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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. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

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

2 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND 

3 OPERATIONS 

4 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE

5 MANAGEMENT

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

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

8 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), and exec9 utive management of the Department of Homeland Secu10 rity, as authorized by law, $124,571,000: Provided, That 

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

12 representation expenses: Provided further, That all official 

13 costs associated with the use of government aircraft by 

14 Department of Homeland Security personnel to support 

15 official travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary 

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

18 the Deputy Secretary: Provided further, That expenditure 

19 plans for the Office of Policy, the Office of Intergovern20 mental Affairs, the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Lib21 erties, the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombuds22 man, and the Privacy Officer shall be submitted at the 

23 time the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 

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

25 United States Code. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

3 Secretary for Management, as authorized by sections 701 

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

5 U.S.C. 341 through 345), $192,692,000, of which not to 

6 exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and represen7 tation expenses: Provided, That of the total amount made 

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

9 available until September 30, 2016, solely for the alter10 ation and improvement of facilities, tenant improvements, 

11 and relocation costs to consolidate Department head12 quarters operations at the Nebraska Avenue Complex; and 

13 $8,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

14 2016, for the Human Resources Information Technology 

15 program: Provided further, That the Under Secretary for 

16 Management shall, pursuant to the requirements con17 tained in House Report 112–331, submit to the Commit18 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

19 Representatives, at the time the President’s budget pro20 posal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant to section 

21 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a Comprehensive 

22 Acquisition Status Report, which shall include the infor23 mation required under the heading ‘‘Office of the Under 

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

25 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 
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1 112–74), and shall submit quarterly updates to such re2 port not later than 45 days after the completion of each 

3 quarter. 

4 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi6 nancial Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Home7 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), $48,213,000: 

8 Provided, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

9 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

10 and the House of Representatives, at the time the Presi11 dent’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted 

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

13 Code, the Future Years Homeland Security Program, as 

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

15 U.S.C. 454). 

16 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In18 formation Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the 

19 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), and De20 partment-wide technology investments, $254,001,000; of 

21 which $95,078,000 shall be available for salaries and ex22 penses; and of which $158,923,000, to remain available 

23 until September 30, 2016, shall be available for develop24 ment and acquisition of information technology equip-
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1 ment, software, services, and related activities for the De2 partment of Homeland Security. 

3 ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS

4 For necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and 

5 operations coordination activities, as authorized by title II 

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

7 seq.), $295,269,000; of which not to exceed $3,825 shall 

8 be for official reception and representation expenses; and 

9 of which $131,679,000 shall remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2016. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

13 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

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

15 which not to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain con16 fidential operational expenses, including the payment of 

17 informants, to be expended at the direction of the Inspec18 tor General. 

19 TITLE II 

20 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 

21 INVESTIGATIONS 

22 U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relat25 ing to border security, immigration, customs, agricultural 
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1 inspections and regulatory activities related to plant and 

2 animal imports, and transportation of unaccompanied 

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

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

5 with individuals for personal services abroad; 

6 $8,320,391,000; of which $3,274,000 shall be derived 

7 from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for administra8 tive expenses related to the collection of the Harbor Main9 tenance Fee pursuant to section 9505(c)(3) of the Internal 

10 Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and not11 withstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security 

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

13 $34,425 shall be for official reception and representation 

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

15 Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 

16 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Rec17 onciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be de18 rived from that account; of which not to exceed $150,000 

19 shall be available for payment for rental space in connec20 tion with preclearance operations; and of which not to ex21 ceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to 

22 informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate 

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

24 fiscal year 2015, the overtime limitation prescribed in sec25 tion 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 
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1 267(c)(1)) shall be $35,000; and notwithstanding any 

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

3 this Act shall be available to compensate any employee of 

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

5 whatever source, in an amount that exceeds such limita6 tion, except in individual cases determined by the Sec7 retary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Sec8 retary, to be necessary for national security purposes, to 

9 prevent excessive costs, or in cases of immigration emer10 gencies: Provided further, That the Border Patrol shall 

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

12 full-time equivalent agents protecting the borders of the 

13 United States in the fiscal year: Provided further, That 

14 without regard to the limitation as to time and condition 

15 of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary may propose 

16 to reprogram and transfer funds within and into this ap17 propriation as necessary to ensure the care and transpor18 tation of unaccompanied alien children. 

19 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

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

21 Protection for operation and improvement of automated 

22 systems, including salaries and expenses, $806,699,000; 

23 of which $445,575,000 shall remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2017; and of which not less than $140,970,000 
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1 shall be for the development of the Automated Commercial 

2 Environment. 

3 BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND

4 TECHNOLOGY

5 For expenses for border security fencing, infrastruc6 ture, and technology, $362,466,000, to remain available 

7 until September 30, 2017. 

8 AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS

9 For necessary expenses for the operations, mainte10 nance, and procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, un11 manned aircraft systems, and other related equipment of 

12 the air and marine program, including salaries and ex13 penses, operational training, and mission-related travel, 

14 the operations of which include the following: the interdic15 tion of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support 

16 to Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement 

17 or administration of laws enforced by the Department of 

18 Homeland Security; and, at the discretion of the Secretary 

19 of Homeland Security, the provision of assistance to Fed20 eral, State, and local agencies in other law enforcement 

21 and emergency humanitarian efforts; $706,569,000; of 

22 which $290,900,000 shall be available for salaries and ex23 penses; and of which $415,669,000 shall remain available 

24 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That no aircraft or 

25 other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft 
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1 that are one-of-a-kind and have been identified as excess 

2 to U.S. Customs and Border Protection requirements and 

3 aircraft that have been damaged beyond repair, shall be 

4 transferred to any other Federal agency, department, or 

5 office outside of the Department of Homeland Security 

6 during fiscal year 2015 without prior notice to the Com7 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

8 of Representatives: Provided further, That the Secretary 

9 of Homeland Security shall report to the Committees on 

10 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent11 atives, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

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

13 for the air and marine program required under the head14 ing ‘‘Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, and Mainte15 nance’’ in Public Law 112–74. 

16 CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

17 For necessary expenses to plan, acquire, construct, 

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

19 buildings, facilities, and related infrastructure necessary 

20 for the administration and enforcement of the laws relat21 ing to customs, immigration, and border security, includ22 ing land ports of entry where the Administrator of General 

23 Services has delegated to the Secretary of Homeland Secu24 rity the authority to operate, maintain, repair, and alter 

25 such facilities, and to pay rent to the General Services Ad-
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1 ministration for use of land ports of entry, $478,459,000, 

2 to remain available until September 30, 2019. 

3 IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

9 up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only) police-type vehi10 cles; $5,136,957,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 

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

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

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

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

16 awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted 

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

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

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

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

25 September 30, 2017, is for maintenance, construction, and 
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1 lease hold improvements at owned and leased facilities; 

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

3 to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs 

4 associated with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of 

5 smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States: 

6 Provided, That none of the funds made available under 

7 this heading shall be available to compensate any employee 

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

9 except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the 

10 designee of the Secretary, may waive that amount as nec11 essary for national security purposes and in cases of immi12 gration emergencies: Provided further, That of the total 

13 amount provided, $15,770,000 shall be for activities to en14 force laws against forced child labor, of which not to ex15 ceed $6,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

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

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

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

19 to remove them from the United States once they are 

20 judged deportable: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

21 Homeland Security shall prioritize the identification and 

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

23 that crime: Provided further, That funding made available 

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

25 31,039 detention beds through September 30, 2015: Pro-
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1 vided further, That of the total amount provided, not less 

2 than $2,724,895,000 is for enforcement and removal oper3 ations, including transportation of unaccompanied minor 

4 aliens: Provided further, That, of the amount provided for 

5 Custody Operations in the previous proviso, $45,000,000 

6 shall remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided 

7 further, That, of the total amount provided for the Visa 

8 Security Program and international investigations, 

9 $30,535,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2016: Provided further, That not less than $15,000,000 

11 shall be available for investigation of intellectual property 

12 rights violations, including operation of the National Intel13 lectual Property Rights Coordination Center: Provided 

14 further, That none of the funds provided under this head15 ing may be used to continue a delegation of law enforce16 ment authority authorized under section 287(g) of the Im17 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the 

18 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General de19 termines that the terms of the agreement governing the 

20 delegation of authority have been violated: Provided fur21 ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading 

22 may be used to continue any contract for the provision 

23 of detention services if the two most recent overall per24 formance evaluations received by the contracted facility 

25 are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or the equivalent median score 
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1 in any subsequent performance evaluation system: Pro2 vided further, That nothing under this heading shall pre3 vent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from 

4 exercising those authorities provided under immigration 

5 laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration 

6 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))) during pri7 ority operations pertaining to aliens convicted of a crime: 

8 Provided further, That without regard to the limitation as 

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

10 Secretary may propose to reprogram and transfer funds 

11 within and into this appropriation as necessary to ensure 

12 the detention of aliens prioritized for removal and the care 

13 and transportation of unaccompanied alien children. 

14 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

15 For expenses of immigration and customs enforce16 ment automated systems, $26,000,000, to remain avail17 able until September 30, 2017. 

