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Calendar No. 122 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1619 

[Report No. 114–68] 

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 18, 2015 

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

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, 

and for other purposes. 

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

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, 2016, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND 

3 OPERATIONS 

4 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE

5 MANAGEMENT

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

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

8 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), and exec9 utive management of the Department of Homeland Secu10 rity, as authorized by law, $133,362,000: Provided, That 

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

12 representation expenses: Provided further, That all official 

13 costs associated with the use of government aircraft by 

14 Department of Homeland Security personnel to support 

15 official travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary 

16 shall be paid from amounts made available for the Imme17 diate Office of the Secretary and the Immediate Office of 

18 the Deputy Secretary: Provided further, That, not later 

19 than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

20 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Com21 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

22 of Representatives, the Committees on the Judiciary of the 

23 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 

24 on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, 

25 and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
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1 mental Affairs of the Senate the comprehensive plan for 

2 implementation of the biometric entry and exit data sys3 tem as required under this heading in Public Law 114– 

4 4 and a report on visa overstay data by country as re5 quired by section 1376 of title 8, United States Code: Pro6 vided further, That the report on visa overstay data shall 

7 also include— 

8 (1) overstays from all nonimmigrant visa cat9 egories under the immigration laws, delineated by 

10 each of the classes and sub-classes of such cat11 egories; and 

12 (2) numbers as well as rates of overstays for 

13 each class and sub-class of such nonimmigrant cat14 egories on a per-country basis: 

15 Provided further, That, of the funds provided under this 

16 heading, $13,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for 

17 the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management 

18 until both the comprehensive plan and the report are sub19 mitted. 

20 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

22 Secretary for Management, as authorized by sections 701 

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

24 U.S.C. 341 through 345), $184,465,000, of which not to 

25 exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and represen-
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1 tation expenses: Provided, That, of the total amount made 

2 available under this heading, $2,931,000 shall remain 

3 available until September 30, 2017, solely for the alter4 ation and improvement of facilities, tenant improvements, 

5 and relocation costs to consolidate Department head6 quarters operations at the Nebraska Avenue Complex; and 

7 $7,778,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

8 2017, for the Human Resources Information Technology 

9 program: Provided further, That the Under Secretary for 

10 Management shall include in the President’s budget pro11 posal for fiscal year 2017, submitted pursuant to section 

12 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a Comprehensive 

13 Acquisition Status Report, which shall include the infor14 mation required under the heading ‘‘Office of the Under 

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

16 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 

17 112–74), and shall submit quarterly updates to such re18 port not later than 45 days after the completion of each 

19 quarter. 

20 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi22 nancial Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Home23 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), $53,420,000: 

24 Provided, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

25 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
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1 and the House of Representatives, at the time the Presi2 dent’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2017 is submitted 

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

4 Code, the Future Years Homeland Security Program, as 

5 authorized by section 874 of Public Law 107–296 (6 

6 U.S.C. 454). 

7 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In9 formation Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the 

10 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), and De11 partmentwide technology investments, $304,479,000; of 

12 which $104,790,000 shall be available for salaries and ex13 penses; and of which $199,689,000, to remain available 

14 until September 30, 2017, shall be available for develop15 ment and acquisition of information technology equip16 ment, software, services, and related activities for the De17 partment of Homeland Security. 

18 ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS

19 For necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and 

20 operations coordination activities, as authorized by title II 

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

22 seq.), $263,467,000; of which not to exceed $3,825 shall 

23 be for official reception and representation expenses; of 

24 which not to exceed $2,000,000 is available for facility 

25 needs associated with secure space at fusion centers, in-
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1 cluding improvements to buildings; and of which 

2 $109,639,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

3 2017. 

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

6 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

7 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $134,488,000; of 

8 which not to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain con9 fidential operational expenses, including the payment of 

10 informants, to be expended at the direction of the Inspec11 tor General. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 

3 INVESTIGATIONS 

4 U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

8 inspections and regulatory activities related to plant and 

9 animal imports, and transportation of unaccompanied 

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

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

12 with individuals for personal services abroad; 

13 $8,779,325,000; of which $3,274,000 shall be derived 

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

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

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

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

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

22 Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 

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

4 informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate 

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

6 of the amounts made available under this heading for In7 spection and Detection Technology Investments, 

8 $18,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

9 2018: Provided further, That, for fiscal year 2016, the 

10 overtime limitation prescribed in section 5(c)(1) of the Act 

11 of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267(c)(1)) shall be 

12 $35,000; and notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

13 none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be avail14 able to compensate any employee of U.S. Customs and 

15 Border Protection for overtime, from whatever source, in 

16 an amount that exceeds such limitation, except in indi17 vidual cases determined by the Secretary of Homeland Se18 curity, or the designee of the Secretary, to be necessary 

19 for national security purposes, to prevent excessive costs, 

20 or in cases of immigration emergencies: Provided further, 

21 That the Border Patrol shall maintain an active duty pres22 ence of not less than 21,370 full-time equivalent agents 

23 protecting the borders of the United States in the fiscal 

24 year. 
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1 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

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

3 Protection for operation and improvement of automated 

4 systems, including salaries and expenses, $854,029,000; 

5 of which $463,059,000 shall remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2018; and of which not less than $151,062,000 

7 shall be for the development of the Automated Commercial 

8 Environment. 

9 BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND

10 TECHNOLOGY

11 For expenses for border security fencing, infrastruc12 ture, and technology, $373,461,000, to remain available 

13 until September 30, 2017. 

14 AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS

15 For necessary expenses for the operations, mainte16 nance, and procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, un17 manned aircraft systems, the Air and Marine Operations 

18 Center, and other related equipment of the air and marine 

19 program, including salaries and expenses, operational 

20 training, and mission-related travel, the operations of 

21 which include the following: the interdiction of narcotics 

22 and other goods; the provision of support to Federal, 

23 State, and local agencies in the enforcement or adminis24 tration of laws enforced by the Department of Homeland 

25 Security; and, at the discretion of the Secretary of Home-
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1 land Security, the provision of assistance to Federal, 

2 State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and 

3 emergency humanitarian efforts; $754,614,000; of which 

4 $303,445,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses; 

5 and of which $451,169,000 shall remain available until 

6 September 30, 2018: Provided, That no aircraft or other 

7 related equipment, with the exception of aircraft that are 

8 one of a kind and have been identified as excess to U.S. 

9 Customs and Border Protection requirements and aircraft 

10 that have been damaged beyond repair, shall be trans11 ferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office 

12 outside of the Department of Homeland Security during 

13 fiscal year 2016 without prior notice to the Committees 

14 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep15 resentatives: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

16 Homeland Security shall report to the Committees on Ap17 propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa18 tives, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

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

20 of the air and marine program required under the heading 

21 ‘‘Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, and Mainte22 nance’’ in Public Law 112–74. 

23 CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

24 For necessary expenses to plan, acquire, construct, 

25 renovate, equip, furnish, operate, manage, and maintain 
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1 buildings, facilities, and related infrastructure necessary 

2 for the administration and enforcement of the laws relat3 ing to customs, immigration, and border security, 

4 $313,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2020. 

6 U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigra9 tion and customs laws, detention and removals, and inves10 tigations, including intellectual property rights and over11 seas vetted units operations; and purchase and lease of 

12 up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only) police-type vehi13 cles; $5,762,494,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 

14 shall be available until expended for conducting special op15 erations under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement 

16 Act of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081); of which not to exceed 

17 $11,475 shall be for official reception and representation 

18 expenses; of which not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be for 

19 awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted 

20 for solely under the certificate of the Secretary of Home21 land Security; of which not less than $305,000 shall be 

22 for promotion of public awareness of the child pornog23 raphy tipline and activities to counter child exploitation; 

24 of which not less than $5,400,000 shall be used to facili25 tate agreements consistent with section 287(g) of the Im-
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1 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)); of 

2 which not to exceed $40,000,000, to remain available until 

3 September 30, 2018, is for maintenance, construction, and 

4 lease hold improvements at owned and leased facilities; 

5 and of which not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available 

6 to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs 

7 associated with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of 

8 smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States: 

9 Provided, That none of the funds made available under 

10 this heading shall be available to compensate any employee 

11 for overtime in an annual amount in excess of $35,000, 

12 except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the 

13 designee of the Secretary, may waive that amount as nec14 essary for national security purposes and in cases of immi15 gration emergencies: Provided further, That, of the total 

16 amount provided, $15,770,000 shall be for activities to en17 force laws against forced child labor, of which not to ex18 ceed $6,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

19 Provided further, That, of the total amount available, not 

20 less than $1,600,000,000 shall be available to identify 

21 aliens convicted of a crime who may be deportable, and 

22 to remove them from the United States once they are 

23 judged deportable: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

24 Homeland Security shall prioritize the identification and 

25 removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of 
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1 that crime: Provided further, That funding made available 

