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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 240 

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2015 

Ordered to be printed with the amendment of the Senate 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part in italic] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, 

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, 2015, 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, $132,573,000: 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, 

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1 mental Affairs of the Senate, a comprehensive plan for 

2 implementation of the biometric entry and exit data sys3 tem required under section 7208 of the Intelligence Re4 form and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 

5 1365b), including the estimated costs for implementation. 

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

8 Secretary for Management, as authorized by sections 701 

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

10 U.S.C. 341 through 345), $187,503,000, of which not to 

11 exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and represen12 tation expenses: Provided, That of the total amount made 

13 available under this heading, $4,493,000 shall remain 

14 available until September 30, 2016, solely for the alter15 ation and improvement of facilities, tenant improvements, 

16 and relocation costs to consolidate Department head17 quarters operations at the Nebraska Avenue Complex; and 

18 $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2016, for the Human Resources Information Technology 

20 program: Provided further, That the Under Secretary for 

21 Management shall include in the President’s budget pro22 posal for fiscal year 2016, submitted pursuant to section 

23 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a Comprehensive 

24 Acquisition Status Report, which shall include the infor25 mation required under the heading ‘‘Office of the Under 


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

2 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 

3 112–74), and shall submit quarterly updates to such re4 port not later than 45 days after the completion of each 

5 quarter. 

6 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi8 nancial Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Home9 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), $52,020,000: 

10 Provided, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

11 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

12 and the House of Representatives, at the time the Presi13 dent’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted 

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

15 Code, the Future Years Homeland Security Program, as 

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

17 U.S.C. 454). 

18 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In20 formation Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the 

21 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), and De22 partment-wide technology investments, $288,122,000; of 

23 which $99,028,000 shall be available for salaries and ex24 penses; and of which $189,094,000, to remain available 

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1 ment and acquisition of information technology equip2 ment, software, services, and related activities for the De3 partment of Homeland Security. 

4 ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS

5 For necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and 

6 operations coordination activities, as authorized by title II 

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

8 seq.), $255,804,000; of which not to exceed $3,825 shall 

9 be for official reception and representation expenses; and 

10 of which $102,479,000 shall remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2016. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

15 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $118,617,000; of 

16 which not to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain con17 fidential operational expenses, including the payment of 

18 informants, to be expended at the direction of the Inspec19 tor General. 


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1 TITLE II 

2 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 

3 INVESTIGATIONS 

4 UNITED STATES 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 $8,459,657,000; 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 $30,000,000 

20 shall be available until September 30, 2016, solely for the 

21 purpose of hiring, training, and equipping United States 

22 Customs and Border Protection officers at ports of entry; 

23 of which not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official recep24 tion and representation expenses; of which such sums as 

25 become available in the Customs User Fee Account, except 


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1 sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated 

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

3 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account; of which 

4 not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for 

5 rental space in connection with preclearance operations; 

6 and of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards 

7 of compensation to informants, to be accounted for solely 

8 under the certificate of the Secretary of Homeland Secu9 rity: Provided, That for fiscal year 2015, the overtime lim10 itation prescribed in section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 

11 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267(c)(1)) shall be $35,000; and not12 withstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 

13 appropriated by this Act shall be available to compensate 

14 any employee of United States Customs and Border Pro15 tection for overtime, from whatever source, in an amount 

16 that exceeds such limitation, except in individual cases de17 termined by the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the 

18 designee of the Secretary, to be necessary for national se19 curity purposes, to prevent excessive costs, or in cases of 

20 immigration emergencies: Provided further, That the Bor21 der Patrol shall maintain an active duty presence of not 

22 less than 21,370 full-time equivalent agents protecting the 

23 borders of the United States in the fiscal year. 


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1 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

2 For necessary expenses for United States Customs 

3 and Border Protection for operation and improvement of 

4 automated systems, including salaries and expenses, 

5 $808,169,000; of which $446,075,000 shall remain avail6 able until September 30, 2017; and of which not less than 

7 $140,970,000 shall be for the development of the Auto8 mated Commercial Environment. 

9 BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND

10 TECHNOLOGY

11 For expenses for border security fencing, infrastruc12 ture, and technology, $382,466,000, 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 

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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; $750,469,000; of which 

4 $299,800,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses; 

5 and of which $450,669,000 shall remain available until 

6 September 30, 2017: 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 United 

9 States Customs and Border Protection requirements and 

10 aircraft that have been damaged beyond repair, shall be 

11 transferred to any other Federal agency, department, or 

12 office outside of the Department of Homeland Security 

13 during fiscal year 2015 without prior notice to the Com14 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

15 of Representatives: Provided further, That funding made 

16 available under this heading shall be available for customs 

17 expenses when necessary to maintain or to temporarily in18 crease operations in Puerto Rico: Provided further, That 

19 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report to the 

20 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

21 House of Representatives, not later than 90 days after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act, on any changes to the 5- 

23 year strategic plan for the air and marine program re24 quired under the heading ‘‘Air and Marine Interdiction, 

25 Operations, and Maintenance’’ in Public Law 112–74. 


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1 CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

2 For necessary expenses to plan, acquire, construct, 

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

4 buildings, facilities, and related infrastructure necessary 

5 for the administration and enforcement of the laws relat6 ing to customs, immigration, and border security, 

7 $288,821,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2019. 

9 UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS

10 ENFORCEMENT

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigra13 tion and customs laws, detention and removals, and inves14 tigations, including intellectual property rights and over15 seas vetted units operations; and purchase and lease of 

16 up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only) police-type vehi17 cles; $5,932,756,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 

18 shall be available until expended for conducting special op19 erations under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement 

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

21 $11,475 shall be for official reception and representation 

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

23 awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted 

24 for solely under the certificate of the Secretary of Home25 land Security; of which not less than $305,000 shall be 


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1 for promotion of public awareness of the child pornog2 raphy tipline and activities to counter child exploitation; 

3 of which not less than $5,400,000 shall be used to facili4 tate agreements consistent with section 287(g) of the Im5 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)); of 

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

7 September 30, 2017, is for maintenance, construction, and 

8 lease hold improvements at owned and leased facilities; 

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

10 to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs 

11 associated with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of 

12 smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States: 

13 Provided, That none of the funds made available under 

14 this heading shall be available to compensate any employee 

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

16 except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the 

17 designee of the Secretary, may waive that amount as nec18 essary for national security purposes and in cases of immi19 gration emergencies: Provided further, That of the total 

20 amount provided, $15,770,000 shall be for activities to en21 force laws against forced child labor, of which not to ex22 ceed $6,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

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

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

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


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1 to remove them from the United States once they are 

2 judged deportable: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

3 Homeland Security shall prioritize the identification and 

4 removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of 

5 that crime: Provided further, That funding made available 

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

7 34,000 detention beds through September 30, 2015: Pro8 vided further, That of the total amount provided, not less 

9 than $3,431,444,000 is for detention, enforcement, and 

10 removal operations, including transportation of unaccom11 panied minor aliens: Provided further, That of the amount 

12 provided for Custody Operations in the previous proviso, 

13 $45,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

14 2019: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 

15 for the Visa Security Program and international investiga16 tions, $43,000,000 shall remain available until September 

17 30, 2016: Provided further, That not less than 

18 $15,000,000 shall be available for investigation of intellec19 tual property rights violations, including operation of the 

20 National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Cen21 ter: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

22 under this heading may be used to continue a delegation 

23 of law enforcement authority authorized under section 

24 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

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1 tor General determines that the terms of the agreement 

2 governing the delegation of authority have been materially 

3 violated: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

4 under this heading may be used to continue any contract 

5 for the provision of detention services if the two most re6 cent overall performance evaluations received by the con7 tracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or the equivalent 

8 median score in any subsequent performance evaluation 

9 system: Provided further, That nothing under this heading 

10 shall prevent United States Immigration and Customs En11 forcement from exercising those authorities provided 

12 under immigration laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) 

13 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

14 1101(a)(17))) during priority operations pertaining to 

15 aliens convicted of a crime: Provided further, That without 

16 regard to the limitation as to time and condition of section 

17 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary may propose to repro18 gram and transfer funds within and into this appropria19 tion necessary to ensure the detention of aliens prioritized 

20 for removal. 

21 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

22 For expenses of immigration and customs enforce23 ment automated systems, $26,000,000, to remain avail24 able until September 30, 2017. 


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1 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

2 AVIATION SECURITY

3 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu4 rity Administration related to providing civil aviation secu5 rity services pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation 

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

7 U.S.C. 40101 note), $5,639,095,000, to remain available 

8 until September 30, 2016; of which not to exceed $7,650 

9 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 

10 Provided, That any award to deploy explosives detection 

11 systems shall be based on risk, the airport’s current reli12 ance on other screening solutions, lobby congestion result13 ing in increased security concerns, high injury rates, air14 port readiness, and increased cost effectiveness: Provided 

15 further, That security service fees authorized under section 

16 44940 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited 

17 to this appropriation as offsetting collections and shall be 

18 available only for aviation security: Provided further, That 

19 the sum appropriated under this heading from the general 

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

21 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2015 

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

23 the general fund estimated at not more than 

24 $3,574,095,000: Provided further, That the fees deposited 

25 under this heading in fiscal year 2013 and sequestered 


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1 pursuant to section 251A of the Balanced Budget and 

2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a), 

3 that are currently unavailable for obligation, are hereby 

4 permanently cancelled: Provided further, That notwith5 standing section 44923 of title 49, United States Code, 

6 for fiscal year 2015, any funds in the Aviation Security 

7 Capital Fund established by section 44923(h) of title 49, 

8 United States Code, may be used for the procurement and 

9 installation of explosives detection systems or for the 

10 issuance of other transaction agreements for the purpose 

11 of funding projects described in section 44923(a) of such 

12 title: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

13 provision of law, mobile explosives detection equipment 

14 purchased and deployed using funds made available under 

15 this heading may be moved and redeployed to meet evolv16 ing passenger and baggage screening security priorities at 

17 airports: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

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

19 hiring of personnel into the Transportation Security Ad20 ministration that would cause the agency to exceed a staff21 ing level of 45,000 full-time equivalent screeners: Provided 

22 further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply to per23 sonnel hired as part-time employees: Provided further, 

24 That not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

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1 rity Administration shall submit to the Committees on Ap2 propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa3 tives a detailed report on— 

4 (1) the Department of Homeland Security ef5 forts and resources being devoted to develop more 

6 advanced integrated passenger screening tech7 nologies for the most effective security of passengers 

8 and baggage at the lowest possible operating and ac9 quisition costs, including projected funding levels for 

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

11 completion, whichever is earlier; 

12 (2) how the Transportation Security Adminis13 tration is deploying its existing passenger and bag14 gage screener workforce in the most cost effective 

15 manner; and 

16 (3) labor savings from the deployment of im17 proved technologies for passenger and baggage 

18 screening and how those savings are being used to 

19 offset security costs or reinvested to address security 

20 vulnerabilities: 

21 Provided further, That not later than April 15, 2015, the 

22 Administrator of the Transportation Security Administra23 tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 

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1 crease the number of air passengers eligible for expedited 

2 screening, including: 

3 (1) specific benchmarks and performance meas4 ures to increase participation in Pre-Check by air 

5 carriers, airports, and passengers; 

6 (2) options to facilitate direct application for 

7 enrollment in Pre-Check through the Transportation 

8 Security Administration’s Web site, airports, and 

9 other enrollment locations; 

10 (3) use of third parties to pre-screen passengers 

11 for expedited screening; 

12 (4) inclusion of populations already vetted by 

13 the Transportation Security Administration and 

14 other trusted populations as eligible for expedited 

15 screening; 

16 (5) resource implications of expedited passenger 

17 screening resulting from the use of risk-based secu18 rity methods; and 

19 (6) the total number and percentage of pas20 sengers using Pre-Check lanes who: 

21 (A) have enrolled in Pre-Check since 

22 Transportation Security Administration enroll23 ment centers were established; 


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1 (B) enrolled using the Transportation Se2 curity Administration’s Pre-Check application 

3 Web site; 

4 (C) were enrolled as frequent flyers of a 

5 participating airline; 

6 (D) utilized Pre-Check as a result of their 

7 enrollment in a Trusted Traveler program of 

8 United States Customs and Border Protection; 

9 (E) were selectively identified to partici10 pate in expedited screening through the use of 

11 Managed Inclusion in fiscal year 2014; and 

12 (F) are enrolled in all other Pre-Check cat13 egories: 

14 Provided further, That Members of the United States 

15 House of Representatives and United States Senate, in16 cluding the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and 

17 commissions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 

18 Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the De19 partment of Homeland Security; the United States Attor20 ney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attor21 neys General, and the United States Attorneys; and senior 

22 members of the Executive Office of the President, includ23 ing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 

24 shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage 

25 screening. 


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1 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

2 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu3 rity Administration related to surface transportation secu4 rity activities, $123,749,000, to remain available until 

5 September 30, 2016. 

6 INTELLIGENCE AND VETTING

7 For necessary expenses for the development and im8 plementation of intelligence and vetting activities, 

9 $219,166,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2016. 

11 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

12 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu13 rity Administration related to transportation security sup14 port pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Security 

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

16 note), $917,226,000, to remain available until September 

17 30, 2016: Provided, That not later than 90 days after the 

18 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 

19 Transportation Security Administration shall submit to 

20 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

21 House of Representatives— 

22 (1) a report providing evidence demonstrating 

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1 rity and the plans that will be put into place to col2 lect additional performance data; and 

3 (2) a report addressing each of the rec4 ommendations outlined in the report entitled ‘‘TSA 

5 Needs Additional Information Before Procuring 

6 Next-Generation Systems’’, published by the Govern7 ment Accountability Office on March 31, 2014, and 

8 describing the steps the Transportation Security Ad9 ministration is taking to implement acquisition best 

10 practices, increase industry engagement, and im11 prove transparency with regard to technology acqui12 sition programs: 

13 Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 

14 heading, $25,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for 

15 Headquarters Administration until the submission of the 

16 reports required by paragraphs (1) and (2) of the pre17 ceding proviso. 

18 COAST GUARD

19 OPERATING EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte21 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur22 chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehi23 cles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease 

24 of small boats for contingent and emergent requirements 

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


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

2 $31,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for 

3 overseas deployments and activities; minor shore construc4 tion projects not exceeding $1,000,000 in total cost on any 

5 location; payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 

6 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recre7 ation and welfare; $7,043,318,000, of which $553,000,000 

8 shall be for defense-related activities, of which 

9 $213,000,000 is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

10 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu11 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

12 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be avail13 able only if the President subsequently so designates all 

14 such amounts and transmits such designations to the Con15 gress; of which $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil 

16 Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of 

17 section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 

18 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which not to exceed $15,300 

19 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 

20 Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 

21 Act shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels 

22 under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, ex23 cept to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts 

24 and credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That 

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1 reational vessel documentation under such section 12114, 

2 and there is a backlog of recreational vessel applications, 

3 then personnel performing non-recreational vessel docu4 mentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 121 

5 of title 46, United States Code, may perform documenta6 tion under section 12114: Provided further, That of the 

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

8 withheld from obligation for Coast Guard Headquarters 

9 Directorates until a future-years capital investment plan 

10 for fiscal years 2016 through 2020, as specified under the 

11 heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Im12 provements’’ of this Act, is submitted to the Committees 

13 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep14 resentatives: Provided further, That funds made available 

15 under this heading for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

16 Global War on Terrorism may be allocated by program, 

17 project, and activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this 

18 Act: Provided further, That, without regard to the limita19 tion as to time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, 

20 after June 30, up to $10,000,000 may be reprogrammed 

21 to or from Military Pay and Allowances in accordance with 

22 subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 503. 

23 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the environ25 mental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast 


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

2 $13,197,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2019. 

4 RESERVE TRAINING

5 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, 

6 as authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the 

7 Coast Guard reserve program; personnel and training 

8 costs; and equipment and services; $114,572,000. 

9 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

10 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 

11 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 

12 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 

13 thereto; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and oper14 ation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by law; 

15 $1,225,223,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived 

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

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

18 of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which the fol19 lowing amounts shall be available until September 30, 

20 2019 (except as subsequently specified): $6,000,000 for 

21 military family housing; $824,347,000 to acquire, effect 

22 major repairs to, renovate, or improve vessels, small boats, 

23 and related equipment; $180,000,000 to acquire, effect 

24 major repairs to, renovate, or improve aircraft or increase 

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1 grams; $40,580,000 for shore facilities and aids to naviga2 tion, including facilities at Department of Defense instal3 lations used by the Coast Guard; and $114,996,000, to 

4 remain available until September 30, 2015, for personnel 

5 compensation and benefits and related costs: Provided, 

6 That the funds provided by this Act shall be immediately 

7 available and allotted to contract for the production of the 

8 eighth National Security Cutter notwithstanding the avail9 ability of funds for post-production costs: Provided further, 

10 That the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit 

11 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

12 the House of Representatives, the Committee on Com13 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 

14 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

15 House of Representatives, at the time the President’s 

16 budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant 

17 to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a fu18 ture-years capital investment plan for the Coast Guard 

19 that identifies for each requested capital asset— 

20 (1) the proposed appropriations included in that 

21 budget; 

22 (2) the total estimated cost of completion, including 

23 and clearly delineating the costs of associated major acqui24 sition systems infrastructure and transition to operations; 


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1 (3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year for 

2 the next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition program base3 line or project completion, whichever is earlier; 

4 (4) an estimated completion date at the projected 

5 funding levels; and 

6 (5) a current acquisition program baseline for each 

7 capital asset, as applicable, that— 

8 (A) includes the total acquisition cost of each 

9 asset, subdivided by fiscal year and including a de10 tailed description of the purpose of the proposed 

11 funding levels for each fiscal year, including for each 

12 fiscal year funds requested for design, pre-acquisi13 tion activities, production, structural modifications, 

14 missionization, post-delivery, and transition to oper15 ations costs; 

16 (B) includes a detailed project schedule through 

17 completion, subdivided by fiscal year, that details— 

18 (i) quantities planned for each fiscal year; 

19 and 

20 (ii) major acquisition and project events, 

21 including development of operational require22 ments, contracting actions, design reviews, pro23 duction, delivery, test and evaluation, and tran24 sition to operations, including necessary train25 ing, shore infrastructure, and logistics; 


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1 (C) notes and explains any deviations in cost, 

2 performance parameters, schedule, or estimated date 

3 of completion from the original acquisition program 

4 baseline and the most recent baseline approved by 

5 the Department of Homeland Security’s Acquisition 

6 Review Board, if applicable; 

7 (D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to mis8 sion requirements by defining existing capabilities of 

9 comparable legacy assets, identifying known capa10 bility gaps between such existing capabilities and 

11 stated mission requirements, and explaining how the 

12 acquisition of each asset will address such known ca13 pability gaps; 

14 (E) defines life-cycle costs for each asset and 

15 the date of the estimate on which such costs are 

16 based, including all associated costs of major acqui17 sitions systems infrastructure and transition to oper18 ations, delineated by purpose and fiscal year for the 

19 projected service life of the asset; 

20 (F) includes the earned value management sys21 tem summary schedule performance index and cost 

22 performance index for each asset, if applicable; and 

23 (G) includes a phase-out and decommissioning 

24 schedule delineated by fiscal year for each existing 


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1 legacy asset that each asset is intended to replace or 

2 recapitalize: 

3 Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast 

4 Guard shall ensure that amounts specified in the future5 years capital investment plan are consistent, to the max6 imum extent practicable, with proposed appropriations 

7 necessary to support the programs, projects, and activities 

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

9 fiscal year 2016, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) 

10 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That any 

11 inconsistencies between the capital investment plan and 

12 proposed appropriations shall be identified and justified: 

13 Provided further, That the Director of the Office of Man14 agement and Budget shall not delay the submission of the 

15 capital investment plan referred to by the preceding pro16 visos: Provided further, That the Director of the Office of 

17 Management and Budget shall have no more than a single 

18 period of 10 consecutive business days to review the cap19 ital investment plan prior to submission: Provided further, 

20 That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the 

21 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

22 House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, 

23 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Com24 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 

25 of Representatives one day after the capital investment 


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1 plan is submitted to the Office of Management and Budg2 et for review and the Director of the Office of Manage3 ment and Budget shall notify the Committees on Appro4 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

5 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

6 of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and 

7 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives when such 

8 review is completed: Provided further, That subsections (a) 

9 and (b) of section 6402 of Public Law 110–28 shall here10 after apply with respect to the amounts made available 

11 under this heading. 

