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Union Calendar No. 456 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8752 

[Report No. 118–553] 

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 14, 2024 

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

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

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, 

and for other purposes. 


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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year end6 ing September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INTEL9 LIGENCE, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND 

10 OVERSIGHT 

11 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE

12 MANAGEMENT

13 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

15 and for executive management for operations and support, 

16 $281,358,000, of which $22,151,000 shall remain avail17 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That $5,000,000 

18 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary sub19 mits, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

20 of Representatives and the Senate, responses to all ques21 tions for the record for each hearing on the fiscal year 

22 2026 budget submission for the Department of Homeland 

23 Security held by such Committees prior to July 1: Pro24 vided further, That not to exceed $30,000 shall be for offi25 cial reception and representation expenses. 


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1 MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE

2 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

3 For necessary expenses of the Management Direc4 torate for operations and support, $1,637,290,000: Pro5 vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be for official recep6 tion and representation expenses. 

7 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

8 For necessary expenses of the Management Direc9 torate for procurement, construction, and improvements, 

10 $54,337,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2027. 

12 FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

13 The revenues and collections of security fees credited 

14 to this account shall be available until expended for nec15 essary expenses related to the protection of federally 

16 owned and leased buildings and for the operations of the 

17 Federal Protective Service. 

18 INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND SITUATIONAL

19 AWARENESS

20 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence 

22 and Analysis and the Office of Homeland Security Situa23 tional Awareness for operations and support, 

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1 ceed $2,000,000 is available for facility needs associated 

2 with secure space at fusion centers, including improve3 ments to buildings: Provided further, That not to exceed 

4 $3,825 shall be for official reception and representation 

5 expenses. 

6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

9 General for operations and support, $225,294,000: Pro10 vided, That not to exceed $300,000 may be used for cer11 tain confidential operational expenses, including the pay12 ment of informants, to be expended at the direction of the 

13 Inspector General. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

15 SEC. 101. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 

16 shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2025, 

17 to the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 

18 Security listing all grants and contracts awarded by any 

19 means other than full and open competition during fiscal 

20 years 2024 or 2025. 

21 (b) The Inspector General shall review the report re22 quired by subsection (a) to assess departmental compli23 ance with applicable laws and regulations and report the 

24 results of that review to the Committees on Appropriations 


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1 of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 

2 than February 15, 2026. 

3 SEC. 102. Not later than 30 days after the last day 

4 of each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Depart5 ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Commit6 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

7 and the Senate a monthly budget and staffing report that 

8 includes total obligations of the Department for that 

9 month and for the fiscal year at the appropriation and 

10 program, project, and activity levels, by the source year 

11 of the appropriation. 

12 SEC. 103. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 

13 in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 

14 notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

15 Representatives and the Senate of any proposed transfers 

16 of funds available under section 9705(g)(4)(B) of title 31, 

17 United States Code, from the Department of the Treasury 

18 Forfeiture Fund to any agency within the Department of 

19 Homeland Security. 

20 (b) None of the funds identified for such a transfer 

21 may be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations 

22 of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti23 fied of the proposed transfer. 

24 SEC. 104. All official costs associated with the use 

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1 rity personnel to support official travel of the Secretary 

2 and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid from amounts 

3 made available for the Office of the Secretary. 

4 SEC. 105. (a) The Under Secretary for Management 

5 shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

6 of Representatives and the Senate not later than 45 days 

7 after the end of each fiscal quarter on all Level 1 and 

8 Level 2 acquisition programs on the Master Acquisition 

9 Oversight list between Acquisition Decision Event and 

10 Full Operational Capability, including programs that have 

11 been removed from such list during the preceding quarter. 

12 (b) For each such program, the briefing described in 

13 subsection (a) shall include— 

14 (1) a description of the purpose of the program, 

15 including the capabilities being acquired and the 

16 component(s) sponsoring the acquisition; 

17 (2) the total number of units, as appropriate, to 

18 be acquired annually until procurement is complete 

19 under the current acquisition program baseline; 

20 (3) the Acquisition Review Board status, in21 cluding— 

22 (A) the current acquisition phase by incre23 ment, as applicable; 

24 (B) the date of the most recent review; and 


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1 (C) whether the program has been paused 

2 or is in breach status; 

3 (4) a comparison between the initial Depart4 ment-approved acquisition program baseline cost, 

5 schedule, and performance thresholds and objectives 

6 and the program’s current such thresholds and ob7 jectives, if applicable; 

8 (5) the lifecycle cost estimate, adjusted for com9 parison to the Future Years Homeland Security 

10 Program, including— 

11 (A) the confidence level for the estimate; 

12 (B) the fiscal years included in the esti13 mate; 

14 (C) a breakout of the estimate for the 

15 prior five years, the current year, and the budg16 et year; 

17 (D) a breakout of the estimate by appro18 priation account or other funding source; and 

19 (E) a description of and rationale for any 

20 changes to the estimate as compared to the pre21 viously approved baseline, as applicable, and 

22 during the prior fiscal year; 

23 (6) a summary of the findings of any inde24 pendent verification and validation of the items to be 


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1 acquired or an explanation for why no such 

2 verification and validation has been performed; 

3 (7) a table displaying the obligation of all pro4 gram funds by prior fiscal year, the estimated obli5 gation of funds for the current fiscal year, and an 

6 estimate for the planned carryover of funds into the 

7 subsequent fiscal year; 

8 (8) a listing of prime contractors and major 

9 subcontractors; and 

10 (9) narrative descriptions of risks to cost, 

11 schedule, or performance that could result in a pro12 gram breach if not successfully mitigated. 

13 (c) The Under Secretary for Management shall sub14 mit each approved Acquisition Decision Memorandum for 

15 programs described in this section to the Committees on 

16 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

17 Senate not later than five business days after the date of 

18 approval of such memorandum by the Under Secretary for 

19 Management or the designee of the Under Secretary for 

20 Management. 

21 SEC. 106. (a) None of the funds made available to 

22 the Department of Homeland Security in this Act or prior 

23 appropriations Acts may be obligated for any new pilot 

24 or demonstration unless the component or office carrying 


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1 out such pilot or demonstration has documented the infor2 mation described in subsection (c). 

3 (b) Prior to the obligation of any such funds made 

4 available for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ for a new pilot 

5 or demonstration, the Under Secretary for Management 

6 shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropria7 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 

8 the information described in subsection (c). 

9 (c) The information required under subsections (a) 

10 and (b) for a pilot or demonstration shall include the fol11 lowing— 

12 (1) documented objectives that are well-defined 

13 and measurable; 

14 (2) an assessment methodology that details— 

15 (A) the type and source of assessment 

16 data; 

17 (B) the methods for, and frequency of, col18 lecting such data; and 

19 (C) how such data will be analyzed; and 

20 (3) an implementation plan, including mile21 stones, cost estimates, and implementation sched22 ules, including a projected end date. 

23 (d) Not later than 90 days after the date of comple24 tion of a pilot or demonstration described in subsection 

25 (e), the Under Secretary for Management shall provide a 


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1 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

2 of Representatives and the Senate detailing lessons 

3 learned, actual costs, any planned expansion or continu4 ation of the pilot or demonstration, and any planned tran5 sition of such pilot or demonstration into an enduring pro6 gram or operation. 

7 (e) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or dem8 onstration program is a study, demonstration, experi9 mental program, or trial that— 

10 (1) is a small-scale, short-term experiment con11 ducted in order to evaluate feasibility, duration, 

12 costs, or adverse events, and improve upon the de13 sign of an effort prior to implementation of a larger 

14 scale effort; and 

15 (2) uses more than 10 full-time equivalents or 

16 obligates, or proposes to obligate, $5,000,000 or 

17 more, but does not include congressionally directed 

18 programs or enhancements and does not include pro19 grams that were in operation as of the date of the 

20 enactment of this Act. 

21 (f) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or dem22 onstration does not include any testing, evaluation, or ini23 tial deployment phase executed under a procurement con24 tract for the acquisition of information technology services 

25 or systems, or any pilot or demonstration carried out by 


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1 a non-Federal recipient under any financial assistance 

2 agreement funded by the Department. 

3 TITLE II 

4 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 

5 INVESTIGATIONS 

6 U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

7 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 

10 Protection for operations and support, including the trans11 portation of unaccompanied alien minors; the provision of 

12 air and marine support to Federal, State, local, and inter13 national agencies in the enforcement or administration of 

14 laws enforced by the Department of Homeland Security; 

15 at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

16 the provision of such support to Federal, State, and local 

17 agencies in other law enforcement and emergency humani18 tarian efforts; the purchase and lease of up to 7,500 

19 (6,500 for replacement only) police-type vehicles; the pur20 chase, maintenance, or operation of marine vessels, air21 craft, and unmanned aerial systems; and contracting with 

22 individuals for personal services abroad; $16,566,247,000; 

23 of which $3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor 

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1 suant to section 9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 

2 of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding sec3 tion 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

4 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which $550,000,000 shall be avail5 able until September 30, 2026; and of which such sums 

6 as become available in the Customs User Fee Account, ex7 cept sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consoli8 dated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 

9 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account: Pro10 vided, That not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official re11 ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

12 That not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for pay13 ment for rental space in connection with preclearance op14 erations: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,000,000 

15 shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be 

16 accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary 

17 of Homeland Security: Provided further, That not to ex18 ceed $2,500,000 may be transferred to the Bureau of In19 dian Affairs for the maintenance and repair of roads on 

20 Native American reservations used by the U.S. Border Pa21 trol. 

22 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

23 For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 

24 Protection for procurement, construction, and improve25 ments, including procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, 


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1 and unmanned aerial systems, $1,390,338,000, of which 

2 $766,684,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

3 2027, and of which $623,654,000 shall remain available 

4 until September 30, 2029. 

