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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration related to surface transportation security 
activities, $124,418,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014. 
TRANSPORTATION THREAT ASSESSMENT AND 
CREDENTIALING 
For necessary expenses for the development and imple-
mentation of screening programs of the Office of Transpor-
tation Threat Assessment and Credentialing, $192,424,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2014. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration related to transportation security support 
and intelligence pursuant to the Aviation and Transpor-
tation Security Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 597; 
49 U.S.C. 40101 note), $954,277,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2014: Provided, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, $20,000,000 may not be ob-
ligated for headquarters administration until the Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration sub-
mits to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives detailed expenditure plans for 
air cargo security, checkpoint support, and explosives detec-
tion systems refurbishment, procurement, and installations
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on an airport-by-airport basis for fiscal year 2013: Pro-
vided further, That these plans shall be submitted not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Air Marshal 
Service, $907,757,000: Provided, That the Director of the 
Federal Air Marshal Service shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives not later than 45 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act a detailed, classified expenditure and staff-
ing plan for ensuring optimal coverage of high risk flights. 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte-
nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur-
chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, 
which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease of 
small boats for contingent and emergent requirements (at 
a unit cost of no more than $700,000) and repairs and serv-
ice-life replacements, not to exceed a total of $31,000,000; 
purchase or lease of boats necessary for overseas deploy-
ments and activities; minor shore construction projects not 
exceeding $1,000,000 in total cost on any location; pay-
ments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 
U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and wel-
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fare; $7,074,782,000; of which $594,000,000 shall be for de-
fense-related activities, of which $254,000,000 is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob-
al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985; of which $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of sec-
tion 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2712(a)(5)); and of which not to exceed $15,300 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 
That none of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels under sec-
tion 12114 of title 46, United States Code, except to the 
extent fees are collected from owners of yachts and credited 
to this appropriation: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided under this heading, $75,000,000 shall be withheld 
from obligation for Coast Guard Headquarters Directorates 
until a revised future-years capital investment plan for fis-
cal years 2014 through 2018, as specified under the heading 
Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’ of this Act is submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War
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on Terrorism may be allocated by program, project, and 
activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the environmental 
compliance and restoration functions of the Coast Guard 
under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, 
$13,151,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017. 
RESERVE TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as 
authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the Coast 
Guard reserve program; personnel and training costs; and 
equipment and services; $132,528,000. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 
thereto; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and oper-
ation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by law; 
$1,545,393,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes 
of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which $10,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2017, for military family 
housing, of which not more than $6,828,691 shall be derived 
from the Coast Guard Housing Fund established pursuant
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to 14 U.S.C. 687; of which $1,082,800,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2017, to acquire, effect major repairs 
to, renovate, or improve vessels, small boats, and related 
equipment; of which $190,500,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2017, to acquire, effect major repairs to, ren-
ovate, or improve aircraft or increase aviation capability; 
of which $64,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2017, for other acquisition programs; of which $84,411,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2017, for shore facili-
ties and aids to navigation, including waterfront facilities 
at Navy installations used by the Coast Guard; of which 
$113,682,000 shall be available for personnel compensation 
and benefits and related costs: Provided, That the funds 
provided by this Act shall be immediately available and al-
lotted to contract for the production of the sixth National 
Security Cutter notwithstanding the availability of funds 
for post-production costs: Provided further, That the funds 
provided by this Act shall be immediately available and al-
lotted to contract for long lead time materials, components, 
and designs for the seventh National Security Cutter not-
withstanding the availability of funds for production costs 
or post-production costs: Provided further, That the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, at the time that the President’s budget is sub-
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mitted each year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, a future-years capital investment plan for the 
