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U.S.C. 181 et seq.); $712,041,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That no university participating in the 
University-based Centers of Excellence Program shall re-
ceive a grant for a period in excess of 3 years: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided under this heading 
shall be made available for management and administrative 
costs. 
DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection Office and for management and administration of 
programs and activities, $30,468,000: Provided, That no 
funds will be made available for the reimbursement of indi-
viduals from other Federal agencies or organizations in fis-
cal year 2008: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear re-
search, development, testing, evaluation and operations, 
$234,024,000, to remain available until expended; and of 
which not to exceed $65,000,000 shall be made available for 
transformation research and development; and of which no 
less than $40,000,000 shall be made available for radiation 
portal monitor research and development: Provided, That 
of the amount provided, $80,000,000 shall not be obligated 
until the Secretary of Homeland Security provides notifica-
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tion to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives that the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection Office has entered into a Memorandum of Under-
standing with each Federal entity and organization: Pro-
vided further, That each Memorandum of Understanding 
shall include a description of the role, responsibilities, and 
resource commitment of each Federal entity or organization 
for the domestic nuclear global architecture. 
SYSTEMS ACQUISITION 
For expenses for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 
acquisition and deployment of radiological detection sys-
tems in accordance with the global nuclear detection archi-
tecture, $178,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2009; and of which no less than $143,000,000 shall be 
for radiation portal monitors; and of which not to exceed 
$5,000,000 shall be for the Surge program: Provided, That 
none of the funds provided for the Sodium Iodine Manufac-
turing program shall be made available until a cost-benefit 
analysis on the Advance Spectroscopic Portal monitors is 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security and reviewed by the Government Ac-
countability Office.
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 
of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to 
appropriation accounts for such activities established under 
this Act: Provided, That balances so transferred may be 
merged with funds in the applicable established accounts 
and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the 
same time period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2007, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail-
able to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 
funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a pro-
gram, project, or activity; (3) increases funds for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been denied 
or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds di-
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rected for a specific activity by either of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate or House of Representa-
tives for a different purpose; or (5) contracts out any func-
tion or activity for which funds have been appropriated for 
Federal full-time equivalent positions; unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or trans-
ferred to the Department of Homeland Security that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2007, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure for programs, projects, or activities 
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $5,000,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing 
programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent 
funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or 
numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by the Con-
gress; or (3) results from any general savings from a reduc-
tion in personnel that would result in a change in existing 
programs, projects, or activities as approved by the Con-
gress; unless the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
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ate and the House of Representatives are notified 15 days 
in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(c) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Homeland Security by this Act or provided by previous ap-
propriations Acts may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriations, except as otherwise 
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 
percent by such transfers: Provided, That any transfer 
under this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under subsection (b) of this section and shall not be 
available for obligation unless the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer. 
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 
this section, no funds shall be reprogrammed within or 
transferred between appropriations after June 30, except in 
extraordinary circumstances which imminently threaten 
the safety of human life or the protection of property. 
SEC. 504. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Homeland Security 
may be used to make payments to the ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security Working Capital Fund’’, except for the 
activities and amounts allowed in the President’s fiscal 
year 2007 budget, excluding sedan service, shuttle service,
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transit subsidy, mail operations, parking, and competitive 
sourcing: Provided, That any additional activities and 
amounts shall be approved by the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
30 days in advance of obligation. 
SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2007 from ap-
propriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2007 
in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 
2008, in the account and for the purposes for which the 
appropriations were provided: Provided, That prior to the 
obligation of such funds, a request shall be submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives for approval in accordance with section 
503 of this Act. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intel-
ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 
2007 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence 
activities for fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 507. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center shall lead the Federal law enforcement training ac-
creditation process, to include representatives from the Fed-
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eral law enforcement community and non-Federal accredi-
tation experts involved in law enforcement training, to con-
tinue the implementation of measuring and assessing the 
quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement train-
ing programs, facilities, and instructors. 
SEC. 508. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to make a grant allocation, discretionary grant award, dis-
cretionary contract award, or to issue a letter of intent to-
taling in excess of $1,000,000, or to announce publicly the 
intention to make such an award, unless the Secretary of 
Homeland Security notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least 
3 full business days in advance: Provided, That no notifica-
tion shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion. 
SEC. 509. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional 
facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, 
to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforce-
ment training without the advance approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, except that the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use 
of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement
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for training which cannot be accommodated in existing 
Center facilities. 
