 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Management .......... 2,700 2,757 2,740 

Office of the Chief Security Officer ............................................... 64,000 63,597 63,391 

Office of the Chief Procurement Officer ........................................ 65,000 64,036 63,726 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer: 

Salaries and Expenses .......................................................... 22,000 21,253 21,156 

Human Resources Information Technology Program ............ 7,815 9,878 8,000 

Office of the Chief Readiness Officer: 

Salaries and expenses .......................................................... 30,000 29,272 29,186 

Nebraska Avenue Complex .................................................... 4,500 4,493 4,493 

Total, Office of the Under Secretary for Management .... 196,015 195,286 192,692 

COMPREHENSIVE AND QUARTERLY ACQUISITION STATUS REPORTS

In order to obtain the information necessary for in-depth congressional oversight, statutory language is included in this act that requires a Comprehensive Acquisition Status Report to be included 

as part of the submission of the President’s fiscal year 2016 budget, 

with quarterly updates to be submitted 45 days after the completion of each quarter. The requirements for the reports are described 

in House Report 112–331. 

PROCUREMENT PROCESS

The Committee commends the Department for its renewed interest and efforts to formalize a joint requirements process and continue to provide greater rigor and oversight of major acquisitions. 

While that focus on requirements and major acquisitions is critical, 

it is clear that DHS is not effectively managing what should be 

more routine contract actions. The Committee consistently hears 

complaints and frustration from industry, DHS program managers, 
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DHS contract officials, and DHS budget personnel about the lack 

of strategy associated with how DHS approaches many of its procurements; the bureaucratic issues that drive how procurements 

move or fail to move to award; the lack of communication among 

those involved in the process; and how unreliable DHS acquisition 

forecasts are. As a result, resources are wasted, good people leave 

DHS, and the mission suffers. 

In order to more effectively meet mission needs, as well as institute more transparent and streamlined procurement processes, the 

Committee directs the Under Secretary for Management to outline 

the entire procurement process from need identification to contract 

award, extension, or modification, including any protest actions or 

other delays. This effort shall include identifying the accountable 

program or contract personnel responsible for each step and setting 

goals for the time each step should take. The Under Secretary shall 

brief the Committee not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this act on how DHS will approach this effort, including 

how the process will be segmented as well as the cost and schedule 

for this effort. The Committee believes that by shedding light on 

the procurement process, DHS can facilitate improvements that 

will reduce the cost overruns from delays, and uncertainty; give 

DHS programs, customers, suppliers, and industry better insight 

into DHS’ needs and schedules; and deliver mission needs in a 

timely, efficient manner. 

The Department has made strides in designating component acquisition executives [CAE] to facilitate improvements in acquisition 

strategy across the Department. However, in many components, it 

appears that procurements are run separately from the organization where the CAE sits, which may limit the CAE’s authority to 

address many of the procurement issues outlined above. The Committee directs the Under Secretary to consider the most effective 

use of the CAEs in instituting more transparent, streamlined procurement processes. 

The Committee encourages the Under Secretary for Management 

to examine whether level one acquisition programs within DHS are 

actually being managed by appropriately certified program managers and how this is impacting performance. The 180 day briefing 

by the Under Secretary on the contracting process shall include a 

discussion of this issue and what steps, if any, are being taken to 

address it. 

GAO REVIEW OF SELECTED DHS MAJOR ACQUISITION PROJECTS

While DHS continues to make progress to improve oversight and 

accountability throughout the agency, acquisition management remains on the GAO ‘‘high risk’’ list. The Committee requests that 

GAO develop a plan for ongoing reviews of DHS’ major acquisition 

projects. This plan should include an assessment of the extent to 

which the programs are on track to meet cost, schedule, and capability goals; the status of testing; and any common risks and challenges the Department faces in managing its large acquisition 

projects. The Department shall provide access to all necessary data, 

as determined by GAO, in order for the reviews to be completed 

and provided in a timely manner to the Committee. The Committee 

believes that these GAO reviews will be valuable in identifying cost 
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overrun and schedule slippage problems early, so they can be addressed immediately. 

HIRING DELAYS

The Committee is concerned with the length of time it takes to 

hire an employee at several DHS components. According to information from the Office of Personnel Management, the average 

number of days to hire an employee at DHS was 146 days in 2013, 

while the Government-wide average was 90 days. Certain areas of 

concern are with the Department’s law enforcement components 

such as CBP and the United States Secret Service where, on average, it takes 278 days and 327 days, respectively, to hire an employee. Non-law enforcement hires at the headquarters level take 

106 days on average and 198 days for senior executive employees. 

The President’s 2010 memorandum on improving the Federal Hiring and Recruitment process said that ‘‘Americans must be able to 

apply for Federal jobs through a commonsense hiring process and 

agencies must be able to select high-quality candidates efficiently 

and quickly.’’ Unless the Department improves upon its lengthy 

hiring process, the best and brightest candidates will more than 

likely choose other Federal agencies or opt for the private sector. 

DHS is to report to the Committees not later than 60 days after 

the date of enactment of this act on its strategy to decrease the 

number of days it takes to hire and report quarterly on time to hire 

statistics by component. 

HEADQUARTERS CONSOLIDATION

A general provision is included in the bill providing $48,600,000 

for the ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary for Management’’ for costs 

associated with headquarters consolidation and mission support 

consolidation. The Under Secretary shall submit an expenditure 

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

detailing how these funds will be allocated, including a revised 

schedule and cost estimates for headquarters consolidation. Quarterly briefings are required on headquarters and mission support 

consolidation activities, including any deviation from the expenditure plan. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $46,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 94,626,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 48,213,000 

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

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

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

Management Transition Office, and the Office of the Government 

Accountability Office/Office of Inspector General Audit Liaison. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $48,213,000 for the Office of the 

Chief Financial Officer [OCFO]. This is $46,413,000 below the 

amount requested and $2,213,000 above the amount provided in 

fiscal year 2014. The recommendation includes $39,500,000 for Financial Systems 

Modernization as a general provision in title V of this act, 

$5,870,000 below the request. The reduction below the request is 

due to program delays that have occurred since the budget request 

was formulated. 

The recommendation reduces the request for personnel com- pensation right sizing by $847,000. Reductions made in prior years 

were not considered temporary and are a reflection of a declining 

discretionary funding base for DHS and the Committee’s intent to 

focus limited resources on the Department’s critical operational 

missions. 

The Committee includes the requested increase to improve the 

Department’s capacity to evaluate capability gaps, prioritize mission needs, and inform tradeoffs in the allocation of program resources. The OCFO, with the Office of Policy and Science and Technology Directorate are to keep the Committee apprised of these efforts. 

COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT

The Committee assumes the cost of living adjustment for civilian 

employees across the Department will be absorbed within amounts 

appropriated in this act. 

FINANCIAL SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

For the first time, the Department achieved an unmodified 

(clean) opinion on all of its financial statements in 2013. While this 

is a significant achievement that should be applauded, the Department’s independent auditor identified several deficiencies, four of 

which were considered material weaknesses. That is why the Department must continue to improve the reliability and transparency of its financial data. The DHS OIG, in response to the 

independent audit recommended that OCFO ‘‘continue the Financial Systems Modernization initiative, and make necessary improvements to the Department’s financial management systems 

and supporting IT security controls.’’ In that regard, DHS is to 

maintain frequent communications with the Committee on financial management improvement plans necessary to support the Department’s missions, including total resource requirements by fiscal 

year and a timeline for implementation with discrete milestones. 

UNAUTHORIZED FEES

The Committee has included a new general provision to address 

the executive branch’s practice of submitting budgets that assume 

additional offsetting collections from unauthorized fee increases. 

This year, the budget assumes the collection of $570,000,000 in 

new aviation security fees that have not been authorized. As a result, the Committee is forced to offset these unauthorized fees with 

scarce discretionary budget authority. The Committee expects this 
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practice to end and has included language prohibiting funding for 

personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as part 

of the President’s budget submission that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees proposals 

that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the 

budget unless the budget submission identifies which additional 

spending reductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the convening of a committee bill 

or conference for the fiscal year 2016 appropriations act. 

PAY REFORM

The Department has proposed two changes to certain components’ pay structures after the fiscal year 2014 bill was enacted. 

While the Committee recognizes that the Department has the authority to make these adjustments, it expects to be kept informed 

of these initiatives before they occur. Therefore, the bill includes a 

general provision prohibiting the obligation of funds for any new 

structural pay reform that affects more than 100 employees or 

costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year without a 30-day notification period to the Committee. 

BUDGET EXECUTION AND STAFFING REPORT

The Committee continues a general provision requiring the Department to continue to submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a monthly budget execution report showing 

the status of obligations and costs for all components of the Department and on-board staffing levels (Federal employees and contractors). The report shall include the total obligational authority appropriated (new budget authority plus unobligated carryover), undistributed obligational authority, amount allotted, current year obligations, unobligated authority (the difference between total 

obligational authority and current year obligations), beginning unexpended obligations, year-to-date costs, and ending unexpended 

obligations. This budget execution information is to be provided at 

the level of detail shown in the tables displayed at the end of this 

report for each departmental component and the Working Capital 

Fund. The report is to be submitted no later than 30 days after the 

close of each month. 

EXPENDITURE PLANS

The Committee continues requiring expenditure plans for specific 

DHS programs. These plans are intended to provide Congress with 

information to effectively oversee a particular program and hold 

the Department accountable for program results. Expenditure 

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

description of how the plan satisfies any relevant legislative conditions; planned capabilities and benefits; cost and schedule commitments; measures of progress against commitments made in previous plans; how the program is being managed to provide reasonable assurance that the promised program capabilities, benefits, 

and cost and schedule commitments will be achieved; historical 

funding for the program, if applicable; and an obligation and outlay 

schedule. 
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ANNUAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS

The Chief Financial Officer is directed to ensure that fiscal year 

2016 budget justifications for classified and unclassified budgets of 

all Department components are submitted on February 3, 2015, 

concurrent with the President’s budget submission to Congress. 

The justifications shall include: 

—Detailed data and explanatory descriptions for each appropriations request and for each PPA reflected in the table accompanying this statement, including offices that have been identified as PPAs. Information regarding actual and planned accomplishments should be in quantifiable terms and demonstrate a 

direct relationship to funding; 

—Tables that reflect actual and estimated funding by PPA for 

fiscal years 2015 and 2016; identify each increase, decrease, 

transfer, and staffing change proposed in fiscal year 2016; and 

explain such year-to-year changes in terms that are clear and 

unambiguous, and exclude nonspecific terms such as ‘‘technical 

adjustment’’ or ‘‘administrative savings’’ unless accompanied by 

a detailed explanation. To establish a common baseline reference, the fiscal year 2015 discretionary data shall tie to the 

fiscal year 2015 discretionary total in the table accompanying 

this statement or have a table identifying each change. Explanations of adjustments to base funding, whether increases or 

decreases, should be specific and compared to prior year activity level not merely the entire PPA level, and programmatic 

changes and initiatives should be clearly identified and justified; 

—For each PPA that is comprised of acquisition and procurement 

activity, the justification should address all proposed spending 

using a zero-based budget description; 

—Information by appropriations account and PPA on all reimbursable agreements and significant uses of the Economy Act 

for each fiscal year; 

—An accurate detailed table identifying the last year that authorizing legislation was enacted into law for each appropriation PPA, including the amount of the authorization, when the 

authorization expires, and the appropriation in the last year of 

authorization; 

—The text and citation of all Department appropriations provisions enacted to date that are permanent law; 

—Explanations and justifications for all proposed legislative language changes, whether they are new or amend existing law, 

whether they are substantive or technical in nature, with an 

annotated comparison of proposed versus existing language; 

and 

—A report on the status of overdue Committee reports, plans, 

and briefings for each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015. 

The Committee also expects the OCFO to monitor the overuse of 

funding realignments by the Transportation Security Administration and the National Protection and Programs Directorate. The 

annual budget restructuring by these components creates a budget 

maze that makes it difficult to maintain proper oversight of appropriations. 
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FUTURE YEARS HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM

A statutory provision is included requiring the Secretary to submit a Future Years Homeland Security Program budget as part of 

the fiscal year 2016 budget justification. The report is to display 

funding by appropriation account and subordinate program, 

project, or activity. The report shall be in unclassified form so as 

to be accessible to the general public. Having a forward-looking 

budget forecast provides a reasonable understanding of future program and acquisition needs and the proportionate resources needed 

to execute the Department’s mission of protection and defense of 

the homeland, as well as emergency planning and response. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $257,156,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 256,343,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 254,001,000 

The Office of the Chief Information Officer is responsible for 

oversight of information technology [IT] development, oversight of 

IT acquisition, alignment of IT systems and infrastructure to the 

enterprise architecture to support the missions and activities of the 

Department. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $254,001,000, of which $95,078,000 

is for salaries and expenses, and $158,923,000 is to be available 

through fiscal year 2016 for Department-wide technology investments overseen by the Office of the Chief Information Officer 

[OCIO]. The recommendation is $2,342,000 below the amount requested and $3,155,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 

2014. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Salaries and expenses ................................................................... 115,000 95,444 95,078 

Information technology services .................................................... 34,000 38,627 38,627 

Infrastructure and security activities ............................................ 45,000 52,140 52,140 

Homeland security data network ................................................... 63,156 70,132 68,156 

Total, Office of the Chief Information Officer ................. 257,156 256,343 254,001 

MULTIYEAR INVESTMENT PLAN

The Committee includes bill language requiring a multiyear investment plan be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

with the fiscal year 2016 budget submission to Congress. As the 

OCIO develops the fiscal year 2016 plan, it shall take proper stock 

of all IT investments and identify and adopt best practices, such as 

those identified by GAO in an October 2011 report, GAO–12–7, to 

encourage proper management of these investments. 
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INFRASTRUCTURE AND SECURITY ACTIVITIES

The Committee recommendation includes $52,140,000, for development and acquisition of IT equipment, software, services, and related activities. The Committee believes the OCIO leads and manages efforts vital to the continued modernization of the Department’s IT infrastructure. 

The Committee is pleased with the Department’s leadership in 

data center consolidation. The Committee agrees with the Department’s position that these efforts will lead to operational efficiencies, reduced geographic footprint, data sharing synergies, reduced energy consumption, and clarity of mission throughout the 

Department. The Committee understands that the Department has 

successfully consolidated 18 out of 42 major data centers and has 

sufficient resources to complete all 42. Although no funding is requested in fiscal year 2015 to continue the migration project, due 

to unanticipated efficiencies in migration, the Committee requests 

that the Department make it aware of any resources not yet provided but which are needed to complete the consolidation. 

SHARING AND SAFEGUARDING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

The recommendation includes $26,024,000 to implement information sharing and safeguarding measures to protect classified national security information. This is necessary in order to be compliant with measures resulting from Executive Order 13587—Structural Reforms to Improve the Security of Classified Networks and 

the Responsible Sharing and Safeguarding of Classified Information. The OCIO is to brief the Committee by April 15, 2015, on the 

implementation strategy, development schedule, and milestones for 

improving the protection of national security information held by 

the Department. The Committee also expects any structural reforms to be consistent with appropriate protections for privacy and 

civil liberties. 

FEE-FOR-SERVICE

The Committee understands that DHS has a plan for consolidation and adoption of shared services across the Department. The 

Committee recognizes that other Departments have established a 

Fee-for-Service Shared Services Center that offers software design, 

development, and sustainment for other Federal agencies, and 

State and local government. The Committee urges the DHS CIO to 

look into all possible shared service models, including the Fee-forService model, to garner all potential efficiencies and cost savings 

as it begins implementing shared services across the Department. 

MAJOR IT PROJECT SPENDING

The Committee continues to be concerned with several large 

DHS IT projects that have experienced lengthy delays, cost overruns, and bureaucratic bottlenecks. DHS has spent years attempting to improve major IT programs that are critical to the homeland 

security mission, such as FEMA’s Logistics Supply Chain Management System, ICE’s Student And Exchange Visitor Information 

System, and TECS modernization. However, despite the significant 

investment of taxpayer dollars in these efforts, the Department has 
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been unable to produce timely results and millions of dollars have 

been wasted. These programs have suffered from improper requirements management, poor contractor performance, inadequate 

change management procedures, and poor coordination with stakeholders. The Committee directs the OCIO to be actively involved in 

either getting these projects back on track or finding a different solution. The OCIO is to brief the Committee not later than 60 days 

after the date of enactment of this act on the plan forward to ensure these programs are meeting the operational needs of the Department in an efficient and cost-effective manner. 

ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $300,490,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 302,268,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 295,269,000 

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

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $295,269,000 for Analysis and Operations. This is $6,999,000 below the amount requested and 

$5,221,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The details of these recommendations are included in a classified annex 

accompanying this report. 

DHS INTELLIGENCE EXPENDITURE PLAN

The Committee requires the Department’s Chief Intelligence Officer to brief the Committee on the I&A expenditure plan for fiscal 

year 2015 no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

act. The plan shall include the following: 

—fiscal year 2015 expenditures and staffing allotted for each program as compared to fiscal years 2013 and 2014; 

—all funded versus on-board positions, including Federal FTE, 

contractors, and reimbursable and nonreimbursable detailees; 

—a plan, including dates or timeframes for achieving key milestones; 

—allocation of funding within each PPA for individual programs 

and a description of the desired outcomes for fiscal year 2015; 

and 

—actions taken to address the recommendations in GAO report 

(GAO–14–397), ‘‘Additional Actions Needed to Address Analytic 

Priorities and Workforce Challenges’’. 

STATE AND LOCAL FUSION CENTERS

The Committee directs I&A to continue semiannual briefings on 

the State and Local Fusion Centers program. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2014 1 ........................................................................... $115,437,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 1 ......................................................................... 121,457,000 

Committee recommendation 1 ............................................................... 118,617,000 

1 Excludes $24,000,000 made available from the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund. 

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

including audits, inspections, investigations, and other reviews of 

programs and operations of the Department of Homeland Security 

to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness and to prevent 

and detect fraud, waste, and abuse. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $118,617,000 for the Office of Inspector General [OIG], $2,840,000 below the comparable amount 

requested and $3,180,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 

2014. In addition, the Committee includes bill language transferring $24,000,000 requested by the OIG for audits and investigations related to natural disasters from the Disaster Relief Fund 

[DRF]. The Committee supports the budget request for training 

and investments to upgrade the capabilities and morale of the OIG 

workforce. The Committee has reduced the level of OIG funding 

from the budget request due to the expiration of the 7-year comprehensive auditing period, directed by the 9/11 Commission Act of 

2007, which required audits of every U.S. State and territory receiving grants under the Urban Area Security Initiative or the 

State Homeland Security Grant Programs. 

The Committee directs the Inspector General to submit a plan of 

expenditure for all funds no later than 30 days after the date of 

enactment of this act. For fiscal year 2016 and thereafter, OIG 

shall submit a detailed expenditure plan with its annual budget 

justification documents. The plan shall include: (1) expenditures of 

each office within the OIG, including the Offices of Audits, Integrity and Quality Oversight, Emergency Management Oversight, Investigations, Information Technology Audits, Management and Inspections; (2) the number of FTE on board; (3) the number of FTE 

vacancies and a timetable to fill those vacancies; (4) budget detail 

by function areas such as travel, rent, office supplies, and equipment costs; and (5) details on how resources are aligned to specific 

activities and initiatives in fiscal year 2015 as well as proposed for 

fiscal year 2016. Finally, the spend plan shall also include all DRF 

transfers (which shall satisfy the requirements for notification of 

DRF transfers under section 503 of this act). 

FEMA AUDITS

The Committee notes the continuing process for FEMA and the 

OIG to identify preventative measures to eliminate waste, fraud, 

and abuse; and expects specific solutions and measurable results 

within fiscal year 2015. 

INTEGRITY OVERSIGHT

The Committee remains concerned about the potential for increased corruption due to the rapid hiring in CBP and ICE since 

fiscal year 2005. Incidents continue to highlight the need for integ-
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rity oversight. To avoid corruption and misconduct, it is imperative 

that all officers and agents, especially new hires, receive comprehensive training in ethics and public integrity. The OIG provides ethics training to all agencies and is in charge of investigating all allegations of criminal misconduct throughout the Department. It is essential that the OIG, CBP, and ICE work jointly 

and cooperatively to combat corruption. The Committee has made 

a deliberate effort in the past several appropriations acts to provide 

additional funding specifically for integrity investigations. The 

Committee directs OIG to submit an expenditure plan of integrity 

oversight funds in coordination with CBP and ICE, which shall be 

submitted along with its annual expenditure plan. 

CONFERENCES AND SPECIAL EVENTS

The Committee continues the requirement for OIG to report to 

the Committees not later than 30 days after the end of fiscal year 

2015 on DHS spending on conferences, ceremonies, and similar 

events, based on quarterly reporting to OIG. The report shall substantiate DHS compliance with all applicable laws and regulations 

and describe in detail the total costs to the Government associated 

with events. It shall include the number of conferences held, the 

amount of funds obligated, and expenses by appropriation or other 

source of funding, including budget accounts and subaccounts used 

to pay for events. 
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TITLE II 

SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

SUMMARY

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

laws regarding admission of foreign-born persons into the United 

States, and ensuring that all goods and persons entering and 

exiting the United States do so legally. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends total resources of $12,567,478,000, 

including direct appropriations of $10,683,584,000 and estimated 

fee collections of $1,883,894,000. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION—FUNDING SUMMARY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Appropriations: 

Salaries and expenses .......................................................... 8,145,568 8,326,386 8,320,391 

Small airport user fee .......................................................... 5,000 9,000 9,000 

Automation modernization .................................................... 816,523 812,410 806,699 

Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology 

[BSFIT] .............................................................................. 351,454 362,466 362,466 

Air and Marine operations .................................................... 805,068 708,685 706,569 

Construction and facilities management ............................. 456,278 482,205 478,459 

Total, Appropriations ........................................................ 10,579,891 10,701,152 10,683,584 

Estimated fee collections: 

Immigration inspection user fee .......................................... 598,552 630,218 630,218 

Immigration enforcement fines ............................................ 773 752 752 

ESTA ...................................................................................... 55,168 54,929 54,929 

Land border inspection fee ................................................... 42,941 43,931 43,931 

COBRA fee ............................................................................. 500,134 482,501 482,501 

APHIS inspection fee ............................................................. 355,216 464,514 464,514 

Global entry user fee ............................................................ 34,835 91,192 91,192 

Puerto Rico Trust Fund ......................................................... 98,602 98,076 98,076 

Virgin Island fee ................................................................... 11,302 11,789 11,789 

Customs Unclaimed Goods ................................................... 5,992 5,992 5,992 

Total, Estimated fee collections ....................................... 1,703,515 1,883,894 1,883,894 

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

funding ......................................................................... 12,283,406 12,585,046 12,567,478 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $8,145,568,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 8,326,386,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 8,320,391,000 

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

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

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

sources: 

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

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

U.S.C. 1356). 

Electronic System for Travel Authorization Fee.—CBP collects 

fees to cover the cost of operating and implementing a system to 

pre-screen visitors from countries participating in the Visa Waiver 

Program prior to their arrival in the United States to avoid security risks, as authorized by section 711(h)(3)(B) of the 9/11 Act 

(Public Law 110–53). 

Immigration Enforcement Fine.—CBP collects fines from owners 

of transportation lines and persons for unauthorized landing of 

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

U.S.C. 1356). 

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

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

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act [COBRA] Fee.— 

CBP collects fees for inspection services involving customs-related 

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

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

the reimbursement of these types of expenses. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Fee.— 

CBP receives as a transfer a distribution of agriculture inspection 

fees collected by the United States Department of Agriculture. The 

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

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

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

animals and animal products. 

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

registered traveler program to expedite screening and processing of 

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

U.S. Virgin Islands Fee Fund.—The U.S. Virgin Islands [USVI] 

are an unincorporated territory of the United States and although 

a U.S. territory, the USVI is expressly excluded from the definition 

of customs territory of the United States. The importation of goods 

into the USVI is governed by Virgin Islands law. CBP collects duties on behalf of the USVI and deposits them into the USVI Fee 
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Fund. The account is now known as the U.S. Virgin Islands Fees 

Fund, in which duties and taxes collected in the USVI are deposited. The account is managed annually as a reimbursable account 

with any remaining funds remitted back to the USVI at the conclusion of the fiscal year. 

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

Trust Fund. After providing for the expenses of administering CBP 

activities in Puerto Rico, the remaining amounts are transferred to 

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

and 795. 

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

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

charged under this program are set forth in a memorandum of 

agreement between the small airport facility and the agency, and 

may be adjusted annually as costs and requirements change. 

Unclaimed Goods.—Any goods entered or un-entered merchandise (except merchandise under section 557 of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1557), but including merchandise entered for transportation in bond or for exportation) which remain 

in Customs custody for 6 months from the date of importation or 

a lesser period for special merchandise as provided by section 

127.28(c), (d), and (h), and without all estimated duties and storage 

or other charges having been paid, shall be considered unclaimed 

and abandoned. This account represents the proceeds from the liquidation of that account. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $8,320,391,000 for Salaries and Expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2015, 

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

and, of which $2,313,000,000 is derived from the merchandise processing fee. This is $5,995,000 below the request and $174,823,000 

above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

The Committee includes bill language making available up to 

$150,000 for payment for rental space for preclearance operations 

and $1,000,000 for payments to informants. The Committee also includes bill language placing a $35,000 annual limit on overtime 

paid to any employee and capping official reception and representation expenses at $34,425. A general provision is included to allow 

CBP to access collections associated with the U.S.-Colombia Trade 

Promotion Agreement Implementation Act, Public Law 112–42. A 

new general provision is included adjusting the Immigration User 

Fee to fund the hiring of 1,000 new CBP officers. 

The Committee does not include the proposed $1,500,000 reduction for continued development of the Customs-Trade Partnership 

against Terrorism web portal, but includes the other proposed reductions as detailed in the Congressional justifications. Additionally, the bill reduces the ‘‘Border security and control’’ PPA by 

$15,000,000 due to clearer management direction on the appropriate use of administratively uncontrollable overtime. 
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The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

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

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Salaries and expenses: 

Headquarters, management, and administration: 

Commissioner ............................................................... 23,656 27,245 27,151 

Chief Counsel ............................................................... 42,921 45,663 45,483 

Congressional Affairs ................................................... 2,466 2,514 2,504 

Internal Affairs ............................................................. 149,061 140,141 139,493 

Public Affairs ............................................................... 11,934 13,064 13,009 

Training and Development ........................................... 76,082 71,926 71,892 

Technology Innovation, Acquisition .............................. 22,788 25,374 25,277 

Intelligence/Investigative Liaison ................................ 60,747 61,512 61,235 

Administration .............................................................. 403,473 386,793 382,819 

Rent .............................................................................. 405,802 409,490 409,490 

Subtotal, Headquarters, management, and administration ............................................................... 1,198,930 1,183,722 1,178,353 

Border security inspections and trade facilitation: 

Inspections, trade, and travel facilitation at ports of 

entry ......................................................................... 2,856,573 2,830,872 2,806,224 

Harbor maintenance fee collection (Trust Fund) ........ 3,274 3,274 3,274 

International cargo screening ...................................... 67,461 69,173 68,902 

Other international programs ...................................... 24,000 25,706 25,548 

Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism [C– 

TPAT] ........................................................................ 40,912 40,841 42,119 

Trusted Traveler Programs ........................................... 5,811 5,811 5,811 

Inspection and detection technology investments ...... 112,004 123,866 117,811 

National Targeting Center ........................................... 65,106 70,592 70,123 

Training ........................................................................ 40,703 33,906 33,880 

Subtotal, Border security inspections and trade 

facilitation ........................................................... 3,215,844 3,204,041 3,173,692 

Border security and control between ports of entry: 

Border security and control .................................................. 3,675,236 3,882,015 3,911,955 

Training ................................................................................. 55,558 56,608 56,391 

Subtotal, Border security and control between ports of 

entry ............................................................................. 3,730,794 3,938,623 3,968,346 

Total, Salaries and expenses ........................................... 8,145,568 8,326,386 8,320,391 

UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN

Nowhere in the Federal Government is the UAC burden being 

felt more deeply than within U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

[CBP]. For more than 5 years, the women and men of the Border 

Patrol and the Office of Field Operations working along the Southwest border on a daily basis have been dealing with apprehending, 

caring for, processing, and transporting unaccompanied alien children [UAC]. Annually about 5,000–6,000 UACs were encountered, 

until fiscal year 2012, when the trickle became a torrent. There has 

been a more than doubling of UAC encounters year after year. 

Nearly 25,000 were encountered in fiscal year 2013 and estimates 

for this fiscal year are approaching 70,000. While initially esti-
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mating 127,000 UACs next year, the number has risen to 145,000. 

This growth cannot be sustained. 

The burden falls on CBP because it is the frontline encountering 

these children. Previously, the majority of the UACs were teenaged 

boys between 14–17 years of age. The more recent—and more troubling—trend is younger children and many more young girls. One 

can only imagine the horrific events they encountered trekking 

from Central America to South Texas. Because of the growth in the 

more diverse and tender aged population, special care is required— 

care that is not part of a law enforcement officer’s training. These 

men and women’s time should be spent protecting the border and 

arresting smugglers and dangerous contraband. 

As the budget request did not include funding for this influx of 

UACs, the Committee has worked with the Department and OMB, 

and the Department has identified requirements for CBP above the 

request of $76,942,000. Of this amount, $600,000 is for the Office 

of Field Operations response to UACs and remainder is for the Border Patrol. These funds will address shortfalls in overtime, contract 

services for local transportation and guard services, child care, 

medical services, increased waste removal and janitorial services, 

food service contracts, and temporary shelters. The Committee directs the Department to keep it regularly informed of any changes 

in both UAC encounters and/or cost requirements to respond to 

this humanitarian crisis. Bill language is also included providing 

additional flexibility to move resources to ensure the care and 

transport of UACs. 

FINANCIAL PLAN

To help facilitate congressional oversight, CBP is directed to submit to the Committee within 60 days after the date of enactment 

of this act, a financial plan reflecting a detailed breakout of funding by office for each PPA in the ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ appropriation. This financial plan shall include a comparison by office to 

the prior year plan amount and actual expenditures for fiscal year 

2014 and planned expenditures for fiscal year 2015. 

PORT OF ENTRY STAFFING AND HIRING

CBP’s Office of Field Operations [OFO] operates 329 ports of 

entry [POEs] 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, welcoming to the 

U.S. almost 1 million people daily by air, land, and sea. In addition 

to CBP’s primary security mission, CBP is the second-largest government revenue generator for the United States, after the Internal Revenue Service. On average, OFO collects $116,000,000 a day 

in fees, duties, and tariffs. In fiscal year 2013, OFO processed 

$2,380,000,000,000 worth of trade through U.S. POEs. 

Visitor volume in 2014 is expected to increase 3.5 percent and 

reach 72.2 million visitors who stay one or more nights in the 

United States. This growth would build on the 4.7 percent increase 

in arrivals in 2013, which resulted in a record 69.8 million visitors. 

According to the current forecast, the United States would see 3.4 

percent to 4.1 percent annual growth rates in visitor volume over 

the 2014–2018 timeframe. 

The overall proportion of CBP’s salaries and expenses [S&E] has 

been growing steadily, thus squeezing other priorities. In fiscal 
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year 2009, S&E accounted for 55.5 percent of the total ‘‘Salaries 

and Expenses’’ account, but in fiscal year 2015 it will be approximate 71.7 percent. Cost drivers for the growing payroll include 

healthcare, retirement benefits (for the first time the Office of Management and Budget requires appropriated funds be used to cover 

retirement costs), decreasing attrition rates, and changing grade 

profiles. CBPOs average General Service [GS] grade level was GS– 

11 in fiscal year 2010. In fiscal year 2015 the average will be GS– 

12. For the Border Patrol it was GS–10 in fiscal year 2010 and will 

be GS–12 in fiscal year 2015. Officer and agent payroll costs have 

increased by $299,900,000 in fiscal year 2015 compared to fiscal 

year 2014. 

CBP’s workload staffing model indicates a shortfall of 2,373 CBP 

officers [CBPOs] by the end of fiscal year 2015. While the model 

needs further refinement, it is the best tool yet designed to assist 

in officer placement decisions based on traveler volume, wait times, 

expanded facilities, and increased cargo throughput. The model 

also takes into consideration the reduction in staffing requirements 

due to innovation and technology improvements. 

This Committee took the initial steps to begin hiring new CBPOs 

in the Senate version of the fiscal year 2014 Homeland Security appropriations bill through a combination of direct appropriations 

and a slight increase in the Immigration User Fee [IUF]. Ultimately, due to outside pressure, the fee proposal was dropped in 

conference with the House. By making cuts to other DHS activities, 

direct appropriations were cobbled together to hire 2,000 new 

CBPOs. These officers will be hired, trained, and placed at their 

new duty stations through fiscal year 2015. 

But CBP cannot rely on additional appropriated dollars to hire 

itself out of its officer deficit hole. The taxpayer expects its government to do more—more service, more efficiency, more protection— 

with fewer dollars. The Committee believes CBP can achieve the 

goal of expedited cargo inspections; a faster, more pleasant entry 

experience for travelers to our country; and appropriate level of security through a mix of more people, innovative use of technology, 

a more streamlined hiring process, and expansion of creative public-private partnerships. 

People.—The IUF was established in 1987 to be used to hire additional inspectors at air and sea ports of entry and cover the actual costs of inspecting commercial air and sea passengers upon arrival. The fare has been set at $7 since 2001. If the fee had been 

allowed to adjust for inflation it would now be $12.31. In fiscal year 

2013, CBP recovered only 76 percent of the inspection costs in the 

air environment and 43 percent in the sea environment. The remainder of those costs have been covered using direct appropriations. The Committee includes a general provision increasing the 

IUF by $2 for arriving commercial air and sea passengers. This is 

the same provision included in the fiscal year 2014 Senate Committee-reported Homeland Security appropriations bill. This increase will fund the hiring of 1,000 additional CBPOs through fiscal year 2016. Additionally, the bill includes a new proviso directing that the funds generated by this fee adjustment be used solely 

for the hiring of new CBPOs to be placed at air and sea ports of 

entry. These funds cannot be directed for other CBP activities. This 
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only allows the hiring of half of the new CBPOs requested in the 

budget. Absent this provision, there are no additional funds for the 

hiring of additional CBPOs. 

Technology.—CBP has made steady advancements in the use of 

mobile technology which permits officers to move to where the arriving passengers are located to expedite the inspection process. It 

has partnered with 15 airports in placing Automated Passport Control kiosks to segregate arriving U.S. citizens from those foreign 

visitors who might need more time to be processed. It has also 

made great strides in enrolling frequent travelers in the Global 

Entry program. Participation in the program has grown to over 1.4 

million individuals, with another nearly 900,000 NEXUS members 

who also get the benefits of Global Entry. 

Hiring Process.—When asked directly, DHS and CBP officials 

concede the CBP hiring process is too cumbersome and agree that 

modifications need to be made. It should not take as long to hire 

and train trade specialists or mission support personnel as it does 

a weapon-carrying, law enforcement officer or agent. The Committee recognizes CBP must maintain a rigorous hiring process, including the use of polygraphs, to ensure bad actors or those who 

have been or could become compromised by drug traffickers and 

the like are not inadvertently employed. But CBP must take a 

fresh look at its hiring and training practices. 

Additional CBPOs are required at short-staffed ports of entry 

now, not a year from now. The Committee directs CBP, working 

with the Deputy Secretary and the Chief Human Capital Officer, 

to develop a plan to expedite the hiring of CBP personnel while 

maintaining the proper level of security. On average, it currently 

takes CBP 278 days to hire its personnel when the Office of Personnel Management [OPM] standard is 90 days. CBP must strive 

to meet the OPM standard and, at a maximum, reduce its average 

to 120 days. The plan shall be submitted to the Committee not 

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

Public-Private Partnerships.—The bill extends the two-pronged 

public-private partnership program initiated in the fiscal year 2014 

DHS Appropriations Act. This provision permits CBP to enter into 

up to 7 agreements with State, local, or private entities to reimburse CBP for services at air, land, or sea ports of entry and also 

permits CBP and/or the General Services Administration to accept 

donations or gifts of real property for enhancements to POEs. CBP 

is encouraged to provide greater transparency on its staffing procedures to its partners and to take into consideration the potential 

for the growth in international tourism when reviewing applications submitted under this provision. 

The Committee has heard concerns from the maritime industry 

regarding CBP’s potential use of this authority or other long-standing authorities regarding the costs for purchase, installation, operations, and/or maintenance of inspection and detection equipment 

by the port authorities or the terminal operators. CBP shall brief 

the Committee not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

of this act on its statutory authority in this area and on its negotiations with maritime entities on equipment costs. 
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LAND BORDER WAIT TIMES

In July 2013, GAO issued a report (GAO–13–603) outlining flaws 

in CBP’s commercial vehicle wait time collection process. Specifically, GAO found that publicly reported wait time data is collected 

using unreliable and inconsistent methods, and cannot effectively 

measure trade facilitation goals or inform CBP management decisions across border crossings. Not later than 60 days after the date 

of enactment of this act, CBP shall brief the Committee and other 

committees of jurisdiction on its efforts to improve wait time collection and trade facilitation at land POEs. 

IMMIGRATION REFORM

This appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security makes numerous funding recommendations for various border 

security and immigration enforcement activities. It is not intended 

to be an immigration reform vehicle. The Committee received numerous requests for inclusion of immigration-related policies already reflected in the immigration reform legislation passed by the 

Senate on June 27, 2013. As they were already considered and included in the appropriate authorizing legislation, they are not repeated in this appropriations bill and report. 

IMPACT OF FEES ON AIRPORT ACTIVITIES

To ensure the maximum level of transparency is provided to justify these increases, the Committee directs CBP to provide a quarterly electronic report to the general public and interested stakeholders, posted on its Web site, on the amount of fee-funded activity that occurred over the preceding fiscal year at airports. This report shall include all fees, such as APHIS, IUF, COBRA, and the 

Small Airport User Fee. The report will also provide annual average wait time data for high volume port locations receiving additional IUF fee resources, demonstrating a direct connection between service levels and resources. It is important for CBP to deploy CBPOs at critical international arrivals airports which experience the greatest delays and longest processing times. 

EXPEDITING TRAVELERS AND EXPANDING/GROWING TOURISM

The number of international travelers to the United States has 

grown by 12 percent from 55 million visitors in 2009 to 70 million 

in 2013. Each overseas visitor spends on average $4,500 in our restaurants, hotels, shopping malls, and attractions. And the growth 

in these visitors has created more than 175,000 American jobs over 

the past 5 years. On May 22, 2014, the President announced a series of new steps to improve the entry process to welcome more 

international travelers to our country. Additionally, he charged 

DHS Secretary Johnson and Commerce Secretary Pritzker to work 

with industry to develop a goal to improve the entry process, reduce wait times, and build out implementation plans starting with 

the 15 largest airports for international arrivals. 

The Committee wholeheartedly supports this effort to develop 

creative and responsible solutions to provide international travelers 

with reasonable wait times and an efficient entry process. The 

Committee urges DHS and the Department of Commerce to start 
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by ensuring that international business travelers and tourists alike 

have a good arrival experience. Because CBP officers are the first 

face of America for these arriving passengers, it is incumbent on 

CBP to train its frontline personnel to be welcoming, as well as 

professional, as they determine the eligibility of the traveler for 

entry into the United States. 

And, as discussed above, wait times must be reduced. The Committee understands that Chicago’s O’Hare International and Dallas/Fort Worth [DFW] International airports have had the greatest 

success at reducing wait times in the past year or so. Both airports 

were early supporters of the automated passport control program, 

which now is used in 15 airports. These kiosks provide modern 

touch screen technology that allows passengers to scan their passports and enter their customs declaration information. Provided 

through public-private partnership with airport authorities, these 

kiosks expedite air passenger inspection for U.S. and Canadian citizens at participating airports. They reduce officer interaction to approximately 30 seconds from 55 seconds while increasing security 

by allowing officers to focus on the passenger instead of the paperwork. Since installing the kiosks, both O’Hare and DFW have experienced reductions in average wait times of 30 percent or more. 

CBP should work in tandem with other airports and expand the 

APC program to 10 additional airports by the end of 2014. Also, 

CBP should encourage use of the enhanced, multi-lingual APC kiosks, which permits their use by the passengers from the 38 member countries of the Visa Waiver Program further reducing international passenger processing times. 

Additionally, CBP should take advantage of the creativity of individual airports. For instance, George Bush Intercontinental Airport 

in Houston was the first airport to pilot a ‘‘one stop’’ program to 

facilitate passengers traveling with only carry-on luggage through 

entry processing. Chicago O’Hare also launched its ‘‘1-Stop’’ program last year at International Terminal 5. Informational signage 

in seven languages is posted in the secure corridor leading to the 

CBP’s passport control area. The signage guides eligible travelers 

to enter designated lanes for entry processing. Travelers make 

‘‘one-stop’’ at a booth with a CBP officer, then move on to an ‘‘express corridor’’ that bypasses baggage claim and CBP Exit Control 

inspection areas. The new initiative streamlines the U.S. entry 

process and minimizes wait times. 

The Committee also understands CBP is developing a new web 

and mobile application (‘‘app’’) that can be added to a passenger’s 

smartphone so that arriving passengers can fill their Customs declaration on the plane prior to deplaning. Advances like these will 

be especially useful for business travelers and other frequent flyers, 

and the Committee urges expeditious rollout of this new ‘‘app’’. 

The Committee encourages CBP to open additional enrollment 

centers across the Nation for all DHS Trusted Traveler Programs, 

including Global Entry and NEXUS. To the extent that Global 

Entry can be expanded to passengers from other countries, CBP is 

encouraged to do so. The more enrollees in these programs, the 

faster arriving passengers can be processed upon arrival. And CBP 

should consider expanding Global Entry to large and medium-sized 
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international hub airports, especially those which do not have a 

permanent CBP presence. 

The Committee understands CBP, working with travel industry 

associations and an outside source, has been conducting annual 

traveler satisfaction surveys. The surveys ask arriving passengers 

such questions as if their arrival process was welcoming, if the 

process was understandable, and if their wait time was reasonable. 

CBP could benefit from getting reactions from passengers on a 

more regular basis because results from an annual survey do not 

allow for rapid responses to a growing problem, especially at the 

largest gateway airports. 

The Committee recognizes the need for CBP to work with airports as it designs its future work spaces and operations centers. 

It recommends that CBP streamline the required non-disclosure 

agreements [NDAs] for discussions and collaboration to include 

only those NDAs that pertain to truly sensitive information. 

Finally, CBP must review how it allocates its personnel at air 

ports of entry. There are creative ways CBP can work with its employees and the host airport to place appropriate law enforcement 

personnel at the inspection booths while other, non-law enforcement or mission support personnel can cover other processing duties. 

The Committee directs CBP to submit an action plan to the Committee not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

act on the specific steps it will take to implement each of the proposed activities listed above. This plan shall include the timeline 

for implementing each activity and, to the extent there are other 

activities planned or underway, they shall be included in this plan. 

Additionally, of the total amount provided for CBP Salaries and 

Expenses, $10,000,000 shall be used for sustaining the traveler 

process enhancements, including CBP officers at existing 

preclearance locations, as discussed in Senate Report 113–77 and 

directed in Public Law 113–76. 

The Committee continues a general provision regarding limitations on expanding overseas preclearance operations to additional 

locations. The Committee notes that the fiscal year 2014 DHS Appropriations Act requires the Commissioner to develop metrics that 

support the goal of reducing passenger processing times at air, 

land, and sea POEs. Additionally, he is required to develop and implement operational work plans to meet the goal just listed at the 

POEs with the highest passenger volume and longest wait times. 

The Committee reminds the Commissioner that he shall consult 

with appropriate stakeholders, including but not limited to, airlines 

and airport operators, port authorities, and importers. The Committee also encourages the Commissioner to consider the economic 

impact of these activities on U.S. air carriers. These work plans 

and metrics shall be developed and briefed to the Committee no 

later than September 15, 2014. 

NORTHERN BORDER PORT STAFFING

The fiscal year 2014 DHS Appropriations Act funded the hiring 

of 2,000 additional CBP officers and notes some of the new officers 

are to be allotted to Northern border POEs. The Committee remains concerned, however, about CBP officer staffing levels on the 
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Northern Border. As trade and tourism increase along the U.S.-Canadian border, additional resources should be provided as appropriate. 

The Committee believes that many of the concerns about Northern Border staffing could be allayed by more complete reporting 

and transparency to Congress about CBP’s Northern Border staffing plans. The Committee directs CBP to submit an updated resource allocation model with the fiscal year 2016 budget detailing 

specific staffing and funding for, and implementation of, planned 

Northern Border enforcement initiatives by port of entry. The Committee also directs CBP to provide a briefing to the Committee not 

later than December 1, 2014, on the CBP officer staffing requirements on the Northern Border based on increased trade flows, the 

current threat environment, and the workload staffing model. 

TRAINING REGARDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING

CBP plays a critical role in identifying potential human trafficking victims as they enter the United States. The Committee encourages DHS to continue to work with appropriate nonprofit organizations and victim service providers to improve the training of 

DHS personnel in the field to assist in the identification of human 

trafficking victims, especially children, and provide appropriate referrals to victim service organizations. Further, the Committee encourages the Commissioner to post the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline, email address, and Web site information in all U.S. POEs. 

LAND BORDER FEE STUDY

The Committee continues a general provision prohibiting CBP 

from conducting any studies for establishing and collecting any new 

land border fee. This provision does not affect any existing trusted 

traveler program such as FAST, NEXUS, SENTRI, and the like. 

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICES

The Committee encourages CBP to work with the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service on the revised regulations released 

on April 22, 2014, to ensure that the final regulations reflect prevailing overtime pay rates for CBP Agriculture inspectors in order 

to enable reimbursement by non-Federal entities. 

CROSS-BORDER TUNNELS

Tunnels along the United States-Mexico border remain an attractive alternative to overland drug smuggling because of increased 

security measures and aggressive enforcement activity on traditional cross-border routes. The Committee supports the ongoing efforts of the DHS Tunnel Task Force to detect and respond to new 

tunnels, encourages CBP to dedicate sufficient resources to continue detecting, responding to, and remediating tunnels as they are 

encountered. The Committee drops the reporting requirement and 

instead directs an annual briefing on cross-border tunnels not later 

than 120 days after the date of enactment of this act. 
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CONDUCT AND INTEGRITY OVERSIGHT

Since Congress initiated the rapid increase in CBP and ICE 

staffing in 2005, the Committee has been concerned about the potential for increased corruption by CBP and ICE personnel. The 

Committee remains committed to addressing this problem. The 

Committee fully funds the request for CBP to continue to expand 

integrity training for its officers, conduct investigations, reduce the 

backlog of reviews and polygraphs, and meet the requirements of 

the Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2011 (Public Law 111–338). The 

Committee directs the Deputy Secretary to continue to oversee the 

coordination of the OIG, CBP, and ICE on program integrity issues. 