2 under this heading shall maintain a level of not less than 

3 34,000 detention beds through September 30, 2016: Pro4 vided further, That, of the total amount provided, not less 

5 than $3,201,977,000 is for enforcement, detention, and 

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

8 provided for Custody Operations in the previous proviso, 

9 $45,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2020: Provided further, That, of the total amount provided 

11 for the Visa Security Program, $13,300,000 shall remain 

12 available until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That 

13 not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for investiga14 tion of intellectual property rights violations, including op15 eration of the National Intellectual Property Rights Co16 ordination Center: Provided further, That none of the 

17 funds provided under this heading may be used to con18 tinue a delegation of law enforcement authority authorized 

19 under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality 

20 Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland 

21 Security Inspector General determines that the terms of 

22 the agreement governing the delegation of authority have 

23 been materially violated: Provided further, That none of 

24 the funds provided under this heading may be used to con25 tinue any contract for the provision of detention services 
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1 if the two most recent overall performance evaluations re2 ceived by the contracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ 

3 or the equivalent median score in any subsequent perform4 ance evaluation system: Provided further, That nothing 

5 under this heading shall prevent U.S. Immigration and 

6 Customs Enforcement from exercising those authorities 

7 provided under immigration laws (as defined in section 

8 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

9 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))) during priority operations per10 taining to aliens convicted of a crime: Provided further, 

11 That, without regard to the limitation as to time and con12 dition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary may 

13 propose to reprogram and transfer funds within and into 

14 this appropriation necessary to ensure the detention of 

15 aliens prioritized for removal. 

16 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

17 For expenses of immigration and customs enforce18 ment automated systems, $53,000,000, to remain avail19 able until September 30, 2018. 

20 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

21 AVIATION SECURITY

22 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu23 rity Administration related to providing civil aviation secu24 rity services pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation 

25 Security Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 
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1 U.S.C. 40101 note), $5,582,528,000, to remain available 

2 until September 30, 2017; of which not to exceed $7,650 

3 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 

4 Provided, That any award to deploy explosives detection 

5 systems shall be based on risk, the airport’s current reli6 ance on other screening solutions, lobby congestion result7 ing in increased security concerns, high injury rates, air8 port readiness, and increased cost effectiveness: Provided 

9 further, That security service fees authorized under section 

10 44940 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited 

11 to this appropriation as offsetting collections and shall be 

12 available only for aviation security: Provided further, That 

13 the sum appropriated under this heading from the general 

14 fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such 

15 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2016 

16 so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 

17 the general fund estimated at not more than 

18 $3,452,528,000: Provided further, That the funds depos19 ited pursuant to section 515 of Public Law 108–334 that 

20 are currently unavailable for obligation are hereby perma21 nently cancelled: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

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

23 year 2016, any funds in the Aviation Security Capital 

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

25 States Code, may be used for the procurement and instal-
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1 lation of explosives detection systems or for the issuance 

2 of other transaction agreements for the purpose of funding 

3 projects described in section 44923(a) of such title: Pro4 vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

5 of law, for the current fiscal year and each fiscal year 

6 hereafter, mobile explosives detection systems purchased 

7 and deployed using funds made available under this head8 ing may be moved and redeployed to meet evolving pas9 senger and baggage screening security priorities at air10 ports: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

11 available in this Act may be used for any recruiting or 

12 hiring of personnel into the Transportation Security Ad13 ministration that would cause the agency to exceed a staff14 ing level of 43,000 full-time equivalent screeners: Provided 

15 further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply to per16 sonnel hired as part-time employees: Provided further, 

17 That, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

18 of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub19 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

20 and the House of Representatives a detailed report on— 

21 (1) the Department of Homeland Security ef22 forts and resources being devoted to develop more 

23 advanced integrated passenger screening tech24 nologies for the most effective security of passengers 

25 and baggage at the lowest possible operating and ac-
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1 quisition costs, including projected funding levels for 

2 each fiscal year for the next 5 years or until project 

3 completion, whichever is earlier; 

4 (2) how the Transportation Security Adminis5 tration is deploying its existing passenger and bag6 gage screener workforce in the most cost effective 

7 manner; and 

8 (3) labor savings from the deployment of im9 proved technologies for passenger and baggage 

10 screening, including high-speed baggage screening 

11 and how those savings are being used to offset secu12 rity costs or reinvested to address security 

13 vulnerabilities: 

14 Provided further, That the Administrator of the Transpor15 tation Security Administration shall submit to the Com16 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

17 of Representatives, a semiannual report updating informa18 tion on a strategy to increase the number of air passengers 

19 eligible for expedited screening as specified under this 

20 heading in Public Law 114–4: Provided further, That 

21 Members of the United States House of Representatives 

22 and United States Senate, including the leadership; the 

23 heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the 

24 Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and As25 sistant Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Secu-
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1 rity; the United States Attorney General, Deputy Attorney 

2 General, Assistant Attorneys General, and the United 

3 States Attorneys; and senior members of the Executive 

4 Office of the President, including the Director of the Of5 fice of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from 

6 Federal passenger and baggage screening. 

7 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

8 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu9 rity Administration related to surface transportation secu10 rity activities, $122,728,000, to remain available until 

11 September 30, 2017. 

12 INTELLIGENCE AND VETTING

13 For necessary expenses for the development and im14 plementation of intelligence and vetting activities, 

15 $225,315,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2017. 

17 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

18 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu19 rity Administration related to transportation security sup20 port pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Security 

21 Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 

22 note), $918,867,000, to remain available until September 

23 30, 2017. 
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1 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte4 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur5 chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehi6 cles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease 

7 of small boats for contingent and emergent requirements 

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

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

10 $31,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for 

11 overseas deployments and activities; purchase or lease of 

12 other equipment (at a unit cost of no more than 

13 $250,000); minor shore construction projects not exceed14 ing $1,000,000 in total cost on any location; payments 

15 pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 

16 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and welfare; 

17 $6,996,365,000, of which $500,002,000 shall be for de18 fense-related activities, of which $160,002,000 is des19 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper20 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

21 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

22 Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be available only 

23 if the President subsequently so designates all such 

24 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress; 

25 of which $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill 
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1 Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 

2 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 

3 2712(a)(5)); and of which not to exceed $30,600 shall be 

4 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro5 vided, That none of the funds made available by this Act 

6 shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels 

7 under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, ex8 cept to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts 

9 and credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That, 

10 to the extent fees are insufficient to pay expenses of rec11 reational vessel documentation under such section 12114, 

12 and there is a backlog of recreational vessel applications, 

13 then personnel performing non-recreational vessel docu14 mentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 121 

15 of title 46, United States Code, may perform documenta16 tion under section 12114: Provided further, That, of the 

17 funds provided under this heading, $85,000,000 shall be 

18 withheld from obligation for Coast Guard Headquarters 

19 Directorates until a future-years capital investment plan 

20 for fiscal years 2017–2021, as specified under the heading 

21 ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Improve22 ments’’ of this Act, is submitted to the Committees on 

23 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent24 atives: Provided further, That funds made available under 

25 this heading for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
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1 War on Terrorism may be allocated by program, project, 

2 and activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act: Pro3 vided further, That, without regard to the limitation as 

4 to time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, after 

5 June 30, up to $10,000,000 may be reprogrammed to or 

6 from Military Pay and Allowances in according with sub7 sections (a), (b), and (c) of section 503. 

8 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the environ10 mental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast 

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

12 $13,221,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2020. 

14 RESERVE TRAINING

15 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, 

16 as authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the 

17 Coast Guard reserve program; personnel and training 

18 costs; and equipment and services; $110,614,000. 

