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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2534 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 443
113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2534

                          [Report No. 113-198]

 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 26, 2014

   Ms. Landrieu, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
    following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the 
                                calendar

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS

            Office of the Secretary and Executive Management

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, as authorized by section 102 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), and executive management of the Department of 
Homeland Security, as authorized by law, $124,571,000:  Provided, That 
not to exceed $45,000 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses:  Provided further, That all official costs 
associated with the use of government aircraft by Department of 
Homeland Security personnel to support official travel of the Secretary 
and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid from amounts made available for 
the Immediate Office of the Secretary and the Immediate Office of the 
Deputy Secretary:  Provided further, That expenditure plans for the 
Office of Policy, the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, the Office 
for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Citizenship and Immigration 
Services Ombudsman, and the Privacy Officer shall be submitted at the 
time the President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code.

              Office of the Under Secretary for Management

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Management, as authorized by sections 701 through 705 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 through 345), $192,692,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses:  Provided, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading, $4,493,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016, 
solely for the alteration and improvement of facilities, tenant 
improvements, and relocation costs to consolidate Department 
headquarters operations at the Nebraska Avenue Complex; and $8,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2016, for the Human 
Resources Information Technology program:  Provided further, That the 
Under Secretary for Management shall, pursuant to the requirements 
contained in House Report 112-331, submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, at the 
time the President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a 
Comprehensive Acquisition Status Report, which shall include the 
information required under the heading ``Office of the Under Secretary 
for Management'' under title I of division D of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-74), and shall submit 
quarterly updates to such report not later than 45 days after the 
completion of each quarter.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), $48,213,000:  Provided, That the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, at the time the 
President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant 
to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Future Years 
Homeland Security Program, as authorized by section 874 of Public Law 
107-296 (6 U.S.C. 454).

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), and Department-wide technology investments, 
$254,001,000; of which $95,078,000 shall be available for salaries and 
expenses; and of which $158,923,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016, shall be available for development and acquisition 
of information technology equipment, software, services, and related 
activities for the Department of Homeland Security.

                        Analysis and Operations

    For necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and operations 
coordination activities, as authorized by title II of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $295,269,000; of which not 
to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses; and of which $131,679,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2016.

                      Office of Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), $118,617,000; of which not to exceed $300,000 may be used 
for certain confidential operational expenses, including the payment of 
informants, to be expended at the direction of the Inspector General.

                                TITLE II

               SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS

                   U.S. Customs and Border Protection

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relating to border 
security, immigration, customs, agricultural inspections and regulatory 
activities related to plant and animal imports, and transportation of 
unaccompanied minor aliens; purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 
for replacement only) police-type vehicles; and contracting with 
individuals for personal services abroad; $8,320,391,000; of which 
$3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for 
administrative expenses related to the collection of the Harbor 
Maintenance Fee pursuant to section 9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding section 
1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); 
of which not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses; of which such sums as become available in the 
Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of 
the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account; of which not to exceed 
$150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space in connection 
with preclearance operations; and of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted for 
solely under the certificate of the Secretary of Homeland Security:  
Provided, That for fiscal year 2015, the overtime limitation prescribed 
in section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 
267(c)(1)) shall be $35,000; and notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to 
compensate any employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 
overtime, from whatever source, in an amount that exceeds such 
limitation, except in individual cases determined by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, or the designee of the Secretary, to be necessary 
for national security purposes, to prevent excessive costs, or in cases 
of immigration emergencies:  Provided further, That the Border Patrol 
shall maintain an active duty presence of not less than 21,370 full-
time equivalent agents protecting the borders of the United States in 
the fiscal year:  Provided further, That without regard to the 
limitation as to time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the 
Secretary may propose to reprogram and transfer funds within and into 
this appropriation as necessary to ensure the care and transportation 
of unaccompanied alien children.

                        automation modernization

    For necessary expenses for U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 
operation and improvement of automated systems, including salaries and 
expenses, $806,699,000; of which $445,575,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017; and of which not less than $140,970,000 shall 
be for the development of the Automated Commercial Environment.

        border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology

    For expenses for border security fencing, infrastructure, and 
technology, $362,466,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017.

                       air and marine operations

    For necessary expenses for the operations, maintenance, and 
procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, unmanned aircraft systems, and 
other related equipment of the air and marine program, including 
salaries and expenses, operational training, and mission-related 
travel, the operations of which include the following: the interdiction 
of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to Federal, 
State, and local agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws 
enforced by the Department of Homeland Security; and, at the discretion 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the provision of assistance to 
Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and 
emergency humanitarian efforts; $706,569,000; of which $290,900,000 
shall be available for salaries and expenses; and of which $415,669,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That no 
aircraft or other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft 
that are one-of-a-kind and have been identified as excess to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection requirements and aircraft that have been 
damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other Federal 
agency, department, or office outside of the Department of Homeland 
Security during fiscal year 2015 without prior notice to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, on any changes to the 5-year strategic plan for the air and 
marine program required under the heading ``Air and Marine 
Interdiction, Operations, and Maintenance'' in Public Law 112-74.

                 construction and facilities management

    For necessary expenses to plan, acquire, construct, renovate, 
equip, furnish, operate, manage, and maintain buildings, facilities, 
and related infrastructure necessary for the administration and 
enforcement of the laws relating to customs, immigration, and border 
security, including land ports of entry where the Administrator of 
General Services has delegated to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
the authority to operate, maintain, repair, and alter such facilities, 
and to pay rent to the General Services Administration for use of land 
ports of entry, $478,459,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019.

                  Immigration and Customs Enforcement

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigration and customs 
laws, detention and removals, and investigations, including 
intellectual property rights and overseas vetted units operations; and 
purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only) police-
type vehicles; $5,136,957,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall 
be available until expended for conducting special operations under 
section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081); 
of which not to exceed $11,475 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses; of which not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be for 
awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted for solely under 
the certificate of the Secretary of Homeland Security; of which not 
less than $305,000 shall be for promotion of public awareness of the 
child pornography tipline and activities to counter child exploitation; 
of which not less than $5,400,000 shall be used to facilitate 
agreements consistent with section 287(g) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)); of which not to exceed $40,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017, is for maintenance, 
construction, and lease hold improvements at owned and leased 
facilities; and of which not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available 
to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs associated 
with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled aliens 
unlawfully present in the United States:  Provided, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading shall be available to 
compensate any employee for overtime in an annual amount in excess of 
$35,000, except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the 
designee of the Secretary, may waive that amount as necessary for 
national security purposes and in cases of immigration emergencies:  
Provided further, That of the total amount provided, $15,770,000 shall 
be for activities to enforce laws against forced child labor, of which 
not to exceed $6,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  
Provided further, That of the total amount available, not less than 
$1,600,000,000 shall be available to identify aliens convicted of a 
crime who may be deportable, and to remove them from the United States 
once they are judged deportable:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall prioritize the identification and removal of 
aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime:  Provided 
further, That funding made available under this heading shall maintain 
a level of not less than 31,039 detention beds through September 30, 
2015:  Provided further, That of the total amount provided, not less 
than $2,724,895,000 is for enforcement and removal operations, 
including transportation of unaccompanied minor aliens:  Provided 
further, That, of the amount provided for Custody Operations in the 
previous proviso, $45,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2019:  Provided further, That, of the total amount provided for the 
Visa Security Program and international investigations, $30,535,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided further, 
That not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for investigation of 
intellectual property rights violations, including operation of the 
National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided under this heading may be used 
to continue a delegation of law enforcement authority authorized under 
section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General 
determines that the terms of the agreement governing the delegation of 
authority have been violated:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided under this heading may be used to continue any contract for 
the provision of detention services if the two most recent overall 
performance evaluations received by the contracted facility are less 
than ``adequate'' or the equivalent median score in any subsequent 
performance evaluation system:  Provided further, That nothing under 
this heading shall prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
from exercising those authorities provided under immigration laws (as 
defined in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))) during priority operations pertaining to aliens 
convicted of a crime:  Provided further, That without regard to the 
limitation as to time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the 
Secretary may propose to reprogram and transfer funds within and into 
this appropriation as necessary to ensure the detention of aliens 
prioritized for removal and the care and transportation of 
unaccompanied alien children.

                        automation modernization

    For expenses of immigration and customs enforcement automated 
systems, $26,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017.