12 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

13 For necessary expenses for applied scientific re14 search, development, test, and evaluation; and for mainte15 nance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and 

16 equipment; as authorized by law; $17,892,000, to remain 

17 available until September 30, 2017, of which $500,000 

18 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 

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

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

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

22 of this appropriation funds received from State and local 

23 governments, other public authorities, private sources, and 

24 foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, devel25 opment, testing, and evaluation. 


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1 RETIRED PAY

2 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 

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

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

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

10 title 10, United States Code, $1,450,626,000, to remain 

11 available until expended. 

12 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 

15 Service, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles 

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

17 motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the 

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

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

20 the United States Secret Service; rental of buildings in 

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

22 booths, and other facilities on private or other property 

23 not in Government ownership or control, as may be nec24 essary to perform protective functions; payment of per 

25 diem or subsistence allowances to employees in cases in 


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1 which a protective assignment on the actual day or days 

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

3 16 hours per day or to remain overnight at a post of duty; 

4 conduct of and participation in firearms matches; presen5 tation of awards; travel of United States Secret Service 

6 employees on protective missions without regard to the 

7 limitations on such expenditures in this or any other Act 

8 if approval is obtained in advance from the Committees 

9 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep10 resentatives; research and development; grants to conduct 

11 behavioral research in support of protective research and 

12 operations; and payment in advance for commercial ac13 commodations as may be necessary to perform protective 

14 functions; $1,615,860,000; of which not to exceed $19,125 

15 shall be for official reception and representation expenses; 

16 of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide tech17 nical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement 

18 organizations in counterfeit investigations; of which 

19 $2,366,000 shall be for forensic and related support of 

20 investigations of missing and exploited children; of which 

21 $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related to 

22 investigations of missing and exploited children and shall 

23 remain available until September 30, 2016; and of which 

24 not less than $12,000,000 shall be for activities related 

25 to training in electronic crimes investigations and 


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

2 shall remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided 

3 further, That $4,500,000 for National Special Security 

4 Events shall remain available until September 30, 2016: 

5 Provided further, That the United States Secret Service 

6 is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reim7 bursements from Federal agencies and entities, as defined 

8 in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, for personnel 

9 receiving training sponsored by the James J. Rowley 

10 Training Center, except that total obligations at the end 

11 of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary re12 sources available under this heading at the end of the fis13 cal year: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

14 available under this heading shall be available to com15 pensate any employee for overtime in an annual amount 

16 in excess of $35,000, except that the Secretary of Home17 land Security, or the designee of the Secretary, may waive 

18 that amount as necessary for national security purposes: 

19 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

20 to the United States Secret Service by this Act or by pre21 vious appropriations Acts may be made available for the 

22 protection of the head of a Federal agency other than the 

23 Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That 

24 the Director of the United States Secret Service may enter 

25 into an agreement to provide such protection on a fully 


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1 reimbursable basis: Provided further, That none of the 

2 funds made available to the United States Secret Service 

3 by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts may be obli4 gated for the purpose of opening a new permanent domes5 tic or overseas office or location unless the Committees 

6 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep7 resentatives are notified 15 days in advance of such obliga8 tion: Provided further, That not later than 90 days after 

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 

10 United States Secret Service shall submit to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

12 Representatives, a report providing evidence that the 

13 United States Secret Service has sufficiently reviewed its 

14 professional standards of conduct; and has issued new 

15 guidance and procedures for the conduct of employees 

16 when engaged in overseas operations and protective mis17 sions, consistent with the critical missions of, and the 

18 unique position of public trust occupied by, the United 

19 States Secret Service: Provided further, That of the funds 

20 provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be with21 held from obligation for Headquarters, Management and 

22 Administration until such report is submitted: Provided 

23 further, That for purposes of section 503(b) of this Act, 

24 $15,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, may be 


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1 transferred between Protection of Persons and Facilities 

2 and Domestic Field Operations. 

3 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

4 RELATED EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 

6 repair, alteration, and improvement of physical and tech7 nological infrastructure, $49,935,000; of which 

8 $5,380,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 

9 shall be for acquisition, construction, improvement, and 

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

11 of which $44,555,000, to remain available until September 

12 30, 2017, shall be for Information Integration and Tech13 nology Transformation program execution. 

14 TITLE III 

15 PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

16 RECOVERY 

17 NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE

18 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

19 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

20 Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Di21 rectorate, support for operations, and information tech22 nology, $61,651,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 

23 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 

24 Provided further, That the President’s budget proposal for 

25 fiscal year 2016, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) 


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1 of title 31, United States Code, shall be detailed by office, 

2 and by program, project, and activity level, for the Na3 tional Protection and Programs Directorate. 

4 INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION

5 SECURITY

6 For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection 

7 and information security programs and activities, as au8 thorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

9 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $1,188,679,000, of which 

10 $225,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

11 2016: Provided, That if, due to delays in contract actions, 

12 the National Protection and Programs Directorate will not 

13 fully obligate funds for Federal Network Security or for 

14 Network Security Deployment program, project, and ac15 tivities as provided in the accompanying statement and 

16 section 548 of this Act, such funds may be applied to Next 

17 Generation Networks program, project, and activities, not18 withstanding section 503 of this Act. 

19 FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

20 The revenues and collections of security fees credited 

21 to this account shall be available until expended for nec22 essary expenses related to the protection of federally 

23 owned and leased buildings and for the operations of the 

24 Federal Protective Service: Provided, That the Director of 

25 the Federal Protective Service shall submit at the time 


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1 the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is 

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

3 States Code, a strategic human capital plan that aligns 

4 fee collections to personnel requirements based on a cur5 rent threat assessment. 

6 OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

7 For necessary expenses for the Office of Biometric 

8 Identity Management, as authorized by section 7208 of 

9 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

10 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), $252,056,000: Provided, That of 

11 the total amount made available under this heading, 

12 $122,150,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2017. 

14 OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Af16 fairs, $129,358,000; of which $26,148,000 is for salaries 

17 and expenses and $86,891,000 is for BioWatch oper18 ations: Provided, That of the amount made available under 

19 this heading, $16,319,000 shall remain available until 

20 September 30, 2016, for biosurveillance, chemical defense, 

21 medical and health planning and coordination, and work22 force health protection: Provided further, That not to ex23 ceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representa24 tion expenses. 


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1 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 

4 Management Agency, $934,396,000, including activities 

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 Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act of 2000 (divi9 sion C, title I, 114 Stat. 583), the Earthquake Hazards 

10 Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the De11 fense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et 

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

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

14 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the National Dam Safety Pro15 gram Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.), the Homeland Security 

16 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), the Implementing Rec17 ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Pub18 lic Law 110–53), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 

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

20 Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 

21 109–295; 120 Stat. 1394), the Biggert-Waters Flood In22 surance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141, 126 

23 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance Afford24 ability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89): Provided, That 

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


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1 representation expenses: Provided further, That of the 

2 total amount made available under this heading, 

3 $35,180,000 shall be for the Urban Search and Rescue 

4 Response System, of which none is available for Federal 

5 Emergency Management Agency administrative costs: 

6 Provided further, That of the total amount made available 

7 under this heading, $30,000,000 shall remain available 

8 until September 30, 2016, for capital improvements and 

9 other expenses related to continuity of operations at the 

10 Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Provided 

11 further, That of the total amount made available, 

12 $3,400,000 shall be for the Office of National Capital Re13 gion Coordination: Provided further, That of the total 

14 amount made available under this heading, not less than 

15 $4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

16 2016, for expenses related to modernization of automated 

17 systems. 

18 STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

19 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

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

21 as follows: 

22 (1) $467,000,000 shall be for the State Home23 land Security Grant Program under section 2004 of 

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

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1 eration Stonegarden: Provided, That notwith2 standing subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for 

3 fiscal year 2015, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

4 shall make available to local and tribal governments 

5 amounts provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto 

6 Rico under this paragraph in accordance with sub7 section (c)(1) of such section 2004. 

8 (2) $600,000,000 shall be for the Urban Area 

9 Security Initiative under section 2003 of the Home10 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which 

11 not less than $13,000,000 shall be for organizations 

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

13 Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 

14 section 501(a) of such code) determined by the Sec15 retary of Homeland Security to be at high risk of a 

16 terrorist attack. 

17 (3) $100,000,000 shall be for Public Transpor18 tation Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assist19 ance, and Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance 

20 under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Imple21 menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 

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

23 1163, and 1182), of which not less than 

24 $10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security and 

25 $3,000,000 shall be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: 


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1 Provided, That such public transportation security 

2 assistance shall be provided directly to public trans3 portation agencies. 

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

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

6 (5) $233,000,000 shall be to sustain current 

7 operations for training, exercises, technical assist8 ance, and other programs, of which $162,991,000 

9 shall be for training of State, local, and tribal emer10 gency response providers: 

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

12 (4), applications for grants shall be made available to eligi13 ble applicants not later than 60 days after the date of en14 actment of this Act, that eligible applicants shall submit 

15 applications not later than 80 days after the grant an16 nouncement, and the Administrator of the Federal Emer17 gency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after 

18 the receipt of an application: Provided further, That not19 withstanding section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Secu20 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)) or any other provi21 sion of law, a grantee may not use more than 5 percent 

22 of the amount of a grant made available under this head23 ing for expenses directly related to administration of the 

24 grant: Provided further, That for grants under paragraphs 

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1 not considered construction of a building or other physical 

2 facility: Provided further, That grantees shall provide re3 ports on their use of funds, as determined necessary by 

4 the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, 

5 That notwithstanding section 509 of this Act, the Admin6 istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

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

8 real property for the purpose of establishing or appro9 priately extending the security buffer zones around Fed10 eral Emergency Management Agency training facilities. 

11 FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

12 For grants for programs authorized by the Federal 

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

14 et seq.), $680,000,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2016, of which $340,000,000 shall be available 

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

17 $340,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 34 

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

19 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

20 For emergency management performance grants, as 

21 authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

22 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

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


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

2 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $350,000,000. 

3 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

4 The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 

5 2015, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Vet6 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 

7 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 

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

9 amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland Se10 curity necessary for its radiological emergency prepared11 ness program for the next fiscal year: Provided, That the 

12 methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall be 

13 fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing such 

14 services, including administrative costs of collecting such 

15 fees: Provided further, That fees received under this head16 ing shall be deposited in this account as offsetting collec17 tions and will become available for authorized purposes on 

18 October 1, 2015, and remain available until expended. 

19 UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

20 For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Ad21 ministration and for other purposes, as authorized by the 

22 Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 

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

24 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $44,000,000. 


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1 DISASTER RELIEF FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 

4 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $7,033,464,494, to remain avail6 able until expended, of which $24,000,000 shall be trans7 ferred to the Department of Homeland Security Office of 

8 Inspector General for audits and investigations related to 

9 disasters: Provided, That the Administrator of the Federal 

10 Emergency Management Agency shall submit to the Com11 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

12 of Representatives the following reports, including a spe13 cific description of the methodology and the source data 

14 used in developing such reports: 

15 (1) an estimate of the following amounts shall 

16 be submitted for the budget year at the time that 

17 the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 

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

19 United States Code: 

20 (A) the unobligated balance of funds to be 

21 carried over from the prior fiscal year to the 

22 budget year; 

23 (B) the unobligated balance of funds to be 

24 carried over from the budget year to the budget 

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1 (C) the amount of obligations for non-cata2 strophic events for the budget year; 

3 (D) the amount of obligations for the 

4 budget year for catastrophic events delineated 

5 by event and by State; 

6 (E) the total amount that has been pre7 viously obligated or will be required for cata8 strophic events delineated by event and by State 

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

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

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

12 (F) the amount of previously obligated 

13 funds that will be recovered for the budget 

14 year; 

15 (G) the amount that will be required for 

16 obligations for emergencies, as described in sec17 tion 102(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

18 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

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

20 in section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis21 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

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

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1 ties, and disaster readiness and support activi2 ties; and 

3 (H) the amount required for activities not 

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

5 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con6 trol Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)(iii); 

7 Public Law 99–177); 

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

9 of the following for the current fiscal year shall be 

10 submitted not later than the fifth day of each 

11 month, and shall be published by the Administrator 

12 on the Agency’s Web site not later than the fifth day 

13 of each month: 

14 (A) a summary of the amount of appro15 priations made available by source, the trans16 fers executed, the previously allocated funds re17 covered, and the commitments, allocations, and 

18 obligations made; 

19 (B) a table of disaster relief activity delin20 eated by month, including— 

21 (i) the beginning and ending balances; 

22 (ii) the total obligations to include 

23 amounts obligated for fire assistance, 

24 emergencies, surge, and disaster support 

25 activities; 


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1 (iii) the obligations for catastrophic 

2 events delineated by event and by State; 

3 and 

4 (iv) the amount of previously obli5 gated funds that are recovered; 

6 (C) a summary of allocations, obligations, 

7 and expenditures for catastrophic events delin8 eated by event; 

9 (D) in addition, for a disaster declaration 

10 related to Hurricane Sandy, the cost of the fol11 lowing categories of spending: public assistance, 

12 individual assistance, mitigation, administrative, 

13 operations, and any other relevant category (in14 cluding emergency measures and disaster re15 sources); and 

16 (E) the date on which funds appropriated 

17 will be exhausted: 

18 Provided further, That the Administrator shall publish on 

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

20 award of a public assistance grant under section 406 of 

21 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As22 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) the specifics of the grant 

23 award: Provided further, That for any mission assignment 

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1 than 5 days after the issuance of the mission assignment 

2 or task order, the Administrator shall publish on the 

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

4 State and the disaster declaration for such State, the as5 signed agency, the assistance requested, a description of 

6 the disaster, the total cost estimate, and the amount obli7 gated: Provided further, That not later than 10 days after 

8 the last day of each month until the mission assignment 

9 or task order is completed and closed out, the Adminis10 trator shall update any changes to the total cost estimate 

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

12 amount provided under this heading, $6,437,792,622 shall 

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

14 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

15 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That the 

16 amount in the preceding proviso is designated by the Con17 gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

18 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

19 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM

21 For necessary expenses, including administrative 

22 costs, under section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance 

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

24 100215, 100216, 100226, 100230, and 100246 of the 

25 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, 


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1 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), $100,000,000, and 

2 such additional sums as may be provided by State and 

3 local governments or other political subdivisions for cost4 shared mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of such 

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until ex6 pended. 

7 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

8 For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act 

9 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protec10 tion Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert11 Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (subtitle A of 

12 title II of division F of Public Law 112–141; 126 Stat. 

13 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability 

14 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89; 128 Stat. 1020), 

15 $179,294,000, which shall remain available until September 

16 30, 2016, and shall be derived from offsetting amounts col17 lected under section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insur18 ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); which is available 

19 for salaries and expenses associated with flood mitigation 

20 and flood insurance operations; and floodplain manage21 ment and additional amounts for flood mapping: Provided, 

22 That of such amount, $23,759,000 shall be available for sal23 aries and expenses associated with flood mitigation and 

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1 vided further, That any additional fees collected pursuant 

2 to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 

3 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as an offsetting 

4 collection to this account, to be available for flood plain 

5 management and flood mapping: Provided further, That in 

6 fiscal year 2015, no funds shall be available from the Na7 tional Flood Insurance Fund under section 1310 of the Na8 tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in 

9 excess of: 

10 (1) $136,000,000 for operating expenses; 

11 (2) $1,139,000,000 for commissions and taxes of 

12 agents; 

13 (3) such sums as are necessary for interest on Treasury 

14 borrowings; and 

15 (4) $150,000,000, which shall remain available until 

16 expended, for flood mitigation actions and for flood mitiga17 tion assistance under section 1366 of the National Flood 

18 Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c), notwithstanding 

19 sections 1366(e) and 1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 4104c(e), 4017): 

21 Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 

22 102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 

23 4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance 

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1 able for section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act 

2 of 1968, notwithstanding section 102(f)(8), section 1366(e), 

3 and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 1367(b) of such 

4 Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(1)–(3)): 

5 Provided further, That total administrative costs shall not 

6 exceed 4 percent of the total appropriation: Provided fur7 ther, That $5,000,000 is available to carry out section 24 

8 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 

9 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 

10 NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

11 For the predisaster mitigation grant program under 

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

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

14 $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

15 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

16 To carry out the emergency food and shelter program 

17 pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As18 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $120,000,000, to 

19 remain available until expended: Provided, That total ad20 ministrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 

21 amount made available under this heading. 


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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, $124,435,000 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; $230,497,000; of which up to $54,154,000 

12 shall remain available until September 30, 2016, 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, 2016’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘December 31, 2017’’: 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, $27,841,000, to re24 main available until September 30, 2019: 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.), $129,993,000: 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, $973,915,000; of which 

20 $538,926,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2017; and of which $434,989,000 shall remain available 

22 until September 30, 2019, solely for operation and con23 struction of laboratory facilities: Provided, That of the 

24 funds provided for the operation and construction of lab25 oratory facilities under this heading, $300,000,000 shall 


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

2 Facility. 

3 DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE

4 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

5 For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear 

6 Detection Office, as authorized by title XIX of the Home7 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for man8 agement and administration of programs and activities, 

9 $37,339,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 

10 be for official reception and representation expenses. 

11 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS

12 For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear 

13 research, development, testing, evaluation, and operations, 

14 $197,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2017. 