BORDER PATROL AGENTS

The number of Border Patrol agents has grown from 9,800 in 

2001 to 21,370 today. Border Patrol apprehensions have increased 

from 327,577 in fiscal year 2011 to 414,397 in fiscal year 2013. As 

of April 30, 2014, apprehensions for this fiscal year were 262,880. 

Clearly more people are attempting to cross our border without authorization. Included in the amount recommended by the Committee for Border Security and Control is a total of $3,968,346,000 

for hiring, paying, equipping, and training Border Patrol agents. 

Bill language is included mandating a floor of not less than 21,370 

Border Patrol agents on-board throughout fiscal year 2015. With 

the funds in this act, there will continue to be 21,370 Border Patrol 

agents on duty, more than double the Agents on board at the end 

of fiscal year 2002. 

REPATRIATION

The Committee urges CBP and ICE to repatriate removable migrants in a manner that protects deportee safety. Whenever possible and based on mutually agreed arrangements determined in 

the field, DHS should limit deportations to daylight hours and 

avoid locations that are determined to have high indices of crime 

and violence, except in cases justified by compelling government interest or the informed consent of the adult being removed. DHS officials should notify their Mexican counterparts in advance of repatriating pregnant women or individuals with medical or other special needs and take all reasonable and appropriate steps to ensure 

their safe repatriation. To the extent practicable, in the development and renegotiation of agreements with the Government of 

Mexico regarding arrangements for the deportation or removal of 

apprehended individuals, appropriate hours for conducting deportations and removals, and identifying safety concerns at deportation 

and removal sites, DHS is encouraged to consult with non-governmental social service providers and faith-based organizations that 

provide services to returned migrants in order to ensure that deportations occur at times and in locations where shelter and other 

assistance is available. 

The Committee directs CBP and ICE to review their existing repatriation arrangements with the Government of Mexico and brief 

the Committee not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 

of this act on the results of the review. 
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BORDER PATROL STAFFING MODEL

The Committee understands that CBP is developing a staffing allocation model for Border Patrol that would provide insight into the 

amount of time it takes for an agent to perform tasks and support 

more informed decisionmaking regarding deployment and use of resources. The Committee supports this effort and directs CBP to 

brief the Committee not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this act on its progress in developing and using the model. 

USE OF FORCE POLICY REVIEW

The Committee strongly supports the actions taken by the Commissioner in reviewing, revising, and making public CBP’s ‘‘Use of 

Force Policy, Guidelines and Procedures Handbook’’. After years of 

allegations expressed by certain communities about excessive use 

of force, primarily by Border Patrol agents, the Commissioner responded transparently with a thorough review of CBP’s training 

policies and procedures and released the results of the review on 

May 30, 2014. As he states in his opening to the Handbook, ‘‘A respect for human life and the communities we serve shall guide all 

employees in the performance of their duties... The use of excessive force by CBP law enforcement personnel is strictly prohibited.’’ The Committee stresses that these policies must be adhered 

to so as to ensure the confidence of the American people in these 

law enforcement officers is retained. 

TRADE ENFORCEMENT

The Committee directs CBP to dedicate $3,000,000 to further 

consolidate single transaction bonds [STBs] in order to improve 

duty collection, as recommended by GAO. These funds would improve the collection of revenue owed to the Federal Government by 

enabling CBP to develop an automated system for STBs. Currently, 

STBs are submitted and maintained on paper at all of the CBP 

port locations. Automation would allow a centralized office to oversee and administer the STB program and to develop the necessary 

expertise to verify the adequacy of the STBs. 

CBP analysis has found strong evidence to conclude that trade 

fraud and evasion is widespread in many commodity sectors—particularly for goods from China, which account for 46 percent of the 

anti-dumping and countervailing duties collected. The Committee 

remains focused on the need for all Federal Government agencies 

involved in international trade to aggressively enforce existing 

trade laws. It has become clear that there are specific actions that 

CBP and ICE, together with the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State and the United States Trade Representative, can 

take without the need for additional legislation. According to CBP’s 

own statistics, more than $1,600,000,000 of the $1,790,000,000 in 

unpaid antidumping and countervailing duties involve imports 

from China. To help combat this problem, CBP has created a multidisciplinary Reengineering Dumping Team to review the antidumping and countervailing duty [AD/CVD] process and to develop 

enforcement solutions. To the extent these duties are unable to be 

collected, CBP shall issue a statement as to the reasons why. 
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Additionally, for CBP’s AD/CVD enforcement, the Centers of Excellence and Expertise [CEEs] also centralize AD/CVD functions for 

the industries and importers covered by the respective CEE. The 

CEEs help increase uniformity and expertise across CBP for administration of AD/CVD entries and AD/CVD enforcement. The 

Committee commends CBP for taking these actions and directs it 

to brief the Committee annually on its efforts to improve the enforcement and collection process. 

CBP can benefit from hearing a variety of voices when it comes 

to AD/CVD enforcement. CBP is directed to review the Advisory 

Committee on Commercial Operations membership and consider 

adding domestic industries that are affected to sit on the Trade Enforcement subcommittee to provide advice through the antidumping working group. CBP shall keep the Committee updated 

on its review. 

ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY ENFORCEMENT REPORTS

The Committee has ensured that, within the amounts provided 

in this account, there will be sufficient funds to administer the ongoing requirements of section 754 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 

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

The Committee directs CBP to continue to work with the Departments of Justice and the Treasury (and all other relevant agencies) 

to increase collections, and provide a public report on an annual 

basis within 30 days of each year’s distributions under the law. The 

report should summarize CBP’s efforts to collect past due amounts 

and increase current collections, particularly with respect to cases 

involving unfairly traded United States imports from China. The 

report shall provide the same level of detail as required under this 

section in Senate Report 112–169. 

The Committee further directs the Secretary and the Commissioner to work with the Secretary of Commerce to identify opportunities for the Department of Commerce to improve the timeliness, 

accuracy, and clarity of liquidation instructions sent to CBP. Increased attention and interagency coordination in these areas could 

help ensure that steps in the collection of duties are completed in 

a more expeditious manner. The Commissioner is directed to report 

within 180 days after the date of enactment of this act on the steps 

that have been taken in conjunction with the Department of Commerce to address these issues. Consistent with section 691a of Public Law 103–182, the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1993, the Committee directs the Commissioner 

to submit to Congress before the 60th day of each fiscal year a report regarding the collection of duties imposed under the AD/CVD 

laws during the preceding fiscal year. 

Separately, CBP is directed to report to the Committee on collection of the outstanding $1,079,000,000 in AD/CVD duties, including 

the number of claims, the value of each claim, the stage of collection for each claim and the date on which the claim was referred 

for further action to either the CBP Chief Counsel or Department 

of Justice. This report shall be submitted to the Committee not 

later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this act. This 

report will include the steps that have been taken to recover funds 
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and will also include the challenges that prevent collection. CBP 

shall publish on its Web site a version of this report that provides 

appropriate privacy and trade sensitivity protections. 

The Committee further directs CBP to provide the Committee 

with a separate report that includes information concerning each 

AD/CVD order for which more than $25,000,000 in assessed AD/ 

CVD duties secured by single entry bonds accepted by CBP pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(2)(B)(iii) remains uncollected more than 2 

years after the dates of liquidation of the secured entries. This report shall be submitted to the Committee not later than 180 days 

after the date of enactment of this act. For each relevant AD/CVD 

order, the report shall include the bond’s identification number, the 

date of the entry secured by the bond, and the bond’s face value. 

It shall also include the liquidation status of each entry, and if applicable, the date of liquidation, the amount of bond principal received by CBP, the amount of interest received by CBP, and the 

amount of any offer in compromise accepted by CBP. Further, the 

report shall include information about whether CBP has demanded 

performance on the bond or has withdrawn or abandoned its demand due to one or more defects in the bond, CBP’s inability to locate the bond, or expiration of the applicable statute of limitations. 

For each relevant AD/CVD order for which CBP has demanded performance on the bond, the report shall detail whether CBP’s demand for bond performance was protested, and if applicable, the 

date on which the protest was filed, whether CBP has issued a decision on the protest, whether a subsequent appeal has been filed 

by the protesting party, and if applicable, the status of the appeal 

including whether a court summons has been issued, the date on 

which the summons was issued, and the amount of funds being 

held by CBP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2637(a). The report shall also 

include a detailed strategy, including a specific series of actions 

and corresponding deadlines for completing those actions, to collect 

under the bond the antidumping or countervailing duties that remain uncollected. 

The Committee directs CBP, in consultation with the Department of Commerce and the Department of Treasury, to report to 

the Committee on how requiring cash deposits of estimated AD/ 

CVD during new shipper reviews (in statute) would strengthen the 

administration of the Nation’s AD/CVD laws. Under current law, 

the Department of Commerce is required to allow importers to 

bond for cash deposits of estimated AD/CVD during new shipper 

reviews. The Committee urges the United States Trade Representative to include in the principal negotiating objectives of the United 

States the objectives of preventing evasion of the trade remedy 

laws of the United States through information exchanges and site 

visits for any trade agreements under negotiation as of the date of 

this report or future trade agreement negotiations. 

TRADE COMPLIANCE—INFORMATION SHARING

The Committee understands that current law may unintentionally prohibit the Department of Commerce from sharing proprietary information with CBP vital to determining violations or 

claims with respect to any provision of the Tariff Act of 1930. The 

Committee urges the Department to coordinate jointly with the De-
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partment of Commerce on a legislative proposal to amend the appropriate section of the United States Code to remove any legal 

barriers to the sharing of appropriate and necessary information 

between these prime Federal trade compliance and enforcement 

agencies. 

JONES ACT

CBP is charged with enforcement of U.S. cabotage laws. The 

Jones Act provides for the national and economic security of the 

United States by supporting a strong U.S. merchant marine. By 

virtue of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended by 

Public Law 106–580, the coastwise laws apply to marine transportation between points and places in the United States, including 

the Outer Continental Shelf. U.S. vessels, mariners, and shipyards 

have been negatively impacted and underutilized as a result of lax 

enforcement and prior rulings inconsistent with congressional intent. The Committee urges the Department to levy penalties for 

previously documented violations, continue working with the Offshore Marine Service Association in order to investigate future potential violations, and dedicate adequate resources to vigorously enforce the Jones Act on the Outer Continental Shelf. While there 

have been only a handful of waiver requests in the past 2 years, 

the Committee remains focused on the issue of waivers of the Jones 

Act. 

The Committee is also concerned about the lack of transparency 

in issuing these waivers. A general provision is included prohibiting funds from being used to issue future waivers related to a release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary has 

consulted with the Departments of Energy and Transportation and 

representatives of the United States flag maritime industry and 

taken adequate steps to ensure the use of United States flag vessels. The Secretary shall notify the Congress within 2 business 

days of any request for a waiver, not solely waivers requested to 

transport oil released from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 

The Committee directs CBP to develop a system to track the status of all Jones Act violations, from the time they are reported 

until assessed penalties have been collected or there is a finding of 

no violation and the charges are dismissed. The Committee also directs CBP to make information available to the public and the 

Committees, on a quarterly basis, about specific Jones Act violations, findings of fact, parties determined to be at fault, amount of 

penalty assessments, and status of collections. 

EXIT POLICY

DHS is required by law to implement a comprehensive entry-exit 

system, including biometric exit, for our Nation’s security as well 

as the integrity of our immigration system. CBP, with support from 

other Department components, is executing a plan toward that end 

which includes enhancements to biographic entry and exit data, as 

well as enforcement of data requirements on air carriers and other 

data providers. Specific to biometric exit, CBP is working with the 

DHS Science and Technology [S&T] directorate on the Air Entry/ 

Exit Re-Engineering [AEER] project to analyze, develop, test, pilot, 

and evaluate integrated approaches to biometrically confirm the de-
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parture of non-U.S. citizens at U.S. airports. The S&T investment 

is $7,500,000 a year since fiscal year 2013. CBP and S&T should 

consider the implications of the project’s results for land and sea 

ports in both urban and rural environments. Further, the project 

should examine the integration of new technologies with the Department’s backend biometric system, IDENT, to produce the highest match rate possible and accelerate passenger throughput. Not 

later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act, the Department shall report to the Committee on the status of the AEER 

project and other entry-exit system enhancements. 

The Committee recognizes that CBP has made significant technology enhancements through the Land Border Integration program and its predecessor program. CBP should continue to utilize 

this program to improve entry-exit processes and activities. 

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

The Committee understands CBP and its legacy agencies have 

been performing both statutorily required services as well as additional services requested by the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands [USVI] on a fully reimbursable basis, for nearly 100 years. 

A 1994 Memorandum of Agreement [MOA] between CBP and the 

USVI memorializes operational details regarding services requested by the USVI and the financing of those services. The Committee further understands that, due to fiscal constraints in recent 

years, CBP has been implementing cost savings measures without 

reducing services in the territory and is pursuing a new MOA with 

the Government of the USVI. The Committee directs CBP to report 

to the Committee on the scope of services performed, their financing, and the steps taken toward a new MOA with the USVI. 

ADVANCED TRAINING CENTER

CBP has one of the Nation’s largest cadres of armed Federal law 

enforcement personnel and having a full-scale advanced training 

facility focused on the agency’s specialized missions is critical. Included in the amount recommended by the Committee is 

$64,500,000, as proposed in the budget, for programmatic expenses 

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

the Advanced Training Center [ATC]. The ATC is providing advanced firearms, tactical, and leadership training to CBP officers 

and agents across the country, as well as other Federal and law enforcement agencies. With the establishment of the Advanced Training Center Revolving Fund [ATCRF], pursuant to the fiscal year 

2012 DHS Appropriations Act, the Committee directs CBP to continue to utilize ATCRF funds in addition to any funds appropriated 

annually by the Congress. The Committee notes the ATCRF is intended only to offset operating costs of the ATC and should not be 

considered the sole appropriations vehicle for funding of the ATC 

enterprise. 

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

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

or displace any Federal law enforcement program of the Federal 

Law Enforcement Training Center [FLETC]. Training currently 

being conducted at a FLETC facility shall not be moved to the Center. 
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FOREIGN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE

The Committee recognizes that trucks carrying foreign municipal 

solid waste entering the United States from Canada represent potential homeland security and environmental threats to our Nation. 

The Committee is also aware of successful efforts to address this 

threat, which have resulted in a significant reduction in municipally managed waste shipments to the United States. However, 

nearly 350 trash trucks still cross U.S. borders every day. The 

Committee urges DHS, in conjunction with CBP, to work with the 

Finance Committee—the appropriate authorizing committee—to 

consider proposing to raise the current Customs User Fee for 

trucks carrying foreign municipal solid waste into the United 

States and include any such proposal in the fiscal year 2016 budget 

through the appropriate authorizing mechanism. 

AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $816,523,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 812,410,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 806,699,000 

The automation modernization account includes funds for major 

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

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

and connectivity of and integration of existing systems. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $806,699,000, of which $445,575,000 

is to be available until September 30, 2017, for automation modernization. This is $5,711,000 below the amount requested and 

$9,824,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as 

compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Information technology .................................................................. 358,655 365,700 361,124 

Automated Targeting Systems ....................................................... 116,932 109,273 109,230 

Automated Commercial Environment/International Trade Data 

System [ITDS] ............................................................................ 140,762 141,061 140,970 

Current operations protection and processing support [COPPS] .. 200,174 196,376 195,375 

Total, Automation modernization ..................................... 816,523 812,410 806,699 

TARGETING

The Committee staunchly supports CBP’s targeting capabilities 

and the enhancements provided over the years for the Automated 

Targeting System [ATS]. ATS has proven an invaluable tool in 

identifying and countering terrorist travel and other illicit activity 

in the global travel and trade systems. The Committee recommends 

$109,230,000, as requested, and encourages CBP to effectively 
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maintain and enhance this critical capability to meet mission 

needs. 

REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS

The Committee expects to continue receiving the ACE reports on 

a semi-annual basis. CBP is directed to brief the Committees immediately on the plan to decommission the Automated Commercial 

System [ACS], the updated program plan for ACE, how the ACS 

decommission plan is integrated into the program plan, and the updated master schedule for ACE development. 

TECS MODERNIZATION

TECS is an information technology system in place since the 

1980s that provides border security and law enforcement personnel 

information about people who are inadmissible or may pose a 

threat to the security of the United States. Over time, however, it 

has become increasingly difficult and expensive to maintain because of technology obsolescence and its inability to support new 

mission requirements. As a result, in 2008 DHS initiated TECS 

Modernization [TECS Mod] to upgrade the existing system 

functionality, address known capability gaps, and move the program’s infrastructure to DHS’s new data centers. TECS Mod is 

managed as two separate programs working in parallel: CBP and 

ICE are each modernizing existing functionality specific to their respective roles and missions. Both programs had planned to be fully 

operational by September 2015. 

A recent GAO report (GAO–14–342T) noted that TECS Mod has 

continued to experience schedule and cost changes. While CBP’s 

$724,000,000 modernization effort intends to upgrade functionality, 

data, and aging infrastructure and move it to DHS’s data centers 

by 2016, the agency has had to revisit the schedule twice. Regarding ICE’s $818,000,000 TECS Mod program, it is redesigning and 

replanning its program, after determining that its initial solution 

was not viable and could not support ICE’s needs. The Department’s CIO has expressed concern about the problematic nature of 

this modernization effort. As a result, CBP and ICE shall continue 

to conduct the semiannual joint briefings on the status of this modernization effort for the Committee. 

BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $351,454,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 362,466,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 362,466,000 

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

maintenance costs associated with fencing, infrastructure, sensors, 

surveillance, and other border security technology. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $362,466,000 for Border Security 

Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology, the same as the request, 

and $11,012,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 
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The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Development and deployment ........................................................ 160,435 110,594 110,594 

Operations and maintenance ........................................................ 191,019 251,872 251,872 

Total, Border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology ........................................................................... 351,454 362,466 362,466 

TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT DELAYS

Since fiscal year 2005, the Committee has been a strong and active supporter of the efforts to secure our Southwest border 

through a strategic combination of fencing, tactical infrastructure, 

and technology, combined with a doubling of the size of the Border 

Patrol. These funds have been used to construct the 651 miles of 

fencing and border infrastructure mandated by the Secure Fence 

Act, as amended, and they have been used to bring more technology and capability to Border Patrol agents than has ever been 

available. 

On April 6, 2012, the Department issued a request for proposals 

to build and deploy the next set of integrated fixed towers [IFTs] 

for cameras and radars within Arizona. CBP initially estimated 

that the contract would be awarded in the first quarter of 2014, but 

the award was not made until February 26, 2014, and a protest 

against the award was filed on March 31, 2014, by one of the nonsuccessful bidders. The protest could delay initial delivery of the 

first tower until the end of this fiscal year or later. While the Committee is encouraged there appears to be proper oversight of contracts and that contractors are being held to fulfilling their obligations for use of taxpayer dollars, this program has now been delayed for over 3 years. Additionally, the Committee remains concerned about concurrent deployment of these systems before it has 

been proven that they actually work in real-life situations and included language in the fiscal year 2014 act prohibiting concurrent 

deployment of IFTs. The Department has indicated that approximately $387,000,000 remains available in unobligated prior year 

balances for border technology development and deployment as of 

April 30, 2014. Given these strong concerns, the Committee rescinds $27,300,000 in unobligated balances from this account that 

are not required for fiscal year 2015. 

The Committee notes that the recent Government Accountability 

Office [GAO] report titled ‘‘Arizona Border Surveillance Technology 

Plan: Additional Actions Needed to Strengthen Management and 

Assess Effectiveness’’ suggests that DHS can better manage scheduling, cost-estimating, and documentation for certain aspects of the 

Arizona Plan. DHS did not concur with the specifics of some GAO 

recommendations based on concerns those recommendations would 

compromise the potential benefits of the DHS approach. The Committee directs CBP and GAO to continue to work to understand 
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how best practices can best be applied to an innovative acquisition 

approach without inhibiting the innovation. 

NORTHERN BORDER

Included in the Committee’s recommendation is $12,200,000, as 

requested, for enhancing low-flying aircraft surveillance, maritime 

detection, and other technology along the Northern Border. 

The Committee recognizes that incidents of drug smuggling along 

our Northern border remain widespread and that more steps need 

to be taken to address this growing problem. To better uncover and 

combat the smuggling of drugs by low-flying aircraft in the future, 

the Committee urges DHS, through partnerships with the Department of Defense [DOD] and other government and private sector 

stakeholders, to use military radar and/or other technologies to the 

fullest extent possible in its comprehensive plan to combat narcotics smuggling and detect other changes along the Northern border. 

TETHERED AEROSTATS

The Committee recommends $35,600,000, as requested, for operation and maintenance of the tethered aerostat radar systems 

[TARS] in CBP’s inventory. The TARS program is a multi-mission 

capability that supports both counter-narcotics enforcement and air 

domain awareness. The program has assisted CBP with interdicting suspect aircraft for over 20 years. 

BORDER ROADS

The Committee urges CBP to work with counties along the 

United States-Mexico border to identify unimproved county roads 

which are predominantly used by the Border Patrol and that provide critical access to the border region for the purpose of maintaining border security. The Committee directs CBP to provide a 

briefing on the extent to which these roads are used, their impact 

on daily border security operations, and the feasibility of incorporating the maintenance and repair of any identified high-priority 

access roads into its Tactical Infrastructure Maintenance and Repair program not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

of this act. 

AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $805,068,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 708,685,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 706,569,000 

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations [AMO] account funds the capital procurement and total operations and maintenance costs of the CBP air and marine program and provides support to other Federal, State, and local agencies. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $706,569,000 for Air and Marine 

Operations, of which $415,669,000 is to remain available until Sep-
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tember 30, 2017. This is a decrease of $2,116,000 below the request 

and $98,499,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Salaries and expenses ................................................................... 286,818 293,016 290,900 

Operations and maintenance ........................................................ 392,000 362,669 362,669 

Procurement ................................................................................... 126,250 53,000 53,000 

Total, Air and Marine Operations ..................................... 805,068 708,685 706,569 

The Committee strongly supports CBP’s continued efforts to recapitalize its air and marine assets. Working with the Office of Air 

and Marine, the Committee has provided resources to meet the Department’s border security requirements in the air, coastal, and 

riverine environments as delineated by the CBP Air and Marine 

Recapitalization Plan. Resources to address some of these requirements are provided in this bill. The Committee notes the lengthy 

period of time it takes to procure certain types of aircraft and other 

air systems because the bulk of the systems are being acquired by 

DOD and CBP is fitting into DOD’s production lines. At the same 

time, these are mobile border security assets, able to be transferred 

rapidly to respond to actual and emerging threats. 

EFFECTIVE USE OF AIR ASSETS

The Committee has robustly supported Air and Marine Operations as essential to border security, despite years of budget requests that would undercut these investments. This support includes funding sensors and cameras to enhance situational awareness and communications capabilities to transmit this data for 

strategic planning and operational response. While recognizing that 

additional requirements remain in this area, the Committee is concerned that CBP has not optimally integrated its air assets and capabilities into a strategy for situational awareness or its day-to-day 

operations. CBP should be able to effectively manage mission needs 

against a routine maintenance program and have a complete picture of ready air crew, available aircraft, and the right capabilities 

for the mission. Further, Border Patrol leaders in the field need to 

appreciate these broader considerations by providing requirements 

rather than requesting assets. 

CBP is directed to brief the Committee, not later than December 

1, 2014, on CBP’s approach to ensuring optimal utilization of air 

assets. The briefing shall outline any policy, process, and structural 

challenges or changes involved in this effort. CBP shall also consider the extent to which the Coast Guard or other agencies can 

provide software applications, standard operating procedures, or 

other capabilities as a model or for reuse. 

Additionally, the Committee directs CBP to ensure optimal utilization of unmanned aerial systems to facilitate situational awareness and border security. The Committee is concerned that CBP 
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has not maintained the necessary equipment, training, and other 

requirements to take full advantage of these highly capable assets. 

STRATEGIC RECAPITALIZATION REQUIREMENTS

The budget request includes funding to purchase two additional 

multirole enforcement aircraft [MEAs] and additional sensor upgrades. It also reduces funding for flight hours by $29,249,000 

which will result in flying only 73,474 hours, the fiscal year 2013 

level. While the Committee strongly supports increased flight hours 

in support of the CBP and other DHS missions, unfortunately, CBP 

was unable to take advantage of the additional funds provided by 

the fiscal year 2014 DHS Appropriation Act to achieve a level of 

107,000 flight hours during this fiscal year due to a number of natural and man-made obstacles. Due to the inability to execute these 

additional funds, the bill rescinds $8,000,000 from this account. 

The Committee was surprised that no funds were requested to 

complete the service life extension program for the P–3 aircraft. 

The P–3 patrol aircraft have been conducting counter drug missions in the source, transit, and arrival zones of the Caribbean and 

Eastern Pacific for years, and in fiscal year 2013 disrupted shipments of over 119,000 pounds of bulk cocaine transiting from South 

America to Mexico and the United States. The Committee directs 

CBP to complete this program using currently available funding. 

UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS USAGE

The Committee directs the Department to report annually, submitting the first report not later than 3 months after the date of 

enactment of this act, on the number of times that CBP unmanned 

aircraft systems are used in response to a specific request to support State, local, and/or tribal law enforcement entities in the prior 

fiscal year. The first report shall cover fiscal years 2010, 2011, 

2012, and 2013. Such report shall identify the requesting State, 

local, or tribal entity; include a general description of the geographical locations of such uses; and provide the purpose and justification for such uses. Such report shall also include any crash or 

other significant accident involving an unmanned aircraft system 

operated by the Department and provide details concerning the circumstances and cause of such crash or accident. 

NORTHERN BORDER

The Committee directs the Department to conduct a State-byState assessment of the Northern Border States to determine the 

appropriate level of OAM personnel, airframes, and technological 

assets necessary to maintain situational awareness and keep the 

Northern Border secure and brief the Committee on the results of 

its review. 

GENERAL AVIATION

The Committee is encouraged by the Commissioner’s commitment to conduct a comprehensive review of law enforcement actions for general aviation flights that have never crossed a U.S. 

border or have no nexus to the border. The Committee is aware 

that CBP is taking action and also considering ways to curtail over-
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zealous encounters with law-abiding general aviation pilots and 

aircraft. The Committee directs the Commissioner of CBP to provide his report to the Committee upon completion of the review. 

Furthermore, the Committee recommends that CBP continue to 

work cooperatively with the general aviation pilot community, 

through organizations such as the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and others, to ensure open communication regarding efforts 

involving general aviation law enforcement activities. 

CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $456,278,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 482,205,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 478,459,000 

This appropriation provides funding to plan, construct, renovate, 

equip, and maintain buildings and facilities necessary for the administration and enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, 

customs, and alien registration. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $478,459,000, for construction and 

facilities management activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to remain available until September 30, 2019. This is 

$3,746,000 below the amount requested and $22,181,000 above the 

amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The recommendation provides 

$4,100,000 of the requested increase for upgrading Border Patrol 

facilities, as well as an increase of $3,563,000 to re-activate the old 

McAllen Border Patrol Station to address the escalating need to 

process unaccompanied alien children. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Facility construction and sustainment .......................................... 375,398 385,137 383.900 

Program oversight and management ............................................ 80,880 97,068 94,559 

Total, Construction and facilities management .............. 456,278 482,205 478,459 

ADDITIONAL LAND BORDER PORT REQUIREMENTS

Once again, the President’s budget proposes to transfer from 

GSA to CBP—via a delegation of authority—the operation, maintenance, and repair of LPOEs. GSA retains the authority over major 

construction (including funding, contracting, and oversight). The 

Committee supports this recommendation. Not later than 180 days 

after the date of enactment of this act, CBP and GSA jointly shall 

brief the Committee on implementation of the delegation of authority. 

Additionally, the Committee notes its continued interest in CBP 

exploring alternate options for funding POE construction and improvements, including expanded use of public-private partnerships, 

and was pleased to see such a proposal included in the President’s 
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budget request. The Committee includes a modified version of this 

proposal as a general provision in title V. 

5-YEAR CONSTRUCTION PLAN

The Committee reminds CBP that the fiscal year 2012 Department of Homeland Security Act made permanent the requirement 

that a 5-year plan for all Federal land border ports of entry shall 

be submitted annually with the President’s budget request. The 

Committee directs the Department to continue to work with the 

GSA on its nationwide strategy to prioritize and address the infrastructure needs at land border POEs and to comply with the requirements of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 3301) 

and seek necessary funding. 

The Committee further directs the Department to encourage the 

use of small businesses in all phases of the contracting process for 

construction and renovation of POEs. 

The bill includes a general provision repealing section 605 of division E of Public Law 110–161 (6 U.S.C. 1404). CBP is no longer 

required to conduct these land border port of entry technology demonstration projects. However, CBP is encouraged to conduct technology demonstration projects as it sees fit in order to meet the 

CBP mission. 

DETENTION STANDARDS

The Committee recognizes that CBP is responding to a humanitarian crisis on our Southwest border given the dramatic influx in 

encounters of unaccompanied alien children. It is working with a 

number of U.S. Government agencies and other entities to locate 

appropriate facilities for the processing and sheltering of these children. In this process, CBP must remain cognizant that these temporary facilities must meet all appropriate standards of care for 

this special population. 

Additionally, the Committee understands that CBP is currently 

revising its current short-term detention and hold room policy and 

expects CBP to be compliant with the Prison Rape Elimination Act, 

which became effective on May 6, 2014. No later than 90 days after 

enactment, the Committee directs CBP and ICE ERO to brief on 

its short-term detention and hold room policies and implementation 

with specific attention given to the amount of time detainees spend 

in CBP custody. 

U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

SUMMARY

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] is responsible 

for enforcing immigration and customs laws and detaining and removing deportable or inadmissible aliens. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends total resources of $5,507,957,000, 

including direct appropriations of $5,162,957,000, and estimated 

fee collections of $345,000,000. 
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The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT—FUNDING SUMMARY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Appropriations: 

Salaries and expenses .......................................................... 5,229,461 4,988,065 5,136,957 

Automation modernization .................................................... 34,900 26,000 26,000 

Construction .......................................................................... 5,000 ............................ ............................

Total, Appropriations ........................................................ 5,269,361 5,014,065 5,162,957 

Estimated Fee Collections: 

Immigration inspection user fee .......................................... 135,000 135,000 135,000 

Breached bond/detention fund ............................................. 65,000 65,000 65,000 

Student exchange and visitor fee ........................................ 145,000 145,000 145,000 

Total, Estimated fee collections ....................................... 345,000 345,000 345,000 

Total, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ........ 5,614,361 5,359,065 5,507,957 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $5,229,461,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 4,988,065,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,136,957,000 

The ICE Salaries and Expenses account provides funds for the 

enforcement of immigration and customs laws, intelligence, and detention and removals. In addition to directly appropriated resources, funding is derived from the following offsetting collections: 

Immigration Inspection User Fee.—ICE derives funds from user 

fees to support the costs of detention and removals in connection 

with international inspections activities at airports and seaports, 

as authorized by the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1356). 

Student Exchange Visitor Program Fee.—ICE collects fees from 

foreign students, exchange visitors, and schools and universities to 

certify and monitor participating schools, and to conduct compliance audits. 

Immigration Breached Bond/Detention Fund.—ICE derives 

funds from the recovery of breached cash and surety bonds in excess of $8,000,000 as authorized by the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356); and from a portion of fees charged under 

section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to support 

the cost of the detention of aliens. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $5,136,957,000, for Salaries and Expenses of ICE for fiscal year 2015. This is $148,892,000 above the 

request and $92,504,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 

2014. The Committee includes bill language placing a $35,000 limit 

on overtime paid to any employee; making up to $10,000,000 available for special operations; making up to $2,000,000 available for 

the payment of informants; making up to $11,216,000 available to 
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reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs associated with the 

care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled illegal aliens; 

making not less than $305,000 available for promotion of public 

awareness of the child pornography tipline and activities to counter 

child exploitation; making not less than $5,400,000 available to facilitate agreements consistent with section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; limiting the use of funds for facilitating 

agreements consistent with section 287(g) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act to the same activities funded in fiscal year 2005; 

making $15,770,000 available for activities to enforce laws against 

forced child labor, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available until 

expended; making up to $11,475 available for official reception and 

representation expenses; and making a total of $30,535,000 available until September 30, 2016 for the Visa Security Program [VSP] 

and international operations postings. Of this amount, $15,734,000 

is for VSP and $14,801,000 is for international postings. 

The Committee recognizes that ICE has had to make difficult 

budget savings and downward adjustments to its base funding. 

However, included in the amount recommended by the Committee 

is $5,700,000 to annualize the special agent and support positions 

funded in the fiscal year 2014 act. 

As discussed in greater detail below, the Committee recommends 

increases for domestic investigations, detention beds, and transportation and removal for unaccompanied alien children. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT—SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Headquarters, management, and administration: 

Personnel compensation and benefits, services, and other 

costs ................................................................................. 191,909 198,602 197,002 

Headquarters-managed IT investment ................................. 143,808 150,927 150,419 

Subtotal, Headquarters, management, and administration ............................................................................... 335,717 349,529 347,421 

Legal proceedings .......................................................................... 205,584 214,731 212,893 

Investigations: 

Domestic investigations ........................................................ 1,672,220 1,644,552 1,642,811 

International operations ........................................................ 99,741 101,228 100,730 

Visa Security Program .......................................................... 31,541 31,854 31,728 

Subtotal, Investigations ................................................... 1,803,502 1,777,634 1,775,269 

Intelligence ..................................................................................... 74,298 77,045 76,479 

Detention and removal operations: 

Custody operations ............................................................... 1,993,770 1,791,913 1,870,444 

Fugitive operations ............................................................... 128,802 131,591 130,515 

Criminal Alien Program ........................................................ 294,155 322,407 327,040 

Alternatives to detention ...................................................... 91,444 94,106 94,106 

Transportation and Removal Program .................................. 276,925 229,109 302,790 

Subtotal, Detention and removal operations ................... 2,785,096 2,569,126 2,724,895 

Secure Communities ...................................................................... 25,264 ............................ ............................

Total, Salaries and expenses ....................................... 5,229,461 4,988,065 5,136,957 
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UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN

As discussed earlier in this report, both CBP and ICE have become overwhelmed by the vastly increasing numbers of unaccompanied alien children being encountered along our southwest border. While CBP processes, temporarily holds, and cares for these 

children, ICE often transports them to an Office of Refugee Resettlement location. Frequently this requires commercial or chartered 

air transport. Transporting a child by air requires two ICE law enforcement personnel to accompany the child. This is an increasing 

expense which also results in the officers being pulled from their 

frontline positions for days at a time. ICE spent approximately 

$1,800,000 in fiscal year 2013 on commercial or charter repatriations. However, the budget request proposes to severely cut transportation and removal funding by 17.3 percent from the fiscal year 

2014 level. Recognizing the principal role ICE plays in transporting 

UACs, the Committee recommends a total of $87,605,000 above the 

request, of which $66,831,000 is for the transportation and removal 

program, $12,317,000 is for the criminal alien program, and 

$8,457,000 is for custody operations. Bill language is also included 

providing additional flexibility to move available resources for the 

transportation of UACs. 

INVESTIGATIONS

The Committee recommends a total of $1,642,811,000 for Homeland Security domestic investigations. Within the total is 

$5,700,000 above the request to sustain positions funded in 2014, 

and $5,000,000 above the request for additional investigations. The 

Committee directs that these additional funds, when combined 

with base investigative resources, should focus on antidumping and 

countervailing duty investigations, especially into illegally dumped 

seafood; human smuggling and trafficking investigations; counterproliferation; anti-gang; and drug smuggling investigations. ICE 

shall submit an expenditure plan breaking out how it proposes to 

allocate all resources provided in this act for domestic investigations not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

This plan shall detail both financial resources as well as the personnel dedicated to each mission area and shall be at the same 

level of detail as the quarterly investigations activities report. 

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

ICE plays a critical role in combating severe forms of human 

trafficking in the United States and is therefore one of the first 

lines of defense in stopping this heinous crime. In 2013, ICE Homeland Security Investigations [HSI] reported investigating 1,720 

cases possibly involving human trafficking, an increase from 1,382 

cases investigated in fiscal year 2012. This was a 24 percent increase in investigations in just 1 year. Additional resources are 

needed to continue to expand investigations against suspected 

human traffickers and help reduce the incidents of trafficking and 

forced labor in the United States. 

Within funds made available within the domestic investigations account, the Committee recommends not less than $10,000,000 for 

investigations into severe forms of human trafficking and to ex-
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pand investigations against suspected human traffickers. Congress 

called on ICE to take a more active role in pursuing investigations 

of human trafficking under section 113(i) of the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Act [TVPA] of 2000, as amended by the TVPRA of 2005, 

the TVPRA of 2008, and the TVPRA of 2013. ICE is one of the first 

lines of defense in combating this crime. 

TRAINING REGARDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING

ICE plays a critical role in investigating criminal organizations 

which traffic individuals into the United States. The Committee encourages ICE to work with appropriate nonprofit organizations and 

victim service providers to improve the training of ICE officers in 

the field to assist in the identification of human trafficking victims, 

especially children, and provide appropriate referrals to victim 

service organizations. The Committee also encourages ICE to examine its policies regarding granting Continued Presence to eligible human trafficking victims identified by law enforcement. 

Relatedly, the Committee is concerned that online classifieds 

Web sites like Backpage.com can be used to facilitate human trafficking, and in particular the sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors. Criminal gangs are increasingly finding human 

trafficking to be more lucrative than other traditional forms of revenue generation. The Committee directs ICE, as part of its briefings on investigations, to provide information on instances where 

an online classifieds site is determined to be the conduit for exploiting trafficked persons, especially minors, and the actions ICE is 

taking to shut down these sites. 

HERO CHILD RESCUE CORPS

In April 2013, ICE, entered into a partnership with U.S. Special 

Operations Command and the National Association to Protect Children [PROTECT] to launch the ‘‘Human Exploitation Rescue Operative [HERO] Child Rescue Corps’’ program. The 12-month internship program is a highly competitive, highly selective, non-paid internship, designed for wounded, injured, and ill Special Operations 

Forces to receive training in high-tech computer forensics and law 

enforcement skills to assist HSI and law enforcement in their efforts to combat child sexual exploitation. Upon successful completion of the training, HERO participants are embedded into computer forensic analyst positions within HSI offices to receive onthe-job training experience. The Committee commends ICE for its 

participation in this innovative program. The Committee expects 

the Department to allocate $1,000,000 in available funds to hire, 

train, and equip wounded, ill, or injured veterans as digital forensic 

analysts or investigators to support child exploitation investigations. The Committee directs a briefing on ICE’s efforts in this regard be provided not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

CHILD EXPLOITATION

ICE is directed to maintain its relationship with the National 

Center for Missing and Exploited Children in regards to its ongoing 

support for investigations and other child exploitation activities. 
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GANGS

Additionally, the Committee supports the work of the National 

Gang Unit and encourages the Department and ICE to continue 

these aggressive investigations, specifically of gangs of national significance which are perpetuating much of the violence in our major 

urban areas while also engaging in a variety of illicit activity including international drug, gun, and human trafficking. 

TRADE COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT

The Committee notes that Intellectual Property Rights [IPR] violations are a significant revenue source for transnational criminal 

organizations including Mexican drug cartels. According to officials 

at the IPR Coordination Center, these violations are a low-risk/ 

high-profit type of crime. The Center sees more organized crime 

groups engaging in these types of illegal activities because of the 

high-dollar value to them. 

The Committee fully funds the request for trade enforcement activities and directs that not less than $15,000,000 support intellectual property rights and commercial trade fraud investigations, including undercover equipment, translation and transcription of 

court-ordered wiretaps, commercial fraud training, and outreach at 

the IPR Center. The Committee urges ICE to prioritize investigations involving illicit trade of dangerous goods that could be harmful to the public, including counterfeit pharmaceuticals, synthetic 

drugs, and tainted food. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT CENTER

The Committee provides funding of $34,500,000 for resources and 

full-time law enforcement personnel at the Law Enforcement Support Center [LESC] which serves a critical function in the Federal 

Government’s immigration enforcement efforts. Further, in order to 

promote efficiency, the Committee recommends that ICE take steps 

to ensure that current operations being carried out at the LESC remain centralized at the LESC facility and are not unnecessarily 

duplicated in other parts of the country. 

INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS

The Committee recommends $100,730,000 for international operations and $31,728,000 for the Visa Security Program [VSP]. Of the 

total amount provided for VSP, $15,734,000 is available for obligation through September 30, 2016. Additionally, due the lengthy period of time it takes to negotiate with the Department of State on 

placing ICE personnel abroad, $14,801,000 of the total for international investigations is available until September 30, 2016, for 

international postings. 

IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

The role of the Appropriations Committee is to provide the resources necessary to enforce enacted laws and administration policy. The Committee takes seriously its role with regard to providing 

sufficient resources within constrained budgets to effectively and 

efficiently enforce immigration laws. 
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Maintaining an adequate number of detention beds is critical to 

ensuring the integrity of our entire immigration enforcement system, including border enforcement. In fiscal year 2013, ICE removed a total of 368,644 aliens, including 216,810 convicted criminal aliens, compared with 175,106 removed in fiscal year 2004. 

During the first half of the current fiscal year, ICE had removed 

155,199 aliens, including 91,721 convicted criminals. It is imperative that sufficient detention bed space be maintained so that 

aliens who pose the greatest threat to the community or who are 

required to be detained by current law can be detained. As of midfiscal year 2014, ICE’s detention population consisted of over 90 

percent mandatory and criminal aliens. The number of aliens in detention spike at certain periods during the fiscal year. For instance, 

on May 2, 2014, there were 34,233 aliens in detention beds nationwide, but this figure has increased to 38,096 as of June 2, 2014. 

However, the yearly average still remains well below the fiscal year 

2014 statutory bed requirement of 34,000. It is incumbent on ICE 

to manage its detention bed resources to ensure there are sufficient 

detention beds as these fluctuations occur during the year. 

The Committee directs ICE to take appropriate measures to reduce the daily bed rate charged to the Federal Government 

through a competitive process in contracting for or otherwise obtaining detention beds while ensuring that the most recent applicable detention standards, including health standards, are met. The 

Committee notes that detention beds are generally cheaper to obtain in remote and/or rural areas; however the trade-off to this reduced cost is that detainees may benefit from improved legal access 

and family visitation when housed near an urban center. In reviewing its bed space contracting process, ICE should also provide consideration to the needs of family units. The Committee is aware 

that currently ICE does not have enough bed space to shelter family units based on the current influx of families trying to cross our 

border. 

Recognizing that the funds requested in the request are insufficient to support the requested bed level, much less the requirement 

for additional beds and the need for detention of family units, the 

Committee recommends $1,870,444,000, for a minimum of 31,039 

detention beds, 500 beds above the level requested, and 

$28,000,000 above the request for a family detention facility which 

will have approximately 450 beds. The increased funding also reflects more than $30,000,000 above the request due to the fact that 

the budget request assumed an artificially low daily cost rate per 

bed. Absent this additional funding, ICE would be unable to sustain the bed level throughout the fiscal year. Bill language is also 

included permitting the Secretary to propose to reprogram funds 

necessary to ensure the detention of aliens prioritized for removal, 

subject to the reprogramming guidelines contained in section 503. 

SPECIAL NEED POPULATIONS

The increase in border apprehensions, particularly in the Rio 

Grande Valley, includes a growing number of UACs and family 

groups, both of which have special vulnerabilities and needs. This 

dramatic increase in border apprehensions is not currently 

matched by an increase in program resources, particularly staff 
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FTEs, to provide case management to the detention population. Additionally, more immigration judges and resources from the Executive Office of Immigration Review [EOIR] are required to reduce 

the length of time it takes to complete a detained proceeding, so 

that detention bed space is freed up for new cases. The Committee 

notes that the Senate Appropriations bill for Commerce, Justice 

and Science includes over $5,800,000, as requested, to improve 

EOIR reviews related to UACs. These funds may help free up needed ICE detention bed space more rapidly. 

COURTHOUSES

In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on May 29, 

2014, when asked about locations of immigration enforcement actions, the Secretary stated that ‘‘Courthouses are special. We ought 

to have a special policy with regard to courthouses.’’ As the Secretary indicated he would take a look at the issue, the Committee 

encourages the Secretary to develop new guidelines regarding enforcement actions at courthouses and directs a briefing be provided 

on this effort not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 

of this act. 

DETENTION OF PREGNANT WOMEN

The Performance-Based National Detention Standards 2011 Section 2.15 Use of Force, issued by ICE, specifically prohibits the use 

of restraints on pregnant women or women in post-delivery recuperation when they do not present a flight risk or a danger to their 

own life or the lives of others absent ‘‘extraordinary circumstances’’ 

as specified in subsection ‘‘F’’. The Committee expects ICE to make 

certain that all detention or other contracts and agreements ensure 

that the Use of Force exception for pregnant women is fully implemented for all women held under an ICE detainer. 

ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION

The Committee recommends $94,106,000 for the Alternatives to 

Detention [ATD] program. This is the same level as the request 

and $2,662,000 above the enacted level. While the Committee remains very supportive of the ATD program, in the past few years 

ICE has not effectively maximized the use of this program. 

The Committee directs ICE to provide greater transparency on 

its use of the program—including providing quarterly briefings on 

the results of any evaluations of the program by field offices. ICE 

should post on its Web site any contractor evaluations and OIG reports related to the ATD program. 

SECURE COMMUNITIES IN THE CRIMINAL ALIEN PROGRAM

The Committee continues its support of the Secure Communities 

program as it has been merged into the Criminal Alien Program 

[CAP]. The Committee recommends $327,040,000 for the CAP program, $4,633,000 above the amount requested and $32,855,000 

above the amount provided in 2014. 

The Committee continues a provision, as requested, ensuring 

that all illegal aliens encountered when enforcing our immigration 

laws are apprehended. 
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IMPACTS OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ON U.S. CITIZEN CHILDREN

OF REMOVED ALIENS

It is important for ICE to institute appropriate policies and 

measures to ensure that U.S. citizen children of illegal aliens receive all necessary and appropriate treatment throughout the immigration enforcement process. The Committee is aware that the 

Urban Institute and others are conducting a study, funded by the 

Department of Health and Human Services, focused on all aspects 

of this issue including the number of children affected by the detention and removal of a parent, the impact of family separation 

and loss of income on the well-being of children, and the short, intermediate, and long-term economic, health, and social service 

needs of these children. The final report is due to be released in 

early 2015. The Committee directs ICE to provide all appropriate 

assistance to those conducting the study and to implement any recommendations from the report. ICE shall keep the Committee regularly updated on activities affecting these U.S. citizen children. 