                 Transportation Security Administration

                           aviation security

    For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration related to providing civil aviation security services 
pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Public Law 
107-71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note), $5,634,710,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016; of which not to exceed $7,650 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses:  Provided, That 
any award to deploy explosives detection systems shall be based on 
risk, the airport's current reliance on other screening solutions, 
lobby congestion resulting in increased security concerns, high injury 
rates, airport readiness, and increased cost effectiveness:  Provided 
further, That security service fees authorized under section 44940 of 
title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections and shall be available only for aviation 
security:  Provided further, That the sum appropriated under this 
heading from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar 
basis as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 
2015 so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at not more than $3,554,710,000:  Provided 
further, That the fees deposited under this heading in fiscal year 2013 
and sequestered pursuant to section 251A of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a), that are 
currently unavailable for obligation, are hereby permanently cancelled: 
 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2015, any funds in the Aviation 
Security Capital Fund established by section 44923(h) of title 49, 
United States Code, may be used for the procurement and installation of 
explosives detection systems or for the issuance of other transaction 
agreements for the purpose of funding projects described in section 
44923(a) of such title:  Provided further, That not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
detailed report on--
            (1) the Department of Homeland Security efforts and 
        resources being devoted to develop more advanced integrated 
        passenger screening technologies for the most effective 
        security of passengers and baggage at the lowest possible 
        operating and acquisition costs, including projected funding 
        levels for each fiscal year for the next 5 years or until 
        project completion, whichever is earlier;
            (2) how the Transportation Security Administration is 
        deploying its existing passenger and baggage screener workforce 
        in the most cost effective manner; and
            (3) labor savings from the deployment of improved 
        technologies for passenger and baggage screening and how those 
        savings are being used to offset security costs or reinvested 
        to address security vulnerabilities:
  Provided further, That the Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, a 
semiannual report updating information on a strategy to increase the 
number of air passengers eligible for expedited screening, including:
            (1) specific benchmarks and performance measures to 
        increase participation in Pre-Check by air carriers, airports, 
        and passengers;
            (2) options to facilitate direct application for enrollment 
        in Pre-Check through the Transportation Security 
        Administration's Web site, airports, and other enrollment 
        locations;
            (3) use of third parties to pre-screen passengers for 
        expedited screening;
            (4) inclusion of populations already vetted by the 
        Transportation Security Administration and other trusted 
        populations as eligible for expedited screening;
            (5) resource implications of expedited passenger screening 
        resulting from the use of risk-based security methods; and
            (6) the total number and percentage of passengers using 
        Pre-Check lanes who:
                    (A) have enrolled in Pre-Check since Transportation 
                Security Administration enrollment centers were 
                established;
                    (B) enrolled using the Transportation Security 
                Administration's Pre-Check application Web site;
                    (C) were enrolled as frequent flyers of a 
                participating airline;
                    (D) utilized Pre-Check as a result of their 
                enrollment in a Trusted Traveler program of U.S. 
                Customs and Border Protection;
                    (E) were selectively identified to participate in 
                expedited screening through the use of Managed 
                Inclusion; and
                    (F) are enrolled in all other Pre-Check categories:
  Provided further, That Members of the United States House of 
Representatives and United States Senate, including the leadership; the 
heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the 
Department of Homeland Security; the United States Attorney General, 
Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and the United 
States Attorneys; and senior members of the Executive Office of the 
President, including the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage 
screening.

                    surface transportation security

    For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration related to surface transportation security activities, 
$126,749,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016.

                        intelligence and vetting

    For necessary expenses for the development and implementation of 
intelligence and vetting activities, $219,166,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016.

                    transportation security support

    For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration related to transportation security support pursuant to 
the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107-71; 115 
Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note), $923,737,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016.

                       United States Coast Guard

                           operating expenses

    For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of the 
Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase or lease of not to 
exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, which shall be for replacement 
only; purchase or lease of small boats for contingent and emergent 
requirements (at a unit cost of no more than $700,000) and repairs and 
service-life replacements, not to exceed a total of $31,000,000; 
purchase or lease of boats necessary for overseas deployments and 
activities; minor shore construction projects not exceeding $1,000,000 
in total cost on any location; payments pursuant to section 156 of 
Public Law 97-377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation 
and welfare; $6,984,618,000, of which $553,000,000 shall be for 
defense-related activities, of which $213,000,000 is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be available only if the 
President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits 
such designations to the Congress; of which $24,500,000 shall be 
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the 
purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which not to exceed $15,300 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses:  Provided, That none of 
the funds made available by this Act shall be for expenses incurred for 
recreational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United States 
Code, except to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts and 
credited to this appropriation:  Provided further, That to the extent 
fees are insufficient to pay expenses of recreational vessel 
documentation under such section 12114, and there is a backlog of 
recreational vessel applications, then personnel performing non-
recreational vessel documentation functions under subchapter II of 
chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, may perform documentation 
under section 12114:  Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, $125,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for 
Coast Guard Headquarters Directorates until a future-years capital 
investment plan for fiscal years 2016 through 2020, as specified under 
the heading ``Coast Guard Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements'' 
of this Act, is submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives:  Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading for Overseas Contingency Operations/
Global War on Terrorism may be allocated by program, project, and 
activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act:  Provided further, 
That, without regard to the limitation as to time and condition of 
section 503(d) of this Act, after June 30, up to $10,000,000 may be 
reprogrammed to or from Military Pay and Allowances in accordance with 
subsections (a), (b), and (c), of section 503.

                environmental compliance and restoration

    For necessary expenses to carry out the environmental compliance 
and restoration functions of the Coast Guard under chapter 19 of title 
14, United States Code, $13,197,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019.

                            reserve training

    For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as authorized by 
law; operations and maintenance of the Coast Guard reserve program; 
personnel and training costs; and equipment and services; $114,572,000.

              acquisition, construction, and improvements

    For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, renovation, 
and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and 
aircraft, including equipment related thereto; and maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; as 
authorized by law; $1,330,376,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be 
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the 
purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which the following amounts shall be 
available until September 30, 2019 (except as subsequently specified): 
$6,000,000 for military family housing; $1,043,500,000 to acquire, 
effect major repairs to, renovate, or improve vessels, small boats, and 
related equipment; $68,000,000 to acquire, effect major repairs to, 
renovate, or improve aircraft or increase aviation capability; 
$57,300,000 for other acquisition programs; $40,580,000 for shore 
facilities and aids to navigation, including facilities at Department 
of Defense installations used by the Coast Guard; and $114,996,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2015, for personnel compensation 
and benefits and related costs:  Provided, That the funds provided by 
this Act shall be immediately available and allotted to contract for 
the production of the eighth National Security Cutter notwithstanding 
the availability of funds for post-production costs:  Provided further, 
That the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, at 
the time the President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is 
submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
a future-years capital investment plan for the Coast Guard that 
identifies for each requested capital asset--
            (1) the proposed appropriations included in that budget;
            (2) the total estimated cost of completion, including and 
        clearly delineating the costs of associated major acquisition 
        systems infrastructure and transition to operations;
            (3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year for the 
        next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition program baseline or 
        project completion, whichever is earlier;
            (4) an estimated completion date at the projected funding 
        levels; and
            (5) a current acquisition program baseline for each capital 
        asset, as applicable, that--
                    (A) includes the total acquisition cost of each 
                asset, subdivided by fiscal year and including a 
                detailed description of the purpose of the proposed 
                funding levels for each fiscal year, including for each 
                fiscal year funds requested for design, pre-acquisition 
                activities, production, structural modifications, 
                missionization, post-delivery, and transition to 
                operations costs;
                    (B) includes a detailed project schedule through 
                completion, subdivided by fiscal year, that details--
                            (i) quantities planned for each fiscal 
                        year; and
                            (ii) major acquisition and project events, 
                        including development of operational 
                        requirements, contracting actions, design 
                        reviews, production, delivery, test and 
                        evaluation, and transition to operations, 
                        including necessary training, shore 
                        infrastructure, and logistics;
                    (C) notes and explains any deviations in cost, 
                performance parameters, schedule, or estimated date of 
                completion from the original acquisition program 
                baseline and the most recent baseline approved by the 
                Department of Homeland Security's Acquisition Review 
                Board, if applicable;
                    (D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to mission 
                requirements by defining existing capabilities of 
                comparable legacy assets, identifying known capability 
                gaps between such existing capabilities and stated 
                mission requirements, and explaining how the 
                acquisition of each asset will address such known 
                capability gaps;
                    (E) defines life-cycle costs for each asset and the 
                date of the estimate on which such costs are based, 
                including all associated costs of major acquisitions 
                systems infrastructure and transition to operations, 
                delineated by purpose and fiscal year for the projected 
                service life of the asset;
                    (F) includes the earned value management system 
                summary schedule performance index and cost performance 
                index for each asset, if applicable; and
                    (G) includes a phase-out and decommissioning 
                schedule delineated by fiscal year for each existing 
                legacy asset that each asset is intended to replace or 
                recapitalize:
  Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall ensure 
that amounts specified in the future-years capital investment plan are 
consistent, to the maximum extent practicable, with proposed 
appropriations necessary to support the programs, projects, and 
activities of the Coast Guard in the President's budget proposal for 
fiscal year 2016, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That any inconsistencies between 
the capital investment plan and proposed appropriations shall be 
identified and justified:  Provided further, That subsections (a) and 
(b) of section 6402 of Public Law 110-28 shall hereafter apply with 
respect to the amounts made available under this heading.

              research, development, test, and evaluation

    For necessary expenses for applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation; and for maintenance, rehabilitation, 
lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by law; 
$17,892,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, of which 
$500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to 
carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act 
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)):  Provided, That there may be credited 
to and used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received from 
State and local governments, other public authorities, private sources, 
and foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, development, 
testing, and evaluation.