16 SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

17 For necessary expenses for the Domestic Nuclear De18 tection Office acquisition and deployment of radiological 

19 detection systems in accordance with the global nuclear 

20 detection architecture, $72,603,000, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2017. 


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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 2015, 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 2015 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 2015, 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 

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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 2015: 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 

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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 2015, 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 2015 

23 in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 

24 2016, in the account and for the purposes for which 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 2015 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel10 ligence activities for fiscal year 2015. 

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; 

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

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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 the advance approval of 

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 not apply with respect to funds made 

7 available in this 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 

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1 staffing shall also be provided by subcategory of on-board 

2 and funded full-time equivalent staffing levels, respec3 tively, and the report shall specify the number of, and total 

4 obligations for, contract employees for each office of the 

5 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 

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1 mation Officers, Contact Representatives, Investigative 

2 Assistants, or Immigration 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, 2015, 

17 to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of 

18 Homeland Security listing all grants and contracts award19 ed by any means other than full and open competition dur20 ing fiscal year 2015. 

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 

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1 of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later 

2 than February 15, 2016. 

3 SEC. 519. None of the funds provided by this or pre4 vious appropriations Acts shall be used to fund any posi5 tion designated as a Principal Federal Official (or the suc6 cessor thereto) for any Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

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

8 declared disasters or emergencies unless— 

9 (1) the responsibilities of the Principal Federal 

10 Official do not include operational functions related 

11 to incident management, including coordination of 

12 operations, and are consistent with the requirements 

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

14 503(c)(4)(A) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

15 (6 U.S.C. 319(c) and 313(c)(3) and 313(c)(4)(A)) 

16 and section 302 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

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

19 latter of the date on which the Secretary of Home20 land Security appoints the Principal Federal Official 

21 and the date on which the President issues a dec22 laration under section 401 or section 501 of the 

23 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

24 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191, respec25 tively), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 


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1 submit a notification of the appointment of the Prin2 cipal Federal Official and a description of the re3 sponsibilities of such Official and how such respon4 sibilities are consistent with paragraph (1) to the 

5 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

6 House of Representatives, the Committee on Trans7 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep8 resentatives, and the Committee on Homeland Secu9 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

10 (3) not later than 60 days after the date of en11 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a re12 port specifying timeframes and milestones regarding 

13 the update of operations, planning and policy docu14 ments, and training and exercise protocols, to ensure 

15 consistency with paragraph (1) of this section. 

16 SEC. 520. None of the funds provided or otherwise 

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

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

19 U.S.C. 452). 

20 SEC. 521. Funds made available in this Act may be 

21 used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro22 gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi23 neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 

24 maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast 

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

2 Civil Engineering Unit unless specifically authorized by a 

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

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

5 Act may be used by United States Citizenship and Immi6 gration Services to grant an immigration benefit unless 

7 the results of background checks required by law to be 

8 completed prior to the granting of the benefit have been 

9 received by United States Citizenship and Immigration 

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

11 the benefit. 

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

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

14 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until Sep15 tember 30, 2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 

16 30, 2015,’’; and 

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

18 30, 2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015,’’. 

19 SEC. 524. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

20 require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 

21 Security that provide award fees link such fees to success22 ful acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be speci23 fied in terms of cost, schedule, and performance). 

24 SEC. 525. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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1 shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and 

2 vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for 

3 the transportation of crude oil distributed from the Stra4 tegic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland 

5 Security, after consultation with the Secretaries of the De6 partments of Energy and Transportation and representa7 tives from the United States flag maritime industry, takes 

8 adequate measures to ensure the use of United States flag 

9 vessels: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com10 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

11 of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

12 and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 

13 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep14 resentatives within 2 business days of any request for 

15 waivers of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant 

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

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

18 Act for United States Customs and Border Protection 

19 may be used to prevent an individual not in the business 

20 of importing a prescription drug (within the meaning of 

21 section 801(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

22 Act) from importing a prescription drug from Canada that 

23 complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: 

24 Provided, That this section shall apply only to individuals 

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1 prescription 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. 527. 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. 528. 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. 529. 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. 530. 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. 531. (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 

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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. 532. 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. 533. 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, Guantanamo 

19 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

20 SEC. 534. 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. 535. 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. 536. (a) Any company that collects or retains 

6 personal information directly from any individual who par7 ticipates in the Registered Traveler or successor program 

8 of the Transportation Security Administration shall here9 after safeguard and dispose of such information in accord10 ance with the requirements in— 

11 (1) the National Institute for Standards and 

12 Technology Special Publication 800–30, entitled 

13 ‘‘Risk Management Guide for Information Tech14 nology Systems’’; 

15 (2) the National Institute for Standards and 

16 Technology Special Publication 800–53, Revision 3, 

17 entitled ‘‘Recommended Security Controls for Fed18 eral Information Systems and Organizations’’; and 

19 (3) any supplemental standards established by 

20 the Administrator of the Transportation Security 

21 Administration (referred to in this section as the 

22 ‘‘Administrator’’). 

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1 gram shall hereafter be known as the ‘‘Sponsoring Enti2 ty’’. 

3 (c) The Administrator shall hereafter require any 

4 company covered by subsection (a) to provide, not later 

5 than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to 

6 the Sponsoring Entity written certification that the proce7 dures used by the company to safeguard and dispose of 

8 information are in compliance with the requirements 

9 under subsection (a). Such certification shall include a de10 scription of the procedures used by the company to comply 

11 with such requirements. 

12 SEC. 537. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

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

15 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 

16 judged to be below satisfactory performance or perform17 ance that does not meet the basic requirements of a con18 tract. 

19 SEC. 538. In developing any process to screen avia20 tion passengers and crews for transportation or national 

21 security purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

22 shall ensure that all such processes take into consideration 

23 such passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil liberties con24 sistent with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance. 


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1 SEC. 539. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of 

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

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

4 may be allocated by United States Citizenship and Immi5 gration Services in fiscal year 2015 for the purpose of pro6 viding an immigrant integration grants program. 

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

8 States Citizenship and Immigration Services for grants for 

9 immigrant integration may be used to provide services to 

10 aliens who have not been lawfully admitted for permanent 

11 residence. 

12 SEC. 540. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office 

13 of the Under Secretary for Management’’, $48,600,000, 

14 to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses 

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

16 equip, furnish, improve infrastructure, and occupy build17 ings and facilities for the department headquarters con18 solidation project and associated mission support consoli19 dation: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 

20 of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall re21 ceive an expenditure plan not later than 90 days after the 

22 date of enactment of the Act detailing the allocation of 

23 these funds. 

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1 partment of Homeland Security to enter into any Federal 

2 contract unless such contract is entered into in accordance 

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

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

5 Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such 

6 contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered 

7 into without regard to the above referenced statutes. 

8 SEC. 542. (a) For an additional amount for financial 

9 systems modernization, $34,072,000 to remain available 

10 until September 30, 2016. 

11 (b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for finan12 cial systems modernization may be transferred by the Sec13 retary of Homeland Security between appropriations for 

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

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

16 until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of 

17 the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 

18 of such transfer. 

19 SEC. 543. Notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation 

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

21 Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established 

22 by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appro23 priations available to the Department of Homeland Secu24 rity: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the ComVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Feb 28, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H240.PP H240

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1 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

2 of Representatives 5 days in advance of such transfer. 

3 SEC. 544. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

5 that specific United States Immigration and Customs En6 forcement Service Processing Centers or other United 

7 States Immigration and Customs Enforcement owned de8 tention facilities no longer meet the mission need, the Sec9 retary is authorized to dispose of individual Service Proc10 essing Centers or other United States Immigration and 

11 Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities by direct12 ing the Administrator of General Services to sell all real 

13 and related personal property which support Service Proc14 essing Centers or other United States Immigration and 

15 Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities, subject 

16 to such terms and conditions as necessary to protect Gov17 ernment interests and meet program requirements: Pro18 vided, That the proceeds, net of the costs of sale incurred 

19 by the General Services Administration and United States 

20 Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shall be deposited 

21 as offsetting collections into a separate account that shall 

22 be available, subject to appropriation, until expended for 

23 other real property capital asset needs of existing United 

24 States Immigration and Customs Enforcement assets, ex25 cluding daily operations and maintenance costs, as the 


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1 Secretary deems appropriate: Provided further, That any 

2 sale or collocation of federally owned detention facilities 

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

4 detention beds: Provided further, That the Committees on 

5 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent6 atives shall be notified 15 days prior to the announcement 

7 of any proposed sale or collocation. 

8 SEC. 545. The Commissioner of United States Cus9 toms and Border Protection and the Assistant Secretary 

10 of Homeland Security for United States Immigration and 

11 Customs Enforcement shall, with respect to fiscal years 

12 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, submit to the Committees 

13 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep14 resentatives, at the time that the President’s budget pro15 posal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant to the 

16 requirements of section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

17 Code, the information required in the multi-year invest18 ment and management plans required, respectively, under 

19 the headings ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Sala20 ries and Expenses’’ under title II of division D of the Con21 solidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74); 

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

23 Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’ under such 

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1 SEC. 546. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

2 ensure enforcement of all immigration laws (as defined in 

3 section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

4 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))). 

5 SEC. 547. (a) Of the amounts made available by this 

6 Act for ‘‘National Protection and Programs Directorate, 

7 Infrastructure Protection and Information Security’’, 

8 $140,525,000 for the Federal Network Security program, 

9 project, and activity shall be used to deploy on Federal 

10 systems technology to improve the information security of 

11 agency information systems covered by section 3543(a) of 

12 title 44, United States Code: Provided, That funds made 

13 available under this section shall be used to assist and sup14 port Government-wide and agency-specific efforts to pro15 vide adequate, risk-based, and cost-effective cybersecurity 

16 to address escalating and rapidly evolving threats to infor17 mation security, including the acquisition and operation 

18 of a continuous monitoring and diagnostics program, in 

19 collaboration with departments and agencies, that includes 

20 equipment, software, and Department of Homeland Secu21 rity supplied services: Provided further, That continuous 

22 monitoring and diagnostics software procured by the 

23 funds made available by this section shall not transmit to 

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1 tions of other agencies’ users: Provided further, That such 

2 software shall be installed, maintained, and operated in 

3 accordance with all applicable privacy laws and agency4 specific policies regarding network content. 

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

6 be used to supplant funds provided for any such system 

7 within an agency budget. 

8 (c) Not later than July 1, 2015, the heads of all Fed9 eral agencies shall submit to the Committees on Appro10 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

11 expenditure plans for necessary cybersecurity improve12 ments to address known vulnerabilities to information sys13 tems described in subsection (a). 

14 (d) Not later than October 1, 2015, and semiannually 

15 thereafter, the head of each Federal agency shall submit 

16 to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

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

18 agency required by subsection (c): Provided, That the Di19 rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall sum20 marize such execution reports and annually submit such 

21 summaries to Congress in conjunction with the annual 

22 progress report on implementation of the E-Government 

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

24 3606 of title 44, United States Code. 


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

2 judicial branches of the Federal Government and shall 

3 apply to all Federal agencies within the executive branch 

4 except for the Department of Defense, the Central Intel5 ligence Agency, and the Office of the Director of National 

6 Intelligence. 

7 SEC. 548. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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

9 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

10 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

13 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi14 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

15 SEC. 549. None of the funds made available in this 

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

17 facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi18 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus19 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 

20 law enforcement personnel of the United States continu21 ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

22 SEC. 550. None of the funds provided in this or any 

23 other Act may be obligated to implement the National Pre24 paredness Grant Program or any other successor grant 

25 programs unless explicitly authorized by Congress. 


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

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

3 Public Advocate, or a successor position, within United 

4 States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

5 SEC. 552. (a) Section 559 of division F of Public Law 

6 113–76 is amended as follows: 

7 (1) Subsection (f)(2)(B) is amended by adding 

8 at the end: ‘‘Such transfer shall not be required for 

9 personal property, including furniture, fixtures, and 

10 equipment.’’; and 

11 (2) Subsection (e)(3)(b) is amended by insert12 ing after ‘‘payment of overtime’’ the following: ‘‘and 

13 the salaries, training and benefits of individuals em14 ployed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 

15 support U.S. Customs and Border Protection offi16 cers in performing law enforcement functions at 

17 ports of entry, including primary and secondary 

18 processing of passengers’’. 

19 (b) Section 560(g) of division D of Public Law 113– 

20 6 is amended by inserting after ‘‘payment of overtime’’ 

21 the following: ‘‘and the salaries, training and benefits of 

22 individuals employed by U.S. Customs and Border Protec23 tion to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection offi24 cers in performing law enforcement functions at ports of 


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1 entry, including primary and secondary processing of pas2 sengers’’. 

3 (c) The Commissioner of United States Customs and 

4 Border Protection may modify a reimbursable fee agree5 ment in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act to 

6 include costs specified in this section. 

7 SEC. 553. None of the funds made available in this 

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

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

10 Department of Homeland Security, who are stationed in 

11 the United States, at a single international conference un12 less the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, 

13 determines that such attendance is in the national interest 

14 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen15 ate and the House of Representatives within at least 10 

16 days of that determination and the basis for that deter17 mination: Provided, That for purposes of this section the 

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

19 occurring outside of the United States attended by rep20 resentatives of the United States Government and of for21 eign governments, international organizations, or non22 governmental organizations. 

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

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1 or agency for its participation in a National Special Secu2 rity Event. 

3 SEC. 555. With the exception of countries with 

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

5 funds made available in this Act may be used for new 

6 United States Customs and Border Protection air 

7 preclearance agreements entering into force after Feb8 ruary 1, 2014, unless— 

9 (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in con10 sultation with the Secretary of State, has certified to 

11 Congress that air preclearance operations at the air12 port provide a homeland or national security benefit 

13 to the United States; 

14 (2) United States passenger air carriers are not 

15 precluded from operating at existing preclearance lo16 cations; and 

17 (3) a United States passenger air carrier is op18 erating at all airports contemplated for establish19 ment of new air preclearance operations. 

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

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

22 the Transportation Security Administration to implement, 

23 administer, or enforce, in abrogation of the responsibility 

24 described in section 44903(n)(1) of title 49, United States 

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1 port-financed staffing to monitor exit points from the ster2 ile area of any airport at which the Transportation Secu3 rity Administration provided such monitoring as of De4 cember 1, 2013. 

5 SEC. 557. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fire6 fighter Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary may grant waiv7 ers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), 

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

9 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 

10 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

11 SEC. 558. (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date 

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

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

14 new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 

15 Southern border or the Northern border at a land 

16 port of entry; or 

17 (2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 

18 of a border crossing fee. 

19 (b) BORDER CROSSING FEE DEFINED.—In this sec20 tion, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ means a fee that 

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

22 private motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege 

23 of crossing the Southern border or the Northern border 

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1 SEC. 559. The administrative law judge annuitants 

2 participating in the Senior Administrative Law Judge 

3 Program managed by the Director of the Office of Per4 sonnel Management under section 3323 of title 5, United 

5 States Code, shall be available on a temporary reemploy6 ment basis to conduct arbitrations of disputes arising from 

7 delivery of assistance under the Federal Emergency Man8 agement Agency Public Assistance Program. 

9 SEC. 560. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 

10 United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im11 plementation Act (Public Law 112–42) fees collected from 

12 passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent 

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

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

15 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 

16 SEC. 561. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

17 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex18 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

20 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

21 jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on the 

22 Department of Homeland Security that assumes revenues 

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

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1 mission identifies which additional spending reductions 

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

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

4 of conference for the fiscal year 2016 appropriations Act. 

5 SEC. 562. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 

6 shall submit to the Congress, not later than 180 days after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, 

8 beginning at the time the President’s budget proposal for 

9 fiscal year 2017 is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) 

10 of title 31, United States Code, a comprehensive report 

11 on the purchase and usage of weapons, subdivided by 

12 weapon type. The report shall include— 

13 (1) the quantity of weapons in inventory at the 

14 end of the preceding calendar year, and the amount 

15 of weapons, subdivided by weapon type, included in 

16 the budget request for each relevant component or 

17 agency in the Department of Homeland Security; 

18 (2) a description of how such quantity and pur19 chase aligns to each component or agency’s mission 

20 requirements for certification, qualification, training, 

21 and operations; and 

22 (3) details on all contracting practices applied 

23 by the Department of Homeland Security, including 

24 comparative details regarding other contracting op25 tions with respect to cost and availability. 


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1 (b) The reports required by subsection (a) shall be 

2 submitted in an appropriate format in order to ensure the 

3 safety of law enforcement personnel. 

4 SEC. 563. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act shall be used for the environmental remediation of the 

6 Coast Guard’s LORAN support in Wildwood/Lower Town7 ship, New Jersey. 

8 SEC. 564. None of the funds made available to the 

9 Department of Homeland Security by this or any other 

10 Act may be obligated for any structural pay reform that 

11 affects more than 100 full-time equivalent employee posi12 tions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year be13 fore the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date 

14 on which the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to 

15 Congress a notification that includes— 

16 (1) the number of full-time equivalent employee 

17 positions affected by such change; 

18 (2) funding required for such change for the 

19 current year and through the Future Years Home20 land Security Program; 

21 (3) justification for such change; and 

22 (4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to 

23 such change that were considered by the Depart24 ment. 


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1 SEC. 565. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail2 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

3 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re4 quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria5 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives in 

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

7 that it shall serve the national interest. 

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

9 (1) the public posting of the report com10 promises homeland or national security; or 

11 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

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

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

14 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

15 no less than 45 days except as otherwise specified in law. 

16 SEC. 566. Section 605 of division E of Public Law 

17 110–161 (6 U.S.C. 1404) is hereby repealed. 

18 SEC. 567. The Administrator of the Federal Emer19 gency Management Agency may transfer up to 

20 $95,000,000 in unobligated balances made available for 

21 the appropriations account for ‘‘Federal Emergency Man22 agement Agency, Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Pro23 gram’’ under section 2(a) of the Community Disaster 

24 Loan Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–88; 119 Stat. 2061) 

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1 dated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Ap2 propriations Act, 2009 (Public Law (110–329; 122 Stat. 

3 3592) to the appropriations account for ‘‘Federal Emer4 gency Management Agency, Disaster Relief Fund’’. 

5 Amounts transferred to such account under this section 

6 shall be available for any authorized purpose of such ac7 count. 

8 SEC. 568. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, Gerardo Ismael Hernandez, a Transportation Secu10 rity Officer employed by the Transportation Security Ad11 ministration who died as the direct result of an injury sus12 tained in the line of duty on November 1, 2013, at the 

13 Los Angeles International Airport, shall be deemed to 

14 have been a public safety officer for the purposes of the 

15 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968 (42 

16 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.). 