Coast Guard that identifies for each requested capital 
asset— 
(1) the proposed appropriations included in that 
budget; 
(2) the total estimated cost of completion, includ-
ing and clearly delineating the costs of associated 
major acquisition systems infrastructure and transi-
tion to operations; 
(3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year 
for the next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition pro-
gram baseline or project completion, whichever is ear-
lier; 
(4) an estimated completion date at the projected 
funding levels; and 
(5) a current acquisition program baseline for 
each capital asset, as applicable, that— 
(A) includes the total acquisition cost of 
each asset, subdivided by fiscal year and includ-
ing a detailed description of the purpose of the 
proposed funding levels for each fiscal year, in-
cluding for each fiscal year funds requested for 
design, pre-acquisition activities, production,
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structural modifications, missionization, post-de-
livery, and transition to operations costs; 
(B) includes a detailed project schedule 
through completion, subdivided by fiscal year, 
that details— 
(i) quantities planned for each fiscal 
year; and 
(ii) major acquisition and project 
events, including development of operational 
requirements, contracting actions, design re-
views, production, delivery, test and evalua-
tion, and transition to operations, includ-
ing necessary training, shore infrastructure, 
and logistics; 
(C) notes and explains any deviations in 
cost, performance parameters, schedule, or esti-
mated date of completion from the original ac-
quisition program baseline and the most recent 
baseline approved by the Department of Home-
land Security’s Acquisition Review Board, if ap-
plicable; 
(D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to 
mission requirements by defining existing capa-
bilities of comparable legacy assets, identifying 
known capability gaps between such existing ca-
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pabilities and stated mission requirements, and 
explaining how the acquisition of each asset will 
address such known capability gaps; 
(E) defines life-cycle costs for each asset and 
the date of the estimate on which such costs are 
based, including all associated costs of major ac-
quisitions systems infrastructure and transition 
to operations, delineated by purpose and fiscal 
year for the projected service life of the asset; 
(F) includes the earned value management 
system summary schedule performance index and 
cost performance index for each asset, if applica-
ble; and 
(G) includes a phase-out and decommis-
sioning schedule delineated by fiscal year for 
each existing legacy asset that each asset is in-
tended to replace or recapitalize: 
Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard 
shall ensure that amounts specified in the future-years cap-
ital investment plan are consistent, to the maximum extent 
practicable, with proposed appropriations necessary to sup-
port the programs, projects, and activities of the Coast 
Guard in the President’s budget as submitted under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for that fiscal year: 
Provided further, That any inconsistencies between the cap-
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ital investment plan and proposed appropriations shall be 
identified and justified: Provided further, That subsections 
(a) and (b) of section 6402 of Public Law 110–28 shall 
apply with respect to the amounts made available under 
this heading. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
For necessary expenses for applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation; and for maintenance, re-
habilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equip-
ment; as authorized by law; $19,690,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017, of which $500,000 shall be 
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry 
out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there 
may be credited to and used for the purposes of this appro-
priation funds received from State and local governments, 
other public authorities, private sources, and foreign coun-
tries for expenses incurred for research, development, test-
ing, and evaluation. 
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur-
pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for career 
status bonuses, concurrent receipts and combat-related spe-
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cial compensation under the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act, and payments for medical care of retired per-
sonnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of title 10, 
United States Code, $1,423,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles 
for police-type use for replacement only; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the United 
States; hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such 
rates as may be determined by the Director of the Secret 
Service; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia, and 
fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on pri-
vate or other property not in Government ownership or con-
trol, as may be necessary to perform protective functions; 
payment of per diem or subsistence allowances to employees 
in cases in which a protective assignment on the actual day 
or days of the visit of a protectee requires an employee to 
work 16 hours per day or to remain overnight at a post 
of duty; conduct of and participation in firearms matches; 
presentation of awards; travel of United States Secret Serv-
ice employees on protective missions without regard to the 
limitations on such expenditures in this or any other Act
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if approval is obtained in advance from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives; research and development; grants to conduct behav-
ioral research in support of protective research and oper-
ations; and payment in advance for commercial accom-
modations as may be necessary to perform protective func-
tions; $1,555,913,000; of which not to exceed $19,125 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses; of 
which not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical 
assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement orga-
nizations in counterfeit investigations; of which $2,366,000 
shall be for forensic and related support of investigations 
of missing and exploited children; of which $6,000,000 shall 
be for a grant for activities related to investigations of miss-
ing and exploited children and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2014; and of which $4,000,000 shall be for 
activities related to training in electronic crimes investiga-
tions and forensics: Provided, That up to $18,000,000 for 
protective travel shall remain available until September 30, 
2014: Provided further, That $4,500,000 for National Spe-
cial Security Events shall remain available until September 
30, 2014: Provided further, That the United States Secret 
Service is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of 
reimbursements from Federal agencies and entities, as de-
fined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, for per-
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sonnel receiving training sponsored by the James J. Rowley 
Training Center, except that total obligations at the end 
of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
available under this heading at the end of the fiscal year: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading shall be available to compensate any em-
ployee for overtime in an annual amount in excess of 
$35,000, except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or the designee of the Secretary, may waive that amount 
as necessary for national security purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available to the United 
States Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropria-
tions Acts may be made available for the protection of the 
head of a Federal agency other than the Secretary of Home-
land Security: Provided further, That the Director of the 
United States Secret Service may enter into an agreement 
to provide such protection on a fully reimbursable basis: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
to the United States Secret Service by this Act or by pre-
vious appropriations Acts may be obligated for the purpose 
of opening a new permanent domestic or overseas office or 
location unless the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 15 
days in advance of such obligation: Provided further, That 
for purposes of section 503(b) of this Act, $15,000,000 or
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10 percent, whichever is less, may be transferred between 
‘‘Protection of persons and facilities’’ and ‘‘Domestic field 
operations’’. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND 
RELATED EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 
repair, alteration, and improvement of physical and techno-
logical infrastructure, $56,750,000; of which $4,430,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2017, shall be for ac-
quisition, construction, improvement, and maintenance of 
facilities; and of which $52,320,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2015, shall be for information integra-
tion and technology transformation execution: Provided, 
That the Director of the United States Secret Service shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives at the time that the Presi-
dent’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2014 is submitted pur-
suant to the requirements of section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, a multi-year investment and manage-
ment plan for its Information Integration and Technology 
Transformation program that describes funding for the cur-
rent fiscal year and the following 3 fiscal years, with associ-
ated plans for systems acquisition and technology deploy-
ment.
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TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 
RECOVERY 
NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Direc-
torate, support for operations, and information technology, 
$50,220,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION 
SECURITY 
For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection 
and information security programs and activities, as au-
thorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $1,157,529,000, of which 
$200,000,000, shall remain available until September 30, 
2014: Provided, That of the total amount provided for the 
‘‘Infrastructure security compliance’’ program, project, and 
activity, $20,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 
until the Under Secretary for the National Protection and 
Programs Directorate submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
an expenditure plan for the Chemical Facility Anti-Ter-
rorism Standards program that includes the number of fa-
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cilities covered by the program, inspectors on-board, inspec-
tions pending, and inspections projected to be completed by 
September 30, 2013. 
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
The revenues and collections of security fees credited 
to this account shall be available until expended for nec-
essary expenses related to the protection of federally owned 
and leased buildings and for the operations of the Federal 
Protective Service: Provided, That the Secretary of Home-
land Security and the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall certify in writing to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives not later than May 1, 2013, that the operations of 
the Federal Protective Service will be fully funded in fiscal 
year 2013 through revenues and collection of security fees, 
and shall adjust the fees to ensure fee collections are suffi-
cient to ensure that the Federal Protective Service main-
tains not fewer than 1,371 full-time equivalent staff and 
1,007 full-time equivalent Police Officers, Inspectors, Area 
Commanders, and Special Agents who, while working, are 
directly engaged on a daily basis protecting and enforcing 
laws at Federal buildings (referred to as ‘‘in-service field 
staff’’): Provided further, That the Director of the Federal 
Protective Service shall include with the submission of the 
President’s fiscal year 2014 budget a strategic human cap-
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ital plan that aligns fee collections to personnel require-
ments based on a current threat assessment. 
OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Biometric 
Identity Management, as authorized by section 7208 of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(8 U.S.C. 1365b), $232,422,000: Provided, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, $113,956,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives, not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, an expenditure plan for 
the Office of Biometric Identity Management: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives at the time the President’s budget is submitted each 
year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
a multi-year investment and management plan for the Of-
fice of Biometric Identity Management program, to include 
each fiscal year starting with the current fiscal year and 
the 3 subsequent fiscal years, that provides— 
(1) the proposed appropriation for each activity 
tied to mission requirements and outcomes, program 
management capabilities, performance levels, and spe-
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cific capabilities and services to be delivered, noting 
any deviations in cost or performance from the prior 
fiscal years expenditure or investment and manage-
ment plan for United States Visitor and Immigrant 
Status Indicator Technology; 
(2) the total estimated cost, projected funding by 
fiscal year, and projected timeline of completion for 
all enhancements, modernizations, and new capabili-
ties proposed in such budget and underway, including 
and clearly delineating associated efforts and funds 
requested by other agencies within the Department of 
Homeland Security and in the Federal Government 
and detailing any deviations in cost, performance, 
schedule, or estimated date of completion provided in 
the prior fiscal years expenditure or investment and 
management plan for United States Visitor and Im-
migrant Status Indicator Technology; and 
(3) a detailed accounting of operations and 
maintenance, contractor services, and program costs 
associated with the management of identity services: 
Provided further, That amounts obligated under Public 
Law 112–175 for National Protection and Programs Direc-
torate, ‘‘United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indi-
cator Technology’’ shall be charged to the appropriate suc-
cessor account of the following: National Protection and
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Programs Directorate, ‘‘Office of Biometric Identity Man-
agement’’; U.S. Customs and Border Protection, ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’; or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 
OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Affairs, 
$132,499,000; of which $26,702,000 is for salaries and ex-
penses; and of which $85,390,000 is for BioWatch oper-
ations: Provided, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, $20,407,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014, for biosurveillance, chemical defense, med-
ical and health planning and coordination, and workforce 
health protection: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,250 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency, $973,118,000, including activities author-
ized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the 
Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act of 2000 (division C, title 
I, 114 Stat. 583), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 
of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Defense Production
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Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 
303 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404, 
405), Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), 
the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commis-
sion Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53), the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et 
seq.), the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–295; 120 Stat. 1394), and the 
Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public 
Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 917): Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,250 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2013 and 
thereafter, for purposes of planning, coordination, execu-
tion, and decision making related to mass evacuation dur-
ing a disaster, the Governors of the State of West Virginia 
and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or their designees, 
shall be incorporated into efforts to integrate the activities 
of Federal, State, and local governments in the National 
Capital Region, as defined in section 882 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296): Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading, $35,180,000 shall be for the Urban Search and 
Rescue Response System, of which none is available for Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency administrative costs:
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Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $22,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2014, for capital improvements and 
other expenses related to continuity of operations at the 
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Provided 
further, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading, $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2014, for expenses related to modernization of auto-
mated systems: Provided further, That the Administrator 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in consulta-
tion with the Department of Homeland Security Chief In-
formation Officer, shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
an expenditure plan including results to date, plans for the 
program, and a list of projects with associated funding pro-
vided from prior appropriations and provided by this Act 
for modernization of automated systems. 
STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS 
For grants contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other activities, $1,466,082,000, which shall be allocated as 
follows: 
(1) Not less than $346,600,000 shall be for the 
State Homeland Security Grant Program under sec-
tion 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 605), of which not less than $46,600,000 shall
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be for Operation Stonegarden: Provided, That not-
withstanding subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, 
for fiscal year 2013, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico shall make available to local and tribal govern-
ments amounts provided to the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico under this paragraph in accordance with 
subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004. 
(2) Not less than $500,376,000 shall be for the 
Urban Area Security Initiative under section 2003 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), 
of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be for organi-
zations (as described under section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 
section 501(a) of such code) determined by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security to be at high risk of a 
terrorist attack. 
(3) Not less than $97,500,000 shall be for Public 
Transportation Security Assistance and Railroad Se-
curity Assistance under sections 1406 and 1513 of the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commis-
sion Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 1135 
and 1163), of which not less than $10,000,000 shall 
be for Amtrak security: Provided, That such public 
transportation security assistance shall be provided 
directly to public transportation agencies.