                              retired pay

    For retired pay, including the payment of obligations otherwise 
chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, payments under 
the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, 
payment for career status bonuses, concurrent receipts, and combat-
related special compensation under the National Defense Authorization 
Act, and payments for medical care of retired personnel and their 
dependents under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, 
$1,576,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                      United States Secret Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, 
including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-type use 
for replacement only; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of 
motorcycles made in the United States; hire of aircraft; services of 
expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined by the Director of 
the United States Secret Service; rental of buildings in the District 
of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities 
on private or other property not in Government ownership or control, as 
may be necessary to perform protective functions; payment of per diem 
or subsistence allowances to employees in cases in which a protective 
assignment on the actual day or days of the visit of a protectee 
requires an employee to work 16 hours per day or to remain overnight at 
a post of duty; conduct of and participation in firearms matches; 
presentation of awards; travel of United States Secret Service 
employees on protective missions without regard to the limitations on 
such expenditures in this or any other Act if approval is obtained in 
advance from the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives; research and development; grants to conduct 
behavioral research in support of protective research and operations; 
and payment in advance for commercial accommodations as may be 
necessary to perform protective functions; $1,585,360,000; of which not 
to exceed $19,125 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical 
assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in 
counterfeit investigations; of which $2,366,000 shall be for forensic 
and related support of investigations of missing and exploited 
children; of which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities 
related to investigations of missing and exploited children and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2016; and of which not less than 
$7,500,000 shall be for activities related to training in electronic 
crimes investigations and forensics:  Provided, That $18,000,000 for 
protective travel shall remain available until September 30, 2016:  
Provided further, That $4,500,000 for National Special Security Events 
shall remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided further, 
That the United States Secret Service is authorized to obligate funds 
in anticipation of reimbursements from Federal agencies and entities, 
as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, for personnel 
receiving training sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Center, 
except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not 
exceed total budgetary resources available under this heading at the 
end of the fiscal year:  Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be available to compensate any 
employee for overtime in an annual amount in excess of $35,000, except 
that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the 
Secretary, may waive that amount as necessary for national security 
purposes:  Provided further, That none of the funds made available to 
the United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous 
appropriations Acts may be made available for the protection of the 
head of a Federal agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Security: 
 Provided further, That the Director of the United States Secret 
Service may enter into an agreement to provide such protection on a 
fully reimbursable basis:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the United States Secret Service by this Act or by 
previous appropriations Acts may be obligated for the purpose of 
opening a new permanent domestic or overseas office or location unless 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such obligation:  
Provided further, That for purposes of section 503(b) of this Act, 
$15,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, may be transferred 
between ``Protection of Persons and Facilities'' and ``Domestic Field 
Operations''.

     acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses

    For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, repair, 
alteration, and improvement of physical and technological 
infrastructure, $49,935,000; of which $5,380,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019, shall be for acquisition, construction, 
improvement, and maintenance of the James J. Rowley Training Center; 
and of which $44,555,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 
shall be for Information Integration and Technology Transformation 
program execution.

                               TITLE III

            PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY

              National Protection and Programs Directorate

                     management and administration

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
the National Protection and Programs Directorate, support for 
operations, and information technology, $64,565,000:  Provided, That 
not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses:  Provided further, That the President's budget submitted 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, shall be 
detailed by office, and by program, project, and activity level, for 
the National Protection and Programs Directorate.

           infrastructure protection and information security

    For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection and 
information security programs and activities, as authorized by title II 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), 
$1,213,000,000, of which $225,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2016.

                       federal protective service

    The revenues and collections of security fees credited to this 
account shall be available until expended for necessary expenses 
related to the protection of federally owned and leased buildings and 
for the operations of the Federal Protective Service:  Provided, That 
the Director of the Federal Protective Service shall submit at the time 
the President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a 
strategic human capital plan that aligns fee collections to personnel 
requirements based on a current threat assessment.

                office of biometric identity management

    For necessary expenses for the Office of Biometric Identity 
Management, as authorized by section 7208 of the Intelligence Reform 
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), $249,142,000:  
Provided, That of the total amount made available under this heading, 
$122,150,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017.

                        Office of Health Affairs

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Affairs, 
$124,618,000; of which $26,148,000 is for salaries and expenses and 
$84,651,000 is for BioWatch operations:  Provided, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $13,819,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2016, for biosurveillance, chemical defense, 
medical and health planning and coordination, and workforce health 
protection:  Provided further, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
$935,720,000, including activities authorized by the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
the Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act of 2000 (division C, title I, 114 
Stat. 583), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 
7701 et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 
et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 404 and 405), Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
the National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.), the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), the Implementing 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-53), 
the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et 
seq.), the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109-295; 120 Stat. 1394), the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform 
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner 
Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-89):  
Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses:  Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, $35,180,000 shall be for the Urban 
Search and Rescue Response System, of which none is available for 
Federal Emergency Management Agency administrative costs:  Provided 
further, That of the total amount made available under this heading, 
$33,862,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016, for 
capital improvements and other expenses related to continuity of 
operations at the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center:  Provided 
further, That of the total amount made available, $3,400,000 shall be 
for the Office of National Capital Region Coordination:  Provided 
further, That of the total amount made available under this heading, 
not less than $4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2016, for expenses related to modernization of automated systems:  
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, in consultation with the Department of Homeland 
Security Chief Information Officer, shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives an 
expenditure plan including results to date, plans for the program, and 
a list of projects with associated funding provided from prior 
appropriations and provided by this Act for modernization of automated 
systems.

                        state and local programs

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
activities, $1,500,000,000, which shall be allocated as follows:
            (1) $467,000,000 shall be for the State Homeland Security 
        Grant Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act 
        of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which not less than $55,000,000 
        shall be for Operation Stonegarden:  Provided, That 
        notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for 
        fiscal year 2014, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make 
        available to local and tribal governments amounts provided to 
        the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in 
        accordance with subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004.
            (2) $600,000,000 shall be for the Urban Area Security 
        Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 
        2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which not less than $13,000,000 shall 
        be for organizations (as described under section 501(c)(3) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 
        section 501(a) of such code) determined by the Secretary of 
        Homeland Security to be at high risk of a terrorist attack.
            (3) $100,000,000 shall be for Public Transportation 
        Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and Over-
        the-Road Bus Security Assistance under sections 1406, 1513, and 
        1532 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
        Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-53; 6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), 
        of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak 
        security:  Provided, That such public transportation security 
        assistance shall be provided directly to public transportation 
        agencies.
            (4) $100,000,000 shall be for Port Security Grants in 
        accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107.
            (5) $233,000,000 shall be to sustain current operations for 
        training, exercises, technical assistance, and other programs, 
        of which $162,991,000 shall be for training of State, local, 
        and tribal emergency response providers:
  Provided, That for grants under paragraphs (1) through (4), 
applications for grants shall be made available to eligible applicants 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
eligible applicants shall submit applications not later than 80 days 
after the grant announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after the receipt 
of an application:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)), 
or any other provision of law, a grantee may not use more than 5 
percent of the amount of a grant made available under this heading for 
expenses directly related to administration of the grant:  Provided 
further, That for grants under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation 
of communications towers is not considered construction of a building 
or other physical facility:  Provided further, That grantees shall 
provide reports on their use of funds, as determined necessary by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 509 of this Act the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency may use the funds provided in paragraph (5) to 
acquire real property for the purpose of establishing or appropriately 
extending the security buffer zones around Federal Emergency Management 
Agency training facilities.

                     firefighter assistance grants

    For grants for programs authorized by the Federal Fire Prevention 
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), $680,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016, of which $340,000,000 shall 
be available to carry out section 33 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229) and 
$340,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 34 of that Act (15 
U.S.C. 2229a).

                emergency management performance grants

    For emergency management performance grants, as authorized by the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), $350,000,000.

              radiological emergency preparedness program

    The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2015, as 
authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the 
amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland Security necessary 
for its radiological emergency preparedness program for the next fiscal 
year:  Provided, That the methodology for assessment and collection of 
fees shall be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing 
such services, including administrative costs of collecting such fees:  
Provided further, That fees received under this heading shall be 
deposited in this account as offsetting collections and will become 
available for authorized purposes on October 1, 2015, and remain 
available until expended.

                   united states fire administration

    For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Administration and 
for other purposes, as authorized by the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) and the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $44,000,000.

                          disaster relief fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
$7,033,464,494, to remain available until expended, of which 
$24,000,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 
Office of Inspector General for audits and investigations related to 
disasters:  Provided, That the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall submit an expenditure plan to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives detailing 
the use of the funds made available in this or any other Act for 
disaster readiness and support not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit to such Committees a 
semiannual report detailing obligations against the expenditure plan 
and a justification for any changes from the initial plan:  Provided 
further, That the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives the following reports, including a 
specific description of the methodology and the source data used in 
developing such reports:
            (1) An estimate of the following amounts shall be submitted 
        for the budget year at the time that the President's budget 
        proposal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant to section 
        1105(a) of title 31, United States Code:
                    (A) The unobligated balance of funds to be carried 
                over from the prior fiscal year to the budget year;
                    (B) The unobligated balance of funds to be carried 
                over from the budget year to the budget year plus 1;
                    (C) The amount of obligations for non-catastrophic 
                events for the budget year;
                    (D) The amount of obligations for the budget year 
                for catastrophic events delineated by event and by 
                State;
                    (E) The total amount that has been previously 
                obligated or will be required for catastrophic events 
                delineated by event and by State for all prior years, 
                the current year, the budget year, the budget year plus 
                1, the budget year plus 2, and the budget year plus 3 
                and beyond;
                    (F) The amount of previously obligated funds that 
                will be recovered for the budget year;
                    (G) The amount that will be required for 
                obligations for emergencies, as described in section 
                102(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
                Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(1)), major 
                disasters, as described in section 102(2) of the Robert 
                T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
                Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), fire management assistance 
                grants, as described in section 420 of the Robert T. 
                Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
                (42 U.S.C. 5187), surge activities, and disaster 
                readiness and support activities;
                    (H) The amount required for activities not covered 
                under section 251(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the Balanced Budget 
                and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
                901(b)(2)(D)(iii); Public Law 99-177);
            (2) An estimate or actual amounts, if available, of the 
        following for the current fiscal year shall be submitted not 
        later than the fifth day of each month, and shall be published 
        by the Administrator on the Agency's Web site not later than 
        the fifth day of each month:
                    (A) A summary of the amount of appropriations made 
                available by source, the transfers executed, the 
                previously allocated funds recovered, and the 
                commitments, allocations, and obligations made;
                    (B) A table of disaster relief activity delineated 
                by month, including--
                            (i) the beginning and ending balances;
                            (ii) the total obligations to include 
                        amounts obligated for fire assistance, 
                        emergencies, surge, and disaster support 
                        activities;
                            (iii) the obligations for catastrophic 
                        events delineated by event and by State; and
                            (iv) the amount of previously obligated 
                        funds that are recovered;
                    (C) A summary of allocations, obligations, and 
                expenditures for catastrophic events delineated by 
                event;
                    (D) In addition, for a disaster declaration related 
                to Hurricane Sandy, the cost of the following 
                categories of spending: public assistance, individual 
                assistance, mitigation, administrative, operations, and 
                any other relevant category (including emergency 
                measures and disaster resources); and
                    (E) The date on which funds appropriated will be 
                exhausted:
  Provided further, That the Administrator shall publish on the 
Agency's Web site not later than 5 days after an award of a public 
assistance grant under section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) the specifics of 
the grant award:  Provided further, That for any mission assignment or 
mission assignment task order to another Federal department or agency 
regarding a major disaster, not later than 5 days after the issuance of 
the mission assignment or task order, the Administrator shall publish 
on the Agency's Web site the following: the name of the impacted State 
and the disaster declaration for such State, the assigned agency, the 
assistance requested, a description of the disaster, the total cost 
estimate, and the amount obligated:  Provided further, That not later 
than 10 days after the last day of each month until the mission 
assignment or task order is completed and closed out, the Administrator 
shall update any changes to the total cost estimate and the amount 
obligated:  Provided further, That, of the amount provided under this 
heading, $6,437,792,622 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant 
to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.):  Provided further, That the amount in the 
preceding proviso is designated by the Congress as being for disaster 
relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