17 SEC. 569. The Office of Management and Budget 

18 and the Department of Homeland Security shall ensure 

19 the congressional budget justifications accompanying the 

20 President’s budget proposal for the Department of Home21 land Security, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of 

22 title 31, United States Code, include estimates of the num23 ber of unaccompanied alien children anticipated to be ap24 prehended in the budget year and the number of agent 

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1 such children: Provided, That such materials shall also in2 clude estimates of all other associated costs for each rel3 evant Departmental component, including but not limited 

4 to personnel; equipment; supplies; facilities; managerial, 

5 technical, and advisory services; medical treatment; and 

6 all costs associated with transporting such children from 

7 one Departmental component to another or from a De8 partmental component to another Federal agency. 

9 SEC. 570. Notwithstanding section 404 or 420 of the 

10 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist11 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c and 5187), until September 

12 30, 2015, the President may provide hazard mitigation as13 sistance in accordance with such section 404 in any area 

14 in which assistance was provided under such section 420. 

15 SEC. 571. That without regard to the limitation as 

16 to time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the 

17 Secretary may propose to reprogram within and transfer 

18 funds into ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Salaries 

19 and Expenses’’ and ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En20 forcement, Salaries and Expenses’’ as necessary to ensure 

21 the care and transportation of unaccompanied alien chil22 dren. 

23 SEC. 572. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, grants awarded to States along the Southwest Border 

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1 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) 

2 using funds provided under the heading ‘‘Federal Emer3 gency Management Agency, State and Local Programs’’ 

4 in division F of Public Law 113–76 or division D of Public 

5 Law 113–6 may be used by recipients or sub-recipients 

6 for costs, or reimbursement of costs, related to providing 

7 humanitarian relief to unaccompanied alien children and 

8 alien adults accompanied by an alien minor where they 

9 are encountered after entering the United States, provided 

10 that such costs were incurred during the award period of 

11 performance. 

12 (RESCISSIONS)

13 SEC. 573. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart14 ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are here15 by rescinded from the following accounts and programs 

16 in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 

17 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 

18 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con19 current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 

20 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 

21 99–177): 

22 (1) $5,000,000 from unobligated prior year bal23 ances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

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1 (2) $8,000,000 from Public Law 113–76 under 

2 the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

3 Air and Marine Operations’’ in division F of such 

4 Act; 

5 (3) $10,000,000 from unobligated prior year 

6 balances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec7 tion, Construction and Facilities Management’’; 

8 (4) $15,300,000 from ‘‘Transportation Security 

9 Administration, Aviation Security’’ account 

10 70x0550; 

11 (5) $187,000,000 from Public Law 113–76 

12 under the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Admin13 istration, Aviation Security’’; 

14 (6) $2,550,000 from Public Law 112–10 under 

15 the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construc16 tion, and Improvements’’; 

17 (7) $12,095,000 from Public Law 112–74 

18 under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Con19 struction, and Improvements’’; 

20 (8) $16,349,000 from Public Law 113–6 under 

21 the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construc22 tion, and Improvements’’; 

23 (9) $30,643,000 from Public Law 113–76 

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1 (10) $24,000,000 from ‘‘Federal Emergency 

2 Management Agency, National Predisaster Mitiga3 tion Fund’’ account 70x0716; and 

4 (11) $16,627,000 from ‘‘Science and Tech5 nology, Research, Development, Acquisition, and Op6 erations’’ account 70x0800. 

7 (RESCISSION)

8 SEC. 574. From the unobligated balances made avail9 able in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

10 established by section 9703 of title 31, United States 

11 Code, (added by section 638 of Public Law 102–393), 

12 $175,000,000 shall be rescinded. 

13 (RESCISSIONS)

14 SEC. 575. Of the funds transferred to the Depart15 ment of Homeland Security when it was created in 2003, 

16 the following funds are hereby rescinded from the fol17 lowing accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 

18 (1) $1,317,018 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Bor19 der Protection, Salaries and Expenses’’; 

20 (2) $57,998 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, 

21 Construction, and Improvements’’; 

22 (3) $17,597 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage23 ment Agency, Office of Domestic Preparedness’’; 

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1 (4) $82,926 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage2 ment Agency, National Predisaster Mitigation 

3 Fund’’. 

4 SEC. 576. The following unobligated balances made 

5 available to the Department of Homeland Security pursu6 ant to section 505 of the Department of Homeland Secu7 rity Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76) are 

8 rescinded: 

9 (1) $463,404 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary and 

10 Executive Management’’; 

11 (2) $47,023 from ‘‘Office of the Under Sec12 retary for Management’’; 

13 (3) $29,852 from ‘‘Office of the Chief Financial 

14 Officer’’; 

15 (4) $16,346 from ‘‘Office of the Chief Informa16 tion Officer’’; 

17 (5) $816,384 from ‘‘Analysis and Operations’’; 

18 (6) $158,931 from ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen19 eral’’; 

20 (7) $635,153 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 

21 Protection, Salaries and Expenses’’; 

22 (8) $65,195 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 

23 Protection, Automation Modernization’’; 

24 (9) $96,177 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 

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1 (10) $2,368,902 from ‘‘U.S. Immigration and 

2 Customs Enforcement, Salaries and Expenses’’; 

3 (11) $600,000 from ‘‘Transportation Security 

4 Administration, Federal Air Marshals’’; 

5 (12) $3,096,521 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Operating 

6 Expenses’’; 

7 (13) $208,654 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Reserve 

8 Training’’; 

9 (14) $1,722,319 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisi10 tion, Construction, and Improvements’’; 

11 (15) $1,256,900 from ‘‘United States Secret 

12 Service, Salaries and Expenses’’; 

13 (16) $107,432 from ‘‘National Protection and 

14 Programs Directorate, Management and Administra15 tion’’; 

16 (17) $679,212 from ‘‘National Protection and 

17 Programs Directorate, Infrastructure Protection and 

18 Information Security’’; 

19 (18) $26,169 from ‘‘Office of Biometric Iden20 tity Management’’; 

21 (19) $37,201 from ‘‘Office of Health Affairs’’; 

22 (20) $818,184 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Man23 agement Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’; 

24 (21) $447,280 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Man25 agement Agency, State and Local Programs’’; 


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1 (22) $98,841 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Man2 agement Agency, United States Fire Administra3 tion’’; 

4 (23) $448,073 from ‘‘United States Citizenship 

5 and Immigration Services’’; 

6 (24) $519,503 from ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement 

7 Training Center, Salaries and Expenses’’; 

8 (25) $500,005 from ‘‘Science and Technology, 

9 Management and Administration’’; and 

10 (26) $68,910 from ‘‘Domestic Nuclear Detec11 tion Office, Management and Administration’’. 

12 (RESCISSION)

13 SEC. 577. Of the unobligated balances made available 

14 to ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster 

15 Relief Fund’’, $375,000,000 shall be rescinded: Provided, 

16 That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 

17 were designated by the Congress as an emergency require18 ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 

19 or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

20 Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That no 

21 amounts may be rescinded from the amounts that were 

22 designated by the Congress as being for disaster relief pur23 suant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and 

24 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 SEC. 578. The explanatory statement regarding this 

2 Act, printed in the House of Representatives section of 

3 the Congressional Record, on or about January 13, 2015, 

4 by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of 

5 the House, shall have the same effect with respect to the 

6 allocation of funds and implementation of this Act as if 

7 it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of 

8 conference. 

9 SEC. 579. (a) No funds, resources, or fees made 

10 available to the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any 

11 other official of a Federal agency, by this Act or any other 

12 Act for any fiscal year, including any deposits into the 

13 ‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee Account’’ established 

14 under section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality 

15 Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), may be used to implement, ad16 minister, enforce, or carry out (including through the 

17 issuance of any regulations) any of the policy changes set 

18 forth in the following memoranda (or any substantially 

19 similar policy changes issued or taken on or after January 

20 9, 2015, whether set forth in memorandum, Executive 

21 order, regulation, directive, or by other action): 

22 (1) The memorandum from the Director of 

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1 orities for the Apprehension, Detention, and Re2 moval of Aliens’’ dated March 2, 2011. 

3 (2) The memorandum from the Director of 

4 United States Immigration and Customs Enforce5 ment entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion 

6 Consistent with the Civil Immigration Enforcement 

7 Priorities of the Agency for the Apprehension, De8 tention, and Removal of Aliens’’ dated June 17, 

9 2011. 

10 (3) The memorandum from the Principal Legal 

11 Advisor of United States Immigration and Customs 

12 Enforcement entitled ‘‘Case-by-Case Review of In13 coming and Certain Pending Cases’’ dated Novem14 ber 17, 2011. 

15 (4) The memorandum from the Director of 

16 United States Immigration and Customs Enforce17 ment entitled ‘‘Civil Immigration Enforcement: 

18 Guidance on the Use of Detainers in the Federal, 

19 State, Local, and Tribal Criminal Justice Systems’’ 

20 dated December 21, 2012. 

21 (5) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

22 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Southern Border and 

23 Approaches Campaign’’ dated November 20, 2014. 

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1 hension, Detention and Removal of Undocumented 

2 Immigrants’’ dated November 20, 2014. 

3 (7) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

4 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Secure Communities’’ 

5 dated November 20, 2014. 

6 (8) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

7 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecu8 torial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who 

9 Came to the United States as Children and with Re10 spect to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of 

11 U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents’’ dated No12 vember 20, 2014. 

13 (9) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

14 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Expansion of the Pro15 visional Waiver Program’’ dated November 20, 

16 2014. 

17 (10) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

18 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies Supporting 

19 U.S. High-Skilled Businesses and Workers’’ dated 

20 November 20, 2014. 

21 (11) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

22 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Families of U.S. 

23 Armed Forces Members and Enlistees’’ dated No24 vember 20, 2014. 


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1 (12) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

2 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Directive to Provide 

3 Consistency Regarding Advance Parole’’ dated No4 vember 20, 2014. 

5 (13) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

6 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies to Promote 

7 and Increase Access to U.S. Citizenship’’ dated No8 vember 20, 2014. 

9 (14) The memorandum from the President enti10 tled ‘‘Modernizing and Streamlining the U.S. Immi11 grant Visa System for the 21st Century’’ dated No12 vember 21, 2014. 

13 (15) The memorandum from the President enti14 tled ‘‘Creating Welcoming Communities and Fully 

15 Integrating Immigrants and Refugees’’ dated No16 vember 21, 2014. 

17 (b) The memoranda referred to in subsection (a) (or 

18 any substantially similar policy changes issued or taken 

19 on or after January 9, 2015, whether set forth in memo20 randum, Executive order, regulation, directive, or by other 

21 action) have no statutory or constitutional basis and there22 fore have no legal effect. 

23 (c) No funds or fees made available to the Secretary 

24 of Homeland Security, or to any other official of a Federal 

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1 including any deposits into the ‘‘Immigration Examina2 tions Fee Account’’ established under section 286(m) of 

3 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), 

4 may be used to grant any Federal benefit to any alien 

5 pursuant to any of the policy changes set forth in the 

6 memoranda referred to in subsection (a) (or any substan7 tially similar policy changes issued or taken on or after 

8 January 9, 2015, whether set forth in memorandum, Ex9 ecutive order, regulation, directive, or by other action). 

10 (d) The budgetary effects of this section shall not be 

11 entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant 

12 to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 

13 2010. 

14 (e) Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget 

15 Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory 

16 statement of the committee of conference accompanying 

17 Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the 

18 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

19 1985, the budgetary effects of this section shall not be 

20 estimated— 

21 (1) for purposes of section 251 of the such Act; 

22 and 

23 (2) for purposes of paragraph 4(C) of section 3 

24 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 

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1 SEC. 580. (a) No funds, resources or fees made avail2 able to the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any 

3 other official of a Federal agency, by this Act or any other 

4 Act for any fiscal year, including any deposits into the 

5 ‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee Account’’ established 

6 under section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality 

7 Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), may be used to consider or adju8 dicate any new, renewal or previously denied application 

9 for any alien requesting consideration of deferred action 

10 for childhood arrivals, as authorized by the Executive 

11 memorandum dated June 15, 2012, and effective on Au12 gust 15, 2012 (or any substantially similar policy changes 

13 issued or taken on or after January 9, 2015, whether set 

14 forth in memorandum, Executive order, regulation, direc15 tive, or by other action). 

16 (b) The budgetary effects of this section shall not be 

17 entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant 

18 to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 

19 2010. 

20 (c) Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget 

21 Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory 

22 statement of the committee of conference accompanying 

23 Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the 

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1 1985, the budgetary effects of this section shall not be 

2 estimated— 

3 (1) for purposes of section 251 of the such Act; 

4 and 

5 (2) for purposes of paragraph 4(C) of section 3 

6 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 

7 being included in an appropriation Act. 

8 SEC. 581. (a) No funds or fees made available to the 

9 Secretary of Homeland Security by this Act or any other 

10 Act for any fiscal year may be used to implement, admin11 ister, enforce, or carry out (including through the issuance 

12 of any regulations) any policy relating to the apprehen13 sion, detention, or removal of aliens that does not treat 

14 any alien convicted of any offense involving domestic vio15 lence, sexual abuse, child molestation, or child exploitation 

16 as within the categories of aliens subject to the Depart17 ment of Homeland Security’s highest civil immigration en18 forcement priorities. 

19 (b) The budgetary effects of this section shall not be 

20 entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant 

21 to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 

22 2010. 

23 (c) Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget 

24 Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory 

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1 Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the 

2 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

3 1985, the budgetary effects of this section shall not be 

4 estimated— 

5 (1) for purposes of section 251 of the such Act; 

6 and 

7 (2) for purposes of paragraph 4(C) of section 3 

8 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 

9 being included in an appropriation Act. 

10 SEC. 582. (a) The Congress finds that— 

11 (1) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

12 Act (Public Law 111–148), many individuals and busi13 nesses are required to purchase health insurance coverage 

14 for themselves and their employees; 

15 (2) individuals who were unlawfully present in the 

16 United States who have been granted deferred action 

17 under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Pro18 gram undertaken by the Executive Branch and who then 

19 receive work authorization are exempt from these require20 ments; 

21 (3) many United States employers hiring United 

22 States citizens or individuals legally present in the United 

23 States are required to either offer those persons affordable 

24 health insurance or pay a penalty of approximately $3,000 

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1 (4) an employer does not have to provide insurance, 

2 or in many instances pay a penalty, if they hire individuals 

3 who were not lawfully present but who have been granted 

4 deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood 

5 Arrivals Program and work authorization. 

6 (b) It is the sense of the Congress that— 

7 (1) this disparate treatment has the unacceptable ef8 fect of discouraging the hiring of United States citizens 

9 and those in a lawful immigration status in the United 

10 States; and 

11 (2) the Executive Branch should refrain from pur12 suing policies, such as granting deferred action under the 

13 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program and work 

14 authorization to unlawfully present individuals, that dis15 advantage the hiring of United States citizens and those 

16 in a lawful immigration status in the United States. 

17 SEC. 583. It is the sense of the Congress that the 

18 Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration 

19 Services (USCIS) should— 

20 (1) stop putting the interests of aliens who are 

21 unlawfully present in the United States ahead of the 

22 interests of aliens who are following proper immigra23 tion laws and procedures by adjudicating petitions 

24 and applications for immigration benefits submitted 

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1 When USCIS adjudicators and resources are used to 

2 adjudicate petitions and applications for aliens who 

3 are unlawfully present, the time it takes to process 

4 petitions and applications submitted by other aliens 

5 is significantly increased and a backlog is created. In 

6 addition, it is unfair to use the fees paid by other 

7 aliens to cover the costs of adjudicating petitions 

8 and applications for aliens unlawfully present in the 

9 United States; and 

10 (2) use the funds available under existing law 

11 to improve services and increase the efficiency of the 

12 immigration benefits application process for aliens 

13 abroad or who are lawfully present in the United 

14 States. 

15 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home16 land Security Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

17 the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 

18 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Depart19 ment of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending Sep20 tember 30, 2015, 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 execu9 tive management of the Department of Homeland Security, 

10 as authorized by law, $132,573,000: Provided, That not to 

11 exceed $45,000 shall be for official reception and representa12 tion expenses: Provided further, That all official costs asso13 ciated with the use of government aircraft by Department 

14 of Homeland Security personnel to support official travel 

15 of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid 

16 from amounts made available for the Immediate Office of 

17 the Secretary and the Immediate Office of the Deputy Sec18 retary: Provided further, That not later than 30 days after 

19 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 

20 Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

21 of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Com22 mittees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 

23 and the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security of 

24 the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Home25 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, a 


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1 comprehensive plan for implementation of the biometric 

2 entry and exit data system required under section 7208 of 

3 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

4 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), including the estimated costs for 

5 implementation. 

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec8 retary for Management, as authorized by sections 701 

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

10 U.S.C. 341 through 345), $187,503,000, of which not to ex11 ceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 

12 expenses: Provided, That of the total amount made available 

13 under this heading, $4,493,000 shall remain available until 

14 September 30, 2016, solely for the alteration and improve15 ment of facilities, tenant improvements, and relocation costs 

16 to consolidate Department headquarters operations at the 

17 Nebraska Avenue Complex; and $6,000,000 shall remain 

18 available until September 30, 2016, for the Human Re19 sources Information Technology program: Provided further, 

20 That the Under Secretary for Management shall include in 

21 the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016, sub22 mitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

23 Code, a Comprehensive Acquisition Status Report, which 

24 shall include the information required under the heading 

25 ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary for Management’’ under title 


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1 I of division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2 2012 (Public Law 112–74), and shall submit quarterly up3 dates to such report not later than 45 days after the comple4 tion of each quarter. 

5 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan7 cial Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Homeland 

8 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), $52,020,000: Provided, 

9 That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to 

10 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

11 House of Representatives, at the time the President’s budget 

12 proposal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant to sec13 tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Future 

14 Years Homeland Security Program, as authorized by sec15 tion 874 of Public Law 107–296 (6 U.S.C. 454). 

16 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor18 mation Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Home19 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), and Department20 wide technology investments, $288,122,000; of which 

21 $99,028,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses; 

22 and of which $189,094,000, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2016, shall be available for development and ac24 quisition of information technology equipment, software, 


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1 services, and related activities for the Department of Home2 land Security. 

3 ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS

4 For necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and 

5 operations coordination activities, as authorized by title II 

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

7 $255,804,000; of which not to exceed $3,825 shall be for offi8 cial reception and representation expenses; and of which 

9 $102,479,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2016. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen13 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

14 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $118,617,000; of which not 

15 to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain confidential 

16 operational expenses, including the payment of informants, 

17 to be expended at the direction of the Inspector General. 