19 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

20 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 

21 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 

22 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 

23 thereto; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and oper24 ation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by law; 

25 $1,573,269,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived 
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1 from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the 

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

3 of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which the fol4 lowing amounts, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2020 (except as subsequently specified), shall be available 

6 as follows: $1,069,900,000 to acquire, effect major repairs 

7 to, renovate, or improve vessels, small boats, and related 

8 equipment; $200,000,000 to acquire, effect major repairs 

9 to, renovate, or improve aircraft or increase aviation capa10 bility; $65,100,000 for other acquisition programs; 

11 $121,400,000 for shore facilities and aids to navigation, 

12 including facilities at Department of Defense installations 

13 used by the Coast Guard; and $116,869,000, to remain 

14 available until September 30, 2016, for personnel com15 pensation and benefits and related costs: Provided, That, 

16 of the funds provided by this Act, not less than 

17 $640,000,000 shall be immediately available and allotted 

18 to contract for the production of the ninth National Secu19 rity Cutter notwithstanding the availability of funds for 

20 postproduction costs: Provided further, That the Com21 mandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Commit22 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

23 Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

24 and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 

25 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
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1 resentatives, at the time the President’s budget proposal 

2 for fiscal year 2017 is submitted pursuant to section 

3 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a future-years 

4 capital investment plan for the Coast Guard that identifies 

5 for each requested capital asset— 

6 (1) the proposed appropriations included in that 

7 budget; 

8 (2) the total estimated cost of completion, in9 cluding and clearly delineating the costs of associ10 ated major acquisition systems infrastructure and 

11 transition to operations; 

12 (3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year 

13 for the next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition pro14 grams baseline or project completion, whichever is 

15 earlier; 

16 (4) an estimated completion date at the pro17 jected funding levels; and 

18 (5) a current acquisition program baseline for 

19 each capital asset, as applicable, that— 

20 (A) includes the total acquisition cost of 

21 each asset, subdivided by fiscal year and includ22 ing a detailed description of the purpose of the 

23 proposed funding levels for each fiscal year, in24 cluding for each fiscal year funds requested for 

25 design, pre-acquisition activities, production, 
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1 structural modifications, missionization, post2 delivery, and transition to operations costs; 

3 (B) includes a detailed project schedule 

4 through completion, subdivided by fiscal year, 

5 that details— 

6 (i) quantities planned for each fiscal 

7 year; and 

8 (ii) major acquisition and project 

9 events, including development of oper10 ational requirements, contracting actions, 

11 design reviews, production, delivery, test 

12 and evaluation, and transition to oper13 ations, including necessary training, shore 

14 infrastructure, and logistics; 

15 (C) notes and explains any deviations in 

16 cost, performance parameters, schedule, or esti17 mated date of completion from the original ac18 quisition program baseline and the most recent 

19 baseline approved by the Department of Home20 land Security’s Acquisition Review Board, if ap21 plicable; 

22 (D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to 

23 mission requirements by defining existing capa24 bilities of comparable legacy assets, identifying 

25 known capability gaps between such existing ca-
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1 pabilities and stated mission requirements, and 

2 explaining how the acquisition of each asset will 

3 address such known capability gaps; 

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

5 and the date of the estimate on which such 

6 costs are based, including all associated costs of 

7 major acquisitions systems infrastructure and 

8 transition to operations, delineated by purpose 

9 and fiscal year for the projected service life of 

10 the asset; 

11 (F) includes the earned value management 

12 system summary schedule performance index 

13 and cost performance index for each asset, if 

14 applicable; and 

15 (G) includes a phase-out and decommis16 sioning schedule delineated by fiscal year for 

17 each existing legacy asset that each asset is in18 tended to replace or recapitalize: 

19 Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast 

20 Guard shall ensure that amounts specified in the future21 years capital investment plan are consistent, to the max22 imum extent practicable, with proposed appropriations 

23 necessary to support the programs, projects, and activities 

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

25 fiscal year 2017, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) 
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1 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That any 

2 inconsistencies between the capital investment plan and 

3 proposed appropriations shall be identified and justified: 

4 Provided further, That the Director of the Office of Man5 agement and Budget shall not delay the submission of the 

6 capital investment plan referred to by the preceding pro7 visos: Provided further, That the Director of the Office of 

8 Management and Budget shall have no more than a single 

9 period of 10 consecutive business days to review the cap10 ital investment plan prior to submission: Provided further, 

11 That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the 

12 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

13 House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, 

14 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Com15 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 

16 of Representatives one day after the capital investment 

17 plan is submitted to the Office of Management and Budg18 et for review and the Director of the Office of Manage19 ment and Budget shall notify the Committees on Appro20 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

21 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

22 of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and 

23 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives when such 

24 review is completed. 
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1 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

2 For necessary expenses for applied scientific re3 search, development, test, and evaluation; and for mainte4 nance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and 

5 equipment; as authorized by law; $18,019,000, to remain 

6 available until September 30, 2018, of which $500,000 

7 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 

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

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

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

11 of this appropriation funds received from State and local 

12 governments, other public authorities, private sources, and 

13 foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, devel14 opment, testing, and evaluation. 

15 RETIRED PAY

16 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 

17 otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur18 pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 

19 Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca20 reer status bonuses, concurrent receipts, and combat-re21 lated special compensation under the National Defense 

22 Authorization Act, and payments for medical care of re23 tired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of 

24 title 10, United States Code, $1,604,000,000, to remain 

25 available until expended. 
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1 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 

4 Service, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles 

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

6 motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the 

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

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

9 the United States Secret Service; rental of buildings in 

10 the District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard 

11 booths, and other facilities on private or other property 

12 not in Government ownership or control, as may be nec13 essary to perform protective functions; payment of per 

14 diem or subsistence allowances to employees in cases in 

15 which a protective assignment on the actual day or days 

16 of the visit of a protectee requires an employee to work 

17 16 hours per day or to remain overnight at a post of duty; 

18 conduct of and participation in firearms matches; presen19 tation of awards; travel of United States Secret Service 

20 employees on protective missions without regard to the 

21 limitations on such expenditures in this or any other Act 

22 if approval is obtained in advance from the Committees 

23 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep24 resentatives; research and development; grants to conduct 

25 behavioral research in support of protective research and 
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1 operations; and payment in advance for commercial ac2 commodations as may be necessary to perform protective 

3 functions; $1,837,165,000; of which not to exceed $19,125 

4 shall be for official reception and representation expenses; 

5 of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide tech6 nical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement 

7 organizations in counterfeit investigations; of which 

8 $2,366,000 shall be for forensic and related support of 

9 investigations of missing and exploited children; of which 

10 $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related to 

11 investigations of missing and exploited children and shall 

12 remain available until September 30, 2017; and of which 

13 not less than $10,000,000 shall be for activities related 

14 to training in electronics crimes investigations and 

15 forensics: Provided, That $18,000,000 for protective travel 

16 shall remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided 

17 further, That, of the amounts made available under this 

18 heading for security improvements at the White House 

19 complex, $8,200,000 shall remain available until Sep20 tember 30, 2017: Provided further, That $4,500,000 for 

21 National Special Security Events shall remain available 

22 until expended: Provided further, That the United States 

23 Secret Service is authorized to obligate funds in anticipa24 tion of reimbursements from Federal agencies and enti25 ties, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States 
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1 Code, for personnel receiving training sponsored by the 

2 James J. Rowley Training Center, except that total obliga3 tions at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total 

4 budgetary resources available under this heading at the 

5 end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the 

6 funds made available under this heading shall be available 

7 to compensate any employee for overtime in an annual 

8 amount in excess of $35,000, except that the Secretary 

9 of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Secretary, 

10 may waive that amount as necessary for national security 

11 purposes: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

12 available to the United States Secret Service by this Act 

13 or by previous appropriations Acts may be made available 

14 for the protection of the head of a Federal agency other 

15 than the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided fur16 ther, That the Director of the United States Secret Service 

17 may enter into an agreement to provide such protection 

18 on a fully reimbursable basis: Provided further, That none 

19 of the funds made available to the United States Secret 

20 Service by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts may 

21 be obligated for the purpose of opening a new permanent 

22 domestic or overseas office or location unless the Commit23 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

24 Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such 

25 obligation: Provided further, That, for purposes of section 
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1 503(b) of this Act, $15,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 

2 is less, may be transferred between Protection of Persons 

3 and Facilities and Domestic Field Operations. 

4 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

5 RELATED EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 

7 repair, alteration, and improvement of physical and tech8 nological infrastructure, $86,974,000; of which 

9 $26,432,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2020, shall be for acquisition, construction, improvement, 

11 and maintenance of the James J. Rowley Training Center; 

12 and of which $60,542,000, to remain available until Sep13 tember 30, 2018, shall be for Information Integration and 

14 Technology Transformation program execution. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

3 RECOVERY 

4 NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE

5 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

6 For the management and administration of the Na7 tional Protection and Programs Directorate, and support 

8 for operations and information technology, $57,971,000: 

9 Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official 

10 reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

11 That the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2017, 

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

13 States Code, shall be detailed by office, and by program, 

14 project, and activity level, for the National Protection and 

15 Programs Directorate. 

16 INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION

17 SECURITY

18 For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection 

19 and information security programs and activities, as au20 thorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

21 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $1,297,000,000, of which 

22 $271,363,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2017. 
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1 FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

2 The revenues and collections of security fees credited 

3 to this account shall be available until expended for nec4 essary expenses related to the protection of federally 

5 owned and leased buildings and for the operations of the 

6 Federal Protective Service: Provided, That the Director of 

7 the Federal Protective Service shall submit at the time 

8 the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2017 is 

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

10 States Code, a strategic human capital plan that aligns 

11 fee collections to personnel requirements based on a cur12 rent threat assessment. 

13 OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

14 For necessary expenses for the Office of Biometric 

15 Identity Management, as authorized by section 7208 of 

16 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

17 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), $283,265,000: Provided, That, of 

18 the total amount made available under this heading, 

19 $159,054,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

20 2018. 