18 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

19 AVIATION SECURITY

20 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu21 rity Administration related to providing civil aviation secu22 rity services pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation 

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

24 U.S.C. 40101 note), $5,634,710,000, to remain available 

25 until September 30, 2016; of which not to exceed $7,650 
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1 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 

2 Provided, That any award to deploy explosives detection 

3 systems shall be based on risk, the airport’s current reli4 ance on other screening solutions, lobby congestion result5 ing in increased security concerns, high injury rates, air6 port readiness, and increased cost effectiveness: Provided 

7 further, That security service fees authorized under section 

8 44940 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited 

9 to this appropriation as offsetting collections and shall be 

10 available only for aviation security: Provided further, That 

11 the sum appropriated under this heading from the general 

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

13 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2015 

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

15 the general fund estimated at not more than 

16 $3,554,710,000: Provided further, That the fees deposited 

17 under this heading in fiscal year 2013 and sequestered 

18 pursuant to section 251A of the Balanced Budget and 

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

20 that are currently unavailable for obligation, are hereby 

21 permanently cancelled: Provided further, That notwith22 standing section 44923 of title 49, United States Code, 

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

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

25 United States Code, may be used for the procurement and 
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1 installation of explosives detection systems or for the 

2 issuance of other transaction agreements for the purpose 

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

4 title: Provided further, That not later than 90 days after 

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

6 the Transportation Security Administration shall submit 

7 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

8 the House of Representatives a detailed report on— 

9 (1) the Department of Homeland Security ef10 forts and resources being devoted to develop more 

11 advanced integrated passenger screening tech12 nologies for the most effective security of passengers 

13 and baggage at the lowest possible operating and ac14 quisition costs, including projected funding levels for 

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

16 completion, whichever is earlier; 

17 (2) how the Transportation Security Adminis18 tration is deploying its existing passenger and bag19 gage screener workforce in the most cost effective 

20 manner; and 

21 (3) labor savings from the deployment of im22 proved technologies for passenger and baggage 

23 screening and how those savings are being used to 

24 offset security costs or reinvested to address security 

25 vulnerabilities: 
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1 Provided further, That the Administrator of the Transpor2 tation Security Administration shall submit to the Com3 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

4 of Representatives, a semiannual report updating informa5 tion on a strategy to increase the number of air passengers 

6 eligible for expedited screening, including: 

7 (1) specific benchmarks and performance meas8 ures to increase participation in Pre-Check by air 

9 carriers, airports, and passengers; 

10 (2) options to facilitate direct application for 

11 enrollment in Pre-Check through the Transportation 

12 Security Administration’s Web site, airports, and 

13 other enrollment locations; 

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

15 for expedited screening; 

16 (4) inclusion of populations already vetted by 

17 the Transportation Security Administration and 

18 other trusted populations as eligible for expedited 

19 screening; 

20 (5) resource implications of expedited passenger 

21 screening resulting from the use of risk-based secu22 rity methods; and 

23 (6) the total number and percentage of pas24 sengers using Pre-Check lanes who: 
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1 (A) have enrolled in Pre-Check since 

2 Transportation Security Administration enroll3 ment centers were established; 

4 (B) enrolled using the Transportation Se5 curity Administration’s Pre-Check application 

6 Web site; 

7 (C) were enrolled as frequent flyers of a 

8 participating airline; 

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

10 enrollment in a Trusted Traveler program of 

11 U.S. Customs and Border Protection; 

12 (E) were selectively identified to partici13 pate in expedited screening through the use of 

14 Managed Inclusion; and 

15 (F) are enrolled in all other Pre-Check cat16 egories: 

17 Provided further, That Members of the United States 

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

20 commissions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 

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

25 members of the Executive Office of the President, includ-
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1 ing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 

2 shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage 

3 screening. 

4 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

5 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu6 rity Administration related to surface transportation secu7 rity activities, $126,749,000, to remain available until 

8 September 30, 2016. 

9 INTELLIGENCE AND VETTING

10 For necessary expenses for the development and im11 plementation of intelligence and vetting activities, 

12 $219,166,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2016. 

14 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

15 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu16 rity Administration related to transportation security sup17 port pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Security 

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

19 note), $923,737,000, to remain available until September 

20 30, 2016. 

21 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

22 OPERATING EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte24 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur25 chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehi-
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1 cles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease 

2 of small boats for contingent and emergent requirements 

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

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

5 $31,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for 

6 overseas deployments and activities; minor shore construc7 tion projects not exceeding $1,000,000 in total cost on any 

8 location; payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 

9 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recre10 ation and welfare; $6,984,618,000, of which $553,000,000 

11 shall be for defense-related activities, of which 

12 $213,000,000 is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

13 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu14 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

15 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be avail16 able only if the President subsequently so designates all 

17 such amounts and transmits such designations to the Con18 gress; of which $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil 

19 Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of 

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

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

22 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 

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

24 Act shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels 

25 under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, ex-
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1 cept to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts 

2 and credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That 

3 to the extent fees are insufficient to pay expenses of rec4 reational vessel documentation under such section 12114, 

5 and there is a backlog of recreational vessel applications, 

6 then personnel performing non-recreational vessel docu7 mentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 121 

8 of title 46, United States Code, may perform documenta9 tion under section 12114: Provided further, That of the 

10 funds provided under this heading, $125,000,000 shall be 

11 withheld from obligation for Coast Guard Headquarters 

12 Directorates until a future-years capital investment plan 

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

14 heading ‘‘Coast Guard Acquisition, Construction, and Im15 provements’’ of this Act, is submitted to the Committees 

16 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep17 resentatives: Provided further, That funds made available 

18 under this heading for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

19 Global War on Terrorism may be allocated by program, 

20 project, and activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this 

21 Act: Provided further, That, without regard to the limita22 tion as to time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, 

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

24 to or from Military Pay and Allowances in accordance with 

25 subsections (a), (b), and (c), of section 503. 
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1 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the environ3 mental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast 

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

5 $13,197,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2019. 

7 RESERVE TRAINING

8 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, 

9 as authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the 

10 Coast Guard reserve program; personnel and training 

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

12 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

13 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 

14 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 

15 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 

16 thereto; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and oper17 ation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by law; 

18 $1,330,376,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived 

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

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

21 of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which the fol22 lowing amounts shall be available until September 30, 

23 2019 (except as subsequently specified): $6,000,000 for 

24 military family housing; $1,043,500,000 to acquire, effect 

25 major repairs to, renovate, or improve vessels, small boats, 
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1 and related equipment; $68,000,000 to acquire, effect 

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

3 aviation capability; $57,300,000 for other acquisition pro4 grams; $40,580,000 for shore facilities and aids to naviga5 tion, including facilities at Department of Defense instal6 lations used by the Coast Guard; and $114,996,000, to 

7 remain available until September 30, 2015, for personnel 

8 compensation and benefits and related costs: Provided, 

9 That the funds provided by this Act shall be immediately 

10 available and allotted to contract for the production of the 

11 eighth National Security Cutter notwithstanding the avail12 ability of funds for post-production costs: Provided further, 

13 That the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit 

14 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

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

16 budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant 

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

19 that identifies for each requested capital asset— 

20 (1) the proposed appropriations included in that 

21 budget; 

22 (2) the total estimated cost of completion, in23 cluding and clearly delineating the costs of associ24 ated major acquisition systems infrastructure and 

25 transition to operations; 
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1 (3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year 

2 for the next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition pro3 gram baseline or project completion, whichever is 

4 earlier; 

5 (4) an estimated completion date at the pro6 jected funding levels; and 

7 (5) a current acquisition program baseline for 

8 each capital asset, as applicable, that— 

9 (A) includes the total acquisition cost of 

10 each asset, subdivided by fiscal year and includ11 ing a detailed description of the purpose of the 

12 proposed funding levels for each fiscal year, in13 cluding for each fiscal year funds requested for 

14 design, pre-acquisition activities, production, 

15 structural modifications, missionization, post16 delivery, and transition to operations costs; 

17 (B) includes a detailed project schedule 

18 through completion, subdivided by fiscal year, 

19 that details— 

20 (i) quantities planned for each fiscal 

21 year; and 

22 (ii) major acquisition and project 

23 events, including development of oper24 ational requirements, contracting actions, 

25 design reviews, production, delivery, test 
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1 and evaluation, and transition to oper2 ations, including necessary training, shore 

3 infrastructure, and logistics; 

4 (C) notes and explains any deviations in 

5 cost, performance parameters, schedule, or esti6 mated date of completion from the original ac7 quisition program baseline and the most recent 

8 baseline approved by the Department of Home9 land Security’s Acquisition Review Board, if ap10 plicable; 

11 (D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to 

12 mission requirements by defining existing capa13 bilities of comparable legacy assets, identifying 

14 known capability gaps between such existing ca15 pabilities and stated mission requirements, and 

16 explaining how the acquisition of each asset will 

17 address such known capability gaps; 

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

19 and the date of the estimate on which such 

20 costs are based, including all associated costs of 

21 major acquisitions systems infrastructure and 

22 transition to operations, delineated by purpose 

23 and fiscal year for the projected service life of 

24 the asset; 
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1 (F) includes the earned value management 

2 system summary schedule performance index 

3 and cost performance index for each asset, if 

4 applicable; and 

5 (G) includes a phase-out and decommis6 sioning schedule delineated by fiscal year for 

7 each existing legacy asset that each asset is in8 tended to replace or recapitalize: 

9 Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast 

10 Guard shall ensure that amounts specified in the future11 years capital investment plan are consistent, to the max12 imum extent practicable, with proposed appropriations 

13 necessary to support the programs, projects, and activities 

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

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

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

17 inconsistencies between the capital investment plan and 

18 proposed appropriations shall be identified and justified: 

19 Provided further, That subsections (a) and (b) of section 

20 6402 of Public Law 110–28 shall hereafter apply with re21 spect to the amounts made available under this heading. 

22 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

23 For necessary expenses for applied scientific re24 search, development, test, and evaluation; and for mainte25 nance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and 
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1 equipment; as authorized by law; $17,892,000, to remain 

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

3 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 

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

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

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

7 of this appropriation funds received from State and local 

8 governments, other public authorities, private sources, and 

9 foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, devel10 opment, testing, and evaluation. 

11 RETIRED PAY

12 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 

13 otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur14 pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 

15 Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca16 reer status bonuses, concurrent receipts, and combat-re17 lated special compensation under the National Defense 

18 Authorization Act, and payments for medical care of re19 tired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of 

20 title 10, United States Code, $1,576,000,000, to remain 

21 available until expended. 

