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Union Calendar No. 357 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4903 

[Report No. 113–481] 

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 

JUNE 19, 2014 

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

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

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

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

and for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year end6 ing September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND 

9 OPERATIONS 

10 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE

11 MANAGEMENT

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

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

14 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), and exec15 utive management of the Department of Homeland Secu16 rity, as authorized by law, $100,493,000: Provided, That 

17 not to exceed $40,000 shall be for official reception and 

18 representation expenses: Provided further, That all official 

19 costs associated with the use of Government aircraft by 

20 Department of Homeland Security personnel to support 

21 official travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary 

22 shall be paid from amounts made available for the Imme23 diate Office of the Secretary and the Immediate Office of 

24 the Deputy Secretary: Provided further, That not later 

25 than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act the 

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1 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Com2 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

3 and the Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the 

4 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 

5 on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, 

6 and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern7 mental Affairs of the Senate, a comprehensive plan for 

8 implementation of the biometric entry and exit data sys9 tem required under section 7208 of the Intelligence Re10 form and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 

11 1365b), including the estimated costs for implementation. 

12 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

14 Secretary for Management, as authorized by sections 701 

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

16 U.S.C. 341 through 345), $175,124,000, of which not to 

17 exceed $2,000 shall be for official reception and represen18 tation expenses: Provided, That the Under Secretary for 

19 Management shall, pursuant to the requirements con20 tained in House Report 112–331, submit to the Congress 

21 and post to the Department’s website at the time the 

22 President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is sub23 mitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

24 States Code, a Comprehensive Acquisition Status Report, 

25 which shall include the information required under the 

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1 heading ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary for Management’’ 

2 under title I of division D of the Consolidated Appropria3 tions Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74), and quarterly up4 dates to such report not later than 45 days after the com5 pletion of each 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), $39,306,000: 

10 Provided, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

11 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

12 of Representatives and the Senate, 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, $257,068,000; of 

23 which $93,169,000 shall be available for salaries and ex24 penses; and of which $163,899,000, 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.), $274,343,000; of which not to exceed $3,825 shall 

9 be for official reception and representation expenses; and 

10 of which $88,675,000 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.), $120,393,000; 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 U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

8 inspections and regulatory activities related to plant and 

9 animal imports, and transportation of unaccompanied 

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

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

12 with individuals for personal services abroad; 

13 $8,367,450,000; of which $3,274,000 shall be derived 

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

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

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

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

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

22 Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 

23 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Rec24 onciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be de25 rived from that account; of which not to exceed $150,000 

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1 shall be available for payment for rental space in connec2 tion with preclearance operations; and of which not to ex3 ceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to 

4 informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate 

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

6 fiscal year 2015, the overtime limitation prescribed in sec7 tion 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 

8 267(c)(1)) shall be $35,000; and notwithstanding any 

9 other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated by 

10 this Act shall be available to compensate any employee of 

11 U.S. Customs and Border Protection for overtime, from 

12 whatever source, in an amount that exceeds such limita13 tion, except in individual cases determined by the Sec14 retary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Sec15 retary, to be necessary for national security purposes, to 

16 prevent excessive costs, or in cases of immigration emer17 gencies: Provided further, That the Border Patrol shall 

18 maintain an active duty presence of not less than 21,370 

19 full-time equivalent agents protecting the borders of the 

20 United States in the fiscal year. 

21 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

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

23 Protection for operation and improvement of automated 

24 systems, including salaries and expenses, $810,169,000; 

25 of which $446,575,000 shall remain available until Sepmstockstill on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 tember 30, 2017; and of which not less than $140,970,000 

2 shall be for the development of the Automated Commercial 

3 Environment. 

4 BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND

5 TECHNOLOGY

6 For necessary expenses for border security fencing, 

7 infrastructure, and technology, $412,466,000, to remain 

8 available until September 30, 2017. 

9 AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS

10 For necessary expenses for the operations, mainte11 nance, and procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, un12 manned aircraft systems, the Air and Marine Operations 

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

14 program, including salaries and expenses, operational 

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

16 which include the following: the interdiction of narcotics 

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

18 State, and local agencies in the enforcement or adminis19 tration of laws enforced by the Department of Homeland 

20 Security; and, at the discretion of the Secretary of Home21 land Security, the provision of assistance to Federal, 

22 State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and 

23 emergency humanitarian efforts; $787,849,000; of which 

24 $275,838,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses; 

25 and of which $512,011,000 shall remain available until 

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1 September 30, 2017: Provided, That no aircraft or other 

2 related equipment, with the exception of aircraft that are 

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

4 Customs and Border Protection requirements and aircraft 

5 that have been damaged beyond repair, shall be trans6 ferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office 

7 outside of the Department of Homeland Security during 

8 fiscal year 2015 without prior notice to the Committees 

9 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

10 Senate: Provided further, That funding made available 

11 under this heading shall be available for customs expenses 

12 when necessary to maintain or to temporarily increase op13 erations in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Is14 lands. 

15 CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

16 For necessary expenses to plan, acquire, construct, 

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

18 buildings, facilities, and related infrastructure necessary 

19 for the administration and enforcement of the laws relat20 ing to customs, immigration, and border security, includ21 ing land ports of entry where the Administrator of General 

22 Services has delegated to the Secretary of Homeland Secu23 rity the authority to operate, maintain, repair, and alter 

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1 ministration for use of land ports of entry, $484,487,000, 

2 to remain available until September 30, 2019. 

3 U. S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigra6 tion and customs laws, detention and removals, and inves7 tigations, including intellectual property rights and over8 seas vetted units operations; and purchase and lease of 

9 up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only) police-type vehi10 cles; $5,454,826,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 

11 shall be available until expended for conducting special op12 erations under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement 

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

14 $11,475 shall be for official reception and representation 

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

16 awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted 

17 for solely under the certificate of the Secretary of Home18 land Security; of which not less than $305,000 shall be 

19 for promotion of public awareness of the child pornog20 raphy tipline and activities to counter child exploitation; 

21 of which not less than $5,400,000 shall be used to facili22 tate agreements consistent with section 287(g) of the Im23 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)); and of 

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

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1 ated with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of 

2 smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States: 

3 Provided, That none of the funds made available under 

4 this heading shall be available to compensate any employee 

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

6 except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the 

7 designee of the Secretary, may waive that amount as nec8 essary for national security purposes and in cases of immi9 gration emergencies: Provided further, That of the total 

10 amount provided, $15,770,000 shall be for activities to en11 force laws against forced child labor, of which not to ex12 ceed $6,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

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

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

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

16 to remove them from the United States once they are 

17 judged deportable: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

18 Homeland Security shall prioritize the identification and 

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

20 that crime: Provided further, That funding made available 

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

22 34,000 detention beds through September 30, 2015: Pro23 vided further, That of the total amount provided, not less 

24 than $2,931,046,000 is for detention, enforcement and re25 moval operations, including transportation of unaccommstockstill on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 panied minor aliens: Provided further, That of the amount 

2 provided for Custody Operations in the preceding proviso, 

3 $45,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

4 2019: Provided further, That of the total amount provided, 

5 $34,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

6 2016, for the Visa Security Program: Provided further, 

7 That not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for in8 vestigation of intellectual property rights violations, in9 cluding operation of the National Intellectual Property 

10 Rights Coordination Center: Provided further, That none 

11 of the funds provided under this heading may be used to 

12 continue a delegation of law enforcement authority author13 ized under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nation14 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of Home15 land Security Inspector General determines that the terms 

16 of the agreement governing the delegation of authority 

17 have been materially violated: Provided further, That none 

18 of the funds provided under this heading may be used to 

19 continue any contract for the provision of detention serv20 ices if the 2 most recent overall performance evaluations 

21 received by the contracted facility are less than ‘‘ade22 quate’’ or the equivalent median score in any subsequent 

23 performance evaluation system: Provided further, That 

24 nothing under this heading shall prevent U.S. Immigra25 tion and Customs Enforcement from exercising those aumstockstill on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 thorities provided under immigration laws (as defined in 

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

3 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))) during priority operations per4 taining to aliens convicted of a crime: Provided further, 

5 That without regard to the limitation as to time and con6 dition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary may 

7 propose to reprogram and transfer funds within and into 

8 this appropriation necessary to ensure the detention of 

9 aliens prioritized for removal. 

10 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

11 For necessary expenses of immigration and customs 

12 enforcement automated systems, $31,100,000, to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2017. 