21 OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Af23 fairs, $122,924,000; of which $25,865,000 is for salaries 

24 and expenses and $83,278,000 is for BioWatch oper25 ations: Provided, That, of the amount made available 
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1 under this heading, $13,781,000 shall remain available 

2 until September 30, 2017, for biosurveillance, chemical de3 fense, medical and health planning and coordination, and 

4 workforce health protection. 

5 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 

8 Management Agency, $928,806,000, including activities 

9 authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

10 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

12 seq.), the Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act of 2000 (divi13 sion C, title I, 114 Stat. 583), the Earthquake Hazards 

14 Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the De15 fense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et 

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

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

18 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the National Dam Safety Pro19 gram Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.), the Homeland Security 

20 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), the Implementing Rec21 ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Pub22 lic Law 110–53), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 

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

24 Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 

25 109–295; 120 Stat. 1394), the Biggert-Waters Flood In-
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1 surance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141, 126 

2 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance Afford3 ability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89): Provided, That 

4 not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and 

5 representation expenses: Provided further, That, of the 

6 total amount made available under this heading, 

7 $35,180,000 shall be for the Urban Search and Rescue 

8 Response System, of which none is available for Federal 

9 Emergency Management Agency administrative costs: 

10 Provided further, That, of the total amount made available 

11 under this heading, $27,500,000 shall remain available 

12 until September 30, 2017, for capital improvements and 

13 other expenses related to continuity of operations at the 

14 Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Provided 

15 further, That, of the total amount made available, 

16 $3,422,000 shall be for the Office of National Capital Re17 gion Coordination: Provided further, That the Adminis18 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in 

19 consultation with the Department of Homeland Security 

20 Chief Information Officer, shall submit to the Committees 

21 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep22 resentatives an expenditure plan including results to date, 

23 plans for the program, and a list of projects with associ24 ated funding provided from prior appropriations and pro25 vided by this Act for automated systems. 
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1 STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

2 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

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

4 as follows: 

5 (1) $467,000,000 shall be for the State Home6 land Security Grant Program under section 2004 of 

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

8 of which $55,000,000 shall be for Operation 

9 Stonegarden: Provided, That, notwithstanding sub10 section (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 

11 2016, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make 

12 available to local and tribal governments amounts 

13 provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under 

14 this paragraph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) 

15 of such section 2004. 

16 (2) $600,000,000 shall be for the Urban Area 

17 Security Initiative under section 2003 of the Home18 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which 

19 not less than $25,000,000 shall be for organizations 

20 (as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 

21 Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 

22 section 501(a) of such code) determined by the Sec23 retary of Homeland Security to be at high risk of a 

24 terrorist attack. 
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1 (3) $100,000,000 shall be for Public Transpor2 tation Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assist3 ance, and Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance 

4 under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Imple5 menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 

6 Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 1135, 

7 1163, and 1182), of which not less than 

8 $10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security: Provided, 

9 That such public transportation security assistance 

10 shall be provided directly to public transportation 

11 agencies. 

12 (4) $100,000,000 shall be for Port Security 

13 Grants in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107. 

14 (5) $233,000,000 shall be to sustain current 

15 operations for training, exercises, technical assist16 ance, and other programs, of which $162,991,000 

17 shall be for training of State, local, and tribal emer18 gency response providers: 

19 Provided, That, for grants under paragraphs (1) through 

20 (4), applications for grants shall be made available to eligi21 ble applicants not later than 60 days after the date of en22 actment of this Act, that eligible applicants shall submit 

23 applications not later than 80 days after the grant an24 nouncement, and the Administrator of the Federal Emer25 gency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after 
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1 the receipt of an application: Provided further, That, not2 withstanding section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Secu3 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)) or any other provi4 sion of law, a grantee may not use more than 5 percent 

5 of the amount of a grant made available under this head6 ing for expenses directly related to administration of the 

7 grant: Provided further, That for grants under paragraphs 

8 (1) and (2), the installation of communications towers is 

9 not considered construction of a building or other physical 

10 facility: Provided further, That grantees shall provide re11 ports on their use of funds, as determined necessary by 

12 the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, 

13 That, notwithstanding section 509 of this Act, the Admin14 istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

15 may use the funds provided in paragraph (5) to acquire 

16 real property for the purpose of establishing or appro17 priately extending the security buffer zones around Fed18 eral Emergency Management Agency training facilities. 

19 FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

20 For grants for programs authorized by the Federal 

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

22 et seq.), $680,000,000, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2017, of which $340,000,000 shall be available 

24 to carry out section 33 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229) and 
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1 $340,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 34 

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

3 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

4 For emergency management performance grants, as 

5 authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

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

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

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

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

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

11 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

12 The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 

13 2016, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Vet14 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 

15 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 

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

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

20 methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall be 

21 fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing such 

22 services, including administrative costs of collecting such 

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

2 October 1, 2016, and remain available until expended. 

3 UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

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

6 Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 

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

8 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $44,000,000. 

9 DISASTER RELIEF FUND

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 

12 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

13 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $7,374,693,000, to remain avail14 able until expended, of which $24,000,000 shall be trans15 ferred to the Department of Homeland Security Office of 

16 Inspector General for audits and investigations related to 

17 disasters: Provided, That the Administrator of the Federal 

18 Emergency Management Agency shall submit an expendi19 ture plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen20 ate and the House of Representatives detailing the use of 

21 the funds made available in this or any other Act for dis22 aster readiness and support not later than 60 days after 

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

24 the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

25 Agency shall submit to such Committees a semiannual re-
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1 port detailing obligations against the expenditure plan and 

2 a justification for any changes from the initial plan: Pro3 vided further, That the Administrator of the Federal 

4 Emergency Management Agency shall submit to the Com5 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

6 of Representatives the following reports, including a spe7 cific description of the methodology and the source data 

8 used in developing such reports— 

9 (1) an estimate of the following amounts shall 

10 be submitted for the budget year at the time that 

11 the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2017 

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

13 United States Code— 

14 (A) the unobligated balance of funds to be 

15 carried over from the prior fiscal year to the 

16 budget year; 

17 (B) the unobligated balance of funds to be 

18 carried over from the budget year to the budget 

19 year plus 1; 

20 (C) the amount of obligations for non-cata21 strophic events for the budget year; 

22 (D) the amount of obligations for the 

23 budget year for catastrophic events delineated 

24 by event and by State; 
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1 (E) the total amount that has been pre2 viously obligated or will be required for cata3 strophic events delineated by event and by State 

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

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

6 plus 2, and the budget year plus 3 and beyond; 

7 (F) the amount of previously obligated 

8 funds that will be recovered for the budget 

9 year; 

10 (G) the amount that will be required for 

11 obligations for emergencies, as described in sec12 tion 102(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

13 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

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

15 in section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis16 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

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

18 grants, as described in section 420 of the Rob19 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

20 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187), surge activi21 ties, and disaster readiness and support activi22 ties; and 

23 (H) the amount required for activities not 

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

25 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
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1 trol Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)(iii); 

2 Public Law 99–177); and 

3 (2) an estimate or actual amounts, if available, 

4 of the following for the current fiscal year shall be 

5 submitted not later than the fifth day of each month 

6 and shall be published by the Administrator on the 

7 Agency’s Web site not later than the fifth day of 

8 each month— 

9 (A) a summary of the amount of appro10 priations made available by source, the trans11 fers executed, the previously allocated funds re12 covered, and the commitments, allocations, and 

13 obligations made; 

14 (B) a table of disaster relief activity delin15 eated by month, including— 

16 (i) the beginning and ending balances; 

17 (ii) the total obligations to include 

18 amounts obligated for fire assistance, 

19 emergencies, surge, and disaster support 

20 activities; 

21 (iii) the obligations for catastrophic 

22 events delineated by event and by State; 

23 and 

24 (iv) the amount of previously obli25 gated funds that are recovered; 
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1 (C) a summary of allocations, obligations, 

2 and expenditures for catastrophic events delin3 eated by event; 

4 (D) in addition, for a disaster declaration 

5 related to Hurricane Sandy, the cost of the fol6 lowing categories of spending: public assistance, 

7 individual assistance, mitigation, administrative, 

8 operations, and any other relevant category (in9 cluding emergency measures and disaster re10 sources); and 

11 (E) the date on which funds appropriated 

12 will be exhausted: 

13 Provided further, That the Administrator shall publish on 

14 the Agency’s Web site not later than 5 days after an 

15 award of a public assistance grant under section 406 of 

16 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As17 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) the specifics of the grant 

18 award: Provided further, That, for any mission assignment 

19 or mission assignment task order to another Federal de20 partment or agency regarding a major disaster, not later 

21 than 5 days after the issuance of the mission assignment 

22 or task order, the Administrator shall publish on the 

23 Agency’s Web site the following: the name of the impacted 

24 State and the disaster declaration for such State, the as25 signed agency, the assistance requested, a description of 
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1 the disaster, the total cost estimate, and the amount obli2 gated: Provided further, That, not later than 10 days after 

3 the last day of each month until the mission assignment 

4 or task order is completed and closed out, the Adminis5 trator shall update any changes to the total cost estimate 

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

7 amount provided under this heading, $6,712,953,000 shall 

8 be for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. 