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(4) Not less than $97,500,000 shall be for Port 
Security Grants in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107. 
(5) Notwithstanding section 503 of this Act, 
$188,932,000 shall be distributed, according to threat, 
vulnerability, and consequence, at the discretion of the 
Secretary of Homeland Security based on the fol-
lowing authorities: 
(A) The State Homeland Security Grant 
Program under section 2004 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605): Provided, 
That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of such 
section 2004, for fiscal year 2013, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico shall make available to 
local and tribal governments amounts provided 
to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this 
paragraph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) 
of such section 2004. 
(B) Operation Stonegarden. 
(C) The Urban Area Security Initiative 
under section 2003 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604). 
(D) Organizations (as described under sec-
tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 and exempt from tax section 501(a) of such
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code) determined by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to be at high risk of a terrorist attack. 
(E) Public Transportation Security Assist-
ance and Railroad Security Assistance, under 
sections 1406 and 1513 of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135 and 1163), including Am-
trak security: Provided, That such public trans-
portation security assistance shall be provided 
directly to public transportation agencies. 
(F) Port Security Grants in accordance 
with 46 U.S.C. 70107. 
(G) Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance 
under section 1532 of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
2007 (Public Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 1182). 
(H) The Metropolitan Medical Response 
System under section 635 of the Post-Katrina 
Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 
U.S.C. 723). 
(I) The Citizen Corps Program. 
(J) The Driver’s License Security Grants 
Program in accordance with section 204 of the 
REAL ID Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 30301 note).
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(K) The Interoperable Emergency Commu-
nications Grant Program under section 1809 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
579). 
(L) Emergency Operations Centers under 
section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5196c). 
(M) The Buffer Zone Protection Program 
Grants. 
(N) Regional Catastrophic Preparedness 
Grants. 
(6) $235,174,000 shall be to sustain current op-
erations for training, exercises, technical assistance, 
and other programs, of which $157,991,000 shall be 
for training of State, local, and tribal emergency re-
sponse providers: 
Provided, That for grants under paragraphs (1) through 
(5), applications for grants shall be made available to eligi-
ble applicants not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, that eligible applicants shall submit appli-
cations not later than 80 days after the grant announce-
ment, and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall act within 65 days after the re-
ceipt of an application: Provided further, That notwith-
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standing section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)), or any other provision of 
law, a grantee may not use more than 5 percent of the 
amount of a grant made available under this heading for 
expenses directly related to administration of the grant: 
Provided further, That for grants under paragraphs (1) and 
(2), the installation of communications towers is not con-
sidered construction of a building or other physical facility: 
Provided further, That grantees shall provide reports on 
their use of funds, as determined necessary by the Secretary 
of Homeland Security: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2013 and thereafter: (a) the Center for Domestic Prepared-
ness may provide training to emergency response providers 
from the Federal Government, foreign governments, or pri-
vate entities, if the Center for Domestic Preparedness is re-
imbursed for the cost of such training, and any reimburse-
ment under this subsection shall be credited to the account 
from which the expenditure being reimbursed was made and 
shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, for the 
purposes for which amounts in the account may be ex-
pended; (b) the head of the Center for Domestic Prepared-
ness shall ensure that any training provided under (a) does 
not interfere with the primary mission of the Center to 
train State and local emergency response providers; and (c) 
subject to (b), nothing in (a) prohibits the Center for Domes-
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tic Preparedness from providing training to employees of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency in existing 
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosives, mass 
casualty, and medical surge courses pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
4103 without reimbursement for the cost of such training. 
FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants for programs authorized by the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 
et seq.), $675,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2014, of which $337,500,000 shall be available to carry 
out section 33 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229) and 
$337,500,000 shall be available to carry out section 34 of 
that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS 
For emergency management performance grants, as 
authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the 
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 
7701 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), $350,000,000. 