14 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

15 AVIATION SECURITY

16 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu17 rity Administration related to providing civil aviation secu18 rity services pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation 

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

20 U.S.C. 40101 note), $5,462,240,000, to remain available 

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

22 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 

23 Provided, That any award to deploy explosives detection 

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1 ing in increased security concerns, high injury rates, air2 port readiness, and increased cost effectiveness: Provided 

3 further, That security service fees authorized under section 

4 44940 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited 

5 to this appropriation as offsetting collections and shall be 

6 available only for aviation security: Provided further, That 

7 the sum appropriated under this heading from the general 

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

9 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2015 

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

11 the general fund estimated at not more than 

12 $3,382,240,000: Provided further, That the fees deposited 

13 under this heading in fiscal year 2013 and sequestered 

14 pursuant to section 251A of the Balanced Budget and 

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

16 that are currently unavailable for obligation, are hereby 

17 permanently cancelled: Provided further, That notwith18 standing section 44923 of title 49, United States Code, 

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

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

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

22 installation of explosives detection systems or for the 

23 issuance of other transaction agreements for the purpose 

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

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1 able in this Act may be used for any recruiting or hiring 

2 of personnel into the Transportation Security Administra3 tion that would cause the agency to exceed a staffing level 

4 of 45,000 full-time equivalent screeners: Provided further, 

5 That the preceding proviso shall not apply to personnel 

6 hired as part-time employees: Provided further, That not 

7 later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

8 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent10 atives and the Senate a detailed report on— 

11 (1) the Department of Homeland Security ef12 forts and resources being devoted to develop more 

13 advanced integrated passenger screening tech14 nologies for the most effective security of passengers 

15 and baggage at the lowest possible operating and ac16 quisition costs, including projected funding levels for 

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

18 completion, whichever is earlier; 

19 (2) how the Transportation Security Adminis20 tration is deploying its existing passenger and bag21 gage screener workforce in the most cost effective 

22 manner; and 

23 (3) labor savings from the deployment of im24 proved technologies for passenger and baggage 

25 screening and how those savings are being used to 

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1 offset security costs or reinvested to address security 

2 vulnerabilities: 

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

4 Administrator of the Transportation Security Administra5 tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 

6 the House of Representatives and the Senate, a semi7 annual report updating information on a strategy to in8 crease the number of air passengers eligible for expedited 

9 screening, including: 

10 (1) specific benchmarks and performance meas11 ures to increase participation in PreCheck by air 

12 carriers, airports, and passengers; 

13 (2) options to facilitate direct application for 

14 enrollment in PreCheck through the Transportation 

15 Security Administration’s website, airports, and 

16 other enrollment locations; 

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

18 for expedited screening; 

19 (4) inclusion of populations already vetted by 

20 the Transportation Security Administration and 

21 other trusted populations as eligible for expedited 

22 screening; 

23 (5) resource implications of expedited passenger 

24 screening resulting from the use of risk-based secu25 rity methods; and 

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1 (6) the total number and percentage of pas2 sengers using PreCheck lanes who: 

3 (A) have enrolled in PreCheck since Trans4 portation Security Administration enrollment 

5 centers were established; 

6 (B) enrolled using the Transportation Se7 curity Administration’s PreCheck application 

8 website; 

9 (C) were enrolled as frequent flyers of a 

10 participating airline; 

11 (D) utilized PreCheck as a result of their 

12 enrollment in a Trusted Traveler program of 

13 U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and 

14 (E) were selectively identified to partici15 pate in expedited screening through the use of 

16 Managed Inclusion in fiscal year 2014: 

17 Provided further, That Members of the United States 

18 House of Representatives and United States Senate, in19 cluding the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and 

20 commissions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 

21 Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the De22 partment of Homeland Security; the United States Attor23 ney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attor24 neys General, and United States Attorneys; and senior 

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1 ing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 

2 shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage 

3 screening: Provided further, That of the funds provided 

4 under this heading, $76,000,000 shall be withheld from 

5 obligation for Screener Personnel, Compensation, and 

6 Benefits until the Administrator of the Transportation Se7 curity Administration submits to the Committees on Ap8 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen9 ate a post hoc technical correction to the fiscal year 2015 

10 budget justification as described in the report accom11 panying this Act. 

12 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

13 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu14 rity Administration related to surface transportation secu15 rity activities, $121,303,000, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2016. 

17 INTELLIGENCE AND VETTING

18 For necessary expenses for the development and im19 plementation of intelligence and vetting activities, 

20 $231,866,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2016. 

22 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

23 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu24 rity Administration related to transportation security sup25 port pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Security 

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

2 note), $892,840,000, to remain available until September 

3 30, 2016: Provided, That not later than 90 days after the 

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

5 the Transportation Security Administration shall submit 

6 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep7 resentatives and the Senate— 

8 (1) a report providing evidence demonstrating 

9 that behavioral indicators can be used to identify 

10 passengers who may pose a threat to aviation secu11 rity and the plans that will be put into place to col12 lect additional performance data; 

13 (2) a report addressing each of the rec14 ommendations outlined in the report entitled ‘‘TSA 

15 Needs Additional Information Before Procuring 

16 Next-Generation Systems’’, published by the Govern17 ment Accountability Office on March 31, 2014, and 

18 describing the steps the Transportation Security Ad19 ministration is taking to implement acquisition best 

20 practices, increase industry engagement, and im21 prove transparency with regard to technology acqui22 sition programs; and 

23 (3) a report outlining the specific actions that 

24 will be taken to prevent Federal Air Marshal Service 

25 officials from using a Federal firearms license, and 

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1 the agency’s relationships with private vendors, to 

2 obtain discounted or free firearms for personal use: 

3 Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 

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

5 Headquarters Administration until the submission of the 

6 report required by paragraph (1) of the preceding proviso; 

7 $25,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until sub8 mission of the report required by paragraph (2) of such 

9 proviso; and $25,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation 

10 until submission of the report described by paragraph (3) 

11 of such proviso: Provided further, That none of the funds 

12 made available by this Act shall be used to purchase next13 generation Advanced Imaging Technology Systems until 

14 submission of the report required by paragraph (2) under 

15 this heading. 

16 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

17 OPERATING EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte19 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur20 chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehi21 cles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease 

22 of small boats for contingent and emergent requirements 

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

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

25 $31,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for 

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1 overseas deployments and activities; minor shore construc2 tion projects not exceeding $1,000,000 in total cost on any 

3 location; payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 

4 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recre5 ation and welfare; $6,864,443,000, of which $340,000,000 

6 shall be for defense-related activities; of which 

7 $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 

8 Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 

9 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 

10 2712(a)(5)); and of which not to exceed $15,300 shall be 

11 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro12 vided, That none of the funds made available by this Act 

13 shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels 

14 under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, ex15 cept to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts 

16 and credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That 

17 of the funds provided under this heading, $150,000,000 

18 shall be withheld from obligation for Coast Guard Head19 quarters Directorates until a future-years capital invest20 ment plan for fiscal years 2016 through 2020, as specified 

21 under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard Acquisition, Construc22 tion, and Improvements’’ of this Act, is submitted to the 

23 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent24 atives and the Senate: Provided further, That without re25 gard to the limitation as to time and condition of section 

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1 503(d) of this Act, after June 30, up to $10,000,000 may 

2 be reprogrammed to or from ‘‘Military Pay and Allow3 ances’’ in accordance with subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 

4 section 503. 

5 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the environ7 mental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast 

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

9 $13,214,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2019. 

11 RESERVE TRAINING

12 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, 

13 as authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the 

14 Coast Guard reserve program; personnel and training 

15 costs; and equipment and services; $114,605,000. 

16 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

17 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 

18 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 

19 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 

20 thereto; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and oper21 ation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by law; 

22 $1,287,040,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived 

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

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

25 of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which the folmstockstill on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 lowing amounts, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2019 (except as subsequently specified), shall be available 

3 as follows: $884,347,000 to acquire, effect major repairs 

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

5 equipment; $187,000,000 to acquire, effect major repairs 

6 to, renovate, or improve aircraft or increase aviation capa7 bility; $59,800,000 for other acquisition programs; 

8 $40,580,000 for shore facilities and aids to navigation, in9 cluding facilities at Department of Defense installations 

10 used by the Coast Guard; and $115,313,000, to remain 

11 available until September 30, 2015, for personnel com12 pensation and benefits and related costs: Provided, That 

13 the funds provided by this Act shall be immediately avail14 able and allotted to contract for the production of the 

15 eighth National Security Cutter notwithstanding the avail16 ability of funds for post-production costs: Provided further, 

17 That the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit 

18 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep19 resentatives and the Senate and the Committee on Trans20 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa21 tives, at the time the President’s budget proposal for fiscal 

22 year 2016 is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of 

23 title 31, United States Code, a future-years capital invest24 ment plan for the Coast Guard that identifies for each 

25 requested capital asset— 

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1 (1) the proposed appropriations included in that 

2 budget; 

3 (2) the total estimated cost of completion, in4 cluding and clearly delineating the costs of associ5 ated major acquisition systems infrastructure and 

6 transition to operations; 

7 (3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year 

8 for the next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition pro9 gram baseline or project completion, whichever is 

10 earlier; 

11 (4) an estimated completion date at the pro12 jected funding levels; and 

13 (5) a current acquisition program baseline for 

14 each capital asset, as applicable, that— 

15 (A) includes the total acquisition cost of 

16 each asset, subdivided by fiscal year and includ17 ing a detailed description of the purpose of the 

18 proposed funding levels for each fiscal year, in19 cluding for each fiscal year funds requested for 

20 design, pre-acquisition activities, production, 

21 structural modifications, missionization, post22 delivery, and transition to operations costs; 