9 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That the 

11 amount in the preceding proviso is designated by the Con12 gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

13 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM

16 For necessary expenses, including administrative 

17 costs, under section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance 

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

19 100215, 100216, 100226, 100230, and 100246 of the 

20 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, 

21 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), $190,000,000, and 

22 such additional sums as may be provided by State and 

23 local governments or other political subdivisions for cost24 shared mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of such 
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1 Act (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

4 For activities under the National Flood Insurance 

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

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

7 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 

8 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Home9 owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public 

10 Law 113–89, 128 Stat. 1020): $181,198,000, which shall 

11 remain available until September 30, 2017, and shall be 

12 derived from offsetting amounts collected under section 

13 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 

14 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which $25,299,000 shall be available 

15 for salaries and expenses associated with flood manage16 ment and flood insurance operations and $155,899,000 

17 shall be available for flood plain management and flood 

18 mapping: Provided, That any additional fees collected pur19 suant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 

20 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as an 

21 offsetting collection to this account, to be available for 

22 flood plain management and flood mapping: Provided fur23 ther, That, in fiscal year 2016, no funds shall be available 

24 from the National Flood Insurance Fund under section 

25 1310 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of— 
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1 (1) $133,252,000 for operating expenses; 

2 (2) $1,123,000,000 for commissions and taxes 

3 of agents; 

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

5 Treasury borrowings; and 

6 (4) $175,000,000 which shall remain available 

7 until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for 

8 flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the 

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

10 4104c), notwithstanding subsection (e) of section 

11 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

12 (42 U.S.C. 4104c) and notwithstanding subsection 

13 (a)(7) of section 1310 of the National Flood Insur14 ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017): 

15 Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 

16 102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 

17 U.S.C. 4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood 

18 Insurance Act of 1968 shall be deposited in the National 

19 Flood Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts speci20 fied as available for section 1366 of the National Flood 

21 Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding section 102(f)(8), 

22 section 1366(e), and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 

23 1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 

24 4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total administra25 tive costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropria-
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1 tion: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 is available 

2 to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance 

3 Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 

4 NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

5 For the predisaster mitigation grant program under 

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

7 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), 

8 $100,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

10 To carry out the emergency food and shelter program 

11 pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As12 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $100,000,000, to 

13 remain available until expended: Provided, That total ad14 ministrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 

15 amount made available under this heading: Provided fur16 ther, That the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

17 Management Agency shall transfer funds appropriated 

18 under this heading to ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban 

19 Development, Homeless Assistance Grants’’: Provided fur20 ther, That, when funds are transferred pursuant to the 

21 previous proviso, notwithstanding the references to the 

22 Administrator in 42 U.S.C. 11331 through 11335 and 

23 11341, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

24 shall carry out the functions of the Administrator with re25 spect to the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, in-
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1 cluding with respect to the National Board: Provided fur2 ther, That the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

3 and the Department of Housing and Urban Development 

4 shall execute an Interagency Agreement within 60 days 

5 of the date of enactment of this Act detailing how the pro6 gram will be transitioned and ensuring that the program 

7 structure continues consistent with current law: Provided 

8 further, That the President’s budget for fiscal year 2017 

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

10 States Code, shall include language effectuating the trans11 fer: Provided further, That the Administrator shall be ac12 countable for any amounts obligated from the ‘‘Federal 

13 Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Food and 

14 Shelter’’ 70 × 0707 account prior to the date of enactment 

15 of this Act until such time as all funds have been expended 

16 and all recoveries have been transferred to ‘‘Department 

17 of Housing and Urban Development, Homeless Assistance 

18 Grants’’. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 

3 SERVICES 

4 UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

5 SERVICES

6 For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigra7 tion services, $119,671,000 for the E-Verify Program, as 

8 described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Re9 form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 

10 1324a note), to assist United States employers with main11 taining a legal workforce: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

12 any other provision of law, funds otherwise made available 

13 to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

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

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

16 Administrator of General Services does not provide vehi17 cles for lease: Provided further, That the Director of 

18 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services may 

19 authorize employees who are assigned to those areas to 

20 use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ resi21 dences and places of employment. 

22 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce25 ment Training Center, including materials and support 
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1 costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; the pur2 chase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and 

3 hire of passenger motor vehicles; expenses for student ath4 letic and related activities; the conduct of and participa5 tion in firearms matches and presentation of awards; pub6 lic awareness and enhancement of community support of 

7 law enforcement training; room and board for student in8 terns; a flat monthly reimbursement to employees author9 ized to use personal mobile phones for official duties; and 

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

11 States Code; $219,443,000; of which up to $59,908,000 

12 shall remain available until September 30, 2017, for mate13 rials and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic 

14 training; of which $300,000 shall remain available until 

15 expended to be distributed to Federal law enforcement 

16 agencies for expenses incurred participating in training ac17 creditation; and of which not to exceed $7,180 shall be 

18 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro19 vided, That the Center is authorized to obligate funds in 

20 anticipation of reimbursements from agencies receiving 

21 training sponsored by the Center, except that total obliga22 tions at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total 

23 budgetary resources available at the end of the fiscal year: 

24 Provided further, That section 1202(a) of Public Law 

25 107–206 (42 U.S.C. 3771 note), as amended under this 
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1 heading in division F of Public Law 113–76, is further 

2 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘December 31, 2018’’: Provided further, That the Director 

4 of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center shall 

5 schedule basic or advanced law enforcement training, or 

6 both, at all four training facilities under the control of the 

7 Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to ensure that 

8 such training facilities are operated at the highest capacity 

9 throughout the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Fed10 eral Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board, in11 cluding representatives from the Federal law enforcement 

12 community and non-Federal accreditation experts involved 

13 in law enforcement training, shall lead the Federal law 

14 enforcement training accreditation process to continue the 

15 implementation of measuring and assessing the quality 

16 and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training pro17 grams, facilities, and instructors. 

18 ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

19 RELATED EXPENSES

20 For acquisition of necessary additional real property 

21 and facilities, construction, and ongoing maintenance, fa22 cility improvements, and related expenses of the Federal 

23 Law Enforcement Training Center, $26,453,000, to re24 main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 

25 the Center is authorized to accept reimbursement to this 
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1 appropriation from government agencies requesting the 

2 construction of special use facilities. 

3 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

4 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

5 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Science and Technology and for manage7 ment and administration of programs and activities, as 

8 authorized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 

9 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $130,431,000: Provided, 

10 That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception 

11 and representation expenses. 

12 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND

13 OPERATIONS

14 For necessary expenses for science and technology re15 search, including advanced research projects, development, 

16 test and evaluation, acquisition, and operations as author17 ized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

18 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the purchase or lease of not 

19 to exceed 5 vehicles, $634,435,000 shall remain available 

20 until September 30, 2018. 

21 DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE

22 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

23 For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear 

24 Detection Office, as authorized by title XIX of the Home25 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for man-
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1 agement and administration of programs and activities, 

2 $37,518,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 

3 be for official reception and representation expenses. 

4 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS

5 For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear 

6 research, development, testing, evaluation, and operations, 

7 $196,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2018. 

9 SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

10 For necessary expenses for the Domestic Nuclear De11 tection Office acquisition and deployment of radiological 

12 detection systems in accordance with the global nuclear 

13 detection architecture, $86,745,000, to remain available 

14 until September 30, 2018. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING 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 agencies 

17 in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 

18 that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

19 year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

20 of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail21 able to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 

22 for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 

23 funds that— 

24 (1) creates a new program, project, or activity; 
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1 (2) eliminates a program, project, office, or ac2 tivity; 

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

4 activity for which funds have been denied or re5 stricted by the Congress; 

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

7 activity by either of the Committees on Appropria8 tions of the Senate or the House of Representatives 

9 for a different purpose; or 

10 (5) contracts out any function or activity for 

11 which funding levels were requested for Federal full12 time equivalents in the object classification tables 

13 contained in the fiscal year 2016 Budget Appendix 

14 for the Department of Homeland Security, as modi15 fied by the report accompanying this Act, unless the 

16 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

17 House of Representatives are notified 15 days in ad18 vance of such reprogramming of funds. 

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

20 by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or 

21 transferred to the Department of Homeland Security that 

22 remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

23 year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

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

25 proceeds available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 
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1 be available for obligation or expenditure for programs, 

2 projects, or activities through a reprogramming of funds 

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

4 that— 

5 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac6 tivities; 

7 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist8 ing program, project, or activity; 

9 (3) reduces by 10 percent the numbers of per10 sonnel approved by the Congress; or 

11 (4) results from any general savings from a re12 duction in personnel that would result in a change 

13 in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap14 proved by the Congress, unless the Committees on 

15 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep16 resentatives are notified 15 days in advance of such 

17 reprogramming of funds. 