5 U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

6 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

7 For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and 

8 Customs Enforcement for operations and support, includ9 ing the purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for re10 placement only) police-type vehicles; overseas vetted units; 

11 and maintenance, minor construction, and minor leasehold 

12 improvements at owned and leased facilities; 

13 $10,497,243,000; of which not less than $6,000,000 shall 

14 remain available until expended for efforts to enforce laws 

15 against forced child labor; of which $46,696,000 shall re16 main available until September 30, 2026; of which not less 

17 than $2,000,000 is for paid apprenticeships for partici18 pants in the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative Child19 Rescue Corps; of which not less than $15,000,000 shall 

20 be available for investigation of intellectual property rights 

21 violations, including operation of the National Intellectual 

22 Property Rights Coordination Center; and of which not 

23 less than $5,900,389,000 shall be for enforcement, deten24 tion, and removal operations, including transportation of 

25 unaccompanied alien minors, of which not less than 


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1 $3,081,725,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2026: Provided, That not to exceed $11,475 shall be for 

3 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

4 further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available 

5 until expended for conducting special operations under 

6 section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 (19 

7 U.S.C. 2081): Provided further, That not to exceed 

8 $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to inform9 ants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of 

10 the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, 

11 That not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund 

12 or reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs associ13 ated with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of 

14 smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States: 

15 Provided further, That not less than $2,000,000 shall be 

16 for entering into new agreements for the delegation of law 

17 enforcement authority provided by section 287(g) of the 

18 Immigration and Nationality Act: Provided further, That 

19 funding made available under this heading shall maintain 

20 a level of not less than 50,000 detention beds. 

21 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

22 For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and 

23 Customs Enforcement for procurement, construction, and 

24 improvements, $19,548,000, of which $6,548,000 shall re25 main available until September 30, 2027, and of which 


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1 $13,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2029. 

3 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

5 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu6 rity Administration for operations and support, 

7 $10,817,225,000, of which $300,000,000 shall remain 

8 available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That not 

9 to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and rep10 resentation expenses: Provided further, That security serv11 ice fees authorized under section 44940 of title 49, United 

12 States Code, shall be credited to this appropriation as off13 setting collections and shall be available only for aviation 

14 security: Provided further, That the sum appropriated 

15 under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced 

16 on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections 

17 are received during fiscal year 2025 so as to result in a 

18 final fiscal year appropriation from the general fund esti19 mated at not more than $7,957,225,000. 

20 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

21 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu22 rity Administration for procurement, construction, and 

23 improvements, $198,428,000, to remain available until 

24 September 30, 2027. 


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1 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

2 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu3 rity Administration for research and development, 

4 $17,990,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2026. 

6 COAST GUARD

7 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

8 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for oper9 ations and support including the Coast Guard Reserve; 

10 purchase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor ve11 hicles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or 

12 lease of small boats for contingent and emergent require13 ments (at a unit cost of not more than $700,000) and 

14 repairs and service-life replacements, not to exceed a total 

15 of $31,000,000; purchase, lease, or improvements of boats 

16 necessary for overseas deployments and activities; pay17 ments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 

18 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and wel19 fare; $10,554,261,000, of which $530,000,000 shall be for 

20 defense-related activities; of which $24,500,000 shall be 

21 derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry 

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

23 Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which 

24 $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

25 2027; of which $24,359,000 shall remain available until 


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1 September 30, 2029, for environmental compliance and 

2 restoration; and of which $100,000,000 shall remain avail3 able until September 30, 2026, which shall only be avail4 able for vessel depot level maintenance: Provided, That not 

5 to exceed $23,000 shall be for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses. 

7 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

8 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for pro9 curement, construction, and improvements, including aids 

10 to navigation, shore facilities (including facilities at De11 partment of Defense installations used by the Coast 

12 Guard), and vessels and aircraft, including equipment re13 lated thereto, $2,128,500,000, to remain available until 

14 September 30, 2029; of which $20,000,000 shall be de15 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out 

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

17 of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)). 

18 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

19 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for re20 search and development; and for maintenance, rehabilita21 tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; 

22 $6,763,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, 

23 of which $500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li24 ability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 

25 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 


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1 2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there may be credited to and 

2 used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received 

3 from State and local governments, other public authori4 ties, private sources, and foreign countries for expenses 

5 incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua6 tion. 

7 RETIRED PAY

8 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 

9 otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur10 pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 

11 Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca12 reer status bonuses, payment of continuation pay under 

13 section 356 of title 37, United States Code, concurrent 

14 receipts, combat-related special compensation, and pay15 ments for medical care of retired personnel and their de16 pendents under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, 

17 $1,210,840,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

19 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

20 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 

21 Service for operations and support, including purchase of 

22 not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-type use; hire of pas23 senger motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in 

24 the United States; hire of aircraft; rental of buildings in 

25 the District of Columbia; fencing, lighting, guard booths, 


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1 and other facilities on private or other property not in 

2 Government ownership or control, as may be necessary to 

3 perform protective functions; conduct of and participation 

4 in firearms matches; presentation of awards; conduct of 

5 behavioral research in support of protective intelligence 

6 and operations; payment in advance for commercial ac7 commodations as may be necessary to perform protective 

8 functions; and payment, without regard to section 5702 

9 of title 5, United States Code, of subsistence expenses of 

10 employees who are on protective missions, whether at or 

11 away from their duty stations; $3,017,524,000; of which 

12 $80,041,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2026, and of which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for 

14 activities related to investigations of missing and exploited 

15 children; and of which up to $24,000,000 may be for cal16 endar year 2024 premium pay in excess of the annual 

17 equivalent of the limitation on the rate of pay contained 

18 in section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, pursuant 

19 to section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective Services 

20 Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as last amended by 

21 Public Law 118–38: Provided, That not to exceed $19,125 

22 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 

23 Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 shall be to 

24 provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law 


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1 enforcement organizations in criminal investigations with2 in the jurisdiction of the United States Secret Service. 

3 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

4 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 

5 Service for procurement, construction, and improvements, 

6 $138,336,000, of which $53,436,000 shall remain avail7 able until September 30, 2027, and of which $84,900,000 

8 shall remain available until September 30, 2029. 

9 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

10 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 

11 Service for research and development, $2,250,000, to re12 main available until September 30, 2026. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 SEC. 201. Section 201 of the Department of Home15 land Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of 

16 Public Law 115–141), related to overtime compensation 

17 limitations, shall apply with respect to funds made avail18 able in this Act in the same manner as such section ap19 plied to funds made available in that Act, except that ‘‘fis20 cal year 2025’’ shall be substituted for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 

21 SEC. 202. Funding made available under the head22 ings ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations 

23 and Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec24 tion—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ 

25 shall be available for customs expenses when necessary to 


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1 maintain operations and prevent adverse personnel actions 

2 in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addition 

3 to funding provided by sections 740 and 1406i of title 48, 

4 United States Code. 

5 SEC. 203. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 

6 United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im7 plementation Act (Public Law 112–42), fees collected 

8 from passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an ad9 jacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Con10 solidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 

11 U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 

12 SEC. 204. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. 

13 Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Sup14 port’’, $31,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

15 to be reduced by amounts collected and credited to this 

16 appropriation in fiscal year 2025 from amounts authorized 

17 to be collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration and 

18 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the 

19 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

20 U.S.C. 8311), and section 817 of the Trade Facilitation 

21 and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (Public Law 114– 

22 125), or other such authorizing language. 

23 (b) To the extent that amounts realized from such 

24 collections exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess 


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1 of $31,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation, to 

2 remain available until expended. 

3 SEC. 205. None of the funds made available in this 

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

5 to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 

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

7 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from im8 porting a prescription drug from Canada that complies 

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

10 That this section shall apply only to individuals trans11 porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the pre12 scription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided 

13 further, That the prescription drug may not be— 

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

15 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

16 802); or 

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

18 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

19 262). 

20 SEC. 206. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

21 of law, none of the funds provided in this or any other 

22 Act shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation 

23 and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of 

24 title 46, United States Code, for the transportation of 

25 crude oil distributed from and to the Strategic Petroleum 


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1 Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after 

2 consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of 

3 Energy and Transportation and representatives from the 

4 United States flag maritime industry, takes adequate 

5 measures to ensure the use of United States flag vessels. 

6 (b) The Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap7 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen8 ate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

9 of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 

10 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

11 within 2 business days of any request for waivers of navi12 gation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 

13 501(b) of title 46, United States Code, with respect to 

14 such transportation, and the disposition of such requests. 

15 SEC. 207. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment 

16 of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

17 not— 

18 (1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any 

19 new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 

20 Southern border or the Northern border at a land 

21 port of entry; or 

22 (2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 

23 of a border crossing fee. 

24 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ 

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1 passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay 

2 for the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the 

3 Northern border at a land port of entry. 

4 SEC. 208. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date 

5 of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Cus6 toms and Border Protection shall submit an expenditure 

7 plan for any amounts made available for ‘‘U.S. Customs 

8 and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and 

9 Improvements’’ in this Act and prior Acts to the Commit10 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

11 and the Senate. 

12 (b) No such amounts provided in this Act may be 

13 obligated prior to the submission of such plan. 

14 SEC. 209. Section 211 of the Department of Home15 land Security Appropriations Act, 2021 (division F of 

16 Public Law 116–260), prohibiting the use of funds for the 

17 construction of fencing in certain areas, shall apply with 

18 respect to funds made available in this Act in the same 

19 manner as such section applied to funds made available 

20 in that Act. 

21 SEC. 210. (a) Funds made available in this Act may 

22 be used to alter operations within the National Targeting 

23 Center of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

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

25 by previous appropriations Acts that remain available for 


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1 obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided 

2 from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 

3 derived by the collection of fees available to the compo4 nents funded by this Act, may be used to reduce antici5 pated or planned vetting operations at existing locations 

6 unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act. 