23 (B) includes a detailed project schedule 

24 through completion, subdivided by fiscal year, 

25 that details— 

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1 (i) quantities planned for each fiscal 

2 year; and 

3 (ii) major acquisition and project 

4 events, including development of oper5 ational requirements, contracting actions, 

6 design reviews, production, delivery, test 

7 and evaluation, and transition to oper8 ations, including necessary training, shore 

9 infrastructure, and logistics; 

10 (C) notes and explains any deviations in 

11 cost, performance parameters, schedule, or esti12 mated date of completion from the original ac13 quisition program baseline and the most recent 

14 baseline approved by the Department of Home15 land Security’s Acquisition Review Board, if ap16 plicable; 

17 (D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to 

18 mission requirements by defining existing capa19 bilities of comparable legacy assets, identifying 

20 known capability gaps between such existing ca21 pabilities and stated mission requirements, and 

22 explaining how the acquisition of each asset will 

23 address such known capability gaps; 

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

25 and the date of the estimate on which such 

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1 costs are based, including all associated costs of 

2 major acquisition systems infrastructure and 

3 transition to operations, delineated by purpose 

4 and fiscal year for the projected service life of 

5 the asset; 

6 (F) includes the earned value management 

7 system summary schedule performance index 

8 and cost performance index for each asset, if 

9 applicable; and 

10 (G) includes a phase-out and decommis11 sioning schedule delineated by fiscal year for 

12 each existing legacy asset that each asset is in13 tended to replace or recapitalize: 

14 Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast 

15 Guard shall ensure that amounts specified in the future16 years capital investment plan are consistent, to the max17 imum extent practicable, with proposed appropriations 

18 necessary to support the programs, projects, and activities 

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

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

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

22 inconsistencies between the capital investment plan and 

23 proposed appropriations shall be identified and justified: 

24 Provided further, That the Director of the Office of Man25 agement and Budget shall not delay the submission of the 

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1 capital investment plan referred to by the preceding pro2 visos: Provided further, That the Director of the Office of 

3 Management and Budget shall have no more than a single 

4 period of 10 consecutive business days to review the cap5 ital investment plan prior to submission: Provided further, 

6 That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the 

7 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent8 atives and the Senate and the Committee on Transpor9 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

10 one day after the capital investment plan is submitted to 

11 the Office of Management and Budget for review and the 

12 Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 

13 notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

14 Representatives and the Senate and the Committee on 

15 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep16 resentatives when such review is completed: Provided fur17 ther, That subsections (a) and (b) of section 6402 of Pub18 lic Law 110–28 shall apply with respect to the amounts 

19 made available under this heading. 

20 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

21 For necessary expenses for applied scientific re22 search, development, test, and evaluation; and for mainte23 nance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and 

24 equipment; as authorized by law; $10,947,000, to remain 

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

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1 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 

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

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

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

5 of this appropriation funds received from State and local 

6 governments, other public authorities, private sources, and 

7 foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, devel8 opment, testing, and evaluation. 

9 RETIRED PAY

10 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 

11 otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur12 pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 

13 Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca14 reer status bonuses, concurrent receipts, and combat-re15 lated special compensation under the National Defense 

16 Authorization Act, and payments for medical care of re17 tired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of 

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

19 available until expended. 

20 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 

23 Service, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles 

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

25 motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the 

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

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

3 the United States Secret Service; rental of buildings in 

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

5 booths, and other facilities on private or other property 

6 not in Government ownership or control, as may be nec7 essary to perform protective functions; payment of per 

8 diem or subsistence allowances to employees in cases in 

9 which a protective assignment on the actual day or days 

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

11 16 hours per day or to remain overnight at a post of duty; 

12 conduct of and participation in firearms matches; presen13 tation of awards; travel of United States Secret Service 

14 employees on protective missions without regard to the 

15 limitations on such expenditures in this or any other Act 

16 if approval is obtained in advance from the Committees 

17 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

18 Senate; research and development; grants to conduct be19 havioral research in support of protective research and op20 erations; and payment in advance for commercial accom21 modations as may be necessary to perform protective func22 tions; $1,587,087,000; of which not to exceed $19,125 

23 shall be for official reception and representation expenses; 

24 and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide 

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1 ment organizations in counterfeit investigations; of which 

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

3 investigations of missing and exploited children; of which 

4 $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related to 

5 investigations of missing and exploited children and shall 

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

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

8 to training in electronic crimes investigations and 

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

10 shall remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided 

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

12 Events shall remain available until September 30, 2016: 

13 Provided further, That the United States Secret Service 

14 is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reim15 bursements from Federal agencies and entities, as defined 

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

17 receiving training sponsored by the James J. Rowley 

18 Training Center, except that total obligations at the end 

19 of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary re20 sources available under this heading at the end of the fis21 cal year: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

22 available under this heading shall be available to com23 pensate any employee for overtime in an annual amount 

24 in excess of $35,000, except that the Secretary of Home25 land Security, or the designee of the Secretary, may waive 

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1 that amount as necessary for national security purposes: 

2 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

3 to the United States Secret Service by this Act or by pre4 vious appropriations Acts may be made available for the 

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

6 Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That 

7 the Director of the United States Secret Service may enter 

8 into an agreement to provide such protection on a fully 

9 reimbursable basis: Provided further, That none of the 

10 funds made available to the United States Secret Service 

11 by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts may be obli12 gated for the purpose of opening a new permanent domes13 tic or overseas office or location unless the Committees 

14 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

15 Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such obligation: 

16 Provided further, That not later than 90 days after the 

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

18 United States Secret Service shall submit to the Commit19 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Senate, a report providing evidence that the 

21 United States Secret Service has sufficiently reviewed its 

22 professional standards of conduct; and has issued new 

23 guidance and procedures for the conduct of employees 

24 when engaged in overseas operations and protective mis25 sions, consistent with the critical missions of, and the 

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1 unique position of public trust occupied by, the United 

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

3 provided under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be with4 held from obligation for Headquarters, Management and 

5 Administration until such report is submitted: Provided 

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

7 $15,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, may be 

8 transferred between ‘‘Protection of Persons and Facili9 ties’’ and ‘‘Domestic Field Operations’’. 

10 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

11 RELATED EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 

13 repair, alteration, and improvement of physical and tech14 nological infrastructure, $49,935,000; of which 

15 $5,380,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 

16 shall be for acquisition, construction, improvement, and 

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

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

19 30, 2017, shall be for Information Integration and Tech20 nology Transformation program execution. 

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1 TITLE III 

2 PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

3 RECOVERY 

4 NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE

5 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

6 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Di8 rectorate, support for operations, and information tech9 nology, $64,247,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 

10 shall be for official reception and representation expenses. 

11 INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION

12 SECURITY

13 For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection 

14 and information security programs and activities, as au15 thorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

16 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $1,139,499,000, of which 

17 $225,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

18 2016. 

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 Secretary 

25 of Homeland Security and the Director of the Office of 

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1 Management and Budget shall certify in writing to the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent3 atives and the Senate, not later than 60 days after the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, that the operations of the 

5 Federal Protective Service will be fully funded in fiscal 

6 year 2015 through revenues and collection of security fees: 

7 Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Protec8 tive Service shall submit at the time the President’s budg9 et proposal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant to 

10 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a strategic 

11 human capital plan that aligns fee collections to personnel 

12 requirements based on a current threat assessment. 

13 OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Biometric 

15 Identity Management, as authorized by section 7208 of 

16 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

17 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), $250,359,000: Provided, That of 

18 the total amount made available under this heading, 

19 $124,367,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

20 2017. 

21 OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Af23 fairs, $127,958,000; of which $26,148,000 is for salaries 

24 and expenses and $86,891,000 is for BioWatch oper25 ations: Provided, That of the amount made available under 

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1 this heading, $14,919,000 shall remain available until 

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

3 medical and health planning and coordination, and work4 force health protection: Provided further, That not to ex5 ceed $1,000 shall be for official reception and representa6 tion expenses. 

7 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 

10 Management Agency, $913,120,000, including activities 

11 authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

12 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

14 seq.), the Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act of 2000 (title 

15 1 of division C of Public Law 106–246; 114 Stat. 583), 

16 the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 

17 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950 

18 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of 

19 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404, 405), 

20 Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the 

21 National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et 

22 seq.), the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 

23 et seq.), the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 

24 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53), the Fed25 eral Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 

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1 2201 et seq.), the Post-Katrina Emergency Management 

2 Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–295; 120 Stat. 

3 1394), the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act 

4 of 2012 (subtitle A of title II of division F of Public Law 

5 112–141; 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood In6 surance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89; 

7 128 Stat. 1020): Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 

8 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 

9 Provided further, That of the total amount made available 

10 under this heading, $27,513,000 shall be for the Urban 

11 Search and Rescue Response System, of which none is 

12 available for Federal Emergency Management Agency ad13 ministrative costs: Provided further, That of the total 

14 amount made available under this heading, $29,862,000 

15 shall remain available until September 30, 2016, for cap16 ital improvements and other expenses related to continuity 

17 of operations at the Mount Weather Emergency Oper18 ations Center. 