             flood hazard mapping and risk analysis program

    For necessary expenses, including administrative costs, under 
section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4101), and under sections 100215, 100216, 100226, 100230, and 100246 of 
the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, (Public Law 112-
141, 126 Stat. 916), $100,000,000, and such additional sums as may be 
provided by State and local governments or other political subdivisions 
for cost-shared mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until expended.

                     national flood insurance fund

    For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 
2012 (subtitle A of title II of division F of Public Law 112-141; 126 
Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 
(Public Law 113-89; 128 Stat. 1020), $179,294,000, which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2016, and shall be derived from 
offsetting amounts collected under section 1038(d) of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C 4015(d)); which is available for 
salaries and expenses associated with flood mitigation and flood 
insurance operations; and floodplain management and additional amounts 
for flood mapping:  Provided, That of such amount, $23,759,000 shall be 
available for salaries and expenses associated with flood mitigation 
and flood insurance operations and $155,535,000 shall be available for 
flood plain management and flood mapping:  Provided further, That any 
additional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as an 
offsetting collection to this account, to be available for flood plain 
management and flood mapping:  Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2015, no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insurance 
Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 4017) in excess of:
            (1) $136,000,000 for operating expenses;
            (2) $1,139,000,000 for commissions and taxes of agents;
            (3) such sums as are necessary for interest on Treasury 
        borrowings;
            (4) $150,000,000, which shall remain available until 
        expended, for flood mitigation actions and for flood mitigation 
        assistance under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance 
        Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c), notwithstanding sections 1366(e) 
        and 1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017):
  Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 102 of the 
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a) and section 
1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 shall be deposited 
in the National Flood Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts 
specified as available for section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968, notwithstanding section 102(f)(8), section 1366(e), and 
paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(1)-(3)):  Provided further, That total 
administrative costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total 
appropriation:  Provided further, That $5,000,000 is available to carry 
out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 
2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033).

                  national predisaster mitigation fund

    For the predisaster mitigation grant program under section 203 of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5133), $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                       emergency food and shelter

    To carry out the emergency food and shelter program pursuant to 
title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11331 et seq.), $100,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent 
of the total amount made available under this heading:  Provided 
further, That the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency may transfer funds appropriated under this heading to 
``Department of Housing and Urban Development--Homeless Assistance 
Grants'':  Provided further, That, if funds are transferred pursuant to 
the previous proviso, notwithstanding the references to the 
Administrator in 42 U.S.C. 11331 through 11335 and 11341, the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development shall carry out the functions of the 
Administrator with respect to the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, 
including with respect to the National Board.

                                TITLE IV

            RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES

           United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

    For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigration services, 
$124,435,000 for the E-Verify Program, as described in section 403(a) 
of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note), to assist United States employers with 
maintaining a legal workforce:  Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds otherwise made available to United States 
Citizenship and Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate, 
equip, and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for replacement only, for areas 
where the Administrator of General Services does not provide vehicles 
for lease:  Provided further, That the Director of United States 
Citizenship and Immigration Services may authorize employees who are 
assigned to those areas to use such vehicles to travel between the 
employees' residences and places of employment.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center, including materials and support costs of Federal law 
enforcement basic training; the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles 
for police-type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles; expenses for 
student athletic and related activities; the conduct of and 
participation in firearms matches and presentation of awards; public 
awareness and enhancement of community support of law enforcement 
training; room and board for student interns; a flat monthly 
reimbursement to employees authorized to use personal mobile phones for 
official duties; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code; $230,797,000; of which up to $54,154,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2016, for materials and support 
costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; of which $300,000 
shall remain available until expended to be distributed to Federal law 
enforcement agencies for expenses incurred participating in training 
accreditation; and of which not to exceed $9,180 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses:  Provided, That the Center is 
authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from 
agencies receiving training sponsored by the Center, except that total 
obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total 
budgetary resources available at the end of the fiscal year:  Provided 
further, That section 1202(a) of Public Law 107-206 (42 U.S.C. 3771 
note), as amended under this heading in division F of Public Law 113-
76, is further amended by striking ``December 31, 2016'' and inserting 
``December 31, 2017'':  Provided further, That the Director of the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center shall schedule basic or 
advanced law enforcement training, or both, at all four training 
facilities under the control of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center to ensure that such training facilities are operated at the 
highest capacity throughout the fiscal year:  Provided further, That 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board, including 
representatives from the Federal law enforcement community and non-
Federal accreditation experts involved in law enforcement training, 
shall lead the Federal law enforcement training accreditation process 
to continue the implementation of measuring and assessing the quality 
and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, 
facilities, and instructors.

     acquisitions, construction, improvements, and related expenses

    For acquisition of necessary additional real property and 
facilities, construction, and ongoing maintenance, facility 
improvements, and related expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, $27,841,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019:  Provided, That the Center is authorized to accept reimbursement 
to this appropriation from government agencies requesting the 
construction of special use facilities.

                         Science and Technology

                     management and administration

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology and for management and administration of 
programs and activities, as authorized by title III of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $129,555,000:  Provided, 
That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses.

           research, development, acquisition, and operations

    For necessary expenses for science and technology research, 
including advanced research projects, development, test and evaluation, 
acquisition, and operations as authorized by title III of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the purchase or lease 
of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $941,935,000; of which $506,755,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2017; and of which $435,180,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019, solely for operation 
and construction of laboratory facilities:  Provided, That of the funds 
provided for the operation and construction of laboratory facilities 
under this heading, $300,000,000 shall be for construction of the 
National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility.

                   Domestic Nuclear Detection Office

                     management and administration

    For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, 
as authorized by title XIX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for management and administration of programs and 
activities, $37,339,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses.

                 research, development, and operations

    For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear research, 
development, testing, evaluation, and operations, $196,400,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2017.