8 SEC. 211. (a) Of the total amount made available 

9 under ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procure10 ment, Construction, and Improvements’’, $1,390,338,000 

11 shall be available only as follows: 

12 (1) $600,000,000 for the acquisition and de13 ployment of physical barriers; 

14 (2) $300,000,000 for the acquisition and de15 ployment of border security technologies; 

16 (3) $305,000,000 for trade and travel assets 

17 and infrastructure; 

18 (4) $23,654,000 for facility construction and 

19 improvements; 

20 (5) $131,419,000 for integrated operations as21 sets and infrastructure; and 

22 (6) $30,265,000 for mission support and infra23 structure. 

24 (b) None of the funds allocated for pedestrian phys25 ical barriers may be made available for any purpose other 


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1 than the construction of steel bollard pedestrian barrier 

2 built at least 18 to 30 feet in effective height and aug3 mented with anti-climb and anti-dig features. 

4 (c) None of the funds allocated for pedestrian phys5 ical barriers may be made available for any purpose other 

6 than construction of pedestrian barriers consistent with 

7 the description in subsection (b) at locations identified in 

8 the Border Security Improvement Plan submitted to Con9 gress on August 1, 2020. 

10 (d) The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 

11 Protection may reprioritize the construction of physical 

12 barriers outlined in the Border Security Improvement 

13 Plan and, with prior approval of the Committees on Ap14 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen15 ate, add additional miles of pedestrian physical barriers 

16 where no such barriers exist, prioritized by operational re17 quirements developed in coordination with U.S. Border 

18 Patrol leadership. 

19 (e) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall begin 

20 to obligate amounts for physical barrier construction no 

21 later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 

22 Act. 

23 (f) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘effective 

24 height’’ refers to the height above the level of the adjacent 

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1 SEC. 212. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be obligated, ex3 pended, or transferred to another Federal agency, board, 

4 or commission to be used to dismantle, demolish, remove, 

5 or damage existing United States-Mexico physical barriers 

6 at any location where such barriers have been constructed 

7 as of the date of enactment of this Act unless such barrier 

8 is simultaneously being repaired or replaced. 

9 SEC. 213. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

11 to utilize the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP 

12 One Application, or any successor application, to facilitate 

13 the parole of any alien into the United States. 

14 SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

16 to implement, administer, or otherwise carry out the poli17 cies described in the directive issued by the Acting Com18 missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Jan19 uary 10, 2023, entitled ‘‘Emergency Driving and Vehic20 ular Pursuits’’. 

21 SEC. 215. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

23 to admit an alien into the United States at a port of entry 

24 on an F or M visa if the college, university, or other insti25 tution of higher learning that the student will attend is 


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1 not accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agen2 cy or association recognized by the Secretary of Education 

3 pursuant to part H of title IV of the Higher Education 

4 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099a et seq.). 

5 SEC. 216. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

7 to parole into the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

8 Islands, for the purpose of temporary visit for business 

9 or pleasure without a visa, an alien who is a national of 

10 the People’s Republic of China. 

11 SEC. 217. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth12 erwise made available by this Act may be used by U.S. 

13 Customs and Border Protection to admit into the United 

14 States any aerosol-dispensing unmanned aircraft system 

15 produced or manufactured in a foreign adversary country. 

16 (b) The term ‘‘foreign adversary country’’ means a 

17 country specified in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United 

18 States Code. 

19 SEC. 218. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

21 to reduce participation in or substantively diminish the 

22 delegation of law enforcement authority authorized under 

23 section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

24 U.S.C. 1357(g)), except as provided in section 219 of this 

25 Act. 


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1 SEC. 219. None of the funds provided under the 

2 heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 

3 Operations and Support’’ may be used to continue a dele4 gation of law enforcement authority authorized under sec5 tion 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

6 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security 

7 Inspector General determines that the terms of the agree8 ment governing the delegation of authority have been ma9 terially violated. 

10 SEC. 220. (a) None of the funds provided under the 

11 heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 

12 Operations and Support’’ may be used to continue any 

13 contract for the provision of detention services if the two 

14 most recent overall performance evaluations received by 

15 the contracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or the 

16 equivalent median score in any subsequent performance 

17 evaluation system. 

18 (b) The performance evaluations referenced in sub19 section (a) shall be conducted by the U.S. Immigration 

20 and Customs Enforcement Office of Professional Respon21 sibility. 

22 SEC. 221. Without regard to the limitation as to time 

23 and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary 

24 may reprogram within and transfer funds to ‘‘U.S. Immi25 gration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and SupVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752

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1 port’’ as necessary to ensure the detention of aliens 

2 prioritized for removal. 

3 SEC. 222. The reports required to be submitted under 

4 section 216 of the Department of Homeland Security Ap5 propriations Act, 2021 (division F of Public Law 116– 

6 260) shall continue to be submitted semimonthly and each 

7 matter required to be included in such reports by such 

8 section 216 shall apply in the same manner and to the 

9 same extent during the period described in such section 

10 216. 

11 SEC. 223. The terms and conditions of section 217 

12 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 

13 Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law 116–93) shall apply 

14 to this Act. 

15 SEC. 224. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

17 to implement, administer, or otherwise carry out the ac18 tivities and policies described in the memorandum issued 

19 by the Secretary of Homeland Security on September 30, 

20 2021, entitled ‘‘Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil 

21 Immigration Law’’, or described in the memorandum 

22 issued by Kerry Doyle, Immigration and Customs En23 forcement Principal Legal Advisor on April 3, 2022, enti24 tled ‘‘Guidance to OPLA Attorneys Regarding the En25 forcement of Civil Immigration Laws and the Exercise of 


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1 Prosecutorial Discretion’’, or any successor or similar 

2 memorandum or policy. 

3 SEC. 225. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth4 erwise made available by this Act may be made available 

5 to transport aliens unlawfully present in, paroled into, or 

6 inadmissible to the United States into the interior of the 

7 United States for purposes other than enforcement of the 

8 immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 

9 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)). 

10 (b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not 

11 apply with respect to amounts made available to transport 

12 unaccompanied alien children (as such term is defined in 

13 section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

14 U.S.C. 279)). 

15 SEC. 226. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth16 erwise made available by this Act for ‘‘U.S. Immigration 

17 and Customs Enforcement’’ may be used to pay for or 

18 facilitate an abortion, except where the life of the mother 

19 would be endangered if the fetus would be carried to term, 

20 or in the case of rape or incest. 

21 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

22 made available by this Act for ‘‘U.S. Immigration and 

23 Customs Enforcement’’ may be used to require any person 

24 to perform, or facilitate in any way the performance of, 

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1 SEC. 227. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

3 to administer hormone therapy medication or perform or 

4 facilitate any surgery for any person in custody of U.S. 

5 Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose 

6 of gender-affirming care. 

7 SEC. 228. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

8 allocate amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 

9 under the heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En10 forcement—Operations and Support’’ by this Act in order 

11 to— 

12 (1) prioritize detention by using such amounts 

13 to ensure that the average daily population of de14 tainees is maintained at the full capacity at all de15 tention facilities funded by this Act throughout the 

16 fiscal year; and 

17 (2) ensure that every alien on the non-detained 

18 docket is enrolled into the Alternatives to Detention 

19 Program with mandatory GPS monitoring through20 out the duration of all applicable immigration pro21 ceedings (including any appeals) and until removal, 

22 if ordered removed. 

23 SEC. 229. Not later than 45 days after the date of 

24 enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer of U.S. 

25 Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall submit to 


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1 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Senate an obligation plan for 

3 amounts made available in this Act for ‘‘U.S. Immigration 

4 and Customs Enforcement’’, delineated by level II pro5 gram, project, and activity. 

6 SEC. 230. None of the funds provided under the 

7 heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 

8 Operations and Support’’ may be made available to de9 velop or administer a physical identification card for pur10 poses of alien identification, verification of immigration 

11 status, or immigration portal access. 

12 SEC. 231. None of the funds provided under the 

13 heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 

14 Operations and Support’’ may be made available to de15 velop, pilot, administer, or otherwise implement standards 

16 for management of the non-detained alien population or 

17 for the Alternatives to Detention Program beyond those 

18 incorporated in the Alternatives to Detention Handbook, 

19 issued on August 16, 2017. 

20 SEC. 232. None of the funds provided under the 

21 heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 

22 Operations and Support’’ may be made available to imple23 ment, administer, or otherwise carry out the activities, 

24 policies, and guidelines described in the memorandum 

25 issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on October 


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1 27, 2021, entitled ‘‘Guidelines for Enforcement Actions in 

2 or Near Protected Areas’’. 

3 SEC. 233. No law of any State or political subdivision 

4 thereof pertaining to a minimum rate of compensation or 

5 any other condition of employment shall apply in the case 

6 of any person held in Federal custody pursuant to the im7 migration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of 

8 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.1101)). 

9 SEC. 234. (a) Members of the United States House 

10 of Representatives and the United States Senate, includ11 ing the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and com12 missions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 

13 Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the De14 partment of Homeland Security; the United States Attor15 ney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attor16 neys General, and the United States Attorneys; and senior 

17 members of the Executive Office of the President, includ18 ing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 

19 shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage 

20 screening. 

21 (b) None of the funds made available in this or any 

22 other Act, including prior Acts, or provided from any ac23 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

24 the collection of fees available to the components funded 

25 by this Act may be used to carry out legislation altering 


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1 the applicability of the screening requirements outlined in 

2 subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 235. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 

4 United States Code, for fiscal year 2025, any funds in 

5 the Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section 

6 44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used 

7 for the procurement and installation of explosives detec8 tion systems or for the issuance of other transaction agree9 ments for the purpose of funding projects described in sec10 tion 44923(a) of such title. 