The Committee directs ICE to continue to submit the semiannual 

report on ‘‘Deportation of Parents of U.S.-Born Citizens’’. 

GANGS

The Committee remains concerned about increasing gang violence and criminal activity in many parts of our Nation. Not later 

than 180 days after the date of enactment of this act, the Committee directs ICE to submit a report to the Committee regarding 

the detention and removal of gang members. This report should include: (1) a State by State breakdown of the number of gang members detained, removed, or both detained and removed; and (2) the 

number of gang members detained, removed, or both detained and 

removed in the 10 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. 

DETENTION AND REMOVAL REPORTING

ICE is directed to continue to provide quarterly detention and removal reports at the same level of detail as directed in Senate Report 112–74. 

STUDENT AND EXCHANGE VISITOR INFORMATION SYSTEM

The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System [SEVIS] 

was launched in 2002 to mitigate critical vulnerabilities exploited 

by the 9/11 hijackers. While adjustments have been made to the 

system over the years, it has been clear that the initial system 

would require replacement to meet many important user needs and 

security interests. ICE has had a SEVIS II modernization program 

since 2007, though the program has moved glacially. The Committee directs ICE to assess the current vulnerabilities of SEVIS, 

the requirements for modernization or system upgrades, and a path 

forward for the program. ICE shall brief the Committee no later 

than October 1, 2014. 

LICENSE PLATE READERS

A general provision is included directing that any solicitation or 

request for proposal of a National License Plate Recognition database or other similar project be postponed indefinitely. 
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AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $34,900,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 26,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 26,000,000 

The Automation Modernization account provides funds for major 

information technology [IT] projects for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including modernization of TECS, modernization of Detention and Removal Operations’ IT systems for tracking 

detainees (DRO Modernization), electronic health records, and 

other systems. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends a total of $26,000,000, the same as 

the request and $8,900,000 below the amount provided in fiscal 

year 2014. These funds are to remain available until September 30, 

2017. 

The Committee recommends $5,000,000, as requested, for the 

Consolidated ICE Financial Solution [CIFS]. The Committee understands CIFS will allow ICE to replace the legacy core financial system that it owns and operates by acquiring financial services from 

a Shared Service Provider which will host and operate the core financial system for ICE and its customers. ICE shall provide a 

briefing on the progress with CIFS not later than 180 days after 

the date of enactment of this act. 

AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Automation modernization: 

IT investment ........................................................................ 8,400 ............................ ............................

TECS modernization .............................................................. 23,000 ............................ ............................

Electronic health records ...................................................... 3,500 ............................ ............................

Subtotal ............................................................................ 34,900 26,000 26,000 

TECS MODERNIZATION

TECS is an information technology system in place since the 

1980s that provides border security and law enforcement personnel 

information about people who are inadmissible or may pose a 

threat to the security of the United States. Over time, however, it 

has become increasingly difficult and expensive to maintain because of technology obsolescence and its inability to support new 

mission requirements. 

A recent GAO report (GAO–14–342T) noted that TECS Mod has 

continued to experience schedule and cost changes. Regarding 

ICE’s $818,000,000 TECS Mod program, it is redesigning and replanning its program, after determining that its initial solution 

was not viable and could not support ICE’s needs. The Department’s CIO has expressed concern about the problematic nature of 

this modernization effort. As a result, CBP and ICE shall to continue to conduct the semiannual joint briefings on the status of this 

modernization effort for the Committee. 
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CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $5,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. ........................... 

This appropriation provides funding to plan, construct, renovate, 

equip, and maintain buildings and facilities necessary for the administration and enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, 

detention, and alien registration. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends no funds, as requested. Any carryover funds available within the Construction account will be used 

for emergency repairs and alterations, especially those focused on 

life and safety. 

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

The Transportation Security Administration [TSA] is charged 

with ensuring security across U.S. transportation systems, including aviation, railways, highways, pipelines, and waterways, and 

safeguarding the freedom of movement of people and commerce. 

Separate appropriations are provided for the following activities 

within TSA: aviation security including Federal Air Marshals; surface transportation security; intelligence and vetting; and transportation security support. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends a total program level of $7,233,967,000 and a net of $4,824,362,000 for the activities of TSA 

for fiscal year 2015. 

The request includes several funding realignments within and, in 

some cases, between appropriations accounts. For fiscal year 2015, 

TSA requests over 25 different realignments between appropriation 

accounts and PPAs. This practice has become all too common over 

the last few years and, as a result, making general comparisons to 

prior year funding has become a budgetary Rubik’s cube. In order 

to preserve an orderly accounting of budgetary resources from one 

year to the next and to maintain proper oversight of appropriations, TSA is discouraged from continuing the seemingly unending 

funding realignments in future fiscal years. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 1

Committee 

recommendations 1

Aviation Security ............................................................................ 4,982,735 5,683,304 5,634,710 

Aviation Security Capital Fund (mandatory) ................................. 250,000 250,000 250,000 

Surface Transportation Security .................................................... 108,618 127,637 126,749 

Intelligence and Vetting (direct appropriations) ........................... 176,489 232,526 219,166 

Intelligence and Vetting (fee-funded programs) ........................... 66,000 79,605 79,605 

Transportation Security Support .................................................... 962,061 932,026 923,737 

Federal Air Marshals ...................................................................... 818,607 ............................ ............................
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TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 1

Committee recommendations 1

Total, Transportation Security Administration (gross) ..... 7,364,510 7,305,098 7,233,967 

Offsetting Fee Collections—current law ....................................... ¥2,120,000 ¥2,080,000 ¥2,080,000 

Offsetting Fee Collections—proposed passenger fee increase .... ............................ ¥190,000 ............................

Offsetting Fee Collections—proposed aviation security infrastructure fee reinstatement ...................................................... ............................ ¥380,000 ............................

Aviation Security Capital Fund (mandatory) ................................. ¥250,000 ¥250,000 ¥250,000 

Fee Accounts [TTAC] ...................................................................... ¥66,000 ¥79,605 ¥79,605 

Total, Transportation Security Administration (net) ........ 4,928,510 4,325,493 4,824,362 

1 Funding for Federal Air Marshals included in Aviation Security. 

AVIATION SECURITY

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $4,982,735,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 5,683,304,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,634,710,000 

The Aviation Security account provides for Federal aviation security, including screening of all passengers and baggage, deployment 

of on-site law enforcement, continuation of a uniform set of background requirements for airport and airline personnel, and deployment of explosives detection technology. 

The aviation security activities include funding for: Federal 

transportation security officers [TSOs] and private contract screeners; air cargo security; procurement, installation, and maintenance 

of explosives detection systems [EDS]; checkpoint technologies and 

support; airport management and support; Federal air marshals 

and other aviation regulation and enforcement activities. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $5,634,710,000 for aviation security activities. This is $48,594,000 below the amount requested. Of this 

amount, the Committee recommends not to exceed $7,650 for official reception and representation expenses. 

The Committee has streamlined the Aviation Security Appropriation budget structure by maintaining existing PPAs, but eliminating outdated sub-appropriations. The PPA descriptions provide 

a clear description of budgetary authority per activity. The new 

structure also includes the Federal Air Marshals as a PPA under 

Aviation Security instead of a stand-alone appropriation. As a result, all operational aviation security activities are now consolidated under the same appropriation. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

AVIATION SECURITY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Screening Partnership Program ..................................................... 158,190 154,572 160,226 

Screening Personnel, Compensation, and Benefits ....................... 3,033,526 2,952,868 2,947,939 

Screener Training and Other ......................................................... 226,857 226,290 225,707 

Checkpoint Support ........................................................................ 103,309 103,469 88,469 
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AVIATION SECURITY—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

EDS Procurement and Installation ................................................ 73,845 84,075 74,000 

Screening Technology Maintenance ............................................... 298,509 294,509 294,509 

Aviation Regulation and Other Enforcement ................................. 354,437 348,653 338,653 

Airport Management and Support ................................................. 587,000 591,734 588,864 

FFDO and Flight Crew Training ..................................................... 24,730 20,000 20,000 

Air Cargo ........................................................................................ 122,332 106,920 106,343 

Federal Air Marshals ...................................................................... ............................ 800,214 790,000 

Aviation Security Capital Fund (mandatory) ................................. (250,000) (250,000) (250,000) 

Total, Aviation Security .................................................... 4,982,735 5,683,304 5,634,710 

AVIATION SECURITY FEES

The Congressional Budget Office [CBO], in its analysis of the 

President’s budget, has re-estimated discretionary offsetting collections from aviation security fees to be $2,080,000,000 under existing law. CBO estimates another $250,000,000 in mandatory collections will be collected and dedicated to the Aviation Security Capital Fund and $1,440,000,000 to deficit reduction pursuant to the 

Bi-Partisan Budget Agreement of 2013. CBO also estimates that an 

additional $190,000,000 in discretionary offsetting receipts would 

be collected as a result of the administration’s proposal to modify 

aviation passenger fees in fiscal year 2015 by increasing the current law passenger fee of $5.60 per one-way trip to $6 per one-way 

trip and $380,000,000 through the reinstatement of the Aviation 

Security Infrastructure Fee. While the reasoning behind the proposed increases has merit, the Committee believes the proposals 

should be channeled through the appropriate legislative committees. A general provision has been added prohibiting funds for the 

salaries and expenses of personnel who prepare or submit legislative proposals as part of the President’s budget submission that assumes revenues that have not been enacted into law. 

The Administrator is directed to brief the Committee no later 

than 180 days from enactment on the financial impact of the Aviation Passenger Security Fee on air passengers from Alaska and Hawaii as compared to the contiguous 48 States where travel originates in comparable airports that service rural communities. The 

Committee encourages TSA to examine the cost difference to passengers for the July 1, 2014, fee increase and the difference in per 

capita enplanements for rural communities in Alaska and Hawaii. 

SCREENING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

The Committee recommends $160,226,000 for the Screening 

Partnership Program [SPP]. This is $5,654,000 above the amount 

requested and $2,036,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 

2014. The recommendation provides the necessary funds for security at airports where private screening contracts are in place, including four airports recently added to the program. 

TSA shall adjust its PPA line items, and notify the Committee 

within 10 days, to account for any changes in private screening 

contracts, including new awards under the SPP, or the movement 
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from privatized screening into Federal screening. TSA shall also 

notify the Committee if the agency expects to spend less than the 

appropriated amount due to situations where no additional airports 

express interest in converting to privatized screening, or where airports currently using privatized screening convert to using Federal 

screeners. The Committee also expects to be briefed on any proposed changes being considered for the SPP program. 

In the explanatory statement accompanying division F of Public 

Law 113–76, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, TSA was 

directed to conduct an independent study of the performance of federalized screening to privatized screening, and to provide a copy of 

the study to GAO for its review. TSA is directed to take the necessary steps to ensure the study is completed, along with a copy 

presented to GAO, no later than January 15, 2015. Should the 

study not be completed by that date, or should TSA fail to provide 

a copy of the completed study to GAO for its review, TSA shall inform the Committee by the deadline to explain why it has not compiled with these directives and when it expects to do so. 

SCREENER PERSONNEL, COMPENSATION, AND BENEFITS

The Committee recommends $2,947,939,000 for Screener Personnel, Compensation, and Benefits. This is $4,929,000 below the 

amount requested and $85,587,000 below the amount provided in 

fiscal year 2014. The recommendation includes reductions related 

to risk based security [RBS] efficiencies, reduced playbook operations, in-line systems savings, and a shift to the SPP PPA reflecting new privatized screening contracts. As a result of TSA’s continued expansion of risk based initiatives and more travelers being eligible for expedited screening, higher savings are being realized in 

fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015 than originally anticipated. 

Because of this development, the recommendation includes a rescission of funds for fiscal year 2014 and a reduction below the request 

for fiscal year 2015. 

The Committee bill does not include a statutory cap on TSA 

screening personnel as FTE levels are declining by more than 3,186 

in fiscal year 2015 and are well below the ceiling set in the fiscal 

year 2014 DHS Appropriations Act. TSA should be commended for 

achieving personnel savings as a result of its risk-based approach 

to passenger screening and the deployment of improved screening 

technologies. 

SCREENER TRAINING AND OTHER

The Committee recommends $225,707,000 for Screener Training 

and Other. This is $583,000 below the amount requested and 

$1,150,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The recommendation includes the requested reductions associated with 

RBS efficiencies, reduced Playbook operations, and savings from 

more efficient in-line checked baggage systems. Funds are provided 

to support training of TSOs and other direct costs associated with 

TSO operations, such as: consumable supplies, checkpoint janitorial 

services, travel for the National Deployment Force, uniform allowances, hazardous materials disposal, and a model workforce program. The recommendation reflects the requested realignment of 
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funding from other accounts to better align programmatic activities. 

The Committee expects TSA to make the appropriate resources 

available from this PPA to carry out the TSO training recommendations made in TSA’s after action report following the tragic shooting at the Los Angeles International Airport in November 

2013. 

CHECKPOINT SUPPORT

The Committee recommends $88,469,000 for Checkpoint Support. This is $15,000,000 below the amount requested and $14,840,000 

below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Funds are provided 

to field test and deploy equipment for passenger screening, carryon baggage screening, checkpoint reconfiguration, electronic surveillance of checkpoints, and operational integration of systems. As 

stated in the budget request, currently deployed technologies include walk-through metal detectors, explosives trace detection, bottled liquid scanners, chemical analysis devices, advanced technology systems, and Advanced Imaging Technology [AIT]. The 

budget also indicates that credential authentication technology, 

which digitally validates the ID used by the traveling public, will 

begin deployment in fiscal year 2015. 

The reduction below the request is to be offset by an identical 

amount in unobligated balances for checkpoint technologies that 

have remained unspent for over 7 years. The Committee cannot 

support appropriations for new funding when prior year balances 

continue to languish in TSA’s coffers. 

The Committee understands TSA is working to create a Technology Roadmap for all screening technologies in order to have a 

better understanding of technological advancements being considered, clear timelines for completion, and the level of investment 

necessary to reach maturity. TSA plans to complete the Roadmap 

first for AIT followed by other passenger screening technologies before the end of this fiscal year. TSA is to provide the Committee 

with the Technology Roadmap upon its completion and brief the 

Committee on its conclusions. 

ADVANCED INTEGRATED SCREENING TECHNOLOGIES

Pursuant to a statutory requirement in the bill, TSA is to continue providing a report on advanced integrated passenger screening technologies for the most effective security of passengers and 

baggage not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

act. The report provides a useful description of existing and emerging equipment capable of detecting threats concealed on passengers 

and in baggage as well as projected funding levels for the next five 

fiscal years for each technology discussed in the report. 

In order to leverage and maximize the capabilities of the aviation 

security industrial base, TSA needs to provide ongoing guidance related to screening technology requirements. To that end, TSA recently posted its first Strategic Capabilities Investment Plan to 

FedBizOpps.gov in an effort to share its plans with its industry 

partners. The Committee is encouraged by this development and 

expects the plan to be followed by frequent engagement with industry to communicate evolving aviation security requirements. 
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ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGY

TSA is to continue its frequent briefings on AIT, which is used 

to screen passengers for metallic and non-metallic threats, including weapons, explosives, and other objects concealed under layers 

of clothing. The briefings are to include: procurement details; cost; 

schedule; associated staffing requirements; utilization rates; deployments; throughput rates; progress on the development of AIT– 

2 and software improvements to enable the machines to detect 

smaller threat masses; and any changes to requirements for full 

operating capability. Finally, as recommended by GAO, TSA is to 

work toward collecting real time AIT operational data on a continuing basis so TSA management can better understand how false 

alarm rates impact operational costs. TSA is to inform the Committee when it has met this recommendation. 

RISK-BASED SECURITY INITIATIVES

TSA should be commended for streamlining screening procedures 

for Pre✓TM travelers, children under 12, senior citizens, flight attendants, and active duty military personnel. These expedited 

screening measures are beginning to yield security, budgetary, and 

economic benefits to both the agency and the flying public. 

The Committee remains interested in having TSA expand its 

RBS efforts, specifically TSA Pre✓TM. To help the Committee understand more specifically what populations are being processed 

through TSA Pre✓TM lanes, bill language is included requiring a 

semiannual report to the Committees on TSA’s efforts to expand 

the number of passengers receiving expedited screening. 

The Committee commends TSA for establishing a new senior 

level position in the agency that is focused on coordinating and 

driving all external marketing and communication initiatives. It is 

critical that TSA improve its process for communicating the benefits of Pre✓TM and other expedited screening programs to the traveling public. To that end, TSA should explore public-private partnerships to leverage private sector funding to increase enrollment 

in Pre✓TM. TSA should brief the Committee not later than 60 days 

after the date of enactment of this act on its strategic communications campaign for Pre✓TM. 

EXIT LANE SECURITY

The recommendation includes funding as requested to continue 

monitoring airport exit lanes consistent with section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. With regard to remodeling and modernization efforts undertaken by an airport at an existing exit lane 

for which TSA was responsible for monitoring on December 1, 

2013, TSA shall continue to be responsible for monitoring the exit 

lane after the remodeling or modernization effort is completed. 

The Committee is aware of the potential benefits of technological 

solutions that in the future will provide TSA with the flexibility to 

reassign exit lane staff to other priority areas of the airport and reduce overall costs at each airport. The Committee is aware that 

TSA has developed an exit lane security ‘‘toolbox’’ to support decision-making and deployment of technological solutions for exit lane 

monitoring. TSA, in coordination with its airport partners, shall 
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continue to evaluate advancements in technology to realize efficiencies in exit lane security and, as part of this effort, brief the 

Committee periodically on utilization of the ‘‘toolbox.’’ The Committee encourages TSA to evaluate the costs of exit lane monitoring 

by TSOs and develop a longer term strategy for managing this activity using low-cost technological solutions, working with the airports to look at law enforcement reimbursement, or other approaches. 

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION SYSTEMS

The Committee recommends $74,000,000 for Explosives Detec- tion Systems procurement and installation. This is $10,075,000 

below the amount requested and $155,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. An additional $250,000,000 in mandatory 

spending will be available from Aviation Security Capital Fund 

[ASCF] fee collections. The total discretionary and mandatory funding will allow TSA to purchase and install approximately 109 EDS 

units and 250 Explosives Trace Detection [ETD] units in fiscal year 

2015. The Committee directs TSA to include its EDS recapitalization plans within the congressional budget justification for fiscal 

year 2016 including detailed information on expected unit replacements. 

The recommendation does not include the request to restore the 

reduction taken in fiscal year 2014. The requested increase can be 

accommodated by using unobligated balances for EDS procurement 

and installation that have remained unspent for over 7 years. The 

Committee cannot support appropriations for increased funding 

when prior year balances continue to languish in TSA’s coffers. Section 44923 of title 49 requires that the $250,000,000 in annual mandatory funding deposited into the ASCF is to be available 

for airport security improvement projects, such as facility modifications. However, procurement and installation of EDS equipment 

associated with these projects is not permitted. With a diminishing 

base of airport applications seeking large improvement projects and 

the need to replace aging EDS machines currently deployed at airports, the recommendation continues bill language, as requested, to 

permit ASCF funding to be used to procure and install EDS equipment during fiscal year 2015. This will allow TSA to more effectively, economically, and expeditiously plan and implement the acquisition and replacement of existing EDS units. 

TESTING EVALUATION AND INSTALLATION PLANNING

The Committee continues to be concerned by the length of time 

it takes for EDS and other security technology to proceed through 

the TSA Test & Evaluation [T&E] process before being deployed. 

The Committee is aware of TSA efforts to collaborate with industry 

to shorten the T&E process, while ensuring the technology meets 

the stringent security requirements necessary to secure the Nation’s transportation systems. The Committee directs TSA to continue this collaboration with industry to reduce the amount of 

iterations and retesting conducted, explore trade-off analyses, establish permanent operational test beds, and evaluate third party 

testing opportunities that accelerate the deployment of state-of-theart technology to the field. Additionally, the Committee encourages 
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TSA to include cost, length of time, and benefits when making decisions on additional testing of equipment. TSA is to brief the Committee not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 

act on improvements adopted to accelerate the deployment of these 

critical technologies. 

HIGH SPEED EDS TESTING AND INSTALLATION PLANNING

With regard to high speed EDS, the Committee is aware that 

larger airports may want to avail themselves of high speed explosive detection systems for checked baggage to enhance security, improve efficiency and ultimately lower operational costs. Therefore, 

the Committee urges TSA to complete and issue reports on candidate systems concurrently with the completion of each phase of 

testing rather than waiting until a test phase is done, as the latter 

can cause considerable delays in a high speed system moving into 

the next phase of testing for ultimate listing on the federally qualified products list. In addition, the Committee expects TSA to make 

clear to airport managers that there is no restriction on them undertaking discussions with entities whose high speed systems are 

compliant with TSA’s planning guidelines and design standards 

and are awaiting the completion of tests to be placed on the qualified products list. The Committee directs TSA to outline how it intends to overcome these obstacles when it briefs the Committee on 

its EDS expenditure plan. 

EDS/CHECKPOINT TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS

Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act, 

TSA is to brief the Committee on its fiscal year 2015 investment 

plans for checkpoint security and EDS refurbishment, procurement, 

and installations on an airport-by-airport basis. The briefing shall 

include specific technologies for purchase, program schedules and 

major milestones, a schedule for obligation of the funds, recapitalization priorities, status of operational testing for each passenger 

screening technology under development, and a table detailing actual versus anticipated unobligated balances at the close of the fiscal year. The briefing shall also include details on passenger 

screening pilot programs that are in progress or being considered 

for implementation in fiscal year 2015. Information in this section 

is to include a summary of the pilot program describing what the 

program is attempting to achieve; potential capabilities and benefits of the program; the airports where the pilots will be operating; 

funding commitments; and plans for future expansion. The Committee expects the briefing to include detailed program schedules 

for passenger screening technologies. Schedules should include all 

milestones from the issuance of a request for proposal to deployment. 

INSTALLATION OF OPTIMAL BAGGAGE SCREENING SYSTEMS AND FTE

SAVINGS

The Committee no longer requires a separate report on the savings achieved and anticipated by fiscal year from the installation 

of new in-line systems. This information is now contained as part 

of the Advanced Integrated Screening Technologies Report. 
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AIRPORTS THAT HAVE INCURRED ELIGIBLE COSTS FOR IN-LINE

BAGGAGE SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT

As required by the 9/11 Act, TSA is to give funding consideration 

to airports that incurred eligible costs for EDS and that were not 

recipients of funding agreements. The fiscal year 2015 EDS expenditure plan shall identify airports eligible for funding pursuant 

to section 1604(b)(2) of Public Law 110–53 and funding, if any, allocated to reimburse those airports. 

SCREENING TECHNOLOGY MAINTENANCE AND UTILITIES

The Committee recommends $294,509,000 for Screening Technology Maintenance and Utilities. This is the same amount as requested and $4,000,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 

2014. The reduction below fiscal year 2014 reflects contract efficiencies and reduced equipment levels. 

AVIATION REGULATION AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT

The Committee recommends $338,653,000 for Aviation Regulation and Other Enforcement. This is $10,000,000 below the amount 

requested and $15,784,000 below the amount provided in fiscal 

year 2014. The recommended amount provides for law enforcement 

and regulatory activities at airports to: ensure compliance with required security measures, respond to security incidents, and provide international support for worldwide security requirements. A 

reduction below the request is made due to a large gap between 

funded FTE and on-board personnel. 

The recommendation consolidates all funding for the National 

Canine Program within this PPA, as requested, which helps support 985 teams in fiscal year 2015. TSA funded canine teams have 

proven to be a reliable, effective, and efficient way to screen for explosive devices. Since the beginning of fiscal year 2007, Congress 

has provided funding to double the total number of canine teams 

for multi-modal explosives detection purposes. 

The recommendation also reflects the consolidation of all funding 

for the Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response [VIPR] program in the Surface Transportation Appropriation. 

The after action report following the tragic shooting at the Los 

Angeles International Airport recommended increased law enforcement presence at high traffic locations within the airport such as 

peak travel times at checkpoints and ticket counters. TSA is to 

brief the Committees not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this act on the implementation of this recommendation and 

if the intended benefit of a visible deterrence and quicker incident 

response time has been achieved. 

AIRPORT MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT

The Committee recommends $588,864,000 for Airport Management and Support. This is $2,870,000 below the amount requested 

and $1,864,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

Funds are provided for: the workforce to support TSA Federal security directors; Bomb Appraisal Officers; Explosives Security Specialists; the Transportation Security Operations Center; airport 
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rent and furniture; a vehicle fleet; airport parking; and employee 

transit benefits. 

The recommendation includes the requested realignments and 

reductions associated with RBS efficiencies, reduced Playbook operations, and savings from more efficient in-line checked baggage systems. 

FEDERAL FLIGHT DECK OFFICER AND FLIGHT CREW TRAINING

PROGRAMS

The Committee recommends $20,000,000 for the Federal Flight 

Deck Officer [FFDO] and Flight Crew Training programs. This is 

the same amount as requested and $4,730,000 below the amount 

provided in fiscal year 2014. Funds are provided to deputize qualified airline pilots who volunteer to be Federal law enforcement officers and to provide initial and recurrent law enforcement training. 

Funds are also provided for the Crew Member Self-Defense Training program for the purpose of teaching crew members basic selfdefense concepts and techniques. 

The recommended level is sufficient to meet the operational 

needs of the program and will not result in a degradation of the 

training curriculum or decrease the number of FFDO’s trained per 

year. The reduction from fiscal year 2014 reflects realization of program efficiencies and the creation of an inactive reserve force. The 

inactive reserve force represents a percentage of the deputized 

FFDOs that are unable to fly under ‘‘FFDO status’’ as their flight 

schedule is solely international. 

AIR CARGO

The Committee recommends $106,343,000 for Air Cargo security. 

This is $577,000 below the amount requested and $15,989,000 

below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Funds are provided 

to secure the air cargo supply chain, conveyances, and people. The 

reduction below the request reflects the consolidation of the National Canine Program in the Aviation Regulation and Other Enforcement PPA. 

Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act, 

TSA is to brief the Committee on its fiscal year 2015 investment 

plans for air cargo security, including carryover balances. The 

briefing documents shall be in the same format as expenditure 

plans submitted in prior years and include detailed information related to 100 percent screening of domestic and international inbound air cargo. 

PERIMETER SECURITY

The recent breach of a perimeter fence at the San Jose International Airport underscores the importance of strong airport perimeter security plans. The Committee is aware that some airports 

are employing technological solutions to detect security breaches of 

perimeter fences and access points, and therefore strongly encourages TSA to work with airport authorities to explore technology options to improve perimeter security; validate promising technology 

solutions; and update airport security plans, as appropriate, to improve the perimeter security posture of airports. 
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FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS

The Committee recommends $790,000,000 for Federal Air Marshals. This is $10,214,000 below the amount requested and 

$28,607,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Funding is provided for the Federal Air Marshals [FAMs] to protect the 

air transportation system against terrorist threats, sabotage, and 

other acts of violence. 

This funding decrease reflects the consolidation of all funding for 

the Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response [VIPR] program in 

the Surface Transportation Appropriation and other administrative 

cost adjustments. 

A recent study of FAMs operations and staffing by the Homeland 

Security Studies and Analysis Institute included several recommendations related to CONOPS, training, and risk analysis. Not 

later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the act, FAMs is 

to brief the Committee on its efforts to implement these recommendations. 

The Committee directs TSA to continue to submit quarterly reports on mission coverage, staffing levels, and hiring rates as in 

prior years. 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $108,618,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 127,637,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 126,749,000 

Surface transportation security provides funding for personnel 

and operational resources to assess the risk of a terrorist attack on 

nonaviation modes of transportation, standards and procedures to 

address those risks, and to ensure compliance with established regulations and policies. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $126,749,000 for Surface Transportation Security. This is $888,000 below the amount requested and 

$18,131,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Funds 

are available to assess the risk of terrorist attacks for all non-aviation transportation modes, issue regulations to improve the security of those modes, and enforce regulations to ensure the protection of the transportation system. The following table summarizes 

the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 

2014 and budget request levels: 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Staffing and operations ................................................................. 35,262 29,375 29,230 

Surface transportation security inspectors and VIPR ................... 73,356 98,262 97,519 

Total, Surface Transportation Security ............................. 108,618 127,637 126,749 
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY STAFFING AND OPERATIONS

The Committee recommends $29,230,000 for Surface Transportation Security Staffing and Operations. This is $145,000 below the 

amount requested and $6,032,000 below the amount provided in 

fiscal year 2014. 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY INSPECTORS AND VIPR

The Committee recommends $97,519,000 for Surface Transportation Security Inspectors and VIPR. This is $743,000 below the 

amount requested and $24,163,000 above the amount provided in 

fiscal year 2014. As requested, the recommendation includes the 

consolidation of all VIPR teams within this PPA and the consolidation of all canine assets under the Aviation Regulation and Other 

Enforcement PPA in Aviation Security. 

TSA is to brief the Committee no later than 90 days after the 

date of enactment of this act on its surface transportation technology pilot programs and initiatives. The briefing shall include a 

summary of all technology pilot programs and initiatives TSA will 

have operating or has planned for fiscal year 2015; what each program/initiative is attempting to achieve; potential capabilities and 

benefits of the program/initiative; locations of each program/initiative; and plans for future expansion. 

INTELLIGENCE AND VETTING

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $176,489,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 232,526,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 219,166,000 

Intelligence and Vetting (formerly known as Transportation 

Threat Assessment and Credentialing) includes several programs 

that are intended to identify known or suspected terrorists threats 

working in or seeking access to the Nation’s transportation system. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $219,166,000 for Intelligence and 

Vetting. This is $13,360,000 below the amount requested and 

$42,677,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. In addition, an estimated $79,605,000 in fee collections is available for 

these activities in fiscal year 2015, as proposed in the budget. 

As requested, the Intelligence PPA is transferred to this appropriation from Transportation Security Support in order to combine 

intelligence and vetting functions to better inform daily operations. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

INTELLIGENCE AND VETTING 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Direct Appropriations: 

Intelligence ............................................................................ ............................ 51,801 51,545 

Secure Flight ......................................................................... 93,202 112,543 99,569 

Other Vetting Programs ........................................................ 83,287 68,182 68,052 
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INTELLIGENCE AND VETTING—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Subtotal, direct appropriations ........................................ 176,489 232,526 219,166 

Fee Collections: 

Transportation worker identification credential ................... 36,700 34,832 34,832 

Hazardous materials ............................................................. 12,000 12,000 12,000 

General aviation at DCA ....................................................... 350 350 350 

Commercial aviation and airports ........................................ 6,500 6,500 6,500 

Other security threat assessments ....................................... 50 50 50 

Air cargo/certified cargo screening program ....................... 5,400 7,173 7,173 

Pre✓TM ................................................................................ ............................ 13,700 13,700 

Alien flight school ................................................................. 5,000 5,000 5,000 

Subtotal, fee collections ................................................... 66,000 79,605 79,605 

INTELLIGENCE

The Committee recommends $51,545,000 for Intelligence. This is 

$256,000 below the amount requested and $6,984,000 above the 

amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

SECURE FLIGHT

The Committee recommends $99,569,000 for Secure Flight. This 

is $12,974,000 below the amount requested and $6,367,000 above 

the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. As recommended by the 

9/11 Commission and mandated by the Intelligence Reform Act, 

this program transferred the responsibility of airline passenger 

watch list matching from the air carriers to the Federal Government. 

The Committee recommendation includes $6,300,000 realigned 

from the Other Vetting Programs PPA to continue the implementation of RBS initiatives. Due to delays in implementing the Large 

Aircraft and Charter Screening Program, the request for increased 

funding is not provided. 

OTHER VETTING PROGRAMS

The Committee recommends $68,052,000 for Crew and Other 

Vetting Programs. This is $130,000 below the amount requested 

and $15,235,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

The Committee supports TSA’s efforts to modernize its vetting 

and credentialing infrastructure, which is currently made up of disconnected and duplicative systems. This has resulted in high-system complexity and lengthy adjudication processes due to manual 

reviews. TSA has begun to modernize its system with initial operational capability being achieved for the maritime vetting population, which is to be followed by full nationwide rollout in the late 

summer timeframe. In fiscal year 2015, TSA will complete development for other surface populations and begin preparations for the 

aviation community. The Committee includes $38,300,000 in discretionary funds, as requested, for this effort in fiscal year 2015 

and directs TSA to brief the Committee on its efforts not later than 

30 days after the date of enactment of this act. 
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TRANSPORTATION WORKER IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL [TWIC]

The Committee has noted a weakness in the TWIC Program 

where TSA does not conduct any additional criminal background 

checks on applicants who are eligible and receive a TWIC with an 

expiration date of 5 years. Not later than 90 days after the date 

of the enactment of this act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

in coordination with the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall develop a plan to strengthen the background 

check system used by the TWIC Program by improving access to 

meaningful databases for recurring criminal history records checks. 

Such plan will include cost estimates for providing additional or recurring criminal history records checks over the 5-year validity period of a TWIC card to ensure that disqualifying criminal activity 

that occurs after the initial award of a TWIC card is taken under 

review over the 5-year duration of the TWIC card’s validity. 

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $962,061,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 932,026,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 923,737,000 

The Transportation Security Support account supports the operational needs of TSA’s extensive airport/field personnel and infrastructure. Transportation Security Support includes: headquarters’ 

personnel, pay, benefits, and support; mission support centers; 

human capital services; and information technology support. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $923,737,000 for Transportation Security Support. This is $8,289,000 below the amount requested and 

$38,324,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Headquarters administration ......................................................... 272,250 275,891 274,619 

Information technology .................................................................. 441,000 451,920 446,498 

Human capital services ................................................................. 204,250 204,215 202,620 

Intelligence ..................................................................................... 44,561 ............................ ............................

Total, Transportation Security Support ............................ 962,061 932,026 923,737 

HEADQUARTERS ADMINISTRATION

The Committee recommends $274,619,000 for Headquarters Administration. This is $1,272,000 below the amount requested and 

$2,369,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

TSA shall continue semiannual briefings on covert testing activities, to include the latest metrics gathered from recent tests and 

resulting mitigating factors. 
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In September 2013, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General released a report entitled: ‘‘Transportation 

Security Administration Office of Inspection’s Efforts To Enhance 

Transportation Security’’ (OIG–13–123). The report, which primarily concerned the effectiveness and efficiency of TSA’s Office of 

Inspection [OOI], provided a number of recommendations to TSA 

including to ‘‘conduct an objective workforce analysis of the office.’’ 

The Committee understands that OOI is in the process of executing 

this workforce analysis and that the office can expect the results 

of this study in early fiscal year 2015. The Committee requests the 

findings of this study be made available to the OIG as soon as 

practicable, but no later than 30 days from completion by the vendor. The Department is to brief the Committee as soon as practicable, but no later than 30 days from completion by the vendor, 

on any actions TSA plans as a result of this analysis. 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The Committee recommends $446,498,000 for Information Technology. This is $5,422,000 below the amount requested and 

$5,498,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The increase above fiscal year 2014 is related to HSPD–12 implementation and enterprise license agreement costs. 

HUMAN CAPITAL SERVICES

The Committee recommends $202,620,000 for Human Capital 

Services. This is $1,595,000 below the amount requested and 

$1,630,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

SUMMARY

The Coast Guard’s primary responsibilities are the enforcement 

of all applicable Federal laws on the high seas and waters subject 

to the jurisdiction of the United States; promotion of safety of life 

and property at sea; assistance to navigation; protection of the marine environment; and maintenance of a state of readiness to function as a specialized service in the Navy in time of war, as authorized by sections 1 and 2 of title 14, United States Code. 

The Commandant of the Coast Guard reports directly to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The President’s fiscal year 2015 discretionary budget request 

proposes to reduce funding for the Coast Guard by 4.3 percent, including the reduction of 700 military billets, the movement of 600 

reservists to inactive status, the decommissioning of critical operational assets, and a 21 percent reduction in capital expenditures. 

If enacted, the proposed reductions would permanently reduce cutter, boat, and aircraft hours right at the time the Coast Guard is 

recovering from harmful operational cutbacks experienced under 

sequester, when cocaine seizures dropped by 18 percent, marijuana 

seizures dropped by 35 percent, and migrant interdictions dropped 

by 28 percent. 
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Despite warnings from the outgoing Commandant of a coming 

‘‘death spiral’’ for legacy assets, the request also continues to propose harmful reductions to the Coast Guard’s capital budget. The 

Coast Guard operates one of the oldest naval fleets in the world, 

yet the request cuts cutter and aircraft acquisitions in fiscal year 

2015 that are critical to the agency’s future. The request also has 

the impact of cutting over 1,000 jobs from important shipbuilding 

and aviation acquisition programs. The country is not best served 

by having the Coast Guard operate assets that are nearing 50 

years of age and reaching obsolescence. 

The recommended level provided for in this bill includes targeted 

increases above the President’s request to ensure that Coast Guard 

personnel serving on the front lines have the resources and assets 

to fulfill their many missions in fiscal year 2015 and in the future. 

The Committee recommends a total program level of $10,213,625,000 for the activities of the Coast Guard for fiscal year 

2015. When costs for overseas contingency operations are excluded, 

the recommendation for the Coast Guard is $272,963,000 and 231 

positions above the request. The recommendation also restores 300 

reservist positions to active status. The following table summarizes 

the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 

2014 and budget request levels: 

COAST GUARD—FUNDING SUMMARY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted 1Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 2

Committee recommendations 3

Operating Expenses ....................................................................... 7,011,807 6,749,733 6,984,618 

Environmental Compliance and Restoration ................................. 13,164 13,214 13,197 

Reserve Training ............................................................................ 120,000 109,605 114,572 

Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements ............................... 1,375,635 1,084,193 1,330,376 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation .............................. 19,200 17,947 17,892 

Health Care Fund Contribution (Permanent Indefinite Appropriations) ......................................................................................... 201,000 176,970 176,970 

Retired Pay ..................................................................................... 1,460,000 1,576,000 1,576,000 

Total, Coast Guard ........................................................... 10,200,806 9,727,662 10,213,625 

1 Includes $227,000,000 for overseas contingency operations. 

2 Excludes a permissive transfer of $213,000,000 from ‘‘Operations and Maintenance, Navy’’ for overseas contingency operations. 

3 Includes $213,000,000 for overseas contingency operations. 

The Coast Guard will pay an estimated $176,970,000 in fiscal 

year 2015 to the Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund for 

the costs of military Medicare-eligible health benefits earned by its 

uniformed service members. The contribution is funded by permanent indefinite discretionary authority pursuant to the National 

Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2005 (Public Law 108– 

375). 

OPERATING EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2014 1 ........................................................................... $7,011,807,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 2 ......................................................................... 6,749,733,000 

Committee recommendation 3 ............................................................... 6,984,618,000 

1 Includes $227,000,000 for overseas contingency operations. 

2 Excludes a permissive transfer of $213,000,000 from ‘‘Operations and Maintenance, Navy’’ 

for overseas contingency operations. 3 Includes $213,000,000 for overseas contingency operations. 
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The Operating Expenses appropriation provides funds for the operation and maintenance of multipurpose vessels, aircraft, and 

shore units strategically located along the coasts and inland waterways of the United States and in selected areas overseas. The program activities of this appropriation fall into the following categories: 

Search and Rescue.—As one of its earliest and most traditional 

missions, the Coast Guard maintains a nationwide system of boats, 

aircraft, cutters, and rescue coordination centers on 24-hour alert. 

Aids to Navigation.—To help mariners determine their location 

and avoid accidents, the Coast Guard maintains a network of 

manned and unmanned aids to navigation along the Nation’s 

coasts and on its inland waterways. In addition, the Coast Guard 

operates radio stations in the United States that serve the domestic and international needs of the armed services, marine and air 

commerce. 

Marine Safety.—The Coast Guard ensures compliance with Federal statutes and regulations designed to improve safety in the 

merchant marine industry and operates a recreational boating safety program. 

Marine Environmental Protection.—The primary objectives of the 

marine environmental protection program are to minimize the dangers of marine pollution and to assure the safety of ports and waterways. 

Enforcement of Laws and Treaties.—The Coast Guard is the principal maritime enforcement agency with regard to Federal laws on 

the navigable waters of the United States and the high seas, including fisheries, drug smuggling, illegal immigration, and hijacking of vessels. 

Ice Operations.—In the Arctic and Antarctic, Coast Guard icebreakers escort supply ships, support research activities and Department of Defense operations, survey uncharted waters, and collect scientific data. The Coast Guard also assists commercial vessels through ice-covered waters. 

Defense Readiness.—During peacetime, the Coast Guard maintains an effective state of military preparedness to operate as a 

service in the Navy in time of war or national emergency at the 

direction of the President. As such, the Coast Guard has primary 

responsibility for the security of ports, waterways, and navigable 

waters up to 200 miles offshore. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $6,984,618,000 for Coast Guard Operating Expenses, including $24,500,000 from the Oil Spill Liability 

Trust Fund and $553,000,000 for Coast Guard defense-related activities, of which $213,000,000 is for Overseas Contingency Operations. Of this amount, the Committee recommends not to exceed 

$15,300 for official reception and representation expenses. 

The recommendation level is $234,885,000 above the amount requested and $27,189,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 

2014. The Committee’s recommendation is $21,885,000 above the 

comparable net request for Coast Guard Operating Expenses when 

excluding funds provided for overseas contingency operations. 
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The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

OPERATING EXPENSES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 1

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 2

Committee 

recommendations 3

Military pay and allowances .......................................................... 3,416,580 3,433,594 3,441,282 

Civilian pay and benefits .............................................................. 782,874 787,372 781,517 

Training and recruiting .................................................................. 205,928 197,800 198,279 

Operating funds and unit level maintenance ............................... 1,034,650 991,919 1,004,119 

Centrally managed accounts ......................................................... 319,135 335,262 335,556 

Intermediate and depot level maintenance .................................. 1,012,840 1,003,786 1,010,865 

St. Elizabeths support costs .......................................................... 12,800 ............................ ............................

Overseas contingency operations .................................................. 227,000 ............................ 213,000 

Total, Operating Expenses ................................................ 7,011,807 6,749,733 6,984,618 

1 Includes $227,000,000 for overseas contingency operations. 

2 Excludes a permissive transfer of $213,000,000 from ‘‘Operations and Maintenance, Navy’’ for overseas contingency operations. 

3 Includes $213,000,000 for overseas contingency operations. 

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

The Committee provides $213,000,000 for Coast Guard operations in support of overseas contingency operations. While funding 

for these activities is requested in the Department of Defense budget for the Navy, the Committee adopted a practice beginning in the 

fiscal year 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act to appropriate 

these amounts directly to the Coast Guard. The Committee continues this practice and urges the administration to budget for 

Coast Guard overseas contingency operations under the Department of Homeland Security in future budget requests. The Coast 

Guard shall brief the Committee no later than 30 days after the 

date of enactment of this act on any changes expected during fiscal 

year 2015 or projected transition costs expected in fiscal year 2016 

to support overseas contingency operations. 

OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS

High Endurance Cutters.—The budget request proposes to decommission two high endurance cutters [HECs] and 368 associated 

billets. These cutters are nearing 50 years in age on average and 

have become increasingly unreliable. The Committee, however, is 

concerned that the decommissioning of two cutters in fiscal year 

2015 would result in a significant cutter hour gap before new National Security Cutters [NSCs] are delivered to replace them. Historically, HECs provide the greatest resource hour contribution to 

the counterdrug mission, both in the Eastern Pacific and Western 

Hemisphere. Over the last 5 years, the Coast Guard has seized 

over a million pounds of cocaine with a street value of over 

$17,000,000. The proposed reduction of two HECs with only one 

operational NSC delivered in fiscal year 2015 will result in a diminished presence and fewer opportunities for interdictions and apprehensions. In addition to the counter drug effort, living marine 

resource enforcement operations would be reduced in the Bering 

Sea, Gulf of Alaska, and Pacific Ocean. Therefore, the recommendation includes an additional $7,800,000 and 184 positions to maintain one of the two HECs proposed to be decommissioned in the re-
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quest, saving 1,665 major cutter hours (3,330 hours annualized) 

that otherwise would have been cut throughout the year. 

Operational Hours.—The budget request proposes a reduction in 

cutter, boat, and aircraft hours that will reduce resources required 

for fuel and necessary maintenance. The Coast Guard’s recent experience with operational hour reductions during sequester had an 

unfortunate impact on overall mission performance. When operational hours were cut back during sequestration, cocaine seizures 

dropped from 27 metric tons in fiscal year 2012 to 19 metric tons 

in fiscal year 2013. Marijuana removals dropped 35 percent from 

the previous year, and migrant interdiction decreased by 28 percent. A reduction in operations also challenges crews from getting 

the sea and in air time experience necessary to become masters of 

their craft. With sequestration lifted in fiscal year 2015, the Coast 

Guard should not be limited by such an arbitrary cut. Therefore, 

the Committee includes an additional $15,000,000 to restore operational resources for cutter, boat, and aircraft hours as well as critical depot level maintenance on Coast Guard legacy assets. 

Fixed Wing Bravo-Zero Requirement.—The recommendation includes $2,200,000 to maintain the Coast Guard’s Fixed Wing Aircraft ‘‘Bravo–0’’ readiness requirement, which means aircraft will 

be ready for launch within 30 minutes of a search and rescue 

[SAR] case. The Committee disagrees with the Coast Guard’s proposed reduction, which would impact rotary-wing operations further offshore by eliminating fixed wing cover and communications 

support. The Coast Guard has long maintained a ‘‘layered’’ SAR response strategy and eliminating fixed-wing Bravo–0 support would 

be a penny wise pound foolish endeavor. 

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT

The bill includes $39,500,000 under the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for financial systems modernization efforts in fiscal 

year 2015. A portion of the funds are intended for Coast Guard migration activities to new financial system. The Coast Guard, in tandem with the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, shall continue 

to brief the Committee on its efforts to carry out this migration. 