                          systems acquisition

    For expenses for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office acquisition 
and deployment of radiological detection systems in accordance with the 
global nuclear detection architecture, $72,603,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                    (including rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 501.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 502.  Subject to the requirements of section 503 of this Act, 
the unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for activities 
in this Act may be transferred to appropriation accounts for such 
activities established pursuant to this Act, may be merged with funds 
in the applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be accounted 
for as one fund for the same time period as originally enacted.
    Sec. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided by 
previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred to the 
Department of Homeland Security that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees 
available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that:
            (1) creates a new program, project, or activity;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, office, or activity;
            (3) increases funds for any program, project, or activity 
        for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress;
            (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
        by either of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate or 
        the House of Representatives for a different purpose; or
            (5) contracts out any function or activity for which 
        funding levels were requested for Federal full-time equivalents 
        in the object classification tables contained in the fiscal 
        year 2015 Budget Appendix for the Department of Homeland 
        Security, as modified by the report accompanying this Act, 
        unless the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
        House of Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of 
        such reprogramming of funds.
    (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided by previous 
appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred to the Department 
of Homeland Security that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees or 
proceeds available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure for programs, projects, or 
activities through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $5,000,000 or 
10 percent, whichever is less, that:
            (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;
            (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
        project, or activity;
            (3) reduces by 10 percent the numbers of personnel approved 
        by the Congress; or
            (4) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
        personnel that would result in a change in existing programs, 
        projects, or activities as approved by the Congress, unless the 
        Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
        Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such 
        reprogramming of funds.
    (c) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for 
the current fiscal year for the Department of Homeland Security by this 
Act or provided by previous appropriations Acts may be transferred 
between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 
percent by such transfers:  Provided, That any transfer under this 
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under subsection 
(b) and shall not be available for obligation unless the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives are 
notified 15 days in advance of such transfer.
    (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, 
no funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred between 
appropriations based upon an initial notification provided after June 
30, except in extraordinary circumstances that imminently threaten the 
safety of human life or the protection of property.
    (e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in this 
section shall apply to any use of deobligated balances of funds 
provided in previous Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Acts.
    Sec. 504.  The Department of Homeland Security Working Capital 
Fund, established pursuant to section 403 of Public Law 103-356 (31 
U.S.C. 501 note), shall continue operations as a permanent working 
capital fund for fiscal year 2015:  Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Homeland 
Security may be used to make payments to the Working Capital Fund, 
except for the activities and amounts allowed in the President's fiscal 
year 2015 budget:  Provided further, That funds provided to the Working 
Capital Fund shall be available for obligation until expended to carry 
out the purposes of the Working Capital Fund:  Provided further, That 
all departmental components shall be charged only for direct usage of 
each Working Capital Fund service:  Provided further, That funds 
provided to the Working Capital Fund shall be used only for purposes 
consistent with the contributing component:  Provided further, That the 
Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance or reimbursed at rates 
which will return the full cost of each service:  Provided further, 
That the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives shall be notified of any activity added to or removed 
from the fund:  Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of 
the Department of Homeland Security shall submit a quarterly execution 
report with activity level detail, not later than 30 days after the end 
of each quarter.
    Sec. 505.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to 
exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the 
end of fiscal year 2015, as recorded in the financial records at the 
time of a reprogramming request, but not later than June 30, 2016, from 
appropriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2015 in this 
Act shall remain available through September 30, 2016, in the account 
and for the purposes for which the appropriations were provided:  
Provided, That prior to the obligation of such funds, a request shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives for approval in accordance with section 503 of 
this Act.
    Sec. 506.  Funds made available by this Act for intelligence 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for 
purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
414) during fiscal year 2015 until the enactment of an Act authorizing 
intelligence activities for fiscal year 2015.
    Sec. 507. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), none 
of the funds made available by this Act may be used to--
            (1) make or award a grant allocation, grant, contract, 
        other transaction agreement, or task or delivery order on a 
        Department of Homeland Security multiple award contract, or to 
        issue a letter of intent, totaling in excess of $1,000,000;
            (2) award a task or delivery order requiring an obligation 
        of funds in an amount greater than $10,000,000 from multi-year 
        Department of Homeland Security funds;
            (3) make a sole-source grant award; or
            (4) announce publicly the intention to make or award items 
        under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) including a contract covered 
        by the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
    (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive the prohibition 
under subsection (a) if the Secretary notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least 
3 full business days in advance of making an award or issuing a letter 
as described in that subsection.
    (c) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that 
compliance with this section would pose a substantial risk to human 
life, health, or safety, an award may be made without notification, and 
the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 5 full business 
days after such an award is made or letter issued.
    (d) A notification under this section--
            (1) may not involve funds that are not available for 
        obligation; and
            (2) shall include the amount of the award; the fiscal year 
        for which the funds for the award were appropriated; the type 
        of contract; and the account from which the funds are being 
        drawn.
    (e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives 5 full business days in advance of announcing 
publicly the intention of making an award under ``State and Local 
Programs''.
    Sec. 508.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency 
shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional facilities, except 
within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose 
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without the advance 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional 
facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for training that 
cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities.
    Sec. 509.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for expenses for any construction, 
repair, alteration, or acquisition project for which a prospectus 
otherwise required under chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, 
has not been approved, except that necessary funds may be expended for 
each project for required expenses for the development of a proposed 
prospectus.
    Sec. 510. (a) Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division E of Public Law 
110-161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall apply with respect to funds 
made available in this Act in the same manner as such sections applied 
to funds made available in that Act.
    (b) The third proviso of section 537 of the Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (6 U.S.C. 114), shall not apply with 
respect to funds made available in this Act.
    Sec. 511.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
in contravention of the applicable provisions of the Buy American Act. 
For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term ``Buy American Act'' 
means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
    Sec. 512.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to amend the oath of allegiance required by section 337 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448).
    Sec. 513.  Within 30 days after the end of each month, the Chief 
Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland Security shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a monthly budget and staffing report for that month 
that includes total obligations, on-board versus funded full-time 
equivalent staffing levels, and the number of contract employees for 
each office of the Department.
    Sec. 514.  Except as provided in section 44945 of title 49, United 
States Code, funds appropriated or transferred to Transportation 
Security Administration ``Aviation Security'', ``Administration'', and 
``Transportation Security Support'' for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 that 
are recovered or deobligated shall be available only for the 
procurement or installation of explosives detection systems, air cargo, 
baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject to notification:  
Provided, That semiannual reports shall be submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives on any 
funds that are recovered or deobligated.
    Sec. 515.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to process or approve a competition under Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A-76 for services provided by employees (including 
employees serving on a temporary or term basis) of United States 
Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland 
Security who are known as Immigration Information Officers, Contact 
Representatives, Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services 
Officers.
    Sec. 516.  Any funds appropriated to ``Coast Guard Acquisition, 
Construction, and Improvements'' for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 
2005, and 2006 for the 110-123 foot patrol boat conversion that are 
recovered, collected, or otherwise received as the result of 
negotiation, mediation, or litigation, shall be available until 
expended for the Fast Response Cutter program.
    Sec. 517.  The functions of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center instructor staff shall hereafter be classified as inherently 
governmental for the purpose of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform 
Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note).
    Sec. 518. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a 
report not later than October 15, 2015, to the Office of Inspector 
General of the Department of Homeland Security listing all grants and 
contracts awarded by any means other than full and open competition 
during fiscal year 2015.
    (b) The Inspector General shall review the report required by 
subsection (a) to assess Departmental compliance with applicable laws 
and regulations and report the results of that review to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives not 
later than February 15, 2016.
    Sec. 519.  None of the funds provided or otherwise made available 
in this Act shall be available to carry out section 872 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452).
    Sec. 520.  Funds made available in this Act may be used to alter 
operations within the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast Guard 
nationwide, including civil engineering units, facilities design and 
construction centers, maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast 
Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to reduce operations within any Civil Engineering Unit unless 
specifically authorized by a statute enacted after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 521.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to grant an 
immigration benefit unless the results of background checks required by 
law to be completed prior to the granting of the benefit have been 
received by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the 
results do not preclude the granting of the benefit.
    Sec. 522.  Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 391) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Until September 30, 
        2014,'' and inserting ``Until September 30, 2015,'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``September 30, 
        2014,'' and inserting ``September 30, 2015,''.
    Sec. 523.  The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require that 
all contracts of the Department of Homeland Security that provide award 
fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes (which outcomes 
shall be specified in terms of cost, schedule, and performance).
    Sec. 524.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used to approve a 
waiver of the navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 
U.S.C. 501(b) for the transportation of crude oil distributed from the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
after consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of Energy 
and Transportation and representatives from the United States flag 
maritime industry, takes adequate measures to ensure the use of United 
States flag vessels:  Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives within 2 business days of any request 
for waivers of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 
U.S.C. 501(b).
    Sec. 525.  None of the funds made available in this Act for U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection may be used to prevent an individual not 
in the business of importing a prescription drug (within the meaning of 
section 801(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from 
importing a prescription drug from Canada that complies with the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act:  Provided, That this section 
shall apply only to individuals transporting on their person a 
personal-use quantity of the prescription drug, not to exceed a 90-day 
supply:  Provided further, That the prescription drug may not be--
            (1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of 
        the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); or
            (2) a biological product, as defined in section 351 of the 
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262).
    Sec. 526.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used to reduce 
the United States Coast Guard's Operations Systems Center mission or 
its government-employed or contract staff levels.
    Sec. 527.  The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives of any 
proposed transfers of funds available under section 9703.1(g)(4)(B) of 
title 31, United States Code (as added by Public Law 102-393) from the 
Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to any agency within the 
Department of Homeland Security:  Provided, That none of the funds 
identified for such a transfer may be obligated until the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives approve 
the proposed transfers.
    Sec. 528.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national 
identification card.
    Sec. 529.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to conduct, or to implement the results of, a competition under Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for activities performed with 