SEC. 510. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center shall schedule basic or advanced law 
enforcement training (including both types of training) at 
all four training facilities under the control of the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center to ensure that these 
training centers are operated at the highest capacity 
throughout the fiscal year. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used for expenses of any 
construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project for 
which a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act 
of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 3301), has not been approved, except 
that necessary funds may be expended for each project for 
required expenses for the development of a proposed pro-
spectus. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
in contravention of the applicable provisions of the Buy 
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). 
SEC. 513. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the authority of the Office of Personnel Management to con-
duct personnel security and suitability background inves-
tigations, update investigations, and periodic reinvestiga-
tions of applicants for, or appointees in, positions in the
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Office of the Secretary and Executive Management, the Of-
fice of the Under Secretary for Management, Analysis and 
Operations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Direc-
torate for Preparedness, and the Directorate of Science and 
Technology of the Department of Homeland Security is 
transferred to the Department of Homeland Security: Pro-
vided, That on request of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity, the Office of Personnel Management shall cooperate 
with and assist the Department in any investigation or re-
investigation under this section: Provided further, That this 
section shall cease to be effective at such time as the Presi-
dent has selected a single agency to conduct security clear-
ance investigations under section 3001(c) of the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 
108–458; 50 U.S.C. 435b) and the entity selected under sec-
tion 3001(b) of such Act has reported to Congress that the 
agency selected under such section 3001(c) is capable of con-
ducting all necessary investigations in a timely manner or 
has authorized the entities within the Department of Home-
land Security covered by this section to conduct their own 
investigations under section 3001 of such Act. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided by this or 
previous appropriations Acts may be obligated for deploy-
ment or implementation, on other than a test basis, of the 
Secure Flight program or any other follow on or successor
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passenger prescreening programs, until the Secretary of 
Homeland Security certifies, and the Government Account-
ability Office reports, to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives, that all 10 
of the conditions contained in paragraphs (1) through (10) 
of section 522(a) of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–334; 118 Stat. 
1319) have been successfully met. 
(b) The report required by subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted within 90 days after the certification required by 
such subsection is provided, and periodically thereafter, if 
necessary, until the Government Accountability Office con-
firms that all 10 conditions have been successfully met. 
(c) During the testing phase permitted by subsection 
(a), no information gathered from passengers, foreign or do-
mestic air carriers, or reservation systems may be used to 
screen aviation passengers, or delay or deny boarding to 
such passengers, except in instances where passenger names 
are matched to a Government watch list. 
(d) None of the funds provided in this or previous ap-
propriations Acts may be utilized to develop or test algo-
rithms assigning risk to passengers whose names are not 
on Government watch lists. 
(e) None of the funds provided in this or previous ap-
propriations Acts may be utilized for data or a database
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that is obtained from or remains under the control of a non- 
Federal entity: Provided, That this restriction shall not 
apply to Passenger Name Record data obtained from air 
carriers. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required 
by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1448). 
SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to process or approve a competition under Of-
fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for services 
provided as of June 1, 2004, by employees (including em-
ployees serving on a temporary or term basis) of United 
States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security who are known as of that date 
as Immigration Information Officers, Contact Representa-
tives, or Investigative Assistants. 
SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated to the 
United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous ap-
propriations Acts may be made available for the protection 
of a person, other than persons granted protection under 
3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, and the Secretary 
of the Department of Homeland Security. 
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the Director 
of the United States Secret Service may enter into a fully
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reimbursable agreement to perform such service for 
protectees not designated under 3056(a) of title 18, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 518. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with industry stakeholders, shall develop 
standards and protocols for increasing the use of explosive 
detection equipment to screen air cargo when appropriate. 
SEC. 519. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security is 
directed to research, develop, and procure new technologies 
to inspect and screen air cargo carried on passenger air-
craft at the earliest date possible. 
(b) Existing checked baggage explosive detection equip-
ment and screeners shall be utilized to screen air cargo car-
ried on passenger aircraft to the greatest extent practicable 
at each airport until technologies developed under sub-
section (a) are available. 
(c) The Transportation Security Administration shall 
report air cargo inspection statistics within 15 days of the 
close of each quarter of the fiscal year to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, by airport and air carrier, including any rea-
sons for non-compliance with the second proviso of section 
513 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropria-
tions Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–334; 118 Stat. 1317), 
within 45 days after the end of the quarter.