22 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 

25 Service, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles 
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1 for police-type use for replacement only; hire of passenger 

2 motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the 

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

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

5 the United States Secret Service; rental of buildings in 

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

7 booths, and other facilities on private or other property 

8 not in Government ownership or control, as may be nec9 essary to perform protective functions; payment of per 

10 diem or subsistence allowances to employees in cases in 

11 which a protective assignment on the actual day or days 

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

13 16 hours per day or to remain overnight at a post of duty; 

14 conduct of and participation in firearms matches; presen15 tation of awards; travel of United States Secret Service 

16 employees on protective missions without regard to the 

17 limitations on such expenditures in this or any other Act 

18 if approval is obtained in advance from the Committees 

19 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep20 resentatives; research and development; grants to conduct 

21 behavioral research in support of protective research and 

22 operations; and payment in advance for commercial ac23 commodations as may be necessary to perform protective 

24 functions; $1,585,360,000; of which not to exceed $19,125 

25 shall be for official reception and representation expenses; 
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1 of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide tech2 nical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement 

3 organizations in counterfeit investigations; of which 

4 $2,366,000 shall be for forensic and related support of 

5 investigations of missing and exploited children; of which 

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

7 investigations of missing and exploited children and shall 

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

9 not less than $7,500,000 shall be for activities related to 

10 training in electronic crimes investigations and forensics: 

11 Provided, That $18,000,000 for protective travel shall re12 main available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, 

13 That $4,500,000 for National Special Security Events 

14 shall remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided 

15 further, That the United States Secret Service is author16 ized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements 

17 from Federal agencies and entities, as defined in section 

18 105 of title 5, United States Code, for personnel receiving 

19 training sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Cen20 ter, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal 

21 year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available 

22 under this heading at the end of the fiscal year: Provided 

23 further, That none of the funds made available under this 

24 heading shall be available to compensate any employee for 

25 overtime in an annual amount in excess of $35,000, except 
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1 that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee 

2 of the Secretary, may waive that amount as necessary for 

3 national security purposes: Provided further, That none of 

4 the funds made available to the United States Secret Serv5 ice by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts may 

6 be made available for the protection of the head of a Fed7 eral agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Secu8 rity: Provided further, That the Director of the United 

9 States Secret Service may enter into an agreement to pro10 vide such protection on a fully reimbursable basis: Pro11 vided further, That none of the funds made available to 

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

13 appropriations Acts may be obligated for the purpose of 

14 opening a new permanent domestic or overseas office or 

15 location unless the Committees on Appropriations of the 

16 Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 15 

17 days in advance of such obligation: Provided further, That 

18 for purposes of section 503(b) of this Act, $15,000,000 

19 or 10 percent, whichever is less, may be transferred be20 tween ‘‘Protection of Persons and Facilities’’ and ‘‘Domes21 tic Field Operations’’. 

22 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

23 RELATED EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 

25 repair, alteration, and improvement of physical and tech-
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1 nological infrastructure, $49,935,000; of which 

2 $5,380,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 

3 shall be for acquisition, construction, improvement, and 

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

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

6 30, 2017, shall be for Information Integration and 

7 Technology Transformation program execution. 

8 TITLE III 

9 PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

10 RECOVERY 

11 NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE

12 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

13 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

14 Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Di15 rectorate, support for operations, and information tech16 nology, $64,565,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 

17 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 

18 Provided further, That the President’s budget submitted 

19 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

20 shall be detailed by office, and by program, project, and 

21 activity level, for the National Protection and Programs 

22 Directorate. 
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1 INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION

2 SECURITY

3 For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection 

4 and information security programs and activities, as au5 thorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

6 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $1,213,000,000, of which 

7 $225,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

8 2016. 

9 FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

10 The revenues and collections of security fees credited 

11 to this account shall be available until expended for nec12 essary expenses related to the protection of federally 

13 owned and leased buildings and for the operations of the 

14 Federal Protective Service: Provided, That the Director of 

15 the Federal Protective Service shall submit at the time 

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

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

18 States Code, a strategic human capital plan that aligns 

19 fee collections to personnel requirements based on a cur20 rent threat assessment. 

21 OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

22 For necessary expenses for the Office of Biometric 

23 Identity Management, as authorized by section 7208 of 

24 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

25 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), $249,142,000: Provided, That of 
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1 the total amount made available under this heading, 

2 $122,150,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

3 2017. 

4 OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Af6 fairs, $124,618,000; of which $26,148,000 is for salaries 

7 and expenses and $84,651,000 is for BioWatch oper8 ations: Provided, That of the amount made available under 

9 this heading, $13,819,000 shall remain available until 

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

11 medical and health planning and coordination, and work12 force health protection: Provided further, That not to ex13 ceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representa14 tion expenses. 

15 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 

18 Management Agency, $935,720,000, including activities 

19 authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

20 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

22 seq.), the Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act of 2000 (divi23 sion C, title I, 114 Stat. 583), the Earthquake Hazards 

24 Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the De25 fense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et 
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1 seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National Security Act 

2 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404 and 405), Reorganization Plan 

3 No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the National Dam Safety 

4 Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.), the Homeland Secu5 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), the Implementing 

6 Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 

7 (Public Law 110–53), the Federal Fire Prevention and 

8 Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Post9 Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 

10 (Public Law 109–295; 120 Stat. 1394), the Biggert-Wa11 ters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 

12 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood In13 surance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89): 

14 Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official 

15 reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

16 That of the total amount made available under this head17 ing, $35,180,000 shall be for the Urban Search and Res18 cue Response System, of which none is available for Fed19 eral Emergency Management Agency administrative costs: 

20 Provided further, That of the total amount made available 

21 under this heading, $33,862,000 shall remain available 

22 until September 30, 2016, for capital improvements and 

23 other expenses related to continuity of operations at the 

24 Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Provided 

25 further, That of the total amount made available, 
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1 $3,400,000 shall be for the Office of National Capital Re2 gion Coordination: Provided further, That of the total 

3 amount made available under this heading, not less than 

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

5 2016, for expenses related to modernization of automated 

6 systems: Provided further, That the Administrator of the 

7 Federal Emergency Management Agency, in consultation 

8 with the Department of Homeland Security Chief Infor9 mation Officer, shall submit to the Committees on Appro10 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

11 an expenditure plan including results to date, plans for 

12 the program, and a list of projects with associated funding 

13 provided from prior appropriations and provided by this 

14 Act for modernization of automated systems. 

15 STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

16 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

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

18 as follows: 

19 (1) $467,000,000 shall be for the State Home20 land Security Grant Program under section 2004 of 

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

22 of which not less than $55,000,000 shall be for Op23 eration Stonegarden: Provided, That notwith24 standing subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for 

25 fiscal year 2014, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
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1 shall make available to local and tribal governments 

2 amounts provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto 

3 Rico under this paragraph in accordance with sub4 section (c)(1) of such section 2004. 

5 (2) $600,000,000 shall be for the Urban Area 

6 Security Initiative under section 2003 of the Home7 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which 

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

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

10 Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 

11 section 501(a) of such code) determined by the Sec12 retary of Homeland Security to be at high risk of a 

13 terrorist attack. 

14 (3) $100,000,000 shall be for Public Transpor15 tation Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assist16 ance, and Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance 

17 under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Imple18 menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 

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

20 1163, and 1182), of which not less than 

21 $10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security: Provided, 

22 That such public transportation security assistance 

23 shall be provided directly to public transportation 

24 agencies. 
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1 (4) $100,000,000 shall be for Port Security 

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

3 (5) $233,000,000 shall be to sustain current 

4 operations for training, exercises, technical assist5 ance, and other programs, of which $162,991,000 

6 shall be for training of State, local, and tribal emer7 gency response providers: 

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

9 (4), applications for grants shall be made available to eligi10 ble applicants not later than 60 days after the date of en11 actment of this Act, eligible applicants shall submit appli12 cations not later than 80 days after the grant announce13 ment, and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

14 Management Agency shall act within 65 days after the re15 ceipt of an application: Provided further, That notwith16 standing section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Security 

17 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)), or any other provision 

18 of law, a grantee may not use more than 5 percent of the 

19 amount of a grant made available under this heading for 

20 expenses directly related to administration of the grant: 

21 Provided further, That for grants under paragraphs (1) 

22 and (2), the installation of communications towers is not 

23 considered construction of a building or other physical fa24 cility: Provided further, That grantees shall provide re25 ports on their use of funds, as determined necessary by 
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1 the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, 

2 That notwithstanding section 509 of this Act the Adminis3 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

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

5 real property for the purpose of establishing or appro6 priately extending the security buffer zones around Fed7 eral Emergency Management Agency training facilities. 

8 FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

9 For grants for programs authorized by the Federal 

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

11 et seq.), $680,000,000, to remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2016, of which $340,000,000 shall be available 

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

14 $340,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 34 

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

16 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

17 For emergency management performance grants, as 

18 authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

19 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

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

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

23 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $350,000,000. 
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1 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

2 The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 

3 2015, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Vet4 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 

5 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 

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

7 amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland Se8 curity necessary for its radiological emergency prepared9 ness program for the next fiscal year: Provided, That the 

10 methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall be 

11 fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing such 

12 services, including administrative costs of collecting such 

13 fees: Provided further, That fees received under this head14 ing shall be deposited in this account as offsetting collec15 tions and will become available for authorized purposes on 

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

17 UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

18 For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Ad19 ministration and for other purposes, as authorized by the 

20 Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 

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

22 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $44,000,000. 
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1 DISASTER RELIEF FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 

4 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

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

8 Inspector General for audits and investigations related to 

9 disasters: Provided, That the Administrator of the Federal 

10 Emergency Management Agency shall submit an expendi11 ture plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen12 ate and the House of Representatives detailing the use of 

13 the funds made available in this or any other Act for dis14 aster readiness and support not later than 60 days after 

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

16 the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

17 Agency shall submit to such Committees a semiannual re18 port detailing obligations against the expenditure plan and 

19 a justification for any changes from the initial plan: Pro20 vided further, That the Administrator of the Federal 

21 Emergency Management Agency shall submit to the Com22 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

23 of Representatives the following reports, including a spe24 cific description of the methodology and the source data 

25 used in developing such reports: 
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1 (1) An estimate of the following amounts shall 

2 be submitted for the budget year at the time that 

3 the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 

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

5 United States Code: 

6 (A) The unobligated balance of funds to be 

7 carried over from the prior fiscal year to the 

8 budget year; 