respect to the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center.
    Sec. 530. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
except as provided in subsection (b), and 30 days after the date on 
which the President determines whether to declare a major disaster 
because of an event and any appeal is completed, the Administrator 
shall publish on the Web site of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency a report regarding that decision that shall summarize damage 
assessment information used to determine whether to declare a major 
disaster.
    (b) The Administrator may redact from a report under subsection (a) 
any data that the Administrator determines would compromise national 
security.
    (c) In this section--
            (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
        the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
            (2) the term ``major disaster'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
        and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122).
    Sec. 531.  Any official that is required by this Act to report or 
to certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives may not delegate such authority to perform 
that act unless specifically authorized herein.
    Sec. 532.  Section 550(b) of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109-295; 6 U.S.C. 121 note), as 
amended by section 536 of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-76), is further amended by 
striking ``on October 4, 2014'' and inserting ``on October 4, 2015''.
    Sec. 533.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be used to transfer, release, or assist in 
the transfer or release to or within the United States, its 
territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other 
detainee who--
            (1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed 
        Forces of the United States; and
            (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United 
        States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department 
        of Defense.
    Sec. 534.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for first-class travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act 
in contravention of sections 301-10.122 through 301.10-124 of title 41, 
Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 535.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)).
    Sec. 536. (a) Any company that collects or retains personal 
information directly from any individual who participates in the 
Registered Traveler or successor program of the Transportation Security 
Administration shall hereafter safeguard and dispose of such 
information in accordance with the requirements in--
            (1) the National Institute for Standards and Technology 
        Special Publication 800-30, entitled ``Risk Management Guide 
        for Information Technology Systems'';
            (2) the National Institute for Standards and Technology 
        Special Publication 800-53, Revision 3, entitled ``Recommended 
        Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and 
        Organizations''; and
            (3) any supplemental standards established by the 
        Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration 
        (referred to in this section as the ``Administrator'').
    (b) The airport authority or air carrier operator that sponsors the 
company under the Registered Traveler program shall hereafter be known 
as the ``Sponsoring Entity''.
    (c) The Administrator shall hereafter require any company covered 
by subsection (a) to provide, not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, to the Sponsoring Entity written certification 
that the procedures used by the company to safeguard and dispose of 
information are in compliance with the requirements under subsection 
(a). Such certification shall include a description of the procedures 
used by the company to comply with such requirements.
    Sec. 537.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor performance that has 
been judged to be below satisfactory performance or performance that 
does not meet the basic requirements of a contract.
    Sec. 538.  In developing any process to screen aviation passengers 
and crews for transportation or national security purposes, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that all such processes 
take into consideration such passengers' and crews' privacy and civil 
liberties consistent with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance.
    Sec. 539. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of title 8, United 
States Code, of the funds deposited into the Immigration Examinations 
Fee Account, $10,000,000 may be allocated by United States Citizenship 
and Immigration Services in fiscal year 2015 for the purpose of 
providing an immigrant integration grants program.
    (b) None of the funds made available to United States Citizenship 
and Immigration Services for grants for immigrant integration may be 
used to provide services to aliens who have not been lawfully admitted 
for permanent residence.
    Sec. 540.  For an additional amount for the ``Office of the Under 
Secretary for Management'', $48,600,000, to remain available until 
expended, for necessary expenses to plan, acquire, design, construct, 
renovate, remediate, equip, furnish, improve infrastructure, and occupy 
buildings and facilities for the department headquarters consolidation 
project and associated mission support consolidation:  Provided, That 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives shall receive an expenditure plan not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of the Act detailing the allocation of 
these funds.
    Sec. 541.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used by the Department of Homeland 
Security to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract is 
entered into in accordance with the requirements of subtitle I of title 
41, United States Code, or chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, 
and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such contract is 
otherwise authorized by statute to be entered into without regard to 
the above referenced statutes.
    Sec. 542. (a) For an additional amount for financial systems 
modernization, $39,500,000.
    (b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for financial systems 
modernization may be transferred by the Secretary of Homeland Security 
between appropriations for the same purpose, notwithstanding section 
503 of this Act.
    (c) No transfer described in subsection (b) shall occur until 15 
days after the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives are notified of such transfer.
    Sec. 543.  Notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation contained in 
section 503(c) of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security may 
transfer to the fund established by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to 
$20,000,000 from appropriations available to the Department of Homeland 
Security:  Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 5 days in 
advance of such transfer.
    Sec. 544.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the 
Secretary of Homeland Security determines that specific U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service Processing Centers or other 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities no 
longer meet the mission need, the Secretary is authorized to dispose of 
individual Service Processing Centers or other U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities by directing the 
Administrator of General Services to sell all real and related personal 
property which support Service Processing Centers or other U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities, subject 
to such terms and conditions as necessary to protect Government 
interests and meet program requirements:  Provided, That the proceeds, 
net of the costs of sale incurred by the General Services 
Administration and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shall be 
deposited as offsetting collections into a separate account that shall 
be available, subject to appropriation, until expended for other real 
property capital asset needs of existing U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement assets, excluding daily operations and maintenance costs, 
as the Secretary deems appropriate:  Provided further, That any sale or 
collocation of federally owned detention facilities shall not result in 
the maintenance of fewer than 31,039 detention beds:  Provided further, 
That the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives shall be notified 15 days prior to the announcement of 
any proposed sale or collocation.
    Sec. 545.  The Department of Homeland Security Chief Information 
Officer, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement, the Director of the United States Secret Service, 
and the Director of the Office of Biometric Identity Management shall, 
with respect to fiscal years 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, at the time that the President's budget proposal for 
fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant to the requirements of section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the information required in 
the multi-year investment and management plans required, respectively, 
under the headings ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Salaries and 
Expenses'' under title II of division D of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-74); ``U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology'' 
under such title; section 568 of such Act; and ``Office of the Chief 
Information Officer'', ``United States Secret Service, Acquisition, 
Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses'', and ``Office of 
Biometric Identity Management'' under division D of the Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-6).
    Sec. 546.  The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure 
enforcement of immigration laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))).
    Sec. 547. (a) Of the amounts made available by this Act for 
``National Protection and Programs Directorate, Infrastructure 
Protection and Information Security'', $140,525,000 for the ``Federal 
Network Security'' program, project, and activity shall be used to 
deploy on Federal systems technology to improve the information 
security of agency information systems covered by section 3543(a) of 
title 44, United States Code:  Provided, That funds made available 
under this section shall be used to assist and support Government-wide 
and agency-specific efforts to provide adequate, risk-based, and cost-
effective cybersecurity to address escalating and rapidly evolving 
threats to information security, including the acquisition and 
operation of a continuous monitoring and diagnostics program, in 
collaboration with departments and agencies, that includes equipment, 
software, and Department of Homeland Security supplied services:  
Provided further, That not later than April 1, 2015, and semiannually 
thereafter, the Under Secretary of Homeland Security of the National 
Protection and Programs Directorate shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 
on the obligation and expenditure of funds made available under this 
section:  Provided further, That continuous monitoring and diagnostics 
software procured by the funds made available by this section shall not 
transmit to the Department of Homeland Security any personally 
identifiable information or content of network communications of other 
agencies' users:  Provided further, That such software shall be 
installed, maintained, and operated in accordance with all applicable 
privacy laws and agency-specific policies regarding network content.
    (b) Funds made available under this section may not be used to 
supplant funds provided for any such system within an agency budget.
    (c) Not later than July 1, 2015, the heads of all Federal agencies 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives expenditure plans for necessary cybersecurity 
improvements to address known vulnerabilities to information systems 
described in subsection (a).
    (d) Not later than October 1, 2015, and semiannually thereafter, 
the head of each Federal agency shall submit to the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget a report on the execution of the 
expenditure plan for that agency required by subsection (c):  Provided, 
That the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
summarize such execution reports and annually submit such summaries to 
Congress in conjunction with the annual progress report on 
implementation of the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347), as 
required by section 3606 of title 44, United States Code.
    (e) This section shall not apply to the legislative and judicial 
branches of the Federal Government and shall apply to all Federal 
agencies within the executive branch except for the Department of 
Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence.
    Sec. 548. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    Sec. 549.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an 
operable firearm to an individual if the Federal law enforcement 
officer knows or suspects that the individual is an agent of a drug 
cartel unless law enforcement personnel of the United States 
continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times.
    Sec. 550.  None of the funds provided in this or any other Act may 
be obligated to implement the National Preparedness Grant Program or 
any other successor grant programs unless explicitly authorized by 
Congress.
    Sec. 551.  Public Law 113-76, division F, section 559 is amended as 
follows:
            (1) Subsection (e)(3)(D) is amended by striking ``five'' 
        and replacing it with ``seven''.
            (2) Subsection (f)(2) is amended by striking it in its 
        entirety and replacing it with:
            ``(2) Allowable uses of donations.--
                    ``(A) Donations accepted by the Commissioner may--
                            ``(i) be utilized for necessary activities 
                        related to constructing, altering, operating, 
                        maintaining, or equipping a new or existing 
                        port of entry under the jurisdiction, custody 
                        and control of the Commissioner, including but 
                        not limited to expenses related to--
                                    ``(I) land acquisition, design, 
                                construction, repair and alteration;
                                    ``(II) furniture, fixtures, 
                                equipment, and technology, including 
                                installation and deployment thereof; 
                                and
                                    ``(III) operations and maintenance; 
                                or
                            ``(ii) be utilized for activities related 
                        to altering, operating, maintaining, or 
                        equipping a new or existing port of entry under 
                        the jurisdiction, custody, and control of the 
                        Administrator, including but not limited to 
                        expenses related to--
                                    ``(I) design, repair and 
                                alteration;
                                    ``(II) furniture, fixtures, 
                                equipment, and technology, including 
                                installation and deployment thereof; 
                                and
                                    ``(III) operations and maintenance.
                    ``(B) Donations accepted by the Administrator may--
                            ``(i) be utilized for activities related to 
                        constructing, altering, operating, maintaining, 
                        or equipping a new or existing port of entry 
                        facility under the jurisdiction, custody and 
                        control of the Administrator, including but not 
                        limited to expenses related to--
                                    ``(I) land acquisition, design, 
                                construction, repair and alteration;
                                    ``(II) furniture, fixtures, 
                                equipment, and technology, including 
                                installation and deployment thereof; 
                                and
                                    ``(III) operations and maintenance.
                    ``(C) For purposes of subsection (f)(2)(A)(i)(II)-
                (III), the term `new or existing port of entry under 
                the jurisdiction, custody and control of the 
                Commissioner' includes any sea or air port of entry at 
                which U.S. Customs and Border Protection provides or 
                will provide services.''.
            (3) Subsection (f)(3)(A)(ii)(III) is amended by striking 
        the word ``land''.
            (4) Subsection (h) is amended by adding a new subparagraph 
        (4) that reads:
            ``(4) The term `new or existing port of entry facility 
        under the jurisdiction, custody and control of the 
        Administrator' includes any port of entry facility or property 