18 TITLE II 

19 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 

20 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relating 

23 to border security, immigration, customs, agricultural in24 spections and regulatory activities related to plant and ani25 mal imports, and transportation of unaccompanied minor 


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1 aliens; purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for replace2 ment only) police-type vehicles; and contracting with indi3 viduals for personal services abroad; $8,459,657,000; of 

4 which $3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte5 nance Trust Fund for administrative expenses related to the 

6 collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant to sec7 tion 9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 

8 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) 

9 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); 

10 of which $30,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 

11 2016, solely for the purpose of hiring, training, and equip12 ping United States Customs and Border Protection officers 

13 at ports of entry; of which not to exceed $34,425 shall be 

14 for official reception and representation expenses; of which 

15 such sums as become available in the Customs User Fee Ac16 count, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Con17 solidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 

18 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account; of 

19 which not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment 

20 for rental space in connection with preclearance operations; 

21 and of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards 

22 of compensation to informants, to be accounted for solely 

23 under the certificate of the Secretary of Homeland Security: 

24 Provided, That for fiscal year 2015, the overtime limitation 

25 prescribed in section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 


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1 (19 U.S.C. 267(c)(1)) shall be $35,000; and notwith2 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap3 propriated by this Act shall be available to compensate any 

4 employee of United States Customs and Border Protection 

5 for overtime, from whatever source, in an amount that ex6 ceeds such limitation, except in individual cases determined 

7 by the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of 

8 the Secretary, to be necessary for national security pur9 poses, to prevent excessive costs, or in cases of immigration 

10 emergencies: Provided further, That the Border Patrol shall 

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

12 full-time equivalent agents protecting the borders of the 

13 United States in the fiscal year. 

14 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

15 For necessary expenses for United States Customs and 

16 Border Protection for operation and improvement of auto17 mated systems, including salaries and expenses, 

18 $808,169,000; of which $446,075,000 shall remain available 

19 until September 30, 2017; and of which not less than 

20 $140,970,000 shall be for the development of the Automated 

21 Commercial Environment. 


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1 BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND

2 TECHNOLOGY

3 For expenses for border security fencing, infrastruc4 ture, and technology, $382,466,000, to remain available 

5 until September 30, 2017. 

6 AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS

7 For necessary expenses for the operations, mainte8 nance, and procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, un9 manned aircraft systems, the Air and Marine Operations 

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

11 program, including salaries and expenses, operational 

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

13 which include the following: the interdiction of narcotics 

14 and other goods; the provision of support to Federal, State, 

15 and local agencies in the enforcement or administration of 

16 laws enforced by the Department of Homeland Security; 

17 and, at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Secu18 rity, the provision of assistance to Federal, State, and local 

19 agencies in other law enforcement and emergency humani20 tarian efforts; $750,469,000; of which $299,800,000 shall be 

21 available for salaries and expenses; and of which 

22 $450,669,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2017: Provided, That no aircraft or other related equip24 ment, with the exception of aircraft that are one of a kind 

25 and have been identified as excess to United States Customs 


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1 and Border Protection requirements and aircraft that have 

2 been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any 

3 other Federal agency, department, or office outside of the 

4 Department of Homeland Security during fiscal year 2015 

5 without prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations 

6 of the Senate and the House of Representatives: Provided 

7 further, That funding made available under this heading 

8 shall be available for customs expenses when necessary to 

9 maintain or to temporarily increase operations in Puerto 

10 Rico: Provided further, That the Secretary of Homeland Se11 curity shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

12 the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than 

13 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, on any 

14 changes to the 5-year strategic plan for the air and marine 

15 program required under the heading ‘‘Air and Marine 

16 Interdiction, Operations, and Maintenance’’ in Public Law 

17 112–74. 

18 CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

19 For necessary expenses to plan, acquire, construct, ren20 ovate, equip, furnish, operate, manage, and maintain build21 ings, facilities, and related infrastructure necessary for the 

22 administration and enforcement of the laws relating to cus23 toms, immigration, and border security, $288,821,000, to 

24 remain available until September 30, 2019. 


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1 UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS

2 ENFORCEMENT

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigration 

5 and customs laws, detention and removals, and investiga6 tions, including intellectual property rights and overseas 

7 vetted units operations; and purchase and lease of up to 

8 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only) police-type vehicles; 

9 $5,932,756,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be 

10 available until expended for conducting special operations 

11 under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 

12 (19 U.S.C. 2081); of which not to exceed $11,475 shall be 

13 for official reception and representation expenses; of which 

14 not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensa15 tion to informants, to be accounted for solely under the cer16 tificate of the Secretary of Homeland Security; of which not 

17 less than $305,000 shall be for promotion of public aware18 ness of the child pornography tipline and activities to 

19 counter child exploitation; of which not less than $5,400,000 

20 shall be used to facilitate agreements consistent with section 

21 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

22 1357(g)); of which not to exceed $40,000,000, to remain 

23 available until September 30, 2017, is for maintenance, 

24 construction, and lease hold improvements at owned and 

25 leased facilities; and of which not to exceed $11,216,000 


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1 shall be available to fund or reimburse other Federal agen2 cies for the costs associated with the care, maintenance, and 

3 repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the 

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

5 available under this heading shall be available to com6 pensate any employee for overtime in an annual amount 

7 in excess of $35,000, except that the Secretary of Homeland 

8 Security, or the designee of the Secretary, may waive that 

9 amount as necessary for national security purposes and in 

10 cases of immigration emergencies: Provided further, That 

11 of the total amount provided, $15,770,000 shall be for ac12 tivities to enforce laws against forced child labor, of which 

13 not to exceed $6,000,000 shall remain available until ex14 pended: Provided further, That of the total amount avail15 able, not less than $1,600,000,000 shall be available to iden16 tify aliens convicted of a crime who may be deportable, and 

17 to remove them from the United States once they are judged 

18 deportable: Provided further, That the Secretary of Home19 land Security shall prioritize the identification and re20 moval of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that 

21 crime: Provided further, That funding made available 

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

23 34,000 detention beds through September 30, 2015: Pro24 vided further, That of the total amount provided, not less 

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1 moval operations, including transportation of unaccom2 panied minor aliens: Provided further, That of the amount 

3 provided for Custody Operations in the previous proviso, 

4 $45,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

5 2019: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 

6 for the Visa Security Program and international investiga7 tions, $43,000,000 shall remain available until September 

8 30, 2016: Provided further, That not less than $15,000,000 

9 shall be available for investigation of intellectual property 

10 rights violations, including operation of the National Intel11 lectual Property Rights Coordination Center: Provided fur12 ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading 

13 may be used to continue a delegation of law enforcement 

14 authority authorized under section 287(g) of the Immigra15 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Depart16 ment of Homeland Security Inspector General determines 

17 that the terms of the agreement governing the delegation of 

18 authority have been materially violated: Provided further, 

19 That none of the funds provided under this heading may 

20 be used to continue any contract for the provision of deten21 tion services if the two most recent overall performance eval22 uations received by the contracted facility are less than 

23 ‘‘adequate’’ or the equivalent median score in any subse24 quent performance evaluation system: Provided further, 

25 That nothing under this heading shall prevent United 


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1 States Immigration and Customs Enforcement from exer2 cising those authorities provided under immigration laws 

3 (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and 

4 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))) during priority 

5 operations pertaining to aliens convicted of a crime: Pro6 vided further, That without regard to the limitation as to 

7 time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Sec8 retary may propose to reprogram and transfer funds within 

9 and into this appropriation necessary to ensure the deten10 tion of aliens prioritized for removal. 

11 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

12 For expenses of immigration and customs enforcement 

13 automated systems, $26,000,000, to remain available until 

14 September 30, 2017. 

15 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

16 AVIATION SECURITY

17 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 

18 Administration related to providing civil aviation security 

19 services pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Secu20 rity Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 

21 40101 note), $5,639,095,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2016; of which not to exceed $7,650 shall be for 

23 official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 

24 That any award to deploy explosives detection systems shall 

25 be based on risk, the airport’s current reliance on other 


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1 screening solutions, lobby congestion resulting in increased 

2 security concerns, high injury rates, airport readiness, and 

3 increased cost effectiveness: Provided further, That security 

4 service fees authorized under section 44940 of title 49, 

5 United States Code, shall be credited to this appropriation 

6 as offsetting collections and shall be available only for avia7 tion security: Provided further, That the sum appropriated 

8 under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced 

9 on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are 

10 received during fiscal year 2015 so as to result in a final 

11 fiscal year appropriation from the general fund estimated 

12 at not more than $3,574,095,000: Provided further, That 

13 the fees deposited under this heading in fiscal year 2013 

14 and sequestered pursuant to section 251A of the Balanced 

15 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

16 U.S.C. 901a), that are currently unavailable for obligation, 

17 are hereby permanently cancelled: Provided further, That 

18 notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, United States 

19 Code, for fiscal year 2015, any funds in the Aviation Secu20 rity Capital Fund established by section 44923(h) of title 

21 49, United States Code, may be used for the procurement 

22 and installation of explosives detection systems or for the 

23 issuance of other transaction agreements for the purpose of 

24 funding projects described in section 44923(a) of such title: 

25 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 


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1 of law, mobile explosives detection equipment purchased 

2 and deployed using funds made available under this head3 ing may be moved and redeployed to meet evolving pas4 senger and baggage screening security priorities at airports: 

5 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

6 in this Act may be used for any recruiting or hiring of 

7 personnel into the Transportation Security Administration 

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

9 45,000 full-time equivalent screeners: Provided further, 

10 That the preceding proviso shall not apply to personnel 

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

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

13 the Administrator of the Transportation Security Adminis14 tration shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

15 of the Senate and the House of Representatives a detailed 

16 report on— 

17 (1) the Department of Homeland Security efforts 

18 and resources being devoted to develop more advanced 

19 integrated passenger screening technologies for the 

20 most effective security of passengers and baggage at 

21 the lowest possible operating and acquisition costs, in22 cluding projected funding levels for each fiscal year 

23 for the next 5 years or until project completion, 

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1 (2) how the Transportation Security Adminis2 tration is deploying its existing passenger and bag3 gage screener workforce in the most cost effective man4 ner; and 

5 (3) labor savings from the deployment of im6 proved technologies for passenger and baggage screen7 ing and how those savings are being used to offset se8 curity costs or reinvested to address security 

9 vulnerabilities: 

10 Provided further, That not later than April 15, 2015, the 

11 Administrator of the Transportation Security Administra12 tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 

13 the Senate and the House of Representatives, a semiannual 

14 report updating information on a strategy to increase the 

15 number of air passengers eligible for expedited screening, 

16 including: 

17 (1) specific benchmarks and performance meas18 ures to increase participation in Pre-Check by air 

19 carriers, airports, and passengers; 

20 (2) options to facilitate direct application for en21 rollment in Pre-Check through the Transportation Se22 curity Administration’s Web site, airports, and other 

23 enrollment locations; 

24 (3) use of third parties to pre-screen passengers 

25 for expedited screening; 


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1 (4) inclusion of populations already vetted by 

2 the Transportation Security Administration and 

3 other trusted populations as eligible for expedited 

4 screening; 

5 (5) resource implications of expedited passenger 

6 screening resulting from the use of risk-based security 

7 methods; and 

8 (6) the total number and percentage of pas9 sengers using Pre-Check lanes who: 

10 (A) have enrolled in Pre-Check since Trans11 portation Security Administration enrollment 

12 centers were established; 

13 (B) enrolled using the Transportation Secu14 rity Administration’s Pre-Check application Web 

15 site; 

16 (C) were enrolled as frequent flyers of a 

17 participating airline; 

18 (D) utilized Pre-Check as a result of their 

19 enrollment in a Trusted Traveler program of 

20 United States Customs and Border Protection; 

21 (E) were selectively identified to participate 

22 in expedited screening through the use of Man23 aged Inclusion in fiscal year 2014; and 

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1 Provided further, That Members of the United States House 

2 of Representatives and United States Senate, including the 

3 leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and commissions, 

4 including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secre5 taries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of 

6 Homeland Security; the United States Attorney General, 

7 Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and 

8 the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Ex9 ecutive Office of the President, including the Director of the 

10 Office of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from 

11 Federal passenger and baggage screening. 

12 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

13 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 

14 Administration related to surface transportation security 

15 activities, $123,749,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2016. 

17 INTELLIGENCE AND VETTING

18 For necessary expenses for the development and imple19 mentation of intelligence and vetting activities, 

20 $219,166,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2016. 

22 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

23 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 

24 Administration related to transportation security support 

25 pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Security Act 


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1 (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note), 

2 $917,226,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2016: Provided, That not later than 90 days after the date 

4 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transpor5 tation Security Administration shall submit to the Com6 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

7 Representatives— 

8 (1) a report providing evidence demonstrating 

9 that behavioral indicators can be used to identify pas10 sengers who may pose a threat to aviation security 

11 and the plans that will be put into place to collect ad12 ditional performance data; and 

13 (2) a report addressing each of the recommenda14 tions outlined in the report entitled ‘‘TSA Needs Ad15 ditional Information Before Procuring Next-Genera16 tion Systems’’, published by the Government Account17 ability Office on March 31, 2014, and describing the 

18 steps the Transportation Security Administration is 

19 taking to implement acquisition best practices, in20 crease industry engagement, and improve trans21 parency with regard to technology acquisition pro22 grams: 

23 Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 

24 heading, $25,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for 

25 Headquarters Administration until the submission of the 


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1 reports required by paragraphs (1) and (2) of the preceding 

2 proviso. 

3 COAST GUARD

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte6 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur7 chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, 

8 which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease of 

9 small boats for contingent and emergent requirements (at 

10 a unit cost of no more than $700,000) and repairs and serv11 ice-life replacements, not to exceed a total of $31,000,000; 

12 purchase or lease of boats necessary for overseas deploy13 ments and activities; minor shore construction projects not 

14 exceeding $1,000,000 in total cost on any location; pay15 ments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 

16 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and wel17 fare; $7,043,318,000, of which $553,000,000 shall be for de18 fense-related activities, of which $213,000,000 is designated 

19 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob20 al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 

21 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

22 of 1985 and shall be available only if the President subse23 quently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 

24 designations to the Congress; of which $24,500,000 shall be 

25 derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry 


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

2 Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which not to 

3 exceed $15,300 shall be for official reception and representa4 tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds made avail5 able by this Act shall be for expenses incurred for rec6 reational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United 

7 States Code, except to the extent fees are collected from own8 ers of yachts and credited to this appropriation: Provided 

9 further, That to the extent fees are insufficient to pay ex10 penses of recreational vessel documentation under such sec11 tion 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel ap12 plications, then personnel performing non-recreational ves13 sel documentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 

14 121 of title 46, United States Code, may perform docu15 mentation under section 12114: Provided further, That of 

16 the funds provided under this heading, $85,000,000 shall 

17 be withheld from obligation for Coast Guard Headquarters 

18 Directorates until a future-years capital investment plan 

19 for fiscal years 2016 through 2020, as specified under the 

20 heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Im21 provements’’ of this Act, is submitted to the Committees on 

22 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa23 tives: Provided further, That funds made available under 

24 this heading for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

25 War on Terrorism may be allocated by program, project, 


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1 and activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act: Pro2 vided further, That, without regard to the limitation as to 

3 time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, after June 

4 30, up to $10,000,000 may be reprogrammed to or from 

5 Military Pay and Allowances in accordance with sub6 sections (a), (b), and (c) of section 503. 

7 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the environmental 

9 compliance and restoration functions of the Coast Guard 

10 under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, 

11 $13,197,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 

12 RESERVE TRAINING

13 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as 

14 authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the Coast 

15 Guard reserve program; personnel and training costs; and 

16 equipment and services; $114,572,000. 

17 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

18 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 

19 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 

20 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 

21 thereto; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and oper22 ation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by law; 

23 $1,225,223,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from 

24 the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes 

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1 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which the following amounts 

2 shall be available until September 30, 2019 (except as subse3 quently specified): $6,000,000 for military family housing; 

4 $824,347,000 to acquire, effect major repairs to, renovate, 

5 or improve vessels, small boats, and related equipment; 

6 $180,000,000 to acquire, effect major repairs to, renovate, 

7 or improve aircraft or increase aviation capability; 

8 $59,300,000 for other acquisition programs; $40,580,000 for 

9 shore facilities and aids to navigation, including facilities 

10 at Department of Defense installations used by the Coast 

11 Guard; and $114,996,000, to remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2015, for personnel compensation and benefits 

13 and related costs: Provided, That the funds provided by this 

14 Act shall be immediately available and allotted to contract 

15 for the production of the eighth National Security Cutter 

16 notwithstanding the availability of funds for post-produc17 tion costs: Provided further, That the Commandant of the 

18 Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees on Appropria19 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the 

20 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

21 the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and In22 frastructure of the House of Representatives, at the time the 

23 President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is sub24 mitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 


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1 Code, a future-years capital investment plan for the Coast 

2 Guard that identifies for each requested capital asset— 

3 (1) the proposed appropriations included in that budg4 et; 

5 (2) the total estimated cost of completion, including 

6 and clearly delineating the costs of associated major acqui7 sition systems infrastructure and transition to operations; 

8 (3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year for the 

9 next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition program baseline 

10 or project completion, whichever is earlier; 

11 (4) an estimated completion date at the projected fund12 ing levels; and 

13 (5) a current acquisition program baseline for each 

14 capital asset, as applicable, that— 

15 (A) includes the total acquisition cost of each 

16 asset, subdivided by fiscal year and including a de17 tailed description of the purpose of the proposed fund18 ing levels for each fiscal year, including for each fis19 cal year funds requested for design, pre-acquisition 

20 activities, production, structural modifications, 

21 missionization, post-delivery, and transition to oper22 ations costs; 

23 (B) includes a detailed project schedule through 

24 completion, subdivided by fiscal year, that details— 


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1 (i) quantities planned for each fiscal year; 

2 and 

3 (ii) major acquisition and project events, 

4 including development of operational require5 ments, contracting actions, design reviews, pro6 duction, delivery, test and evaluation, and tran7 sition to operations, including necessary train8 ing, shore infrastructure, and logistics; 

9 (C) notes and explains any deviations in cost, 

10 performance parameters, schedule, or estimated date 

11 of completion from the original acquisition program 

12 baseline and the most recent baseline approved by the 

13 Department of Homeland Security’s Acquisition Re14 view Board, if applicable; 

15 (D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to mis16 sion requirements by defining existing capabilities of 

17 comparable legacy assets, identifying known capa18 bility gaps between such existing capabilities and 

19 stated mission requirements, and explaining how the 

20 acquisition of each asset will address such known ca21 pability gaps; 

22 (E) defines life-cycle costs for each asset and the 

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1 lineated by purpose and fiscal year for the projected 

2 service life of the asset; 

3 (F) includes the earned value management sys4 tem summary schedule performance index and cost 

5 performance index for each asset, if applicable; and 

6 (G) includes a phase-out and decommissioning 

7 schedule delineated by fiscal year for each existing 

8 legacy asset that each asset is intended to replace or 

9 recapitalize: 

10 Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard 

11 shall ensure that amounts specified in the future-years cap12 ital investment plan are consistent, to the maximum extent 

13 practicable, with proposed appropriations necessary to sup14 port the programs, projects, and activities of the Coast 

15 Guard in the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 

16 2016, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 

17 United States Code: Provided further, That any inconsist18 encies between the capital investment plan and proposed 

19 appropriations shall be identified and justified: Provided 

20 further, That the Director of the Office of Management and 

21 Budget shall not delay the submission of the capital invest22 ment plan referred to by the preceding provisos: Provided 

23 further, That the Director of the Office of Management and 

24 Budget shall have no more than a single period of 10 con25 secutive business days to review the capital investment plan 


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1 prior to submission: Provided further, That the Secretary 

2 of Homeland Security shall notify the Committees on Ap3 propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa4 tives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor5 tation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation 

6 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives one day 

7 after the capital investment plan is submitted to the Office 

8 of Management and Budget for review and the Director of 

9 the Office of Management and Budget shall notify the Com10 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

11 Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

12 Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Trans13 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa14 tives when such review is completed: Provided further, That 

15 subsections (a) and (b) of section 6402 of Public Law 110– 

16 28 shall hereafter apply with respect to the amounts made 

17 available under this heading. 