19 STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

20 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

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

22 as follows: 

23 (1) $466,346,000 shall be for the State Home24 land Security Grant Program under section 2004 of 

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

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1 of which not less than $55,000,000 shall be for Op2 eration Stonegarden: Provided, That notwith3 standing subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for 

4 fiscal year 2015, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

5 shall make available to local and tribal governments 

6 amounts provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto 

7 Rico under this paragraph in accordance with sub8 section (c)(1) of such section 2004; 

9 (2) $600,000,000 shall be for the Urban Area 

10 Security Initiative under section 2003 of the Home11 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which 

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

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

14 Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax section 

15 501(a) of such code) determined by the Secretary of 

16 Homeland Security to be at high risk of a terrorist 

17 attack; 

18 (3) $100,000,000 shall be for Public Transpor19 tation Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assist20 ance, and Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance 

21 under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Imple22 menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 

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

24 1163, and 1182), of which not less than 

25 $10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security and 

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1 $5,000,000 shall be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: 

2 Provided, That such public transportation security 

3 assistance shall be provided directly to public trans4 portation agencies; 

5 (4) $100,000,000 shall be for Port Security 

6 Grants in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107; and 

7 (5) $233,654,000 shall be to sustain current 

8 operations for training, exercises, technical assist9 ance, and other programs, of which $162,991,000 

10 shall be for training of State, local, and tribal emer11 gency response providers: 

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

13 (4), applications for grants shall be made available to eligi14 ble applicants not later than 60 days after the date of en15 actment of this Act, that eligible applicants shall submit 

16 applications not later than 80 days after the grant an17 nouncement, and the Administrator of the Federal Emer18 gency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after 

19 the receipt of an application: Provided further, That not20 withstanding section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Secu21 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)) or any other provi22 sion of law, a grantee may not use more than 5 percent 

23 of the amount of a grant made available under this head24 ing for expenses directly related to administration of the 

25 grant: Provided further, That for grants under paragraphs 

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

2 not considered construction of a building or other physical 

3 facility: Provided further, That grantees shall provide to 

4 the Department reports on their use of funds, as deter5 mined necessary by the Secretary of Homeland Security: 

6 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 509 of this 

7 Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage8 ment Agency may use the funds provided in paragraph 

9 (5) to acquire real property for the purpose of establishing 

10 or appropriately extending the security buffer zones 

11 around Federal Emergency Management Agency training 

12 facilities. 

13 FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

14 For grants for programs authorized by the Federal 

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

16 et seq.), $680,000,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2016, of which $340,000,000 shall be available 

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

19 $340,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 34 

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

21 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

22 For emergency management performance grants, as 

23 authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

24 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

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

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

3 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $350,000,000. 

4 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

5 The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 

6 2015, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Vet7 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 

8 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 

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

10 amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland Se11 curity necessary for its radiological emergency prepared12 ness program for the next fiscal year: Provided, That the 

13 methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall be 

14 fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing such 

15 services, including administrative costs of collecting such 

16 fees: Provided further, That fees received under this head17 ing shall be deposited in this account as offsetting collec18 tions and will become available for authorized purposes on 

19 October 1, 2015, and remain available until September 30, 

20 2017. 

21 UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

22 For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Ad23 ministration and for other purposes, as authorized by the 

24 Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 

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

2 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $44,000,000. 

3 DISASTER RELIEF FUND

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 

6 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

7 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $7,033,464,494, to remain avail8 able until expended, of which $24,000,000 shall be trans9 ferred to the Department of Homeland Security Office of 

10 Inspector General for audits and investigations related to 

11 disasters: Provided, That the Administrator of the Federal 

12 Emergency Management Agency shall submit to the Com13 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

14 and the Senate the following reports, including a specific 

15 description of the methodology and the source data used 

16 in developing such reports: 

17 (1) an estimate of the following amounts shall 

18 be submitted for the budget year at the time that 

19 the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 

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

21 United States Code: 

22 (A) the unobligated balance of funds to be 

23 carried over from the prior fiscal year to the 

24 budget year; 

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1 (B) the unobligated balance of funds to be 

2 carried over from the budget year to the budget 

3 year plus 1; 

4 (C) the amount of obligations for non-cata5 strophic events for the budget year; 

6 (D) the amount of obligations for the 

7 budget year for catastrophic events delineated 

8 by event and by State; 

9 (E) the total amount that has been pre10 viously obligated or will be required for cata11 strophic events delineated by event and by State 

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

13 year, the budget year plus 1, the budget year 

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

15 (F) the amount of previously obligated 

16 funds that will be recovered for the budget 

17 year; 

18 (G) the amount that will be required for 

19 obligations for emergencies, as described in sec20 tion 102(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

21 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

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

23 in section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis24 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

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

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1 grants, as described in section 420 of the Rob2 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

3 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187), surge activi4 ties, and disaster readiness and support activi5 ties; and 

6 (H) the amount required for activities not 

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

8 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con9 trol Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)(iii); 

10 Public Law 99–177); 

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

12 of the following for the current fiscal year shall be 

13 submitted not later than the fifth day of each 

14 month, and shall be published by the Administrator 

15 on the Agency’s website not later than the fifth day 

16 of each month: 

17 (A) a summary of the amount of appro18 priations made available by source, the trans19 fers executed, the previously allocated funds re20 covered, and the commitments, allocations, and 

21 obligations made; 

22 (B) a table of disaster relief activity delin23 eated by month, including— 

24 (i) the beginning and ending balances; 

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1 (ii) the total obligations to include 

2 amounts obligated for fire assistance, 

3 emergencies, surge, and disaster support 

4 activities; 

5 (iii) the obligations for catastrophic 

6 events delineated by event and by State; 

7 and 

8 (iv) the amount of previously obli9 gated funds that are recovered; 

10 (C) a summary of allocations, obligations, 

11 and expenditures for catastrophic events delin12 eated by event; 

13 (D) in addition, for a disaster declaration 

14 related to Hurricane Sandy, the cost of the fol15 lowing categories of spending: public assistance, 

16 individual assistance, mitigation, administrative, 

17 operations, and any other relevant category (in18 cluding emergency measures and disaster re19 sources); and 

20 (E) the date on which funds appropriated 

21 will be exhausted: 

22 Provided further, That the Administrator shall publish on 

23 the Agency’s website not later than 5 days after an award 

24 of a public assistance grant under section 406 of the Rob25 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

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1 Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) the specifics of the grant award: 

2 Provided further, That for any mission assignment or mis3 sion assignment task order to another Federal department 

4 or agency regarding a major disaster, not later than 5 

5 days after the issuance of the mission assignment or task 

6 order, the Administrator shall publish on the Agency’s 

7 website the following: the name of the impacted State and 

8 the disaster declaration for such State, the assigned agen9 cy, the assistance requested, a description of the disaster, 

10 the total cost estimate, and the amount obligated: Pro11 vided further, That not later than 10 days after the last 

12 day of each month until the mission assignment or task 

13 order is completed and closed out, the Administrator shall 

14 update any changes to the total cost estimate and the 

15 amount obligated: Provided further, That of the amount 

16 provided under this heading, $6,437,792,622 shall be for 

17 major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Staf18 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That the amount 

20 in the preceding proviso is designated by the Congress as 

21 being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) 

22 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

23 Act of 1985. 

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1 FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses, including administrative 

3 costs, under section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance 

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

5 100215, 100216, 100226, 100230, and 100246 of the 

6 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 

7 (subtitle A of title II of division F of Public Law 112– 

8 141; 126 Stat. 916), $94,403,000, and such additional 

9 sums as may be provided by State and local governments 

10 or other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping ac11 tivities under section 1360(f)(2) of the National Flood In12 surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain 

13 available until expended. 

14 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

15 For activities under the National Flood Insurance 

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

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

18 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 

19 (subtitle A of title II of division F of Public Law 112– 

20 141; 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance 

21 Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89; Stat. 

22 1020), $179,294,000, which shall remain available until 

23 September 30, 2016, and shall be derived from offsetting 

24 amounts collected under section 1308(d) of the National 

25 Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); which 

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1 is available for salaries and expenses associated with flood 

2 mitigation and flood insurance operations; and floodplain 

3 management and additional amounts for flood mapping: 

4 Provided, That of such amount, $23,759,000 shall be 

5 available for salaries and expenses associated with flood 

6 mitigation and flood insurance operations and 

7 $155,535,000 shall be available for flood plain manage8 ment and flood mapping: Provided further, That any addi9 tional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the 

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

11 4015(d)) shall be credited as an offsetting collection to 

12 this account, to be available for flood plain management 

13 and flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 

14 2015, no funds shall be available from the National Flood 

15 Insurance Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood 

16 Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of: 

17 (1) $136,000,000 for operating expenses; 

18 (2) $1,139,000,000 for commissions and taxes 

19 of agents; 

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

21 Treasury borrowings; and 

22 (4) $150,000,000, which shall remain available 

23 until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for 

24 flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the 

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

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1 4104c), notwithstanding subsections 1366(e) and 

2 1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 

3 Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 

4 102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 

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

6 Insurance Act of 1968 shall be deposited in the National 

7 Flood Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts speci8 fied as available for section 1366 of the National Flood 

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

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

11 1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 

12 4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total administra13 tive costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropria14 tion; and $5,000,000 to carry out section 24 of the Home15 owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (42 

16 U.S.C. 4033). 

17 NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

18 For the predisaster mitigation grant program under 

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

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

21 $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

23 To carry out the emergency food and shelter program 

24 pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As25 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $120,000,000, to 

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1 remain available until expended: Provided, That total ad2 ministrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 

3 amount made available under this heading. 