11 SEC. 236. Not later than 45 days after the submis12 sion of the President’s budget proposal, the Administrator 

13 of the Transportation Security Administration shall sub14 mit to the Committees on Appropriations and Homeland 

15 Security of the House of Representatives and the Commit16 tees on Appropriations and Commerce, Science, and 

17 Transportation of the Senate a single report that fulfills 

18 the following requirements: 

19 (1) a Capital Investment Plan, both constrained 

20 and unconstrained, that includes a plan for contin21 uous and sustained capital investment in new, and 

22 the replacement of aged, transportation security 

23 equipment; 

24 (2) the 5-year technology investment plan as re25 quired by section 1611 of title XVI of the Homeland 


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1 Security Act of 2002, as amended by section 3 of 

2 the Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act 

3 (Public Law 113–245); and 

4 (3) the Advanced Integrated Passenger Screen5 ing Technologies report as required by the Senate 

6 Report accompanying the Department of Homeland 

7 Security Appropriations Act, 2019 (Senate Report 

8 115–283). 

9 SEC. 237. (a) None of the funds made available by 

10 this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations 

11 and Support’’ shall be for expenses incurred for rec12 reational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United 

13 States Code, except to the extent fees are collected from 

14 owners of yachts and credited to the appropriation made 

15 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard— 

16 Operations and Support’’. 

17 (b) To the extent such fees are insufficient to pay 

18 expenses of recreational vessel documentation under such 

19 section 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel 

20 applications, personnel performing non-recreational vessel 

21 documentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 

22 121 of title 46, United States Code, may perform docu23 mentation under section 12114. 

24 SEC. 238. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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1 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Senate a future-years capital invest3 ment plan as described in the second proviso under the 

4 heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and 

5 Improvements’’ in the Department of Homeland Security 

6 Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall 

7 be subject to the requirements in the third and fourth pro8 visos under such heading. 

9 SEC. 239. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

10 to reduce the Coast Guard’s legacy Operations Systems 

11 Center mission or its government-employed or contract 

12 staff levels. 

13 SEC. 240. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

14 may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, 

15 a competition under Office of Management and Budget 

16 Circular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the 

17 Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 

18 SEC. 241. Funds made available in this Act may be 

19 used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro20 gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi21 neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 

22 maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast 

23 Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 

24 in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any 


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1 civil engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a 

2 statute enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 242. Amounts deposited into the Coast Guard 

4 Housing Fund in fiscal year 2025 shall be available until 

5 expended to carry out the purposes of section 2946 of title 

6 14, United States Code, and shall be in addition to funds 

7 otherwise available for such purposes. 

8 SEC. 243. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

10 to implement, administer, or enforce a Final Rule on 

11 ‘‘Shipping Safety Fairways Along the Atlantic Coast’’ (89 

12 Fed. Reg. 3587) until the Coast Guard submits a report 

13 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Senate on the effect of offshore wind 

15 turbines on marine navigation radar, especially with re16 gard to search and rescue interference. 

17 SEC. 244. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

19 to implement, administer, or enforce a Final Rule on 

20 ‘‘Amendments to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel 

21 Strike Reduction Rule’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 46920) or any re22 strictions on vessel speed for the Rice’s whale that were 

23 not in place prior to January 20, 2021. 

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1 ments from executive agencies, as defined in section 105 

2 of title 5, United States Code, for personnel receiving 

3 training sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Cen4 ter, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal 

5 year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available 

6 under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper7 ations and Support’’ at the end of the fiscal year. 

8 SEC. 246. (a) None of the funds made available to 

9 the United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous 

10 appropriations Acts may be made available for the protec11 tion of the head of a Federal agency other than the Sec12 retary of Homeland Security. 

13 (b) The Director of the United States Secret Service 

14 may enter into agreements to provide such protection on 

15 a fully reimbursable basis. 

16 SEC. 247. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this 

17 Act, up to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within 

18 ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’. 

19 SEC. 248. Funding made available in this Act for 

20 ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ 

21 is available for travel of United States Secret Service em22 ployees on protective missions without regard to the limi23 tations on such expenditures in this or any other Act if 

24 the Director of the United States Secret Service or a des25 ignee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 


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1 House of Representatives and the Senate 10 or more days 

2 in advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such ex3 penditures. 

4 SEC. 249. None of the funds provided under the 

5 heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 

6 Operations and Support’’ may be made available to termi7 nate or substantively reduce the terms or conditions of a 

8 contract for the provision of detention services with any 

9 facility that was previously or is currently designated as 

10 a Family Residential Center. 

11 SEC. 250. (a) The Secretary of the department in 

12 which the Coast Guard is operating shall ensure that, dur13 ing the fiscal year funded by this Act, the imposition or 

14 collection of cost-sharing for certain services is prohibited 

15 as follows— 

16 (1) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A), (B), 

17 and (C) of section 1074g(a)(6) of title 10, United 

18 States Code, cost-sharing may not be imposed or 

19 collected with respect to any eligible covered bene20 ficiary for any prescription contraceptive on the uni21 form formulary provided through a retail pharmacy 

22 described in section 1074g(a)(2)(E)(ii) of such title 

23 or through the national mail-order pharmacy pro24 gram of the TRICARE Program. 


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1 (2) Notwithstanding any provision under sec2 tion 1075 of title 10, United States Code, cost-shar3 ing may not be imposed or collected for a covered 

4 service that is provided by a network provider under 

5 the TRICARE program to an eligible covered bene6 ficiary under such section. 

7 (3) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and 

8 (c) of section 1075a of title 10, United States Code, 

9 cost-sharing may not be imposed or collected for a 

10 covered service that is provided under TRICARE 

11 Prime to an eligible covered beneficiary under such 

12 section. 

13 (b) In this section— 

14 (1) The term ‘‘covered service’’ means any method 

15 of contraception approved, granted, or cleared by the Food 

16 and Drug Administration, any contraceptive care (includ17 ing with respect to insertion, removal, and follow up), any 

18 sterilization procedure, or any patient education or coun19 seling service provided in connection with any such meth20 od, care, or procedure. 

21 (2) The term ‘‘eligible covered beneficiary’’ means an 

22 eligible covered beneficiary (as such term is used in section 

23 1074g of title 10, United States Code) on the basis of 

24 being— 

25 (A) a member of the Coast Guard; or 


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1 (B) a dependent of such a member. 

2 (3) The terms ‘‘TRICARE Program’’ and 

3 ‘‘TRICARE Prime’’ have the meaning given such terms 

4 in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code. 

5 (c) This section shall become effective 30 days after 

6 the date of enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 251. (a) Contraceptive supplies of up to 365 

8 days shall be covered for any eligible covered beneficiary 

9 to obtain, including in a single fill or refill, at the option 

10 of such beneficiary, the total days of supply (not to exceed 

11 a 365-day supply) for a contraceptive on the uniform for12 mulary provided through a military treatment facility 

13 pharmacy, retail pharmacy described in section 

14 1074g(a)(2)(E)(ii) of such title, or through the national 

15 mail-order pharmacy program of the TRICARE Program. 

16 (b) Beginning not later than 90 days after the imple17 mentation of coverage under subsection (a), the Secretary 

18 of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating 

19 shall conduct such outreach activities as are necessary to 

20 inform health care providers and individuals who are en21 rolled in the TRICARE program of such coverage and the 

22 requirements to receive such coverage. 

23 (c) In this section— 

24 (1) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means 

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1 (2) The term ‘‘eligible covered beneficiary’’ 

2 means an eligible covered beneficiary as such term 

3 is used in section 1074g of title 10, United States 

4 Code who is— 

5 (A) a member of a covered Armed Force 

6 serving on active duty; or 

7 (B) a dependent of a member described in 

8 subparagraph (A). 

9 (3) The terms ‘‘TRICARE Program’’ and 

10 ‘‘TRICARE Prime’’ have the meaning given such 

11 terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States 

12 Code. 

13 (d) This section shall become effective 180 days after 

14 the date of enactment of this Act. 

15 TITLE III 

16 PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

17 RECOVERY 

18 CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY

19 AGENCY

20 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

21 For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and In22 frastructure Security Agency for operations and support, 

23 $2,437,285,000, of which $23,698,000 shall remain avail24 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That not to exVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752

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1 ceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and representa2 tion expenses. 

3 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

4 For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and In5 frastructure Security Agency for procurement, construc6 tion, and improvements, $493,572,000, to remain avail7 able until September 30, 2027. 

8 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

9 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

10 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 

11 Management Agency for operations and support, 

12 $1,551,093,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 

13 be for official reception and representation expenses. 

14 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

15 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 

16 Management Agency for procurement, construction, and 

17 improvements, $94,827,000, of which $38,590,000 shall 

18 remain available until September 30, 2027, and of which 

19 $56,237,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

20 2029. 

21 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

22 For activities of the Federal Emergency Management 

23 Agency for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, 

24 cooperative agreements, and other activities, 

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1 (1) $520,000,000 for the State Homeland Secu2 rity Grant Program under section 2004 of the 

3 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of 

4 which $90,000,000 shall be for Operation 

5 Stonegarden and $15,000,000 shall be for Tribal 

6 Homeland Security Grants under section 2005 of 

7 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 606): 

8 Provided, That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of 

9 such section 2004, for fiscal year 2025, the Com10 monwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available to 

11 local and tribal governments amounts provided to 

12 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this para13 graph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) of such 

14 section 2004. 

15 (2) $615,000,000 for the Urban Area Security 

16 Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Secu17 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604). 

18 (3) $305,000,000 for the Nonprofit Security 

19 Grant Program under section 2009 of the Homeland 

20 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609a), of which 

21 $152,500,000 is for eligible recipients located in 

22 high-risk urban areas that receive funding under 

23 section 2003 of such Act and $152,500,000 is for el24 igible recipients that are located outside such areas: 

25 Provided, That eligible recipients are those described 


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1 in section 2009(b) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 609a(b)) 

2 or are an otherwise eligible recipient at risk of a ter3 rorist or other extremist attack. 

4 (4) $105,000,000 for Public Transportation Se5 curity Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and 

6 Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance under sec7 tions 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Implementing 

8 Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 

9 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which 

10 $10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security and 

11 $2,000,000 shall be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: 

12 Provided, That such public transportation security 

13 assistance shall be provided directly to public trans14 portation agencies. 