18 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

19 For necessary expenses for applied scientific research, 

20 development, test, and evaluation; and for maintenance, re21 habilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equip22 ment; as authorized by law; $17,892,000, to remain avail23 able until September 30, 2017, of which $500,000 shall be 

24 derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry 

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1 Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there 

2 may be credited to and used for the purposes of this appro3 priation funds received from State and local governments, 

4 other public authorities, private sources, and foreign coun5 tries for expenses incurred for research, development, test6 ing, and evaluation. 

7 RETIRED PAY

8 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 

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

11 Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for career 

12 status bonuses, concurrent receipts, and combat-related spe13 cial compensation under the National Defense Authoriza14 tion Act, and payments for medical care of retired per15 sonnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of title 10, 

16 United States Code, $1,450,626,000, to remain available 

17 until expended. 

18 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 

21 Service, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles 

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

23 motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the United 

24 States; hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such 

25 rates as may be determined by the Director of the United 


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1 States Secret Service; rental of buildings in the District of 

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

3 facilities on private or other property not in Government 

4 ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform pro5 tective functions; payment of per diem or subsistence allow6 ances to employees in cases in which a protective assign7 ment on the actual day or days of the visit of a protectee 

8 requires an employee to work 16 hours per day or to remain 

9 overnight at a post of duty; conduct of and participation 

10 in firearms matches; presentation of awards; travel of 

11 United States Secret Service employees on protective mis12 sions without regard to the limitations on such expenditures 

13 in this or any other Act if approval is obtained in advance 

14 from the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

15 the House of Representatives; research and development; 

16 grants to conduct behavioral research in support of protec17 tive research and operations; and payment in advance for 

18 commercial accommodations as may be necessary to per19 form protective functions; $1,615,860,000; of which not to 

20 exceed $19,125 shall be for official reception and representa21 tion expenses; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be to 

22 provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law 

23 enforcement organizations in counterfeit investigations; of 

24 which $2,366,000 shall be for forensic and related support 

25 of investigations of missing and exploited children; of which 


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1 $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related to in2 vestigations of missing and exploited children and shall re3 main available until September 30, 2016; and of which not 

4 less than $12,000,000 shall be for activities related to train5 ing in electronic crimes investigations and forensics: Pro6 vided, That $18,000,000 for protective travel shall remain 

7 available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 

8 $4,500,000 for National Special Security Events shall re9 main available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, 

10 That the United States Secret Service is authorized to obli11 gate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from Federal 

12 agencies and entities, as defined in section 105 of title 5, 

13 United States Code, for personnel receiving training spon14 sored by the James J. Rowley Training Center, except that 

15 total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed 

16 total budgetary resources available under this heading at 

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

18 the funds made available under this heading shall be avail19 able to compensate any employee for overtime in an annual 

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

21 Homeland Security, or the designee of the Secretary, may 

22 waive that amount as necessary for national security pur23 poses: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail24 able to the United States Secret Service by this Act or by 

25 previous appropriations Acts may be made available for the 


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1 protection of the head of a Federal agency other than the 

2 Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That the 

3 Director of the United States Secret Service may enter into 

4 an agreement to provide such protection on a fully reim5 bursable basis: Provided further, That none of the funds 

6 made available to the United States Secret Service by this 

7 Act or by previous appropriations Acts may be obligated 

8 for the purpose of opening a new permanent domestic or 

9 overseas office or location unless the Committees on Appro10 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

11 are notified 15 days in advance of such obligation: Provided 

12 further, That not later than 90 days after the date of enact13 ment of this Act, the Director of the United States Secret 

14 Service shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

15 of the Senate and the House of Representatives, a report 

16 providing evidence that the United States Secret Service has 

17 sufficiently reviewed its professional standards of conduct; 

18 and has issued new guidance and procedures for the conduct 

19 of employees when engaged in overseas operations and pro20 tective missions, consistent with the critical missions of, 

21 and the unique position of public trust occupied by, the 

22 United States Secret Service: Provided further, That of the 

23 funds provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be 

24 withheld from obligation for Headquarters, Management 

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1 vided further, That for purposes of section 503(b) of this 

2 Act, $15,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, may be 

3 transferred between Protection of Persons and Facilities 

4 and Domestic Field Operations. 

5 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

6 RELATED EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 

8 repair, alteration, and improvement of physical and techno9 logical infrastructure, $49,935,000; of which $5,380,000, to 

10 remain available until September 30, 2019, shall be for ac11 quisition, construction, improvement, and maintenance of 

12 the James J. Rowley Training Center; and of which 

13 $44,555,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 

14 shall be for Information Integration and Technology Trans15 formation program execution. 

16 TITLE III 

17 PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

18 RECOVERY 

19 NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE

20 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

21 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

22 Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Direc23 torate, support for operations, and information technology, 

24 $61,651,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be 

25 for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 


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1 further, That the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 

2 2016, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 

3 United States Code, shall be detailed by office, and by pro4 gram, project, and activity level, for the National Protection 

5 and Programs Directorate. 

6 INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION

7 SECURITY

8 For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection 

9 and information security programs and activities, as au10 thorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

11 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $1,188,679,000, of which 

12 $225,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2016: Provided, That if, due to delays in contract actions, 

14 the National Protection and Programs Directorate will not 

15 fully obligate funds for Federal Network Security or for Net16 work Security Deployment program, project, and activities 

17 as provided in the accompanying statement and section 548 

18 of this Act, such funds may be applied to Next Generation 

19 Networks program, project, and activities, notwithstanding 

20 section 503 of this Act. 

21 FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

22 The revenues and collections of security fees credited 

23 to this account shall be available until expended for nec24 essary expenses related to the protection of federally owned 

25 and leased buildings and for the operations of the Federal 


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1 Protective Service: Provided, That the Director of the Fed2 eral Protective Service shall submit at the time the Presi3 dent’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted pur4 suant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

5 a strategic human capital plan that aligns fee collections 

6 to personnel requirements based on a current threat assess7 ment. 

8 OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

9 For necessary expenses for the Office of Biometric 

10 Identity Management, as authorized by section 7208 of the 

11 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 

12 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), $252,056,000: Provided, That of the total 

13 amount made available under this heading, $122,150,000 

14 shall remain available until September 30, 2017. 

15 OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Affairs, 

17 $129,358,000; of which $26,148,000 is for salaries and ex18 penses and $86,891,000 is for BioWatch operations: Pro19 vided, That of the amount made available under this head20 ing, $16,319,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2016, for biosurveillance, chemical defense, medical and 

22 health planning and coordination, and workforce health 

23 protection: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 

24 be for official reception and representation expenses. 


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1 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Man4 agement Agency, $934,396,000, including activities author5 ized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 

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

7 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the 

8 Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act of 2000 (division C, title 

9 I, 114 Stat. 583), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 

10 of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Defense Production 

11 Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 

12 303 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404, 

13 405), Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 

14 the National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et 

15 seq.), the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 

16 et seq.), the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 

17 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53), the Federal 

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

19 et seq.), the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 

20 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–295; 120 Stat. 1394), the 

21 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public 

22 Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood 

23 Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89): 

24 Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official re25 ception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 


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1 of the total amount made available under this heading, 

2 $35,180,000 shall be for the Urban Search and Rescue Re3 sponse System, of which none is available for Federal Emer4 gency Management Agency administrative costs: Provided 

5 further, That of the total amount made available under this 

6 heading, $30,000,000 shall remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2016, for capital improvements and other ex8 penses related to continuity of operations at the Mount 

9 Weather Emergency Operations Center: Provided further, 

10 That of the total amount made available, $3,400,000 shall 

11 be for the Office of National Capital Region Coordination: 

12 Provided further, That of the total amount made available 

13 under this heading, not less than $4,000,000 shall remain 

14 available until September 30, 2016, for expenses related to 

15 modernization of automated systems. 

16 STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

17 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

18 other activities, $1,500,000,000, which shall be allocated as 

19 follows: 

20 (1) $467,000,000 shall be for the State Homeland 

21 Security Grant Program under section 2004 of the 

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

23 which not less than $55,000,000 shall be for Oper24 ation Stonegarden: Provided, That notwithstanding 

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1 2015, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make 

2 available to local and tribal governments amounts 

3 provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under 

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

5 of such section 2004. 

6 (2) $600,000,000 shall be for the Urban Area Se7 curity Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland 

8 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which not less 

9 than $13,000,000 shall be for organizations (as de10 scribed under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev11 enue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 

12 501(a) of such code) determined by the Secretary of 

13 Homeland Security to be at high risk of a terrorist 

14 attack. 

15 (3) $100,000,000 shall be for Public Transpor16 tation Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assist17 ance, and Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance 

18 under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Imple19 menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 

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

21 1163, and 1182), of which not less than $10,000,000 

22 shall be for Amtrak security and $3,000,000 shall be 

23 for Over-the-Road Bus Security: Provided, That such 

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1 (4) $100,000,000 shall be for Port Security 

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

3 (5) $233,000,000 shall be to sustain current op4 erations for training, exercises, technical assistance, 

5 and other programs, of which $162,991,000 shall be 

6 for training of State, local, and tribal emergency re7 sponse providers: 

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

9 (4), applications for grants shall be made available to eligi10 ble applicants not later than 60 days after the date of enact11 ment of this Act, that eligible applicants shall submit appli12 cations not later than 80 days after the grant announce13 ment, and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

14 Management Agency shall act within 65 days after the re15 ceipt of an application: Provided further, That notwith16 standing section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Security Act 

17 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)) or any other provision of law, 

18 a grantee may not use more than 5 percent of the amount 

19 of a grant made available under this heading for expenses 

20 directly related to administration of the grant: Provided 

21 further, That for grants under paragraphs (1) and (2), the 

22 installation of communications towers is not considered 

23 construction of a building or other physical facility: Pro24 vided further, That grantees shall provide reports on their 

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1 Homeland Security: Provided further, That notwith2 standing section 509 of this Act, the Administrator of the 

3 Federal Emergency Management Agency may use the funds 

4 provided in paragraph (5) to acquire real property for the 

5 purpose of establishing or appropriately extending the secu6 rity buffer zones around Federal Emergency Management 

7 Agency training facilities. 

8 FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

9 For grants for programs authorized by the Federal 

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

11 et seq.), $680,000,000, to remain available until September 

12 30, 2016, of which $340,000,000 shall be available to carry 

13 out section 33 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229) and 

14 $340,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 34 of 

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

16 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

17 For emergency management performance grants, as 

18 authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 

19 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

20 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the 

21 Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 

22 7701 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 

23 U.S.C. App.), $350,000,000. 


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1 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

2 The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2015, 

3 as authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans 

4 Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Inde5 pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 

6 5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the amounts 

7 anticipated by the Department of Homeland Security nec8 essary for its radiological emergency preparedness program 

9 for the next fiscal year: Provided, That the methodology for 

10 assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and equitable 

11 and shall reflect costs of providing such services, including 

12 administrative costs of collecting such fees: Provided fur13 ther, That fees received under this heading shall be deposited 

14 in this account as offsetting collections and will become 

15 available for authorized purposes on October 1, 2015, and 

16 remain available until expended. 

17 UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

18 For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Ad19 ministration and for other purposes, as authorized by the 

20 Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 

21 2201 et seq.) and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

22 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $44,000,000. 


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1 DISASTER RELIEF FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. 

4 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $7,033,464,494, to remain available 

6 until expended, of which $24,000,000 shall be transferred 

7 to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector 

8 General for audits and investigations related to disasters: 

9 Provided, That the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

10 Management Agency shall submit to the Committees on Ap11 propriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

12 the following reports, including a specific description of the 

13 methodology and the source data used in developing such 

14 reports: 

15 (1) an estimate of the following amounts shall be sub16 mitted for the budget year at the time that the President’s 

17 budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant 

18 to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code: 

19 (A) the unobligated balance of funds to be car20 ried over from the prior fiscal year to the budget year; 

21 (B) the unobligated balance of funds to be car22 ried over from the budget year to the budget year plus 

23 1; 

24 (C) the amount of obligations for non-cata25 strophic events for the budget year; 


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1 (D) the amount of obligations for the budget year 

2 for catastrophic events delineated by event and by 

3 State; 

4 (E) the total amount that has been previously 

5 obligated or will be required for catastrophic events 

6 delineated by event and by State for all prior years, 

7 the current year, the budget year, the budget year plus 

8 1, the budget year plus 2, and the budget year plus 

9 3 and beyond; 

10 (F) the amount of previously obligated funds 

11 that will be recovered for the budget year; 

12 (G) the amount that will be required for obliga13 tions for emergencies, as described in section 102(1) 

14 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer15 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(1)), major dis16 asters, as described in section 102(2) of the Robert T. 

17 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

18 Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), fire management assistance 

19 grants, as described in section 420 of the Robert T. 

20 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

21 Act (42 U.S.C. 5187), surge activities, and disaster 

22 readiness and support activities; and 

23 (H) the amount required for activities not cov24 ered under section 251(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the Balanced 


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1 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)(iii); Public Law 99–177); 

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

4 following for the current fiscal year shall be submitted not 

5 later than the fifth day of each month, and shall be pub6 lished by the Administrator on the Agency’s Web site not 

7 later than the fifth day of each month: 

8 (A) a summary of the amount of appropriations 

9 made available by source, the transfers executed, the 

10 previously allocated funds recovered, and the commit11 ments, allocations, and obligations made; 

12 (B) a table of disaster relief activity delineated 

13 by month, including— 

14 (i) the beginning and ending balances; 

15 (ii) the total obligations to include amounts 

16 obligated for fire assistance, emergencies, surge, 

17 and disaster support activities; 

18 (iii) the obligations for catastrophic events 

19 delineated by event and by State; and 

20 (iv) the amount of previously obligated 

21 funds that are recovered; 

22 (C) a summary of allocations, obligations, and 

23 expenditures for catastrophic events delineated by 

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1 (D) in addition, for a disaster declaration re2 lated to Hurricane Sandy, the cost of the following 

3 categories of spending: public assistance, individual 

4 assistance, mitigation, administrative, operations, 

5 and any other relevant category (including emergency 

6 measures and disaster resources); and 

7 (E) the date on which funds appropriated will be 

8 exhausted: 

9 Provided further, That the Administrator shall publish on 

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

11 of a public assistance grant under section 406 of the Robert 

12 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

13 (42 U.S.C. 5172) the specifics of the grant award: Provided 

14 further, That for any mission assignment or mission as15 signment task order to another Federal department or agen16 cy regarding a major disaster, not later than 5 days after 

17 the issuance of the mission assignment or task order, the 

18 Administrator shall publish on the Agency’s website the fol19 lowing: the name of the impacted State and the disaster 

20 declaration for such State, the assigned agency, the assist21 ance requested, a description of the disaster, the total cost 

22 estimate, and the amount obligated: Provided further, That 

23 not later than 10 days after the last day of each month 

24 until the mission assignment or task order is completed and 

25 closed out, the Administrator shall update any changes to 


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1 the total cost estimate and the amount obligated: Provided 

2 further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 

3 $6,437,792,622 shall be for major disasters declared pursu4 ant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer5 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided fur6 ther, That the amount in the preceding proviso is des7 ignated by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant 

8 to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emer9 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses, including administrative costs, 

12 under section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 

13 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101), and under sections 100215, 100216, 

14 100226, 100230, and 100246 of the Biggert-Waters Flood 

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

16 Stat. 916), $100,000,000, and such additional sums as may 

17 be provided by State and local governments or other polit18 ical subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities under 

19 section 1360(f)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to re20 main available until expended. 

21 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

22 For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act 

23 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protec24 tion Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert25 Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (subtitle A of 


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1 title II of division F of Public Law 112–141; 126 Stat. 

2 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability 

3 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89; 128 Stat. 1020), 

4 $179,294,000, which shall remain available until September 

5 30, 2016, and shall be derived from offsetting amounts col6 lected under section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insur7 ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); which is available 

8 for salaries and expenses associated with flood mitigation 

9 and flood insurance operations; and floodplain manage10 ment and additional amounts for flood mapping: Provided, 

11 That of such amount, $23,759,000 shall be available for sal12 aries and expenses associated with flood mitigation and 

13 flood insurance operations and $155,535,000 shall be avail14 able for flood plain management and flood mapping: Pro15 vided further, That any additional fees collected pursuant 

16 to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 

17 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as an offsetting 

18 collection to this account, to be available for flood plain 

19 management and flood mapping: Provided further, That in 

20 fiscal year 2015, no funds shall be available from the Na21 tional Flood Insurance Fund under section 1310 of the Na22 tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in 

23 excess of: 

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1 (2) $1,139,000,000 for commissions and taxes of 

2 agents; 

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

4 borrowings; and 

5 (4) $150,000,000, which shall remain available until 

6 expended, for flood mitigation actions and for flood mitiga7 tion assistance under section 1366 of the National Flood 

8 Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c), notwithstanding 

9 sections 1366(e) and 1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

10 4104c(e), 4017): 

11 Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 

12 102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 

13 4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance 

14 Act of 1968 shall be deposited in the National Flood Insur15 ance Fund to supplement other amounts specified as avail16 able for section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act 

17 of 1968, notwithstanding section 102(f)(8), section 1366(e), 

18 and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 1367(b) of such 

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(1)–(3)): 

20 Provided further, That total administrative costs shall not 

21 exceed 4 percent of the total appropriation: Provided fur22 ther, That $5,000,000 is available to carry out section 24 

23 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 

24 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 


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1 NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

2 For the predisaster mitigation grant program under 

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

4 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), $25,000,000, 

5 to remain available until expended. 

6 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

7 To carry out the emergency food and shelter program 

8 pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As9 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $120,000,000, to re10 main available until expended: Provided, That total admin11 istrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 

12 amount made available under this heading. 

13 TITLE IV 

14 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 

15 SERVICES 

16 UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

17 SERVICES

18 For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigra19 tion services, $124,435,000 for the E-Verify Program, as de20 scribed in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 

21 and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 

22 note), to assist United States employers with maintaining 

23 a legal workforce: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

24 other provision of law, funds otherwise made available to 

25 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services may 


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1 be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up to 5 

2 vehicles, for replacement only, for areas where the Adminis3 trator of General Services does not provide vehicles for lease: 

4 Provided further, That the Director of United States Citi5 zenship and Immigration Services may authorize employees 

6 who are assigned to those areas to use such vehicles to travel 

7 between the employees’ residences and places of employment. 