HOUSING

The Committee directs the Coast Guard to include with the congressional budget justification for fiscal year 2016 information detailing how deficiencies identified in the Coast Guard’s National 

Housing Assessment report have been resolved or plan to be resolved in the upcoming year. The information shall include 

progress made in: resolving housing identified as inadequate from 

a health and safety concern; right-sizing the housing inventory; the 

development of regional maintenance contracts; and addressing the 

need for new housing. Finally, the report shall also identify how 

operational maintenance funds for divested housing are being reinvested into the most critical housing needs in the remaining inventory. 
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POLAR ICEBREAKER

The Committee is concerned about the lack of icebreakers available for the Coast Guard’s missions. No later than July 31, 2015, 

the Coast Guard is directed to brief the Committee on the Operational Requirements Document and Alternatives Analysis with respect to initial funding, timeline, and vessel specifications related 

to the construction of a new Polar-class icebreaker. The Coast 

Guard will further brief the Committee on the Department’s plans 

to ensure deployment of a new heavy icebreaker prior to decommissioning of the Polar Star and Polar Sea. In assessing needs for an 

Arctic-capable fleet, the Secretary is encouraged to focus on the 

Coast Guard’s statutory missions, including search and rescue, ice 

operations, law enforcement, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, living marine resources, ports, waterways and coastal security, defense readiness, migrant interdiction, and drug interdiction. 

MINOR SHORE INFRASTRUCTURE

The bill includes long-standing bill language to allow funds from 

the ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ appropriation to be used for the 

sustainment, repair, replacement and maintenance of shore infrastructure, including projects to correct deficiencies for code compliance or that threaten life, health, or safety to an amount not exceeding 50 percent of a building’s or structure’s replacement value. 

Additionally, ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ funds are allowed to be used 

for contingent, emergent, or other unspecified minor construction 

projects, which includes new construction, procurement, development, conversion, rebuilding, improvement, or an extension of any 

facility not exceeding $1,000,000 in total costs at any location for 

planned or unplanned operational needs. 

Minor construction projects funded from the ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ appropriation can be combined with depot level maintenance projects for the sake of administrative and economic efficiency. The Coast Guard is to provide a report to the Committee 

not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this act detailing such projects and any sustainment, repair, replacement, or 

maintenance projects over $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. For fiscal year 2016, such information shall be included in the congressional budget justification. 

SMALL BOATS

A total of $2,740,000 is included above the request to address an 

anticipated shortfall in small boat purchases in fiscal year 2015. 

The bill includes long-standing bill language to allow funds from 

the ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ appropriation to be used for the purchase 

or lease of small boats for contingent and emergent requirements 

(at a unit cost of no more than $700,000) and repairs and end-ofservice-life replacements. The annual cost of these activities is 

capped at $31,000,000. Unlike major procurements requested for 

the ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ appropriation, 

the Coast Guard’s annual request for the ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ appropriation includes minimal information about the budget for 

small boat activities. In order to gain more clarity on these mat-
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ters, the Coast Guard is to provide a report to the Committee no 

later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this act detailing 

planned small boat purchases, leases, repairs, and service life replacements for fiscal year 2015. For fiscal year 2016, such information shall be included in the congressional budget justification. The 

Committee was disappointed with the plan submitted for fiscal 

years 2014 and 2015, as it lacked routine information the Committee expects to receive. The expenditure plans for fiscal years 

2015 and 2016 shall, at a minimum, include the following: the type 

and quantity of boats to be purchased and associated cost; the sectors and stations the boats planned for purchase will be deployed 

to; an explanation as to why the purchases are necessary; historical 

funding for the program; and an obligation and outlay schedule. 

Additionally, the Committee directs the Coast Guard to work with 

industry partners to outline annual small boat requirements and 

work with the industry to understand the cost implications of indefinite purchase requirements. 

FACILITY SECURITY OFFICER TRAINING

The Committee remains concerned that the Department has 

taken minimal steps to establish training standards for waterfront 

federal security officers [FSOs] which will lead to Federal certification of FSOs. The Committee notes that the Coast Guard has 

started working on the establishment of requirements internally, 

however, the Coast Guard needs to further address the implementation by working together with FEMA to ensure the curriculum is 

developed and implemented under the provision of Section 821 of 

the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–281). 

The Committee directs Coast Guard and FEMA to jointly brief the 

Committee with their plan for implementation of section 821 not 

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

COAST GUARD YARD

The Coast Guard Yard located at Curtis Bay, Maryland, is recognized as a critical component of the Coast Guard’s core logistics capability which directly supports fleet readiness. The Committee is 

concerned with the service life and condition of the Yard’s drydock 

facilities, which may impact the critical in-service vessel 

sustainment [ISVS] project over the next 10 years. Therefore, the 

Coast Guard is directed to provide the Committee with a report no 

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

condition of all drydock facilities, and associated cranes and industrial equipment. This report shall include an assessment of equipment service life and specify drydock requirements and resources 

necessary to complete all ISVS work projected in the latest Capital 

Investment Plan report to Congress, along with all planned repair 

work over the same period, including the future needs to accommodate the Offshore Patrol Cutter. 

EXECUTIVE TRANSPORTATION AIRCRAFT

The Coast Guard is directed to notify the Committee prior to 

making any changes in the type or number of the command and 

control aircraft. 
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ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS PERSONNEL TO

OPERATING EXPENSES

The Coast Guard’s request includes funding for 440 military positions and 458 civilian positions in the Acquisition, Construction, 

and Improvements [AC&I] appropriation whereas the large majority of Coast Guard personnel are funded through the Operating Expenses [OE] appropriation. The Committee directs the Coast Guard 

to examine whether realigning AC&I personnel to the Operating 

Expenses appropriation could improve the Coast Guard’s ability to 

efficiently manage, oversee and administer the AC&I Personnel account without degrading the Coast Guard’s ability to provide AC&I 

workforce details to the Committee. If, after examining a potential 

realignment of funds, the Coast Guard determines that a realigned 

structure improves the stewardship of Federal tax dollars, the 

Committee encourages the Coast Guard to propose realigning 

AC&I personnel to the OE appropriation in the fiscal year 2016 

budget request. 

OIL SPILL RESPONSE ACTIVITIES

No later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this act, the 

Coast Guard is to provide the Committee with a summary of all oil 

response activities related to discharge from a production platform 

in the Gulf of Mexico that are ongoing or completed within the 

prior 3 years. 

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $13,164,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 13,214,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 13,197,000 

The Environmental Compliance and Restoration account provides 

funds to address environmental problems at former and current 

Coast Guard units as required by applicable Federal, State, and 

local environmental laws and regulations. Planned expenditures for 

these funds include major upgrades to petroleum and regulated 

substance storage tanks, restoration of contaminated ground water 

and soils, remediation efforts at hazardous substance disposal sites, 

and initial site surveys and actions necessary to bring Coast Guard 

shore facilities and vessels into compliance with environmental 

laws and regulations. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $13,197,000 for Environmental 

Compliance and Restoration activities. This is $17,000 below the 

amount requested and $33,000 above the amount provided in fiscal 

year 2014. 

The Coast Guard is directed to include in its annual budget justification a listing of the activities projected to be funded by the 

amount requested under this heading and an updated backlog report for Environmental Compliance and Restoration projects, with 

an explanation of how the amount requested will impact this documented backlog. 
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RESERVE TRAINING

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $120,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 109,605,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 114,572,000 

The Reserve Training appropriation provides for the training of 

qualified individuals who are available for Active Duty in time of 

war or national emergency or to augment regular Coast Guard 

forces in the performance of peacetime missions. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $114,572,000 for Reserve Training. This is $4,967,000 above the amount requested and $5,428,000 

below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The budget request includes a reduction of $10,395,000 and the 

transfer of 600 drilling Selected Reservist positions to the Inactive 

Ready Reserve. This is the second year in a row the Coast Guard 

has proposed such a draconian cut. If enacted, the reduction would 

impact the Coast Guard’s ability to respond to major events, such 

as a hurricane, mass migration, oil spill, or earthquake. At the requested funding levels, certain specialized reserve forces would not 

be able to drill as frequently, impacting proficiency. Therefore, the 

Committee recommendation includes $5,000,000 above the request 

to restore 300 reservists to active status, which will enable the 

Coast Guard to retain the majority of the first responders proposed 

for reduction, such as boat coxswains, law enforcement personnel, 

and pollution response technicians. 

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $1,375,635,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 1,084,193,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,330,376,000 

Funding in this account supports the Acquisition, Construction, 

and Improvement of vessels, aircraft, information management resources, shore facilities, aids to navigation, and military housing 

required to execute the Coast Guard’s missions and achieve its performance goals. 

Vessels.—The vessel program provides funding to recapitalize 

and/or improve the Coast Guard’s fleet of aging boats and cutters. 

Aircraft.—The aircraft program is the primary recapitalization 

and sustainment effort for the Coast Guard’s aging aircraft. 

Other Equipment.—The Coast Guard invests in numerous management information and decision support systems that will result 

in increased efficiencies. 

Shore Facilities and Aids to Navigation.—The Coast Guard invests in the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement 

of shore facilities, aids to navigation, and related equipment. 

Military Housing.—The Coast Guard invests in Military Housing 

facilities to ensure military members have access to housing in 

areas where there is a lack of affordable accommodations. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $1,330,376,000 for Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements, including $20,000,000 from the Oil 
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Spill Liability Trust Fund. This is $246,183,000 above the amount 

requested and $45,259,000 below the amount provided in fiscal 

year 2014. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Vessels: 

Survey and Design—Vessel and Boats ............................... 1,000 500 500 

Response Boat Medium ........................................................ 10,000 ............................ ............................

In-Service Cutter Sustainment ............................................. 21,000 24,500 49,000 

National Security Cutter ....................................................... 629,000 638,000 638,000 

Offshore Patrol Cutter ........................................................... 23,000 20,000 20,000 

Fast Response Cutter ........................................................... 310,000 110,000 318,000 

Cutter Small Boats ............................................................... 3,000 4,000 4,000 

Polar Icebreaking Vessel ....................................................... 2,000 6,000 6,000 

Polar Icebreaking Preservation ............................................. ............................ ............................ 8,000 

Subtotal, Vessels .............................................................. 999,000 803,000 1,043,500 

Aircraft: 

HC–144 Conversion/Sustainment ......................................... 9,200 15,000 15,000 

HC–27J Conversion /Sustainment ........................................ 24,900 15,000 15,000 

HC–130J Acquisition/Conversion/Sustainment ..................... 129,210 8,000 8,000 

HH–65 Conversion/Sustainment ........................................... 12,000 30,000 30,000 

Subtotal, Aircraft .............................................................. 175,310 68,000 68,000 

Other Acquisition Programs: 

Program Oversight and Management ................................... 10,000 18,000 18,000 

Systems Engineering and Integration .................................. 204 ............................ ............................

C4ISR .................................................................................... 40,226 36,300 36,300 

CG–Logistics Information Management System 

[CG–LIMS] ......................................................................... 1,500 3,000 3,000 

National Automatic Identification System ............................ 13,000 ............................ ............................

Subtotal, Other Acquisition Programs .............................. 64,930 57,300 57,300 

Shore Facilities and Aids to Navigation: 

Major Construction, ATON, and Survey and Design ............. 2,000 19,580 19,580 

Major Acquisition Systems Infrastructure ............................ ............................ 16,000 16,000 

Minor Shore ........................................................................... 3,000 5,000 5,000 

Subtotal, Shore Facilities and Aids to Navigation .......... 5,000 40,580 40,580 

Military Housing ............................................................................. 18,000 ............................ 6,000 

Personnel and Related Support: 

Direct Personnel Costs .......................................................... 112,956 115,313 114,996 

Core Acquisition Costs .......................................................... 439 ............................ ............................

Subtotal, Personnel and Related Support ........................ 113,395 115,313 114,996 

Total, Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements ....... 1,375,635 1,084,193 1,330,376 

CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN

The Capital Investment Plan [CIP] is essential for the Committee to carry out its oversight function of the Coast Guard, especially at a time when recapitalization of aging assets has become 

so critical for the service. All of the information required by the 

Committee is in accordance with the Coast Guard’s Major Systems 

Acquisition Manual and applicable DHS management directives. 

The fiscal year 2016–2019 plan is to be submitted with the fiscal 
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year 2016 congressional budget justification. The Committee is extremely displeased that it received the 2015–2019 CIP on June 13, 

2014, over 3 months after it was due. This tardiness renders the 

plan unusable by the Committee when formulating its fiscal year 

2015 recommendations. As a result, $125,000,000 is withheld from 

the Headquarters Directorate of the Coast Guard until the fiscal 

year 2016–2020 plan is submitted. The Committee again directs 

the Coast Guard to ensure that the CIP clearly explains any deviations in cost, performance parameters, schedule, or estimated date 

of completion from the original acquisition program to the current 

plan. The Coast Guard needs to make every effort to clearly identify which procurements will be delayed or scaled back, which ones 

will be canceled, which ones will remain on track, and the impact 

these decisions have on extending the service life of the Coast 

Guard’s already aging and unreliable fleet and shore facilities. The 

Committee expects this level of transparency in the CIP accompanying the fiscal year 2016 budget request. 

ANALYSIS OF MISSION REQUIREMENTS

To ensure the out-year CIP adequately meets Coast Guard operational needs, the Coast Guard shall conduct an analysis of mission 

requirements. This analysis should assume that the Coast Guard 

needs the capability to continue to carry out all of its 11 statutory 

missions. In this analysis, the Coast Guard should also outline options for acquisition plans that consider reasonable combinations of 

alternative capabilities of surface assets (including an icebreaker) 

and air assets to determine the most cost effective method of executing mission needs as determined in the analysis described 

above. 

QUARTERLY ACQUISITION BRIEFINGS

The Coast Guard is to continue quarterly briefings on all major 

acquisitions. In addition to the information normally provided for 

each asset, these briefings shall include: the top five risks for each 

acquisition, if applicable, consistent with those on the risk watch 

list in quarterly program manager reports, and if the risks have future budget implications; the objective for operational hours the 

Coast Guard expects to achieve; the gap between that objective, 

current capabilities, and stated mission requirements; and how the 

acquisition of the specific asset closes the gap. The information presented at these briefings shall also include a discussion of how the 

Coast Guard calculated the operational hours, an explanation on 

risks to mission performance associated with the current shortfall, 

and the operational strategy to mitigate such risks. Finally, the 

briefings are to include a status chart on all shore construction 

projects that have not been completed. For each construction 

project, the chart is to include the funding status, design status, 

and procurement and construction status. 

IN-SERVICE CUTTER SUSTAINMENT

The bill includes $49,000,000, to continue in-service sustainment 

efforts for the 140-foot icebreaking tugs, mid-life service 

sustainment of the 225-foot ocean-going buoy tender, and fund the 
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second of four phases of the CGC EAGLE service life extension. 

Given the success of the Mission Effectiveness Projects for the medium endurance cutters and the 110-foot patrol boats at the Coast 

Guard Yard, the Committee expects the Coast Guard to direct 

sustainment work on all aging vessels there when geographically 

feasible. 

NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTER

The Committee recommendation includes $638,000,000, as requested, for NSC-8. The Coast Guard operates a fleet of 378-foot 

high endurance cutters [HECs] that are over 46 years old on average, and are increasingly unreliable and expensive to maintain. By 

comparison, the average Navy ship is 20 years old. The Coast 

Guard’s program of record is to acquire 8 national security cutters 

[NSCs] to replace 12 HECs (of which 5 have been decommissioned 

with the arrival of the first 3 NSCs). To date, approximately 

$4,365,744,000 has been appropriated for seven NSCs and long 

lead time materials [LLTM] for NSC–8. Three NSCs have been delivered to the Coast Guard, the fourth is expected to be delivered 

in late fiscal year 2014, the fifth in late fiscal year 2015, the sixth 

in fiscal year 2017, the seventh in fiscal year 2018, and the eighth 

in fiscal year 2019. 

FULL FUNDING POLICY

The Committee is concerned that the Administration’s current 

acquisition policy requires the Coast Guard to attain total acquisition cost for a vessel, including long lead time materials, production 

costs, and post-production costs, before a production contract can be 

awarded. This has the potential to create shipbuilding inefficiencies, force delayed obligation of production funds, and require postproduction funds far in advance of when they will be used. As an 

example of such inefficiency, the fiscal year 2013 budget request 

proposed a rescission and reappropriation of $25,000,000 in funds 

previously appropriated for NSC–4 post-production that would 

have expired before they could be spent. The Department should be 

in a position to acquire vessels in the most efficient manner within 

the guidelines of strict governance measures. Therefore, the Committee includes language in the bill specifying that funds made 

available by this act shall be immediately available and allotted to 

contract for production of the eighth and final NSC notwithstanding the availability of funds for post-production costs. The 

Committee expects the Administration to adopt a similar policy for 

the acquisition of the Offshore Patrol Cutter [OPC]. 

FAST RESPONSE CUTTER

The Committee recommends $318,000,000 for the Coast Guard’s 

Fast Response Cutter [FRC]. This funding will allow the Coast 

Guard to acquire six FRC hulls (31–36). Procuring six FRCs in fiscal year 2015 will maximize the production line and generate cost 

savings of at least $5,000,000 per hull for a total savings to the 

taxpayers of $30,000,000. Funding six boats instead of two will also 

allow the Coast Guard to advance the replacement of the aging 

110-foot Island Class Patrol Boats, which are already beyond the 
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end of their projected service lives and very expensive to maintain. 

Each FRC will provide 2,500 annual operating hours and improved 

sea keeping ability, resulting in better habitability and full mission 

capability in higher sea states. 

OFFSHORE PATROL CUTTER

The recommendation includes $20,000,000 for the OPC, as requested. Funding is provided to support technical reviews of preliminary and contract designs for the OPC class, which is intended 

to replace the Coast Guard’s aging fleet of medium endurance cutters. 

The Committee approves of the steps taken by the Coast Guard 

to implement Phase I of the OPC procurement. Going forward, the 

Committee encourages the Coast Guard to continue aggressively 

pursuing the timeline necessary to field the required fleet of OPCs 

by moving to Phase II of the OPC acquisition in the previously outlined twenty four month timeframe. The Committee supports the 

Coast Guard’s efforts in this procurement. 

POLAR ICEBREAKER

The recommendation includes $6,000,000, as requested, to continue survey and design activities for a new Coast Guard polar icebreaker. 

The Coast Guard’s High Latitude Study calls for a minimum of 

three new heavy icebreakers to address increased activity in the 

Arctic region, protect our national interests, and provide search 

and rescue in emergency maritime situations. Currently, the Coast 

Guard operates one medium service icebreaker, the Healy, which is 

used primarily for scientific missions in the Arctic and one heavy 

polar icebreaker, the Polar Star, which was recently reactivated in 

2013 and is estimated to remain operational for a total of 7–10 

years. The service’s other heavy polar icebreaker, the Polar Sea, is 

out of service based on its mechanical state. Based on the Coast 

Guard’s projected acquisition timeline for a new heavy polar icebreaker, the earliest date in which a fully operational vessel can 

be deployed is 2026–2028, which leaves a potential gap of time 

where no heavy polar icebreaker will be available. Therefore, the 

Committee recommendation includes $8,000,000 to preserve the 

material condition of the Polar Sea in anticipation of future reactivation. Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 

act, the Coast Guard is to brief the Committee on all expenditures 

and associated timelines to perform the work associated with vessel 

preservation. 

UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

The Committee expects the Coast Guard to continue its longstanding plan to conduct vertical take-off and landing unmanned 

aircraft systems [UAS] flight demonstrations. The Coast Guard has 

reported to the Committee that this system would enhance the 

service’s surveillance capabilities of the NSC and estimates a significant increase in the number of prosecutions achieved by the cutter. The Committee continues to be very supportive of the use of 

vertical take-off UAS aboard Coast Guard cutters and strongly en-
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courages the Coast Guard to ensure that the acquisition schedule 

is not delayed for this enhanced surveillance capability. The Committee is pleased with the Coast Guard’s plans for cutter based 

testing and evaluation scheduled for late fall or early winter. 

The Coast Guard continues to also pursue a small UAS [sUAS] 

capability for the NSC. Demonstrations in 2014 have proven successful and the Coast Guard has entered into initial stages of acquisition planning. The Coast Guard is to keep the Committee apprised of its efforts for vertical take-off UAS, sUAS, and land-based 

UAS development. 

TRANSITION OF C–27J AIRCRAFT

The Committee is pleased that DHS, the Department of Defense 

and the Forest Service were able to agree upon an excess aircraft 

divestiture plan that will ultimately save the Coast Guard 

$500,000,000 in acquisition costs and equip the Forest Service with 

heavy air-tankers to combat wildfires. The Committee looks forward to being supportive during the transition and implementation 

of aircraft to each agency’s inventory. 

SHORE FACILITIES AND AIDS TO NAVIGATION

The Committee recommends $40,580,000 for shore facilities and 

aids to navigation, as requested. The Coast Guard’s CIP for fiscal 

year 2016–2019 shall include a better explanation of the construction projects identified for funding, including: identification of each 

project to be funded in each fiscal year; an estimate for construction, design, planning, and project management for each project; 

and a schedule to complete the project. 

COAST GUARD MILITARY HOUSING

The Committee provides $6,000,000 above the request for the recapitalization, improvement, and acquisition of housing to support 

military families. The Coast Guard shall provide an expenditure 

plan to the Committee for these funds in the shore facilities report 

required 45 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

AC&I PERSONNEL

The Committee provides $114,996,000 for personnel and related 

support, as requested. 

UNFUNDED PRIORITIES

The Committee directs the Commandant to provide to the Congress, at the time of the President’s budget submission, a list of approved but unfunded Coast Guard priorities and the funds needed 

for each. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $19,200,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 17,947,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 17,892,000 

The Coast Guard’s Research and Development program develops 

techniques, methods, hardware, and systems that directly contribute to increasing the productivity and effectiveness of the Coast 
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Guard’s operating missions. This account provides funds to operate 

and maintain the Coast Guard Research and Development Center. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $17,892,000 for the Coast Guard’s 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation activities. This is 

$55,000 below the amount requested and $1,308,000 below the 

amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

RETIRED PAY

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $1,460,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 1,576,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,576,000,000 

This account provides for the retired pay of military personnel of 

the Coast Guard and Coast Guard Reserve, members of the former 

Lighthouse Service, and for annuities payable to beneficiaries of retired military personnel under the retired serviceman’s family protection plan (10 U.S.C. 1431–1446) and survivor benefit plan (10 

U.S.C. 1447–1455); payments for career status bonuses under the 

National Defense Authorization Act; and payments for medical care 

of retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents 

Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C., ch. 55). 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $1,576,000,000 for Retired Pay. This 

is the same amount as requested and $116,000,000 above the 

amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $1,533,497,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 1,585,970,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,585,360,000 

The United States Secret Service’s [USSS’s] Salaries and Expenses appropriation provides funds for the security of the President, the Vice President, and other dignitaries and designated individuals; for enforcement of laws relating to obligations and securities of the United States and laws relating to financial crimes, that 

include, but are not limited to, access device fraud, financial institution fraud, identity theft, and computer fraud; and computerbased attacks on financial, banking, and telecommunications infrastructure; and for protection of the White House and other buildings within the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. The agency 

also provides support for investigations related to missing and exploited children. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $1,585,360,000 for Salaries and Expenses. This is $610,000 below the amount requested and 

$51,863,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 
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UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE—SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Protection: 

Protection of persons and facilities ................................................. 848,263 874,885 867,685 

Protective intelligence activities ....................................................... 67,165 68,234 67,536 

National Special Security Event Fund .............................................. 4,500 4,500 4,500 

Presidential candidate nominee protection ...................................... ........................ 25,500 25,500 

Subtotal, Protection ...................................................................... 919,928 973,119 965,221 

Investigations: 

Domestic field operations ................................................................. 329,291 332,395 332,795 

International field office administration, operations, and training ................................................................................................ 30,811 34,361 34,195 

Support for missing and exploited children ..................................... 8,366 ........................ 8,366 

Subtotal, Investigations ............................................................... 368,468 366,756 375,356 

Headquarters, management, and administration ..................................... 188,964 189,191 188,380 

Rowley Training Center .............................................................................. 55,118 55,868 55,378 

Information Integration and Technology Transformation .......................... 1,019 1,036 1,025 

Total, Salaries and expenses ....................................................... 1,533,497 1,585,970 1,585,360 

SECRET SERVICE ACTIVITIES

The Committee fully funds the request for protection of persons 

and facilities, protective intelligence, and investigations. The 

$21,500,000 request to begin preparation and training for the 2016 

presidential campaign, including the campaign protective vehicles 

and communications technology, as well as the $4,000,000 request 

to establish the protective detail for the next former President, are 

also fully funded. 

The request reduces funding for the operational mission support program by $16,594,000 from the fiscal year 2014 level. The program is responsible for protective activities related to further securing the White House complex and other facilities. Regrettably, the 

Committee is unable to provide additional funding for this multiyear enhancement program. The Committee urges that robust 

funding for this critical, multi-faceted program be included in the 

President’s fiscal year 2016 budget request. 

STATE AND LOCAL CYBERCRIME TRAINING

Last year, the Committee provided resources in continued support of the National Computer Forensics Institute [NCFI] which 

trains State and local law enforcement, legal, and judicial professionals in computer forensics and cyber investigations. This training is critical to bolster State and local cyber resources while similarly acting to support the Secret Service’s Electronic Crimes Task 

Forces. Since opening in 2008, more than 3,300 State and local officials, including more than 2,300 police investigators, 840 prosecutors, and 234 judges from all 50 States and three U.S. territories 

have been trained through NCFI. The Committee recommends a 

total of $7,500,000 to continue this activity, within the Secret Service, which will ensure training requests continue to be met. Further, the Committee directs the Secret Service to continue coordi-
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nating with the National Protection and Programs Directorate as 

the subject matter experts to ensure the curriculum is sound and 

consistent with current risk and threat, and to avoid duplication 

and ensure efficiency. 

CYBER INVESTIGATIONS

The Committee is encouraged by consistent progress made by the 

Secret Service in the realm of cyber investigations. In the last 4 

years, the Secret Service has affected over 4,900 arrests associated 

with approximately $1,370,000,000 in fraud losses. The Secret 

Service is working to train its entire workforce through its Critical 

Systems Protection program while similarly building a force multiplier in State and local law enforcement through the NCFI. The 

Committee funds a total of $103,937,000 for the Secret Service’s 

various cyber activities. 

NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 

[NCMEC] was created in 1984 to serve as the Nation’s resource on 

missing and sexually exploited children. For more than two decades, the Secret Service has provided funding for grants as well as 

computer forensic support to NCMEC. In fiscal year 2013, the 

$6,000,000 in grant funds provided to NCMEC constituted 11 percent of the Center’s budget. Since 1997, the Secret Service has assisted NCMEC by opening 3,656 investigative cases throughout the 

Secret Services field offices. These cases resulted in 1,384 arrests 

of child predators and others, helped parents fingerprint and/or 

photograph more than 114,500 children through its Operation Safe 

Kids program, and completed 2,835 forensic/computer examinations 

for investigations involving missing and exploited children. 

For fiscal year 2015, the Committee recommends $6,000,000 for 

grants in support of missing and exploited children and expects the 

USSS to sustain forensic support at the fiscal year 2014 level of 

$2,366,000. 

NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENTS

The Committee recommends $4,500,000, as requested, for support to currently planned and unanticipated National Special Security Events [NSSEs] for fiscal year 2015. The Committee directs 

the USSS to provide semiannual briefings on the use of these 

funds, with the first briefing to occur not later than March 31, 

2015. Also included in the bill is a general provision that states 

that none of the funds in this act may be used to reimburse any 

Federal department or agency for its participation in an NSSE. 

REPROGRAMMING THRESHOLDS

Statutory language is included in the bill setting a higher threshold for the reprogramming of funds in section 503 of this act to accommodate unanticipated shifts in funding requirements for protection and investigation activities. 
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ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED

EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $51,775,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 49,935,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 49,935,000 

This appropriation provides funding for security upgrades of existing facilities; for information integration and technology transformation [IITT]; to continue development of the current master 

plan; to maintain and renovate existing facilities, including the 

James J. Rowley Training Center (Center); and to ensure efficient 

and full utilization of the Center. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $49,935,000, as requested, for infrastructure improvements, IITT, and other activities. This is 

$1,840,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Of this 

amount, $5,380,000 is for facilities and $44,555,000 is for information integration and technology transformation. 

The Secret Service is directed to submit a multiyear investment 

and management plan for its IITT program for fiscal years 2015 

through 2018. 
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TITLE III 

PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY 

NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE

The National Protection and Programs Directorate aims to foster 

better integration of national approaches between strategic homeland security programs, facilitate infrastructure protection, ensure 

broad emergency communications capabilities, and ensure the protection of Federal buildings and facilities. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Management and administration .................................................. 56,499 65,910 64,565 

Infrastructure protection and information security: 

Infrastructure protection ....................................................... 263,246 271,145 274,947 

Cybersecurity ......................................................................... 792,291 746,444 757,340 

Communications ................................................................... 131,463 179,977 180,713 

Subtotal, Infrastructure protection and information security ............................................................................ 1,187,000 1,197,566 1,213,000 

Federal Protective Service .............................................................. 1,301,824 1,342,606 1,342,606 

Office of Biometric Identity Management ..................................... 227,108 251,584 249,142 

Total, National Protection and Programs Directorate 

(gross) .......................................................................... 2,772,431 2,857,666 2,869,313 

Offsetting fee collections ............................................................... ¥1,301,824 ¥1,342,606 ¥1,342,606 

Total, National Protection and Programs Directorate 

(net) ............................................................................. 1,470,607 1,515,060 1,526,707 

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $56,499,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 65,910,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 64,565,000 

This account funds salaries and expenses for the Office of the 

Under Secretary, which oversees all activities of the National Protection and Programs Directorate [NPPD]. This account also funds 

business operations and information technology support services. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $64,565,000 for Management and Administration, $1,345,000 below the amount requested and 

$8,066,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. This 

amount supports the full annualization of positions in management 
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functions that were provided in fiscal year 2014. Further, the Committee notes the request includes a transfer of $2,914,000 and 18 

FTE from the Office of Biometric Identity Management [OBIM] Director in an effort to align all NPPD leadership offices in NPPD 

Management and Administration. The recommendation includes 

the $2,914,000 transfer from OBIM for 18 FTE but instead of realigning the Director’s office, NPPD is directed to realign business 

support FTE. Transferring the business support FTE will allow 

better utilization of staff in OBIM to support NPPD-wide activities 

creating efficiency instead of simply realigning leadership offices. 

NPPD is directed to continue implementation of recent clearer 

management direction on the appropriate use of administratively 

uncontrollable overtime. 

The Committee supported the necessary growth of NPPD Management and Administration by 11 percent in fiscal year 2014, and 

another 12 percent increase with this recommendation. These actions are taken to prevent the Directorate from being at severe risk 

for failing to complete effective acquisition, efficient information 

technology procurement, timely hiring, and proper oversight of privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties for serious missions such as 

cybersecurity, law enforcement, and infrastructure protection. The 

Committee directs NPPD to take stock of its current resource alignment to properly complete management functions and to clearly 

identify in the fiscal year 2016 congressional budget justification 

the success in addressing these issues. The budget justification 

shall also clearly describe how the FTE transferred from OBIM 

support NPPD-wide activity and explain any additional requested 

resources or adjustments. 

Finally, the Committee notes that since its creation in 2007, 

NPPD has experienced significant change in its responsibilities 

combined with addressing dynamic threats, creating a chaotic 

budgeting environment. Nonetheless, it is imperative that budget 

requests and appropriations provided for all NPPD accounts and 

PPAs can be compared year to year to effectively evaluate if resources are aligned with outcomes. For example, proposed this year 

were 20 balance workforce initiatives, 4 technical adjustments, 7 

acquisition adjustments, 18 transfers, and 5 salary realignments. 

Since 2010, the Committee has expressed concern that NPPD is at 

risk of falling subject to a culture of chasing the latest whim which 

does not allow for the maturity needed in proper budgeting. Making a sport of rearranging resources hints at more of a shell game 

than a serious attempt to align funding. The Committee’s attempt 

with NPPD leadership to cajole stabilization has not produced results. In a new attempt to impose budget discipline, a provision is 

included requiring NPPD to submit its fiscal year 2016 budget request by office and by PPA. Each office shall provide (1) budget detail by object classification; (2) the number of full-time equivalents 

on board; (3) the number of full-time equivalent vacancies; and (4) 

the appropriations account(s) used to support the office and the 

programs used by the office. This information shall be provided for 

the previously enacted year and the requested year on the day the 

budget justification is received. NPPD and Office of Management 

and Budget [OMB] staff are encouraged to work with the Committee on the format of the presentation. 
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The Committee recognizes that NPPD has proposed a PPA restructuring in an addendum to the budget for the last 3 years, only 

to later reconsider the proposal causing it not to be acted on. 

Should NPPD settle on a new mission based PPA restructuring 

that will also resolve the issues discussed above, it is encouraged 

to submit a report to the Committee realigning resources in the 

new structure using the funding levels provided by the Appropriations Committees to date for potential use for congressional action. 

The report shall also include a 5-year history reflecting the realignment which will further assist the Committee in transparently 

demonstrating resources provided. 

The Committee included several requirements in Senate report 

113–77 aimed at closer collaboration between NPPD and FEMA on 

preparedness activities, mitigation efforts, and response and recovery from disasters and attacks. The Department’s responses to 

these requirements further solidified the Committee’s position that 

this collaboration is essential to resilience and efficient, effective 

use of resources. The Committee directs NPPD and FEMA to jointly brief on continued coordination no later than 90 days after the 

date of enactment of this act. 

INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION SECURITY

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $1,187,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 1,197,566,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,213,000,000 

Infrastructure Protection and Information Security [IPIS] programs assist the entities and people responsible for securing the 

Nation’s critical infrastructure assets. In addition, IPIS supports 

collaborative efforts with State, local, public, private, and international entities to secure cyberspace and U.S. cyber assets, and 

reduce the vulnerability of the Nation’s telecommunications and information technology infrastructures. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends total appropriations of 

$1,213,000,000 for Infrastructure Protection and Information Security programs, $15,434,000 above the amount requested and 

$26,000,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as 

compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION SECURITY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Infrastructure protection and information security: 

Infrastructure Protection: 

Infrastructure Analysis and Planning .......................... 63,134 63,999 68,373 

Sector Management and Governance .......................... 62,562 63,136 62,961 

Regional Field Operations ............................................ 56,550 57,034 56,886 

Infrastructure Security Compliance ............................. 81,000 86,976 86,727 

Subtotal, Infrastructure Protection .......................... 263,246 271,145 274,947 
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INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION SECURITY—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Cybersecurity and Communications: 

Cybersecurity: 

Cybersecurity Coordination .......................................... 4,320 4,330 4,311 

US–Computer Incident Response Team [US–CERT] 

Operations ............................................................... 102,000 98,794 98,573 

Federal Network Security ............................................. 199,725 171,500 171,418 

Network Security Deployment ....................................... 382,252 377,690 377,567 

Global Cybersecurity Management .............................. 25,892 17,613 25,893 

Critical Infrastructure Cyber Protection and Awareness ......................................................................... 73,013 70,963 74,054 

Business Operations .................................................... 5,089 5,554 5,524 

Subtotal, Cybersecurity ............................................ 792,291 746,444 757,340 

Communications: 

Office of Emergency Communications .................................. 37,450 36,480 37,335 

Priority Telecommunications Services ................................... 53,372 53,381 53,324 

Next Generation Networks ..................................................... 21,158 69,571 69,559 

Programs to Study and Enhance Telecommunications ........ 10,074 10,106 10,092 

Critical Infrastructure Protection Programs ......................... 9,409 10,439 10,403 

Subtotal, Communications ............................................... 131,463 179,977 180,713 

Subtotal, Cybersecurity and Communications ................. 923,754 926,421 938,053 

Total, Infrastructure Protection and Information Security ................................................................................. 1,187,000 1,197,566 1,213,000 

INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

The Committee recommends $274,947,000 for Infrastructure Protection, $3,802,000 above the amount requested and $11,701,000 

above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center.—Of the 

total amount provided for Infrastructure Protection, $18,650,000, 

the same amount as fiscal year 2014, is for the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center. 

Bombing Prevention.—The Office of Bombing Prevention [OBP] 

shall be funded at $9,961,000, which is $1,546,000 above the request and $543,000 below the fiscal year 2014 level. The funds will 

sustain needed training, information sharing, and awareness for 

State, local, and private sector entities regarding how terrorists use 

explosives, in addition to needed analysis of counter-explosives requirements, capabilities, and gaps. The Committee is aware of 

OBP’s efforts to work with the National Guard on training and encourages the Office to analyze efficiencies that could be gained 

through coordination with the National Guard mission. The Committee further encourages OBP to continue to work with the Department of Defense on capabilities related to counter explosives, 

including the possible transfer, equipping, and storage of electronic 

countermeasures. The Office should continue to explore applicable 

capabilities from defense programs that comply with domestic policies and protections, such as privacy. 

The Committee supports the efforts of the OBP to counter the 

threat and mitigate the impact of an incident using an improvised 

explosive device by building capabilities among State, local, tribal 
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and territorial partners, the private sector, and the public. The 

Committee encourages further cooperation through the interagency 

Joint Program Office for Countering Improvised Explosive Devices 

to ensure that capabilities from the Departments of Defense and 

Justice, such as the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center, and National Center for Explosives Training and Research are leveraged 

in support of DHS efforts. The Committee also encourages further 

work among OBP, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

and Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to meet preparedness goals in a systematic manner. 

Vulnerability Assessments.—Of the total amount provided, $17,006,000 is for vulnerability assessments, as requested. The 

Committee notes that in conducting assessments on risks to critical 

infrastructure and key resources, interdependencies on associated 

infrastructure—including cyber—are often discovered. The Committee encourages NPPD to ensure this information is shared regionally to maximize the benefits of the assessments and facilitate 

planning for restoration of services post-disaster. 

Large Venue Safety.—The Committee directs NPPD to fully fund 

training of safety and security professionals charged with public 

protection at large venues with large crowds. The Committee encourages the Department to continue strengthening existing partnerships with institutions and centers that have well-developed 

training programs for security personnel to meet safety and security requirements at large venues, including those that host professional, collegiate, and amateur sporting events. Such entities 

should possess unique resources, research, and programs that can 

be combined to enhance dissemination of effective security techniques to sports safety venue professionals. 

Fuel Hubs.—The Committee notes NPPD’s efforts to review petroleum transportation and distribution systems in the aftermath 

of Hurricane Sandy and directs the Directorate to make information on the analysis available to affected States. 

Sensing Technologies.—NPPD is directed to provide a briefing on 

the development and use of sensing technologies to enhance building security and resilience no later than 60 days after the date of 

enactment of this act. 

Sector Management and Governance.—In a recent report entitled, 

‘‘Critical Infrastructure Protection: Observations on Key Factors in 

DHS’s Implementation of Its Partnership Approach’’ (GAO–14– 

464T), GAO found that DHS still has work to do regarding several 

key factors that are important to implement its partnership approach with industry to protect critical infrastructure. For example, 

a systematic approach to gathering feedback from industry owners 

and operators and measuring the results of these efforts is still 

lacking. The Committee is perplexed that, given the need to update 

processes, the budget request includes an 11 percent increase in 

salaries and expenses and a 5 percent decrease for programmatic 

funding. NPPD shall reassess its budget priorities to ensure the 

most critical issues are addresses first. 

Chemical Security.—The Committee recommends $86,727,000 for 

Infrastructure Security Compliance, $249,000 below the request 

and $5,727,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The 
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Under Secretary of NPPD is directed to provide a report on the implementation of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards 

[CFATS] program to the Committee on a semiannual basis that includes the number of: facilities covered, inspectors, completed inspections, inspections completed by region, pending inspections, 

days inspections are overdue, enforcements resulting from inspections, and enforcements overdue for resolution. This data should be 

delineated by tier. The first report shall be submitted no later than 

90 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

On June 6, 2014, the White House released a report required in 

Executive Order 13650 entitled Improving Chemical Facility Safety 

and Security with specific recommendations to enhance the safety 

and security of chemical facilities and reduce risks associated with 

hazardous chemicals to facility workers, communities, and first responders. NPPD is directed to brief the Committee on the progress 

of fulfilling the recommendations and the progress being made to 

improve coordination among Federal agencies on chemical security 

and safety no later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

act. The requirement included in previous fiscal years for a semiannual report from the Deputy Secretary on coordination efforts 

within the Department is discontinued in light of the new Federal 

effort, including the convened working group. 

The Committee recognizes NPPD’s continued and needed focus 

on evolving CFATS into a program that balances the need for security with the need of efficient chemical management by companies. 

As its approach to chemical security develops and matures, the 

Committee urges NPPD to find the best possible path to ensure 

safety while not overburdening the industry with excessive regulatory requirements. In particular it is imperative that NPPD work 

with industry on a viable solution to personnel surety. 

The Committee remains concerned about the capabilities available to first responders, chemical facility workers, and the general 

population to protect themselves in the event of exposure to hazardous chemicals. NPPD is encouraged to consider chemical neutralization technologies when creating comprehensive and integrated standard operating procedures for a unified Federal approach for identifying and responding to risks in chemical facilities 

as detailed in Executive Order 13650. 

The Committee finds the use of administratively uncontrollable 

overtime [AUO] by NPPD personnel has been excessive, particularly by chemical security inspectors. Since fiscal year 2010, nearly 

all of the chemical security inspectors have reached the maximum 

cap on AUO pay at 25 percent each year—in two of those years, 

every inspector was paid the maximum. As outlined in the Deputy 

Secretary’s May 23, 2014, memorandum entitled ‘‘Improving AUO 

Administration within the Department of Homeland Security,’’ positions eligible for AUO are positions ‘‘in which the hours of duty 

cannot be controlled administratively, and which require substantial amounts of irregular, unscheduled overtime duty.’’ The Committee acknowledges that inspectors, in the course of business, may 

need to extend their generally scheduled inspections due to concerning and irregular circumstances. However, the Committee directs NPPD to consider the eligibility of these employees for AUO 

consistent with the Deputy Secretary’s memorandum and future 
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policies and procedures. NPPD shall keep the Committee apprised 

of developments in this area. 

CYBERSECURITY

The Committee recommends $757,340,000 for Cybersecurity programs, $10,896,000 above the budget request and $34,951,000 

below the fiscal year 2014 level. 

Federal Network Security.—Of the total amount for 

cybersecurity, the Committee recommends $171,418,000 for Federal 

Network Security, of which $140,525,000 is to provide continuous 

monitoring and diagnostics for the civilian Federal computer network to detect malicious activity on Government networks. DHS 

has made great strides in implementing the continuous monitoring 

and diagnostics program by putting contract vehicles in place and 

signing agreements with 108 departments and agencies; however, 

the actual purchase and deployment of capabilities has been slow. 

The Committee expects DHS and all departments and agencies to 

move forward with deliberate haste, given the cyber threat. The 

Committee notes the promise of continuous monitoring and 

diagnostics in revamping Federal Information Security Management Act requirements to get timely, accurate, and actionable results. 

While NPPD is leading the effort for continuous monitoring and 

diagnostics and funds are provided for standardizing and improving this capability across the Federal enterprise, the responsibility 

for information technology management, including security, remains with each Federal agency. As such, each agency must continue to plan and budget for security needs consistent with current 

law and policies as well as emerging threats and needs. NPPD 

shall provide its expertise and capabilities to supplement, but not 

supplant, the budget and responsibilities of other agencies. A general provision, first enacted in fiscal year 2013, requiring reports 

on the progress of the implementation of this effort is included but 

modified to reduce the frequency of the reports to semiannual. 

Network Security Deployment.—The National Cybersecurity Protection System [NCPS], known as Einstein, was deployed in 2004, 

and has been upgraded in stages to address the evolving threat 

through technological advances. As required in the explanatory 

statement accompanying the Department of Homeland Security 

Appropriations Act, 2014, GAO is currently conducting a comprehensive review of the Einstein program’s effectiveness. The 

Committee expects NPPD will act upon reasonable recommendations without delay. 

Cybersecurity Personnel Nationwide.—NPPD is directed to conduct a review of the availability and benefit (including cost savings 

and security) of using cybersecurity personnel and facilities outside 

of the National Capital Region [NCR] to serve the Federal and national need. Findings of this review shall be reported to Congress 

no later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this act. Further, should DHS gain special hiring authority for cybersecurity 

personnel, the authority shall not be used in any case unless consideration has first been given to using personnel and facilities outside the NCR. 
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Enhanced Cybersecurity Services.—The Committee supports 

NPPD’s efforts to make available Enhanced Cybersecurity Services 

[ECS] and urges NPPD to begin working with State and local governments on risks to government systems and to critical infrastructure in their communities. Since these governments oversee the 

safety of, and in some cases directly operate, elements of the electrical grid, water utilities, public transportation, communications 

systems, and other key assets it is critical that they have access 

to the latest tools in this fiscal year. Further, NPPD shall report 

to the Committee, no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act, on the current size and expected growth of the 

State and local government need for ECS protection services. The 

report shall include the number of entities utilizing ECS today, the 

anticipated need for ECS use in the next 2 years, and NPPD’s plan 

for expanding use of ECS, including an articulation of any barriers 

to ECS use by particular types of users and how NPPD will assist 

in overcoming those barriers. 

Cybersecurity Education.—The Committee recommends 

$25,893,000 for Global Cybersecurity Management, of which no less 

than $15,810,000 is for cybersecurity education. The Committee rejects the administration’s proposal to reduce funding for 

cybersecurity education. A reduction will delay the stated goal of 

educating 1.7 million students by 2021 which is the determined 

need to keep pace with the cyber threat. This is unacceptable. If 

the Department chooses to reassess the overall need for 

cybersecurity education, NPPD shall provide a report to the Committee on the methodology and metrics the administration uses to 

determine the new need and demonstrate how it is consistent with 

the goals established in the National Initiative for Cybersecurity 

Education. Further, to have an effective workforce development 

program it is imperative that DHS establish clear and specific requirements which define types of cybersecurity personnel. For example, the Department of Defense has specific guidance and procedures for the training, certification, and management of all government employees who conduct information assurance functions in 

assigned duty positions (referred to as DoDD 8570). This discipline 

will establish a measurable goal for a properly skilled workforce. 

NPPD is directed to brief the Committee no later than 60 days 

after the date of enactment of this act on a specific timeline by 

which workforce development requirements will be precisely defined. 

National Cybersecurity Review.—The Committee looks forward to 

receiving the biannual National Cybersecurity Review in a timely 

fashion and notes that it provides critical information regarding 

the Nation’s resilience against and readiness for a cyber incident 

used by Federal agencies and the private sector. 

COMMUNICATIONS

The Committee recommends $180,713,000 for communications 

programs, $736,000 above the amount requested and $49,250,000 

above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

Emergency Communications.—Of the total amount recommended, 

$37,335,000 is for the Office of Emergency Communications [OEC], 

$855,000 above the amount requested, and $115,000 below the fis-
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cal year 2014 level. The Committee provides additional funding to 

ensure OEC can maintain the same level of training and exercise 

support to State, tribal, and local governments as in fiscal year 

2014. 