15 (5) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in 

16 accordance with section 70107 of title 46, United 

17 States Code. 

18 (6) $720,000,000, to remain available until 

19 September 30, 2026, of which $360,000,000 shall be 

20 for Assistance to Firefighter Grants and 

21 $360,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Adequate 

22 Fire and Emergency Response Grants under sec23 tions 33 and 34 respectively of the Federal Fire Pre24 vention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 

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1 (7) $355,000,000 for emergency management 

2 performance grants under the National Flood Insur3 ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Rob4 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As5 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake Haz6 ards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), sec7 tion 762 of title 6, United States Code, and Reorga8 nization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

9 (8) $312,750,000 for necessary expenses for 

10 Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addi11 tion to and to supplement any other sums appro12 priated under the National Flood Insurance Fund, 

13 and such additional sums as may be provided by 

14 States or other political subdivisions for cost-shared 

15 mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the 

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

17 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until expended. 

18 (9) $12,000,000 for Regional Catastrophic Pre19 paredness Grants. 

20 (10) $130,000,000 for the emergency food and 

21 shelter program under title III of the McKinney22 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), 

23 to remain available until September 30, 2026: Pro24 vided, That not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for 

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1 (11) $40,000,000 for the Next Generation 

2 Warning System. 

3 (12) $221,343,810 for Community Project 

4 Funding grants, which shall be for the purposes, 

5 and the amounts, specified in the table entitled 

6 ‘‘Homeland Security—Community Project Funding’’ 

7 in the report accompanying this Act, of which— 

8 (A) $81,771,896, in addition to amounts 

9 otherwise made available for such purpose, is 

10 for emergency operations center grants under 

11 section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

12 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

13 U.S.C. 5196c); and 

14 (B) $139,571,914, in addition to amounts 

15 otherwise made available for such purpose, is 

16 for pre-disaster mitigation grants under section 

17 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

18 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

19 5133(e), notwithstanding subsections (f), (g), 

20 and (l) of that section (42 U.S.C. 5133(f), (g), 

21 (l)). 

22 (13) $322,899,000 to sustain current oper23 ations for training, exercises, technical assistance, 

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1 DISASTER RELIEF FUND

2 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 

3 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $22,741,000,000, to remain 

5 available until expended: Provided, That such amount 

6 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant to the Rob7 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and is designated by the 

9 Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

10 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

13 For activities under the National Flood Insurance 

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

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

16 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 

17 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Home18 owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public 

19 Law 113–89; 128 Stat. 1020), $239,785,000, to remain 

20 available until September 30, 2026, which shall be derived 

21 from offsetting amounts collected under section 1308(d) 

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

23 4015(d)); of which $14,578,000 shall be available for mis24 sion support associated with flood management; and of 

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1 agement and flood mapping: Provided, That any addi2 tional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the 

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

4 4015(d)) shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 

5 account, to be available for flood plain management and 

6 flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2025, 

7 no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insur8 ance Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood In9 surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of— 

10 (1) $240,262,000 for operating expenses and 

11 salaries and expenses associated with flood insurance 

12 operations; 

13 (2) $1,382,000,000 for commissions and taxes 

14 of agents; 

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

16 Treasury borrowings; and 

17 (4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available 

18 until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for 

19 flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the 

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

21 4104c), notwithstanding sections 1366(e) and 

22 1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 

23 Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 

24 102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 

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1 Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e)), shall be de2 posited in the National Flood Insurance Fund to supple3 ment other amounts specified as available for section 1366 

4 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, notwith5 standing section 102(f)(8), section 1366(e) of the National 

6 Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and paragraphs (1) through 

7 (3) of section 1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 

8 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total 

9 administrative costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total 

10 appropriation: Provided further, That up to $6,102,000 is 

11 available to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood 

12 Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 301. Funds made available under the heading 

16 ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency—Op17 erations and Support’’ may be made available for the nec18 essary expenses of procuring or providing access to cyber19 security threat feeds for branches, agencies, independent 

20 agencies, corporations, establishments, and instrumental21 ities of the Federal Government of the United States, 

22 state, local, tribal, and territorial entities, fusion centers 

23 as described in section 210A of the Homeland Security 

24 Act (6 U.S.C. 124h), and Information Sharing and Anal25 ysis Organizations. 


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1 SEC. 302. (a) Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) 

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

3 609(a)(12)) or any other provision of law, not more than 

4 5 percent of the amount of a grant made available in para5 graphs (1) through (5) under ‘‘Federal Emergency Man6 agement Agency—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by 

7 the recipient for expenses directly related to administra8 tion of the grant. 

9 (b) The authority provided in subsection (a) shall also 

10 apply to a state recipient for the administration of a grant 

11 under such paragraph (3). 

12 SEC. 303. Applications for grants under the heading 

13 ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal As14 sistance’’, for paragraphs (1) through (5), shall be made 

15 available to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after 

16 the date of enactment of this Act, eligible applicants shall 

17 submit applications not later than 80 days after the grant 

18 announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 

19 Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days 

20 after the receipt of an application. 

21 SEC. 304. (a) Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emer22 gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for 

23 grants under paragraphs (1) through (5) and (9), the Ad24 ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen25 cy shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the 


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1 House of Representatives and the Senate 5 full business 

2 days in advance of announcing publicly the intention of 

3 making an award. 

4 (b) If any such public announcement is made before 

5 5 full business days have elapsed following such briefing, 

6 $1,000,000 of amounts appropriated by this Act for ‘‘Fed7 eral Emergency Management Agency—Operations and 

8 Support’’ shall be rescinded. 

9 SEC. 305. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 

10 Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 

11 under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of commu12 nications towers is not considered construction of a build13 ing or other physical facility. 

14 SEC. 306. The reporting requirements in paragraphs 

15 (1) and (2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Man16 agement Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Depart17 ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 

18 (Public Law 114–4), related to reporting on the Disaster 

19 Relief Fund, shall be applied in fiscal year 2025 with re20 spect to budget year 2026 and current fiscal year 2025, 

21 respectively— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1) by substituting ‘‘fiscal 

23 year 2026’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; and 

24 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘business’’ 

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1 SEC. 307. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed2 eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist3 ance’’, for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Re4 sponse grants, the Administrator of the Federal Emer5 gency Management Agency may grant waivers from the 

6 requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), 

7 (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the 

8 Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 

9 U.S.C. 2229a). 

10 SEC. 308. (a) The aggregate charges assessed during 

11 fiscal year 2025, as authorized in title III of the Depart12 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel13 opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 

14 1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 per15 cent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of 

16 Homeland Security to be necessary for its Radiological 

17 Emergency Preparedness Program for the next fiscal year. 

18 (b) The methodology for assessment and collection of 

19 fees shall be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of 

20 providing such services, including administrative costs of 

21 collecting such fees. 

22 (c) Such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological 

23 Emergency Preparedness Program account as offsetting 

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1 poses on October 1, 2025, and remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 SEC. 309. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed4 eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist5 ance’’, for Assistance to Firefighter Grants, the Adminis6 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

7 may waive subsection (k) of section 33 of the Federal Fire 

8 Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229). 

9 SEC. 310. Any unobligated balances of funds appro10 priated in any prior Act for activities funded by the Na11 tional Predisaster Mitigation Fund under section 203 of 

12 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As13 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), as in effect on the day 

14 before the date of enactment of section 1234 of division 

15 D of Public Law 115–254, may be transferred to and 

16 merged with funds set aside pursuant to subsection (i)(1) 

17 of section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

18 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), as in 

19 effect on the date of the enactment of this section. 

20 SEC. 311. Any unobligated balances of funds appro21 priated under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage22 ment Agency—Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis 

23 Program’’ in any prior Act may be transferred to and 

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1 ance’’ for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard Mapping 

2 and Risk Analysis: Provided, That funds transferred pur3 suant to this section shall be in addition to and supple4 ment any other sums appropriated for such purposes 

5 under the National Flood Insurance Fund and such addi6 tional sums as may be provided by States or other political 

7 subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities under sec8 tion 1360(f)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 

9 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until ex10 pended. 

11 TITLE IV 

12 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 

13 SERVICES 

14 U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES

15 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

16 For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Im17 migration Services for operations and support of the E18 Verify Program, $112,431,000: Provided, That such 

19 amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts made 

20 available for such purposes, and shall not be construed to 

21 require any reduction of any fee described in section 

22 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

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1 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS

2 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce4 ment Training Centers for operations and support, includ5 ing the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police6 type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 

7 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

8 Code, $360,752,000, of which $66,665,000 shall remain 

9 available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That not 

10 to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and rep11 resentation expenses. 

12 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce14 ment Training Centers for procurement, construction, and 

15 improvements, $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2029, for acquisition of necessary additional 

17 real property and facilities, construction and ongoing 

18 maintenance, facility improvements and related expenses 

19 of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. 

20 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE

21 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

22 For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech23 nology Directorate for operations and support, including 

24 the purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, 

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1 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That not to ex2 ceed $10,000 shall be for official reception and representa3 tion expenses. 

4 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

5 For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech6 nology Directorate for procurement, construction, and im7 provements, $30,000,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2029. 

9 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

10 For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech11 nology Directorate for research and development, 

12 $339,353,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2027. 

14 COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE

15 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

16 For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 

17 of Mass Destruction Office for operations and support, 

18 $159,252,000, of which $50,446,000 shall remain avail19 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That not to ex20 ceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representa21 tion expenses. 

22 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

23 For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 

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1 and improvements, $33,397,000, to remain available until 

2 September 30, 2027. 

3 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

4 For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 

5 of Mass Destruction Office for research and development, 

6 $110,938,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2027. 