9 (B) The unobligated balance of funds to be 

10 carried over from the budget year to the budget 

11 year plus 1; 

12 (C) The amount of obligations for non-cat13 astrophic events for the budget year; 

14 (D) The amount of obligations for the 

15 budget year for catastrophic events delineated 

16 by event and by State; 

17 (E) The total amount that has been pre18 viously obligated or will be required for cata19 strophic events delineated by event and by State 

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

21 year, the budget year plus 1, the budget year 

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

23 (F) The amount of previously obligated 

24 funds that will be recovered for the budget 

25 year; 
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1 (G) The amount that will be required for 

2 obligations for emergencies, as described in sec3 tion 102(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

4 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

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

6 in section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis7 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

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

9 grants, as described in section 420 of the Rob10 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

11 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187), surge activi12 ties, and disaster readiness and support activi13 ties; 

14 (H) The amount required for activities not 

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

16 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con17 trol Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)(iii); 

18 Public Law 99–177); 

19 (2) An estimate or actual amounts, if available, 

20 of the following for the current fiscal year shall be 

21 submitted not later than the fifth day of each 

22 month, and shall be published by the Administrator 

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

24 of each month: 
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1 (A) A summary of the amount of appro2 priations made available by source, the trans3 fers executed, the previously allocated funds re4 covered, and the commitments, allocations, and 

5 obligations made; 

6 (B) A table of disaster relief activity delin7 eated by month, including— 

8 (i) the beginning and ending balances; 

9 (ii) the total obligations to include 

10 amounts obligated for fire assistance, 

11 emergencies, surge, and disaster support 

12 activities; 

13 (iii) the obligations for catastrophic 

14 events delineated by event and by State; 

15 and 

16 (iv) the amount of previously obli17 gated funds that are recovered; 

18 (C) A summary of allocations, obligations, 

19 and expenditures for catastrophic events delin20 eated by event; 

21 (D) In addition, for a disaster declaration 

22 related to Hurricane Sandy, the cost of the fol23 lowing categories of spending: public assistance, 

24 individual assistance, mitigation, administrative, 

25 operations, and any other relevant category (in-
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1 cluding emergency measures and disaster re2 sources); and 

3 (E) The date on which funds appropriated 

4 will be exhausted: 

5 Provided further, That the Administrator shall publish on 

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

7 award of a public assistance grant under section 406 of 

8 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As9 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) the specifics of the grant 

10 award: Provided further, That for any mission assignment 

11 or mission assignment task order to another Federal de12 partment or agency regarding a major disaster, not later 

13 than 5 days after the issuance of the mission assignment 

14 or task order, the Administrator shall publish on the 

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

16 State and the disaster declaration for such State, the as17 signed agency, the assistance requested, a description of 

18 the disaster, the total cost estimate, and the amount obli19 gated: Provided further, That not later than 10 days after 

20 the last day of each month until the mission assignment 

21 or task order is completed and closed out, the Adminis22 trator shall update any changes to the total cost estimate 

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

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

25 be for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. 
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1 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That the 

3 amount in the preceding proviso is designated by the Con4 gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

5 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

6 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

7 FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM

8 For necessary expenses, including administrative 

9 costs, under section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance 

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

11 100215, 100216, 100226, 100230, and 100246 of the 

12 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, 

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

14 such additional sums as may be provided by State and 

15 local governments or other political subdivisions for cost16 shared mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of such 

17 Act (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until ex18 pended. 

19 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

20 For activities under the National Flood Insurance 

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

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

23 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 

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

25 141; 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance 
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1 Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89; 128 Stat. 

2 1020), $179,294,000, which shall remain available until 

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

4 amounts collected under section 1038(d) of the National 

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

6 is available for salaries and expenses associated with flood 

7 mitigation and flood insurance operations; and floodplain 

8 management and additional amounts for flood mapping: 

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

10 available for salaries and expenses associated with flood 

11 mitigation and flood insurance operations and 

12 $155,535,000 shall be available for flood plain manage13 ment and flood mapping: Provided further, That any addi14 tional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the 

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

16 4015(d)) shall be credited as an offsetting collection to 

17 this account, to be available for flood plain management 

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

19 2015, no funds shall be available from the National Flood 

20 Insurance Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood 

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

22 (1) $136,000,000 for operating expenses; 

23 (2) $1,139,000,000 for commissions and taxes 

24 of agents; 
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1 (3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 

2 Treasury borrowings; 

3 (4) $150,000,000, which shall remain available 

4 until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for 

5 flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the 

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

7 4104c), notwithstanding sections 1366(e) and 

8 1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 

9 Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 

10 102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 

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

12 Insurance Act of 1968 shall be deposited in the National 

13 Flood Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts speci14 fied as available for section 1366 of the National Flood 

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

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

17 1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 

18 4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total administra19 tive costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropria20 tion: Provided further, That $5,000,000 is available to 

21 carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance 

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

23 NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

24 For the predisaster mitigation grant program under 

25 section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
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1 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), 

2 $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

4 To carry out the emergency food and shelter program 

5 pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As6 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $100,000,000, to 

7 remain available until expended: Provided, That total ad8 ministrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 

9 amount made available under this heading: Provided fur10 ther, That the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

11 Management Agency may transfer funds appropriated 

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

13 Development—Homeless Assistance Grants’’: Provided 

14 further, That, if funds are transferred pursuant to the pre15 vious proviso, notwithstanding the references to the Ad16 ministrator in 42 U.S.C. 11331 through 11335 and 

17 11341, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

18 shall carry out the functions of the Administrator with re19 spect to the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, in20 cluding with respect to the National Board. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, 

3 AND SERVICES 

4 UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

5 SERVICES

6 For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigra7 tion services, $124,435,000 for the E-Verify Program, as 

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

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

12 any other provision of law, funds otherwise made available 

13 to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

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

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

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

18 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services may 

19 authorize employees who are assigned to those areas to 

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

22 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

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

11 States Code; $230,797,000; of which up to $54,154,000 

12 shall remain available until September 30, 2016, for mate13 rials and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic 

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

15 expended to be distributed to Federal law enforcement 

16 agencies for expenses incurred participating in training ac17 creditation; and of which not to exceed $9,180 shall be 

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

20 anticipation of reimbursements from agencies receiving 

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center shall 

5 schedule basic or advanced law enforcement training, or 

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

7 Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to ensure that 

8 such training facilities are operated at the highest capacity 

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

12 community and non-Federal accreditation experts involved 

13 in law enforcement training, shall lead the Federal law 

14 enforcement training accreditation process to continue the 

15 implementation of measuring and assessing the quality 

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

18 ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

19 RELATED EXPENSES

20 For acquisition of necessary additional real property 

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

23 Law Enforcement Training Center, $27,841,000, to re24 main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 

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

2 construction of special use facilities. 

3 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

4 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

5 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

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

8 authorized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 

9 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $129,555,000: Provided, 

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

11 and representation expenses. 

12 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND

13 OPERATIONS

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

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

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

19 to exceed 5 vehicles, $941,935,000; of which 

20 $506,755,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2017; and of which $435,180,000 shall remain available 

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

24 funds provided for the operation and construction of lab25 oratory facilities under this heading, $300,000,000 shall 
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1 be for construction of the National Bio- and Agro-defense 

2 Facility. 

3 DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE

4 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

5 For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear 

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

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

10 be for official reception and representation expenses. 

11 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS

12 For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear 

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

14 $196,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2017. 

16 SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

17 For expenses for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Of18 fice acquisition and deployment of radiological detection 

19 systems in accordance with the global nuclear detection 

20 architecture, $72,603,000, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2017. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

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

5 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

6 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

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

10 to appropriation accounts for such activities established 

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

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

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

16 provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 

17 in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 

18 that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

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

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

22 for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 

23 funds that: 

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

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

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

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

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

9 for a different purpose; or 

10 (5) contracts out any function or activity for 

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

13 contained in the fiscal year 2015 Budget Appendix 

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

16 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

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

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

20 by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or 

21 transferred to the Department of Homeland Security that 

22 remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

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

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

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

2 projects, or activities through a reprogramming of funds 

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

4 that: 

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 reprogramming of funds. 

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

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

21 previous appropriations Acts may be transferred between 

22 such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 

23 otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 

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

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

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

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

6 this section, no funds shall be reprogrammed within or 

7 transferred between appropriations based upon an initial 

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

10 of human life or the protection of property. 

11 (e) The notification thresholds and procedures set 

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

13 balances of funds provided in previous Department of 

14 Homeland Security Appropriations Acts. 

15 SEC. 504. The Department of Homeland Security 

16 Working Capital Fund, established pursuant to section 

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

18 continue operations as a permanent working capital fund 

19 for fiscal year 2015: Provided, That none of the funds ap20 propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 

21 of Homeland Security may be used to make payments to 

22 the Working Capital Fund, except for the activities and 

23 amounts allowed in the President’s fiscal year 2015 budg24 et: Provided further, That funds provided to the Working 

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

2 Fund: Provided further, That all departmental components 

3 shall be charged only for direct usage of each Working 

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

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

8 paid in advance or reimbursed at rates which will return 

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

10 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 

11 of Representatives shall be notified of any activity added 

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

13 Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland 

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

16 each quarter. 

17 SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

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

19 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2015, as re20 corded in the financial records at the time of a reprogram21 ming request, but not later than June 30, 2016, from ap22 propriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2015 

23 in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 

24 2016, in the account and for the purposes for which the 

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

2 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

3 House of Representatives for approval in accordance with 

4 section 503 of this Act. 

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

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

9 year 2015 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel10 ligence activities for fiscal year 2015. 

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

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

13 be used to— 

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

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

17 multiple award contract, or to issue a letter of in18 tent, totaling in excess of $1,000,000; 

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

20 obligation of funds in an amount greater than 

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

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

24 (4) announce publicly the intention to make or 

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

2 Regulation. 

3 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive 

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

6 the House of Representatives at least 3 full business days 

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

9 (c) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

10 that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 

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

12 made without notification, and the Secretary shall notify 

13 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

14 House of Representatives not later than 5 full business 

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

16 (d) A notification under this section— 

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

18 for obligation; and 

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

20 fiscal year for which the funds for the award were 

21 appropriated; the type of contract; and the account 

22 from which the funds are being drawn. 