The Committee remains committed to ensuring Federal funding 

for interoperability is used to enhance communications among 

local, State, and Federal first responders, consistent with each community’s needs. The Committee directs OEC to work with FEMA 

to ensure that applicable Department fiscal year 2015 guidance for 

first responder communications grant programs includes appropriate guidance based on factors including effectiveness, risk, and 

affordability for newer capabilities as they come online, such as 

multi-band land mobile radios and terminals. 

Next Generation Networks.—Of the total amount recommended, 

$69,559,000 is for the Next Generation Networks Program, $12,000 

below the request and $48,401,000 above fiscal year 2014. This 

funding provides the next significant increment to ensure priority 

calls can be placed on the most current technology during disasters 

and emergencies. 

FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

Appropriations, 2014 1 ........................................................................... $1,301,824,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 1 ......................................................................... 1,342,606,000 

Committee recommendation 1 ............................................................... 1,342,606,000 

1Fully funded by offsetting collections paid by General Services Administration tenants and 

credited directly to this appropriation. 

The Federal Protective Service [FPS] is responsible for the security and protection of Federal property under the control of the 

General Services Administration [GSA]; and for the enforcement of 

laws for the protection of persons and property, the prevention of 

breaches of peace, and enforcement of any rules and regulations 

made and promulgated by the GSA Administrator and/or the Secretary. The FPS authority can also be extended by agreement to 

any area with a significant Federal interest. The FPS account provides funds for the salaries, benefits, travel, training, and other expenses of the program, offset by collections paid by GSA tenants 

and credited to the account. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $1,342,606,000, as requested, for 

salaries and expenses of the Federal Protective Service for fiscal 

year 2015. This amount is fully offset by collections of security fees. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Basic security ................................................................................ 271,540 275,763 275,763 

Building-specific Security .............................................................. 509,056 600,615 600,615 

Reimbursable Security Fees (Contract Guard Services) ................ 521,228 466,228 466,228 

Total, Federal Protective Service ...................................... 1,301,824 1,342,606 1,342,606 
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FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Offsetting Fee Collections .............................................................. -1,301,824 -1,342,606 -1,342,606 

The Federal Protective Service is funded through fees assessed 

to participating agencies by the OMB. The Secretary of Homeland 

Security is directed to certify that FPS is sufficiently funded to support the requested 1,371 FTE, including no less than 1,007 police 

officers, inspectors, area commanders, and special agents by December 31, 2014. 

A provision was included in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Acts of 2012, 2013, and 2014 requiring FPS to 

submit a strategic human capital plan that aligns fee collections to 

personnel requirements based on a current threat assessment. FPS 

submitted its first full Strategic Human Capital Plan on March 12, 

2014. Based on direction in the Explanatory Statement accompanying the fiscal year 2014 Act, GAO is now required to evaluate 

the plan and provide a report on its effectiveness. FPS shall brief 

the Committee on its implementation of GAO recommendations 

upon receiving them. The provision to submit a strategic plan is retained for one additional year pending GAO’s findings. 

For over 2 years FPS has been providing quarterly briefings on 

its efforts to link operations, performance, and cost data. The Committee expects the FPS proposed resource allocation, including the 

fee design, for fiscal year 2016 to be based on these efforts and to 

demonstrate a clear metric based on risk. The quarterly briefings 

are no longer required. 

OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $227,108,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 251,584,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 249,142,000 

MISSION

The mission of the Office of Biometric Identity Management 

[OBIM] is to collect, maintain, and share biometric data with authorized DHS, Federal, State, tribal, local law enforcement agencies, and strategic foreign partners. As the agency responsible for 

maintaining the Automated Biometric Identification System 

[IDENT] and a biometric center of expertise, OBIM provides an invaluable capability to ensure national security, public safety and 

the integrity of the Nation’s immigration system. OBIM is charged 

with fostering full interoperability and real-time data sharing 

among the Homeland Security, Justice, and Defense Departments’ 

biometric identity management systems. OBIM also must ensure 

that biometrics can be used as the means to link associated biographic information such that individuals can be uniquely identified, serving its customers’ security, facilitation, and customer service needs. 
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RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $249,142,000 for OBIM, including 

$25,382,000 for system improvements to the Automated Biometric 

Identification System [IDENT]. This is $2,442,000 below the request and $22,034,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 

2014. The Committee strongly supports IDENT modernization; 

though given budget constraints, the recommended level will support only half the proposed purchase of 10-print biometric matching 

devices. OBIM is encouraged to apply any cost savings during the 

fiscal year to modernization efforts. 

In addition, as specified under ‘‘National Protection and Programs Directorate, Management and Administration’’ 18 FTE are 

transferred from OBIM to NPPD as requested and modified. NPPD 

shall brief the Committee on the specific business support FTE. 

This recommendation does not alter the funding level proposed for 

these FTE in the M&A PPA or the OBIM account. 

Language is included in the bill requiring a multi-year investment and management plan be submitted with the President’s 

budget request that justifies current and future requirements for 

OBIM. The Committee directs OBIM to continue efforts to identify 

efficiencies under this new structure through reassessing its staffing, travel, and contractor support requirements. 

SEMIANNUAL BRIEFINGS

OBIM is directed to continue briefing the Committee on a semiannual basis on its workload and service levels, staffing, modernization efforts, and other operations. 

FOCUSED CUSTOMER SERVICE

OBIM is expected to continue its strong coordination with DHS 

and interagency partners to ensure appropriate focus on customer 

needs and service through regular, informal means of communication as well as through the official mechanism of the OBIM Executive Stakeholder Board. 

OBIM shall continue efforts to enroll into IDENT TSA’s special 

vetted populations as well as departmental employees and contractors, which has been a priority for a number of years. These populations and other potential future populations would enable better 

security and improve customer service. Consequently, OBIM is directed to include the status of these projects in its semiannual 

briefings. 

IDENTITY SERVICES

DHS is encouraged to work cooperatively with the Departments 

of Justice, Defense, and State to standardize and share biometric 

information. The Committee directs OBIM to continue semi-annual 

briefings on progress toward integrating the various systems, including Unique Identity, to describe existing capability gaps and a 

methodology by which to close them. Further, the Committee encourages OBIM to continue its data sharing and connectivity improvement efforts with the Intelligence Community. 
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OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $126,763,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 125,767,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 124,618,000 

The Office of Health Affairs [OHA], headed by the Chief Medical 

Officer who also serves as the Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, leads the Department on medical issues related to natural 

and man-made disasters; serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary on medical and public health issues; coordinates biodefense 

activities within the Department; and serves as the Department’s 

primary contact with other Departments and State, local, and tribal governments on medical and public health issues. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends total appropriations of 

$124,618,000, $1,149,000 below the request and $2,145,000 below 

the fiscal year 2014 level, for Office of Health Affairs programs. 

The Committee denies the requests to consolidate the BioWatch 

Program and the National Biosurveillance Integration Center into 

one PPA, and create a second PPA by combining Planning and Coordination and the Chemical Defense Program. In order to maintain proper oversight of expenditures, the fiscal year 2014 PPA 

structure for OHA is retained. This will allow the Committee to 

compare year to year appropriations uniformly. The following table 

summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the 

fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

BioWatch ........................................................................................ 85,277 84,651 84,651 

National Biosurveillance Integration Center .................................. 10,000 8,000 8,000 

Chemical Defense Program ........................................................... 824 824 824 

Planning and Coordination ............................................................ 4,995 4,995 4,995 

Salaries and Expenses ................................................................... 25,667 27,297 26,148 

Total, Office of Health Affairs .......................................... 126,763 125,767 124,618 

BIOWATCH

The Committee recommends $84,651,000 for the BioWatch Program, the same amount as requested and $626,000 below the 

amount provided in fiscal year 2014. This funding sustains current 

operations. 

OHA has recently announced the cancellation of the autonomous 

detection technology acquisition, also known as the BioWatch Generation 3 Program. While the request has been granted for a 

$626,000 reduction from the BioWatch Program by extending the 

timeline for full replacement and capitalization of laboratory equipment in the currently used Generation 1 and 2 models, the Committee remains supportive of the pursuance of next generation biodetection technology. OHA is directed to brief the Committee no 

later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act to ad-
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dress the impact of the delayed replacement of laboratory equipment on the BioWatch Program, along with the next steps forward 

on further technological advancement within this program. 

NATIONAL BIOSURVEILLANCE INTEGRATION CENTER

The Committee recommends $8,000,000 for the National Biosurveillance Integration Center [NBIC], the same amount as requested and $2,000,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 

2014. 

The Committee notes a strategic plan for NBIC to promote early 

warning and share situational awareness of biological events was 

published in November 2012. The plan establishes initiatives that 

may be measured and validated to ensure specific goals are accomplished, including dissemination of timely, useful, integrated Federal information related to incidents and threats. In addition, as 

part of the NBIC strategy, pilot projects are completed to demonstrate new capabilities for operational implementation. OHA is 

directed to brief the Committee on the progress of the implementation of the strategic plan and the specific outcomes of the pilot 

projects no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

act. The briefing shall include identification of obstacles to the implementation of the strategic plan and the timeframe for completion of the pilot programs. The ongoing costs and new needs for 

pilot projects should be identified in the brief. Pilot projects shall 

be competitively awarded in fiscal year 2015. 

CHEMICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM

The Committee recommends $824,000 for the Chemical Defense 

Program, the same as requested and the amount provided in fiscal 

year 2014. 

OHA has selected four cities across the United States in which 

to perform demonstration projects aimed at developing a comprehensive chemical defense framework. OHA is directed to brief 

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

of this act to provide an update on the demonstration projects underway in the selected cities. 

PLANNING AND COORDINATION

The Committee recommends $4,995,000 for Planning and Coordination, the same as requested and the amount provided in fiscal 

year 2014. OHA is directed to brief the Committee regarding how 

mission capability has been maintained, within the resources requested and provided, no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The Committee recommends $26,148,000 for Salaries and Expenses, $1,149,000 below the amount requested and $481,000 

above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The reduction from 

the request is justified due to vacancies. 
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UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN HEALTH SCREENING

The medical triage of aliens apprehended on the Southwest border and being taken into CBP and ICE custody has been an ongoing challenge, though the crisis of unaccompanied alien children 

has made this issue even more acute. Breakouts of chicken pox, 

scabies, and other communicable diseases among the detained population and those who come in contact with them, such as Border 

Patrol agents, are becoming more common. OHA has been assisting 

CBP and ICE in developing better policies and procedures for medical triage and, given the current crisis, has deployed medical professionals to assist by giving vaccinations and performing examinations. The Committee notes that direct care is not the intended use 

of OHA personnel, as such, OHA shall support CBP and ICE in developing a better medium- and long-term solution for engaging 

these critical services. 

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

The primary mission of the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency [FEMA] is to reduce the loss of life and property and protect the Nation from all hazards, including natural disasters, acts 

of terrorism, and other manmade disasters, by leading and supporting the Nation in a risk-based, comprehensive emergency management system of preparedness, protection, response, recovery, 

and mitigation. The following table summarizes the Committee’s 

recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget 

request levels: 

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Salaries and Expenses ............................................................. 946,982 924,664 935,720 

State and Local Programs ....................................................... 1,500,000 1 2,225,469 1,500,000 

Firefighter Assistance Grants .................................................. 680,000 ( 2 ) 680,000 

Emergency Management Performance Grants ......................... 350,000 ( 2 ) 350,000 

Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program ..................... ¥1,272 ¥1,815 ¥1,815 

United States Fire Administration ........................................... 44,000 41,407 44,000 

Disaster Relief Fund: 

Base ................................................................................ 594,522 595,672 595,672 

Disaster Relief Category ................................................. 5,626,386 6,437,793 6,437,793 

Subtotal, Disaster Relief Fund ................................... 6,220,908 7,033,465 7,033,465 

Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis ............................... 95,202 84,403 100,000 

National Flood Insurance Fund 3 ............................................. (176,300 ) (179,294 ) (179,294 ) 

National Predisaster Mitigation Fund ...................................... 25,000 .............................. 25,000 

Emergency food and shelter .................................................... 120,000 100,000 100,000 

Total, Federal Emergency Management Agency .... 9,980,820 10,407,593 10,766,370 

1 Includes $670,000,000 proposed for Firefighter Assistance Grants and $350,000,000 proposed for Emergency Management Performance

Grants, which continue to be funded in separate appropriations. 2 Funding proposed under State and Local Programs. 

3 Fully offset by fee collection. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $946,982,000 

Budget estimate, 2015. .......................................................................... 924,664,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 935,720,000 
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Funding for FEMA Salaries and Expenses provides for the development and maintenance of an integrated, nationwide capability to 

prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from the consequences of major disasters and emergencies, regardless of cause, 

in partnership with Federal agencies, State, local, and tribal governments, volunteer organizations, and the private sector. The Salaries and Expenses account supports FEMA’s programs by coordinating between headquarters and regional offices the policy, managerial, resource, and administrative actions. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends total appropriations of $935,720,000 for FEMA Salaries and Expenses, which is $11,056,000 above the 

request and $11,262,000 below fiscal year 2014. The following table 

summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the 

fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Administrative and Regional Offices ....................................... 249,855 245,218 244,183 

Office of National Capital Region Coordination ............. (3,400 ) .............................. (3,400 ) 

Preparedness and Protection ................................................... 173,406 185,000 184,659 

Response .................................................................................. 178,692 167,376 174,586 

Urban Search and Rescue Response Systems ............... (35,180 ) (27,513 ) (35,180 ) 

Recovery ................................................................................... 55,121 56,030 55,789 

Mitigation ................................................................................. 27,858 25,782 27,738 

Mission Support ....................................................................... 151,744 141,809 145,316 

Centrally Managed Accounts ................................................... 110,306 103,449 103,449 

Total, Salaries and Expenses ..................................... 946,982 924,664 935,720 

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

Since fiscal year 2012, FEMA Salaries and Expenses have been 

reduced by 9.3 percent. Much of the reduction is attributed to prudent decision-making about out-of-date contract services, strategic 

workforce management, and streamlining functions by transferring 

them to the regional offices from headquarters. Other less desirable 

reductions have been proposed in deferral of maintenance to training facilities, reduction to long view programs such as mitigation 

programs, and under investment in technology improvements. The 

Committee expects that FEMA will strive to strike a reasonable 

balance between needed reductions in the short term and investing 

in long view programs to reduce future risk which saves money and 

lives. The fiscal year 2016 budget justification should clearly identify FEMA’s strategy in developing budget trade-offs. 

Of the total amount made available, $33,862,000 is included for 

Mount Weather capital improvements and operations, as requested. Of the total amounts provided, not less than: $2,000,000 is for 

the Emergency Management Assistance Compact under the Preparedness and Protection PPA; $4,199,515 is for the National Hurricane Program under the Response PPA; $8,500,000 is for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program and $9,100,000 is 
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for the National Dam Safety Program under the Mitigation PPA. 

Funding levels for each of these programs are maintained at fiscal 

year 2014 levels. The Committee is perplexed by the proposed reduction to EMAC since funds facilitate mutual aid among States 

and local governments, thereby reducing the burden to the Federal 

Government. The proposed 43 percent cut which would reduce 

training, upgrades to the Mutual Aid Support System, and readiness activities is rejected. The Committee provides $8,516,000 for evaluations and assessments, as requested, in the Preparedness and Protection PPA. In 

previous years the Committee included funding for evaluations and 

assessments in the Administrative and Regional Offices PPA in 

hopes that FEMA leadership would take a FEMA-wide approach to 

evaluating programs for State, tribal, local governments. Given the 

need to maintain focus on preparedness programs, the proposed reduction in funds, and the direction throughout this report to do 

evaluations in other programs, the Committee includes the funds 

as requested in the Preparedness and Protection PPA. FEMA is encouraged to, nonetheless, take a comprehensive approach to program evaluation including preparedness, response, and recovery 

creating more useful evaluations and reducing the burden on partners. 

The Committee is disappointed in the delayed release of the 

third annual National Preparedness Report [NPR]. The report is an 

important opportunity to continue to hone the alignment of preparedness needs with investments through the resources of Federal, State, tribal, and local governments. Additionally, the NPR 

should begin to include information this year garnered from the 

Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments [THIRA] 

being completed at all levels of government. The Committee is concerned that momentum to continue improving efforts like THIRA 

and then align them with reporting mechanisms is waning. This 

will lead to yet another attempted but not completed approach to 

put performance metrics in place. A continued discombobulated approach to assess readiness puts limited resources at risk from being 

invested in the most worthy projects. The Committee expects the 

NPR to be delivered without delay. Further, FEMA is directed to 

brief the Committee no later than 30 days after the NPR is published on the development of a measurement system that will assess the Nation’s risk, readiness, and the specific gaps in capabilities, including the incorporation of any THIRA information. 

The Committee urges FEMA to continue efforts through demonstration projects to ensure the latest technologies are available 

for use by people who are deaf, blind, or non-English speaking so 

they may receive emergency alert notifications. 

AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

The Committee provides $4,000,000 above the total amount requested to continue FEMA’s automation modernization program, 

the same level as fiscal year 2014. The funding and the report required in this and previous Appropriations Acts provide the means 

and structure for FEMA to modernize its systems for better performance and future costs savings. FEMA shall continue to include 

the DHS CIO in planning efforts to ensure compatibility with other 
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departmental systems where practicable. The Committee commends the FEMA Chief Information Officer for embarking on a 

capital planning and investment review of the over 600 systems 

FEMA operates and expects the results of the review to be helpful 

in evaluating the current modernization strategy. 

OFFICE OF NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION COORDINATION

The Committee recommends $3,400,000 for the Office of National 

Capital Region Coordination [ONCRC], the same level as the request and the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The Committee 

recognizes the unique responsibilities of the Office in coordinating 

emergency preparedness and response activity in a high-population 

area, where the workforce is made up of many independently operating Federal agencies and the District of Columbia, and where 

National leaders and foreign dignitaries are ever present. 

The Committee notes that FEMA has reconsidered its realignment of the ONCRC which was proposed on July 2, 2013. After 

consultation with stakeholders and a refocusing on the legislated 

mission, it appears FEMA has charted a new way forward for the 

ONCRC to best serve the needs of this unique area. FEMA is directed to conduct an exercise, in cooperation with State and local 

governments, to demonstrate how the updated proposal for execution of the ONCRC mission will function and how authorities will 

be used during an incident. The exercise will ensure the concept is 

tested and the roles and responsibilities are clearly understood and 

agreed upon at all levels of government. If during the exercise, 

high priority activities for the ONCRC are reevaluated, FEMA 

shall brief the Committee on the new priorities including the timeframe for execution. Previously prioritized activities include aligning Federal building emergency plans and evacuation procedures to 

facilitate an orderly evacuation for no-notice events and facilitating 

daily data sharing across local, State, and the plethora of Federal 

sources for situational awareness. 

A permanent provision included in the Department of Homeland 

Security Appropriations Act, 2013, requires inclusion of the Governors of the State of West Virginia and the Commonwealth of 

Pennsylvania in the National Capital Region decision-making process for mass evacuations. FEMA is directed to include officials from 

the counties and municipalities that contain the evacuation routes 

and their tributaries in the planning process. 

URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE RESPONSE SYSTEM

The Committee recommends $35,180,000 for the Urban Search 

and Rescue Response System, $7,667,000 above the request and 

the same amount as provided in fiscal year 2014. Funding will sustain the existing system and additional chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological, and explosives capabilities gained in fiscal year 

2012. 

BUDGET PRESENTATION

The Committee directs FEMA to submit its fiscal year 2016 

budget request, including justification materials, by office. Each office and FEMA region shall include (1) budget detail by object clas-
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sification; (2) the number of FTE on-board; (3) the number of FTE 

vacancies; and (4) the appropriations account(s) used to support the 

office and the programs managed by the office. The level of detail 

provides improved transparency and refined tracking of actual 

spending. 

The Committee commends FEMA for making the budget request 

in the same PPA structure, with minor exceptions under the State 

and Local Programs appropriation, in which funds are appropriated 

instead of continuing the previous practice of presenting the budget 

solely in a new format, making program and activity comparison 

over fiscal years an exercise in frustration. 

The Committee also notes that FEMA included an addendum 

proposing to combine the Response and Recovery PPAs into a single PPA. This request is denied. The Committee feels strongly that 

maintaining a known level of funding in both response and recovery will ensure that spending is not subject to the response issue 

of the day and thereby putting at risk funding recovery activities 

that have a longer term need. The separate PPAs were established 

to ensure transparency in level of effort between the two functions 

due to the concern over complaints of FEMA’s ability to assist in 

an efficient and effective recovery. For example, FEMA’s ability to 

support recovery after Hurricane Katrina suffered severely in no 

small part due to antiquated and convoluted recovery policies. Further, the Committee has not been provided with specific examples 

of how separate PPAs are inhibiting FEMA’s ability to perform. 

Should FEMA supply further convincing evidence of the need for 

unification of the PPAs and demonstrate a way to ensure long view 

issues will not suffer from the demands of urgent matters of the 

day, the unification could be reconsidered. 

OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Pursuant to the Explanatory Statement accompanying the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014, the Committee has been briefed on the implementation of plans to improve 

accuracy and timeliness of FEMA’s communications with Congress 

and the public. The Committee expects communications going forward will be greatly improved. 

SANDY RECOVERY IMPROVEMENT ACT

The Committee commends FEMA for developing a task force and 

schedule of work to implement all provisions of the Sandy Recovery 

Improvement Act, which was enacted on January 29, 2013 (Public 

Law 113–2, division B). In order to hasten recovery and augment 

mitigation efforts in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy and other 

disasters throughout the country, FEMA is directed to remain focused on this effort and provide the necessary resources to continue 

it in earnest. Further, FEMA is directed to continue documenting 

the savings in time and costs, and the expedited recovery opportunities afforded communities due to the change in authorities. This 

information should be made available to Congress periodically. 
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CHILDREN AND DISASTERS

The National Commission on Children and Disasters highlighted 

the unique disaster-related needs of America’s 73 million children. 

The Committee notes the progress that focusing on these unique 

needs has caused in recent disaster response and recovery. The 

Committee directs FEMA to sustain its ongoing efforts to address 

children’s disaster-related needs both in headquarters and regional 

offices. Further, FEMA is directed to provide an updated report, 

not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this act, on 

grant expenditures related to ensuring the needs of children are 

met, including all sources of FEMA grants, such as preparedness 

and mitigation. The Committee also encourages FEMA to coordinate with the Department of Health and Human Services to better 

collect information as it pertains to child care services provided by 

the Child Care Development Block Grant and provide a briefing to 

the Committee on the results of the coordination within 120 days 

after the date of enactment of this act. 

WILDFIRE MITIGATION

Since 1980, wildfires have caused over $28,000,000,000 in economic losses across the United States and fire suppression costs 

have risen sharply over that time as wildfire seasons have gradually worsened. Wildfire mitigation efforts not only reduce the costs 

of wildfires to the economy and Federal Government, but also save 

lives. As required in Senate Report 113–77, FEMA provided the 

‘‘Fire Mitigation: Fiscal Year 2014 Report to Congress.’’ The report 

reveals that the majority of FEMA funds are directed toward wildfire suppression through the Fire Management Assistance Grant 

[FMAG] program, which does not allocate funding for wildfire prevention. FEMA does make mitigation funds available through the 

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program [HMGP] in response to a major 

disaster declaration; however, since very few wildfires achieve this 

categorization wildfire prevention is not a focus of this program. 

The Predisaster Mitigation [PDM] Program is the only significant 

FEMA program devoted entirely to the mitigation and prevention 

of natural disasters, and based on the report, over the past 5 years, 

15 PDM wildfire-related projects for under $11,000,000 have been 

awarded. By contrast, FEMA spent over $290,000,000 during that 

time period through FMAG for wildfire suppression and response, 

and other Federal agencies spent well in excess of $10,000,000,000 

suppressing and responding to wildfires. In light of these figures, 

FEMA’s efforts regarding mitigation and repeated attempts to 

eliminate funding for PDM by the administration are puzzling. The 

Committee directs FEMA, in conjunction with the Forest Service 

and the Department of Interior, to provide a strategy to better 

mitigate wildfire impacts on urban and residential areas no later 

than 120 days after the date of enactment of this act. The strategy 

should include ways for FEMA to partner with the Forest Service 

and Department of Interior in their wildfire prevention and mitigation efforts, and also ways for FEMA to partner with State and 

local governments at risk for wildfires on cooperative efforts in the 

coming years. 
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DISASTER DECLARATIONS FOR TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS

The Committee urges FEMA to continue implementing Section 

1110 of the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act (Public Law 113–2, 

division B) which provides authority to make disaster declarations 

directly to Tribal governments. FEMA is directed to provide semiannual briefings to the Committee, and the authorizing committees 

of jurisdiction, regarding the progress made in implementing this 

provision, including FEMA resources and personnel dedicated to 

the program. 

RESILIENCE

The Committee notes that many policy documents, such as the 

National Mitigation Framework, have been produced in recent 

years but FEMA’s budget proposals have yet to demonstrate a 

change in the commitment to supporting mitigation projects and in 

leading an effort to promote resilient communities. FEMA is directed to clearly articulate a funding strategy that supports and 

promotes mitigation and resilience in the fiscal year 2016 congressional budget justification. The description shall articulate how 

each of the hazards have been prioritized and what, if any, risk 

weights have been assigned to particular types of disasters. Further, FEMA shall brief the Committee on the method by which not 

only current hazards but future threats, such as evolving terrorist 

methods, technological incidents, and extreme weather events, are 

incorporated into the cost benefit calculation for mitigation 

projects, including for projects in rural communities, no later than 

60 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

COMPONENT COLLABORATION

The Committee included several requirements in Senate report 

113–77 aimed at closer collaboration between FEMA and the National Protection and Programs Directorate [NPPD] on preparedness activities, mitigation efforts, and response and recovery from 

disasters and attacks. The Department’s responses to these requirements further solidified the Committee’s position that this collaboration is essential to resilience and efficient, effective use of resources. The Committee expects FEMA and NPPD to jointly brief 

on continued coordination no later than 90 days after the date of 

enactment of this act. 

STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $1,500,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 1 ......................................................................... 2,225,469,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,500,000,000 

1 Includes $670,000,000 proposed for Firefighter Assistance Grants and $350,000,000 proposed 

for Emergency Management Performance Grants, which continue to be funded in separate appropriations. 

Funding for State and Local Programs provides grants for training, equipment, planning, and exercises to improve readiness for 

potential disasters. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $1,500,000,000 for State and Local 

Programs, $294,531,000 above the amount requested in comparable 

programs and the same level as fiscal year 2014. The following 

table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared 

to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 en- acted Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Grants: 

National Preparedness Grant Program ............................. .............................. 1,043,200 ..............................

State Homeland Security Grant Program ......................... 466,346 ............................ 467,000 

Operation Stonegarden ............................................ (55,000 ) ............................ (55,000 ) 

Urban Area Security Initiative .......................................... 600,000 ............................ 600,000 

Nonprofit Security Grants ........................................ (13,000 ) ............................ (13,000 ) 

Public Transportation Security/Railroad Security/Bus Assistance ........................................................................ 100,000 ............................ 100,000 

Amtrak ...................................................................... (10,000 ) ............................ (10,000 ) 

Port Security Grants .......................................................... 100,000 ............................ 100,000 

First Responder Assistance Programs: 

Emergency Management Performance Grants ......... ( 1 ) 350,000 ( 1 ) 

Firefighter Assistance Grants .................................. ( 1 ) 670,000 ( 1 ) 

Training Partnership Grants .................................... .............................. 60,000 ..............................

Subtotal, First Responder Assistance Programs .............................. 1,080,000 ..............................

Subtotal, Grants .................................................. 1,266,346 2,225,469 1,267,000 

Education, Training, and Exercises: 

Emergency Management Institute .................................... 20,569 19,438 20,569 

Center for Domestic Preparedness ................................... 64,991 62,912 64,991 

National Domestic Preparedness Consortium .................. 98,000 ............................ 98,000 

National Exercise Program ................................................ 21,094 19,919 19,919 

Continuing training ........................................................... 29,000 ............................ 29,521 

Subtotal, Education, Training, and Exercises .............. 233,654 102,269 233,000 

Total, State and Local Programs ................................. 1,500,000 2,225,469 1,500,000 

1 Funds appropriated under a separate account. 

GRANT REFORM

The Committee notes that the budget request includes a conceptual proposal for grant reform, similar to the fiscal year 2013 and 

2014 requests. This year, in addition to the concept presented in 

the request, a legislative proposal was submitted to the authorizing 

committees of jurisdiction on March 4, 2014, that would enact the 

necessary authorities to carry out the reform. The proposal needs 

to be fully vetted before it can be acted on by Congress. The Committee therefore includes funds in accordance with current law and 

provides funding in the same manner as fiscal year 2014. Should 

authorizing legislation be completed before enactment of fiscal year 

2015 appropriations, adjustments could be considered. FEMA is directed to evaluate the effects of the grant reform on small and 

rural communities and make information available to Congress as 

the legislation is debated. A general provision is continued prohibiting the implementation of grant reform until congressional action 

on the matter has occurred. 
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GRANTS MANAGEMENT

The Committee includes specific timeframes for grant dollar distribution. For each of the grant programs, funding opportunity announcements shall be issued in 60 days, applicants shall apply 

within 80 days after announcements are made, and FEMA shall 

act on the application within 65 days after applications are due. 

The Department is encouraged to require State and local governments to address child care services and facilities in response and 

recovery plans, exercises, and training. Additionally, the Committee is concerned that State and local cybersecurity issues are 

not receiving the needed resources and attention, and the Department is encouraged to require State and local governments to include their Chief Information Officers in planning efforts. Further, 

serious consideration shall be given to eligible applications to protect networks against cyber attacks. The Committee is concerned 

that drinking water and sanitation security needs, especially related to emergency response initiatives, are not adequately addressed. FEMA is also encouraged to require State and local governments to include rural water associations in planning efforts. 

FEMA is encouraged to consider the need for technologies to improve communication and speed transmission of images and realtime video to underserved trauma centers when evaluating grant 

applications. FEMA is urged to prioritize eligible grant applications 

that use existing broadcast infrastructure systems for emergency 

alerts. FEMA is urged to prioritize eligible projects for early warning systems, such as for earthquakes, and sirens when considering 

grant applications. 

FEMA is directed to work with grantees, particularly Urban 

Area Security Initiative recipients, on planning and sustainment of 

resources needed for preparedness to ensure that if Federal funding fluctuates, gains in preparedness can be sustained. 

STATE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM

The Committee recommends $467,000,000 for the State Homeland Security Grant Program [SHSGP], of which $55,000,000 shall 

be for Operation Stonegarden. Activities previously funded under 

Metropolitan Medical Response System, Citizens Corps, Regional 

Catastrophic Preparedness, Emergency Operations Centers, Driver’s Licenses Security Program, Buffer Zone Protection Program, 

and the Interoperable Emergency Communication Grant Programs 

in fiscal year 2011 are eligible for funding under SHSGP. 

Operation Stonegarden grants shall continue to be competitively 

awarded and shall not be restricted to any particular border. As in 

previous years, FEMA is directed to ensure all border States shall 

be eligible to apply in fiscal year 2015. 

URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE

The Committee recommends $600,000,000 for the Urban Areas 

Security Initiative [UASI], of which $13,000,000 shall be for nonprofit entities determined to be at high risk by the Secretary. Eligibility for nonprofit entities shall not be limited to UASI communities. Activities previously funded under Metropolitan Medical Response System, Citizens Corps, Regional Catastrophic Prepared-
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ness, Buffer Zone Protection Program, Emergency Operations Centers, and the Interoperable Emergency Communication Grant Programs in fiscal year 2011 are eligible for funding under UASI. 

The Committee notes that the 9/11 Act requires FEMA to conduct a risk assessment for the 100 most populous metropolitan 

areas annually. All such areas are eligible for UASI funding based 

on threat, vulnerability, and consequence. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT TERRORISM PREVENTION PROGRAM

In accordance with section 2006 of the Homeland Security Act of 

2002, the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program 

[LETPP] is funded through a required set aside of 25 percent of the 

funds appropriated through the SHSGP and UASI programs. The 

Committee directs FEMA to provide clear guidance to States and 

urban areas to ensure that the intent of LETPP is fully realized. 

FEMA is directed to provide an update of the report on expenditures for prevention activities, as required in Senate Report 113– 

77, no later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ASSISTANCE, RAILROAD SECURITY

ASSISTANCE, AND OVER-THE-ROAD BUS SECURITY ASSISTANCE

The Committee recommends $100,000,000 for Public Transportation Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance and Overthe-Road Bus Security Assistance. Of the recommended amount, no 

less than $10,000,000 is for Amtrak security needs. 

PORT SECURITY GRANTS

The Committee recommends $100,000,000 for the Port Security 

Grant Program. 

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXERCISES

The Committee recommends $233,000,000 for Education, Training, and Exercises. 

Of this amount, the Committee recommends $64,991,000 for the 

Center for Domestic Preparedness [CDP] and notes a permanent 

provision in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 

Act, 2013, regarding training conducted at the CDP. The Center for 

Domestic Preparedness provides specialized all-hazards preparedness training to State, local, and tribal emergency responders on 

skills tied to national priorities, particularly those related to terrorist attacks using weapons of mass destruction [WMD] and mass 

casualty events. It is the Nation’s only live-agent training facility 

for civilian responders, and it offers a unique environment that enables them to train using toxic nerve agents and live biological 

agents in safety. The funding provided will allow CDP to maximize 

its capacity to train the Nation’s first responders including: prepare 

mobile training teams, enhance training realism by incorporating 

lifelike training scenarios into courses, establish and support training partnerships with other Government agencies and academic institutions, develop and deliver new WMD and other mass casualty 

courses, and increase responder outreach through facilitation of 

State emergency preparedness training curricula. A provision is included permitting the Administrator to use the funds provided 
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under paragraph (5) under this heading to acquire real property for 

the purpose of establishing or appropriately extending the security 

buffer zones for FEMA-owned training facilities. Funding used for 

such purpose shall only come from funds specifically appropriated 

to the facility for which the property is acquired. Within the total, the Committee includes $98,000,000 for the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, instead of the 

$60,000,000 for Training Partnership Grants, as proposed in the 

budget which combines and reduces current first responder training. The Consortium, authorized by the 9/11 Act, has conducted 

training in all 50 States and each U.S. territory. Over 2,100,000 

first responders have been trained to date. The existing Consortium members have proven to be an effective delivery system for 

this important training. Dismantling the current program and replacing proven instructional bodies with an undefined system of 

providers would diminish the quality and consistency of training 

available to first responders. Funding shall be distributed in accordance with the 9/11 Act and as in previous years. The Committee includes $29,521,000 for Continuing Training Grants, instead of $60,000,000 for Training Partnership Grants, as 

proposed in the budget which combines and reduces current first 

responder training. The Committee supports full funding of programs that deliver homeland security curricula in the form of executive education programs and accredited master’s degree education. 

The Committee notes that hazardous materials training is as critical as ever for response to events such as chemical incidents and 

rail incidents. To prevent unnecessary loss of life, of the total 

amount provided for continuing training grants, no less than 

$2,000,000 shall be for hazardous materials training for first responders. Also, FEMA shall consider the training needs of State, 

tribal, and local first responders in preparedness and response to 

cybersecurity attacks and incidents. The Committee recognizes that 

detecting and mitigating major cyber attacks that create man-made 

disasters will require a speedy and coordinated response across all 

levels of government. FEMA is urged to continue use of existing 

training partners for the delivery of preparedness training to ensure first responder readiness for cybersecurity attacks and incidents, exercise tool development, and exercises emphasizing cooperation between Federal response capabilities and State and 

local response capabilities, including rural communities. 

The Committee notes officials from the National Transportation 

Safety Board have recognized that rail cars shipping crude oil and 

ethanol function like a moving pipeline across the Nation, and the 

Committee expects FEMA will adjust training needs for first responders accordingly. 

The Committee includes $20,569,000 for the Emergency Management Institute [EMI], $1,131,000 above the request and the same 

amount as the fiscal year 2014 level. The Committee notes EMI’s 

requirement to deliver training for a wide number of homeland security response scenarios. The Committee understands that technical assistance partners have been used where particular expertise is needed to meet this requirement. The Committee therefore 

encourages EMI to continue these partnerships, particularly with 

academic institutions that have proven track records of providing 
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FEMA, EMI, and other comparable entities with technical expertise. 

The Committee notes FEMA is undergoing a review of all of its 

training programs to assess if the programs are best meeting the 

needs of emergency managers and first responders. FEMA is directed to brief the Committee on the results of the review when it 

is completed. The briefing shall include information regarding how 

effective the courses are in addressing the needs documented in 

State emergency plans and Threat and Hazard Identification and 

Risk Assessments. 

The Committee includes $19,919,000 for the National Exercise 

Program. 

FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $680,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 1 ......................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 680,000,000 

1 Budget request proposes $670,000,000 under State and Local Programs. 

Firefighter assistance grants, as authorized by section 33 of the 

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229), 

assist local firefighting departments for the purpose of protecting 

the health and safety of the public and firefighting personnel, including volunteers and emergency medical service personnel, 

against fire and fire-related hazards. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $680,000,000 for firefighter assistance grants, including $340,000,000 for firefighter assistance 

grants, and $340,000,000 for firefighter staffing grants, to remain 

available until September 30, 2016. This is $10,000,000 above the 

amount requested under the State and Local Programs appropriation and the same amount as provided in fiscal year 2014. 

The Committee directs the Department to continue the present 

practice of funding applications according to local priorities and 

those established by the United States Fire Administration, and to 

continue direct funding to fire departments and the peer review 

process. The Committee expects that the rural fire department 

funding level will be consistent with the previous 5-year history, 

and FEMA shall brief the Committee no later than 30 days after 

the date of enactment of this act if there is an anticipated fluctuation. 

The Committee notes recent efforts to ensure lessons learned 

through grant programs in one community support better decision 

making in another. Recent examples of such efforts include successes in volunteer recruitment and avoiding injury or death by 

documenting department’s ‘‘near misses’’ and sharing the information so other departments can practice better safety. 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $350,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 1 ......................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 350,000,000 

1 Budget requests proposes $350,000,000 under State and Local Programs. 
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Funding requested in this account provides support to the Nation’s all-hazards emergency management system and helps to 

build State and local emergency management capability. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $350,000,000 for Emergency Management Performance Grants [EMPG], which is the same amount 

as requested under the State and Local Programs appropriation 

and as provided in fiscal year 2014. The Committee directs FEMA 

to retain EMPG as a separate grant program, and not to combine 

its funding with any other grant allocation or application process. 

The Committee notes the purpose of EMPG is to sustain an allhazards emergency capability at the State and local level. It should 

be noted, FEMA capabilities are only used when a State is overwhelmed in its ability to support a disaster and the President declares Federal assistance is needed. While there were 65 presidentially declared disasters in fiscal year 2013, there were also 

thousands of disasters that did not need Federal support but which 

were supported using EMPG funded staff or assets: 205 gubernatorial emergencies; 18,673 events that required State assistance; 

and 30,902 local and tribal events, according to the National Emergency Management Association and the U.S. Council of the International Association of Emergency Managers. This level of activity 

and the requirement for all levels of government to work together 

for unexpected disasters demonstrates the criticality of sustaining 

a nationwide capability. The Federal contribution through EMPG, 

which is a little over $1 per citizen, is matched by over 50 percent 

from State and local governments. This system enables an efficient 

response and assists in reducing costs to the Disaster Relief Fund. 

FEMA is directed to take into account the unique purpose of 

EMPG, as defined in the Stafford Act, when developing grant guidance. 

RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. ¥$1,272,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... ¥1,815,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. ¥1,815,000 

The Radiological Emergency Preparedness [REP] program assists 

State and local governments in the development of off-site radiological emergency preparedness plans within the emergency planning zones of commercial nuclear power facilities licensed by the 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission [NRC]. The fund is financed from 

fees assessed and collected from the NRC licensees to recover the 

amounts anticipated to be obligated in the next fiscal year for expenses related to REP program activities. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee provides for the receipt and expenditure of fees 

collected, as authorized by Public Law 105–276. The budget estimates fee collections to exceed expenditures by $1,815,000 in fiscal 

year 2015. 

Through implementation of the REP program, FEMA has developed not only specialists in the field, but also a capacity for a wide 
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range of radiation responses. A successful execution of the 2015 

planned exercises is expected and a more coordinated Federal message of response and recovery to a radiological event shall be completed. 

UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $44,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 41,407,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 44,000,000 

The mission of the United States Fire Administration [USFA] is 

to reduce losses, both economic and human, due to fire and other 

emergencies through training, research, coordination and support. 

USFA also prepares the Nation’s first responder and healthcare 

leaders through ongoing, and when necessary, expedited training 

regarding how to evaluate and minimize community risk, improve 

protection to critical infrastructure, and be better prepared to react 

to all hazard and terrorism emergencies. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $44,000,000 for the USFA, which is 

$2,593,000 above the amount requested and the same amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The amount included above the request 

will allow for the continued development of the National Fire Incident Reporting System [NFIRS], programs that promote fire safety 

and fire prevention in the wildland urban interface, and support for 

the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. 

The Committee is concerned that NFIRS has failed to reach full 

usefulness due to its slow progress in development, lack of ease of 

use, and inadequate data sets. USFA is directed to brief the Committee no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this act 

on specific steps that can be taken to address issues with NFIRS 

and ensure it fulfills its critical role of providing actionable information for fire departments. USFA shall work with stakeholders to 

develop the recommendations and identify clearly who is responsible for implementation. 

USFA, in cooperation with FEMA, is directed to continue its traditional funding for the congressionally mandated National Fallen 

Firefighters Memorial and related activities, which support the 

needs of survivors after the loss of a firefighter in the line of duty. 

Full USFA funding, combined with a grant from the Department 

of Justice and private sector support, is critical to sustain these 

services. 

A concept proposed in the budget request permitting State fire 

academies to compete for Firefighter Assistance Grants is denied. 

Instead the recommendation retains resources and authority to 

fully fund the State Fire Training Grant program within USFA, as 

in previous years, to ensure consistency and continuity of the program. 
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DISASTER RELIEF FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

Appropriations, 2014 1 ........................................................................... $6,220,908,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 2 ......................................................................... 7,033,464,494 

Committee recommendation 2 ............................................................... 7,033,464,494 

1 Includes disaster relief category funding of $5,626,386,000. 

2 Includes disaster relief category funding of $6,437,792,622. 

Through the Disaster Relief Fund [DRF], the Department provides a significant portion of the total Federal response to victims 

in presidentially declared major disasters and emergencies. Major 

disasters are declared when a State requests Federal assistance 

and proves that a given disaster is beyond the local and State capacity to respond. Under the DRF, FEMA will continue to operate 

the primary assistance programs, including Federal assistance to 

individuals and households; and public assistance, which includes 

the repair and reconstruction of State, local, and nonprofit infrastructure. The post-disaster hazard mitigation set-aside to States, 

as part of the DRF, works as a companion piece to the National 

Predisaster Mitigation Fund. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

As requested, the Committee recommends $7,033,464,494 for the Disaster Relief Fund, of which $6,437,792,622 is provided under 

the disaster relief adjustment pursuant to Public Law 112–25. The 

Committee is pleased the Department has requested amounts for 

the Disaster Relief Fund that more accurately reflect, based on documented claims and historic evidence, the disaster needs that are 

likely to arise during this fiscal year, including the costs of previously designated disasters. 

The Committee includes bill language requiring an expenditure 

plan and semiannual reports (reduced from the previous quarterly 

requirement) for disaster readiness and support costs; and a 

monthly report on disaster relief expenditures. The Committee recommends bill language transferring $24,000,000 to the Department 

of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General for audits and investigations. 

The Committee understands the importance of quickly processing 

claims filed by disaster survivors. FEMA is directed to provide a 

report to the Committee, and other relevant committees of jurisdiction, on the impact of the length of the claims adjustment process 

on the administrative costs of disasters no later than 120 days 

after the date of enactment of this act. The report shall also identify any issues associated with the availability of claims adjustors. 

In a September 2012 report entitled ‘‘Improved Criteria Needed 

to Assess a Jurisdiction’s Capability to Respond and Recover on Its 

Own’’ (GAO–12–838), GAO found that FEMA relies primarily on a 

single criterion, the per capita damage indicator, when recommending to the President whether public assistance funding should 

be provided after a disaster. Further, GAO found that the indicator 

is artificially low since it has not been fully adjusted for the rise 

in per capita income or for inflation. In response to the report, 

FEMA concurred with the GAO recommendation to develop and 

implement a methodology that provides a more comprehensive as-
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sessment of a jurisdiction’s need for Federal assistance. However, 

evidence that the criteria has been reviewed and updated is not apparent and the Committee is concerned about the lack of transparency regarding disaster declaration criteria. FEMA is directed 

to conduct a comprehensive review of its methodology to determine 

if Federal assistance is warranted and brief the Committee, and 

the authorizing committees of jurisdiction, on its findings no later 

than 120 days after the date of enactment of this act. The review 

shall include an evaluation of how to assess a community’s preparedness level and fiscal capacity (including alternatives for how 

to assess such capacity) as well as an examination of how to account for severity of the disaster, per the GAO findings. Further, 

FEMA is directed to initiate rulemaking to update disaster declaration criteria, including adjustments for inflation while also considering the need for affected communities to adjust to the change. 

The Committee expects rulemaking will be completed in a timely 

fashion and shall report to Congress if rulemaking cannot be completed by January 1, 2016. 

Further, given the rise in the frequency and severity of all hazards, the Committee is adamant that States, as well as tribal and 

local governments, must plan ahead for unexpected costs. Not only 

will these governments need to have funds to respond to the increasing number of disasters and incidents that do not meet the 

criteria for Federal assistance, but they also must meet cost share 

requirements for Presidentially declared disasters. FEMA is directed to make recommendations regarding steps State, local, and 

tribal governments can take to better prepare for disasters financially. The recommendations shall include methodologies for calculating the amount that should be set aside and best practices related to how governments can accomplish establishing disaster relief funds. 

The Committee notes the continuing process for FEMA and the 

OIG to identify preventative measures to eliminate waste, fraud, 

and abuse; and expects specific solutions and measurable results 

within fiscal year 2015. 

The Committee notes safe room construction is an eligible expense under HMGP and under PDM and early warning systems 

are an eligible expense under HMGP. FEMA is expected to give serious consideration to eligible applications. 

FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $95,202,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 84,403,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 100,000,000 

This appropriation supports the functions necessary to develop, 

and keep current, flood risk information and flood maps. The flood 

maps are used to determine appropriate risk-based premium rates 

for the National Flood Insurance Program, to complete flood hazard 

determinations required of the Nation’s lending institutions, and to 

develop appropriate disaster response plans for Federal, State, and 

local emergency management personnel. 
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $100,000,000 for Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, $15,597,000 above the amount requested 

and $4,798,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. In 

total, the bill provides $221,271,000 for flood mapping when combined with $121,271,000 in fee funded mapping activity and the 

amounts provided under this heading that reject the administration’s proposed reduction. 

According to the Association of State Floodplain Managers, in 

order to maintain proper maps, including refreshing data in dynamic areas every 5 years, $275,000,000 is needed annually. While 

flood maps do not prevent floods, they are an essential tool in educating communities about flood risk and minimizing the loss of life 

and property at the local level. Yet, the Committee notes that 

many flood risk maps have not yet been updated with new engineering and hydrologic data and some lower risk areas have never 

been mapped. FEMA is directed to brief the Committee on the strategic plan to maintain the Nation’s flood maps no later than 90 

days after the date of enactment of this act. The briefing shall include information regarding the scientific process and timeline for 

updating flood maps, annual costs (including an analysis of the Association of State Floodplain Managers estimate), and estimated 

savings in costs and in loss of life that can be gained through better mapping. 

In order to better understand the progress in producing accurate, 

up-to-date flood maps, the Committee directs FEMA to report within 90 days of the date of enactment of this act on the status of valid 

map data as reflected in the Coordinated Needs Management 

Strategy [CNMS] data base. FEMA should include in this report information on metrics used to define progress in updating engineering data as recorded in the CNMS data base. 

The Committee understands that FEMA aims to have the Technical Mapping Advisory Committee [TMAC] commenced this summer as soon as members have completed the vetting process. 

FEMA is directed to provide a report to the Committee no later 

than 120 days after the commencement of the TMAC outlining the 

scope of its activities, timeframe for implementation of such activities, and any costs associated. 

FEMA is directed to expedite accreditation of re-certified Army 

Corps of Engineers flood control projects as much as practicable. 

NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

Appropriations, 2014 1 ........................................................................... $176,300,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 1 ......................................................................... 179,294,000 

Committee recommendation 1 ............................................................... 179,294,000 

1Fully offset by fee collection. 

The National Flood Insurance Fund is a fee-generated fund 

which provides funding for the National Flood Insurance Program. 

This program enables property owners to purchase flood insurance 

otherwise unavailable in the commercial market. The National 

Flood Insurance Act of 1968 authorizes the Federal Government to 

provide flood insurance on a national basis. This insurance is available to communities which enact and enforce appropriate floodplain 
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management measures and covers virtually all types of buildings 

and their contents. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $179,294,000, as proposed in the 

budget, for National Flood Insurance Fund [NFIP] activities related to floodplain management, flood mapping and mitigation, and 

flood insurance operations. A provision is included providing 

$5,000,000 to establish the Flood Insurance Advocate. 

The Committee notes that the Community Assistance Program 

provides resources to States to assist and monitor NFIP participating communities which is essential to effective implementation 

of the NFIP. This program provides funding to States who then 

provide technical assistance to communities in the NFIP and evaluate community performance in implementing NFIP floodplain management activities. Unlike competitive grant programs for projects, 

its purpose is to build capacity through providing knowledge and 

expertise and ensure compliance with a Federal program. 

The Committee is pleased that the Cooperating Technical Partners effort within the mapping budget contributes to supporting 

the mapping activities and fosters local confidence in map products. 

Community buy-in on flood maps often leads to local public and 

private risk reduction actions. This cooperative fiscal approach benefits all levels of government. 

NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $25,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 25,000,000 

The National Predisaster Mitigation [PDM] Fund provides grants 

to States, communities, territories, and Indian tribal governments 

for hazard mitigation planning and implementing mitigation 

projects prior to a disaster event. PDM grants are awarded on a 

competitive basis. This program operates independent, but in concert with, the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, funded through 

the Disaster Relief Fund, which provides grants to a State in which 

a disaster has been declared. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $25,000,000 for PDM, $25,000,000 

above the amount requested and the same amount as provided in 

fiscal year 2014. The Committee continues to support predisaster 

mitigation, and recognizes the importance of coordinating 

predisaster mitigation projects with projects being completed 

through the post-disaster Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. The 

Committee is concerned that eliminating funding for PDM, as the 

Administration requested, will leave some States with no mitigation planning or project funding. The Committee finds it ironic that 

the Administration proposed to eliminate $25,000,000 in PDM 

funding in the DHS budget request and yet proposed $400,000,000 

in the Opportunity, Growth, and Security Initiative which is proposed to be funded through means outside of the Committee’s jurisdiction. Either mitigation is a valued investment, or it is not. The 
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Committee expects that future requests for DHS will recognize that 

for every $1 invested in mitigation, $4 are saved. 

FEMA is urged to give serious consideration to eligible mitigation projects especially related to drought, flooding, wildfires, and 

earthquakes. 

The Committee encourages FEMA to continue supporting Statebased approaches to damage prevention including cost-effective 

measures of securing homes to their foundations through all mitigation programs. 

EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $120,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 100,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 100,000,000 

This appropriation funds grants to nonprofit and faith-based organizations at the local level to supplement their programs for 

emergency food and shelter to provide for the immediate needs of 

the homeless. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $100,000,000 for Emergency Food 

and Shelter, which is the same amount as requested and 

$20,000,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The 

Committee recognizes the Emergency Food and Shelter Program is 

one program, in conjunction with other Federal programs, that 

serves those in immediate need of food and shelter assistance. 

A provision is included permitting the transfer of this program 

to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. According 

to the administration, the transfer would facilitate coordination 

among all programs that support the needs of those at risk of 

homelessness which will maximize the benefit of each program. 

While the Committee includes the permissive transfer language, it 

also notes that this program is not duplicative of other HUD programs and therefore it shall retain its original purpose and shall 

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TITLE IV 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES 

UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $113,889,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 134,755,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 124,435,000 

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services [USCIS] 

funds expenses necessary for the administration of laws and the 

provision of services related to people seeking to enter, reside, 

work, and naturalize in the United States. In addition to directly 

appropriated resources, fee collections are available for the operations of USCIS. 

Immigration Examinations Fees.—USCIS collects fees from persons applying for immigration benefits to support the adjudication 

of applications, as authorized by the Immigration and Nationality 

Act (8 U.S.C. 1356). 

H1–B and L Fraud Prevention and Detection Fees.—USCIS collects fees from petitioners seeking a beneficiary’s initial grant of 

H1–B or L nonimmigrant classification or those petitioners seeking 

to change a beneficiary’s employer within those classifications 

(Public Law 108–447). 

H1–B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Fees.—USCIS collects fees from 

petitioners using the H1–B program (Public Law 108–447). 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends total resources of $3,381,810,000 including direct appropriations of $124,435,000 and estimated fee collections of $3,257,375,000. This is $121,925,000 above the amount 

requested reflecting revised fee collections and $165,168,000 above 

the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

The following table, which includes appropriations and estimated 

fee collections, summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as 

compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES—PROGRAM SUMMARY 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Appropriations: 

E-Verify .................................................................................. 113,889 124,755 124,435 

Immigrant integration programs .......................................... ............................ 10,000 ............................

Total, Appropriations ........................................................ 113,889 134,775 124,435 

Fee collections: 

Adjudication services (fee account): 

District operations ....................................................... 1,544,380 1,539,859 1,594,400 
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UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES—PROGRAM SUMMARY—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Service Center operations ............................................ 578,393 542,449 614,851 

Asylum, Refugee and international operations ........... 236,710 238,755 232,374 

Records operations ...................................................... 94,039 93,209 110,035 

Business transformation .............................................. 183,464 184,923 194,923 

Subtotal, Adjudication services ............................... 2,636,986 2,599,195 2,746,583 

Information and customer services (fee account): Information 

and customer services .............................................................. 96,409 98,868 109,416 

Administration (fee account): Operation expenses ....................... 339,421 342,308 376,553 

SAVE (fee account) ........................................................................ 29,937 30,259 24,823 

H1–B Visa Fee Account: 

Adjudication Services: 

Service Center operations ................................... ............................ 13,500 ............................

H1–B and L Fraud Prevention Fee Account: 

Adjudication Services: 

District Operations .............................................. ............................ 26,044 ............................

Asylum and Refugee Operating Expenses .......... ............................ 310 ............................

Service Center operations ................................... ............................ 14,646 ............................

Total, fee collections ...................................... 3,102,753 3,125,130 3,257,375 

E-VERIFY

The Committee recommends $124,435,000 for the E-Verify program. This is $320,000 below the amount requested and 

$10,546,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The 

Committee is supportive of the Department’s efforts to improve EVerify’s ability to automatically verify those who are work authorized, detect identity fraud, and detect system misuse and discrimination. E-Verify is both a tool for employers committed to maintaining a legal workforce and a deterrent to illegal immigration. 

The Committee notes progress continues to be made on reducing 

the mismatch rate. 

The growth in E-Verify use by employers has significantly increased from fewer than 25,000 employers in fiscal year 2007 to 

more than 526,600 as of April 2014, with an average of more than 

1,600 new employers enrolling per week. E-Verify processed 25 million cases in fiscal year 2013, a more than six-fold increase from 

the 4 million cases processed in fiscal year 2007. So far in fiscal 

year 2014, E-Verify processed more than 15 million cases. 

USCIS shall update the Committee on its efforts to create a mobile application and other available smart-phone technologies for 

employers using E-Verify so as to encourage small employers to use 

the system. 

IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION GRANTS

The Committee recommends $10,000,000 be made available via 

fees for Immigrant Integration Grants. The grants shall be available to assist individuals who are legally authorized to be present 

in the United States. The Committee believes it is important to assist individuals following the law and working to become citizens. 

In that vein, the Committee believes it is in our country’s best 

interest to encourage and assist individuals who are eligible and 
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eager to become citizens to apply for citizenship and to understand 

the rights and responsibilities of American citizenship. As USCIS 

undertakes the review of its fee structure, the Committee urges the 

agency to recognize the important benefit that naturalization confers on our nation, and maintain naturalization fees at an appropriate level. 

E–B5 VISA PROGRAM

In fiscal year 2014, USCIS was directed to provide a report to 

the Committee on the E–B5 visa program within 90 days of the 

date of enactment of Public Law 113–76, and every 180 days thereafter. This report was to include the number of applications pending, the period of time each application has been under review, 

benchmark review periods for the economic evaluation of projects 

and suitability of petitioners, a description of any additional resources necessary to efficiently administer the program, and the 

number of applications that are approved or denied each period 

with an accompanying explanation of their disposition. This first 

report is overdue. The Committee expects prompt receipt of this report and for USCIS to meet the twice yearly reporting requirement 

in the future. 

FIELD OFFICE FACILITY MODELS

The Committee appreciates the report provided to Congress on 

the Field Office Facility Model and encourages the Department to 

proceed with planning and dedication of resources towards the colocation of Service Centers into their original locations. 

GAO ASYLUM REPORTS

In 2008, the GAO issued two reports related to the asylum process: ‘‘Agencies Have Taken Actions to Help Ensure Quality in the 

Asylum Adjudication Process but Challenges Remain’’ (GAO–08– 

935) and ‘‘The U.S. Asylum System: Significant Variation Existed 

in Asylum Outcomes across Immigration Courts and Judges’’ 

(GAO–08–940). The Committee directs GAO to update these reports to reflect the implementation status of their original recommendations, to include any new recommendations for improving 

the asylum process, and to incorporate relevant information from 

any investigative findings or after actions reports concerning the 

Boston Marathon bombing. The GAO will brief the Committee on 

its initial findings within 180 days. 

TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR THE PHILIPPINES

In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan which struck the Philippines on 

November 8, 2013, 20 Senators sent a letter to DHS asking the 

Secretary to consider granting Temporary Protected Status [TPS] 

to eligible Filipinos. On December 13, 2013, the Philippine Embassy in Washington, DC, formally requested a TPS designation. 

On June 17, 2014, 7 months after the initial request from interested Senators, the Deputy Secretary sent a letter to inquiring Senators stating that the Department continues to assess whether the 

Philippines meets the statutory requirements for TPS designation. 

While DHS has taken other steps to assist Filipinos affected by the 
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disaster, officials have failed to explain the lengthy delay in determining whether to extend TPS. The Committee directs DHS to 

brief the Committee no later than August 1, 2014, on its assessment of the request for TPS designation and whether its delay in 

designating the Philippines for TPS has adversely affected Filipino 

nationals in the United States who may have been affected by the 

typhoon. 

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $227,845,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 231,754,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 230,797,000 

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center [FLETC] Salaries 

and Expenses appropriation provides funds for basic and some advanced training to Federal law enforcement personnel from more 

than 90 agencies. This account also allows for research of new 

training methodologies; provides for training delivered to certain 

State, local, and foreign law enforcement personnel on a spaceavailable basis; and accreditation of Federal law enforcement training programs. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $230,797,000 for Salaries and Expenses, $957,000 below the amount requested and $2,952,000 

above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Within the funds 

provided is $1,289,000 for the Federal Law Enforcement Training 

Accreditation Board. The amount includes a one-time increase of 

$16,214,000 to train the remaining 1,200 new CBP officers added 

in 2014. The Committee expects the Director to maintain training 

at or near capacity before entering into new leases with private 

contractors or establishing new partnerships with training organizations. 

ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED

EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $30,885,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 27,841,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 27,841,000 

This account provides for the acquisition and related costs for expansion and maintenance of facilities of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. This includes construction and maintenance 

of facilities and environmental compliance. The environmental compliance funds ensure compliance with Environmental Protection 

Agency and State environmental laws and regulations. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $27,841,000 for Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses, the same level as 

requested, and $3,044,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 

2014. 
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SUMMARY

The mission of Science and Technology [S&T] is to conduct, stimulate, and enable homeland security research, development, and 

testing, and to facilitate the timely transition of capabilities to Federal, State, local, and tribal end-users. 

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $129,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 130,147,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 129,555,000 

The Management and Administration account funds salaries and 

expenses related to the Office of the Under Secretary for Science 

and Technology, and headquarters. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $129,555,000 for Management and 

Administration of programs and activities carried out by S&T. This 

is $592,000 below the amount requested and $555,000 above the 

amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Of this amount, the Committee recommends not to exceed $7,650 for official reception and 

representation expenses. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $1,091,212,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 941,671,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 941,935,000 

Science and Technology supports the mission of DHS through 

basic and applied research, fabrication of prototypes, and research 

and development to mitigate the effects of weapons of mass destruction, as well as acquiring and field testing equipment. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $941,935,000 for Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations of S&T. This is $264,000 above 

the amount requested and $149,277,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS[ 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Research, Development, and Innovation ....................................... 462,000 433,788 425,552 

Laboratory Facilities (operations and construction) ...................... 547,785 435,180 435,180 

Acquisition and Operations Support .............................................. 41,703 41,703 41,703 

University Programs ....................................................................... 39,724 31,000 39,500 

Total, Research, Development, Acquisition and Operations ........................................................................... 1,091,212 941,671 941,935 
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DISCONTINUED REPORTING REQUIREMENT

S&T is no longer required to submit a report on amounts de-obligated from projects during the prior fiscal year and to what 

projects these funds were subsequently obligated. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FLEXIBILITY

The threats facing Homeland Security are constantly evolving. 

The new Secretary and new Under Secretary for Science and Technology must have flexibility to shift resources, if necessary, between research activities. In some instances, research activity may 

straddle several different missions and thrust areas such as in the 

successful APEX programs. In today’s constrained fiscal environment, S&T and the Department must prioritize the research budget to focus on areas with the greatest promise for delivering material improvements in capability and/or efficiency and making tangible contributions to homeland security missions. Therefore, in 

order to provide additional flexibility to facilitate this effort, the 

Committee does not break out the RD&I budget in thrust areas 

that would become unnecessarily restrictive PPAs. 

However, it remains important for accountability and visibility 

into the S&T research program that a more detailed tracking of research activity be available. Therefore, S&T is directed to brief the 

Committee 30 days after the date of enactment of this act on the 

allocation of funds by project and thrust area. Quarterly status 

briefings are to be provided on the plan, including any changes 

from the original allocation. 

In conjunction with the President’s fiscal year 2016 budget request, S&T is to report on results of its research and development 

for the prior fiscal year to include all technologies, technology improvements, or capabilities delivered to front line users. 

APEX R&D

The recommendation continues to fund S&T’s Apex Research and 

Development program, which is focused on high-priority and highvalue projects needed in a short turn-around for DHS components. 

Unlike other S&T research initiatives, Apex projects are collaborative efforts between DHS component heads and the Under Secretary for S&T. The Committee is supportive of the Apex concept, 

especially since it is focused on expediting technology solutions to 

the field. The Committee encourages S&T to invest a greater percentage of its resources in this effort so that more of the R&D portfolio is funded to achieve high impact success in priority areas. The 

APEX program should: maintain the multi-disciplinary team approach that focuses on complex operational issues of strategic importance to leadership; increase emphasis on cross-cutting, multiComponent efforts that advance the state-of-the-art for the Department; and focus on final product delivery in less than 5 years with 

scheduled interim deliverables. S&T is directed to brief the Committee no later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this act 

on: the funding allocation by project; and progress made to field improved technologies in an APEX environment. 
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COMPONENT LIAISONS

S&T is encouraged to increase opportunities for its staff to gain 

first-hand understanding of DHS operations through the establishment of a liaison program that embeds technical subject matter experts in the field with the operational elements of Components. 

S&T should also explore the utility of having detailees from the 

field-elements of the Components come into S&T to enrich the requirements generation process. Within 60 days after the date of enactment of this act, S&T shall submit a plan to this Committee 

that outlines how the liaison program will be structured. 

HOMELAND SECURITY INDUSTRIAL BASE

S&T’s mission is to develop innovative technologies and capabilities to improve the Department’s mission effectiveness. The private 

sector, particularly small business, is the life blood of innovation. 

S&T must have a method and process to inform the private sector 

on S&T’s R&D plans and encourage the private sector to provide 

solutions. This can only be done if industry has a clear path for 

input to S&T. This could include proven methods such as technology demonstration days, industry days, an easy to use webbased tool, and technology roadmaps. S&T is directed to brief the 

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

this act on the plan to improve input from the private sector and 

help build the homeland security industrial base. 

INNOVATIVE FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS

The mission of S&T is to develop and deploy technologies and capabilities to secure the U.S. homeland. It is imperative that S&T 

use all means available to find innovative, high payoff, revolutionary, unique ideas for technology solutions and to reach all types 

of performers. S&T retains authority for other transactional authority [OTA] for innovative or unusual procurement and is encouraged to expand the use of OTA to gain access to unique technology 

providers that are not available through traditional avenues. The 

Committee is pleased prize authority has been delegated to S&T. 

Competitions have proven to generate unique solutions for other 

agencies. It is essential that S&T realize the potential for acquiring 

novel technologies through this mechanism. DHS should fully support the use of innovative ways to bring new technology into the 

Department as a means to improve capability and efficiency. S&T 

is encouraged to hold at least one competition using its prize authority delegation during fiscal year 2015. 

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF ILLEGAL BORDER ACTIVITY

Situational awareness of illegal activity between ports of entry 

along the Southwest border is required to accurately determine the 

effectiveness of border security operations and enable operational 

control. Today, illegal activity continues along the Southwest border to an unknown extent. Technology is a critical force multiplier 

and enabler in determining the most effective and cost efficient 

means of gaining necessary situational awareness. S&T shall consult with CBP, ICE, and the United States Coast Guard [USCG] 

to fully develop a strategy and plan for situational awareness of il-
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legal border activity between ports of entry along the Southwest 

border. The Committee recommends a review be jointly conducted 

by CBP, ICE, USCG, and S&T on current situational awareness 

gaps, what technical capabilities are being planned for acquisition 

by CBP, ICE, and USCG, and future technologies and resources 

that will be needed for achieving situational awareness to enable 

operational control. CBP, ICE, USCG, and S&T are directed to submit to the Committee within 180 days after the date of enactment 

of this act, the results of the technical review and a draft plan for 

improved situational awareness to enable operational control of the 

Southwest Border between Ports of Entry. 

SCREENING INNOVATION

The Committee is aware of the initiative undertaken by S&T to 

expedite the development of new flat panel screening technologies. 

This effort holds significant promise for multiple applications in 

screening environments offering substantial cost and operational 

efficiencies coupled with enhanced detection capabilities. Current 

projections from the Department indicate the technology will be 

available for pilot testing in fiscal year 2015 and is expected to be 

a meaningful option for current acquisition plans. The Committee 

encourages the Department and S&T to continue to manage this 

initiative in a manner that expedites the realization of near-term 

detection improvements and efficiencies. 

CYBERSECURITY

The Committee believes that sophisticated cyber attacks, such as 

those launched against major retailers, energy cyber-physical systems, and other critical infrastructures both in the United States 

and around the world have devastating consequences. Critical infrastructures depend on the digital transmission of data for ongoing operation, and disrupting the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of market transactions or other information can have catastrophic and cascading economic effects. Such a disruption of, or intrusion into United States critical infrastructure could result in a 

renewed global economic downturn. The Committee encourages 

S&T to expand the simulation based cyber war gaming tool for the 

financial sector into additional critical infrastructure sectors. 

The Committee recognizes the cyber threats to the Nation’s electric grid and the other control systems vital to our security and 

economy. In order to address this challenge, the Committee encourages S&T, in collaboration with NPPD, to establish operational 

cybersecurity research initiatives. These initiatives should involve 

collaboration among academic institutions, existing Federal research and development organizations, and the private sector. 

Therefore, the Committee encourages S&T to pursue competitive 

awards for these initiatives. 

The Committee understands that strategic investments in 

cybersecurity research and development through information assurance programs are necessary to develop the next generation of 

cybersecurity experts and strengthen information protection for 

mobile devices. A DHS Capacity Building Program is a vital component in preparing the workforce to combat cybercrimes, protect the 

Nation’s critical infrastructure, and ensure the integrity of informa-
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tion contained on mobile devices. The Committee recommends that 

DHS provide funding for capacity building to Centers of Excellence 

that deliver, and additional funding to students that take information assurance and cybersecurity for critical infrastructure protection undergraduate education tracks focused on mobile devices, 

cyber engineering, and data management. 

The Committee is also aware that collaboration with cyber accelerators has the potential to help transition innovative cybersecurity 

technologies into commercial use. S&T may consider the use of 

cyber accelerators as is practicable. 

TESTING OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

The Committee notes that the Federal Aviation Administration 

recently designated six national test sites to conduct research 

aimed at integrating unmanned aircraft systems [UAS] into the national airspace system [NAS]. The Committee encourages the Department to use the FAA’s six test sites to meet its goal of enabling 

and enhancing small UAS access to the NAS and to ensure that 

new technologies developed through the Department’s air based 

technology research meet the operational and safety standards the 

FAA will develop at the test sites. 

SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY

The Committee recognizes the importance of enhancing cargo 

supply chain security through emerging technologies. Such efforts 

are critical to securing the global maritime supply chain. The Committee, therefore, encourages S&T to continue examination of nextgeneration cargo container technology. S&T is also encouraged to 

work with the Department of Defense in this area, including 

through the use of its Defense Production Act authorities. 

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The Committee supports S&T’s efforts to work cooperatively with 

international governments on a variety of R&D activities in the 

homeland security mission space. For example, the Committee is 

aware of the agreement with the State of Israel and encourages 

S&T to consider additional collaboration on aviation security, explosive detection, border security, emergency responder and emergency services projects that would benefit both nations. 

TEST AND EVALUATION [T&E]

Within the amount provided for the Acquisition and Operations 

Support PPA, sufficient funding shall be allotted for S&T to establish policies and procedures for and to coordinate and monitor the 

T&E activities across the DHS acquisition framework. Testing and 

evaluation of new technologies prior to their acquisition and deployment will, in the long-run, save money through the prevention 

of wasteful spending. 

S&T is directed to continue to provide quarterly briefings to the 

Committee on the test and evaluation status of all level 1 acquisitions. 

The Secretary, working through the Under Secretary for Science 

and Technology should establish policies and procedures to coordi-
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nate and monitor the T&E activities across the DHS acquisition 

framework including Developmental Test and Evaluation [DT&E]. 

The Committee remains concerned that acquisition programs continue to falter across the Department and that S&T is not as engaged as it should be across the spectrum of T&E activities. It is 

the Committee’s expectation that S&T be involved in all aspects of 

T&E including setting policy and guidance for and overseeing 

DT&E, approving the DT&E plan supporting the decision to begin 

initial productions, and the integration of DT&E with operational 

T&E. 

The Committee is supportive of the Department’s efforts to 

strengthen the capabilities and requirements process to ensure 

that strategic guidance related to Departmental investments is 

turned into results. S&T, along with the Office of Policy and the 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer are to keep the Committee apprised of these efforts. 

LABORATORY FACILITIES

The Committee recommendation includes $435,180,000 for Laboratory Facilities, the same level as requested. A total of 

$300,000,000 is provided for the National Bio-Agro Defense Facility 

[NBAF] as requested for construction of the facility and to fully leverage the funding contributions by the State of Kansas. NBAF 

will support the complimentary missions of DHS and the United 

States Department of Agriculture and serve as the Nation’s primary research facility to counter foreign animal diseases. The Committee directs S&T to submit a detailed update of its NBAF construction plan and schedule, to include an updated plan for the expenditure of funds, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

A total of $15,000,000 is provided for infrastructure upgrades to 

the Plum Island Animal Disease Center [PIADC]. While NBAF will 

replace PIADC, it will not become operational for several years. As 

a result, it is imperative to make critical upgrades at PIADC in 

order for scientists to continue research on contagious animal diseases that have the potential to impact America’s food and livestock industries. 

UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

The Committee recommendation includes $39,500,000 for University Programs, $8,500,000 above the amount requested and 

$224,000 below fiscal year 2014. The Office of University Programs 

supports critical homeland security-related research and education 

at U.S. colleges and universities to address high-priority DHS-related issues and to enhance homeland security capabilities over the 

long term. The increase above the request is for the University 

Centers of Excellence program, including support for existing centers and the new center funded in fiscal year 2014 and expected 

to be awarded in fiscal year 2015. 
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DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE

SUMMARY

The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office [DNDO] is responsible for 

development of technologies to detect and report attempts to import, possess, store, develop, or transport nuclear and radiological 

material. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $306,342,000 for activities of DNDO 

for fiscal year 2015. This is $1,919,000 above the amount requested 

and $21,087,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Management and Administration .................................................. 37,353 37,494 37,339 

Research, Development, and Operations ....................................... 205,302 199,068 196,400 

Systems Acquisition ....................................................................... 42,600 67,861 72,603 

Total, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office ........................ 285,255 304,423 306,342 

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $37,353,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 37,494,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 37,339,000 

The Management and Administration account funds salaries, 

benefits, and expenses for DNDO. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $37,339,000 for Management and 

Administration of programs and activities carried out by DNDO. 

This is $155,000 below the amount requested and $14,000 below 

the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Of this amount, the Committee recommends not to exceed $2,250 for official reception and 

representation expenses. 

STRATEGIC PLAN OF INVESTMENTS

In lieu of providing a report updating the Department’s strategic 

plan of investments, the Director shall brief the Committee annually on DNDO’s efforts to implement the Department’s responsibilities under the domestic component of the Global Nuclear Detection 

Architecture. The briefing shall identify: 

—the various elements of the domestic architecture and the roles 

and responsibilities of each Departmental entity; 

—investments being made in fiscal year 2015 and planned for 

2016 to secure pathways (sea, land, and air) into the United 

States; 
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—investments necessary to close known vulnerabilities and gaps, 

including associated costs and timeframes, and estimates of 

feasibility and cost effectiveness; and 

—how R&D funding is furthering the implementation of the domestic architecture. 

The briefing shall also include a discussion on DNDO’s ability to 

surge capabilities in concert with Federal, State, and local level assets to respond to suspected radiological threats. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $205,302,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 199,068,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 196,400,000 

The Research, Development and Operations account funds the 

development of nuclear detection systems and the integration and 

advancement of national nuclear forensics capabilities. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $196,400,000 for Research, Develop- ment and Operations. This is $2,668,000 less than the amount requested and $8,902,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 

2014. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee recommendations 

Systems Engineering and Architecture .......................................... 21,000 17,924 17,000 

Systems Development .................................................................... 21,000 22,000 21,400 

Transformational Research and Development ............................... 71,102 69,500 69,000 

Assessments .................................................................................. 39,300 38,079 38,000 

Operations Support ........................................................................ 30,200 31,565 31,000 

National Technical Nuclear Forensics Center ................................ 22,700 20,000 20,000 

Total, Research, Development, and Operations ............... 205,302 199,068 196,400 

SEMIANNUAL BRIEFINGS

DNDO shall continue semiannual program update briefings and 

provide periodic updates on any new threats, research, studies and 

assessments related to the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture. 

Semiannual program briefings shall also cover emergent technology 

solutions being explored by DNDO. One of these semiannual briefings may be combined with the more comprehensive annual brief 

on the strategic plan of investments. 

RADIATION PORTAL MONITORS IMPROVEMENTS

Radiation Portal Monitors [RPMs] that were deployed in the field 

over the past decade will start reaching the end of their useful life 

in the coming years, and DNDO anticipates an increase in obsolescence. In addition to exploring system renewal and service life extension options, the Committee encourages DNDO, in conjunction 

with CBP, to test new radiation detection technologies that would 
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address the need to replace RPMs nearing the end of their service 

life, and significantly improve screening efficiency at our Nation’s 

ports. DNDO is to brief the Committee on its acquisition strategy 

for replacing or extending the service life of RPMs no later than 

120 days after the date of enactment of this act. This briefing shall 

include relevant service life extension program activities such as 

software upgrades, hardware replacement, and obsolescence solutions, as well as any CONOPS changes. 

TEST AND EVALUATION

Within the funding provided, the Department is expected to continue a testing program to validate the potential benefits of commercial systems that can detect shielded nuclear material and have 

the potential to reduce the overall cost and time it takes to scan 

incoming cargo for hazardous materials. Such systems may be beneficial in addressing the 100 percent cargo scanning requirement. 

SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

Appropriations, 2014 ............................................................................. $42,600,000 

Budget estimate, 2015 ........................................................................... 67,861,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 72,603,000 

The Systems Acquisition account funds the acquisition of equipment for front line users across the Department. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee recommends $72,603,000 for Systems Acquisition. This is $4,742,000 above the amount requested and 

$30,003,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 

The following table summarizes the Committee’s recommendations as compared to the fiscal year 2014 and budget request levels: 

SYSTEMS ACQUISITION 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2014 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2015 

budget request 

Committee 

recommendations 

Radiation Portal Monitor Program ................................................. 7,000 5,000 5,000 

Securing the Cities ........................................................................ 22,000 12,000 19,000 

Human Portable Radiation Detection Systems .............................. 13,600 50,861 48,603 

Total, Systems Acquisition ............................................... 42,600 67,861 72,603 

RADIATION PORTAL MONITORS

The Committee recommendation includes $5,000,000 for the Radiation Portal Monitor program, as requested. Funds are provided 

to acquire and deploy radiation portal monitors to ports of entry as 

prioritized by CBP and DNDO. 

SECURING THE CITIES

The Committee recommendation includes $19,000,000 for Securing the Cities, $7,000,000 above the amount requested. 
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HUMAN PORTABLE RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEMS

The Committee recommendation includes $48,603,000 for the 

Human Portable Radiation Detection Systems program to support 

the purchase of basic handhelds, backpacks, and personal radiation 

detectors for CBP, TSA, and the Coast Guard. DNDO is to provide 

the Committee with a multiyear procurement forecast and deployment schedule for these funds with the budget submission. 
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TITLE V 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

Section 501. The bill includes a provision that no part of any appropriation shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

fiscal year unless expressly provided. 

Section 502. The bill includes a provision that unexpended balances of prior appropriations may be merged with new appropriations accounts and used for the same purpose, subject to reprogramming guidelines. 

Section 503. The bill includes a provision that provides authority 

to reprogram appropriations within an account and to transfer up 

to 5 percent between appropriations accounts with 15-day advance 

notification of the Committees on Appropriations. A detailed funding table identifying each congressional control level for reprogramming purposes is included at the end of this statement. These reprogramming guidelines shall be complied with by all departmental 

components funded by this act. 

The Committee expects the Department to submit reprogramming requests on a timely basis, and to provide complete explanations of the reallocations proposed, including detailed justifications of the increases and offsets, and any specific impact the proposed changes will have on the budget request for the following fiscal year and future-year appropriations requirements. Each request 

submitted to the Committees should include a detailed table showing the proposed revisions at the account, program, project, and activity level to the funding and staffing (full-time equivalent) levels 

for the current fiscal year and to the levels required for the following fiscal year. The Committee has been disappointed by the 

quality, level of detail, and timeliness of the Department’s proposed 

reprogrammings. 

The Committee expects the Department to manage its programs 

and activities within the levels appropriated. The Committee reminds the Department that reprogramming or transfer requests 

should be submitted only in the case of an unforeseeable emergency or situation that could not have been predicted when formulating the budget request for the current fiscal year. When the Department submits a reprogramming or transfer request to the Committees on Appropriations and does not receive identical responses 

from the House and Senate, it is the responsibility of the Department to reconcile the House and Senate differences before proceeding, and if reconciliation is not possible, to consider the reprogramming or transfer request unapproved. 

The Department shall not propose a reprogramming or transfer 

of funds after June 30 unless there are extraordinary circumstances, which place human lives or property in imminent dan-
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ger. To the extent any reprogramming proposals are required; the 

Department is strongly encouraged to submit them well in advance 

of the June 30 deadline. 

The Committee did not include a provision requested in the 

budget related to the use of unobligated funds for disaster response 

since the authority already rests with the President. 

Section 504. The bill includes a provision relating to the Department’s Working Capital Fund [WCF] that: extends the authority of 

the Department’s WCF in fiscal year 2015; prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department from being 

used to make payments to the WCF, except for the activities and 

amounts allowed in the President’s fiscal year 2015 budget; makes 

WCF funds available until expended; ensures departmental components are only charged for direct usage of each WCF service; makes 

funds provided to the WCF available only for purposes consistent 

with the contributing component; requires the WCF to be paid in 

advance or reimbursed at rates which will return the full cost of 

each service; and subjects the WCF to the requirements of section 

503 of this act. The WCF table included in the Department’s congressional justification accompanying the President’s fiscal year 

2015 budget shall serve as the control level for quarterly execution 

reports submitted to the Committee not later than 30 days after 

the end of each quarter. These reports shall identify any activity 

added or removed from the fund. 

Section 505. The bill includes a provision that not to exceed 50 

percent of unobligated balances recorded not later than June 30 

from appropriations made for salaries and expenses in fiscal year 

2015 shall remain available through fiscal year 2016, subject to reprogramming. 

Section 506. The bill includes a provision providing that funds for 

intelligence activities are specifically authorized during fiscal year 

2015 until the enactment of an act authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2015. 

Section 507. The bill includes a provision requiring notification 

to the Committees 3 business days before any grant allocation, 

grant award, contract award (including Federal Acquisition Regulation-covered contracts), other transaction agreement, a task or delivery order on a DHS multiple award contract, letter of intent, or 

public announcement of the intention to make such an award totaling in excess of $1,000,000. If the Secretary determines that compliance would pose substantial risk to health, human life, or safety, 

an award may be made without prior notification but the Committees shall be notified within 5 full business days after such award 

or letter is issued. Additionally, FEMA is required to brief the 

Committees 5 full business days prior to announcing publicly the 

intention to make an award under State and Local programs. The 

3-day notification also pertains to task or delivery order awards 

greater than $10,000,000 from multiyear DHS funds as well as for 

any sole-source grant awards. 

Section 508. The bill includes a provision that no agency shall 

purchase, construct, or lease additional facilities for Federal law 

enforcement training without the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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Section 509. The bill includes a provision that none of the funds 

may be used for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition 

project for which a prospectus, if required under chapter 33 of title 

40, United States Code, has not been approved. The bill excludes 

funds that may be required for development of a proposed prospectus. 

Section 510. The bill includes a provision that consolidates, continues, and modifies by reference prior-year statutory bill language 

into one provision. These provisions concern contracting officers’ 

training and Federal building energy performance. The provision 

strikes a permanent requirement for a report related to Sensitive 

Security Information. 

Section 511. The bill includes a provision that none of the funds 

may be used in contravention of the Buy American Act. 

Section 512. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds to be 

used to amend the oath of allegiance required by section 337 of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448). 

Section 513. The bill includes a provision requiring the Chief Financial Officer to submit monthly budget execution and staffing reports within 30 days after the close of each month. 

Section 514. The bill includes a provision that directs that any 

funds appropriated or transferred to TSA ‘‘Aviation Security’’, ‘‘Administration’’, and ‘‘Transportation Security Support’’ in fiscal 

years 2004 and 2005, which are recovered or deobligated shall be 

available only for procurement or installation of explosive detection 

systems, air cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, 

subject to notification. Semiannual reporting on these funds is required. 

Section 515. The bill includes a provision regarding competitive 

sourcing for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. 

Section 516. The bill includes a provision requiring any funds appropriated to Coast Guard for 110–123 foot patrol boat conversions 

that are recovered, collected, or otherwise received as a result of 

negotiation, mediation, or litigation, shall be available until expended for the Fast Response Cutter program. 

Section 517. The bill includes a provision classifying the functions of instructor staff at FLETC as inherently governmental for 

purposes of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998. 

Section 518. The bill includes a provision requiring the Secretary 

to submit a report to the OIG listing all grants or contracts awarded by any means other than full and open competition. The OIG 

is required to review the report to assess Departmental compliance 

with applicable laws and regulations and report the results to the 

Committees on Appropriations no later than February 15, 2016. 

Section 519. The bill includes a provision that precludes DHS 

from using funds in this act to carry out reorganization authority. 

This prohibition is not intended to prevent the Department from 

carrying out routine or small reallocations of personnel or functions 

within components of the Department, subject to section 503 of this 

act. A requested provision exempting certain activities from reorganization is not included. If DHS could better execute its mission 

through a reorganization, it should be proposed and justified to 

Congress. 
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Section 520. The bill includes a provision prohibiting the Secretary of Homeland Security from reducing operations within the 

Coast Guard’s Civil Engineering Program except as specifically authorized by a statute enacted after the date of enactment of this 

act. 

Section 521. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funding to 

grant an immigration benefit to any individual unless the results 

of background checks required by statute to be completed prior to 

the grant of a benefit have been received by DHS. 

Section 522. The bill includes a provision extending other transactional authority for DHS through fiscal year 2015. 

Section 523. The bill includes a provision requiring the Secretary 

to link all contracts that provide award fees to successful acquisition outcomes. 

Section 524. The bill includes a provision regarding waivers of 

the Jones Act. 

Section 525. The bill includes a provision contained in Public 

Laws 109–295, 110–161, 110–329, 111–83, 112–10, 112–74, 113–6, 

and 113–76 related to prescription drugs. 

Section 526. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds from 

being used to reduce the Coast Guard’s Operations Systems Center 

mission or its government-employed or contract staff. 

Section 527. The bill includes a provision requiring the Secretary 

of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Secretary of the 

Treasury, to notify the Committees on proposed transfers of surplus balances from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture 

Fund to any agency within the Department of Homeland Security. 

Section 528. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds from 

being used to plan, test, pilot, or develop a national identification 

card. 

Section 529. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds to be 

used to conduct or implement the results of a competition under 

Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 with respect to 

the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 

Section 530. The bill includes a provision requiring the posting 

of damage assessment information used to determine whether to 

declare a major disaster on the FEMA Web site. 

Section 531. The bill includes a provision directing that any official required by this act to report or certify to the Committees on 

Appropriations may not delegate such authority unless expressly 

authorized to do so in this act. 

Section 532. The bill includes a provision extending the riskbased security standards for chemical facilities cited in section 550 

of Public Law 109–295, as amended, for 1 year. 

Section 533. The bill includes a provision extending current law 

concerning individuals detained at the Naval Station, Guantanamo 

Bay, Cuba. 

Section 534. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds in 

this act to be used for first-class travel. 

Section 535. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds to be 

used to employ workers in contravention of section 274A(h)(3) of 

the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
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Section 536. The bill includes a provision on the proper disposal 

of personal information collected through the Registered Traveler 

program. 

Section 537. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this act to pay for award 

or incentive fees for contractors with below satisfactory performance or performance that fails to meet the basic requirements of 

the contract. 

Section 538. The bill includes language that requires the Secretary to ensure screening of passengers and crews for transportation and national security purposes are consistent with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance on privacy and civil liberties. 

Section 539. The bill includes a provision allocating $10,000,000 

in Immigration Examination Fees for the purpose of providing immigrant integration grants in fiscal year 2015. 

Section 540. The bill provides a total of $48,600,000 for consolidation of a new DHS headquarters at St. Elizabeths and consolidation of mission support. 

Section 541. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this act for DHS to enter 

into a Federal contract unless the contract meets requirements of 

the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 or 

chapter 137 of title 10 U.S.C., and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless the contract is otherwise authorized by statute without 

regard to this section. 

Section 542. The bill provides $39,500,000 for financial system 

modernization and includes a provision allowing the Secretary to 

transfer funds made available by this act between appropriations 

for the same purpose after notifying the Committees 15 days in advance. 

Section 543. The bill includes a provision providing some flexibility to the Department for financing a response to an immigration 

emergency. 

Section 544. The bill includes a provision permitting the Department to sell ICE-owned detention facilities and use the proceeds 

from any sale for improvement to other facilities. ICE is required 

to notify the Committees on Appropriations 15 days prior to announcing any sale. 

Section 545. The bill includes language directing DHS CIO, CBP, 

ICE, United States Secret Service, and the Office of Biometric 

Identity Management to submit multiyear investment and management plans for all information technology programs and procurements at the time the President’s budget proposal is submitted. 

Section 546. The bill includes language stating that the Secretary 

shall ensure enforcement of all immigration laws. 

Section 547. The bill includes a provision regarding Federal network security. 

Section 548. The bill includes a provision regarding restrictions 

on electronic access to pornography, except for law enforcement 

purposes. 

Section 549. The bill includes a provision regarding the transfer 

of an operable firearm by a Federal law enforcement officer to an 

agent of a drug cartel. 
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Section 550. The bill includes a provision prohibiting any funds 

from this or any other Act to be used for creation of the National 

Preparedness Grant Program or any successor grant program unless explicitly authorized by Congress. 

Section 551. The bill modifies a general provision in Public Law 

113–76 permitting CBP to enter into up to seven reimbursable 

agreements with airports and clarifies the gift donation authority 

between the Commissioner of CBP and the Administrator of General Services. 

Section 552. The bill includes language regarding the number of 

employees permitted to attend international conferences. 

Section 553. The bill includes a provision prohibiting funds made 

available by this act to reimburse any Federal department or agency for its participation in a NSSE. 

Section 554. The bill includes a provision relating to air 

preclearance operations. 

Section 555. The bill provides the Secretary with discretion to 

waive certain requirements of the Federal Fire Prevention and 

Control Act of 1974, including a provision which allows grants to 

be used to retain firefighters, instead of only for increasing the 

number of firefighters. The Committee expects that the Secretary 

will take into consideration economic hardship when exercising the 

waiver authority. 

Section 556. The bill includes a provision that prohibits the collection of new land border fees or the study of the imposition of 

such border fee. 

Section 557. The bill includes a provision pertaining to the temporary re-employment of administrative law judges for arbitration 

dispute resolution. 

Section 558. The bill includes a provision clarifying that fees collected pursuant to the Colombia Free Trade Agreement are available until expended. 

Section 559. The bill includes a provision related to the immigration user fee. 

Section 560. The bill includes a provision related to user fee proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to submission of 

the budget. 

Section 561. The bill includes a provision on structural pay reform that affects more than 100 full-time positions or costs more 

than $5,000,000 in a single year. 

Section 562. The bill includes a provision directing the Department to post on a public Web site reports required by the Committees on Appropriations unless public posting compromises homeland or national security or contains proprietary information. 

Section 563. The bill includes a prohibition on establishment of 

a national license plate recognition database or other similar 

project. 

Section 564. The bill repeals section 605 of Public Law 110–161 

related to land border port of entry technology demonstration 

projects. 

Section 565. The bill includes a provision regarding a transfer to 

the Disaster Relief Fund from the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan 

Program. The transfer has no impact on ongoing loan determinations. 
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Section 566. The bill includes reporting requirements pertaining 

to unaccompanied alien children. 

Section 567. The bill includes a provision deeming a Transportation Security Officer, who was killed in the line of duty on November 13, 2013, as having been a public safety officer for the purposes of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 

Section 568. The bill includes a provision modifying the Visa 

Waiver Program to permit the entry of additional member countries based on adjusting the criteria for visa refusal rates if a country has a low visa overstay rate while maintaining the security requirements of the Visa Waiver Program. 

Section 569. The bill rescinds unobligated balances from prior 

year appropriations from Customs and Border Protection, Transportation Security Administration, Coast Guard, and Science and 

Technology. 

Section 570. The bill rescinds $200,000,000 from the unobligated 

balances in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund. 

Section 571. The bill includes a rescission of legacy funding still 

unobligated from when the Department was formed. 

Section 572. The bill rescinds unobligated balances of prior year 

appropriations in the Disaster Relief Fund for non-major disaster 

programs due to the significant balances carried over from fiscal 

years 2013 and 2014, and amounts recovered from previous disasters during project closeouts. The rescission of funds will have no 

impact on FEMA’s ability to aid in recovery from past disasters or 

respond to future disasters. 

Section 573. The bill includes a provision related the Federal 

Management Assistance Grant Program. 

PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 

In fiscal year 2015, for purposes of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as 

amended, the following information provides the definition of the 

term ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ for the components of the Department of Homeland Security under the jurisdiction of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations. 

The term ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall include the most 

specific level of budget items identified in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015, the House and Senate 

Committee reports, and the conference report and the accompany 

joint explanatory statement of the managers of the committee of 

conference. 

If a percentage reduction is necessary, in implementing that reduction, components of the Department of Homeland Security shall 

apply any percentage reduction required for fiscal year 2015 to all 

items specified in the justifications submitted to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives in 

support of the fiscal year 2015 budget estimates, as amended, for 

such components, as modified by congressional action. 
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COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports accompanying general appropriations bills identify each recommended 

amendment which proposes an item of appropriation which is not 

made to carry out the provisions of an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution previously passed by the Senate during that session. 

The Committee recommends funding for the following programs 

or activities which currently lack authorization for fiscal year 2015: 

Analysis and Operations. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Salaries and Expenses; Automation Modernization; and Air and Marine Operations. 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Salaries and Expenses. 