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

19 made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart20 ment of Homeland Security by this Act or provided by 

21 previous appropriations Acts may be transferred between 

22 such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 

23 otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 

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

25 transfer under this section shall be treated as a re-
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1 programming of funds under subsection (b) and shall not 

2 be available for obligation unless the Committees on Ap3 propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa4 tives are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer. 

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

6 this section, no funds shall be reprogrammed within or 

7 transferred between appropriations based upon an initial 

8 notification provided after June 30, except in extraor9 dinary circumstances that imminently threaten the safety 

10 of human life or the protection of property. 

11 (e) The notification thresholds and procedures set 

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

13 balances of funds provided in previous Department of 

14 Homeland Security Appropriations Acts. 

15 SEC. 504. The Department of Homeland Security 

16 Working Capital Fund, established pursuant to section 

17 403 of Public Law 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), shall 

18 continue operations as a permanent working capital fund 

19 for fiscal year 2016: Provided, That none of the funds ap20 propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 

21 of Homeland Security may be used to make payments to 

22 the Working Capital Fund, except for the activities and 

23 amounts allowed in the President’s fiscal year 2016 budg24 et: Provided further, That funds provided to the Working 

25 Capital Fund shall be available for obligation until ex-
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1 pended to carry out the purposes of the Working Capital 

2 Fund: Provided further, That all departmental components 

3 shall be charged only for direct usage of each Working 

4 Capital Fund service: Provided further, That funds pro5 vided to the Working Capital Fund shall be used only for 

6 purposes consistent with the contributing component: Pro7 vided further, That the Working Capital Fund shall be 

8 paid in advance or reimbursed at rates which will return 

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

10 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 

11 of Representatives shall be notified of any activity added 

12 to or removed from the fund: Provided further, That the 

13 Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland 

14 Security shall submit a quarterly execution report with ac15 tivity level detail, not later than 30 days after the end of 

16 each quarter. 

17 SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

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

19 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2016, as re20 corded in the financial records at the time of a reprogram21 ming request, but not later than June 30, 2016, from ap22 propriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2016 

23 in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 

24 2017, in the account and for the purposes for which the 

25 appropriations were provided: Provided, That, prior to the 
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1 obligation of such funds, a request shall be submitted to 

2 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

3 House of Representatives for approval in accordance with 

4 section 503 of this Act. 

5 SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intel6 ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 

7 by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na8 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 

9 year 2016 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel10 ligence activities for fiscal year 2016. 

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

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

13 be used to— 

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

15 contract, other transaction agreement, or task or de16 livery order on a Department of Homeland Security 

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

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

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

20 obligation of funds in an amount greater than 

21 $10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home22 land Security funds; or 

23 (3) announce publicly the intention to make or 

24 award items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) includ-
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1 ing a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition 

2 Regulation. 

3 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive 

4 the prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary noti5 fies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

6 the House of Representatives at least 3 full business days 

7 in advance of making an award or issuing a letter as de8 scribed in that subsection. 

9 (c) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

10 that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 

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

12 made without notification, and the Secretary shall notify 

13 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

14 House of Representatives not later than 5 full business 

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

16 (d) A notification under this section— 

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

18 for obligation; and 

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

20 fiscal year for which the funds for the award were 

21 appropriated; the type of contract; and the account 

22 from which the funds are being drawn. 

23 (e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

24 Management Agency shall brief the Committees on Appro25 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
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1 5 full business days in advance of announcing publicly the 

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

3 Programs’’. 

4 SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any ad6 ditional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 

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

8 law enforcement training without advance notification to 

9 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

10 House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law 

11 Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the 

12 temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, 

13 or other agreement for training that cannot be accommo14 dated in existing Center facilities. 

15 SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act may be used for expenses 

17 for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition 

18 project for which a prospectus otherwise required under 

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

20 approved, except that necessary funds may be expended 

21 for each project for required expenses for the development 

22 of a proposed prospectus. 

23 SEC. 510. (a) Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the De24 partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 

25 (division E of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 
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1 2074) shall apply with respect to funds made available in 

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

3 funds made available in that Act. 

4 (b) The third proviso of section 537 of the Depart5 ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (6 

6 U.S.C. 114), shall hereafter not apply with respect to 

7 funds made available in this or any other Act. 

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

9 Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provi10 sions of the Buy American Act. For purposes of the pre11 ceding sentence, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means 

12 chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

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

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

15 by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

16 (8 U.S.C. 1448). 

17 SEC. 513. Not later than 30 days after the last day 

18 of each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Depart19 ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Commit20 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

21 Representatives a monthly budget and staffing report for 

22 that month that includes total obligations of the Depart23 ment for that month for the fiscal year at the appropria24 tion and program, project, and activity levels, by the 

25 source year of the appropriation: Provided, That total obli-
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1 gations for staffing shall also be provided by subcategory 

2 of on-board and funded full-time equivalent staffing levels, 

3 respectively: Provided further, That the report shall specify 

4 the number of, and total obligations for, contract employ5 ees for each office of the Department. 

6 SEC. 514. Except as provided in section 44945 of title 

7 49, United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred 

8 to Transportation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Se9 curity’’, ‘‘Administration’’, and ‘‘Transportation Security 

10 Support’’ for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 that are recov11 ered or deobligated shall be available only for the procure12 ment or installation of explosives detection systems, air 

13 cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject 

14 to notification: Provided, That semiannual reports shall be 

15 submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

16 Senate and the House of Representatives on any funds 

17 that are recovered or deobligated. 

18 SEC. 515. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

19 may be used to process or approve a competition under 

20 Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for serv21 ices provided by employees (including employees serving 

22 on a temporary or term basis) of United States Citizen23 ship and Immigration Services of the Department of 

24 Homeland Security who are known as Immigration Infor25 mation Officers, Immigration Service Analysts, Contact 
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1 Representatives, Investigative Assistants, or Immigration 

2 Services Officers. 

3 SEC. 516. Any funds appropriated to ‘‘Coast Guard, 

4 Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ for fiscal 

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

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

8 mediation, or litigation, shall be available until expended 

9 for the Fast Response Cutter program. 

10 SEC. 517. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce11 ment Training Center instructor staff shall be classified 

12 as inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal 

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

14 note). 

15 SEC. 518. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 

16 shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2016, 

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 year 2016. 

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 Senate and the House of Representatives not later 

2 than February 15, 2017. 

3 SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used by United States Citizenship and Immi5 gration Services to grant an immigration benefit unless 

6 the results of background checks required by law to be 

7 completed prior to the granting of the benefit have been 

8 received by United States Citizenship and Immigration 

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

10 the benefit. 

11 SEC. 520. Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act 

12 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until Sep14 tember 30, 2015,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 

15 30, 2016,’’; and 

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

17 30, 2015,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2016,’’. 

18 SEC. 521. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

19 require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 

20 Security that provide award fees link such fees to success21 ful acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be speci22 fied in terms of cost, schedule, and performance). 

23 SEC. 522. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

25 shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and 
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1 vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for 

2 the transportation of crude oil distributed from the Stra3 tegic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland 

4 Security, after consultation with the Secretaries of the De5 partments of Energy and Transportation and representa6 tives from the United States flag maritime industry, takes 

7 adequate measures to ensure the use of United States flag 

8 vessels: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com9 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

10 of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

11 and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 

12 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep13 resentatives within 2 business days of any request for 

14 waivers of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant 

15 to 46 U.S.C. 501(b). 

16 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 

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

18 to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 

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

20 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from im21 porting a prescription drug from Canada that complies 

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

23 That this section shall apply only to individuals trans24 porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the pre-
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1 scription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided 

2 further, That the prescription drug may not be— 

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

4 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

5 802); or 

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

7 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 262). 

9 SEC. 524. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

10 to reduce the United States Coast Guard’s Operations 

11 Systems Center mission or its government-employed or 

12 contract staff levels. 

13 SEC. 525. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 

14 consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall no15 tify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

16 the House of Representatives of any proposed transfers 

17 of funds available under section 9703.1(g)(4)(B) of title 

18 31, United States Code (as added by Public Law 102– 

19 393) from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture 

20 Fund to any agency within the Department of Homeland 

21 Security: Provided, That none of the funds identified for 

22 such a transfer may be obligated until the Committees on 

23 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent24 atives approve the proposed transfers. 
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1 SEC. 526. 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. 527. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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

6 a competition under Office of Management and Budget 

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

8 Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 

9 SEC. 528. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

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

11 days after the date on which the President determines 

12 whether to declare a major disaster because of an event 

13 and any appeal is completed, the Administrator shall pub14 lish on the Web site of the Federal Emergency Manage15 ment Agency a report regarding that decision that shall 

16 summarize damage assessment information used to deter17 mine whether to declare a major disaster. 