4 TITLE IV 

5 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 

6 SERVICES 

7 UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

8 SERVICES

9 For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigra10 tion services, $124,755,000 for the E-Verify Program, as 

11 described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Re12 form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 

13 1324a note), to assist United States employers with main14 taining a legal workforce: Provided, That notwithstanding 

15 any other provision of law, funds otherwise made available 

16 to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

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

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

19 Administrator of General Services does not provide vehi20 cles for lease: Provided further, That the Director of 

21 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services may 

22 authorize employees who are assigned to those areas to 

23 use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ resi24 dences and places of employment. 

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1 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce4 ment Training Center, including materials and support 

5 costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; the pur6 chase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and 

7 hire of passenger motor vehicles; expenses for student ath8 letic and related activities; the conduct of and participa9 tion in firearms matches and presentation of awards; pub10 lic awareness and enhancement of community support of 

11 law enforcement training; room and board for student in12 terns; a flat monthly reimbursement to employees author13 ized to use personal mobile phones for official duties; and 

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

15 States Code; $229,797,000; of which up to $54,154,000 

16 shall remain available until September 30, 2016, for mate17 rials and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic 

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

19 expended to be distributed to Federal law enforcement 

20 agencies for expenses incurred participating in training ac21 creditation; and of which not to exceed $1,000 shall be 

22 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro23 vided, That the Center is authorized to obligate funds in 

24 anticipation of reimbursements from agencies receiving 

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1 tions at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total 

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

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

4 107–206 (42 U.S.C. 3771 note), as amended under this 

5 heading in division F of Public Law 113–76, is further 

6 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2016’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘December 31, 2017’’: Provided further, That the Director 

8 of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center shall 

9 schedule basic or advanced law enforcement training, or 

10 both, at all 4 training facilities under the control of the 

11 Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to ensure that 

12 such training facilities are operated at the highest capacity 

13 throughout the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Fed14 eral Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board, in15 cluding representatives from the Federal law enforcement 

16 community and non-Federal accreditation experts involved 

17 in law enforcement training, shall lead the Federal law 

18 enforcement training accreditation process to continue the 

19 implementation of measuring and assessing the quality 

20 and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training pro21 grams, facilities, and instructors. 

22 ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

23 RELATED EXPENSES

24 For acquisition of necessary additional real property 

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1 cility improvements, and related expenses of the Federal 

2 Law Enforcement Training Center, $27,841,000, to re3 main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 

4 the Center is authorized to accept reimbursement to this 

5 appropriation from Government agencies requesting the 

6 construction of special use facilities. 

7 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

8 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

9 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

10 Secretary for Science and Technology and for manage11 ment and administration of programs and activities, as 

12 authorized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 

13 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $126,955,000: Provided, 

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

15 and representation expenses. 

16 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND

17 OPERATIONS

18 For necessary expenses for science and technology re19 search, including advanced research projects, development, 

20 test and evaluation, acquisition, and operations as author21 ized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

22 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the purchase or lease of not 

23 to exceed 5 vehicles, $979,692,000; of which 

24 $544,703,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

25 2017; and of which $434,989,000 shall remain available 

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1 until September 30, 2019, solely for operation and con2 struction of laboratory facilities: Provided, That of the 

3 funds provided for the operation and construction of lab4 oratory facilities under this heading, $300,000,000 shall 

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

6 Facility. 

7 DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE

8 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

9 For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear 

10 Detection Office, as authorized by title XIX of the Home11 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for man12 agement and administration of programs and activities, 

13 $36,339,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 

14 be for official reception and representation expenses: Pro15 vided further, That not later than 120 days after the date 

16 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu17 rity shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 

18 the House of Representatives and the Senate a strategic 

19 plan of investments necessary to implement the Depart20 ment of Homeland Security’s responsibilities under the do21 mestic component of the global nuclear detection architec22 ture that shall— 

23 (1) define the role and responsibilities of each 

24 Departmental component in support of the domestic 

25 detection architecture, including any existing or 

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1 planned programs to pre-screen cargo or convey2 ances overseas; 

3 (2) identify and describe the specific invest4 ments being made by each Departmental component 

5 in fiscal year 2015 and planned for fiscal year 2016 

6 to support the domestic architecture and the secu7 rity of sea, land, and air pathways into the United 

8 States; 

9 (3) describe the investments necessary to close 

10 known vulnerabilities and gaps, including associated 

11 costs and timeframes, and estimates of feasibility 

12 and cost effectiveness; and 

13 (4) explain how the Department’s research and 

14 development funding is furthering the implementa15 tion of the domestic nuclear detection architecture, 

16 including specific investments planned for each of 

17 fiscal years 2015 and 2016. 

18 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS

19 For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear 

20 research, development, testing, evaluation, and operations, 

21 $201,068,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2017. 

23 SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

24 For necessary expenses for the Domestic Nuclear De25 tection Office acquisition and deployment of radiological 

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1 detection systems in accordance with the global nuclear 

2 detection architecture, $74,861,000, to remain available 

3 until September 30, 2017. 

4 TITLE V 

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

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

8 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

9 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

11 of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropria12 tions provided for activities in this Act may be transferred 

13 to appropriation accounts for such activities established 

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

15 applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be ac16 counted for as one fund for the same time period as origi17 nally enacted. 

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

19 provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 

20 in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 

21 that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

22 year 2015, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

23 of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail24 able to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 

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1 for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 

2 funds that: 

3 (1) creates a new program, project, or activity; 

4 (2) eliminates a program, project, office, or ac5 tivity; 

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

7 activity for which funds have been denied or re8 stricted by the Congress; 

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

10 activity by either of the Committees on Appropria11 tions of the House of Representatives or the Senate 

12 for a different purpose; or 

13 (5) contracts out any function or activity for 

14 which funding levels were requested for Federal full15 time equivalents in the object classification tables 

16 contained in the fiscal year 2015 Budget Appendix 

17 for the Department of Homeland Security, as modi18 fied by the report accompanying this Act, unless the 

19 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep20 resentatives and the Senate are notified 15 days in 

21 advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

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

23 by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or 

24 transferred to the Department of Homeland Security that 

25 remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

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1 year 2015, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

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

3 proceeds available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 

4 be available for obligation or expenditure for programs, 

5 projects, or activities through a reprogramming of funds 

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

7 that: 

8 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac9 tivities; 

10 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist11 ing program, project, or activity; 

12 (3) reduces by 10 percent the numbers of per13 sonnel approved by the Congress; or 

14 (4) results from any general savings from a re15 duction in personnel that would result in a change 

16 in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap17 proved by the Congress, unless the Committees on 

18 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

19 the Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such 

20 reprogramming of funds. 

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

22 made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart23 ment of Homeland Security by this Act or provided by 

24 previous appropriations Acts may be transferred between 

25 such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 

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1 otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 

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

3 transfer under this section shall be treated as a re4 programming of funds under subsection (b) and shall not 

5 be available for obligation unless the Committees on Ap6 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen7 ate are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer. 

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

9 this section, no funds shall be reprogrammed within or 

10 transferred between appropriations based upon an initial 

11 notification provided after June 30, except in extraor12 dinary circumstances that imminently threaten the safety 

13 of human life or the protection of property. 

14 (e) The notification thresholds and procedures set 

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

16 balances of funds provided in previous Department of 

17 Homeland Security Appropriations Acts. 

18 SEC. 504. The Department of Homeland Security 

19 Working Capital Fund, established pursuant to section 

20 403 of Public Law 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), shall 

21 continue operations as a permanent working capital fund 

22 for fiscal year 2015: Provided, That none of the funds ap23 propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 

24 of Homeland Security may be used to make payments to 

25 the Working Capital Fund, except for the activities and 

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1 amounts allowed in the President’s fiscal year 2015 budg2 et: Provided further, That funds provided to the Working 

3 Capital Fund shall be available for obligation until ex4 pended to carry out the purposes of the Working Capital 

5 Fund: Provided further, That all Departmental compo6 nents shall be charged only for direct usage of each Work7 ing Capital Fund service: Provided further, That funds 

8 provided to the Working Capital Fund shall be used only 

9 for purposes consistent with the contributing component: 

10 Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund shall be 

11 paid in advance or reimbursed at rates which will return 

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

13 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent14 atives and the Senate shall be notified of any activity 

15 added to or removed from the fund: Provided further, That 

16 the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Home17 land Security shall submit a quarterly execution report 

18 with activity level detail, not later than 30 days after the 

19 end of each quarter. 