8 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

9 For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 

10 of Mass Destruction Office for Federal assistance through 

11 grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other ac12 tivities, $57,726,000, to remain available until September 

13 30, 2027. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

15 SEC. 401. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

16 of law, funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship 

17 and Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate, 

18 equip, and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for replacement 

19 only, for areas where the Administrator of General Serv20 ices does not provide vehicles for lease. 

21 (b) The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

22 Services may authorize employees who are assigned to 

23 those areas to use such vehicles to travel between the em24 ployees’ residences and places of employment. 


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1 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

2 may be used to process or approve a competition under 

3 Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for serv4 ices provided by employees (including employees serving 

5 on a temporary or term basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Im6 migration Services of the Department of Homeland Secu7 rity who are known as Immigration Information Officers, 

8 Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, 

9 Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 

10 SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, any Federal funds made available to U.S. Citizenship 

12 and Immigration Services may be used for the collection 

13 and use of biometrics taken at a U.S. Citizenship and Im14 migration Services Application Support Center that is 

15 overseen virtually by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

16 Services personnel using appropriate technology. 

17 SEC. 404. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

19 to implement, administer, or enforce the rule entitled 

20 ‘‘Procedures or Credible Fear Screening and Consider21 ation of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Pro22 tection Claims by Asylum Officers’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 18078). 

23 SEC. 405. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

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1 lar document to any alien whose application for asylum 

2 in the United States has been denied, or who is convicted 

3 of a Federal or State crime while his or her application 

4 for asylum in the United States is pending. 

5 SEC. 406. Notwithstanding the numerical limitation 

6 set forth in section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and 

7 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary 

8 of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Sec9 retary of Labor, and upon determining that the needs of 

10 American businesses cannot be satisfied during fiscal year 

11 2025 with United States workers who are willing, quali12 fied, and able to perform temporary nonagricultural labor, 

13 shall increase the total number of visas available to quali14 fying aliens under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such 

15 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) in such fiscal year 

16 above such limitation by the highest number of H–2B non17 immigrants who participated in the H–2B returning work18 er program in any fiscal year in which returning workers 

19 were exempt from such numerical limitation. 

20 SEC. 407. Notwithstanding section 286(n) of the Im21 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(n)), the Di22 rector of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may 

23 use not more than $2,500 of the amounts deposited in 

24 the Immigration Examinations Fee Account for official re25 ception and representation expenses in fiscal year 2025. 


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1 SEC. 408. No Federal funds made available to the 

2 Department of Homeland Security may be used for the 

3 consideration of a petition for a nonimmigrant visa under 

4 section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Na5 tionality Act, if the petitioner is any entity identified under 

6 section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry Na7 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

8 (Public Law 116–283) or any subsidiary of such entity. 

9 SEC. 409. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce10 ment Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds 

11 to Federal law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred 

12 participating in training accreditation. 

13 SEC. 410. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 

14 Accreditation Board, including representatives from the 

15 Federal law enforcement community and non-Federal ac16 creditation experts involved in law enforcement training, 

17 shall lead the Federal law enforcement training accredita18 tion process to continue the implementation of measuring 

19 and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law 

20 enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 

21 SEC. 411. (a) The Director of the Federal Law En22 forcement Training Centers may accept transfers to its 

23 ‘‘Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ account 

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1 special use facilities, as authorized by the Economy Act 

2 (31 U.S.C. 1535(b)). 

3 (b) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers 

4 shall maintain administrative control and ownership upon 

5 completion of such facilities. 

6 SEC. 412. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce7 ment Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified 

8 as inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal 

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

10 note). 

11 SEC. 413. In fiscal year 2025, nonimmigrants shall 

12 be admitted to the United States under section 

13 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 

14 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)) to perform agricul15 tural labor or services, without regard to whether such 

16 labor is, or services are, of a temporary or seasonal nature. 

17 SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be made available to implement, administer, or 

19 enforce the ‘‘Asylum Program Fee’’ from the Final Rule 

20 entitled ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee 

21 Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Ben22 efit Request Requirements’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 6194). 


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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

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

5 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

6 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

8 of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropria9 tions provided for activities in this Act may be transferred 

10 to appropriation accounts for such activities established 

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

12 applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be ac13 counted for as one fund for the same time period as origi14 nally enacted. 

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

16 provided by previous appropriations Acts to the compo17 nents in or transferred to the Department of Homeland 

18 Security that remain available for obligation or expendi19 ture in fiscal year 2025, or provided from any accounts 

20 in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec21 tion of fees available to the components funded by this 

22 Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

23 through a reprogramming of funds that— 

24 (1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or 

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1 or activity for which funds have been denied or re2 stricted by the Congress; 

3 (2) contracts out any function or activity pres4 ently performed by Federal employees or any new 

5 function or activity proposed to be performed by 

6 Federal employees in the President’s budget pro7 posal for fiscal year 2025 for the Department of 

8 Homeland Security; 

9 (3) augments funding for existing programs, 

10 projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 

11 percent, whichever is less; 

12 (4) reduces funding for any program, project, 

13 or activity, or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent 

14 or more; or 

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

17 in funding levels for programs, projects, or activities 

18 as approved by the Congress. 

19 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees 

20 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

21 Senate are notified at least 30 days in advance of such 

22 reprogramming. 

23 (c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made avail24 able for the current fiscal year for the Department of 

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1 appropriations Acts may be transferred between such ap2 propriations if the Committees on Appropriations of the 

3 House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 

4 least 30 days in advance of such transfer, but no such 

5 appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 

6 shall be increased by more than 10 percent by such trans7 fer. 

8 (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no 

9 funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred be10 tween appropriations— 

11 (1) based upon an initial notification provided 

12 after June 15, except in extraordinary circumstances 

13 that imminently threaten the safety of human life or 

14 the protection of property; 

15 (2) to increase or decrease funding for grant 

16 programs; or 

17 (3) to create a program, project, or activity 

18 pursuant to subsection (a)(1), including any new 

19 function or requirement within any program, project, 

20 or activity, not approved by Congress in the consid21 eration of the enactment of this Act. 

22 (e) The notification thresholds and procedures set 

23 forth in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to 

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1 Acts that remain available for obligation in the current 

2 year. 

3 (f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of 

4 Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established 

5 by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appro6 priations available to the Department of Homeland Secu7 rity: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com8 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

9 and the Senate at least 5 days in advance of such transfer. 

10 SEC. 504. (a) Section 504 of the Department of 

11 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F 

12 of Public Law 115–31), related to the operations of a 

13 working capital fund, shall apply with respect to funds 

14 made available in this Act in the same manner as such 

15 section applied to funds made available in that Act. 

16 (b) Funds from such working capital fund may be 

17 obligated and expended in anticipation of reimbursements 

18 from components of the Department of Homeland Secu19 rity. 

20 SEC. 505. (a) Except as otherwise specifically pro21 vided by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated bal22 ances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2025, 

23 as recorded in the financial records at the time of a re24 programming notification, but not later than June 15, 

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1 for fiscal year 2025 in this Act shall remain available 

2 through September 30, 2026, in the account and for the 

3 purposes for which the appropriations were provided. 

4 (b) Prior to the obligation of such funds, a notifica5 tion shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropria6 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 

7 accordance with section 503 of this Act. 

8 SEC. 506. (a) Funds made available by this Act for 

9 intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically author10 ized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 

11 National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fis12 cal year 2025 until the enactment of an Act authorizing 

13 intelligence activities for fiscal year 2025. 

14 (b) Amounts described in subsection (a) made avail15 able for ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Aware16 ness—Operations and Support’’ that exceed the amounts 

17 in such authorization for such account shall be transferred 

18 to and merged with amounts made available under the 

19 heading ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations and Sup20 port’’. 

21 (c) Prior to the obligation of any funds transferred 

22 under subsection (b), the Management Directorate shall 

23 brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

24 Representatives and the Senate on a plan for the use of 

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1 SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 

2 or the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Commit3 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

4 and the Senate at least 3 full business days in advance 

5 of— 

6 (1) making or awarding a grant allocation or 

7 grant in excess of $1,000,000; 

8 (2) making or awarding a contract, other trans9 action agreement, or task or delivery order on a 

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

11 totaling in excess of $4,000,000; 

12 (3) awarding a task or delivery order requiring 

13 an obligation of funds in an amount greater than 

14 $10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home15 land Security funds; 

16 (4) making a sole-source grant award; or 

17 (5) announcing publicly the intention to make 

18 or award items under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4), 

19 including a contract covered by the Federal Acquisi20 tion Regulation. 

21 (b) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

22 that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 

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

24 made without notification, and the Secretary shall notify 

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1 resentatives and the Senate not later than 5 full business 

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

3 (c) A notification under this section— 

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

5 for obligation; and 

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

7 fiscal year for which the funds for the award were 

8 appropriated; the type of contract; and the account 

9 from which the funds are being drawn. 

10 SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any ad12 ditional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 

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

14 law enforcement training without advance notification to 

15 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep16 resentatives and the Senate, except that the Federal Law 

17 Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to obtain the 

18 temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, 

19 or other agreement for training that cannot be accommo20 dated in existing Centers’ facilities. 

21 SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this Act may be used for expenses 

23 for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition 

24 project for which a prospectus otherwise required under 

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


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1 approved, except that necessary funds may be expended 

2 for each project for required expenses for the development 

3 of a proposed prospectus. 

4 SEC. 510. Sections 522 and 530 of the Department 

5 of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division 

6 E of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall 

7 apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in 

8 the same manner as such sections applied to funds made 

9 available in that Act. 

10 SEC. 511. (a) None of the funds made available in 

11 this Act may be used in contravention of the applicable 

12 provisions of the Buy American Act. 

13 (b) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘Buy 

14 American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United 

15 States Code. 

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

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

18 by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

19 (8 U.S.C. 1448). 

20 SEC. 513. None of the funds provided or otherwise 

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

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

23 U.S.C. 452) unless explicitly authorized by the Congress. 


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1 SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 

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

4 SEC. 515. Any official that is required by this Act 

5 to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropria6 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate may 

7 not delegate such authority to perform that act unless spe8 cifically authorized herein. 