Transportation Security Administration: Aviation Security; Surface Transportation Security; Transportation Threat Assessment 

and Credentialing; and Federal Air Marshals. 

Coast Guard: Operating Expenses; Environmental Compliance 

and Restoration; Reserve Training; Acquisition, Construction, and 

Improvements; Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; and 

Retired Pay. 

National Protection and Programs Directorate: Infrastructure 

Protection and Information Security. 

Federal Emergency Management Agency: Salaries and Expenses; 

State and Local Programs; Emergency Management Performance 

Grants; National Predisaster Mitigation Fund, and Emergency 

Food and Shelter. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports on 

a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute or part 

of any statute include ‘‘(a) the text of the statute or part thereof 

which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a comparative print of 

that part of the bill or joint resolution making the amendment and 

of the statute or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing by 

stricken-through type and italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical devices the omissions and insertions which 

would be made by the bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form 

recommended by the committee.’’ 

In compliance with this rule, changes in existing law proposed to 

be made by the bill are shown as follows: existing law to be omitted 

is enclosed in black brackets; new matter is printed in italic; and 

existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman. 
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY 

CHAPTER 1—HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION 

SUBCHAPTER II—INFORMATION ANALYSIS AND 

INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION 

§ 121. Information and Analysis and Infrastructure Protection 

REGULATIONS

Pub. L. 109–295, title V, § 550, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1388, 

as amended by Pub. L. 110–161, div. E, title V, § 534, Dec. 26, 

2007, 121 Stat. 2075; Pub. L. 111–83, title V, § 550, Oct. 28, 2009, 

123 Stat. 2177; Pub. L. 112–10, div. B, title VI, § 1650, Apr. 15, 

2011, 125 Stat. 146; Pub. L. 112–74, div. D, title V, § 540, Dec. 23, 

2011, 125 Stat. 976; Pub. L. 113–6, div. D, title V, § 537, Mar. 26, 

2013, 127 Stat. 373, provided that: 

‘‘(a) * * * 

‘‘(b) Interim regulations issued under this section shall apply 

until the effective date of interim or final regulations promulgated 

under other laws that establish requirements and standards referred to in subsection (a) and expressly supersede this section: 

Provided, That the authority provided by this section shall terminate øon October 4, 2013¿ on October 4, 2015. 

* * * * * * * 

SUBCHAPTER VIII—COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; 

INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST

GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 391. Research and development projects 

(a) Authority 

øUntil September 30, 2014,¿ Until September 30, 2015, and 

subject to subsection (d), the Secretary may carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary may exercise the following authorities: 

* * * * * * * 

(c) Additional requirements 

(1) In general 

The authority of the Secretary under this section shall terminate øSeptember 30, 2014,¿ September 30, 2015, unless before that date the Secretary— 
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TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY 

CHAPTER 12—IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY 

SUBCHAPTER II—IMMIGRATION 

PART II—ADMISSION QUALIFICATIONS FOR ALIENS; TRAVEL

CONTROL OF CITIZENS AND ALIENS

§ 1187. Visa waiver program for certain visitors 

(a) Establishment of program 

The øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security and 

the Secretary of State are authorized to establish a program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘program’’) under which 

the requirement of paragraph (7)(B)(i)(II) of section 1182(a) of this 

title may be waived by the øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State and in accordance with this section, in the case of an alien who meets the 

following requirements: 

* * * * * * * 

(1) Seeking entry as tourist for 90 days or less 

* * * * * * * 

(4) Executes immigration forms 

The alien before the time of such admission completes 

such immigration form as the øAttorney General¿ Secretary of 

Homeland Security shall establish. 

(5) Entry into the United States 

If arriving by sea or air, the alien arrives at the port of 

entry into the United States on a carrier, including any carrier 

conducting operations under part 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, or a noncommercial aircraft that is owned or 

operated by a domestic corporation conducting operations 

under part 91 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 1 which 

has entered into an agreement with the øAttorney General¿ 

Secretary of Homeland Security pursuant to subsection (e) of 

this section. The øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland 

Security is authorized to require a carrier conducting operations under part 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, 

or a domestic corporation conducting operations under part 91 

of that title, to give suitable and proper bond, in such reasonable amount and containing such conditions as the øAttorney 

General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security may deem sufficient 

to ensure compliance with the indemnification requirements of 

this section, as a term of such an agreement. 

* * * * * * * 

(8) Round-trip ticket 

The alien is in possession of a round-trip transportation 

ticket (unless this requirement is waived by the øAttorney 

General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security under regulations or 
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the alien is arriving at the port of entry on an aircraft operated 

under part 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, or a 

noncommercial aircraft that is owned or operated by a domestic corporation conducting operations under part 91 of title 14, 

Code of Federal Regulations). 

* * * * * * * 

(10) Electronic transmission of identification information 

Operators of aircraft under part 135 of title 14, Code of 

Federal Regulations, or operators of noncommercial aircraft 

that are owned or operated by a domestic corporation conducting operations under part 91 of title 14, Code of Federal 

Regulations, carrying any alien passenger who will apply for 

admission under this section shall furnish such information as 

the øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security by regulation shall prescribe as necessary for the identification of any 

alien passenger being transported and for the enforcement of 

the immigration laws. Such information shall be electronically 

transmitted not less than one hour prior to arrival at the port 

of entry for purposes of checking for inadmissibility using the 

automated electronic database. 

(c) Designation of program countries 

ø(1) In general 

øThe øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security, 

in consultation with the Secretary of State, may designate any 

country as a program country if it meets the requirements of 

paragraph (2).¿ 

(1) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE; DEFINITIONS.— 

(A) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE.—The Secretary of 

Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of 

State, may designate any country as a program country if 

that country meets the requirements under paragraph (2). 

(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

(i) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 

means— 

(I) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and 

the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and 

(II) the Committee on Appropriations, the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

Homeland Security, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. 

(ii) OVERSTAY RATE.— 

(I) INITIAL DESIGNATION.—The term ‘‘overstay 

rate’’ means, with respect to a country being considered for designation in the program, the ratio 

of— 

(aa) the number of nationals of that country who were admitted to the United States on 

the basis of a nonimmigrant visa under sec-
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tion 101(a)(15)(B) whose periods of authorized 

stay ended during a fiscal year but who remained unlawfully in the United States beyond such periods; to 

(bb) the number of nationals of that country who were admitted to the United States on 

the basis of a nonimmigrant visa under section 101(a)(15)(B) whose periods of authorized 

stay ended during that fiscal year. 

(II) CONTINUING DESIGNATION.—The term 

‘‘overstay rate’’ means, for each fiscal year after 

initial designation under this section with respect 

to a country, the ratio of— 

(aa) the number of nationals of that country who were admitted to the United States 

under this section or on the basis of a nonimmigrant visa under section 101(a)(15)(B) 

whose periods of authorized stay ended during 

a fiscal year but who remained unlawfully in 

the United States beyond such periods; to 

(bb) the number of nationals of that country who were admitted to the United States 

under this section or on the basis of a nonimmigrant visa under section 101(a)(15)(B) 

whose periods of authorized stay ended during 

that fiscal year. 

(III) COMPUTATION OF OVERSTAY RATE.—In determining the overstay rate for a country, the Secretary of Homeland Security may utilize information from any available databases to ensure the accuracy of such rate. 

(iii) PROGRAM COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘program 

country’’ means a country designated as a program 

country under subparagraph (A). 

(2) Qualifications 

Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, a country may not be designated as a program country unless the following requirements are met: 

ø(A) Low nonimmigrant visa refusal rate 

øEither— 

ø(i) the average number of refusals of nonimmigrant visitor visas for nationals of that country 

during— 

ø(I) the two previous full fiscal years was less 

than 2.0 percent of the total number of nonimmigrant visitor visas for nationals of that country which were granted or refused during those 

years; and 

ø(II) either of such two previous full fiscal 

years was less than 2.5 percent of the total number of nonimmigrant visitor visas for nationals of 
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that country which were granted or refused during that year; 

ø(ii) such refusal rate for nationals of that country 

during the previous full fiscal year was less than 3.0 

percent.¿ 

(A) GENERAL NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.— (i) LOW NONIMMIGRANT VISA REFUSAL RATE.—The 

percentage of nationals of that country refused nonimmigrant visas under section 101(a)(15)(B) during the 

previous full fiscal year was not more than 3 percent 

of the total number of nationals of that country who 

were granted or refused nonimmigrant visas under 

such section during such year. 

(ii) LOW NONIMMIGRANT OVERSTAY RATE.—The 

overstay rate for that country was not more than 3 percent during the previous fiscal year. 

* * * * * * * 

(C) Law enforcement and security interests 

The øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State— 

(i) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(iii) submits a written report to the øCommittee 

on the Judiciary and the Committee on International 

Relations of the House of Representatives and the 

Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 

Foreign Relations of the Senate¿ appropriate congressional committees regarding the country’s qualification 

for designation that includes an explanation of such 

determination. 

* * * * * * * 

ø(3) Continuing and subsequent qualifications 

øFor each fiscal year after the initial period— 

ø(A) Continuing qualification 

øIn the case of a country which was a program country in the previous fiscal year, a country may not be designated as a programcountry unless the sum of— 

ø(i) the total of the number of nationals of that 

country who were denied admission at the time of arrival or withdrew their application for admission during such previous fiscal year as a nonimmigrant visitor, and 

ø(ii) the total number of nationals of that country 

who were admitted as nonimmigrant visitors during 

such previous fiscal year and who violated the terms 

of such admission, was less than 2 percent of the total 

number of nationals of that country who applied for 

admission as nonimmigrant visitors during such previous fiscal year. 

ø(B) New countries 
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øIn the case of another country, the country may not 

be designated as a program country unless the following 

requirements are met: 

ø(i) Low nonimmigrant visa refusal rate in previous 2-year period 

øThe average number of refusals of nonimmigrant 

visitor visas for nationals of that country during the 

two previous full fiscal years was less than 2 percent 

of the total number of nonimmigrant visitor visas for 

nationals of that country which were granted or refused during those years. 

ø(ii) Low nonimmigrant visa refusal rate in each 

of the 2 previous years The average number of refusals of nonimmigrant visitor visas for nationals of that 

country during either of such two previous full fiscal 

years was less than 2.5 percent of the total number of 

nonimmigrant visitor visas for nationals of that country which were granted or refused during that year.¿ 

(3) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA.—After designation as a program country under section 217(c)(2), a country may not continue to be designated as a program country unless the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State, determines, pursuant to the requirements under paragraph (5), that the designation will be continued. 

ø(4) INITIAL PERIOD.—For purposes of paragraphs (2) and 

(3), the term ‘‘initial period’’ means the period beginning at the 

end of the 30-day period described in subsection (b)(1) of this 

section and ending on the last day of the first fiscal year which 

begins after such 30-day period.¿ 

* * * * * * * 

(5) Written reports on continuing qualification; designation terminations 

(A) Periodic evaluations 

(i) In general 

* * * * * * * 

(I) * * * 

ø(II) shall determine, based upon the evaluation in subclause (I), whether any such designation ought to be continued or terminated under 

subsection (d) of this section;¿ 

(II) shall determine, based upon the evaluation 

in subclause (I), whether any such designation 

under subsection (d) or (f), or probation under subsection (f), ought to be continued or terminated; 

(III) shall submit a written report to the 

øCommittee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Homeland 

Security, of the House of Representatives and the 

Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 

Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
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Senate¿ appropriate congressional committees regarding the continuation or termination of the 

country’s designation that includes an explanation 

of such determination andthe effects described in 

subclause (I); and 

* * * * * * * 

ø(6) Computation of visa refusal rates 

øFor purposes of determining the eligibility of a country to 

be designated as a program country, the calculation of visa refusal ratesshall not include any visa refusals which incorporate 

any procedures based on, or are otherwise based on, race, sex, 

or disability, unlessotherwise specifically authorized by law or 

regulation. No court shall have jurisdiction under this paragraph to review any visa refusal,the denial of admission to the 

United States of any alien by the øAttorney General¿ Secretary 

of Homeland Security, the Secretary’s computation of the visa 

refusal rate, or the designation or nondesignation of any country.¿ 

(6) COMPUTATION OF VISA REFUSAL RATES AND JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 

(A) COMPUTATION OF VISA REFUSAL RATES.—For purposes of determining the eligibility of a country to be designated as a program country, the calculation of visa refusal rates shall not include any visa refusals which incorporate any procedures based on, or are otherwise based on, 

race, sex, or disability, unless otherwise specifically authorized by law or regulation. 

(B) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—No court shall have jurisdiction 

under this section to review any visa refusal, the Secretary 

of State’s computation of a visa refusal rate, the Secretary 

of Homeland Security’s computation of an overstay rate, or 

the designation or nondesignation of a country as a program country. 

(7) Visa øwaiver information.—¿ waiver information.—In 

refusing 

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(B) Reporting requirement 

øOn May 1 of each year, for each country under consideration for inclusion in the visa waiver program, the 

Secretary of State shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees— 

ø(i) the total number of nationals of that country 

that applied for United States visas in that country 

during the previous calendar year; 

ø(ii) the total number of such nationals who received United States visas during the previous calendar year; 

ø(iii) the total number of such nationals who were 

refused United States visas during the previous calendar year; 
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ø(iv) the total number of such nationals who were 

refused United States visas during the previous calendar year under each provision of this chapter under 

which the visas were refused; and 

ø(v) the number of such nationals that were refused under section 1184(b) of this title as a percentage of the visas that were issued to such nationals. 

ø(C) Certification 

øNot later than May 1 of each year, the United States 

chief of mission, acting or permanent, to each country 

under consideration for inclusion in the visa waiver program shall certify to the appropriate congressional committees that the information described in subparagraph (B) is 

accurate and provide a copy of that certification to those 

committees. 

ø(D) Consideration of countries in the visa waiver 

program 

øUpon notification to the øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security that a country is under consideration for inclusion in the visa waiver program, the 

Secretary of State shall provide all of the information described in subparagraph (B) to the øAttorney General¿ 

Secretary of Homeland Security. 

ø(E) Definition 

øIn this paragraph, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the Committee on the Judiciary 

and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 

the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 

International Relations of the House of Representatives.¿ 

ø(8) Nonimmigrant visa refusal rate flexibility 

ø(A) Certification 

ø(i) In general 

øOn the date on which an air exit system is in 

place that can verify the departure of not less than 97 

percent of foreign nationalswho exit through airports 

of the United States and the electronic travel authorization system required under subsection (h)(3) is fully 

operational, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

certify to Congress that such air exit system and electronic travel authorization system are in place. 

ø(ii) Notification to Congress 

øThe Secretary shall notify Congress in writing of 

the date on which the air exit system under clause (i) 

fully satisfies the biometric requirements specified in 

subsection (i). 

ø(iii) Temporary suspension of waiver authority 

øNotwithstanding any certification made under 

clause (i), if the Secretary has not notified Congress in 
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accordance with clause (ii) by June 30, 2009, the Secretary’s waiver authority under subparagraph (B) 

shall be suspended beginning on July 1, 2009, until 

such time as the Secretary makes such notification. 

ø(iv) Rule of construction 

øNothing in this paragraph shall be construed as 

in any way abrogating the reporting requirements 

under subsection (i)(3). 

ø(B) Waiver 

øAfter certification by the Secretary under subparagraph (A), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may waive the application of paragraph 

(2)(A) for a country if— 

ø(i) the country meets all security requirements of 

this section; (ii) the Secretary of Homeland Security 

determines that the totality of the country’s security 

risk mitigation measures provide assurance that the 

country’s participation in the program would not compromise the law enforcement, security interests, or enforcement of the immigration laws of the United 

States; 

ø(ii) the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that the totality of the country’s security risk 

mitigation measures provide assurance that the country’s participation in the program would not compromise the law enforcement, security interests, or enforcement of the immigration laws of the United 

States; 

ø(iii) there has been a sustained reduction in the 

rate of refusals for nonimmigrant visas for nationals of 

the country and conditionsexist to continue such reduction; 

ø(iv) the country cooperated with the Government 

of the United States on counterterrorism initiatives, 

information sharing, and preventing terrorist travel 

before the date of its designation as a program country, and the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 

Secretary of State determine that such cooperation 

will continue;and 

ø(v)(I) the rate of refusals for nonimmigrant visitor visas for nationals of the country during the previous full fiscal year was not more than ten percent; 

or 

ø(II) the visa overstay rate for the country for the 

previous full fiscal year does not exceed the maximum 

visa overstay rate, once such rate is established under 

subparagraph (C). 

ø(C) Maximum visa overstay rate 

ø(i) Requirement to establish 

øAfter certification by the Secretary under subparagraph (A), the Secretary and the Secretary of 
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State jointly shall use informationfrom the air exit 

system referred to in such subparagraph to establish 

a maximum visa overstay rate for countries participating in the program pursuant to a waiver under 

subparagraph (B). The Secretary of Homeland Security shall certify to Congress that such rate would not 

compromise the law enforcement, security interests, or 

enforcement of the immigration laws of the United 

States. 

ø(ii) Visa overstay rate defined In this paragraph the 

term ‘‘visa overstay rate’’ means, with respect to a 

country, the ratio of— 

ø(I) the total number of nationals of that country 

who were admitted to the United States on the 

basis of a nonimmigrant visa whose periods of authorized stays ended during a fiscal year but who 

remained unlawfully in the United States beyond 

such periods; to 

ø(II) the total number of nationals of that country 

who were admitted to the United States on the 

basis of a nonimmigrant visa during that fiscal 

year. 

ø(iii) Report and publication 

øThe Secretary of Homeland Security shall on the 

same date submit to Congress and publish in the Federal Register information relating to the maximum 

visa overstay rate established under clause (i). Not 

later than 60 days after such date, the Secretary shall 

issue a final maximum visa overstay rate above which 

a country may not participate in the program.¿ 

(8) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may waive the 

application of paragraph (2)(A)(i) for a country if— 

(A) the country meets all other requirements of paragraph (2); 

(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that 

the totality of the country’s security risk mitigation measures provide assurance that the country’s participation in 

the program would not compromise the law enforcement, 

security interests, or enforcement of the immigration laws 

of the United States; 

(C) there has been a general downward trend in the 

percentage of nationals of the country refused nonimmigrant visas under section 101(a)(15)(B); 

(D) the country consistently cooperated with the Government of the United States on counterterrorism initiatives, information sharing, preventing terrorist travel, and 

extradition to the United States of individuals (including 

the country’s own nationals) who commit crimes that violate United States law before the date of its designation as 

a program country, and the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State assess that such cooperation 

is likely to continue; 
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(E) the percentage of nationals of the country refused 

a nonimmigrant visa under section 101(a)(15)(B) during 

the previous full fiscal year was not more than 10 percent 

of the total number of nationals of that country who were 

granted or refused such nonimmigrant visas; and 

(F) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—The amendments made by this 

subsection shall be in effect during the period beginning on 

the date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 

31, 2017. 

* * * * * * * 

(e) Carrier agreements 

(1) In general 

The agreement referred to in subsection (a)(4) of this section is an agreement between a carrier (including any carrier 

conducting operations under part 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations) or a domestic corporation conducting operations under part 91 of that title and the øAttorney General¿ 

Secretary of Homeland Security under which the carrier (including any carrier conducting operations under part 135 of 

title 14, Code of Federal Regulations) or a domestic corporation 

conducting operations under part 91 of that title agrees, in consideration of the waiver of the visa requirement with respect 

to a nonimmigrant visitor under the program— 

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(C) to be subject to the imposition of fines resulting from 

the transporting into the United States of a national of a 

designatedcountry without a passport pursuant to regulations promulgated by the øAttorney General¿ Secretary of 

Homeland Security, and 

* * * * * * * 

(2) Termination of agreements 

The øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security 

may terminate an agreement under paragraph (1) with five 

days’ notice to the carrier (including any carrier conducting operations under part 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations) or a domestic corporation conducting operations under 

part 91 of that title for the failure by a carrier (including any 

carrier conducting operations under part 135 of title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations) or a domestic corporation conducting 

operations under part 91 of that title to meet the terms of such 

agreement. 

(3) Business aircraft requirements 

(A) In general 

For purposes of this section, a domestic corporation 

conducting operations under part 91 of title 14, Code of 

Federal Regulations 2 that owns or operates a noncommercial aircraft is a corporation that is organized under the 
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laws of any of the States of the United States or the District of Columbia and is accredited by or a member of a national organization that sets business aviation standards. 

The Attorney General shall prescribe by regulation the 

provision of such information as the øAttorney General¿ 

Secretary of Homeland Security deems necessary to identify the domestic corporation, its officers, employees, shareholders, its place of business, and its business activities. 

(B) Collections 

In addition to any other fee authorized by law, the 

øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to charge and collect, on a periodic basis, an 

amount from each domestic corporation conducting operations under part 91 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, for nonimmigrant visa waiver admissions on noncommercial aircraft owned or operated by such domestic 

corporation equal to the total amount of fees assessed for 

issuance of nonimmigrant visa waiver arrival/departure 

forms at land border ports of entry. All fees collected under 

this paragraph shall be deposited into the Immigration 

User Fee Account established under section 1356(h) of this 

title. 

ø(f) Duration and termination of designation 

ø(1) In general 

ø(A) Determination and notification of disqualification rate 

øUpon determination by the øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security that a program country’s disqualification rate is 2 percent or more, the Attorney General shall notify the Secretary of State. 

ø(B) Probationary status 

øIf the program country’s disqualification rate is 

greater than 2 percent but less than 3.5 percent, the øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

place the program country in probationary status for a period not to exceed 2 full fiscal yearsfollowing the year in 

which the determination under subparagraph (A) is made. 

ø(C) Termination of designation 

øSubject to paragraph (3), if the program country’s 

disqualification rate is 3.5 percent or more, the øAttorney 

General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security shall terminate 

the country’s designation as a program country effective at 

the beginning of the second fiscal year following the fiscal 

year in which the determination under subparagraph (A) 

is made. 

ø(2) Termination of probationary status 

ø(A) In general 

If the øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security determines at the end of the probationary period de-
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3So in original. Probably should be ‘‘subsection’’. 

scribed in paragraph (1)(B) that the program country 

placed in probationary status under such paragraph has 

failed to develop a machine-readable passport program as 

required by section 3 (c)(2)(C) of this section, or has a disqualification rate of 2 percent or more, the øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security shall terminate the 

designation of the country as a program country. If the 

øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security determines that the program country has developed a machinereadable passport program and has a disqualification rate 

of less than 2 percent, the øAttorney General¿ Secretary of 

Homeland Security shall redesignate the country as a program country.¿ 

(f) TERMINATION OF DESIGNATION; PROBATION.— (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

(A) PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—The term ‘‘probationary 

period’’ means the fiscal year in which a probationary 

country is placed in probationary status under this subsection. 

(B) PROGRAM COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘program country’’ 

has the meaning given that term in subsection (c)(1)(B). 

(2) DETERMINATION, NOTICE, AND INITIAL PROBATIONARY

PERIOD.— 

(A) DETERMINATION OF PROBATIONARY STATUS AND NO- TICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—As part of each program country’s periodic evaluation required by subsection (c)(5)(A), 

the Secretary of Homeland Security shall determine whether a program country is in compliance with the program requirements under subparagraphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2). 

(B) INITIAL PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—If the Secretary of 

Homeland Security determines that a program country is 

not in compliance with the program requirements under 

subparagraphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2), the 

Secretary of Homeland Security shall place the program 

country in probationary status for the fiscal year following 

the fiscal year in which the periodic evaluation is completed. 

(3) ACTIONS AT THE END OF THE INITIAL PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—At the end of the initial probationary period of a country 

under paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary of Homeland Security 

shall take 1 of the following actions: 

(A) COMPLIANCE DURING INITIAL PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—If the Secretary determines that all instances of 

noncompliance with the program requirements under subparagraphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2) that were 

identified in the latest periodic evaluation have been remedied by the end of the initial probationary period, the Secretary shall end the country’s probationary period. 

(B) NONCOMPLIANCE DURING INITIAL PROBATIONARY PE- RIOD.—If the Secretary determines that any instance of 

noncompliance with the program requirements under sub-
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paragraphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2) that were 

identified in the latest periodic evaluation has not been 

remedied by the end of the initial probationary period— 

(i) the Secretary may terminate the country’s participation in the program; or 

(ii) on an annual basis, the Secretary may continue 

the country’s probationary status if the Secretary, in 

consultation with the Secretary of State, determines 

that the country’s continued participation in the program is in the national interest of the United States. 

(4) ACTIONS AT THE END OF ADDITIONAL PROBATIONARY PE- RIODS.—At the end of all probationary periods granted to a 

country pursuant to paragraph (3)(B)(ii), the Secretary shall 

take 1 of the following actions: 

(A) COMPLIANCE DURING ADDITIONAL PERIOD.—The 

Secretary shall end the country’s probationary status if the 

Secretary determines during the latest periodic evaluation 

required by subsection (c)(5)(A) that the country is in compliance with the program requirements under subparagraphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2). 

(B) NONCOMPLIANCE DURING ADDITIONAL PERIODS.— The Secretary shall terminate the country’s participation in 

the program if the Secretary determines during the latest 

periodic evaluation required by subsection (c)(5)(A) that the 

program country continues to be in non-compliance with 

the program requirements under subparagraphs (A)(ii) 

through (F) of subsection (c)(2). 

(5) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The termination of a country’s participation in the program under paragraph (3)(B) or (4)(B) shall 

take effect on the first day of the first fiscal year following the 

fiscal year in which the Secretary determines that such participation shall be terminated. Until such date, nationals of the 

country shall remain eligible for a waiver under subsection (a). 

(6) TREATMENT OF NATIONALS AFTER TERMINATION.—For 

purposes of this subsection and subsection (d)— 

(A) nationals of a country whose designation is terminated under paragraph (3) or (4) shall remain eligible for 

a waiver under subsection (a) until the effective date of 

such termination; and 

(B) a waiver under this section that is provided to such 

a national for a period described in subsection (a)(1) shall 

not, by such termination, be deemed to have been rescinded 

or otherwise rendered invalid, if the waiver is granted prior 

to such termination. 

(7) CONSULTATIVE ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.—In 

this subsection, references to subparagraphs (A)(ii) through (F) 

of subsection (c)(2) and subsection (c)(5)(A) carry with them the 

consultative role of the Secretary of State as provided in those 

provisions. 

* * * * * * * 

(h) Use of information technology systems 

(1) Automated entry-exit control system 

(A) System 
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Not later than October 1, 2001, the øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop and implement a fully automated entry and exit control system 

that will collect a record of arrival and departure for every 

alien who arrives and departs by sea or air at a port of 

entry into the United States and is provided a waiver 

under the program. 

* * * * * * * 

(i) Data collection by carriers 

* * * * * * * 

(ii) Data provision by carriers 

Not later than October 1, 2002, no waiver may be 

provided under this section to an alien arriving by sea 

or air at a port ofentry into the United States on a 

carrier unless the carrier is electronically transmitting 

to the automated entry and exit control system passenger data determined by the øAttorney General¿ 

Secretary of Homeland Security to be sufficient to permit the øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out this paragraph. 

(iii) Calculation 

The system shall contain sufficient data to permit 

the øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security to calculate, for each program country and each 

fiscal year, the portion of nationals of that country 

who are described in subparagraph (A) and for whom 

no record of departure exists, expressed as a percentage of the total number of such nationals who are so 

described. 

(C) Reporting 

(i) Percentage of nationals lacking departure 

record 

As part of the annual report required to be submitted under section 1365a(e)(1) of this title, the øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

include a section containing the calculation described 

in subparagraph (B)(iii) for each program country for 

the previous fiscal year, together with an analysis of 

that information. 

(ii) System effectiveness 

* * * * * * * 

(I) The conclusions of the øAttorney General¿ 

Secretary of Homeland Security regarding the effectiveness of the automated entry and exit control system to be developed and implemented 

under this paragraph. 

(II) The recommendations of the øAttorney 

General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security regarding the use of the calculation described in subparagraph (B)(iii) as a basis for evaluating wheth-
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er to terminate or continue the designation of a 

country as a program country. 

* * * * * * * 

(2) Automated data sharing system 

(A) System 

The øAttorney General¿ Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State shall develop and implement an automated data sharing system that will permit 

them to share data in electronic form from their respective 

records systems regarding the admissibility of aliens who 

are nationals of a program country. 

(B) Requirements 

* * * * * * * 

(i) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(ii) Supplying photographs of inadmissible aliens 

The system shall permit the øAttorney General¿ 

Secretary of Homeland Security electronically to obtain 

any photograph contained in the records of the Secretary of State pertaining to an alien who is a national 

of a program country and has been determined to be 

ineligible to receive a visa. 

TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE 

CHAPTER 46—JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT

SUBCHAPTER VII—FBI TRAINING OF STATE AND LOCAL CRIMINAL

JUSTICE PERSONNEL

§ 3771. Training and manpower development 

(a) Functions, powers, and duties of Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation 

* * * * * * * 

EMPLOYMENT OF ANNUITANTS BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

TRAINING CENTER

Pub. L. 107–206, title I, § 1202, Aug. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 887, as 

amended by Pub. L. 109–295, title IV, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1374; 

Pub. L. 110–161, div. E, title IV, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2068; 

Pub. L. 110–329, div. D, title IV, Sept. 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 3677; 

Pub. L. 111–83, title IV, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2166; Pub. L. 112– 

74, div. D, title IV, Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 966, provided that: 

(a) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center may, for a 

period ending not later than øDecember 31, 2016¿ December 31, 

2017, appoint and maintain a cadre of up to 350 Federal annuitants: (1) without regard to any provision of title 5, United States 

Code, which might otherwise require the application of competitive 

hiring procedures; and (2) who shall not be subject to any reduction 

in pay (for annuity allocable to the period of actual employment) 
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under the provisions of section 8344 or 8468 of such title 5 or similar provision of any other retirement system for employees. A reemployed Federal annuitant as to whom a waiver of reduction under 

paragraph (2) applies shall not, for any period during which such 

waiver is in effect, be considered an employee for purposes of subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States 

Code, or such other retirement system (referred to in paragraph 

(2)) as may apply. 

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, 

THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2002, PUBLIC LAW 107–77 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

* * * * * * * 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

SEC. 101. * * * 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 109. Section 286 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

(8 U.S.C. 1356), as amended, is further amended as follows: 

(1) by striking in subsection (d) ‘‘$6’’, and inserting ‘‘ø$7¿ 

$9’’; 

CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, 2003, 

PUBLIC LAW 108–7 

DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

* * * * * * * 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

SEC. 101. * * * 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 108. Section 286(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

is amended by striking paragraph (3) and replacing it with the following: 

‘‘(3) The Attorney General shall charge and collect ø$3¿ $5 

per individual for the immigration inspection or pre-inspection 

of each commercial vessel passenger whose journey originated 

in the United States or in any place set forth in paragraph (1): 

Provided, That this requirement shall not apply to immigration 

inspection at designated ports of entry of passengers arriving 

by ferry, or by Great Lakes vessels on the Great Lakes and 

connecting waterways when operating on a regular schedule. 

For the purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘ferry’ means a 

vessel, in other than ocean or coastwise service, having provisions only for deck passengers and/or vehicles, operating on a 
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short run on a frequent schedule between two points over the 

most direct water route, and offering a public service of a type 

normally attributed to a bridge or tunnel.’’. 

CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS, ACT, 2008, PUBLIC 

LAW 110–161 

DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 

TITLE VI 

BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY 

MODERNIZATION 

øSEC. 605. PORT OF ENTRY TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, acting through the 

Commissioner, shall carry out a technology demonstration program 

to test and evaluate new port of entry technologies, refine port of 

entry technologies and operational concepts, and train personnel 

under realistic conditions. 

ø(b) TECHNOLOGY TESTED.—Under the demonstration program, 

the Commissioner shall test technologies that enhance port of entry 

operations, including those related to inspections, communications, 

port tracking, identification of persons and cargo, sensory devices, 

personal detection, decision support, and the detection and identification of weapons of mass destruction. 

ø(c) DEMONSTRATION SITES.— 

ø(1) NUMBER.—The Commissioner shall carry out the demonstration program at not less than three sites and not more 

than five sites. 

ø(2) LOCATION.—Of the sites selected under subsection 

(c)— 

ø(A) at least one shall be located on the northern border of the United States; and 

ø(B) at least one shall be located on the southern border of the United States. 

ø(3) SELECTION CRITERIA.—To ensure that one of the facilities selected as a port of entry demonstration site for the demonstration program has the most up-to-date design, contains 

sufficient space to conduct the demonstration program, has a 

traffic volume low enough to easily incorporate new technologies without interrupting normal processing activity, and 

can efficiently carry out demonstration and port of entry operations, one port of entry selected as a demonstration site 

may— 

ø(A) have been established not more than 15 years before the date of the enactment of this Act; 

ø(B) consist of not less than 65 acres, with the possibility of expansion onto not less than 25 adjacent acres; 

and 

ø(C) have serviced an average of not more than 50,000 

vehicles per month during the 12 months preceding the 

date of the enactment of this Act. 
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ø(d) RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—The Secretary, 

acting through the Commissioner, shall permit personnel from appropriate Federal agencies to utilize a demonstration site described 

in subsection (c) to test technologies that enhance port of entry operations, including those related to inspections, communications, 

port tracking, identification of persons and cargo, sensory devices, 

personal detection, decision support, and the detection and identification of weapons of mass destruction. 

ø(e) REPORT.— v(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the 

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 

the House Committee on Homeland Security a report on the 

activities carried out at each demonstration site under the 

technology demonstration program established under this section. 

ø(2) CONTENT.—The report shall include an assessment by 

the Commissioner of the feasibility of incorporating any demonstrated technology for use throughout U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection.¿ 

CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014, PUBLIC 

LAW 113–76 

DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014 

TITLE V 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

SEC. 559. (a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(e) * * * 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(3) LIMITATIONS.— 

(A) * * * 

ø(B) FOR CERTAIN COSTS.—The authority found in this 

subsection may not be used at U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection-serviced air ports of entry to enter into reimbursable fee agreements for costs other than payment of 

overtime.¿ 

ø(C)¿ (B) The authority found in this subsection may 

not be used to enter into new preclearance agreements or 

begin to provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection services outside of the United States. 

ø(D)¿ (C) The authority found in this subsection shall 

be limited with respect to U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
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tection-serviced air ports of entry to øfive¿ seven pilots per 

year. 

* * * * * * * 

(f) * * * 

(1) * * * 

ø(2) ALLOWABLE USES OF DONATIONS.—The Commissioner 

and the Administrator, with respect to any donation provided 

pursuant to paragraph (1), may— 

ø(A) use such donation for necessary activities related 

to the construction, alteration, operation, or maintenance 

of an existing port of entry facility under the jurisdiction, 

custody, and control of the Commissioner, including expenses related to— 

ø(i) land acquisition, design, construction, repair 

and alteration; 

ø(ii) furniture, fixtures, and equipment; 

ø(iii) the deployment of technology and equipment; 

and 

ø(iv) operations and maintenance; or 

ø(B) transfer such property or services to the Administrator for necessary activities described in subparagraph 

(A) related to a new or existing port of entry under the jurisdiction, custody, and control of the Administrator, subject to chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code.¿ 

(2) ALLOWABLE USES OF DONATIONS.— 

(A) Donations accepted by the Commissioner may— 

(i) be utilized for necessary activities related to 

constructing, altering, operating, maintaining, or 

equipping a new or existing port of entry under the jurisdiction, custody and control of the Commissioner, including but not limited to expenses related to— 

(I) land acquisition, design, construction, repair and alteration; 

(II) furniture, fixtures, equipment, and technology, including installation and deployment 

thereof; and 

(III) operations and maintenance; or 

(ii) be utilized for activities related to altering, operating, maintaining, or equipping a new or existing 

port of entry under the jurisdiction, custody, and control of the Administrator, including but not limited to 

expenses related to— 

(I) design, repair and alteration; 

(II) furniture, fixtures, equipment, and technology, including installation and deployment 

thereof; and 

(III) operations and maintenance. 

(B) Donations accepted by the Administrator may— 

(i) be utilized for activities related to constructing, 

altering, operating, maintaining, or equipping a new or 

existing port of entry facility under the jurisdiction, 

custody and control of the Administrator, including but 

not limited to expenses related to— 
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(I) land acquisition, design, construction, repair and alteration; 

(II) furniture, fixtures, equipment, and technology, including installation and deployment 

thereof; and 

(III) operations and maintenance. 

(C) For purposes of subsection (f)(2)(A)(i)(II)–(III), the 

term ‘‘new or existing port of entry under the jurisdiction, 

custody and control of the Commissioner’’ includes any sea 

or air port of entry at which U.S. Customs and Border Protection provides or will provide services. 

(3) * * * 

(A) * * * 

(i) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(I) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(III) how each donation helped facilitate the 

construction, alternation, operation, or maintenance of a new or existing øland¿ port of entry. 

* * * * * * * 

(h) * * * 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(3) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Administrator of 

General Services. 

(4) The term ‘‘new or existing port of entry facility under 

the jurisdiction, custody and control of the Administrator’’ includes any port of entry facility or property interest leased by 

the Administrator. 

ø(i) ROLE OF GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.—Under this 

section, collaboration with the Administrator of General Services is 

required only with respect to partnerships at land ports of entry.¿ 

(i) ROLE OF ADMINISTRATOR.—Under this section, the role and 

involvement of the Administrator of General Services is required 

only with respect to donations made pursuant to subsection (f) at 

land ports of entry under the jurisdiction, custody, and control of 

the Administrator. 
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BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL 

PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 

308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93–344, AS AMENDED 

[In millions of dollars] 

Budget authority Outlays 

Committee 

allocation 

Amount 

in bill 

Committee 

allocation 

Amount 

in bill 

Comparison of amounts in the bill with the subcommittee 

allocation for 2015: Subcommittee on Homeland Security: 

Mandatory .................................................................... 1,576 1,576 1,580 1 1,580 

Discretionary ................................................................ 39,000 45,651 45,522 1 44,612 

Security ............................................................... 1,629 1,842 NA NA 

Nonsecurity ......................................................... 37,371 43,809 NA NA 

Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation: 

2015 ............................................................................. ...................... ...................... ...................... 2 26,637 

2016 ............................................................................. ...................... ...................... ...................... 9,713 

2017 ............................................................................. ...................... ...................... ...................... 5,947 

2018 ............................................................................. ...................... ...................... ...................... 2,860 

2019 and future years ................................................ ...................... ...................... ...................... 2,046 

Financial assistance to State and local governments for 

2015 ................................................................................. NA 5,733 NA 332 

1 Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

2 Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

NA: Not applicable. 

NOTE.—Consistent with the funding recommended in the bill for disaster funding and overseas contingency operations and in accordance 

with subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (D) of section 251(b)(2) of the BBEDCA of 1985, the Committee anticipates that the Budget Committee will 

provide a revised 302(a) allocation for the Committee on Appropriations reflecting an upward adjustment of $6,651,000,000 in budget authority plus associated outlays. 
174 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2014 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS 

Departmental Operations 

Office of the Secretary and Executive Management: 

Immediate Office of the Secretary .............................................................................................................................. 4,050 3,950 3,939 ¥111 ¥11 Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary .................................................................................................................. 1,750 1,751 1,740 ¥10 ¥11 Office of the Chief of Staff ......................................................................................................................................... 2,050 2,112 2,062 ∂12 ¥50 Executive Secretary ...................................................................................................................................................... 7,400 7,719 7,477 ∂77 ¥242 Office of Policy ............................................................................................................................................................ 36,500 38,470 37,559 ∂1,059 ¥911 Office of Public Affairs ............................................................................................................................................... 8,550 8,741 8,591 ∂41 ¥150 Office of Legislative Affairs ........................................................................................................................................ 5,350 5,583 5,403 ∂53 ¥180 Office of Intergovernmental Affairs ............................................................................................................................ 2,250 2,429 2,273 ∂23 ¥156 Office of General Counsel ........................................................................................................................................... 19,750 21,310 19,950 ∂200 ¥1,360 Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties .................................................................................................................. 21,500 22,003 21,719 ∂219 ¥284 Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman ................................................................................................... 5,250 6,428 5,825 ∂575 ¥603 Privacy Officer ............................................................................................................................................................. 7,950 8,273 8,033 ∂83 ¥240 

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 122,350 128,769 124,571 ∂2,221 ¥4,198 

Office of the Under Secretary for Management: 

Immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Management ....................................................................................... 2,700 2,757 2,740 ∂40 ¥17 Office of the Chief Security Officer ............................................................................................................................ 64,000 63,597 63,391 ¥609 ¥206 Office of the Chief Procurement Officer ..................................................................................................................... 65,000 64,036 63,726 ¥1,274 ¥310 

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 131,700 130,390 129,857 ¥1,843 ¥533 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer: 

Salaries and Expenses ....................................................................................................................................... 22,000 21,253 21,156 ¥844 ¥97 Human Resources Information Technology ........................................................................................................ 7,815 9,878 8,000 ∂185 ¥1,878 
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Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 29,815 31,131 29,156 ¥659 ¥1,975 

Office of the Chief Readiness Support Officer: 

Salaries and Expenses ....................................................................................................................................... 30,000 29,272 29,186 ¥814 ¥86 Nebraska Avenue Complex [NAC] ....................................................................................................................... 4,500 4,493 4,493 ¥7 ..........................

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 34,500 33,765 33,679 ¥821 ¥86 Subtotal, Office of the Under Secretary for Management ............................................................................ 196,015 195,286 192,692 ¥3,323 ¥2,594 

DHS Headquarters Consolidation: 

Mission support ........................................................................................................................................................... .......................... 15,300 .......................... .......................... ¥15,300 St. Elizabeths .............................................................................................................................................................. .......................... 57,700 .......................... .......................... ¥57,700 

Total, DHS Headquarters Consolidation ................................................................................................................. .......................... 73,000 .......................... .......................... ¥73,000 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer ................................................................................................................................... 46,000 94,626 48,213 ∂2,213 ¥46,413 Office of the Chief Information Officer: 

Salaries and Expenses ................................................................................................................................................ 115,000 95,444 95,078 ¥19,922 ¥366 Information Technology Services ................................................................................................................................. 34,000 38,627 38,627 ∂4,627 ..........................Infrastructure and Security Activities ......................................................................................................................... 45,000 52,140 52,140 ∂7,140 ..........................Homeland Secure Data Network .................................................................................................................................. 63,156 70,132 68,156 ∂5,000 ¥1,976 

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 257,156 256,343 254,001 ¥3,155 ¥2,342 

Analysis and Operations ...................................................................................................................................................... 300,490 302,268 295,269 ¥5,221 ¥6,999 

Total, Departmental Operations .............................................................................................................................. 922,011 1,050,292 914,746 ¥7,265 ¥135,546 

Office of Inspector General: 

Operating Expenses ..................................................................................................................................................... 115,437 121,457 118,617 ∂3,180 ¥2,840 (By transfer from Disaster Relief) .............................................................................................................................. (24,000 ) (24,000 ) (24,000 ) .......................... ..........................

Total, Office of Inspector General .......................................................................................................................... 139,437 145,457 142,617 ∂3,180 ¥2,840 Total, title I, Departmental Management and Operations ..................................................................................... 1,037,448 1,171,749 1,033,363 ¥4,085 ¥138,386 (By transfer) ............................................................................................................................................................ (24,000 ) (24,000 ) (24,000 ) .......................... ..........................
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2014 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

TITLE II—SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Salaries and Expenses: 

Headquarters, Management, and Administration: 

Commissioner ..................................................................................................................................................... 23,656 27,245 27,151 ∂3,495 ¥94 Chief Counsel ..................................................................................................................................................... 42,921 45,663 45,483 ∂2,562 ¥180 Congressional Affairs ......................................................................................................................................... 2,466 2,514 2,504 ∂38 ¥10 Internal Affairs ................................................................................................................................................... 149,061 140,141 139,493 ¥9,568 ¥648 Public Affairs ...................................................................................................................................................... 11,934 13,064 13,009 ∂1,075 ¥55 Training and Development ................................................................................................................................. 76,082 71,926 71,892 ¥4,190 ¥34 Tech, Innovation, Acquisition ............................................................................................................................. 22,788 25,374 25,277 ∂2,489 ¥97 Intelligence/Investigative Liaison ....................................................................................................................... 60,747 61,512 61,235 ∂488 ¥277 Administration .................................................................................................................................................... 403,473 386,793 382,819 ¥20,654 ¥3,974 Rent .................................................................................................................................................................... 405,802 409,490 409,490 ∂3,688 ..........................

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 1,198,930 1,183,722 1,178,353 ¥20,577 ¥5,369 

Border Security Inspections and Trade Facilitation: 

Inspections, Trade, and Travel Facilitation at Ports of Entry ........................................................................... 2,856,573 2,830,872 2,806,224 ¥50,349 ¥24,648 Harbor Maintenance Fee Collection (trust fund) ............................................................................................... 3,274 3,274 3,274 .......................... ..........................International Cargo Screening ........................................................................................................................... 67,461 69,173 68,902 ∂1,441 ¥271 Other International Programs ............................................................................................................................. 24,000 25,706 25,548 ∂1,548 ¥158 Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism [C–TPAT] .................................................................................. 40,912 40,841 42,119 ∂1,207 ∂1,278 Trusted Traveler Programs ................................................................................................................................. 5,811 5,811 5,811 .......................... ..........................Inspection and Detection Technology Investments ............................................................................................ 112,004 123,866 117,811 ∂5,807 ¥6,055 National Targeting Center .................................................................................................................................. 65,106 70,592 70,123 ∂5,017 ¥469 Training .............................................................................................................................................................. 40,703 33,906 33,880 ¥6,823 ¥26 

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 3,215,844 3,204,041 3,173,692 ¥42,152 ¥30,349 
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Border Security and Control Between Ports of Entry: 

Border Security and Control ............................................................................................................................... 3,675,236 3,882,015 3,911,955 ∂236,719 ∂29,940 Training .............................................................................................................................................................. 55,558 56,608 56,391 ∂833 ¥217 

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 3,730,794 3,938,623 3,968,346 ∂237,552 ∂29,723 Subtotal, Salaries and Expenses ................................................................................................................... 8,145,568 8,326,386 8,320,391 ∂174,823 ¥5,995 

Appropriations ....................................................................................................................................... (8,142,294 ) (8,323,112 ) (8,317,117 ) (∂174,823 ) (¥5,995 ) Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund ........................................................................................................... (3,274 ) (3,274 ) (3,274 ) .......................... ..........................