23 (e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

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

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

3 Programs’’. 

4 SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

8 law enforcement training without the advance approval of 

9 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

10 House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law 

11 Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the 

12 temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, 

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

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

17 for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition 

18 project for which a prospectus otherwise required under 

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

20 approved, except that necessary funds may be expended 

21 for each project for required expenses for the development 

22 of a proposed prospectus. 

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

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

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

3 funds made available in that Act. 

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

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

7 available in this Act. 

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

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

12 chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

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

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

15 by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

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

17 SEC. 513. Within 30 days after the end of each 

18 month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of 

19 Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Ap20 propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa21 tives a monthly budget and staffing report for that month 

22 that includes total obligations, on-board versus funded 

23 full-time equivalent staffing levels, and the number of con24 tract employees for each office of the Department. 
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1 SEC. 514. Except as provided in section 44945 of title 

2 49, United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred 

3 to Transportation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Se4 curity’’, ‘‘Administration’’, and ‘‘Transportation Security 

5 Support’’ for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 that are recov6 ered or deobligated shall be available only for the procure7 ment or installation of explosives detection systems, air 

8 cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject 

9 to notification: Provided, That semiannual reports shall be 

10 submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

11 Senate and the House of Representatives on any funds 

12 that are recovered or deobligated. 

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

14 may be used to process or approve a competition under 

15 Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for serv16 ices provided by employees (including employees serving 

17 on a temporary or term basis) of United States Citizen18 ship and Immigration Services of the Department of 

19 Homeland Security who are known as Immigration Infor20 mation Officers, Contact Representatives, Investigative 

21 Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 

22 SEC. 516. Any funds appropriated to ‘‘Coast Guard 

23 Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ for fiscal 

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

25 123 foot patrol boat conversion that are recovered, col-
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1 lected, or otherwise received as the result of negotiation, 

2 mediation, or litigation, shall be available until expended 

3 for the Fast Response Cutter program. 

4 SEC. 517. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce5 ment Training Center instructor staff shall hereafter be 

6 classified as inherently governmental for the purpose of 

7 the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 

8 U.S.C. 501 note). 

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

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

11 to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of 

12 Homeland Security listing all grants and contracts award13 ed by any means other than full and open competition dur14 ing fiscal year 2015. 

15 (b) The Inspector General shall review the report re16 quired by subsection (a) to assess Departmental compli17 ance with applicable laws and regulations and report the 

18 results of that review to the Committees on Appropriations 

19 of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later 

20 than February 15, 2016. 

21 SEC. 519. None of the funds provided or otherwise 

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

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

24 U.S.C. 452). 
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1 SEC. 520. Funds made available in this Act may be 

2 used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro3 gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi4 neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 

5 maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast 

6 Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 

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

8 Civil Engineering Unit unless specifically authorized by a 

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

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

11 Act may be used by United States Citizenship and Immi12 gration Services to grant an immigration benefit unless 

13 the results of background checks required by law to be 

14 completed prior to the granting of the benefit have been 

15 received by United States Citizenship and Immigration 

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

17 the benefit. 

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

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

20 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until Sep21 tember 30, 2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 

22 30, 2015,’’; 

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

24 30, 2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015,’’. 
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1 SEC. 523. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

2 require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 

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

6 SEC. 524. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

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

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

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

15 adequate measures to ensure the use of United States flag 

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

18 of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

19 and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 

20 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep21 resentatives within 2 business days of any request for 

22 waivers of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant 

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

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

25 Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used 
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1 to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 

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

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

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

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

9 further, That the prescription drug may not be— 

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

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

12 802); or 

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

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

15 262). 

16 SEC. 526. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

17 to reduce the United States Coast Guard’s Operations 

18 Systems Center mission or its government-employed or 

19 contract staff levels. 

20 SEC. 527. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 

21 consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall no22 tify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

23 the House of Representatives of any proposed transfers 

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

25 31, United States Code (as added by Public Law 102– 
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1 393) from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture 

2 Fund to any agency within the Department of Homeland 

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

4 such a transfer may be obligated until the Committees on 

5 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent6 atives approve the proposed transfers. 

7 SEC. 528. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel9 oping a national identification card. 

10 SEC. 529. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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

12 a competition under Office of Management and Budget 

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

14 Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 

15 SEC. 530. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

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

17 days after the date on which the President determines 

18 whether to declare a major disaster because of an event 

19 and any appeal is completed, the Administrator shall pub20 lish on the Web site of the Federal Emergency Manage21 ment Agency a report regarding that decision that shall 

22 summarize damage assessment information used to deter23 mine whether to declare a major disaster. 
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1 (b) The Administrator may redact from a report 

2 under subsection (a) any data that the Administrator de3 termines would compromise national security. 

4 (c) In this section— 

5 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad6 ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

7 Agency; and 

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

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

10 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

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

12 SEC. 531. Any official that is required by this Act 

13 to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives may 

15 not delegate such authority to perform that act unless spe16 cifically authorized herein. 

17 SEC. 532. Section 550(b) of the Department of 

18 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 

19 109–295; 6 U.S.C. 121 note), as amended by section 536 

20 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 

21 Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76), is further amended by 

22 striking ‘‘on October 4, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘on October 

23 4, 2015’’. 

24 SEC. 533. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer, 
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1 release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within 

2 the United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid 

3 Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

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

5 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

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

7 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

8 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

9 SEC. 534. None of the funds made available in this 

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

11 of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 

12 301–10.122 through 301.10–124 of title 41, Code of Fed13 eral Regulations. 

14 SEC. 535. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used to employ workers described in section 

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

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

18 SEC. 536. (a) Any company that collects or retains 

19 personal information directly from any individual who par20 ticipates in the Registered Traveler or successor program 

21 of the Transportation Security Administration shall here22 after safeguard and dispose of such information in accord23 ance with the requirements in— 

24 (1) the National Institute for Standards and 

25 Technology Special Publication 800–30, entitled 
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1 ‘‘Risk Management Guide for Information Tech2 nology Systems’’; 

3 (2) the National Institute for Standards and 

4 Technology Special Publication 800–53, Revision 3, 

5 entitled ‘‘Recommended Security Controls for Fed6 eral Information Systems and Organizations’’; and 

7 (3) any supplemental standards established by 

8 the Administrator of the Transportation Security 

9 Administration (referred to in this section as the 

10 ‘‘Administrator’’). 

11 (b) The airport authority or air carrier operator that 

12 sponsors the company under the Registered Traveler pro13 gram shall hereafter be known as the ‘‘Sponsoring Enti14 ty’’. 

15 (c) The Administrator shall hereafter require any 

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

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

18 the Sponsoring Entity written certification that the proce19 dures used by the company to safeguard and dispose of 

20 information are in compliance with the requirements 

21 under subsection (a). Such certification shall include a de22 scription of the procedures used by the company to comply 

23 with such requirements. 

24 SEC. 537. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
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1 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 

2 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 

3 judged to be below satisfactory performance or perform4 ance that does not meet the basic requirements of a con5 tract. 

6 SEC. 538. In developing any process to screen avia7 tion passengers and crews for transportation or national 

8 security purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

9 shall ensure that all such processes take into consideration 

10 such passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil liberties con11 sistent with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance. 

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

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

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

15 may be allocated by United States Citizenship and Immi16 gration Services in fiscal year 2015 for the purpose of pro17 viding an immigrant integration grants program. 

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

19 States Citizenship and Immigration Services for grants for 

20 immigrant integration may be used to provide services to 

21 aliens who have not been lawfully admitted for permanent 

22 residence. 

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

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

25 to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses 
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1 to plan, acquire, design, construct, renovate, remediate, 

2 equip, furnish, improve infrastructure, and occupy build3 ings and facilities for the department headquarters con4 solidation project and associated mission support consoli5 dation: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 

6 of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall re7 ceive an expenditure plan not later than 90 days after the 

8 date of enactment of the Act detailing the allocation of 

9 these funds. 

10 SEC. 541. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this Act may be used by the De12 partment of Homeland Security to enter into any Federal 

13 contract unless such contract is entered into in accordance 

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

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

16 Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such 

17 contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered 

18 into without regard to the above referenced statutes. 

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

20 systems modernization, $39,500,000. 

21 (b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for finan22 cial systems modernization may be transferred by the Sec23 retary of Homeland Security between appropriations for 

24 the same purpose, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 
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1 (c) No transfer described in subsection (b) shall occur 

2 until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of 

3 the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 

4 of such transfer. 

5 SEC. 543. Notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation 

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

7 Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established 

8 by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appro9 priations available to the Department of Homeland Secu10 rity: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com11 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

12 of Representatives 5 days in advance of such transfer. 

13 SEC. 544. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 law, if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

15 that specific U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

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

17 Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities no longer 

18 meet the mission need, the Secretary is authorized to dis19 pose of individual Service Processing Centers or other 

20 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement owned de21 tention facilities by directing the Administrator of General 

22 Services to sell all real and related personal property which 

23 support Service Processing Centers or other U.S. Immi24 gration and Customs Enforcement owned detention facili25 ties, subject to such terms and conditions as necessary to 
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1 protect Government interests and meet program require2 ments: Provided, That the proceeds, net of the costs of 

3 sale incurred by the General Services Administration and 

4 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shall be de5 posited as offsetting collections into a separate account 

6 that shall be available, subject to appropriation, until ex7 pended for other real property capital asset needs of exist8 ing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement assets, 

9 excluding daily operations and maintenance costs, as the 

10 Secretary deems appropriate: Provided further, That any 

11 sale or collocation of federally owned detention facilities 

12 shall not result in the maintenance of fewer than 31,039 

13 detention beds: Provided further, That the Committees on 

14 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent15 atives shall be notified 15 days prior to the announcement 

16 of any proposed sale or collocation. 