        interest leased by the Administrator.''.
            (5) Subsection (i) is amended by striking it in its 
        entirety and replacing with:
    ``(i) Role of Administrator.--Under this section, the role and 
involvement of the Administrator of General Services is required only 
with respect to donations made pursuant to subsection (f) at land ports 
of entry under the jurisdiction, custody, and control of the 
Administrator.''.
    Sec. 552.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 50 employees of a 
single component of the Department of Homeland Security, who are 
stationed in the United States, at a single international conference 
unless the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, determines 
that such attendance is in the national interest and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives within at least 10 days of that determination and the 
basis for that determination:  Provided, That for purposes of this 
section the term ``international conference'' shall mean a conference 
occurring outside of the United States attended by representatives of 
the United States Government and of foreign governments, international 
organizations, or nongovernmental organizations.
    Sec. 553.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to reimburse any Federal department or agency for its participation in 
a National Special Security Event.
    Sec. 554.  With the exception of countries with preclearance 
facilities in service prior to 2013, none of the funds made available 
in this Act may be used for new U.S. Customs and Border Protection air 
preclearance agreements entering into force after February 1, 2014, 
unless: (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, has certified to Congress that air preclearance 
operations at the airport provide a homeland or national security 
benefit to the United States; (2) U.S. passenger air carriers are not 
precluded from operating at existing preclearance locations; and (3) a 
U.S. passenger air carrier is operating at all airports contemplated 
for establishment of new air preclearance operations.
    Sec. 555.  In making grants under the heading ``Firefighter 
Assistance Grants'', the Secretary may grant waivers from the 
requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), 
(c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a).
    Sec. 556. (a) In General.--Beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall not--
            (1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any new border 
        crossing fee on individuals crossing the Southern border or the 
        Northern border at a land port of entry; or
            (2) conduct any study relating to the imposition of a 
        border crossing fee.
    (b) Border Crossing Fee Defined.--In this section, the term 
``border crossing fee'' means a fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and 
driver and passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay for 
the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the Northern border at 
a land port of entry.
    Sec. 557.  The administrative law judge annuitants participating in 
the Senior Administrative Law Judge Program managed by the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management under section 3323 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be available on a temporary reemployment 
basis to conduct arbitrations of disputes arising from delivery of 
assistance under the Federal Emergency Management Agency Public 
Assistance Program.
    Sec. 558.  As authorized by section 601(b) of the United States-
Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 112-
42) fees collected from passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an 
adjacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall 
be available until expended.
    Sec. 559. (a) Section 109(1) of the Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-77) is amended by striking 
``$7'' and inserting ``$9''.
    (b) Section 108 of division B of title I of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108-7) is amended by 
striking ``$3'' and inserting ``$5''.
    (c) The additional funds generated by (a) and (b) shall solely be 
used for the hiring or sustainment of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection officers at air and sea ports of entry.
    Sec. 560.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act 
shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who prepare 
or submit appropriations language as part of the President's budget 
submission to the Congress of the United States for programs under the 
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on the Department of 
Homeland Security that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from 
the previous year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted 
into law prior to the submission of the budget unless such budget 
submission identifies which additional spending reductions should occur 
in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the date 
of the convening of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2016 
appropriations Act.
    Sec. 561.  None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Homeland Security by this Act may be obligated for any structural pay 
reform that affects more than 100 full-time equivalent employee 
positions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year before the end 
of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of 
Homeland Security submits to Congress a notification that includes--
            (1) the number of full-time equivalent employee positions 
        affected by such change;
            (2) funding required for such change for the current year 
        and through the Future Years Homeland Security Program;
            (3) justification for such change; and
            (4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to such change 
        that were considered by the Department.
    Sec. 562. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this 
Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public Web 
site of that agency any report required to be submitted by the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives in this Act, upon the determination by the head of the 
agency that it shall serve the national interest.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
            (1) the public posting of the report compromises homeland 
        or national security; or
            (2) the report contains proprietary information.
    (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only 
after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee 
or Committees of Congress for no less than 30 days except as otherwise 
specified in law.
    Sec. 563.  None of the funds provided under this Act shall be used 
by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to establish a National 
License Plate Recognition database or other similar project.
    Sec. 564.  Section 605 of division E of Public Law 110-161 (6 
U.S.C. 1404) is hereby repealed.
    Sec. 565.  The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency may transfer up to $95,000,000 in unobligated balances made 
available for the appropriations account for ``Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program'' under 
section 2(a) of the Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109-88; 119 Stat. 2061) or under chapter 5 of title I of division B of 
the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law (110-329; 122 Stat. 3592) to the 
appropriations account for ``Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Disaster Relief Fund''. Amounts transferred to such account under this 
section shall be available for any authorized purpose of such account.
    Sec. 566.  The Office of Management and Budget and the Department 
of Homeland Security shall ensure the congressional budget 
justifications accompanying the President's budget proposal for the 
Department of Homeland Security, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, include estimates of the number of 
unaccompanied alien children anticipated to be apprehended in the 
budget year and the number of agent or officer hours required to 
process, manage and care for such children:  Provided, That such 
materials shall also include estimates of all other associated costs 
for each relevant Departmental component, including but not limited to 
personnel; equipment; supplies; facilities; managerial, technical and 
advisory services; medical treatment; and all costs associated with 
transporting such children from one Departmental component to another 
or from a Departmental component to another Federal agency.
    Sec. 567.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Gerardo 
Ismael Hernandez, a Transportation Security Officer employed by the 
Transportation Security Administration who was killed in the line of 
duty on November 1, 2013, at the Los Angeles International Airport, 
shall be deemed to have been a public safety officer for the purposes 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3711 et seq.).
    Sec. 568. (a) Definitions.--Section 217(c)(1) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(1)) is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(1) Authority to designate; definitions.--
                    ``(A) Authority to designate.--The Secretary of 
                Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary 
                of State, may designate any country as a program 
                country if that country meets the requirements under 
                paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                            ``(i) Appropriate congressional 
                        committees.--The term `appropriate 
                        congressional committees' means--
                                    ``(I) the Committee on 
                                Appropriations, the Committee on 
                                Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
                                Homeland Security and Governmental 
                                Affairs, and the Committee on the 
                                Judiciary of the Senate; and
                                    ``(II) the Committee on 
                                Appropriations, the Committee on 
                                Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
                                Homeland Security, and the Committee on 
                                the Judiciary of the House of 
                                Representatives.
                            ``(ii) Overstay rate.--
                                    ``(I) Initial designation.--The 
                                term `overstay rate' means, with 
                                respect to a country being considered 
                                for designation in the program, the 
                                ratio of--
                                            ``(aa) the number of 
                                        nationals of that country who 
                                        were admitted to the United 
                                        States on the basis of a 
                                        nonimmigrant visa under section 
                                        101(a)(15)(B) whose periods of 
                                        authorized stay ended during a 
                                        fiscal year but who remained 
                                        unlawfully in the United States 
                                        beyond such periods; to
                                            ``(bb) the number of 
                                        nationals of that country who 
                                        were admitted to the United 
                                        States on the basis of a 
                                        nonimmigrant visa under section 
                                        101(a)(15)(B) whose periods of 
                                        authorized stay ended during 
                                        that fiscal year.
                                    ``(II) Continuing designation.--The 
                                term `overstay rate' means, for each 
                                fiscal year after initial designation 
                                under this section with respect to a 
                                country, the ratio of--
                                            ``(aa) the number of 
                                        nationals of that country who 
                                        were admitted to the United 
                                        States under this section or on 
                                        the basis of a nonimmigrant 
                                        visa under section 
                                        101(a)(15)(B) whose periods of 
                                        authorized stay ended during a 
                                        fiscal year but who remained 
                                        unlawfully in the United States 
                                        beyond such periods; to
                                            ``(bb) the number of 
                                        nationals of that country who 
                                        were admitted to the United 
                                        States under this section or on 
                                        the basis of a nonimmigrant 
                                        visa under section 
                                        101(a)(15)(B) whose periods of 
                                        authorized stay ended during 
                                        that fiscal year.
                                    ``(III) Computation of overstay 
                                rate.--In determining the overstay rate 
                                for a country, the Secretary of 
                                Homeland Security may utilize 
                                information from any available 
                                databases to ensure the accuracy of 
                                such rate.
                            ``(iii) Program country.--The term `program 
                        country' means a country designated as a 
                        program country under subparagraph (A).''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 217 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place the term 
        appears (except in subsection (c)(11)(B)) and inserting 
        ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(C)(iii), by striking 
                ``Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
                International Relations of the House of Representatives 
                and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
                Foreign Relations of the Senate'' and inserting 
                ``appropriate congressional committees'';
                    (B) in paragraph (5)(A)(i)(III), by striking 
                ``Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign 
                Affairs, and the Committee on Homeland Security, of the 
                House of Representatives and the Committee on the 
                Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 
                Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
                of the Senate'' and inserting ``appropriate 
                congressional committees''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (7), by striking subparagraph (E).
    (c) Designation of Program Countries Based on Overstay Rates.--
            (1) In general.--Section 217(c)(2)(A) of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(2)(A)) is amended to read 
        as follows:
                    ``(A) General numerical limitations.--
                            ``(i) Low nonimmigrant visa refusal rate.--
                        The percentage of nationals of that country 
                        refused nonimmigrant visas under section 
                        101(a)(15)(B) during the previous full fiscal 
                        year was not more than 3 percent of the total 
                        number of nationals of that country who were 
                        granted or refused nonimmigrant visas under 
                        such section during such year.
                            ``(ii) Low nonimmigrant overstay rate.--The 
                        overstay rate for that country was not more 
                        than 3 percent during the previous fiscal 
                        year.''.
            (2) Qualification criteria.--Section 217(c)(3) of such Act 
        (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Qualification criteria.--After designation as a 
        program country under section 217(c)(2), a country may not 
        continue to be designated as a program country unless the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
        Secretary of State, determines, pursuant to the requirements 
        under paragraph (5), that the designation will be continued.''.
            (3) Initial period.--Section 217(c) is further amended by 
        striking subsection (c)(4).
            (4) Continuing designation.--Section 217(c)(5)(A)(i)(II) of 
        such Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(5)(A)(i)(II)) is amended to read as 
        follows:

                                                    ``(II) shall 
                                                determine, based upon 
                                                the evaluation in 
                                                subclause (I), whether 
                                                any such designation 
                                                under subsection (d) or 
                                                (f), or probation under 
                                                subsection (f), ought 
                                                to be continued or 
                                                terminated;''.

            (5) Computation of visa refusal rates; judicial review.--
        Section 217(c)(6) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(6)) is amended 
        to read as follows:
            ``(6) Computation of visa refusal rates and judicial 
        review.--
                    ``(A) Computation of visa refusal rates.--For 
                purposes of determining the eligibility of a country to 
                be designated as a program country, the calculation of 
                visa refusal rates shall not include any visa refusals 
                which incorporate any procedures based on, or are 
                otherwise based on, race, sex, or disability, unless 
                otherwise specifically authorized by law or regulation.
                    ``(B) Judicial review.--No court shall have 
                jurisdiction under this section to review any visa 
                refusal, the Secretary of State's computation of a visa 
                refusal rate, the Secretary of Homeland Security's 
                computation of an overstay rate, or the designation or 
                nondesignation of a country as a program country.''.
            (6) Visa waiver information.--Section 217(c)(7) of such Act 
        (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(7)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking subparagraphs (B) through (D); and
                    (B) by striking ``waiver information.--'' and all 
                that follows through ``In refusing'' and inserting 
                ``waiver information.--In refusing''.
            (7) Waiver authority.--Section 217(c)(8) of such Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1187(c)(8)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(8) Waiver authority.--The Secretary of Homeland 
        Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may 
        waive the application of paragraph (2)(A)(i) for a country if--
                    ``(A) the country meets all other requirements of 
                paragraph (2);
                    ``(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 
                that the totality of the country's security risk 
                mitigation measures provide assurance that the 
                country's participation in the program would not 
                compromise the law enforcement, security interests, or 
                enforcement of the immigration laws of the United 
                States;
                    ``(C) there has been a general downward trend in 
                the percentage of nationals of the country refused 
                nonimmigrant visas under section 101(a)(15)(B);
                    ``(D) the country consistently cooperated with the 
                Government of the United States on counterterrorism 
                initiatives, information sharing, preventing terrorist 
                travel, and extradition to the United States of 
                individuals (including the country's own nationals) who 
                commit crimes that violate United States law before the 
                date of its designation as a program country, and the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of 
                State assess that such cooperation is likely to 
                continue;
                    ``(E) the percentage of nationals of the country 
                refused a nonimmigrant visa under section 101(a)(15)(B) 
                during the previous full fiscal year was not more than 
                10 percent of the total number of nationals of that 
                country who were granted or refused such nonimmigrant 
                visas; and
                    ``(F) Effective period.--The amendments made by 
                this subsection shall be in effect during the period 
                beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and 
                ending on December 31, 2017.''.
    (d) Termination of Designation; Probation.--Section 217(f) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(f)) is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(d) Termination of Designation; Probation.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Probationary period.--The term `probationary 
                period' means the fiscal year in which a probationary 
                country is placed in probationary status under this 
                subsection.
                    ``(B) Program country.--The term `program country' 
                has the meaning given that term in subsection 
                (c)(1)(B).
            ``(2) Determination, notice, and initial probationary 
        period.--
                    ``(A) Determination of probationary status and 
                notice of noncompliance.--As part of each program 
                country's periodic evaluation required by subsection 
                (c)(5)(A), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
                determine whether a program country is in compliance 
                with the program requirements under subparagraphs 
                (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2).
                    ``(B) Initial probationary period.--If the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security determines that a 
                program country is not in compliance with the program 
                requirements under subparagraphs (A)(ii) through (F) of 
                subsection (c)(2), the Secretary of Homeland Security 
                shall place the program country in probationary status 
                for the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which 
                the periodic evaluation is completed.
            ``(3) Actions at the end of the initial probationary 
        period.--At the end of the initial probationary period of a 
        country under paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security shall take 1 of the following actions:
                    ``(A) Compliance during initial probationary 
                period.--If the Secretary determines that all instances 
                of noncompliance with the program requirements under 
                subparagraphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2) 
                that were identified in the latest periodic evaluation 
                have been remedied by the end of the initial 
                probationary period, the Secretary shall end the 
                country's probationary period.
                    ``(B) Noncompliance during initial probationary 
                period.--If the Secretary determines that any instance 
                of noncompliance with the program requirements under 
                subparagraphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2) 
                that were identified in the latest periodic evaluation 
                has not been remedied by the end of the initial 
                probationary period--
                            ``(i) the Secretary may terminate the 
                        country's participation in the program; or
                            ``(ii) on an annual basis, the Secretary 
                        may continue the country's probationary status 
                        if the Secretary, in consultation with the 
                        Secretary of State, determines that the 
                        country's continued participation in the 
                        program is in the national interest of the 
                        United States.
            ``(4) Actions at the end of additional probationary 
        periods.--At the end of all probationary periods granted to a 
        country pursuant to paragraph (3)(B)(ii), the Secretary shall 
        take 1 of the following actions:
                    ``(A) Compliance during additional period.--The 
                Secretary shall end the country's probationary status 
                if the Secretary determines during the latest periodic 
                evaluation required by subsection (c)(5)(A) that the 
                country is in compliance with the program requirements 
                under subparagraphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection 
                (c)(2).
                    ``(B) Noncompliance during additional periods.--The 
                Secretary shall terminate the country's participation 
                in the program if the Secretary determines during the 
                latest periodic evaluation required by subsection 
                (c)(5)(A) that the program country continues to be in 
                non-compliance with the program requirements under 
                subparagraphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2).
            ``(5) Effective date.--The termination of a country's 
        participation in the program under paragraph (3)(B) or (4)(B) 
        shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal year 
        following the fiscal year in which the Secretary determines 
        that such participation shall be terminated. Until such date, 
        nationals of the country shall remain eligible for a waiver 
        under subsection (a).
            ``(6) Treatment of nationals after termination.--For 
        purposes of this subsection and subsection (d)--
                    ``(A) nationals of a country whose designation is 
                terminated under paragraph (3) or (4) shall remain 
                eligible for a waiver under subsection (a) until the 
                effective date of such termination; and
                    ``(B) a waiver under this section that is provided 
                to such a national for a period described in subsection 
                (a)(1) shall not, by such termination, be deemed to 
                have been rescinded or otherwise rendered invalid, if 
                the waiver is granted prior to such termination.
            ``(7) Consultative role of the secretary of state.--In this 
        subsection, references to subparagraphs (A)(ii) through (F) of 
        subsection (c)(2) and subsection (c)(5)(A) carry with them the 
        consultative role of the Secretary of State as provided in 
        those provisions.''.
    (e) Review of Overstay Tracking Methodology.--Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall conduct a review of the methods used 
by the Secretary of Homeland Security--
            (1) to track aliens entering and exiting the United States; 
        and
            (2) to detect any such alien who stays longer than such 
        alien's period of authorized admission.
    (f) Evaluation of Electronic System for Travel Authorization.--Not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to Congress--
            (1) an evaluation of the security risks of aliens who enter 
        the United States without an approved Electronic System for 
        Travel Authorization verification; and
            (2) a description of any improvements needed to minimize 
        the number of aliens who enter the United States without the 
        verification described in paragraph (1).
    (g) Sense of Congress on Priority for Review of Program 
Countries.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in the process of conducting evaluations of countries 
participating in the visa waiver program under section 217 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), should prioritize the 
reviews of countries in which circumstances indicate that such a review 
is necessary or desirable.

                             (rescissions)

    Sec. 569.  Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Homeland 
Security, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the following 
accounts and programs in the specified amounts:  Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177):
            (1) $27,300,000 from unobligated prior year balances from 
        ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Security, Fencing, 
        Infrastructure, and Technology'';
            (2) $8,000,000 from Public Law 113-76 under the heading 
        ``U.S. Custom and Border Protection--Air and Marine 
        Operations'' in division F of such Act;
            (3) $12,500,000 from unobligated prior year balances from 
        ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Construction and 
        Facilities Management'';
            (4) $15,300,000 from ``Transportation Security 
        Administration Aviation Security'' account 70x0550;
            (5) $102,000,000 from Public Law 113-76 under the heading 
        ``Transportation Security Administration Aviation Security'';
            (6) $2,550,000 from Public Law 112-10 under the heading 
        ``Coast Guard Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements'';
            (7) $11,980,000 from Public Law 112-74 under the heading 
        ``Coast Guard Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements'';
            (8) $16,500,000 from Public Law 113-76 under the heading 
        ``Coast Guard Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements'';
            (9) $9,469,000 from Public Law 113-6 under the heading 
        ``Coast Guard Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements''; 
        and
            (10) $14,000,000 from ``Science and Technology Research and 
        Development, Acquisition, and Operations'' account 70x0800.

                              (rescission)

    Sec. 570.  From the unobligated balances made available in the 
Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund established by section 9703 
of title 31, United States Code, (added by section 638 of Public Law 
102-393) $200,000,000 shall be rescinded.

                             (rescissions)

    Sec. 571.  Of the funds transferred to the Department of Homeland 
Security when it was created in 2003, the following funds are hereby 
rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the specified 
amounts:
            (1) $1,362,285 from ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
        Salaries and Expenses'';
            (2) $57,998 from ``Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction 
        and Improvements''; and
            (3) $73,905 from ``Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
        National Predisaster Mitigation Fund''.

                              (rescission)

    Sec. 572.  Of the unobligated balances made available to ``Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Relief Fund'', $310,000,000 are 
rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:  Provided 
further, That no amounts may be rescinded from the amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 573.  Notwithstanding section 404 or 420 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c 
and 5187), during fiscal year 2015, the President may provide hazard 
mitigation assistance in accordance with such section 404 in any area 
in which assistance was provided under such section 420.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2015''.
                                                       Calendar No. 443

113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2534

                          [Report No. 113-198]

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                                 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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                             June 26, 2014

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar
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