18 (b) The Administrator may redact from a report 

19 under subsection (a) any data that the Administrator de20 termines would compromise national security. 

21 (c) In this section— 

22 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad23 ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

24 Agency; and 
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1 (2) the term ‘‘major disaster’’ has the meaning 

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

3 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

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

5 SEC. 529. Any official that is required by this Act 

6 to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropria7 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives may 

8 not delegate such authority to perform that act unless spe9 cifically authorized herein. 

10 SEC. 530. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

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

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

14 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

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

16 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

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

18 at the United States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo 

19 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

20 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available in this 

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

22 of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 

23 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Fed24 eral Regulations. 
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1 SEC. 532. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to employ workers described in section 

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

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

5 SEC. 533. Funds made available in this Act may be 

6 used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro7 gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi8 neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 

9 maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast 

10 Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 

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

12 Civil Engineering Unit unless specifically authorized by a 

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

14 SEC. 534. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

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

17 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 

18 judged to be below satisfactory performance or perform19 ance that does not meet the basic requirements of a con20 tract. 

21 SEC. 535. In developing any process to screen avia22 tion passengers and crews for transportation or national 

23 security purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

24 shall ensure that all such processes take into consideration 
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1 such passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil liberties con2 sistent with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance. 

3 SEC. 536. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of 

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

5 the Immigration Examinations Fee Account, up to 

6 $10,000,000 may be allocated by United States Citizen7 ship and Immigration Services in fiscal year 2016 for the 

8 purpose of providing an immigrant integration grants pro9 gram. 

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

11 States Citizenship and Immigration Services for grants for 

12 immigrant integration may be used to provide services to 

13 aliens who have not been lawfully admitted for permanent 

14 residence. 

15 SEC. 537. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office 

16 of the Under Secretary for Management’’, $212,303,000, 

17 to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses 

18 to plan, acquire, design, construct, renovate, remediate, 

19 equip, furnish, improve infrastructure, and occupy build20 ings and facilities for the department headquarters con21 solidation project and associated mission support consoli22 dation: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall re24 ceive an expenditure plan not later than 90 days after the 
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1 date of enactment of the Act detailing the allocation of 

2 these funds. 

3 SEC. 538. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act may be used by the De5 partment of Homeland Security to enter into any Federal 

6 contract unless such contract is entered into in accordance 

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

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

9 Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such 

10 contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered 

11 into without regard to the above referenced statutes. 

12 SEC. 539. (a) For an additional amount for financial 

13 systems modernization, $36,113,000 to remain available 

14 until September 30, 2017. 

15 (b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for finan16 cial systems modernization may be transferred by the Sec17 retary of Homeland Security between appropriations for 

18 the same purpose, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 

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

20 until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of 

21 the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 

22 of such transfer. 

23 SEC. 540. Notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation 

24 contained in section 503(c) of this Act, the Secretary of 

25 Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established 
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1 by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appro2 priations available to the Department of Homeland Secu3 rity: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com4 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

5 of Representatives 5 days in advance of such transfer. 

6 SEC. 541. The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

7 Border Protection and the Assistant Secretary of Home8 land Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce9 ment shall, with respect to fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018, 

10 and 2019, submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

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

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

13 2017 is submitted pursuant to the requirements of section 

14 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the information 

15 required in the multi-year investment and management 

16 plans required, respectively, under the heading ‘‘U.S. Cus17 toms and Border Protection, Salaries and Expenses’’ 

18 under title II of division D of the Consolidated Appropria19 tions Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74); under the heading 

20 ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Border Security 

21 Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’ under such 

22 title; and by section 568 of such Act. 

23 SEC. 542. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

24 ensure enforcement of all immigration laws (as defined in 
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1 section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

2 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))). 

3 SEC. 543. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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

5 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

6 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

9 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi10 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

11 SEC. 544. None of the funds made available in this 

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

13 facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi14 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus15 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 

16 law enforcement personnel of the United States continu17 ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

18 SEC. 545. None of the funds provided in this or any 

19 other Act may be obligated to implement the National Pre20 paredness Grant Program or any other successor grant 

21 programs unless explicitly authorized by Congress. 

22 SEC. 546. None of the funds made available in this 

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

24 Public Advocate, or a successor position, within U.S. Im25 migration and Customs Enforcement. 
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1 SEC. 547. Section 559(e)(3)(D) of Public Law 113– 

2 76 is amended by striking ‘‘five pilots per year’’ and in3 serting ‘‘10 pilots per year’’. 

4 SEC. 548. None of the funds made available in this 

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

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

7 Department of Homeland Security, who are stationed in 

8 the United States, at a single international conference un9 less the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, 

10 determines that such attendance is in the national interest 

11 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen12 ate and the House of Representatives within at least 10 

13 days of that determination and the basis for that deter14 mination: Provided, That for purposes of this section the 

15 term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a conference 

16 occurring outside of the United States attended by rep17 resentatives of the United States Government and of for18 eign governments, international organizations, or non19 governmental organizations: Provided further, That the 

20 total cost to the Department of Homeland Security of any 

21 such conference shall not exceed $500,000. 

22 SEC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 

23 or any other Act may be used by the Administrator of 

24 the Transportation Security Administration to implement, 

25 administer, or enforce, in abrogation of the responsibility 
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1 described in section 44903(n)(1) of title 49, United States 

2 Code, any requirement that airport operators provide air3 port-financed staffing to monitor exit points from the ster4 ile area of any airport at which the Transportation Secu5 rity Administration provided such monitoring as of De6 cember 1, 2013. 

7 SEC. 550. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department 

9 or agency for its participation in a National Special Secu10 rity Event. 

11 SEC. 551. With the exception of countries with 

12 preclearance facilities in service prior to 2013, none of the 

13 funds made available in this Act may be used for new U.S. 

14 Customs and Border Protection air preclearance agree15 ments entering into force after February 1, 2014, unless: 

16 (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 

17 with the Secretary of State, has certified to Congress that 

18 air preclearance operations at the airport provide a home19 land or national security benefit to the United States; (2) 

20 U.S. passenger air carriers are not precluded from oper21 ating at existing preclearance locations; and (3) a U.S. 

22 passenger air carrier is operating at all airports con23 templated for establishment of new air preclearance oper24 ations. 
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1 SEC. 552. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fire2 fighter Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary may grant waiv3 ers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), 

4 (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 

5 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 

6 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

7 SEC. 553. (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall not— 

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

10 new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 

11 Southern border or the Northern border at a land 

12 port of entry; or 

13 (2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 

14 of a border crossing fee. 

15 (b) BORDER CROSSING FEE DEFINED.—In this sec16 tion, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ means a fee that 

17 every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and passenger of a 

18 private motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege 

19 of crossing the Southern border or the Northern border 

20 at a land port of entry. 

21 SEC. 554. (a) DEPOSITS OF PAYMENTS PENDING

22 AMENDMENT OF REGULATION.—Notwithstanding the 

23 provisions of the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset 

24 Act, 19 U.S.C. 1675c (2000), repealed by section 7601(a) 

25 of subtitle F of title VII of Public Law 109–171, 120 Stat. 
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1 4, 154 (Feb. 8, 2006) as amended by section 822(2)(A) 

2 of Public Law 111–291 and section 504 of Public Law 

3 111–312 (Dec 17, 2010) (collectively, the CDSOA), none 

4 of the funds appropriated in this or previous appropria5 tions Acts or otherwise made available to the Department 

6 of Homeland Security may be used to deposit any payment 

7 tendered by a surety under, or in connection with, a cus8 toms bond on an entry for which the duties and 19 U.S.C. 