20 SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

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

22 remaining 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 ap25 propriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2015 

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1 in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 

2 2016, in the account and for the purposes for which the 

3 appropriations were provided: Provided, That prior to the 

4 obligation of such funds, a request shall be submitted to 

5 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep6 resentatives and the Senate for approval in accordance 

7 with section 503 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 Na11 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 

12 year 2015 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel13 ligence 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 

24 $10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home25 land Security funds; 

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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 noti8 fies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

9 Representatives and the Senate at least 3 full business 

10 days in advance of making an award or issuing a letter 

11 as described 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 

15 made without notification, and the Secretary shall notify 

16 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep17 resentatives and the Senate not later than 5 full business 

18 days after 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 

24 appropriated; and the type of contract. 

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1 (e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

2 Management Agency shall brief the Committees on Appro3 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

4 5 full business days in advance of announcing publicly the 

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

6 Programs’’. 

7 SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 law, no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any ad9 ditional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 

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

11 law enforcement training without the advance approval of 

12 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep13 resentatives and the Senate, except that the Federal Law 

14 Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the 

15 temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, 

16 or other agreement for training that cannot be accommo17 dated in existing Center facilities. 

18 SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act may be used for expenses 

20 for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition 

21 project for which a prospectus otherwise required under 

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

23 approved, except that necessary funds may be expended 

24 for each project for required expenses for the development 

25 of a proposed prospectus. 

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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 Depart8 ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (6 

9 U.S.C. 114), shall not apply with respect to funds made 

10 available 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 

15 chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

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

17 Act may be used by any person other than the Privacy 

18 Officer appointed under subsection (a) of section 222 of 

19 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 142(a)) to 

20 alter, direct that changes be made to, delay, or prohibit 

21 the transmission to Congress of any report prepared under 

22 paragraph (6) of such subsection. 

23 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this 

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

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1 by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

2 (8 U.S.C. 1448). 

3 SEC. 514. (a) Not later than 30 days after the last 

4 day of each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the De5 partment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Com6 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

7 and the Senate a monthly budget and staffing report for 

8 that month that includes total obligations of the Depart9 ment for that month for the fiscal year at the appropria10 tion and program, project, and activity levels, by the 

11 source year of the appropriation. Total obligations for 

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

13 and funded full-time equivalent staffing levels, respec14 tively, and the report shall specify the number of, and total 

15 obligations for, contract employees for each office of the 

16 Department. 

17 (b) Not later than 45 days after the date of enact18 ment of the Act, the Chief Financial Officer of the Depart19 ment of Homeland Security shall submit an obligation and 

20 expenditure plan by quarter for the following offices, agen21 cies, accounts, programs, projects, or activities of the De22 partment: 

23 (1) Office of the Secretary and Executive Man24 agement, the Office of Policy; 

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1 (2) Office of the Secretary and Executive Man2 agement, the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Lib3 erties; 

4 (3) Office of the Secretary and Executive Man5 agement, the Citizenship and Immigration Services 

6 Ombudsman; 

7 (4) Office of the Secretary and Executive Man8 agement, the Privacy Officer; 

9 (5) U.S. Customs and Border Protection; 

10 (6) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce11 ment; 

12 (7) Transportation Security Administration, 

13 Transportation Security Support, with respect to air 

14 cargo security, checkpoint support, and explosives 

15 detection systems refurbishment, procurement, and 

16 installations on an airport-by-airport basis; 

17 (8) Transportation Security Administration, 

18 Federal Air Marshals, for ensuring optimal coverage 

19 of high-risk flights; 

20 (9) National Protection and Programs Direc21 torate, Infrastructure Protection and Information 

22 Security, Federal Network Security, Network Secu23 rity Deployment, and Office of Biometric Identity 

24 Management; 

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1 (10) Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

2 Disaster Relief Fund, with respect to disaster readi3 ness and support; 

4 (11) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv5 ices; 

6 (12) Federal Law Enforcement Training Cen7 ter; and 

8 (13) Office of the Under Secretary for Manage9 ment, Department Headquarters consolidation pro10 gram and associated mission support consolidation. 

11 (c) The Chief Financial Officer of the Department 

12 of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on 

13 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

14 Senate a quarterly report detailing obligations and ex15 penditures against the obligation and expenditure plan 

16 and a justification for any changes from the initial plan 

17 for the following: 

18 (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection; 

19 (2) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce20 ment; 

21 (3) National Protection and Programs Direc22 torate, Infrastructure Protection and Information 

23 Security, Federal Network Security, Network Secu24 rity Deployment, and Office of Biometric Identity 

25 Management; 

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1 (4) Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

2 Disaster Relief Fund, with respect to disaster readi3 ness and support; 

4 (5) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; 

5 and 

6 (6) Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. 

7 SEC. 515. Except as provided in section 44945 of title 

8 49, United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred 

9 to Transportation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Se10 curity’’, ‘‘Administration’’, and ‘‘Transportation Security 

11 Support’’ for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 that are recov12 ered or deobligated shall be available only for the procure13 ment or installation of explosives detection systems, air 

14 cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject 

15 to notification: Provided, That quarterly reports shall be 

16 submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives and the Senate on any funds 

18 that are recovered or deobligated. 

19 SEC. 516. Any funds appropriated to Coast Guard 

20 ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ for fiscal 

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

22 123 foot patrol boat conversion that are recovered, col23 lected, or otherwise received as the result of negotiation, 

24 mediation, or litigation, shall be available until expended 

25 for the Fast Response Cutter program. 

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1 SEC. 517. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce2 ment Training Center instructor staff shall be classified 

3 as inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal 

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

5 note). 

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

7 shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2015, 

8 to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of 

9 Homeland Security listing all grants and contracts award10 ed by any means other than full and open competition dur11 ing fiscal year 2015. 

12 (b) The Inspector General shall review the report re13 quired by subsection (a) to assess Departmental compli14 ance with applicable laws and regulations and report the 

15 results of that review to the Committees on Appropriations 

16 of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 

17 than February 15, 2016. 

18 SEC. 519. None of the funds provided by this or pre19 vious appropriations Acts shall be used to fund any posi20 tion designated as a Principal Federal Official (or the suc21 cessor thereto) for any Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

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

23 declared disasters or emergencies unless— 

24 (1) the responsibilities of the Principal Federal 

25 Official do not include operational functions related 

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1 to incident management, including coordination of 

2 operations, and are consistent with the requirements 

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

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

5 (6 U.S.C. 319(c) and 313(c)(3) and 313(c)(4)(A)) 

6 and section 302 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

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

9 latter of the date on which the Secretary of Home10 land Security appoints the Principal Federal Official 

11 and the date on which the President issues a dec12 laration under section 401 or section 501 of the 

13 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

14 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191, respec15 tively), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

16 submit a notification of the appointment of the Prin17 cipal Federal Official and a description of the re18 sponsibilities of such Official and how such respon19 sibilities are consistent with paragraph (1) to the 

20 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep21 resentatives and the Senate, the Committee on 

22 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

23 Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland 

24 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

25 and 

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1 (3) not later than 60 days after the date of en2 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a re3 port specifying timeframes and milestones regarding 

4 the update of operations, planning and policy docu5 ments, and training and exercise protocols, to ensure 

6 consistency with paragraph (1) of this section. 

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

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

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

10 U.S.C. 452). 

11 SEC. 521. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be used by United States Citizenship and Immi13 gration Services to grant an immigration benefit unless 

14 the results of background checks required by law to be 

15 completed prior to the granting of the benefit have been 

16 received by United States Citizenship and Immigration 

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

18 the benefit. 

19 SEC. 522. Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act 

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

21 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until Sep22 tember 30, 2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 

23 30, 2015,’’; and 

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

25 30, 2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015,’’. 

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1 SEC. 523. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

2 require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 

3 Security that provide award fees link such fees to success4 ful acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be speci5 fied in terms of cost, schedule, and performance). 

6 SEC. 524. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

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

10 the transportation of crude oil distributed from the Stra11 tegic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland 

12 Security, after consultation with the Secretaries of the De13 partments of Energy and Transportation and representa14 tives from the United States flag maritime industry, takes 

15 adequate measures to ensure the use of United States flag 

16 vessels: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com17 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

18 and the Senate, the Committee on Transportation and In19 frastructure of the House of Representatives, and the 

20 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

21 the Senate within 2 business days of any request for waiv22 ers of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 

23 46 U.S.C. 501(b). 

24 SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 

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

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1 to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 

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

3 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from im4 porting a prescription drug from Canada that complies 

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

6 That this section shall apply only to individuals trans7 porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the pre8 scription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided 

9 further, That the prescription drug may not be— 

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

11 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

12 802); or 

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

14 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 262). 

16 SEC. 526. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 

17 consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall no18 tify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

19 Representatives and the Senate of any proposed transfers 

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

21 31, United States Code (added by section 638 of Public 

22 Law 102–393) from the Department of the Treasury For23 feiture Fund to any agency within the Department of 

24 Homeland Security: Provided, That none of the funds 

25 identified for such a transfer may be obligated until the 

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1 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent2 atives and the Senate approve the proposed transfers. 