8 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce11 ment Training Center, including materials and support 

12 costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; the pur13 chase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and 

14 hire of passenger motor vehicles; expenses for student ath15 letic and related activities; the conduct of and participation 

16 in firearms matches and presentation of awards; public 

17 awareness and enhancement of community support of law 

18 enforcement training; room and board for student interns; 

19 a flat monthly reimbursement to employees authorized to 

20 use personal mobile phones for official duties; and services 

21 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 

22 $230,497,000; of which up to $54,154,000 shall remain 

23 available until September 30, 2016, for materials and sup24 port costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; of 

25 which $300,000 shall remain available until expended to 


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1 be distributed to Federal law enforcement agencies for ex2 penses incurred participating in training accreditation; 

3 and of which not to exceed $7,180 shall be for official recep4 tion and representation expenses: Provided, That the Center 

5 is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimburse6 ments from agencies receiving training sponsored by the 

7 Center, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal 

8 year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at 

9 the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That section 

10 1202(a) of Public Law 107–206 (42 U.S.C. 3771 note), as 

11 amended under this heading in division F of Public Law 

12 113–76, is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

13 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2017’’: Provided fur14 ther, That the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 

15 Training Center shall schedule basic or advanced law en16 forcement training, or both, at all four training facilities 

17 under the control of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 

18 Center to ensure that such training facilities are operated 

19 at the highest capacity throughout the fiscal year: Provided 

20 further, That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Ac21 creditation Board, including representatives from the Fed22 eral law enforcement community and non-Federal accredi23 tation experts involved in law enforcement training, shall 

24 lead the Federal law enforcement training accreditation 

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1 assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law en2 forcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 

3 ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

4 RELATED EXPENSES

5 For acquisition of necessary additional real property 

6 and facilities, construction, and ongoing maintenance, fa7 cility improvements, and related expenses of the Federal 

8 Law Enforcement Training Center, $27,841,000, to remain 

9 available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That the Cen10 ter is authorized to accept reimbursement to this appropria11 tion from government agencies requesting the construction 

12 of special use facilities. 

13 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

14 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

15 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

16 Secretary for Science and Technology and for management 

17 and administration of programs and activities, as author18 ized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

19 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $129,993,000: Provided, That not to 

20 exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and representa21 tion expenses. 

22 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS

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1 ized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

2 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the purchase or lease of not to ex3 ceed 5 vehicles, $973,915,000; of which $538,926,000 shall 

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

5 $434,989,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

6 2019, solely for operation and construction of laboratory 

7 facilities: Provided, That of the funds provided for the oper8 ation and construction of laboratory facilities under this 

9 heading, $300,000,000 shall be for construction of the Na10 tional Bio- and Agro-defense Facility. 

11 DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE

12 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

13 For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De14 tection Office, as authorized by title XIX of the Homeland 

15 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for management 

16 and administration of programs and activities, 

17 $37,339,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be 

18 for official reception and representation expenses. 

19 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS

20 For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear re21 search, development, testing, evaluation, and operations, 

22 $197,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 

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1 SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

2 For necessary expenses for the Domestic Nuclear Detec3 tion Office acquisition and deployment of radiological de4 tection systems in accordance with the global nuclear detec5 tion architecture, $72,603,000, to remain available until 

6 September 30, 2017. 

7 TITLE V 

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

9 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

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

11 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

12 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

14 of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations 

15 provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to 

16 appropriation accounts for such activities established pur17 suant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the applica18 ble established accounts, and thereafter may be accounted 

19 for as one fund for the same time period as originally en20 acted. 

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

22 provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 

23 in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 

24 that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

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1 of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail2 able to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 

3 for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 

4 funds that: 

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

6 (2) eliminates a program, project, office, or ac7 tivity; 

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

9 activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 

10 by the Congress; 

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

12 activity by either of the Committees on Appropria13 tions of the Senate or the House of Representatives for 

14 a different purpose; or 

15 (5) contracts out any function or activity for 

16 which funding levels were requested for Federal full17 time equivalents in the object classification tables con18 tained in the fiscal year 2015 Budget Appendix for 

19 the Department of Homeland Security, as modified 

20 by the report accompanying this Act, unless the Com21 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

22 House of Representatives are notified 15 days in ad23 vance of such reprogramming of funds. 

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1 ferred to the Department of Homeland Security that remain 

2 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, 

3 or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

4 United States derived by the collection of fees or proceeds 

5 available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail6 able for obligation or expenditure for programs, projects, 

7 or activities through a reprogramming of funds in excess 

8 of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: 

9 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac10 tivities; 

11 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist12 ing program, project, or activity; 

13 (3) reduces by 10 percent the numbers of per14 sonnel approved by the Congress; or 

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

17 existing programs, projects, or activities as approved 

18 by the Congress, unless the Committees on Appropria19 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

20 are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogram21 ming of funds. 

22 (c) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

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1 priations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 

2 specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 

3 percent by such transfers: Provided, That any transfer 

4 under this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

5 funds under subsection (b) and shall not be available for 

6 obligation unless the Committees on Appropriations of the 

7 Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 15 

8 days in advance of such transfer. 

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

10 this section, no funds shall be reprogrammed within or 

11 transferred between appropriations based upon an initial 

12 notification provided after June 30, except in extraordinary 

13 circumstances that imminently threaten the safety of 

14 human life or the protection of property. 

15 (e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth 

16 in this section shall apply to any use of deobligated balances 

17 of funds provided in previous Department of Homeland Se18 curity Appropriations Acts. 

19 SEC. 504. The Department of Homeland Security 

20 Working Capital Fund, established pursuant to section 403 

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

22 operations as a permanent working capital fund for fiscal 

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1 ing Capital Fund, except for the activities and amounts al2 lowed in the President’s fiscal year 2015 budget: Provided 

3 further, That funds provided to the Working Capital Fund 

4 shall be available for obligation until expended to carry out 

5 the purposes of the Working Capital Fund: Provided fur6 ther, That all departmental components shall be charged 

7 only for direct usage of each Working Capital Fund service: 

8 Provided further, That funds provided to the Working Cap9 ital Fund shall be used only for purposes consistent with 

10 the contributing component: Provided further, That the 

11 Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance or reim12 bursed at rates which will return the full cost of each serv13 ice: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be 

15 notified of any activity added to or removed from the fund: 

16 Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the 

17 Department of Homeland Security shall submit a quarterly 

18 execution report with activity level detail, not later than 

19 30 days after the end of each quarter. 

20 SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 

21 law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re22 maining available at the end of fiscal year 2015, as re23 corded in the financial records at the time of a reprogram24 ming request, but not later than June 30, 2016, from appro25 priations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2015 in 


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1 this Act shall remain available through September 30, 2016, 

2 in the account and for the purposes for which the appro3 priations were provided: Provided, That prior to the obliga4 tion of such funds, a request shall be submitted to the Com5 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

6 Representatives for approval in accordance with section 503 

7 of this Act. 

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

10 by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 

11 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 

12 2015 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence 

13 activities for fiscal year 2015. 

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

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

16 be used to— 

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

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

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

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

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

23 obligation of funds in an amount greater than 

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

2 (4) announce publicly the intention to make or 

3 award items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) includ4 ing a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition 

5 Regulation. 

6 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive 

7 the prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary notifies 

8 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

9 House of Representatives at least 3 full business days in 

10 advance of making an award or issuing a letter as described 

11 in that subsection. 

12 (c) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

13 that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 

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

15 without notification, and the Secretary shall notify the 

16 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

17 of Representatives not later than 5 full business days after 

18 such an award is made or letter issued. 

19 (d) A notification under this section— 

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

21 for obligation; and 

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

23 fiscal year for which the funds for the award were ap24 propriated; the type of contract; and the account from 

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1 (e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man2 agement Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropria3 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives 5 full 

4 business days in advance of announcing publicly the inten5 tion of making an award under ‘‘State and Local Pro6 grams’’. 

7 SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

8 no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional 

9 facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, 

10 to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforce11 ment training without the advance approval of the Commit12 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep13 resentatives, except that the Federal Law Enforcement 

14 Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use 

15 of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement 

16 for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Cen17 ter facilities. 

18 SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

19 made available by this Act may be used for expenses for 

20 any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project 

21 for which a prospectus otherwise required under chapter 33 

22 of title 40, United States Code, has not been approved, ex23 cept that necessary funds may be expended for each project 

24 for required expenses for the development of a proposed pro25 spectus. 


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1 SEC. 510. (a) Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the De2 partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 

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

4 2074) shall apply with respect to funds made available in 

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

6 funds made available in that Act. 

7 (b) The third proviso of section 537 of the Department 

8 of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (6 U.S.C. 

9 114), shall not apply with respect to funds made available 

10 in this Act. 

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

12 Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provi13 sions of the Buy American Act. For purposes of the pre14 ceding sentence, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chap15 ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

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

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

18 by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

19 U.S.C. 1448). 

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

21 of each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Depart22 ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees 

23 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep24 resentatives a monthly budget and staffing report for that 

25 month that includes total obligations of the Department for 


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1 that month for the fiscal year at the appropriation and pro2 gram, project, and activity levels, by the source year of the 

3 appropriation. Total obligations for staffing shall also be 

4 provided by subcategory of on-board and funded full-time 

5 equivalent staffing levels, respectively, and the report shall 

6 specify the number of, and total obligations for, contract 

7 employees for each office of the Department. 

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

9 49, United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred 

10 to Transportation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Se11 curity’’, ‘‘Administration’’, and ‘‘Transportation Security 

12 Support’’ for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 that are recovered 

13 or deobligated shall be available only for the procurement 

14 or installation of explosives detection systems, air cargo, 

15 baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject to notifi16 cation: Provided, That semiannual reports shall be sub17 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

18 and the House of Representatives on any funds that are 

19 recovered or deobligated. 

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

21 may be used to process or approve a competition under Of22 fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for services 

23 provided by employees (including employees serving on a 

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1 curity who are known as Immigration Information Offi2 cers, Contact Representatives, Investigative Assistants, or 

3 Immigration Services Officers. 

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

5 Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ for fiscal 

6 years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 for the 110–123 

7 foot patrol boat conversion that are recovered, collected, or 

8 otherwise received as the result of negotiation, mediation, 

9 or litigation, shall be available until expended for the Fast 

10 Response Cutter program. 

11 SEC. 517. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce12 ment Training Center instructor staff shall be classified as 

13 inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal Ac14 tivities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 

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

16 shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2015, to 

17 the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Home18 land Security listing all grants and contracts awarded by 

19 any means other than full and open competition during fis20 cal year 2015. 

21 (b) The Inspector General shall review the report re22 quired by subsection (a) to assess Departmental compliance 

23 with applicable laws and regulations and report the results 

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1 Senate and the House of Representatives not later than Feb2 ruary 15, 2016. 

3 SEC. 519. None of the funds provided by this or pre4 vious appropriations Acts shall be used to fund any posi5 tion designated as a Principal Federal Official (or the suc6 cessor thereto) for any Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

7 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) de8 clared disasters or emergencies unless— 

9 (1) the responsibilities of the Principal Federal 

10 Official do not include operational functions related 

11 to incident management, including coordination of 

12 operations, and are consistent with the requirements 

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

14 503(c)(4)(A) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

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

16 section 302 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

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

18 (2) not later than 10 business days after the lat19 ter of the date on which the Secretary of Homeland 

20 Security appoints the Principal Federal Official and 

21 the date on which the President issues a declaration 

22 under section 401 or section 501 of the Robert T. 

23 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

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1 tion of the appointment of the Principal Federal Offi2 cial and a description of the responsibilities of such 

3 Official and how such responsibilities are consistent 

4 with paragraph (1) to the Committees on Appropria5 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

6 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

7 of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

8 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 

9 the Senate; and 

10 (3) not later than 60 days after the date of en11 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a re12 port specifying timeframes and milestones regarding 

13 the update of operations, planning and policy docu14 ments, and training and exercise protocols, to ensure 

15 consistency with paragraph (1) of this section. 

16 SEC. 520. None of the funds provided or otherwise 

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

18 section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

19 452). 

20 SEC. 521. Funds made available in this Act may be 

21 used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro22 gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi23 neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 

24 maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast Guard 

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1 Act may be used to reduce operations within any Civil En2 gineering Unit unless specifically authorized by a statute 

3 enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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

5 Act may be used by United States Citizenship and Immi6 gration Services to grant an immigration benefit unless the 

7 results of background checks required by law to be completed 

8 prior to the granting of the benefit have been received by 

9 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and 

10 the results do not preclude the granting of the benefit. 

11 SEC. 523. 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, 2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 30, 

15 2015,’’; and 

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

17 30, 2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015,’’. 

18 SEC. 524. 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 successful 

21 acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be specified in 

22 terms of cost, schedule, and performance). 

23 SEC. 525. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

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1 inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for the trans2 portation of crude oil distributed from the Strategic Petro3 leum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

4 after consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments 

5 of Energy and Transportation and representatives from the 

6 United States flag maritime industry, takes adequate meas7 ures to ensure the use of United States flag vessels: Pro8 vided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 

9 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa10 tives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor11 tation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation 

12 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives within 

13 2 business days of any request for waivers of navigation 

14 and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b). 

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

16 Act for United States Customs and Border Protection may 

17 be used to prevent an individual not in the business of im18 porting a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 

19 801(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from 

20 importing a prescription drug from Canada that complies 

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

22 That this section shall apply only to individuals trans23 porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the pre24 scription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided fur25 ther, That the prescription drug may not be— 


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

2 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); 

3 or 

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

5 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262). 

6 SEC. 527. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

7 to reduce the United States Coast Guard’s Operations Sys8 tems Center mission or its government-employed or contract 

9 staff levels. 

10 SEC. 528. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 

11 consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify 

12 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

13 House of Representatives of any proposed transfers of funds 

14 available under section 9703.1(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United 

15 States Code (as added by Public Law 102–393) from the 

16 Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to any agency 

17 within the Department of Homeland Security: Provided, 

18 That none of the funds identified for such a transfer may 

19 be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the 

20 Senate and the House of Representatives approve the pro21 posed transfers. 

22 SEC. 529. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel24 oping a national identification card. 


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1 SEC. 530. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

2 may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a 

3 competition under Office of Management and Budget Cir4 cular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the Coast 

5 Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 

6 SEC. 531. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 this Act, except as provided in subsection (b), and 30 days 

8 after the date on which the President determines whether 

9 to declare a major disaster because of an event and any 

10 appeal is completed, the Administrator shall publish on the 

11 Web site of the Federal Emergency Management Agency a 

12 report regarding that decision that shall summarize damage 

13 assessment information used to determine whether to de14 clare a major disaster. 

15 (b) The Administrator may redact from a report under 

16 subsection (a) any data that the Administrator determines 

17 would compromise national security. 

18 (c) In this section— 

19 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Admin20 istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen21 cy; and 

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

23 given that term in section 102 of the Robert T. Staf24 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

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1 SEC. 532. Any official that is required by this Act to 

2 report or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

3 of the Senate and the House of Representatives may not 

4 delegate such authority to perform that act unless specifi5 cally authorized herein. 

6 SEC. 533. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

7 made available in this or any other Act may be used to 

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

9 within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

10 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

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

12 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

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

14 the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

15 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

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

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

18 agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 

19 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal 

20 Regulations. 

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

22 Act may be used to employ workers described in section 

23 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

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


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1 SEC. 536. (a) Any company that collects or retains 

2 personal information directly from any individual who 

3 participates in the Registered Traveler or successor pro4 gram of the Transportation Security Administration shall 

5 hereafter safeguard and dispose of such information in ac6 cordance with the requirements in— 

7 (1) the National Institute for Standards and 

8 Technology Special Publication 800–30, entitled 

9 ‘‘Risk Management Guide for Information Technology 

10 Systems’’; 

11 (2) the National Institute for Standards and 

12 Technology Special Publication 800–53, Revision 3, 

13 entitled ‘‘Recommended Security Controls for Federal 

14 Information Systems and Organizations’’; and 

15 (3) any supplemental standards established by 

16 the Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad17 ministration (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Ad18 ministrator’’). 

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

20 sponsors the company under the Registered Traveler pro21 gram shall hereafter be known as the ‘‘Sponsoring Entity’’. 

22 (c) The Administrator shall hereafter require any com23 pany covered by subsection (a) to provide, not later than 

24 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to the Spon25 soring Entity written certification that the procedures used 


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1 by the company to safeguard and dispose of information 

2 are in compliance with the requirements under subsection 

3 (a). Such certification shall include a description of the pro4 cedures used by the company to comply with such require5 ments. 

6 SEC. 537. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

7 Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

8 available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive 

9 fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be 

10 below satisfactory performance or performance that does not 

11 meet the basic requirements of a contract. 

12 SEC. 538. In developing any process to screen aviation 

13 passengers and crews for transportation or national secu14 rity purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall en15 sure that all such processes take into consideration such 

16 passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil liberties consistent 

17 with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance. 

18 SEC. 539. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of title 

19 8, United States Code, of the funds deposited into the Immi20 gration Examinations Fee Account, $10,000,000 may be al21 located by United States Citizenship and Immigration 

22 Services in fiscal year 2015 for the purpose of providing 

23 an immigrant integration grants program. 

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1 grant integration may be used to provide services to aliens 

2 who have not been lawfully admitted for permanent resi3 dence. 

4 SEC. 540. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office 

5 of the Under Secretary for Management’’, $48,600,000, to 

6 remain available until expended, for necessary expenses to 

7 plan, acquire, design, construct, renovate, remediate, equip, 

8 furnish, improve infrastructure, and occupy buildings and 

9 facilities for the department headquarters consolidation 

10 project and associated mission support consolidation: Pro11 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

12 and the House of Representatives shall receive an expendi13 ture plan not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

14 of the Act detailing the allocation of these funds. 

15 SEC. 541. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

16 made available by this Act may be used by the Department 

17 of Homeland Security to enter into any Federal contract 

18 unless such contract is entered into in accordance with the 

19 requirements of subtitle I of title 41, United States Code, 

20 or chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the Fed21 eral Acquisition Regulation, unless such contract is other22 wise authorized by statute to be entered into without regard 

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1 SEC. 542. (a) For an additional amount for financial 

2 systems modernization, $34,072,000 to remain available 

3 until September 30, 2016. 

4 (b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for finan5 cial systems modernization may be transferred by the Sec6 retary of Homeland Security between appropriations for 

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

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

9 until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of 

10 the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 

11 of such transfer. 

12 SEC. 543. Notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation 

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

14 Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established by 

15 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations 

16 available to the Department of Homeland Security: Pro17 vided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 

18 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa19 tives 5 days in advance of such transfer. 