Small Airport User Fee (permanent indefinite discretionary appropriation) ....................................................................... 5,000 9,000 9,000 ∂4,000 ..........................Automation Modernization: 

Information Technology ............................................................................................................................................... 358,655 365,700 361,124 ∂2,469 ¥4,576 Automated Targeting Systems .................................................................................................................................... 116,932 109,273 109,230 ¥7,702 ¥43 Automated Commercial Environment/International Trade Data System [ITDS] ......................................................... 140,762 141,061 140,970 ∂208 ¥91 Current Operations Protection and Processing Support [COPPS] ............................................................................... 200,174 196,376 195,375 ¥4,799 ¥1,001 

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 816,523 812,410 806,699 ¥9,824 ¥5,711 

Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology [BSFIT]: 

Development and Deployment ................................................................................................................................ 160,435 110,594 110,594 ¥49,841 ..........................Operations and Maintenance .................................................................................................................................. 191,019 251,872 251,872 ∂60,853 ..........................

Subtotal .............................................................................................................................................................. 351,454 362,466 362,466 ∂11,012 ..........................

Air and Marine Operations: 

Salaries and Expenses 1 .............................................................................................................................................. 286,818 293,016 290,900 ∂4,082 ¥2,116 Operations and Maintenance 1 .................................................................................................................................... 392,000 362,669 362,669 ¥29,331 ..........................Procurement ................................................................................................................................................................. 126,250 53,000 53,000 ¥73,250 ..........................AMOC ........................................................................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 805,068 708,685 706,569 ¥98,499 ¥2,116 

Construction and Facilities Management: 

Facilities Construction and Sustainment .................................................................................................................... 375,398 385,137 383,900 ∂8,502 ¥1,237 Program Oversight and Management ......................................................................................................................... 80,880 97,068 94,559 ∂13,679 ¥2,509 

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 456,278 482,205 478,459 ∂22,181 ¥3,746 Total, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Direct Appropriations ........................................................................ 10,579,891 10,701,152 10,683,584 ∂103,693 ¥17,568 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2014 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Fee Accounts: 

Immigration Inspection User Fee ................................................................................................................................ (598,552 ) (630,218 ) (630,218 ) (∂31,666 ) ..........................Immigration Enforcement Fines .................................................................................................................................. (773 ) (752 ) (752 ) (¥21 ) ..........................Electronic System for Travel Authorization Fee .......................................................................................................... (55,168 ) (54,929 ) (54,929 ) (¥239 ) ..........................Land Border Inspection Fee ........................................................................................................................................ (42,941 ) (43,931 ) (43,931 ) (∂990 ) ..........................COBRA Passenger Inspection Fee ............................................................................................................................... (500,134 ) (482,501 ) (482,501 ) (¥17,633 ) ..........................APHIS Inspection Fee ................................................................................................................................................... (355,216 ) (464,514 ) (464,514 ) (∂109,298 ) ..........................Global Entry User Fee .................................................................................................................................................. (34,835 ) (91,192 ) (91,192 ) (∂56,357 ) ..........................Puerto Rico Collections ............................................................................................................................................... (98,602 ) (98,076 ) (98,076 ) (¥526 ) ..........................Virgin Island Fee ......................................................................................................................................................... (11,302 ) (11,789 ) (11,789 ) (∂487 ) ..........................Customs Unclaimed Goods ......................................................................................................................................... (5,992 ) (5,992 ) (5,992 ) .......................... ..........................

Subtotal, Fee Accounts ........................................................................................................................................... (1,703,515 ) (1,883,894 ) (1,883,894 ) (∂180,379 ) ..........................Total, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ............................................................................................................ 12,283,406 12,585,046 12,567,478 ∂284,072 ¥17,568 

Appropriations ................................................................................................................................................ (10,579,891 ) (10,701,152 ) (10,683,584 ) (∂103,693 ) (¥17,568 ) Fee Accounts .................................................................................................................................................. (1,703,515 ) (1,883,894 ) (1,883,894 ) (∂180,379 ) ..........................

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

Salaries and Expenses: 

Headquarters Management and Administration: 

Personnel Compensation and Benefits, Services and Other Costs ................................................................... 191,909 198,602 197,002 ∂5,093 ¥1,600 Headquarters Managed IT Investment ............................................................................................................... 143,808 150,927 150,419 ∂6,611 ¥508 

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 335,717 349,529 347,421 ∂11,704 ¥2,108 

Legal Proceedings ....................................................................................................................................................... 205,584 214,731 212,893 ∂7,309 ¥1,838 Investigations: 

Domestic Investigations ..................................................................................................................................... 1,672,220 1,644,552 1,642,811 ¥29,409 ¥1,741 
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International Investigations: 

International Operations ............................................................................................................................ 99,741 101,228 100,730 ∂989 ¥498 Visa Security Program ............................................................................................................................... 31,541 31,854 31,728 ∂187 ¥126 

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................. 131,282 133,082 132,458 ∂1,176 ¥624 Subtotal, Investigations ........................................................................................................................ 1,803,502 1,777,634 1,775,269 ¥28,233 ¥2,365 

Intelligence .................................................................................................................................................................. 74,298 77,045 76,479 ∂2,181 ¥566 Enforcement and Removal Operations: 

Custody Operations ............................................................................................................................................ 1,993,770 1,791,913 1,870,444 ¥123,326 ∂78,531 Fugitive Operations ............................................................................................................................................ 128,802 131,591 130,515 ∂1,713 ¥1,076 Criminal Alien Program ...................................................................................................................................... 294,155 322,407 327,040 ∂32,885 ∂4,633 Alternatives to Detention .................................................................................................................................... 91,444 94,106 94,106 ∂2,662 ..........................Transportation and Removal Program ............................................................................................................... 276,925 229,109 302,790 ∂25,865 ∂73,681 

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 2,785,096 2,569,126 2,724,895 ¥60,201 ∂155,769 

Secure Communities .................................................................................................................................................... 25,264 .......................... .......................... ¥25,264 ..........................

Subtotal, Salaries and Expenses ............................................................................................................................ 5,229,461 4,988,065 5,136,957 ¥92,504 ∂148,892 

Automation Modernization: 

Automation modernization ........................................................................................................................................... .......................... 26,000 26,000 ∂26,000 ..........................IT Investment ............................................................................................................................................................... 8,400 .......................... .......................... ¥8,400 ..........................TECS Modernization ..................................................................................................................................................... 23,000 .......................... .......................... ¥23,000 ..........................Electronic Health Records ........................................................................................................................................... 3,500 .......................... .......................... ¥3,500 ..........................

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 34,900 26,000 26,000 ¥8,900 ..........................

Construction ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5,000 .......................... .......................... ¥5,000 ..........................

Total, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Direct Appropriations ........................................................... 5,269,361 5,014,065 5,162,957 ¥106,404 ∂148,892 

Fee Accounts: 

Immigration Inspection User Fee ................................................................................................................................ (135,000 ) (135,000 ) (135,000 ) .......................... ..........................Breached Bond/Detention Fund ................................................................................................................................... (65,000 ) (65,000 ) (65,000 ) .......................... ..........................Student Exchange and Visitor Fee .............................................................................................................................. (145,000 ) (145,000 ) (145,000 ) .......................... ..........................

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 345,000 345,000 345,000 .......................... ..........................Total, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ............................................................................................... 5,614,361 5,359,065 5,507,957 ¥106,404 ∂148,892 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2014 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Appropriations ................................................................................................................................................ (5,269,361 ) (5,014,065 ) (5,162,957 ) (¥106,404 ) (∂148,892 ) Fee Accounts .................................................................................................................................................. (345,000 ) (345,000 ) (345,000 ) .......................... ..........................

Transportation Security Administration 

Aviation Security: 

Screening Operations: 

Screener Workforce: 

Privatized Screening .................................................................................................................................. 158,190 .......................... .......................... ¥158,190 ..........................Screener Personnel, Compensation, and Benefits .................................................................................... 3,033,526 .......................... .......................... ¥3,033,526 ..........................

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................. 3,191,716 .......................... .......................... ¥3,191,716 ..........................

Screener Training and Other .............................................................................................................................. 226,857 .......................... .......................... ¥226,857 ..........................Checkpoint Support ............................................................................................................................................ 103,309 .......................... .......................... ¥103,309 ..........................EDS/ETD Systems: 

EDS Procurement and Installation ............................................................................................................ 73,845 .......................... .......................... ¥73,845 ..........................Screening Technology Maintenance .......................................................................................................... 298,509 .......................... .......................... ¥298,509 ..........................

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................. 372,354 .......................... .......................... ¥372,354 ..........................Subtotal, Screening Operations ............................................................................................................ 3,894,236 .......................... .......................... ¥3,894,236 ..........................

Aviation Security Direction and Enforcement: 

Aviation Regulation and Other Enforcement ..................................................................................................... 354,437 .......................... .......................... ¥354,437 ..........................Airport Management and Support ...................................................................................................................... 587,000 .......................... .......................... ¥587,000 ..........................Federal Flight Deck Officer and Flight Crew Training ....................................................................................... 24,730 .......................... .......................... ¥24,730 ..........................Air Cargo ............................................................................................................................................................ 122,332 .......................... .......................... ¥122,332 ..........................

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 1,088,499 .......................... .......................... ¥1,088,499 ..........................
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Aviation Security Capital Fund (mandatory) ............................................................................................................... (250,000 ) .......................... .......................... (¥250,000 ) ..........................

Total, Aviation Security (gross) .............................................................................................................................. 4,982,735 .......................... .......................... ¥4,982,735 ..........................

Aviation Security Fees (offsetting collections) ..................................................................................................................... ¥2,120,000 .......................... .......................... ∂2,120,000 ..........................

Total, Aviation Security (net, discretionary) ........................................................................................................... 2,862,735 .......................... .......................... ¥2,862,735 ..........................

Aviation Security: 

Screening Partnership Program .................................................................................................................................. .......................... 154,572 160,226 ∂160,226 ∂5,654 Screener Personnel, Compensation, and Benefits ...................................................................................................... .......................... 2,952,868 2,947,939 ∂2,947,939 ¥4,929 Screener Training and Other ....................................................................................................................................... .......................... 226,290 225,707 ∂225,707 ¥583 Checkpoint Support ..................................................................................................................................................... .......................... 103,469 88,469 ∂88,469 ¥15,000 EDS Procurement/Installation ...................................................................................................................................... .......................... 84,075 74,000 ∂74,000 ¥10,075 Screening Technology Maintenance ............................................................................................................................ .......................... 294,509 294,509 ∂294,509 ..........................Aviation Regulation and Other Enforcement .............................................................................................................. .......................... 348,653 338,653 ∂338,653 ¥10,000 Airport Management and Support ............................................................................................................................... .......................... 591,734 588,864 ∂588,864 ¥2,870 Federal Flight Deck Officer and Flight Crew Training ................................................................................................ .......................... 20,000 20,000 ∂20,000 ..........................Air Cargo ..................................................................................................................................................................... .......................... 106,920 106,343 ∂106,343 ¥577 Federal Air Marshals ................................................................................................................................................... .......................... 800,214 790,000 ∂790,000 ¥10,214 Aviation Security Capital Fund (mandatory) ............................................................................................................... .......................... (250,000 ) (250,000 ) (∂250,000 ) ..........................

Total, Aviation Security (gross) .............................................................................................................................. .......................... 5,683,304 5,634,710 ∂5,634,710 ¥48,594 

Aviation Security Fees (offsetting collections) ..................................................................................................................... .......................... ¥2,080,000 ¥2,080,000 ¥2,080,000 ..........................Additional Offsetting Collections (leg. proposal) ................................................................................................................. .......................... ¥570,000 .......................... .......................... ∂570,000 

Total, Aviation Security (net, discretionary) ........................................................................................................... .......................... 3,033,304 3,554,710 ∂3,554,710 ∂521,406 

Surface Transportation Security: 

Staffing and Operations .............................................................................................................................................. 35,262 29,375 29,230 ¥6,032 ¥145 

Surface Transportation Security Inspectors and VIPR ......................................................................................................... 73,356 98,262 97,519 ∂24,163 ¥743 

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 108,618 127,637 126,749 ∂18,131 ¥888 

Intelligence and Vetting: 

Intelligence .................................................................................................................................................................. .......................... 51,801 51,545 ∂51,545 ¥256 Secure Flight ............................................................................................................................................................... 93,202 112,543 99,569 ∂6,367 ¥12,974 Other Vetting Programs ............................................................................................................................................... 83,287 68,182 68,052 ¥15,235 ¥130 TWIC Fee ...................................................................................................................................................................... (36,700 ) (34,832 ) (34,832 ) (¥1,868 ) ..........................Hazardous Material Fee ............................................................................................................................................... (12,000 ) (12,000 ) (12,000 ) .......................... ..........................
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2014 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

General Aviation at DCA Fee ....................................................................................................................................... (350 ) (350 ) (350 ) .......................... ..........................Commercial Aviation and Airport Fee ......................................................................................................................... (6,500 ) (6,500 ) (6,500 ) .......................... ..........................Other Security Threat Assessments Fee ...................................................................................................................... (50 ) (50 ) (50 ) .......................... ..........................Air Cargo/Certified Cargo Screening Program Fee ..................................................................................................... (5,400 ) (7,173 ) (7,173 ) (∂1,773 ) ..........................TSA Precheck Application Program Fee ...................................................................................................................... .......................... (13,700 ) (13,700 ) (∂13,700 ) ..........................Alien Flight School Fee ................................................................................................................................................ (5,000 ) (5,000 ) (5,000 ) .......................... ..........................

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 242,489 312,131 298,771 ∂56,282 ¥13,360 

Direct Appropriations ..................................................................................................................................... (176,489 ) (232,526 ) (219,166 ) (∂42,677 ) (¥13,360 ) Fee Funded Programs .................................................................................................................................... (66,000 ) (79,605 ) (79,605 ) (∂13,605 ) ..........................

Transportation Security Support: 

Headquarters Administration ...................................................................................................................................... 272,250 275,891 274,619 ∂2,369 ¥1,272 Information Technology ............................................................................................................................................... 441,000 451,920 446,498 ∂5,498 ¥5,422 Human Capital Services .............................................................................................................................................. 204,250 204,215 202,620 ¥1,630 ¥1,595 Intelligence .................................................................................................................................................................. 44,561 .......................... .......................... ¥44,561 ..........................

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 962,061 932,026 923,737 ¥38,324 ¥8,289 

Federal Air Marshals: 

Management and Administration ................................................................................................................................ 708,004 .......................... .......................... ¥708,004 ..........................Travel and Training ..................................................................................................................................................... 110,603 .......................... .......................... ¥110,603 ..........................

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 818,607 .......................... .......................... ¥818,607 ..........................Total, Transportation Security Administration ........................................................................................................ 7,364,510 7,305,098 7,233,967 ¥130,543 ¥71,131 

Offsetting Collections ........................................................................................................................................................... (¥2,120,000 ) (¥2,650,000 ) (¥2,080,000 ) (∂40,000 ) (∂570,000 ) Aviation Security Capital Fund (mandatory) ........................................................................................................................ (250,000 ) (250,000 ) (250,000 ) .......................... ..........................Fee Funded Programs ........................................................................................................................................................... (66,000 ) (79,605 ) (79,605 ) (∂13,605 ) ..........................
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Total, Transportation Security Administration (net) ............................................................................................... 4,928,510 4,325,493 4,824,362 ¥104,148 ∂498,869 

Coast Guard 

Operating Expenses: 

Military Pay and Allowances ....................................................................................................................................... 3,416,580 3,433,594 3,441,282 ∂24,702 ∂7,688 Civilian Pay and Benefits ........................................................................................................................................... 782,874 787,372 781,517 ¥1,357 ¥5,855 Training and Recruiting .............................................................................................................................................. 205,928 197,800 198,279 ¥7,649 ∂479 Operating Funds and Unit Level Maintenance ........................................................................................................... 1,034,650 991,919 1,004,119 ¥30,531 ∂12,200 Centrally Managed Accounts ....................................................................................................................................... 319,135 335,262 335,556 ∂16,421 ∂294 Intermediate and Depot Level Maintenance ............................................................................................................... 1,012,840 1,003,786 1,010,865 ¥1,975 ∂7,079 St. Elizabeths Support ................................................................................................................................................. 12,800 .......................... .......................... ¥12,800 ..........................Overseas Contingency Operations/ Global War on Terrorism ..................................................................................... 227,000 .......................... 213,000 ¥14,000 ∂213,000 

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 7,011,807 6,749,733 6,984,618 ¥27,189 ∂234,885 

(Defense) ........................................................................................................................................................ (567,000 ) (340,000 ) (553,000 ) (¥14,000 ) (∂213,000 ) (Nondefense) .................................................................................................................................................. (6,444,807 ) (6,409,733 ) (6,431,618 ) (¥13,189 ) (∂21,885 ) 

Environmental Compliance and Restoration ........................................................................................................................ 13,164 13,214 13,197 ∂33 ¥17 Reserve Training ................................................................................................................................................................... 120,000 109,605 114,572 ¥5,428 ∂4,967 Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements: 

Vessels: 

Survey and Design—Vessel and Boats ............................................................................................................. 1,000 500 500 ¥500 ..........................Response Boat—Medium ................................................................................................................................... 10,000 .......................... .......................... ¥10,000 ..........................In-Service Vessel Sustainment ........................................................................................................................... 21,000 24,500 49,000 ∂28,000 ∂24,500 National Security Cutter ..................................................................................................................................... 629,000 638,000 638,000 ∂9,000 ..........................Offshore Patrol Cutter ........................................................................................................................................ 23,000 20,000 20,000 ¥3,000 ..........................Fast Response Cutter ......................................................................................................................................... 310,000 110,000 318,000 ∂8,000 ∂208,000 Cutter Small Boats ............................................................................................................................................. 3,000 4,000 4,000 ∂1,000 ..........................Polar Ice Breaking Vessel .................................................................................................................................. 2,000 6,000 6,000 ∂4,000 ..........................Polar Icebreaker preservation ............................................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... 8,000 ∂8,000 ∂8,000 

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 999,000 803,000 1,043,500 ∂44,500 ∂240,500 

Aircraft: 

HH–60 Airframe Replacement ............................................................................................................................ .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................HC–144 Conversion/Sustainment ....................................................................................................................... 9,200 15,000 15,000 ∂5,800 ..........................HC–27J Conversion/Sustainment ....................................................................................................................... 24,900 15,000 15,000 ¥9,900 ..........................HC–130J Acquisition/Conversion/Sustainment ................................................................................................... 129,210 8,000 8,000 ¥121,210 ..........................HH–65 Conversion/Sustainment ......................................................................................................................... 12,000 30,000 30,000 ∂18,000 ..........................
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2014 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 175,310 68,000 68,000 ¥107,310 ..........................

Other Acquisition Programs: 

Program Oversight and Management ................................................................................................................ 10,000 18,000 18,000 ∂8,000 ..........................Systems Engineering and Integration ................................................................................................................ 204 .......................... .......................... ¥204 ..........................C4ISR .................................................................................................................................................................. 40,226 36,300 36,300 ¥3,926 ..........................CG–Logistics Information Management System ................................................................................................ 1,500 3,000 3,000 ∂1,500 ..........................Nationwide Automatic Identification System ..................................................................................................... 13,000 .......................... .......................... ¥13,000 ..........................

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 64,930 57,300 57,300 ¥7,630 ..........................

Shore Facilities and Aids to Navigation: 

Major Construction; Housing; ATON; and Survey and Design ........................................................................... 2,000 19,580 19,580 ∂17,580 ..........................Major Acquisition Systems Infrastructure .......................................................................................................... .......................... 16,000 16,000 ∂16,000 ..........................Minor Shore ........................................................................................................................................................ 3,000 5,000 5,000 ∂2,000 ..........................

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 5,000 40,580 40,580 ∂35,580 ..........................

Military Housing ................................................................................................................................................................... 18,000 .......................... 6,000 ¥12,000 ∂6,000 

Personnel and Related Support: 

Direct Personnel Costs ....................................................................................................................................... 112,956 115,313 114,996 ∂2,040 ¥317 Core Acquisition Costs ....................................................................................................................................... 439 .......................... .......................... ¥439 ..........................

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 113,395 115,313 114,996 ∂1,601 ¥317 Subtotal, Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements ............................................................................... 1,375,635 1,084,193 1,330,376 ¥45,259 ∂246,183 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation .................................................................................................................... 19,200 17,947 17,892 ¥1,308 ¥55 Health Care Fund Contribution (permanent indefinite discretionary appropriation) .......................................................... 201,000 176,970 176,970 ¥24,030 ..........................Retired Pay (mandatory) ...................................................................................................................................................... 1,460,000 1,576,000 1,576,000 ∂116,000 ..........................

Total, Coast Guard .................................................................................................................................................. 10,200,806 9,727,662 10,213,625 ∂12,819 ∂485,963 

Appropriations ................................................................................................................................................ (9,973,806 ) (9,727,662 ) (10,000,625 ) (∂26,819 ) (∂272,963 ) 
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Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism ......................................................................... (227,000 ) .......................... (213,000 ) (¥14,000 ) (∂213,000 ) 

United States Secret Service 

Salaries and Expenses: 

Protection: 

Protection of Persons and Facilities .................................................................................................................. 848,263 874,885 867,685 ∂19,422 ¥7,200 Protective Intelligence Activities ........................................................................................................................ 67,165 68,234 67,536 ∂371 ¥698 National Special Security Event Fund ................................................................................................................ 4,500 4,500 4,500 .......................... ..........................Presidential Candidate Nominee Protection ....................................................................................................... .......................... 25,500 25,500 ∂25,500 ..........................

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 919,928 973,119 965,221 ∂45,293 ¥7,898 

Investigations: 

Domestic Field Operations ................................................................................................................................. 329,291 332,395 332,795 ∂3,504 ∂400 International Field Office Administration, Operations and Training ................................................................. 30,811 34,361 34,195 ∂3,384 ¥166 Support for Missing and Exploited Children ...................................................................................................... 8,366 .......................... 8,366 .......................... ∂8,366 

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 368,468 366,756 375,356 ∂6,888 ∂8,600 

Headquarters, Management and Administration ........................................................................................................ 188,964 189,191 188,380 ¥584 ¥811 Rowley Training Center ............................................................................................................................................... 55,118 55,868 55,378 ∂260 ¥490 Information Integration and Technology Transformation ............................................................................................ 1,019 1,036 1,025 ∂6 ¥11 

Subtotal, Salaries and Expenses ............................................................................................................................ 1,533,497 1,585,970 1,585,360 ∂51,863 ¥610 

Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses: 

Facilities ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5,380 5,380 5,380 .......................... ..........................Information Integration and Technology Transformation ............................................................................................ 46,395 44,555 44,555 ¥1,840 ..........................

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 51,775 49,935 49,935 ¥1,840 ..........................Total, United States Secret Service ........................................................................................................................ 1,585,272 1,635,905 1,635,295 ∂50,023 ¥610 Total, title II, Security, Enforcement, and Investigations ...................................................................................... 32,563,840 31,404,277 32,519,823 ¥44,017 ∂1,115,546 

Appropriations ................................................................................................................................................ (32,336,840 ) (31,404,277 ) (32,306,823 ) (¥30,017 ) (∂902,546 ) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism ......................................................................... (227,000 ) .......................... (213,000 ) (¥14,000 ) (∂213,000 ) 

(Fee Accounts) ........................................................................................................................................................ (2,114,515 ) (2,308,499 ) (2,308,499 ) (∂193,984 ) ..........................
186 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2014 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

TITLE III—PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY 

National Protection and Programs Directorate 

Management and Administration: 

Administrative Activities ............................................................................................................................................. 56,499 65,910 64,565 ∂8,066 ¥1,345 

Infrastructure Protection and Information Security: 

Infrastructure Protection: 

Infrastructure Analysis and Planning ................................................................................................................ 63,134 63,999 68,373 ∂5,239 ∂4,374 Sector Management and Governance ................................................................................................................ 62,562 63,136 62,961 ∂399 ¥175 Regional Field Operations .................................................................................................................................. 56,550 57,034 56,886 ∂336 ¥148 Infrastructure Security Compliance .................................................................................................................... 81,000 86,976 86,727 ∂5,727 ¥249 

Subtotal, Infrastructure Protection ................................................................................................................ 263,246 271,145 274,947 ∂11,701 ∂3,802 

Cybersecurity and Communications: 

Cybersecurity: 

Cybersecurity Coordination ........................................................................................................................ 4,320 4,330 4,311 ¥9 ¥19 US Computer Emergency Readiness Team [US–CERT] Operations .......................................................... 102,000 98,794 98,573 ¥3,427 ¥221 Federal Network Security ........................................................................................................................... 199,725 171,500 171,418 ¥28,307 ¥82 Network Security Deployment .................................................................................................................... 382,252 377,690 377,567 ¥4,685 ¥123 Global Cybersecurity Management ............................................................................................................ 25,892 17,613 25,893 ∂1 ∂8,280 Critical Infrastructure Cyber Protection and Awareness .......................................................................... 73,013 70,963 74,054 ∂1,041 ∂3,091 Business Operations .................................................................................................................................. 5,089 5,554 5,524 ∂435 ¥30 

Subtotal, Cybersecurity ......................................................................................................................... 792,291 746,444 757,340 ¥34,951 ∂10,896 

Communications: 

Office of Emergency Communications ...................................................................................................... 37,450 36,480 37,335 ¥115 ∂855 Priority Telecommunications Services ....................................................................................................... 53,372 53,381 53,324 ¥48 ¥57 Next Generation Networks ......................................................................................................................... 21,158 69,571 69,559 ∂48,401 ¥12 Programs to Study and Enhance Telecommunications ............................................................................ 10,074 10,106 10,092 ∂18 ¥14 
187 

Critical Infrastructure Protection Programs .............................................................................................. 9,409 10,439 10,403 ∂994 ¥36 

Subtotal, Communications .................................................................................................................... 131,463 179,977 180,713 ∂49,250 ∂736 Subtotal, Cybersecurity and Communications ...................................................................................... 923,754 926,421 938,053 ∂14,299 ∂11,632 Subtotal, Infrastructure Protection and Information Security .............................................................. 1,187,000 1,197,566 1,213,000 ∂26,000 ∂15,434 

Federal Protective Service: 

Basic Security .............................................................................................................................................................. 271,540 275,763 275,763 ∂4,223 ..........................Building-specific Security ........................................................................................................................................... 509,056 600,615 600,615 ∂91,559 ..........................Reimbursable Security Fees (Contract Guard Services) ............................................................................................. 521,228 466,228 466,228 ¥55,000 ..........................

Subtotal, Federal Protective Service ....................................................................................................................... 1,301,824 1,342,606 1,342,606 ∂40,782 ..........................

Offsetting Collections .................................................................................................................................................. ¥1,301,824 ¥1,342,606 ¥1,342,606 ¥40,782 ..........................

Office of Biometric Identity Management ............................................................................................................................ 227,108 251,584 249,142 ∂22,034 ¥2,442 

Total, National Protection and Programs Directorate (gross) ................................................................................ 2,772,431 2,857,666 2,869,313 ∂96,882 ∂11,647 

Offsetting Collections .................................................................................................................................... (¥1,301,824 ) (¥1,342,606 ) (¥1,342,606 ) (¥40,782 ) ..........................

Total, National Protection and Programs Directorate (net) ...................................................................... 1,470,607 1,515,060 1,526,707 ∂56,100 ∂11,647 

Office of Health Affairs 

BioWatch ............................................................................................................................................................................... 85,277 84,651 84,651 ¥626 ..........................National Biosurveillance Integration Center ........................................................................................................................ 10,000 8,000 8,000 ¥2,000 ..........................Chemical Defense Program .................................................................................................................................................. 824 824 824 .......................... ..........................Planning and Coordination .................................................................................................................................................. 4,995 4,995 4,995 .......................... ..........................Salaries and Expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 25,667 27,297 26,148 ∂481 ¥1,149 

Total, Office of Health Affairs ................................................................................................................................ 126,763 125,767 124,618 ¥2,145 ¥1,149 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

Salaries and Expenses: 

Administrative and Regional Offices .......................................................................................................................... 249,855 245,218 244,183 ¥5,672 ¥1,035 

Office of National Capital Region Coordination ................................................................................................ (3,400 ) .......................... (3,400 ) .......................... (∂3,400 ) 

Preparedness and Protection ...................................................................................................................................... 173,406 185,000 184,659 ∂11,253 ¥341 Response ..................................................................................................................................................................... 178,692 167,376 174,586 ¥4,106 ∂7,210 

Urban Search and Rescue Response System .................................................................................................... (35,180 ) (27,513 ) (35,180 ) .......................... (∂7,667 ) 

Recovery ....................................................................................................................................................................... 55,121 56,030 55,789 ∂668 ¥241 Response and Recovery ............................................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................
188 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2014 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Mitigation .................................................................................................................................................................... 27,858 25,782 27,738 ¥120 ∂1,956 Mission Support ........................................................................................................................................................... 151,744 141,809 145,316 ¥6,428 ∂3,507 Centrally Managed Accounts ....................................................................................................................................... 110,306 103,449 103,449 ¥6,857 ..........................

Subtotal, Salaries and Expenses ............................................................................................................................ 946,982 924,664 935,720 ¥11,262 ∂11,056 

(Defense) ........................................................................................................................................................ (74,000 ) (76,000 ) (76,000 ) (∂2,000 ) ..........................(Nondefense) .................................................................................................................................................. (872,982 ) (848,664 ) (859,720 ) (¥13,262 ) (∂11,056 ) 

Grants and Training: 

State and Local Programs: 

State Homeland Security Grant Program ........................................................................................................... 466,346 .......................... 467,000 ∂654 ∂467,000 

Operation Stonegarden .............................................................................................................................. (55,000 ) .......................... (55,000 ) .......................... (∂55,000 ) 

Urban Area Security Initiative ............................................................................................................................ 600,000 .......................... 600,000 .......................... ∂600,000 

Nonprofit Security Grants .......................................................................................................................... (13,000 ) .......................... (13,000 ) .......................... (∂13,000 ) 

Public Transportation Security Assistance and Railroad Security Assistance .................................................. 100,000 .......................... 100,000 .......................... ∂100,000 

Amtrak Security ......................................................................................................................................... (10,000 ) .......................... (10,000 ) .......................... (∂10,000 ) Over-Road Bus Security ............................................................................................................................ .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Port Security Grants ........................................................................................................................................... 100,000 .......................... 100,000 .......................... ∂100,000 

Subtotal, Discretionary Grants ....................................................................................................................... 1,266,346 .......................... 1,267,000 ∂654 ∂1,267,000 

Education, Training, and Exercises: 

Emergency Management Institute ............................................................................................................. 20,569 .......................... 20,569 .......................... ∂20,569 Center for Domestic Preparedness ............................................................................................................ 64,991 .......................... 64,991 .......................... ∂64,991 National Domestic Preparedness Consortium ........................................................................................... 98,000 .......................... 98,000 .......................... ∂98,000 National Exercise Program ........................................................................................................................ 21,094 .......................... 19,919 ¥1,175 ∂19,919 Continuing Training ................................................................................................................................... 29,000 .......................... 29,521 ∂521 ∂29,521 

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................. 233,654 .......................... 233,000 ¥654 ∂233,000 

National Preparedness Grant Program .............................................................................................................. .......................... 1,043,200 .......................... .......................... ¥1,043,200 
189 

First Responder Assistance Program: 

Emergency Management Performance Grants .......................................................................................... .......................... 350,000 .......................... .......................... ¥350,000 Fire Grants ................................................................................................................................................. .......................... 335,000 .......................... .......................... ¥335,000 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response [SAFER] Act Grants ............................................. .......................... 335,000 .......................... .......................... ¥335,000 Training Partnership Grants ...................................................................................................................... .......................... 60,000 .......................... .......................... ¥60,000 Education, Training and Exercises ............................................................................................................ .......................... 102,269 .......................... .......................... ¥102,269 

Subtotal, First Responder Assistance Program .................................................................................... .......................... 1,182,269 .......................... .......................... ¥1,182,269 Subtotal, State and Local Programs .................................................................................................... 1,500,000 2,225,469 1,500,000 .......................... ¥725,469 

(Defense) ................................................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................(Nondefense) .............................................................................................................................................. (1,500,000 ) (2,225,469 ) (1,500,000 ) .......................... (¥725,469 ) 

Firefighter Assistance Grants: 

Fire Grants .......................................................................................................................................................... 340,000 .......................... 340,000 .......................... ∂340,000 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response [SAFER] Act Grants ...................................................... 340,000 .......................... 340,000 .......................... ∂340,000 

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 680,000 .......................... 680,000 .......................... ∂680,000 

Emergency Management Performance Grants ............................................................................................................ 350,000 .......................... 350,000 .......................... ∂350,000 

Subtotal, Grants and Training ................................................................................................................................ 2,530,000 2,225,469 2,530,000 .......................... ∂304,531 

Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program .................................................................................................................. ¥1,272 ¥1,815 ¥1,815 ¥543 ..........................United States Fire Administration ........................................................................................................................................ 44,000 41,407 44,000 .......................... ∂2,593 Disaster Relief Fund: 

Base Disaster Relief .................................................................................................................................................... 594,522 595,672 595,672 ∂1,150 ..........................Disaster Relief Category .............................................................................................................................................. 5,626,386 6,437,793 6,437,793 ∂811,407 ..........................

Subtotal, Disaster Relief Fund ............................................................................................................................... 6,220,908 7,033,465 7,033,465 ∂812,557 ..........................

Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis Program ............................................................................................................ 95,202 84,403 100,000 ∂4,798 ∂15,597 National Flood Insurance Fund: 

Salaries and Expenses ................................................................................................................................................ 22,000 23,759 23,759 ∂1,759 ..........................Flood Plain Management and Mapping ...................................................................................................................... 154,300 155,535 155,535 ∂1,235 ..........................

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 176,300 179,294 179,294 ∂2,994 ..........................

Offsetting Fee Collections ........................................................................................................................................... ¥176,300 ¥179,294 ¥179,294 ¥2,994 ..........................

National Predisaster Mitigation Fund .................................................................................................................................. 25,000 .......................... 25,000 .......................... ∂25,000 
190 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2014 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Emergency Food and Shelter ................................................................................................................................................ 120,000 100,000 100,000 ¥20,000 ..........................

Total, Federal Emergency Management Agency ..................................................................................................... 9,980,820 10,407,593 10,766,370 ∂785,550 ∂358,777 

(Appropriations) ............................................................................................................................................. (4,354,434 ) (3,969,800 ) (4,328,577 ) (¥25,857 ) (∂358,777 ) (Disaster Relief Category) .............................................................................................................................. (5,626,386 ) (6,437,793 ) (6,437,793 ) (∂811,407 ) ..........................

Total, title III, Protection, Preparedness, Response and Recovery Directorate ...................................................... 11,578,190 12,048,420 12,417,695 ∂839,505 ∂369,275 

Appropriations ................................................................................................................................................ (5,951,804 ) (5,610,627 ) (5,979,902 ) (∂28,098 ) (∂369,275 ) Disaster Relief Category ................................................................................................................................ (5,626,386 ) (6,437,793 ) (6,437,793 ) (∂811,407 ) ..........................

TITLE IV—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES 

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

Appropriations: 

E-Verify Program ......................................................................................................................................................... 113,889 124,755 124,435 ∂10,546 ¥320 Immigrant Integration Programs ................................................................................................................................. .......................... 10,000 .......................... .......................... ¥10,000 

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 113,889 134,755 124,435 ∂10,546 ¥10,320 

Fee Accounts: 

Adjudication Services: 

District Operations ............................................................................................................................................. (1,544,380 ) (1,539,859 ) (1,594,400 ) (∂50,020 ) (∂54,541 ) 

(Immigrant Integration Grants) ................................................................................................................. (7,500 ) .......................... .......................... (¥7,500 ) ..........................

Service Center Operations .................................................................................................................................. (578,393 ) (542,449 ) (614,851 ) (∂36,458 ) (∂72,402 ) Asylum, Refugee and International Operations ................................................................................................. (236,710 ) (238,755 ) (232,374 ) (¥4,336 ) (¥6,381 ) Records Operations ............................................................................................................................................ (94,039 ) (93,209 ) (110,035 ) (∂15,996 ) (∂16,826 ) Business Transformation .................................................................................................................................... (183,464 ) (184,923 ) (194,923 ) (∂11,459 ) (∂10,000 ) 

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 2,636,986 2,599,195 2,746,583 ∂109,597 ∂147,388 
191 

Information and Customer Services: 

Operating Expenses ............................................................................................................................................ (96,409 ) (98,868 ) (109,416 ) (∂13,007 ) (∂10,548 ) 

Administration: 

Operating Expenses ............................................................................................................................................ (339,421 ) (342,308 ) (376,553 ) (∂37,132 ) (∂34,245 ) 

Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements [SAVE] ............................................................................................... (29,937 ) (30,259 ) (24,823 ) (¥5,114 ) (¥5,436 ) 

Subtotal, Fee Accounts ........................................................................................................................................... 3,102,753 3,070,630 3,257,375 ∂154,622 ∂186,745 

H1–B Visa Fee Account: 

Adjudication Services: 

Service Center Operations .................................................................................................................................. .......................... (13,500 ) .......................... .......................... (¥13,500 ) 

H1–B and L Fraud Prevention Fee Account: 

Adjudication Services: 

District Operations ............................................................................................................................................. .......................... (26,044 ) .......................... .......................... (¥26,044 ) Asylum and Refugee Operating Expenses ......................................................................................................... .......................... (310 ) .......................... .......................... (¥310 ) Service Center Operations .................................................................................................................................. .......................... (14,646 ) .......................... .......................... (¥14,646 ) 

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................... 41,000 .......................... .......................... ¥41,000 Total, Fee Accounts ........................................................................................................................................ 3,102,753 3,125,130 3,257,375 ∂154,622 ∂132,245 Total, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ......................................................................... (3,216,642 ) (3,259,885 ) (3,381,810 ) (∂165,168 ) (∂121,925 ) Appropriations ................................................................................................................................................ (113,889 ) (134,755 ) (124,435 ) (∂10,546 ) (¥10,320 ) Fee Accounts .................................................................................................................................................. (3,102,753 ) (3,125,130 ) (3,257,375 ) (∂154,622 ) (∂132,245 ) 

(Immigration Examination Fee Account) .............................................................................................................................. (3,048,753 ) (3,070,630 ) (3,202,875 ) (∂154,122 ) (∂132,245 ) (H1–B Visa Fee Account) ..................................................................................................................................................... (13,000 ) (13,500 ) (13,500 ) (∂500 ) ..........................(H1–B and L Fraud Prevention Fee Account) ...................................................................................................................... (41,000 ) (41,000 ) (41,000 ) .......................... ..........................

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 

Salaries and Expenses: 

Law Enforcement Training .......................................................................................................................................... 198,317 202,122 201,364 ∂3,047 ¥758 Management and Administration ................................................................................................................................ 28,228 28,337 28,144 ¥84 ¥193 Accreditation ................................................................................................................................................................ 1,300 1,295 1,289 ¥11 ¥6 

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 227,845 231,754 230,797 ∂2,952 ¥957 

Acquisitions, Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses ..................................................................................... 30,885 27,841 27,841 ¥3,044 ..........................

Total, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center ................................................................................................... 258,730 259,595 258,638 ¥92 ¥957 
192 

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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2014 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Science and Technology 

Management and Administration ......................................................................................................................................... 129,000 130,147 129,555 ∂555 ¥592 Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations: 

Research, Development, and Innovation ..................................................................................................................... 462,000 433,788 425,552 ¥36,448 ¥8,236 Laboratory Facilities .................................................................................................................................................... 547,785 435,180 435,180 ¥112,605 ..........................Acquisition and Operations Support ........................................................................................................................... 41,703 41,703 41,703 .......................... ..........................University Programs .................................................................................................................................................... 39,724 31,000 39,500 ¥224 ∂8,500 

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 1,091,212 941,671 941,935 ¥149,277 ∂264 Total, Science and Technology ............................................................................................................................... 1,220,212 1,071,818 1,071,490 ¥148,722 ¥328 

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 

Management and Administration ......................................................................................................................................... 37,353 37,494 37,339 ¥14 ¥155 Research, Development, and Operations: 

Systems Engineering and Architecture ....................................................................................................................... 21,000 17,924 17,000 ¥4,000 ¥924 Systems Development .................................................................................................................................................. 21,000 22,000 21,400 ∂400 ¥600 Transformational Research and Development ............................................................................................................ 71,102 69,500 69,000 ¥2,102 ¥500 Assessments ................................................................................................................................................................ 39,300 38,079 38,000 ¥1,300 ¥79 Operations Support ...................................................................................................................................................... 30,200 31,565 31,000 ∂800 ¥565 National Technical Nuclear Forensics Center ............................................................................................................. 22,700 20,000 20,000 ¥2,700 ..........................

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 205,302 199,068 196,400 ¥8,902 ¥2,668 

Systems Acquisition: 

Radiation Portal Monitor Program .............................................................................................................................. 7,000 5,000 5,000 ¥2,000 ..........................Securing the Cities ...................................................................................................................................................... 22,000 12,000 19,000 ¥3,000 ∂7,000 Human Portable Radiation Detection Systems ........................................................................................................... 13,600 50,861 48,603 ∂35,003 ¥2,258 
193 

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 42,600 67,861 72,603 ∂30,003 ∂4,742 Total, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office ............................................................................................................... 285,255 304,423 306,342 ∂21,087 ∂1,919 Total, title IV, Research and Development, Training, and Services ...................................................................... 1,878,086 1,770,591 1,760,905 ¥117,181 ¥9,686 (Fee Accounts) ........................................................................................................................................................ (3,102,753 ) (3,125,130 ) (3,257,375 ) (∂154,622 ) (∂132,245 ) 

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Financial Systems Modernization ......................................................................................................................................... 29,548 .......................... 39,500 ∂9,952 ∂39,500 Columbia Free Trade Act Collections ................................................................................................................................... 110,000 138,000 138,000 ∂28,000 ..........................U.S. Coast Guard AC&I (rescission) (Public Law 112–10) ................................................................................................. ¥35,500 .......................... ¥2,550 ∂32,950 ¥2,550 U.S. Coast Guard AC&I (rescission) (Public Law 112–74) ................................................................................................. ¥79,300 .......................... ¥11,980 ∂67,320 ¥11,980 U.S. Coast Guard AC&I (rescission) (Public Law 113–6) ................................................................................................... ¥19,879 .......................... ¥9,469 ∂10,410 ¥9,469 CBP OAM (rescission) (Public Law 113–76) ....................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... ¥8,000 ¥8,000 ¥8,000 TSA Aviation Security (rescission) (Public Law 113–76) .................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... ¥102,000 ¥102,000 ¥102,000 U.S. Coast Guard AC&I (rescission) (Public Law 113–76) ................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... ¥16,500 ¥16,500 ¥16,500 Science and Technology, Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations, Account 70x0800 (rescission) ............... .......................... .......................... ¥14,000 ¥14,000 ¥14,000 Treasury Asset Forfeiture Fund (rescission) ......................................................................................................................... ¥100,000 .......................... ¥200,000 ¥100,000 ¥200,000 Rescission of Legacy Funds ................................................................................................................................................. ¥4,657 .......................... ¥1,494 ∂3,163 ¥1,494 FEMA unobligated balances (rescission) ............................................................................................................................. ¥300,522 ¥200,000 ¥310,000 ¥9,478 ¥110,000 U–Visa immigration proposal .............................................................................................................................................. .......................... 13,000 .......................... .......................... ¥13,000 COBRA Passenger Inspection Fee (leg. proposal) ............................................................................................................... .......................... (212,000 ) .......................... .......................... (¥212,000 ) IUF Fee (leg. proposal) ......................................................................................................................................................... .......................... (229,000 ) (196,000 ) (∂196,000 ) (¥33,000 ) U.S. Coast Guard AC&I (rescission) (Public Law 111–83) ................................................................................................. ¥14,500 .......................... .......................... ∂14,500 ..........................DHS Consolidated Headquarters Project .............................................................................................................................. 35,000 .......................... 48,600 ∂13,600 ∂48,600 Data Center Migration .......................................................................................................................................................... 42,200 .......................... .......................... ¥42,200 ..........................USCIS Immigrant Integration Grants ................................................................................................................................... 2,500 .......................... .......................... ¥2,500 ..........................TSA Aviation Security (rescission) (Public Law 113–6) ...................................................................................................... ¥35,000 .......................... .......................... ∂35,000 ..........................TSA Aviation Security (70x0550) (rescission) ...................................................................................................................... ¥2,000 .......................... ¥15,300 ¥13,300 ¥15,300 TSA Surface Transportation Security (rescission) (Public Law 113–6) ............................................................................... ¥20,000 .......................... .......................... ∂20,000 ..........................CBP construction and facilities management (rescission) ................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... ¥12,500 ¥12,500 ¥12,500 TSA Research and Development (rescission) ....................................................................................................................... ¥977 .......................... .......................... ∂977 ..........................CBP BSFIT unobligated balance (rescission) ....................................................................................................................... ¥67,498 .......................... ¥27,300 ∂40,198 ¥27,300 Rescission of Unobligated Balances (nondefense) .............................................................................................................. ¥13,593 .......................... .......................... ∂13,593 ..........................

Total, title V, General Provisions ............................................................................................................................ ¥474,178 ¥49,000 ¥504,993 ¥30,815 ¥455,993 

Fee Accounts .................................................................................................................................................. .......................... (441,000 ) (196,000 ) (∂196,000 ) (¥245,000 ) Appropriations ................................................................................................................................................ (219,248 ) (151,000 ) (226,100 ) (∂6,852 ) (∂75,100 ) 
194 

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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2014 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2014 

appropriation Budget estimate 

Rescissions .................................................................................................................................................... (¥693,426 ) (¥200,000 ) (¥731,093 ) (¥37,667 ) (¥531,093 ) 

Grand Total ............................................................................................................................................................. 46,583,386 46,346,037 47,226,793 ∂643,407 ∂880,756 

Appropriations ................................................................................................................................................ (41,423,426 ) (40,108,244 ) (41,307,093 ) (¥116,333 ) (∂1,198,849 ) Rescissions .................................................................................................................................................... (¥693,426 ) (¥200,000 ) (¥731,093 ) (¥37,667 ) (¥531,093 ) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism ......................................................................... (227,000 ) .......................... (213,000 ) (¥14,000 ) (∂213,000 ) Disaster Relief Category ................................................................................................................................ (5,626,386 ) (6,437,793 ) (6,437,793 ) (∂811,407 ) ..........................

(Fee Funded Programs) ........................................................................................................................................................ (5,217,268 ) (5,874,629 ) (5,761,874 ) (∂544,606 ) (¥112,755 ) (By transfer) ......................................................................................................................................................................... (24,000 ) (24,000 ) (24,000 ) .......................... ..........................

1 Includes fiscal year 2014 enacted and fiscal year 2015 request for AMOC 

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