3 SEC. 527. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel5 oping a national identification card. 

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

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

8 days after the date on which the President determines 

9 whether to declare a major disaster because of an event 

10 and any appeal is completed, the Administrator shall pub11 lish on the website of the Federal Emergency Management 

12 Agency a report regarding that decision that shall summa13 rize damage assessment information used to determine 

14 whether to declare a major disaster. 

15 (b) The Administrator may redact from a report 

16 under subsection (a) any data that the Administrator de17 termines would compromise national security. 

18 (c) In this section— 

19 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad20 ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

21 Agency; and 

22 (2) the term ‘‘major disaster’’ has the meaning 

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

24 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

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

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

2 to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropria3 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate may 

4 not delegate such authority to perform that act unless spe5 cifically authorized herein. 

6 SEC. 530. Section 550(b) of the Department of 

7 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 

8 109–295; 6 U.S.C. 121 note), as amended by section 536 

9 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 

10 Act, 2014 (division F of Public Law 113–76), is further 

11 amended by striking ‘‘on October 4, 2014’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘on October 4, 2015’’. 

13 SEC. 531. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

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

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

17 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

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

19 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

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

21 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

22 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

23 SEC. 532. None of the funds made available in this 

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

25 of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 

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1 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Fed2 eral Regulations. 

3 SEC. 533. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used to employ workers described in section 

5 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

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

7 SEC. 534. (a) Any company that collects or retains 

8 personal information directly from any individual who par9 ticipates in the Registered Traveler or successor program 

10 of the Transportation Security Administration shall safe11 guard and dispose of such information in accordance with 

12 the requirements in— 

13 (1) the National Institute for Standards and 

14 Technology Special Publication 800–30, entitled 

15 ‘‘Risk Management Guide for Information Tech16 nology Systems’’; 

17 (2) the National Institute for Standards and 

18 Technology Special Publication 800–53, Revision 3, 

19 entitled ‘‘Recommended Security Controls for Fed20 eral Information Systems and Organizations’’; and 

21 (3) any supplemental standards established by 

22 the Administrator of the Transportation Security 

23 Administration (referred to in this section as the 

24 ‘‘Administrator’’). 

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1 (b) In this section the airport authority or air carrier 

2 operator that sponsors the company under the Registered 

3 Traveler program is referred to as the ‘‘Sponsoring Enti4 ty’’. 

5 (c) The Administrator shall require each company re6 ferred to in subsection (a) to provide, not later than 30 

7 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to the Spon8 soring Entity written certification that the procedures 

9 used by the company to safeguard and dispose of informa10 tion are in compliance with the requirements under sub11 section (a). Such certification shall include a description 

12 of the procedures used by the company to comply with 

13 such requirements. 

14 SEC. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

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

17 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 

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

21 SEC. 536. In developing any process to screen avia22 tion passengers and crews for transportation or national 

23 security purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

24 shall ensure that all such processes take into consideration 

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1 such passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil liberties con2 sistent with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance. 

3 SEC. 537. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of 

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

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

6 may be allocated by United States Citizenship and Immi7 gration Services in fiscal year 2015 for the purpose of pro8 viding an immigrant integration grants program. 

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

10 States Citizenship and Immigration Services for grants for 

11 immigrant integration may be used to provide services to 

12 aliens who have not been lawfully admitted for permanent 

13 residence. 

14 SEC. 538. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this Act may be used by the De16 partment of Homeland Security to enter into any Federal 

17 contract unless such contract is entered into in accordance 

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

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

20 Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such 

21 contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered 

22 into without regard to the above referenced statutes. 

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

24 systems modernization, $30,000,000. 

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1 (b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for finan2 cial systems modernization may be transferred by the Sec3 retary of Homeland Security between appropriations for 

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

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

6 until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of 

7 the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 

8 of such transfer. 

9 SEC. 540. Notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation 

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

11 Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established 

12 by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appro13 priations available to the Department of Homeland Secu14 rity: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com15 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

16 and the Senate 5 days in advance of such transfer. 

17 SEC. 541. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

19 that specific U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

20 Service Processing Centers or other U.S. Immigration and 

21 Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities no longer 

22 meet the mission need, the Secretary is authorized to dis23 pose of individual Service Processing Centers or other 

24 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement owned de25 tention facilities by directing the Administrator of General 

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1 Services to sell all real and related personal property which 

2 support Service Processing Centers or other U.S. Immi3 gration and Customs Enforcement owned detention facili4 ties, subject to such terms and conditions as necessary to 

5 protect Government interests and meet program require6 ments: Provided, That the proceeds, net of the costs of 

7 sale incurred by the General Services Administration and 

8 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shall be de9 posited as offsetting collections into a separate account 

10 that shall be available, subject to appropriation, until ex11 pended for other real property capital asset needs of exist12 ing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement assets, 

13 excluding daily operations and maintenance costs, as the 

14 Secretary deems appropriate: Provided further, That any 

15 sale or collocation of federally owned detention facilities 

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

17 detention beds: Provided further, That the Committees on 

18 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

19 Senate shall be notified 15 days prior to the announce20 ment of any proposed sale or collocation. 

21 SEC. 542. The Director of the United States Secret 

22 Service shall, with respect to fiscal years 2015, 2016, 

23 2017, and 2018, submit to the Committees on Appropria24 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, at 

25 the time the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 

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1 2016 is submitted pursuant to the requirements of section 

2 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the information 

3 required in the multi-year investment and management 

4 plans required under the headings ‘‘United States Secret 

5 Service–Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, and Re6 lated Expenses’’ under division D of the Department of 

7 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 

8 113-6). 

9 SEC. 543. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

10 ensure enforcement of all immigration laws (as defined in 

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

12 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))). 

13 SEC. 544. (a) Of the amounts made available by this 

14 Act for National Protection and Programs Directorate, 

15 ‘‘Infrastructure Protection and Information Security’’, 

16 $140,525,000 for the ‘‘Federal Network Security’’ pro17 gram, project, and activity shall be used to deploy on Fed18 eral systems technology to improve the information secu19 rity of agency information systems covered by section 

20 3543(a) of title 44, United States Code: Provided, That 

21 funds made available under this section shall be used to 

22 assist and support Government-wide and agency-specific 

23 efforts to provide adequate, risk-based, and cost-effective 

24 cybersecurity to address escalating and rapidly evolving 

25 threats to information security, including the acquisition 

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1 and operation of a continuous monitoring and diagnostics 

2 program, in collaboration with departments and agencies, 

3 that includes equipment, software, and Department of 

4 Homeland Security supplied services: Provided further, 

5 That continuous monitoring and diagnostics software pro6 cured by the funds made available by this section shall 

7 not transmit to the Department of Homeland Security any 

8 personally identifiable information or content of network 

9 communications of other agencies’ users: Provided further, 

10 That such software shall be installed, maintained, and op11 erated in accordance with all applicable privacy laws and 

12 agency-specific policies regarding network content. 

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

14 be used to supplant funds provided for any such system 

15 within an agency budget. 

16 (c) Not later than July 1, 2015, the heads of all Fed17 eral agencies shall submit to the Committees on Appro18 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

19 expenditure plans for necessary cybersecurity improve20 ments to address known vulnerabilities to information sys21 tems described in subsection (a). 

22 (d) Not later than October 1, 2015, and quarterly 

23 thereafter, the head of each Federal agency shall submit 

24 to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

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

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1 agency required by subsection (c): Provided, That the Di2 rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall sum3 marize such execution reports and annually submit such 

4 summaries to Congress in conjunction with the annual 

5 progress report on implementation of the E-Government 

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

7 3606 of title 44, United States Code. 

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

9 judicial branches of the Federal Government and shall 

10 apply to all Federal agencies within the executive branch 

11 except for the Department of Defense, the Central Intel12 ligence Agency, and the Office of the Director of National 

13 Intelligence. 

14 SEC. 545. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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

16 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

17 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

20 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi21 nal investigation, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

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

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

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1 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 

2 law enforcement personnel of the United States continu3 ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

4 SEC. 547. None of the funds provided in this or any 

5 other Act may be obligated to implement the National Pre6 paredness Grant Program or any other successor grant 

7 programs unless explicitly authorized by Congress. 

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

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

10 Public Advocate, or a successor position, within U.S. Im11 migration and Customs Enforcement. 

12 SEC. 549. For fiscal year 2015, the Commissioner of 

13 U.S. Customs and Border Protection may conduct a pilot 

14 program in accordance with section 559 of division F of 

15 Public Law 113–76 to permit U.S. Customs and Border 

16 Protection to enter into partnerships with private sector 

17 and Government entities at ports of entry for certain serv18 ices and to accept certain donations. 

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

20 Act may be used to pay for travel to or attendance at a 

21 single international conference by more than 50 employees 

22 of a single component of the Department of Homeland Se23 curity, who are stationed in the United States, unless the 

24 Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, determines 

25 that such attendance is in the national interest and notimstockstill on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 fies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

2 Representatives and the Senate within at least 10 days 

3 of that determination; including by providing the basis for 

4 that determination: Provided, That for purposes of this 

5 section the term ‘‘international conference’’ means a con6 ference occurring outside of the United States attended 

7 by representatives of the United States Government and 

8 of foreign governments, international organizations, or 

9 nongovernmental organizations. 