9 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 

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

11 of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 

12 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Fed13 eral Regulations. 

14 SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used to employ workers described in section 

16 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

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

18 SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

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

21 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 

22 judged to be below satisfactory performance or perform23 ance that does not meet the basic requirements of a con24 tract. 


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1 SEC. 519. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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

3 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

4 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

6 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, territorial, 

7 or local law enforcement agency or any other entity car8 rying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudica9 tion activities. 

10 SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this 

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

12 facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi13 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus14 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 

15 law enforcement personnel of the United States continu16 ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

17 SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in 

18 this Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance 

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

20 Department of Homeland Security, who are stationed in 

21 the United States, at a single international conference un22 less the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, 

23 determines that such attendance is in the national interest 

24 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 

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1 10 days of that determination and the basis for that deter2 mination. 

3 (b) For purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter4 national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring 

5 outside of the United States attended by representatives 

6 of the United States Government and of foreign govern7 ments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 

8 organizations. 

9 (c) The total cost to the Department of Homeland 

10 Security of any such conference shall not exceed $500,000. 

11 (d) Employees who attend a conference virtually 

12 without travel away from their permanent duty station 

13 within the United States shall not be counted for purposes 

14 of this section, and the prohibition contained in this sec15 tion shall not apply to payments for the costs of attend16 ance for such employees. 

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

18 Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department 

19 or agency for its participation in a National Special Secu20 rity Event. 

21 SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds made available to 

22 the Department of Homeland Security by this or any other 

23 Act may be obligated for the implementation of any struc24 tural pay reform or the introduction of any new position 

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1 tions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year be2 fore the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date 

3 on which the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to 

4 Congress a notification that includes— 

5 (1) the number of full-time positions affected by 

6 such change; 

7 (2) funding required for such change for the 

8 current fiscal year and through the Future Years 

9 Homeland Security Program; 

10 (3) justification for such change; and 

11 (4) for a structural pay reform, an analysis of 

12 compensation alternatives to such change that were 

13 considered by the Department. 

14 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to such change if— 

15 (1) it was proposed in the President’s budget 

16 proposal for the fiscal year funded by this Act; and 

17 (2) funds for such change have not been explic18 itly denied or restricted in this Act. 

19 SEC. 524. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail20 able in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

21 post on the public website of that agency any report re22 quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria23 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 

24 this Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency 

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1 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

2 (1) the public posting of the report com3 promises homeland or national security; or 

4 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

5 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

6 do so only after such report has been made available to 

7 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep8 resentatives and the Senate for not less than 45 days ex9 cept as otherwise specified in law. 

10 SEC. 525. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Op11 erations and Support’’ may be used for minor procure12 ment, construction, and improvements. 

13 (b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers 

14 to end items with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for per15 sonal property, and $2,000,000 or less for real property. 

16 SEC. 526. The authority provided by section 532 of 

17 the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 

18 Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) regarding primary and 

19 secondary schooling of dependents shall continue in effect 

20 during fiscal year 2025. 

21 SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth22 erwise made available to the Department of Homeland Se23 curity by this Act may be used to prevent any of the fol24 lowing persons from entering, for the purpose of con25 ducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the DeVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752

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1 partment of Homeland Security used to detain or other2 wise house aliens, or to make any temporary modification 

3 at any such facility that in any way alters what is observed 

4 by a visiting Member of Congress or such designated em5 ployee, compared to what would be observed in the absence 

6 of such modification: 

7 (1) A Member of Congress; and 

8 (2) An employee of the United States House of 

9 Representatives or the United States Senate des10 ignated by such a Member for the purposes of this 

11 section. 

12 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to re13 quire a Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the 

14 intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a) for 

15 the purpose of conducting oversight. 

16 (c) With respect to individuals described in subsection 

17 (a)(2), the Department of Homeland Security may require 

18 that a request be made at least 24 hours in advance of 

19 an intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a). 

20 SEC. 528. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

21 none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 

22 to place restraints on a woman in the custody of the De23 partment of Homeland Security (including during trans24 port, in a detention facility, or at an outside medical facil25 ity) who is pregnant or in post-delivery recuperation. 


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1 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 

2 pregnant woman if— 

3 (1) an appropriate official of the Department of 

4 Homeland Security makes an individualized deter5 mination that the woman— 

6 (A) is a serious flight risk, and such risk 

7 cannot be prevented by other means; or 

8 (B) poses an immediate and serious threat 

9 to harm herself or others that cannot be pre10 vented by other means; or 

11 (2) a medical professional responsible for the 

12 care of the pregnant woman determines that the use 

13 of therapeutic restraints is appropriate for the med14 ical safety of the woman. 

15 (c) If a pregnant woman is restrained pursuant to 

16 subsection (b), only the safest and least restrictive re17 straints, as determined by the appropriate medical profes18 sional treating the woman, may be used. In no case may 

19 restraints be used on a woman who is in active labor or 

20 delivery, and in no case may a pregnant woman be re21 strained in a face-down position with four-point restraints, 

22 on her back, or in a restraint belt that constricts the area 

23 of the pregnancy. A pregnant woman who is immobilized 

24 by restraints shall be positioned, to the maximum extent 

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1 SEC. 529. (a) None of the funds made available by 

2 this Act may be used to destroy any document, recording, 

3 or other record pertaining to any— 

4 (1) death of; 

5 (2) potential sexual assault or abuse per6 petrated against; or 

7 (3) allegation of abuse, criminal activity, or dis8 ruption committed by an individual held in the cus9 tody of the Department of Homeland Security. 

10 (b) The records referred to in subsection (a) shall be 

11 made available, in accordance with applicable laws and 

12 regulations, and Federal rules governing disclosure in liti13 gation, to an individual who has been charged with a 

14 crime, been placed into segregation, or otherwise punished 

15 as a result of an allegation described in paragraph (3), 

16 upon the request of such individual. 

17 SEC. 530. Section 519 of division F of Public Law 

18 114–113, regarding a prohibition on funding for any posi19 tion designated as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply 

20 with respect to any Federal funds in the same manner 

21 as such section applied to funds made available in that 

22 Act. 

23 SEC. 531. (a) Not later than 10 days after the date 

24 on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is 

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1 31, United States Code, the Under Secretary for Manage2 ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Commit3 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

4 and the Senate a report on the unfunded priorities, for 

5 the Department of Homeland Security and separately for 

6 each departmental component, for which discretionary 

7 funding would be classified as budget function 050. 

8 (b) Each report under this section shall specify, for 

9 each such unfunded priority— 

10 (1) a summary description, including the objec11 tives to be achieved if such priority is funded 

12 (whether in whole or in part); 

13 (2) the description, including the objectives to 

14 be achieved if such priority is funded (whether in 

15 whole or in part); 

16 (3) account information, including the following 

17 (as applicable): 

18 (A) appropriation account; and 

19 (B) program, project, or activity name; 

20 and 

21 (4) the additional number of full-time or part22 time positions to be funded as part of such priority. 

23 (c) In this section, the term ‘‘unfunded priority’’, in 

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1 (1) is not funded in the budget referred to in 

2 subsection (a); 

3 (2) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associ4 ated with an operational or contingency plan for the 

5 Department; and 

6 (3) would have been recommended for funding 

7 through the budget referred to in subsection (a) if— 

8 (A) additional resources had been available 

9 for the budget to fund the requirement; 

10 (B) the requirement has emerged since the 

11 budget was formulated; or 

12 (C) the requirement is necessary to sustain 

13 prior-year investments. 

14 SEC. 532. (a) Not later than 10 days after a deter15 mination is made by the President to evaluate and initiate 

16 protection under any authority for a former or retired 

17 Government official or employee, or for an individual who, 

18 during the duration of the directed protection, will become 

19 a former or retired Government official or employee (re20 ferred to in this section as a ‘‘covered individual’’), the 

21 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a notifica22 tion to congressional leadership and the Committees on 

23 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

24 Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of 

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1 land Security of the House of Representatives, the Com2 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

3 of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and Re4 form of the House of Representatives (referred to in this 

5 section as the ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’). 

6 (b) Such notification may be submitted in classified 

7 form, if necessary, and in consultation with the Director 

8 of National Intelligence or the Director of the Federal Bu9 reau of Investigation, as appropriate, and shall include the 

10 threat assessment, scope of the protection, and the antici11 pated cost and duration of such protection. 

12 (c) Not later than 15 days before extending, or 30 

13 days before terminating, protection for a covered indi14 vidual, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 

15 a notification regarding the extension or termination and 

16 any change to the threat assessment to the congressional 

17 leadership and the appropriate congressional committees. 

18 (d) Not later than 45 days after the date of enact19 ment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary 

20 shall submit a report to the congressional leadership and 

21 the appropriate congressional committees, which may be 

22 submitted in classified form, if necessary, detailing each 

23 covered individual, and the scope and associated cost of 

24 protection. 


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1 SEC. 533. (a) None of the funds provided to the De2 partment of Homeland Security in this or any prior Act 

3 may be used by an agency to submit an initial project pro4 posal to the Technology Modernization Fund (as author5 ized by section 1078 of subtitle G of title X of the National 

6 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public 

7 Law 115–91)) unless, concurrent with the submission of 

8 an initial project proposal to the Technology Moderniza9 tion Board, the head of the agency— 

10 (1) notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

11 of the House of Representatives and the Senate of 

12 the proposed submission of the project proposal; 

13 (2) submits to the Committees on Appropria14 tions a copy of the project proposal; and 

15 (3) provides a detailed analysis of how the pro16 posed project funding would supplement or supplant 

17 funding requested as part of the Department’s most 

18 recent budget submission. 