9 1677g interest are subject to distribution under the 

10 CDSOA into any account in the Department of the Treas11 ury other than an unavailable receipt account (020– 

12 5688.003) related to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy 

13 Offset account (020 × 5688) until the Commissioner of 

14 U.S. Customs and Border Protection completes the rule15 making process concerning the amendment of section 

16 24.3a(c)(4) of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations: Pro17 vided, That the payment referenced in the previous proviso 

18 is limited to a payment pursuant to a court ordered award 

19 or judgment entered as a result of a lawsuit that was filed 

20 by the Government against the surety from whom pay21 ment was obtained if that lawsuit was for the purpose of 

22 collecting duties or interest owed on that particular entry, 

23 or a settlement of any such lawsuit between the Govern24 ment and the surety that was executed after the time that 

25 the lawsuit was filed by the Government: Provided further, 
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1 That once the rulemaking process concerning the amend2 ment of section 24.3a(c)(4) of title 19, Code of Federal 

3 Regulations, is complete, funds subject to CDSOA dis4 tribution shall then be transferred into the Antidumping 

5 and Countervailing Duties, Continued Dumping and Sub6 sidy Offset receipt account (020 × 5688.001) for distribu7 tion in accordance with the provisions of the CDSOA and 

8 shall be allocated between principal and interest in accord9 ance with the amended section 24.3a(c)(4) of title 19, 

10 Code of Federal Regulations, and not in accordance with 

11 the provision of section 24.3a(c)(4) of title 19, Code of 

12 Federal Regulations, that was in effect at the time that 

13 the payment was made to the Government: Provided fur14 ther, That the funds that are not subject to CDSOA dis15 tribution shall be transferred into other accounts as other16 wise provided by law: Provided further, That authority to 

17 enforce compliance with this section is vested exclusively 

18 in Congress and nothing in this section is intended to, or 

19 does, create a private right of action against the Govern20 ment. 

21 (b) AUTHORITY TO AMEND REGULATION.—For this 

22 fiscal year and hereafter, notwithstanding 6 U.S.C. 212 

23 and Treasury Department Order No. 100–16, 1(a)(i), the 

24 Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is 

25 hereby granted authority to approve amendment of section 
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1 24.3a(c)(4) of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations, to 

2 amend the order in which a payment is allocated between 

3 principal and interest for only those payments described 

4 in subsection (a): Provided, That the authority provided 

5 to the Commissioner by this section includes the authority 

6 to allocate a payment, as defined above, between the forms 

7 of interest a surety owes, including interest pursuant to 

8 19 U.S.C. 1677g, sections 580 and 1505 of title 19, Code 

9 of Federal Regulations, and Federal common law or equi10 table principles. 

11 SEC. 555. Of the unobligated balance available to 

12 ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Relief 

13 Fund’’, $1,025,062,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, 

14 That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 

15 were designated by the Congress as an emergency require16 ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 

17 or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

18 Act of 1985: Provided further, That no amounts may be 

19 rescinded from the amounts that were designated by the 

20 Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

21 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

22 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

23 SEC. 556. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 

24 United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im25 plementation Act (Public Law 112–42) fees collected from 
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1 passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent 

2 island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated 

3 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 

4 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 

5 SEC. 557. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

6 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex7 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

8 language as part of the President’s budget submission to 

9 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

10 jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on the 

11 Department of Homeland Security that assumes revenues 

12 or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user 

13 fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior 

14 to the submission of the budget unless such budget sub15 mission identifies which additional spending reductions 

16 should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not 

17 enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee 

18 of conference for the fiscal year 2017 appropriations Act. 

19 SEC. 558. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

21 available, including any funds or fees collected or other22 wise made available for expenditure, by this or any other 

23 Act of this or any other fiscal year may be used to imple24 ment, administer, carry-out, or enforce Executive Order 

25 13690 (80 Fed. Reg. 6425; relating to the Federal Flood 
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1 Risk Management Standard) or the amendments made by 

2 such Order. 

3 SEC. 559. Notwithstanding the limitations as to 

4 threshold, time, and condition of section 503 of this Act, 

5 the Secretary may propose to reprogram or transfer to the 

6 Coast Guard for the Offshore Patrol Cutter Project: (1) 

7 discretionary appropriations made available by this Act, 

8 to remain available until September 30, 2017, and (2) the 

9 unobligated balances of discretionary appropriations made 

10 available by prior Department of Homeland Security Ap11 propriations Acts: Provided, That any amounts proposed 

12 for reprogramming or transfer under this section shall not 

13 be available for obligation until the Committees on Appro14 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

15 approve of such reprogramming or transfer: Provided fur16 ther, That this section shall not apply to amounts that 

17 were (1) classified as being in the revised security cat18 egory, as defined under section 250(c)(4)(D) of the Bal19 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

20 as amended (BBEDCA); (2) designated by the Congress 

21 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter22 rorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 

23 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or BBEDCA; or (3) 

24 designated as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

25 251(b)(2)(D) of BBEDCA. 
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1 SEC. 560. None of the funds made available to the 

2 Department of Homeland Security by this or any other 

3 Act may be obligated for any structural pay reform that 

4 affects more than 100 full-time equivalent employee posi5 tions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year be6 fore the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date 

7 on which the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to 

8 Congress a notification that includes— 

9 (1) the number of full-time equivalent employee 

10 positions affected by such change; 

11 (2) funding required for such change for the 

12 current year and through the Future Years Home13 land Security Program; 

14 (3) justification for such change; and 

15 (4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to 

16 such change that were considered by the Depart17 ment. 

18 SEC. 561. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail19 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

20 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re21 quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria22 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives in 

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

24 that it shall serve the national interest. 

25 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
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1 (1) the public posting of the report com2 promises homeland or national security; or 

3 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

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

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

6 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

7 no less than 45 days except as otherwise specified in law. 

8 SEC. 562. Of amounts transferred to the Disaster As9 sistance Direct Loan Program pursuant to the Community 

10 Disaster Loan Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–88), 

11 $27,338,101 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That no 

12 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des13 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

14 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

15 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

16 1985. 

17 SEC. 563. The Administrator of the Federal Emer18 gency Management Agency shall transfer $56,872,752 in 

19 unobligated balances made available for the appropriations 

20 account for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

21 Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account’’ by 

22 section 4502 of Public Law 110–28 to the appropriations 

23 account for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

24 Disaster Relief Fund’’: Provided, That amounts trans25 ferred to such account under this section shall be available 
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1 for any authorized purpose of such account: Provided fur2 ther, That amounts transferred pursuant to this section 

3 that were previously designated by the Congress as an 

4 emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu5 tion on the budget are designated by the Congress as an 

6 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

8 Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be transferred only 

9 if the President subsequently so designates the entire 

10 transfer and transmits such designation to the Congress. 

11 SEC. 564. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be obligated or expended to sustain domestic 

13 prosecutions based on any charge related to the Arms 

14 Trade Treaty, or to implement the Treaty, until the Sen15 ate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty and 

16 the Senate and the House of Representatives adopt imple17 menting legislation for the Treaty. 

18 SEC. 565. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart19 ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are here20 by rescinded from the following accounts and programs 

21 in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 

22 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 

23 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con24 current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
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1 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 

2 99–177): 

3 (1) $7,324,000 from unobligated prior year bal4 ances from ‘‘Analysis and Operations’’ from the Of5 fice of Intelligence and Analysis; 

6 (2) $7,000,000 from unobligated prior year bal7 ances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

8 Automation Modernization’’; 

9 (3) $21,856,000 from unobligated prior year 

10 balances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec11 tion, Border Security, Fencing, Infrastructure, and 

12 Technology’’; 

13 (4) $12,000,000 from unobligated prior year 

14 balances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec15 tion, Air and Marine Operations’’; 

16 (5) $4,500,000 from unobligated prior year bal17 ances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

18 Construction and Facilities Management’’; and 

19 (6) $13,758,918 from ‘‘Federal Emergency 

20 Management Agency, National Predisaster Mitiga21 tion Fund’’ account 70 × 0716; 

22 (7) $5,800,000 from Public Law 112–74 under 

23 the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construc24 tion, and Improvements’’; 
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1 (8) $16,445,000 from Public Law 113–76 

2 under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Con3 struction, and Improvements’’; 

4 (9) $28,000,000 from Public Law 114–4 under 

5 the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Administra6 tion, Aviation Security’’; 

7 (10) $5,000,000 from unobligated prior year 

8 balances from ‘‘Transportation Security Administra9 tion, Surface Transportation’’; 

10 (11) $393,000 from Public Law 113–6 under 

11 the heading ‘‘Science and Technology, Research, De12 velopment, Acquisition, and Operations’’; 

13 (12) $8,500,000 from Public Law 113–76 

14 under the heading ‘‘Science and Technology, Re15 search, Development, Acquisition, and Operations’’; 

16 and 

17 (13) $1,107,000 from Public Law 114–4 under 

18 the heading ‘‘Science and Technology, Research, De19 velopment, Acquisition, and Operations’’. 

20 SEC. 566. From the unobligated balances made avail21 able in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

22 established by section 9703 of title 31, United States 

23 Code, (added by section 638 of Public Law 102–393), 

24 $175,000,000 shall be rescinded. 
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1 VISA WAIVER PROGRAM COUNTRY DESIGNATION FOR

2 POLAND

3 SEC. 567. Notwithstanding any provision of section 

4 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

5 1187), the Secretary of Homeland Security may designate 

6 Poland as a program country under the visa waiver pro7 gram established by that section. 

8 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home9 land Security Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
Calendar No. 122 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1619 

[Report No. 114–68] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of 

September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 

JUNE 18, 2015 

Read twice and placed on the calendar