20 SEC. 544. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

21 if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that spe22 cific United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

23 Service Processing Centers or other United States Immigra24 tion and Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities 

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1 to dispose of individual Service Processing Centers or other 

2 United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

3 owned detention facilities by directing the Administrator 

4 of General Services to sell all real and related personal 

5 property which support Service Processing Centers or other 

6 United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

7 owned detention facilities, subject to such terms and condi8 tions as necessary to protect Government interests and meet 

9 program requirements: Provided, That the proceeds, net of 

10 the costs of sale incurred by the General Services Adminis11 tration and United States Immigration and Customs En12 forcement, shall be deposited as offsetting collections into 

13 a separate account that shall be available, subject to appro14 priation, until expended for other real property capital 

15 asset needs of existing United States Immigration and Cus16 toms Enforcement assets, excluding daily operations and 

17 maintenance costs, as the Secretary deems appropriate: 

18 Provided further, That any sale or collocation of federally 

19 owned detention facilities shall not result in the mainte20 nance of fewer than 34,000 detention beds: Provided further, 

21 That the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

22 the House of Representatives shall be notified 15 days prior 

23 to the announcement of any proposed sale or collocation. 

24 SEC. 545. The Commissioner of United States Customs 

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1 Homeland Security for United States Immigration and 

2 Customs Enforcement shall, with respect to fiscal years 

3 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, submit to the Committees on 

4 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa5 tives, at the time that the President’s budget proposal for 

6 fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant to the requirements 

7 of section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the infor8 mation required in the multi-year investment and manage9 ment plans required, respectively, under the headings ‘‘U.S. 

10 Customs and Border Protection, Salaries and Expenses’’ 

11 under title II of division D of the Consolidated Appropria12 tions Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74); ‘‘U.S. Customs and 

13 Border Protection, Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, 

14 and Technology’’ under such title; and section 568 of such 

15 Act. 

16 SEC. 546. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

17 ensure enforcement of all immigration laws (as defined in 

18 section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

19 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))). 

20 SEC. 547. (a) Of the amounts made available by this 

21 Act for ‘‘National Protection and Programs Directorate, In22 frastructure Protection and Information Security’’, 

23 $140,525,000 for the Federal Network Security program, 

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1 agency information systems covered by section 3543(a) of 

2 title 44, United States Code: Provided, That funds made 

3 available under this section shall be used to assist and sup4 port Government-wide and agency-specific efforts to provide 

5 adequate, risk-based, and cost-effective cybersecurity to ad6 dress escalating and rapidly evolving threats to information 

7 security, including the acquisition and operation of a con8 tinuous monitoring and diagnostics program, in collabora9 tion with departments and agencies, that includes equip10 ment, software, and Department of Homeland Security sup11 plied services: Provided further, That continuous moni12 toring and diagnostics software procured by the funds made 

13 available by this section shall not transmit to the Depart14 ment of Homeland Security any personally identifiable in15 formation or content of network communications of other 

16 agencies’ users: Provided further, That such software shall 

17 be installed, maintained, and operated in accordance with 

18 all applicable privacy laws and agency-specific policies re19 garding network content. 

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

21 be used to supplant funds provided for any such system 

22 within an agency budget. 

23 (c) Not later than July 1, 2015, the heads of all Federal 

24 agencies shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

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1 plans for necessary cybersecurity improvements to address 

2 known vulnerabilities to information systems described in 

3 subsection (a). 

4 (d) Not later than October 1, 2015, and semiannually 

5 thereafter, the head of each Federal agency shall submit to 

6 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a re7 port on the execution of the expenditure plan for that agen8 cy required by subsection (c): Provided, That the Director 

9 of the Office of Management and Budget shall summarize 

10 such execution reports and annually submit such sum11 maries to Congress in conjunction with the annual progress 

12 report on implementation of the E-Government Act of 2002 

13 (Public Law 107–347), as required by section 3606 of title 

14 44, United States Code. 

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

16 judicial branches of the Federal Government and shall 

17 apply to all Federal agencies within the executive branch 

18 except for the Department of Defense, the Central Intel19 ligence Agency, and the Office of the Director of National 

20 Intelligence. 

21 SEC. 548. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net23 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

24 and exchanging of pornography. 


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

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

3 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi4 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

5 SEC. 549. None of the funds made available in this 

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

7 facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi8 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus9 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 

10 law enforcement personnel of the United States continu11 ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

12 SEC. 550. None of the funds provided in this or any 

13 other Act may be obligated to implement the National Pre14 paredness Grant Program or any other successor grant pro15 grams unless explicitly authorized by Congress. 

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

17 Act may be used to provide funding for the position of Pub18 lic Advocate, or a successor position, within United States 

19 Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

20 SEC. 552. (a) Section 559 of division F of Public Law 

21 113–76 is amended as follows: 

22 (1) Subsection (f)(2)(B) is amended by adding at 

23 the end: ‘‘Such transfer shall not be required for per24 sonal property, including furniture, fixtures, and 

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1 (2) Subsection (e)(3)(b) is amended by inserting 

2 after ‘‘payment of overtime’’ the following: ‘‘and the 

3 salaries, training and benefits of individuals em4 ployed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 

5 support U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers 

6 in performing law enforcement functions at ports of 

7 entry, including primary and secondary processing of 

8 passengers’’. 

9 (b) Section 560(g) of division D of Public Law 113– 

10 6 is amended by inserting after ‘‘payment of overtime’’ the 

11 following: ‘‘and the salaries, training and benefits of indi12 viduals employed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

13 to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in 

14 performing law enforcement functions at ports of entry, in15 cluding primary and secondary processing of passengers’’. 

16 (c) The Commissioner of United States Customs and 

17 Border Protection may modify a reimbursable fee agree18 ment in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act to 

19 include costs specified in this section. 

20 SEC. 553. None of the funds made available in this 

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

22 more than 50 employees of a single component of the De23 partment of Homeland Security, who are stationed in the 

24 United States, at a single international conference unless 

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1 mines that such attendance is in the national interest and 

2 notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

3 and the House of Representatives within at least 10 days 

4 of that determination and the basis for that determination: 

5 Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter6 national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring out7 side of the United States attended by representatives of the 

8 United States Government and of foreign governments, 

9 international organizations, or nongovernmental organiza10 tions. 

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

12 Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department or 

13 agency for its participation in a National Special Security 

14 Event. 

15 SEC. 555. With the exception of countries with 

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

17 funds made available in this Act may be used for new 

18 United States Customs and Border Protection air 

19 preclearance agreements entering into force after February 

20 1, 2014, unless— 

21 (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in con22 sultation with the Secretary of State, has certified to 

23 Congress that air preclearance operations at the air24 port provide a homeland or national security benefit 

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1 (2) United States passenger air carriers are not 

2 precluded from operating at existing preclearance lo3 cations; and 

4 (3) a United States passenger air carrier is op5 erating at all airports contemplated for establishment 

6 of new air preclearance operations. 

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

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

9 Transportation Security Administration to implement, ad10 minister, or enforce, in abrogation of the responsibility de11 scribed in section 44903(n)(1) of title 49, United States 

12 Code, any requirement that airport operators provide air13 port-financed staffing to monitor exit points from the sterile 

14 area of any airport at which the Transportation Security 

15 Administration provided such monitoring as of December 

16 1, 2013. 

17 SEC. 557. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fire18 fighter Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary may grant waiv19 ers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), 

20 (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 

21 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 

22 U.S.C. 2229a). 

23 SEC. 558. (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date 

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

2 new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 

3 Southern border or the Northern border at a land port 

4 of entry; or 

5 (2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 

6 of a border crossing fee. 

7 (b) BORDER CROSSING FEE DEFINED.—In this sec8 tion, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ means a fee that every 

9 pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and passenger of a private 

10 motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege of crossing 

11 the Southern border or the Northern border at a land port 

12 of entry. 

13 SEC. 559. The administrative law judge annuitants 

14 participating in the Senior Administrative Law Judge Pro15 gram managed by the Director of the Office of Personnel 

16 Management under section 3323 of title 5, United States 

17 Code, shall be available on a temporary reemployment basis 

18 to conduct arbitrations of disputes arising from delivery of 

19 assistance under the Federal Emergency Management Agen20 cy Public Assistance Program. 

21 SEC. 560. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 

22 United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im23 plementation Act (Public Law 112–42) fees collected from 

24 passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent 

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

2 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 

3 SEC. 561. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

4 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 

5 of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan6 guage as part of the President’s budget submission to the 

7 Congress of the United States for programs under the juris8 diction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on the Depart9 ment of Homeland Security that assumes revenues or re10 flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 

11 proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the 

12 submission of the budget unless such budget submission 

13 identifies which additional spending reductions should 

14 occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted 

15 prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con16 ference for the fiscal year 2016 appropriations Act. 

17 SEC. 562. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 

18 shall submit to the Congress, not later than 180 days after 

19 the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, 

20 beginning at the time the President’s budget proposal for 

21 fiscal year 2017 is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) 

22 of title 31, United States Code, a comprehensive report on 

23 the purchase and usage of weapons, subdivided by weapon 

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1 (1) the quantity of weapons in inventory at the 

2 end of the preceding calendar year, and the amount 

3 of weapons, subdivided by weapon type, included in 

4 the budget request for each relevant component or 

5 agency in the Department of Homeland Security; 

6 (2) a description of how such quantity and pur7 chase aligns to each component or agency’s mission 

8 requirements for certification, qualification, training, 

9 and operations; and 

10 (3) details on all contracting practices applied 

11 by the Department of Homeland Security, including 

12 comparative details regarding other contracting op13 tions with respect to cost and availability. 

14 (b) The reports required by subsection (a) shall be sub15 mitted in an appropriate format in order to ensure the safe16 ty of law enforcement personnel. 

17 SEC. 563. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act shall be used for the environmental remediation of the 

19 Coast Guard’s LORAN support in Wildwood/Lower Town20 ship, New Jersey. 

21 SEC. 564. None of the funds made available to the De22 partment of Homeland Security by this or any other Act 

23 may be obligated for any structural pay reform that affects 

24 more than 100 full-time equivalent employee positions or 

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1 of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the 

2 Secretary of Homeland Security submits to Congress a noti3 fication that includes— 

4 (1) the number of full-time equivalent employee 

5 positions affected by such change; 

6 (2) funding required for such change for the cur7 rent year and through the Future Years Homeland 

8 Security Program; 

9 (3) justification for such change; and 

10 (4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to 

11 such change that were considered by the Department. 

12 SEC. 565. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail13 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

14 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re15 quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria16 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives in this 

17 Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 

18 it shall serve the national interest. 

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

20 (1) the public posting of the report compromises 

21 homeland or national security; or 

22 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

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

24 do so only after such report has been made available to the 


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1 requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 

2 than 45 days except as otherwise specified in law. 

3 SEC. 566. Section 605 of division E of Public Law 

4 110–161 (6 U.S.C. 1404) is hereby repealed. 

5 SEC. 567. The Administrator of the Federal Emer6 gency Management Agency may transfer up to $95,000,000 

7 in unobligated balances made available for the appropria8 tions account for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

9 Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program’’ under section 

10 2(a) of the Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 (Public 

11 Law 109–88; 119 Stat. 2061) or under chapter 5 of title 

12 I of division B of the Consolidated Security, Disaster As13 sistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public 

14 Law (110–329; 122 Stat. 3592) to the appropriations ac15 count for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, Dis16 aster Relief Fund’’. Amounts transferred to such account 

17 under this section shall be available for any authorized pur18 pose of such account. 

19 SEC. 568. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

20 Gerardo Ismael Hernandez, a Transportation Security Of21 ficer employed by the Transportation Security Administra22 tion who died as the direct result of an injury sustained 

23 in the line of duty on November 1, 2013, at the Los Angeles 

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1 safety officer for the purposes of the Omnibus Crime Control 

2 and Safe Street Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 569. The Office of Management and Budget and 

4 the Department of Homeland Security shall ensure the con5 gressional budget justifications accompanying the Presi6 dent’s budget proposal for the Department of Homeland Se7 curity, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 

8 United States Code, include estimates of the number of un9 accompanied alien children anticipated to be apprehended 

10 in the budget year and the number of agent or officer hours 

11 required to process, manage, and care for such children: 

12 Provided, That such materials shall also include estimates 

13 of all other associated costs for each relevant Departmental 

14 component, including but not limited to personnel; equip15 ment; supplies; facilities; managerial, technical, and advi16 sory services; medical treatment; and all costs associated 

17 with transporting such children from one Departmental 

18 component to another or from a Departmental component 

19 to another Federal agency. 

20 SEC. 570. Notwithstanding section 404 or 420 of the 

21 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist22 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c and 5187), until September 30, 

23 2015, the President may provide hazard mitigation assist24 ance in accordance with such section 404 in any area in 

25 which assistance was provided under such section 420. 


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1 SEC. 571. That without regard to the limitation as to 

2 time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Sec3 retary may propose to reprogram within and transfer funds 

4 into ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Salaries and 

5 Expenses’’ and ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce6 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’ as necessary to ensure the 

7 care and transportation of unaccompanied alien children. 

8 SEC. 572. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

9 grants awarded to States along the Southwest Border of the 

10 United States under sections 2003 or 2004 of the Homeland 

11 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) using funds 

12 provided under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage13 ment Agency, State and Local Programs’’ in division F of 

14 Public Law 113–76 or division D of Public Law 113–6 may 

15 be used by recipients or sub-recipients for costs, or reim16 bursement of costs, related to providing humanitarian relief 

17 to unaccompanied alien children and alien adults accom18 panied by an alien minor where they are encountered after 

19 entering the United States, provided that such costs were 

20 incurred during the award period of performance. 

21 (RESCISSIONS)

22 SEC. 573. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart23 ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby 

24 rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the 

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1 scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

2 as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res3 olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer4 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177): 

5 (1) $5,000,000 from unobligated prior year bal6 ances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

7 Border Security, Fencing, Infrastructure, and Tech8 nology’’; 

9 (2) $8,000,000 from Public Law 113–76 under 

10 the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

11 Air and Marine Operations’’ in division F of such 

12 Act; 

13 (3) $10,000,000 from unobligated prior year bal14 ances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

15 Construction and Facilities Management’’; 

16 (4) $15,300,000 from ‘‘Transportation Security 

17 Administration, Aviation Security’’ account 70x0550; 

18 (5) $187,000,000 from Public Law 113–76 under 

19 the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Administra20 tion, Aviation Security’’; 

21 (6) $2,550,000 from Public Law 112–10 under 

22 the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, 

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1 (7) $12,095,000 from Public Law 112–74 under 

2 the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, 

3 and Improvements’’; 

4 (8) $16,349,000 from Public Law 113–6 under 

5 the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, 

6 and Improvements’’; 

7 (9) $30,643,000 from Public Law 113–76 under 

8 the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, 

9 and Improvements’’; 

10 (10) $24,000,000 from ‘‘Federal Emergency 

11 Management Agency, National Predisaster Mitigation 

12 Fund’’ account 70x0716; and 

13 (11) $16,627,000 from ‘‘Science and Technology, 

14 Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations’’ 

15 account 70x0800. 

16 (RESCISSION)

17 SEC. 574. From the unobligated balances made avail18 able in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

19 established by section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, 

20 (added by section 638 of Public Law 102–393), 

21 $175,000,000 shall be rescinded. 

22 (RESCISSIONS)

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1 lowing funds are hereby rescinded from the following ac2 counts and programs in the specified amounts: 

3 (1) $1,317,018 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 

4 Protection, Salaries and Expenses’’; 

5 (2) $57,998 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, 

6 Construction, and Improvements’’; 

7 (3) $17,597 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage8 ment Agency, Office of Domestic Preparedness’’; and 

9 (4) $82,926 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage10 ment Agency, National Predisaster Mitigation Fund’’. 

11 SEC. 576. The following unobligated balances made 

12 available to the Department of Homeland Security pursu13 ant to section 505 of the Department of Homeland Security 

14 Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76) are re15 scinded: 

16 (1) $463,404 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary and 

17 Executive Management’’; 

18 (2) $47,023 from ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary 

19 for Management’’; 

20 (3) $29,852 from ‘‘Office of the Chief Financial 

21 Officer’’; 

22 (4) $16,346 from ‘‘Office of the Chief Informa23 tion Officer’’; 

24 (5) $816,384 from ‘‘Analysis and Operations’’; 

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1 (7) $635,153 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 

2 Protection, Salaries and Expenses’’; 

3 (8) $65,195 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 

4 Protection, Automation Modernization’’; 

5 (9) $96,177 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 

6 Protection, Air and Marine Operations’’; 

7 (10) $2,368,902 from ‘‘U.S. Immigration and 

8 Customs Enforcement, Salaries and Expenses’’; 

9 (11) $600,000 from ‘‘Transportation Security 

10 Administration, Federal Air Marshals’’; 

11 (12) $3,096,521 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Operating 

12 Expenses’’; 

13 (13) $208,654 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Reserve 

14 Training’’; 

15 (14) $1,722,319 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, 

16 Construction, and Improvements’’; 

17 (15) $1,256,900 from ‘‘United States Secret 

18 Service, Salaries and Expenses’’; 

19 (16) $107,432 from ‘‘National Protection and 

20 Programs Directorate, Management and Administra21 tion’’; 

22 (17) $679,212 from ‘‘National Protection and 

23 Programs Directorate, Infrastructure Protection and 

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1 (18) $26,169 from ‘‘Office of Biometric Identity 

2 Management’’; 

3 (19) $37,201 from ‘‘Office of Health Affairs’’; 

4 (20) $818,184 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Man5 agement Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’; 

6 (21) $447,280 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Man7 agement Agency, State and Local Programs’’; 

8 (22) $98,841 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage9 ment Agency, United States Fire Administration’’; 

10 (23) $448,073 from ‘‘United States Citizenship 

11 and Immigration Services’’; 

12 (24) $519,503 from ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement 

13 Training Center, Salaries and Expenses’’; 

14 (25) $500,005 from ‘‘Science and Technology, 

15 Management and Administration’’; and 

16 (26) $68,910 from ‘‘Domestic Nuclear Detection 

17 Office, Management and Administration’’. 

18 (RESCISSION)

19 SEC. 577. Of the unobligated balances made available 

20 to ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Re21 lief Fund’’, $375,000,000 shall be rescinded: Provided, That 

22 no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des23 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur24 suant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal25 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 


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1 as amended: Provided further, That no amounts may be re2 scinded from the amounts that were designated by the Con3 gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

4 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def5 icit Control Act of 1985. 

6 SEC. 578. The explanatory statement regarding this 

7 Act, printed in the House of Representatives section of the 

8 Congressional Record, on or about January 13, 2015, by 

9 the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

10 House, shall have the same effect with respect to the alloca11 tion of funds and implementation of this Act as if it were 

12 a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. 

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home14 land Security Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives January 14, 

2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 

Passed the Senate February 27, 2015. 

Attest: JULIE E. ADAMS, 

Secretary. 


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