19 (b) None of the funds provided to the Department 

20 of Homeland Security by the Technology Modernization 

21 Fund shall be available for obligation until 15 days after 

22 a report on such funds has been transmitted to the Com23 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

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1 (c) The report described in subsection (b) shall in2 clude— 

3 (1) the full project proposal submitted to and 

4 approved by the Fund’s Technology Modernization 

5 Board; 

6 (2) the finalized interagency agreement between 

7 the Department and the Fund including the 

8 project’s deliverables and repayment terms, as appli9 cable; 

10 (3) a detailed analysis of how the project will 

11 supplement or supplant existing funding available to 

12 the Department for similar activities; 

13 (4) a plan for how the Department will repay 

14 the Fund, including specific planned funding 

15 sources, as applicable; and 

16 (5) other information as determined by the Sec17 retary. 

18 SEC. 534. Within 60 days of any budget submission 

19 for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 

20 2026 that assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from 

21 the previous year based on user fees proposals that have 

22 not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the 

23 budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide 

24 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep25 resentatives and the Senate specific reductions in proposed 


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1 discretionary budget authority commensurate with the 

2 revenues assumed in such proposals in the event that they 

3 are not enacted prior to October 1, 2025. 

4 SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

6 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

7 ratification for the Treaty. 

8 SEC. 536. No Federal funds made available to the 

9 Department of Homeland Security may be used to enter 

10 into a procurement contract, memorandum of under11 standing, or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant 

12 to, or provide a loan or guarantee to, any entity identified 

13 under section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

14 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

15 (Public Law 116–283) or any subsidiary of such entity. 

16 SEC. 537. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

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

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

20 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

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

22 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

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

24 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

25 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 


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1 SEC. 538. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 

2 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall, on 

3 a bimonthly basis beginning immediately after the date of 

4 enactment of this Act, develop estimates of the number 

5 of aliens anticipated to arrive at the southwest border of 

6 the United States. 

7 (b) The Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum, 

8 the estimates developed pursuant to subsection (a)— 

9 (1) cover the current fiscal year and the fol10 lowing fiscal year; 

11 (2) include a breakout by demographics, to in12 clude single adults, family units, and unaccompanied 

13 children; 

14 (3) undergo an independent validation and 

15 verification review; 

16 (4) are used to inform policy planning and 

17 budgeting processes within the Department of 

18 Homeland Security; and 

19 (5) are included in the budget materials sub20 mitted to Congress for each fiscal year beginning 

21 after the date of enactment of this Act and in sup22 port of— 

23 (A) the President’s annual budget request 

24 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 

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1 (B) any supplemental funding request sub2 mitted to Congress; 

3 (C) any reprogramming and transfer noti4 fication pursuant to section 503 of this Act; 

5 and 

6 (D) such budget materials shall include— 

7 (i) the most recent bimonthly esti8 mates developed pursuant to subsection 

9 (a); 

10 (ii) a description and quantification of 

11 the estimates used to justify funding re12 quests for Department programs related to 

13 border security, immigration enforcement, 

14 and immigration services; 

15 (iii) a description and quantification 

16 of the anticipated workload and require17 ments resulting from such estimates; and 

18 (iv) a confirmation as to whether the 

19 budget requests for impacted agencies were 

20 developed using the same estimates. 

21 (c) The Secretary shall share the bimonthly estimates 

22 developed pursuant to subsection (a) with the Secretary 

23 of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the 

24 Secretary of State, and the Committees on Appropriations 

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1 (d) If the bimonthly estimates described in subsection 

2 (b) are not provided for the purposes described, the re3 programming and transfer authority provided in section 

4 503 of this Act shall be suspended until such time as the 

5 required estimates are provided to the Committees on Ap6 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen7 ate. 

8 SEC. 539. (a) Prior to the Secretary of Homeland Se9 curity requesting assistance from the Department of De10 fense for border security operations, the Secretary shall 

11 ensure that an alternatives analysis and cost-benefit anal12 ysis is conducted before such request is made, which shall 

13 include an examination of obtaining such support through 

14 other means. 

15 (b) Not later than 30 days after the date on which 

16 a request for assistance is made, the Secretary of Home17 land Security shall submit to the Committees on Appro18 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

19 a report detailing the types of support requested, the alter20 natives analysis and cost-benefit analysis described in sub21 section (a), and the operational impact to Department of 

22 Homeland Security operations of any Department of De23 fense border security support requested by the Secretary. 

24 (c) Not later than 30 days after the date on which 

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1 thereafter through the duration of such assistance, the 

2 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Com3 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

4 and the Senate, a report detailing the assistance provided 

5 and the operational impacts to border security operations. 

6 SEC. 540. Funds made available in this Act or any 

7 other Act for Operations and Support may be used for 

8 the necessary expenses of providing an employee emer9 gency back-up care program. 

10 SEC. 541. (a) Not less than $5,000,000 made avail11 able in this Act shall be transferred to ‘‘U.S. Immigration 

12 and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ to 

13 support and conduct necessary operations of the Blue 

14 Campaign for fiscal year 2025. 

15 (b) Prior to the obligation of funds made available 

16 by subsection (a), notification shall be submitted to the 

17 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent18 atives and the Senate. 

19 SEC. 542. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth20 erwise made available by this Act or any other Act shall 

21 be used to execute an inspection of a detention facility that 

22 is in a contractual agreement with U.S. Immigration and 

23 Customs Enforcement for the provision of detention serv24 ices and that is subject to the terms, conditions, and 

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1 for Non-Dedicated Facilities, as revised in 2019 for U.S. 

2 Immigration and Customs Enforcement, except solely for 

3 compliance with the terms, conditions, and standards 

4 found within the National Detention Standards for Non5 Dedicated Facilities, as revised in 2019. 

6 (b) Executions of inspections described in subsection 

7 (a) shall not occur within six months of a previous inspec8 tion of such facility, except with respect to inspections exe9 cuted by the Office of Inspector General. 

10 SEC. 543. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

12 to implement, administer, or enforce the rule entitled 

13 ‘‘Circumvention of Lawful Pathways’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 

14 11704). 

15 SEC. 544. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

17 to establish or support the activities of a Disinformation 

18 Governance Board at the Department of Homeland Secu19 rity, or any other similar entity carrying out activities re20 lating to disinformation in a similar manner or to a similar 

21 extent to such a Board. 

22 SEC. 545. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

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1 (a) classify or facilitate the classification of any com2 munications by a United States person as mis-, dis-, or 

3 mal-information; or 

4 (b) partner with or fund nonprofit or other organiza5 tions that pressure or recommend private companies to 

6 censor lawful and constitutionally protected speech of 

7 United States persons, including recommending the cen8 soring or removal of content on social media platforms. 

9 (c) Any officer or employee of the Federal Govern10 ment whose salary is funded by this Act and who conducts 

11 any activity described in (a) or (b) shall be removed from 

12 the Federal service. 

13 SEC. 546. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

15 to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out the 

16 Equity Action Plan of the Department of Homeland Secu17 rity, or Executive Order No. 13985 of January 20, 2021 

18 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to advancing racial equity 

19 and support for underserved communities through the fed20 eral government), Executive Order No. 14035 of June 25, 

21 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593, relating to diversity, equity, 

22 inclusion, and accessibility in the federal workforce), Exec23 utive Order No. 14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. 

24 Reg. 10825 relating to further advancing racial equity and 

25 support for underserved communities through the federal 


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1 government) or any program, project, or activity that pro2 motes or advances Critical Race Theory or any concept 

3 associated with Critical Race Theory. 

4 SEC. 547. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 

5 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 

6 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 

7 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro8 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 

9 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par10 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 

11 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 

12 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 

13 a union of one man and one woman. 

14 (b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub15 section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 

16 taken by the Federal Government to— 

17 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 

18 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as19 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp20 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter21 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 

22 in subsection (a); 

23 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur24 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 

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1 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 

2 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 

3 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co4 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li5 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 

6 other similar position or status from or to such per7 son; 

8 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth9 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 

10 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 

11 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 

12 degree from an educational program, from or to 

13 such person; or 

14 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth15 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle16 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in17 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 

18 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam19 paigns from or to such person. 

20 (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 

21 Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 

22 certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 

23 would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 

24 such purposes but for a determination against such person 

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1 or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 

2 or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 548. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth4 erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

5 to license, facilitate, coordinate, or otherwise allow officials 

6 of a country designated as a state sponsor of terrorism 

7 within the past three fiscal years, to, in their capacity as 

8 an official, observe, tour, visit, or confer with the employ9 ees of the Department of Homeland Security. 

10 (b) The term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a 

11 country the government of which the Secretary of State 

12 determines has repeatedly provided support for inter13 national terrorism pursuant to section 1754(c)(1)(A) of 

14 the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 

15 4813(c)(1)(A)); section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 

16 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); section 40 of the Arms 

17 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or any other provi18 sion of law. 

19 SEC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to obligate or award funds to a political 

21 subdivision of a State that— 

22 (a) has in effect any law, policy, or procedure, wheth23 er written or communicated orally, in contravention of, or 

24 which substantially limits compliance with, subsection (a) 

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1 and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 

2 1373); or 

3 (b) has in effect any law, policy, or procedure, wheth4 er written or communicated orally, the result of which 

5 hinders the federal government from enforcing the immi6 gration laws as defined by 8 U.S.C. 101(a)(17). 

7 (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 550. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart9 ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are here10 by rescinded from the following accounts and programs 

11 in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 

12 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 

13 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con14 current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 

15 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

16 (1) $600,000,000 from the unobligated bal17 ances available under the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs 

18 and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, 

19 and Improvements’’ of the amounts provided by 

20 Public Law 116–260 for the construction of barrier 

21 system along the southwest border. 

22 SEC. 551. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘De23 partment of Homeland Security Nonrecurring Expenses 

24 Fund’’ established in section 538 of division F of Public 

25 Law 117–103, $154,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 


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1 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 

2 SEC. 552. $0. 

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home4 land Security Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 456 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8752 

[Report No. 118–553] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of 

September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 

JUNE 14, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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