10 SEC. 551. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

12 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

13 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor14 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 

15 under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 

16 where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un17 less the agency has considered suspension or debarment 

18 of the corporation and has made a determination that this 

19 further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 

20 the Government. 

21 SEC. 552. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

23 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

24 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor25 poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

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1 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

2 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

3 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree4 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

5 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

6 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

7 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter8 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro9 tect the interests of the Government. 

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

11 Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department 

12 or agency for its participation in a National Special Secu13 rity Event. 

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

15 Act may be used for new U.S. Customs and Border Pro16 tection air preclearance agreements entering into force 

17 after February 1, 2014, unless— 

18 (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in con19 sultation with the Secretary of State, has certified to 

20 Congress that air preclearance operations at the air21 port provide a homeland or national security benefit 

22 to the United States; 

23 (2) United States passenger air carriers are not 

24 precluded from operating at existing preclearance lo25 cations; and 

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1 (3) a United States passenger air carrier is op2 erating at all airports contemplated for establish3 ment of new air preclearance operations. 

4 SEC. 555. None of the funds made available by this 

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

6 the Transportation Security Administration to implement, 

7 administer, or enforce, in abrogation of the responsibility 

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

9 Code, any requirement that airport operators provide air10 port-financed staffing to monitor exit points from the ster11 ile area of any airport at which the Transportation Secu12 rity Administration provided such monitoring as of De13 cember 1, 2013. 

14 SEC. 556. (a) None of the funds made available in 

15 this Act may be used to require a chemical facility to em16 ploy or not employ a particular security measure for per17 sonnel surety if the facility has adopted personnel meas18 ures designed to— 

19 (1) verify and validate an individual’s identifica20 tion; 

21 (2) check an individual’s criminal history; 

22 (3) verify and validate an individual’s legal au23 thorization to work; and 

24 (4) identify individuals with terrorist ties. 

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1 (b) A facility may satisfy the criterion under sub2 section (a)(4) by utilizing any Federal screening program 

3 that periodically vets individuals against the terrorist 

4 screening database, or any successor to such database, in5 cluding the Personnel Surety Program of the Department 

6 of Homeland Security. 

7 SEC. 557. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fire8 fighter Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary may grant waiv9 ers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), 

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

11 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 

12 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

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

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

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

16 new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 

17 Southern border or the Northern border at a land 

18 port of entry; or 

19 (2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 

20 of a border crossing fee. 

21 (b) BORDER CROSSING FEE DEFINED.—In this sec22 tion, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ means a fee that 

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

24 private motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege 

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1 of crossing the Southern border or the Northern border 

2 at a land port of entry. 

3 SEC. 559. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 

4 United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im5 plementation Act (Public Law 112–42), fees collected 

6 from passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an ad7 jacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Con8 solidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 

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

10 SEC. 560. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

11 submit to Congress at the time the President’s budget pro12 posal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant to section 

13 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a comprehensive 

14 report on the purchase and usage of ammunition, sub15 divided by ammunition type, as specified in section 569 

16 of division F of Public Law 113–76. 

17 SEC. 561. (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 

23 on the purchase and usage of weapons, subdivided by 

24 weapon type. The report shall include— 

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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 

15 submitted in an appropriate format in order to ensure the 

16 safety of law enforcement personnel. 

17 SEC. 562. 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. 563. None of the funds made available to the 

22 Department of Homeland Security by this or any other 

23 Act may be obligated for any structural pay reform that 

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1 fore the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date 

2 on which the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to 

3 Congress a notification 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 

7 current year and through the Future Years Home8 land 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 Depart12 ment. 

13 SEC. 564. (a) The congressional budget justifications 

14 accompanying the President’s budget proposal for the De15 partment of the Homeland Security for fiscal year 2016 

16 shall include the following for each acquisition of an in17 vestment item, as defined under subsection (b), equal to 

18 or in excess of $250,000: 

19 (1) the item delineated by appropriation and 

20 program, project, or activity; 

21 (2) the material and supporting documentation, 

22 including a project description, justification, and 

23 scope; including the capabilities to be fielded; 

24 (3) key events for the prior year, current year, 

25 and budget year; 

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1 (4) funding delineated by year of appropriation 

2 (including prior year; current year; budget year; 

3 budget year plus one; budget year plus 2; budget 

4 year plus 3; budget year plus 4 and beyond); 

5 (5) total cost; 

6 (6) the actual or estimated appropriations, obli7 gations, unobligated authority, planned expenditures, 

8 and planned increment or units to be procured; 

9 (7) available funding budget plan (projected ob10 ligations by year appropriated) broken out by cost 

11 category; and 

12 (8) contract information and status. 

13 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop 

14 for the purpose of categorizing resource requirements as 

15 an investment item under subsection (a) definitions of 

16 ‘‘expense item’’, ‘‘investment item’’, and other terms nec17 essary to implement this section, that are consistent with 

18 definitions used by other Federal agencies. 

19 (c) Except as otherwise provided by law, appropria20 tions for salaries and expenses and operating expenses 

21 may not be used to purchase investment items at a unit 

22 cost of equal to or in excess of $250,000. 

23 SEC. 565. Notwithstanding any other provision of the 

24 law, Gerardo Ismael Hernandez, a Transportation Secu25 rity Officer employed by the Transportation Security Admstockstill on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 ministration who died in the line of duty on November 

2 1, 2013, at the Los Angeles International Airport, shall 

3 be deemed to have been a public safety officer for the pur4 poses of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act 

5 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.). 

6 SEC. 566. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

7 for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall be 

8 available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of 

9 the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 

10 to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Provided, That 

11 should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a 

12 court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null 

13 and void. 

14 SEC. 567. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

15 for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall be 

16 used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any 

17 way the performance of, any abortion. 

18 SEC. 568. Nothing in the preceding section shall re19 move the obligation of the Assistant Secretary of Home20 land Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce21 ment to provide escort services necessary for a female de22 tainee to receive such service outside the detention facility: 

23 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin24 ishes the effect of section 567 intended to address the philmstockstill on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 osophical beliefs of individual employees of U.S. Immigra2 tion and Customs Enforcement. 

3 SEC. 569. The Office of Management and Budget 

4 and the Department of Homeland Security shall ensure 

5 the congressional budget justifications accompanying the 

6 President’s budget proposal for the Department of Home7 land Security, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of 

8 title 31, United States Code, include estimates of the num9 ber of unaccompanied alien children anticipated to be ap10 prehended in the budget year and the number of agent 

11 or officer hours required to process, manage, and care for 

12 such children: Provided, That such materials shall also in13 clude estimates of all other associated costs for each rel14 evant Departmental component, including but not limited 

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

16 technical, and advisory services; medical treatment; and 

17 all costs associated with transporting such children from 

18 one Departmental component to another or from a De19 partmental component to another Federal agency. 

20 (RESCISSIONS)

21 SEC. 570. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart22 ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are here23 by rescinded from the following accounts and programs 

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

25 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 

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1 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con2 current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 

3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 

4 99–177): 

5 (1) $2,550,000 from Public Law 112–10 under 

6 the heading ‘‘Coast Guard–Acquisition, Construc7 tion, and Improvements’’; 

8 (2) $4,095,000 from Public Law 112–74 under 

9 the heading ‘‘Coast Guard–Acquisition, Construc10 tion, and Improvements’’ in division D of such Act; 

11 (3) $16,892,000 from Public Law 113–6 under 

12 the heading ‘‘Coast Guard–Acquisition, Construc13 tion, and Improvements’’ in division D of such Act; 

14 (4) $8,000,000 from Public Law 113–76 under 

15 the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection– 

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

17 Act; 

18 (5) $20,000,000 from Public Law 113–76 

19 under the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Admin20 istration–Aviation Security’’ in division F of such 

21 Act; 

22 (6) $52,905,000 from Public Law 113–76 

23 under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard–Acquisition, Con24 struction, and Improvements’’ in division F of such 

25 Act; 

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1 (7) $14,000,000 from ‘‘Science and Tech2 nology–Research, Development, Acquisition, and Op3 erations’’ account 70x0800. 

4 (RESCISSIONS)

5 SEC. 571. From the unobligated balances made avail6 able in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

7 established by section 9703 of title 31, United States 

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

9 $200,000,000 shall be rescinded. 

10 (RESCISSIONS)

11 SEC. 572. Of the funds transferred to the Depart12 ment of Homeland Security when it was created in 2003, 

13 $1,362,000 is rescinded from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 

14 Protection–Salaries and Expenses’’. 

15 (RESCISSIONS)

16 SEC. 573. Of the unobligated balance available to 

17 ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency–Disaster Relief 

18 Fund’’, $388,511,000 is rescinded: Provided, That no 

19 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des20 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

21 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

22 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

23 1985: Provided further, That no amounts may be re24 scinded from the amounts that were designated by the 

25 Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

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1 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

4 SEC. 574. The amount by which the applicable alloca5 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

6 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec7 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex8 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home10 land Security Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 357 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4903 

[Report No. 113–481] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of 

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

JUNE 19, 2014 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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