17 SEC. 545. The Department of Homeland Security 

18 Chief Information Officer, the Commissioner of U.S. Cus19 toms and Border Protection, the Assistant Secretary of 

20 Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs 

21 Enforcement, the Director of the United States Secret 

22 Service, and the Director of the Office of Biometric Iden23 tity Management shall, with respect to fiscal years 2015, 

24 2016, 2017, and 2018, submit to the Committees on Ap25 propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
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1 tives, at the time that the President’s budget proposal for 

2 fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant to the require3 ments of section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

4 the information required in the multi-year investment and 

5 management plans required, respectively, under the head6 ings ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Salaries and 

7 Expenses’’ under title II of division D of the Consolidated 

8 Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74); ‘‘U.S. 

9 Customs and Border Protection, Border Security Fencing, 

10 Infrastructure, and Technology’’ under such title; section 

11 568 of such Act; and ‘‘Office of the Chief Information Of12 ficer’’, ‘‘United States Secret Service, Acquisition, Con13 struction, Improvements, and Related Expenses’’, and 

14 ‘‘Office of Biometric Identity Management’’ under division 

15 D of the Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 

16 (Public Law 113–6). 

17 SEC. 546. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

18 ensure enforcement of immigration laws (as defined in sec19 tion 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

20 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))). 

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

22 Act for ‘‘National Protection and Programs Directorate, 

23 Infrastructure Protection and Information Security’’, 

24 $140,525,000 for the ‘‘Federal Network Security’’ pro25 gram, project, and activity shall be used to deploy on Fed-
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1 eral systems technology to improve the information secu2 rity of agency information systems covered by section 

3 3543(a) of title 44, United States Code: Provided, That 

4 funds made available under this section shall be used to 

5 assist and support Government-wide and agency-specific 

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

7 cybersecurity to address escalating and rapidly evolving 

8 threats to information security, including the acquisition 

9 and operation of a continuous monitoring and diagnostics 

10 program, in collaboration with departments and agencies, 

11 that includes equipment, software, and Department of 

12 Homeland Security supplied services: Provided further, 

13 That not later than April 1, 2015, and semiannually there14 after, the Under Secretary of Homeland Security of the 

15 National Protection and Programs Directorate shall sub16 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

17 and the House of Representatives a report on the obliga18 tion and expenditure of funds made available under this 

19 section: Provided further, That continuous monitoring and 

20 diagnostics software procured by the funds made available 

21 by this section shall not transmit to the Department of 

22 Homeland Security any personally identifiable information 

23 or content of network communications of other agencies’ 

24 users: Provided further, That such software shall be in25 stalled, maintained, and operated in accordance with all 
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1 applicable privacy laws and agency-specific policies regard2 ing network content. 

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

4 be used to supplant funds provided for any such system 

5 within an agency budget. 

6 (c) Not later than July 1, 2015, the heads of all Fed7 eral agencies shall submit to the Committees on Appro8 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

9 expenditure plans for necessary cybersecurity improve10 ments to address known vulnerabilities to information sys11 tems described in subsection (a). 

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

13 thereafter, the head of each Federal agency shall submit 

14 to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

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

16 agency required by subsection (c): Provided, That the Di17 rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall sum18 marize such execution reports and annually submit such 

19 summaries to Congress in conjunction with the annual 

20 progress report on implementation of the E-Government 

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

22 3606 of title 44, United States Code. 

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

24 judicial branches of the Federal Government and shall 

25 apply to all Federal agencies within the executive branch 
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1 except for the Department of Defense, the Central Intel2 ligence Agency, and the Office of the Director of National 

3 Intelligence. 

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

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

6 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

7 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

10 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi11 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

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

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

14 facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi15 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus16 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 

17 law enforcement personnel of the United States continu18 ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

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

20 other Act may be obligated to implement the National Pre21 paredness Grant Program or any other successor grant 

22 programs unless explicitly authorized by Congress. 

23 SEC. 551. Public Law 113–76, division F, section 

24 559 is amended as follows: 
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1 (1) Subsection (e)(3)(D) is amended by striking 

2 ‘‘five’’ and replacing it with ‘‘seven’’. 

3 (2) Subsection (f)(2) is amended by striking it 

4 in its entirety and replacing it with: 

5 ‘‘(2) ALLOWABLE USES OF DONATIONS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) Donations accepted by the Commis7 sioner may— 

8 ‘‘(i) be utilized for necessary activities 

9 related to constructing, altering, operating, 

10 maintaining, or equipping a new or exist11 ing port of entry under the jurisdiction, 

12 custody and control of the Commissioner, 

13 including but not limited to expenses re14 lated to— 

15 ‘‘(I) land acquisition, design, con16 struction, repair and alteration; 

17 ‘‘(II) furniture, fixtures, equip18 ment, and technology, including in19 stallation and deployment thereof; and 

20 ‘‘(III) operations and mainte21 nance; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) be utilized for activities related 

23 to altering, operating, maintaining, or 

24 equipping a new or existing port of entry 

25 under the jurisdiction, custody, and control 
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1 of the Administrator, including but not 

2 limited to expenses related to— 

3 ‘‘(I) design, repair and alteration; 

4 ‘‘(II) furniture, fixtures, equip5 ment, and technology, including in6 stallation and deployment thereof; and 

7 ‘‘(III) operations and mainte8 nance. 

9 ‘‘(B) Donations accepted by the Adminis10 trator may— 

11 ‘‘(i) be utilized for activities related to 

12 constructing, altering, operating, maintain13 ing, or equipping a new or existing port of 

14 entry facility under the jurisdiction, cus15 tody and control of the Administrator, in16 cluding but not limited to expenses related 

17 to— 

18 ‘‘(I) land acquisition, design, con19 struction, repair and alteration; 

20 ‘‘(II) furniture, fixtures, equip21 ment, and technology, including in22 stallation and deployment thereof; and 

23 ‘‘(III) operations and mainte24 nance. 
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1 ‘‘(C) For purposes of subsection 

2 (f)(2)(A)(i)(II)–(III), the term ‘new or existing 

3 port of entry under the jurisdiction, custody 

4 and control of the Commissioner’ includes any 

5 sea or air port of entry at which U.S. Customs 

6 and Border Protection provides or will provide 

7 services.’’. 

8 (3) Subsection (f)(3)(A)(ii)(III) is amended by 

9 striking the word ‘‘land’’. 

10 (4) Subsection (h) is amended by adding a new 

11 subparagraph (4) that reads: 

12 ‘‘(4) The term ‘new or existing port of entry fa13 cility under the jurisdiction, custody and control of 

14 the Administrator’ includes any port of entry facility 

15 or property interest leased by the Administrator.’’. 

16 (5) Subsection (i) is amended by striking it in 

17 its entirety and replacing with: 

18 ‘‘(i) ROLE OF ADMINISTRATOR.—Under this section, 

19 the role and involvement of the Administrator of General 

20 Services is required only with respect to donations made 

21 pursuant to subsection (f) at land ports of entry under 

22 the jurisdiction, custody, and control of the Adminis23 trator.’’. 

24 SEC. 552. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance 
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1 of more than 50 employees of a single component of the 

2 Department of Homeland Security, who are stationed in 

3 the United States, at a single international conference un4 less the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, 

5 determines that such attendance is in the national interest 

6 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen7 ate and the House of Representatives within at least 10 

8 days of that determination and the basis for that deter9 mination: Provided, That for purposes of this section the 

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

11 occurring outside of the United States attended by rep12 resentatives of the United States Government and of for13 eign governments, international organizations, or non14 governmental organizations. 

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

16 Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department 

17 or agency for its participation in a National Special Secu18 rity Event. 

19 SEC. 554. With the exception of countries with 

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

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

22 Customs and Border Protection air preclearance agree23 ments entering into force after February 1, 2014, unless: 

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

25 with the Secretary of State, has certified to Congress that 
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1 air preclearance operations at the airport provide a home2 land or national security benefit to the United States; (2) 

3 U.S. passenger air carriers are not precluded from oper4 ating at existing preclearance locations; and (3) a U.S. 

5 passenger air carrier is operating at all airports con6 templated for establishment of new air preclearance oper7 ations. 

8 SEC. 555. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fire9 fighter Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary may grant waiv10 ers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), 

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

12 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 

13 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

14 SEC. 556. (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date 

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

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

17 new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 

18 Southern border or the Northern border at a land 

19 port of entry; or 

20 (2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 

21 of a border crossing fee. 

22 (b) BORDER CROSSING FEE DEFINED.—In this sec23 tion, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ means a fee that 

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

25 private motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege 
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1 of crossing the Southern border or the Northern border 

2 at a land port of entry. 

3 SEC. 557. The administrative law judge annuitants 

4 participating in the Senior Administrative Law Judge 

5 Program managed by the Director of the Office of Per6 sonnel Management under section 3323 of title 5, United 

7 States Code, shall be available on a temporary reemploy8 ment basis to conduct arbitrations of disputes arising from 

9 delivery of assistance under the Federal Emergency Man10 agement Agency Public Assistance Program. 

11 SEC. 558. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 

12 United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im13 plementation Act (Public Law 112–42) fees collected from 

14 passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent 

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

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

17 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 

18 SEC. 559. (a) Section 109(1) of the Department of 

19 Justice Appropriations Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–77) 

20 is amended by striking ‘‘$7’’ and inserting ‘‘$9’’. 

21 (b) Section 108 of division B of title I of the Consoli22 dated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108– 

23 7) is amended by striking ‘‘$3’’ and inserting ‘‘$5’’. 

24 (c) The additional funds generated by (a) and (b) 

25 shall solely be used for the hiring or sustainment of U.S. 
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1 Customs and Border Protection officers at air and sea 

2 ports of entry. 

3 SEC. 560. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

4 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex5 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

7 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

8 jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on the 

9 Department of Homeland Security that assumes revenues 

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

11 fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior 

12 to the submission of the budget unless such budget sub13 mission identifies which additional spending reductions 

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

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

16 of conference for the fiscal year 2016 appropriations Act. 

17 SEC. 561. None of the funds made available to the 

18 Department of Homeland Security by this Act may be ob19 ligated for any structural pay reform that affects more 

20 than 100 full-time equivalent employee positions or costs 

21 more than $5,000,000 in a single year before the end of 

22 the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the Sec23 retary of Homeland Security submits to Congress a notifi24 cation that includes— 
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1 (1) the number of full-time equivalent employee 

2 positions affected by such change; 

3 (2) funding required for such change for the 

4 current year and through the Future Years Home5 land Security Program; 

6 (3) justification for such change; and 

7 (4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to 

8 such change that were considered by the Depart9 ment. 

10 SEC. 562. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail11 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

12 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re13 quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives in 

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

16 that it shall serve the national interest. 

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

18 (1) the public posting of the report com19 promises homeland or national security; or 

20 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

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

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

23 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

24 no less than 30 days except as otherwise specified in law. 
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1 SEC. 563. None of the funds provided under this Act 

2 shall be used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce3 ment to establish a National License Plate Recognition 

4 database or other similar project. 

5 SEC. 564. Section 605 of division E of Public Law 

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

7 SEC. 565. The Administrator of the Federal Emer8 gency Management Agency may transfer up to 

9 $95,000,000 in unobligated balances made available for 

10 the appropriations account for ‘‘Federal Emergency Man11 agement Agency, Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Pro12 gram’’ under section 2(a) of the Community Disaster 

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

14 or under chapter 5 of title I of division B of the Consoli15 dated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Ap16 propriations Act, 2009 (Public Law (110–329; 122 Stat. 

17 3592) to the appropriations account for ‘‘Federal Emer18 gency Management Agency, Disaster Relief Fund’’. 

19 Amounts transferred to such account under this section 

20 shall be available for any authorized purpose of such ac21 count. 

22 SEC. 566. The Office of Management and Budget 

23 and the Department of Homeland Security shall ensure 

24 the congressional budget justifications accompanying the 

25 President’s budget proposal for the Department of Home-
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1 land Security, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of 

2 title 31, United States Code, include estimates of the num3 ber of unaccompanied alien children anticipated to be ap4 prehended in the budget year and the number of agent 

5 or officer hours required to process, manage and care for 

6 such children: Provided, That such materials shall also in7 clude estimates of all other associated costs for each rel8 evant Departmental component, including but not limited 

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

10 technical and advisory services; medical treatment; and all 

11 costs associated with transporting such children from one 

12 Departmental component to another or from a Depart13 mental component to another Federal agency. 

14 SEC. 567. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, Gerardo Ismael Hernandez, a Transportation Secu16 rity Officer employed by the Transportation Security Ad17 ministration who was killed in the line of duty on Novem18 ber 1, 2013, at the Los Angeles International Airport, 

19 shall be deemed to have been a public safety officer for 

20 the purposes of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

21 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.). 

22 SEC. 568. (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 217(c)(1) of 

23 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

24 1187(c)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE; DEFINI2 TIONS.— 

3 ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE.—The 

4 Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 

5 with the Secretary of State, may designate any 

6 country as a program country if that country 

7 meets the requirements under paragraph (2). 

8 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

9 ‘‘(i) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL

10 COMMITTEES.—The term ‘appropriate con11 gressional committees’ means— 

12 ‘‘(I) the Committee on Appro13 priations, the Committee on Foreign 

14 Relations, the Committee on Home15 land Security and Governmental Af16 fairs, and the Committee on the Judi17 ciary of the Senate; and 

18 ‘‘(II) the Committee on Appro19 priations, the Committee on Foreign 

20 Affairs, the Committee on Homeland 

21 Security, and the Committee on the 

22 Judiciary of the House of Representa23 tives. 

24 ‘‘(ii) OVERSTAY RATE.— 
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1 ‘‘(I) INITIAL DESIGNATION.—The 

2 term ‘overstay rate’ means, with re3 spect to a country being considered 

4 for designation in the program, the 

5 ratio of— 

6 ‘‘(aa) the number of nation7 als of that country who were ad8 mitted to the United States on 

9 the basis of a nonimmigrant visa 

10 under section 101(a)(15)(B) 

11 whose periods of authorized stay 

12 ended during a fiscal year but 

13 who remained unlawfully in the 

14 United States beyond such peri15 ods; to 

16 ‘‘(bb) the number of nation17 als of that country who were ad18 mitted to the United States on 

19 the basis of a nonimmigrant visa 

20 under section 101(a)(15)(B) 

21 whose periods of authorized stay 

22 ended during that fiscal year. 

23 ‘‘(II) CONTINUING DESIGNA24 TION.—The term ‘overstay rate’ 

25 means, for each fiscal year after ini-
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1 tial designation under this section 

2 with respect to a country, the ratio 

3 of— 

4 ‘‘(aa) the number of nation5 als of that country who were ad6 mitted to the United States 

7 under this section or on the basis 

8 of a nonimmigrant visa under 

9 section 101(a)(15)(B) whose pe10 riods of authorized stay ended 

11 during a fiscal year but who re12 mained unlawfully in the United 

13 States beyond such periods; to 

14 ‘‘(bb) the number of nation15 als of that country who were ad16 mitted to the United States 

17 under this section or on the basis 

18 of a nonimmigrant visa under 

19 section 101(a)(15)(B) whose pe20 riods of authorized stay ended 

21 during that fiscal year. 

22 ‘‘(III) COMPUTATION OF OVER23 STAY RATE.—In determining the over24 stay rate for a country, the Secretary 

25 of Homeland Security may utilize in-
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1 formation from any available data2 bases to ensure the accuracy of such 

3 rate. 

4 ‘‘(iii) PROGRAM COUNTRY.—The term 

5 ‘program country’ means a country des6 ignated as a program country under sub7 paragraph (A).’’. 

8 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

9 Section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

10 U.S.C. 1187) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 

12 the term appears (except in subsection (c)(11)(B)) 

13 and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 

14 and 

15 (2) in subsection (c)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (2)(C)(iii), by striking 

17 ‘‘Committee on the Judiciary and the Com18 mittee on International Relations of the House 

19 of Representatives and the Committee on the 

20 Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Rela21 tions of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriate 

22 congressional committees’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (5)(A)(i)(III), by striking 

24 ‘‘Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 

25 Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Home-
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1 land Security, of the House of Representatives 

2 and the Committee on the Judiciary, the Com3 mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Com4 mittee on Homeland Security and Govern5 mental Affairs of the Senate’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’; and 

7 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking subpara8 graph (E). 

9 (c) DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM COUNTRIES BASED

10 ON OVERSTAY RATES.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 217(c)(2)(A) of the 

12 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

13 1187(c)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(A) GENERAL NUMERICAL LIMITA15 TIONS.— 

16 ‘‘(i) LOW NONIMMIGRANT VISA RE17 FUSAL RATE.—The percentage of nationals 

18 of that country refused nonimmigrant visas 

19 under section 101(a)(15)(B) during the 

20 previous full fiscal year was not more than 

21 3 percent of the total number of nationals 

22 of that country who were granted or re23 fused nonimmigrant visas under such sec24 tion during such year. 
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1 ‘‘(ii) LOW NONIMMIGRANT OVERSTAY

2 RATE.—The overstay rate for that country 

3 was not more than 3 percent during the 

4 previous fiscal year.’’. 

5 (2) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA.—Section 

6 217(c)(3) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(3)) is 

7 amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(3) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA.—After designa9 tion as a program country under section 217(c)(2), 

10 a country may not continue to be designated as a 

11 program country unless the Secretary of Homeland 

12 Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 

13 determines, pursuant to the requirements under 

14 paragraph (5), that the designation will be contin15 ued.’’. 

16 (3) INITIAL PERIOD.—Section 217(c) is further 

17 amended by striking subsection (c)(4). 

18 (4) CONTINUING DESIGNATION.—Section 

19 217(c)(5)(A)(i)(II) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 

20 1187(c)(5)(A)(i)(II)) is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(II) shall determine, 

22 based upon the evaluation in 

23 subclause (I), whether any 

24 such designation under sub25 section (d) or (f), or proba-
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1 tion under subsection (f), 

2 ought to be continued or ter3 minated;’’. 

4 (5) COMPUTATION OF VISA REFUSAL RATES; 

5 JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Section 217(c)(6) of such Act 

6 (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(6)) is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(6) COMPUTATION OF VISA REFUSAL RATES

8 AND JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 

9 ‘‘(A) COMPUTATION OF VISA REFUSAL

10 RATES.—For purposes of determining the eligi11 bility of a country to be designated as a pro12 gram country, the calculation of visa refusal 

13 rates shall not include any visa refusals which 

14 incorporate any procedures based on, or are 

15 otherwise based on, race, sex, or disability, un16 less otherwise specifically authorized by law or 

17 regulation. 

18 ‘‘(B) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—No court shall 

19 have jurisdiction under this section to review 

20 any visa refusal, the Secretary of State’s com21 putation of a visa refusal rate, the Secretary of 

22 Homeland Security’s computation of an over23 stay rate, or the designation or nondesignation 

24 of a country as a program country.’’. 
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1 (6) VISA WAIVER INFORMATION.—Section 

2 217(c)(7) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(7)) is 

3 amended— 

4 (A) by striking subparagraphs (B) through 

5 (D); and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘WAIVER INFORMATION.— 

7 ’’ and all that follows through ‘‘In refusing’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘WAIVER INFORMATION.—In re9 fusing’’. 

10 (7) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Section 217(c)(8) of 

11 such Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(8)) is amended to read 

12 as follows: 

13 ‘‘(8) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of 

14 Homeland Security, in consultation with the Sec15 retary of State, may waive the application of para16 graph (2)(A)(i) for a country if— 

17 ‘‘(A) the country meets all other require18 ments of paragraph (2); 

19 ‘‘(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security 

20 determines that the totality of the country’s se21 curity risk mitigation measures provide assur22 ance that the country’s participation in the pro23 gram would not compromise the law enforce24 ment, security interests, or enforcement of the 

25 immigration laws of the United States; 
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1 ‘‘(C) there has been a general downward 

2 trend in the percentage of nationals of the 

3 country refused nonimmigrant visas under sec4 tion 101(a)(15)(B); 

5 ‘‘(D) the country consistently cooperated 

6 with the Government of the United States on 

7 counterterrorism initiatives, information shar8 ing, preventing terrorist travel, and extradition 

9 to the United States of individuals (including 

10 the country’s own nationals) who commit 

11 crimes that violate United States law before the 

12 date of its designation as a program country, 

13 and the Secretary of Homeland Security and 

14 the Secretary of State assess that such coopera15 tion is likely to continue; 

16 ‘‘(E) the percentage of nationals of the 

17 country refused a nonimmigrant visa under sec18 tion 101(a)(15)(B) during the previous full fis19 cal year was not more than 10 percent of the 

20 total number of nationals of that country who 

21 were granted or refused such nonimmigrant 

22 visas; and 

23 ‘‘(F) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—The amend24 ments made by this subsection shall be in effect 

25 during the period beginning on the date of en-
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1 actment of this Act and ending on December 

2 31, 2017.’’. 

3 (d) TERMINATION OF DESIGNATION; PROBATION.— 

4 Section 217(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

5 U.S.C. 1187(f)) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(d) TERMINATION OF DESIGNATION; PROBATION.— 

7 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

8 ‘‘(A) PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—The term 

9 ‘probationary period’ means the fiscal year in 

10 which a probationary country is placed in pro11 bationary status under this subsection. 

12 ‘‘(B) PROGRAM COUNTRY.—The term ‘pro13 gram country’ has the meaning given that term 

14 in subsection (c)(1)(B). 

15 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION, NOTICE, AND INITIAL

16 PROBATIONARY PERIOD.— 

17 ‘‘(A) DETERMINATION OF PROBATIONARY

18 STATUS AND NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—As 

19 part of each program country’s periodic evalua20 tion required by subsection (c)(5)(A), the Sec21 retary of Homeland Security shall determine 

22 whether a program country is in compliance 

23 with the program requirements under subpara24 graphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2). 
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1 ‘‘(B) INITIAL PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—If 

2 the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

3 that a program country is not in compliance 

4 with the program requirements under subpara5 graphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2), 

6 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall place 

7 the program country in probationary status for 

8 the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which 

9 the periodic evaluation is completed. 

10 ‘‘(3) ACTIONS AT THE END OF THE INITIAL

11 PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—At the end of the initial 

12 probationary period of a country under paragraph 

13 (2)(B), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

14 take 1 of the following actions: 

15 ‘‘(A) COMPLIANCE DURING INITIAL PROBA16 TIONARY PERIOD.—If the Secretary determines 

17 that all instances of noncompliance with the 

18 program requirements under subparagraphs 

19 (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2) that 

20 were identified in the latest periodic evaluation 

21 have been remedied by the end of the initial 

22 probationary period, the Secretary shall end the 

23 country’s probationary period. 

24 ‘‘(B) NONCOMPLIANCE DURING INITIAL

25 PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—If the Secretary de-
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1 termines that any instance of noncompliance 

2 with the program requirements under subpara3 graphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2) 

4 that were identified in the latest periodic eval5 uation has not been remedied by the end of the 

6 initial probationary period— 

7 ‘‘(i) the Secretary may terminate the 

8 country’s participation in the program; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) on an annual basis, the Secretary 

10 may continue the country’s probationary 

11 status if the Secretary, in consultation 

12 with the Secretary of State, determines 

13 that the country’s continued participation 

14 in the program is in the national interest 

15 of the United States. 

16 ‘‘(4) ACTIONS AT THE END OF ADDITIONAL

17 PROBATIONARY PERIODS.—At the end of all proba18 tionary periods granted to a country pursuant to 

19 paragraph (3)(B)(ii), the Secretary shall take 1 of 

20 the following actions: 

21 ‘‘(A) COMPLIANCE DURING ADDITIONAL

22 PERIOD.—The Secretary shall end the country’s 

23 probationary status if the Secretary determines 

24 during the latest periodic evaluation required by 

25 subsection (c)(5)(A) that the country is in com-
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1 pliance with the program requirements under 

2 subparagraphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection 

3 (c)(2). 

4 ‘‘(B) NONCOMPLIANCE DURING ADDI5 TIONAL PERIODS.—The Secretary shall termi6 nate the country’s participation in the program 

7 if the Secretary determines during the latest 

8 periodic evaluation required by subsection 

9 (c)(5)(A) that the program country continues to 

10 be in non-compliance with the program require11 ments under subparagraphs (A)(ii) through (F) 

12 of subsection (c)(2). 

13 ‘‘(5) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The termination of a 

14 country’s participation in the program under para15 graph (3)(B) or (4)(B) shall take effect on the first 

16 day of the first fiscal year following the fiscal year 

17 in which the Secretary determines that such partici18 pation shall be terminated. Until such date, nation19 als of the country shall remain eligible for a waiver 

20 under subsection (a). 

21 ‘‘(6) TREATMENT OF NATIONALS AFTER TERMI22 NATION.—For purposes of this subsection and sub23 section (d)— 

24 ‘‘(A) nationals of a country whose designa25 tion is terminated under paragraph (3) or (4) 
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1 shall remain eligible for a waiver under sub2 section (a) until the effective date of such ter3 mination; and 

4 ‘‘(B) a waiver under this section that is 

5 provided to such a national for a period de6 scribed in subsection (a)(1) shall not, by such 

7 termination, be deemed to have been rescinded 

8 or otherwise rendered invalid, if the waiver is 

9 granted prior to such termination. 

10 ‘‘(7) CONSULTATIVE ROLE OF THE SECRETARY

11 OF STATE.—In this subsection, references to sub12 paragraphs (A)(ii) through (F) of subsection (c)(2) 

13 and subsection (c)(5)(A) carry with them the con14 sultative role of the Secretary of State as provided 

15 in those provisions.’’. 

16 (e) REVIEW OF OVERSTAY TRACKING METHOD17 OLOGY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 

18 enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

19 United States shall conduct a review of the methods used 

20 by the Secretary of Homeland Security— 

21 (1) to track aliens entering and exiting the 

22 United States; and 

23 (2) to detect any such alien who stays longer 

24 than such alien’s period of authorized admission. 
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1 (f) EVALUATION OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR

2 TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION.—Not later than 90 days after 

3 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

4 Homeland Security shall submit to Congress— 

5 (1) an evaluation of the security risks of aliens 

6 who enter the United States without an approved 

7 Electronic System for Travel Authorization 

8 verification; and 

9 (2) a description of any improvements needed 

10 to minimize the number of aliens who enter the 

11 United States without the verification described in 

12 paragraph (1). 

13 (g) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PRIORITY FOR REVIEW

14 OF PROGRAM COUNTRIES.—It is the sense of Congress 

15 that the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the process 

16 of conducting evaluations of countries participating in the 

17 visa waiver program under section 217 of the Immigration 

18 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), should prioritize the 

19 reviews of countries in which circumstances indicate that 

20 such a review is necessary or desirable. 

21 (RESCISSIONS)

22 SEC. 569. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart23 ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are here24 by rescinded from the following accounts and programs 

25 in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 
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1 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 

2 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con3 current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 

4 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 

5 99–177): 

6 (1) $27,300,000 from unobligated prior year 

7 balances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

8 Border Security, Fencing, Infrastructure, and Tech9 nology’’; 

10 (2) $8,000,000 from Public Law 113–76 under 

11 the heading ‘‘U.S. Custom and Border Protection— 

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

13 Act; 

14 (3) $12,500,000 from unobligated prior year 

15 balances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec16 tion—Construction and Facilities Management’’; 

17 (4) $15,300,000 from ‘‘Transportation Security 

18 Administration Aviation Security’’ account 70x0550; 

19 (5) $102,000,000 from Public Law 113–76 

20 under the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Admin21 istration Aviation Security’’; 

22 (6) $2,550,000 from Public Law 112–10 under 

23 the heading ‘‘Coast Guard Acquisition, Construction, 

24 and Improvements’’; 
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1 (7) $11,980,000 from Public Law 112–74 

2 under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard Acquisition, Con3 struction, and Improvements’’; 

4 (8) $16,500,000 from Public Law 113–76 

5 under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard Acquisition, Con6 struction, and Improvements’’; 

7 (9) $9,469,000 from Public Law 113–6 under 

8 the heading ‘‘Coast Guard Acquisition, Construction, 

9 and Improvements’’; and 

10 (10) $14,000,000 from ‘‘Science and Tech11 nology Research and Development, Acquisition, and 

12 Operations’’ account 70x0800. 

13 (RESCISSION)

14 SEC. 570. From the unobligated balances made avail15 able in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

16 established by section 9703 of title 31, United States 

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

18 $200,000,000 shall be rescinded. 

19 (RESCISSIONS)

20 SEC. 571. Of the funds transferred to the Depart21 ment of Homeland Security when it was created in 2003, 

22 the following funds are hereby rescinded from the fol23 lowing accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 

24 (1) $1,362,285 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Bor25 der Protection, Salaries and Expenses’’; 
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1 (2) $57,998 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, 

2 Construction and Improvements’’; and 

3 (3) $73,905 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage4 ment Agency, National Predisaster Mitigation 

5 Fund’’. 

6 (RESCISSION)

7 SEC. 572. Of the unobligated balances made available 

8 to ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster 

9 Relief Fund’’, $310,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That 

10 no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 

11 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

12 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

13 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

14 1985, as amended: Provided further, That no amounts 

15 may be rescinded from the amounts that were designated 

16 by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to 

17 section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emer18 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 SEC. 573. Notwithstanding section 404 or 420 of the 

20 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist21 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c and 5187), during fiscal year 

22 2015, the President may provide hazard mitigation assist23 ance in accordance with such section 404 in any area in 

24 which assistance was provided under such section 420. 
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home2 land Security Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
Calendar No. 443 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2534 

[Report No. 113–198] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of 

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

JUNE 26, 2014 

Read twice and placed on the calendar