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM 
The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2013, 
as authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Inde-
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pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 
5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the amounts 
anticipated by the Department of Homeland Security nec-
essary for its radiological emergency preparedness program 
for the next fiscal year: Provided, That the methodology for 
assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and equitable 
and shall reflect costs of providing such services, including 
administrative costs of collecting such fees: Provided fur-
ther, That fees received under this heading shall be deposited 
in this account as offsetting collections and will become 
available for authorized purposes on October 1, 2013, and 
remain available until September 30, 2015. 
UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Ad-
ministration and for other purposes, as authorized by the 
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
2201 et seq.) and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $44,000,000. 
DISASTER RELIEF FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $7,007,926,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $24,000,000 shall be transferred 
to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector
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General for audits and investigations related to disasters: 
Provided, That the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall submit an expenditure plan to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives detailing the use of the funds made 
available in this or any other Act for disaster readiness and 
support not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit to 
such Committees a quarterly report detailing obligations 
against the expenditure plan and a justification for any 
changes from the initial plan: Provided further, That the 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives the following 
reports, including a specific description of the methodology 
and the source data used in developing such reports: 
(1) an estimate of the following amounts shall be 
submitted for the budget year at the time that the 
President’s budget is submitted each year under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code: 
(A) the unobligated balance of funds to be 
carried over from the prior fiscal year to the 
budget year;
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(B) the unobligated balance of funds to be 
carried over from the budget year to the budget 
year plus 1; 
(C) the amount of obligations for non-cata-
strophic events for the budget year; 
(D) the amount of obligations for the budget 
year for catastrophic events delineated by event 
and by State; 
(E) the total amount that has been pre-
viously obligated or will be required for cata-
strophic events delineated by event and by State 
for all prior years, the current year, the budget 
year, the budget year plus 1, the budget year 
plus 2, and the budget year plus 3 and beyond; 
(F) the amount of previously obligated 
funds that will be recovered for the budget year; 
(G) the amount that will be required for ob-
ligations for emergencies, as described in section 
102(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5122(1)), major disasters, as described in section 
102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5122(2)), fire management assistance grants, as 
described in section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford
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Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5187), surge activities, and disaster 
readiness and support activities; 
(H) the amount required for activities not 
covered under section 251(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)(iii); Public 
Law 99–177); 
(2) an estimate or actual amounts, if available, 
of the following for the current fiscal year shall be 
submitted not later than the fifth day of each month: 
(A) a summary of the amount of appropria-
tions made available by source, the transfers exe-
cuted, the previously allocated funds recovered, 
and the commitments, allocations, and obliga-
tions made; 
(B) a table of disaster relief activity delin-
eated by month, including— 
(i) the beginning and ending balances; 
(ii) the total obligations to include 
amounts obligated for fire assistance, emer-
gencies, surge, and disaster support activi-
ties;
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(iii) the obligations for catastrophic 
events delineated by event and by State; 
and 
(iv) the amount of previously obligated 
funds that are recovered; 
(C) a summary of allocations, obligations, 
and expenditures for catastrophic events delin-
eated by event; and 
(D) the date on which funds appropriated 
will be exhausted: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, $6,400,000,000 is for major disasters declared pur-
suant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided fur-
ther, That the amount in the preceding proviso is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses, including administrative costs, 
under section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101) and under sections 100215, 100216, 
100226, 100230, and 100246 of the Biggert-Waters Flood 
Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141, 126 
Stat. 917), $95,329,000, and such additional sums as may
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be provided by State and local governments or other polit-
ical subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities under 
section 1360(f)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to re-
main available until expended. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protec-
tion Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), and the Biggert- 
Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 
112–141, 126 Stat. 917), $171,000,000, which shall be de-
rived from offsetting amounts collected under section 
1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which not to exceed $22,000,000 shall 
be available for salaries and expenses associated with flood 
mitigation and flood insurance operations; and not less 
than $149,000,000 shall be available for flood plain man-
agement and flood mapping, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014: Provided, That any additional fees col-
lected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited 
as an offsetting collection to this account, to be available 
for flood plain management and flood mapping: Provided 
further, That in fiscal year 2013, no funds shall be available 
from the National Flood Insurance Fund under section 
1310 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of:
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(1) $132,000,000 for operating expenses; 
(2) $1,056,602,000 for commissions and taxes of 
agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 
Treasury borrowings; and 
(4) $120,000,000, which shall remain available 
until expended, for flood mitigation actions under sec-
tion 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c): Provided further, That the 
amounts collected under section 102 of the Flood Dis-
aster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a) and 
section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance Act 
of 1968 shall be deposited in the National Flood In-
surance Fund to supplement other amounts specified 
as available for section 1366 of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding subsection 
(f)(8) of such section 102 (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8)) and 
subsection 1366(e) and paragraphs (2) and (3) of sec-
tion 1367(b) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(2)–(3)): Provided 
further, That total administrative costs shall not ex-
ceed 4 percent of the total appropriation. 
NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND 
For the predisaster mitigation grant program under 
section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
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Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), $25,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER 
To carry out the emergency food and shelter program 
pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $120,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That total admin-
istrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 
amount made available under this heading. 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 
SERVICES 
UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION 
SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigra-
tion services, $111,924,000 for the E-Verify Program, as de-
scribed in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 
note), to assist United States employers with maintaining 
a legal workforce: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds otherwise made available to 
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services may 
be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up to 5 
vehicles, for replacement only, for areas where the Adminis-
trator of General Services does not provide vehicles for lease:
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Provided further, That the Director of United States Citi-
zenship and Immigration Services may authorize employees 
who are assigned to those areas to use such vehicles to travel 
between the employees’ residences and places of employment. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, including materials and support 
costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; the pur-
chase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; expenses for student ath-
letic and related activities; the conduct of and participation 
in firearms matches and presentation of awards; public 
awareness and enhancement of community support of law 
enforcement training; room and board for student interns; 
a flat monthly reimbursement to employees authorized to 
use personal mobile phones for official duties; and services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
$228,467,000; of which up to $44,758,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2014, for materials and sup-
port costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; of 
which $300,000 shall remain available until expended to 
be distributed to Federal law enforcement agencies for ex-
penses incurred participating in training accreditation; 
and of which not to exceed $9,180 shall be for official recep-
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tion and representation expenses: Provided, That the Center 
is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimburse-
ments from agencies receiving training sponsored by the 
Center, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal 
year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at 
the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That section 
1202(a) of Public Law 107–206 (42 U.S.C. 3771 note), as 
amended by Public Law 112–74, is further amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2015’’: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center shall schedule basic or 
advanced law enforcement training, or both, at all four 
training facilities under the control of the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center to ensure that such training fa-
cilities are operated at the highest capacity throughout the 
fiscal year: Provided further, That the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Accreditation Board, including rep-
resentatives from the Federal law enforcement community 
and non-Federal accreditation experts involved in law en-
forcement training, shall lead the Federal law enforcement 
training accreditation process to continue the implementa-
tion of measuring and assessing the quality and effective-
ness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facili-
ties, and instructors.
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ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND 
RELATED EXPENSES 
For acquisition of necessary additional real property 
and facilities, construction, and ongoing maintenance, fa-
cility improvements, and related expenses of the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center, $28,385,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That the Cen-
ter is authorized to accept reimbursement to this appropria-
tion from government agencies requesting the construction 
of special use facilities. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Science and Technology and for management 
and administration of programs and activities, as author-
ized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $132,000,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for science and technology re-
search, including advanced research projects, development, 
test and evaluation, acquisition, and operations as author-
ized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the purchase or lease of not to ex-
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ceed 5 vehicles, $703,471,000; of which $538,539,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2015; and of which 
$164,932,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017, solely for operation and construction of laboratory 
facilities. 
DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection Office, as authorized by title XIX of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for management 
and 
administration 
of 
programs 
and 
activities, 
$39,650,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a strategic plan of invest-
ments necessary to implement the Department of Homeland 
Security’s responsibilities under the domestic component of 
the global nuclear detection architecture that shall: 
(1) define the role and responsibilities of each 
Departmental component in support of the domestic 
detection architecture, including any existing or 
planned programs to pre-screen cargo or conveyances 
overseas;
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(2) identify and describe the specific investments 
being made by each Departmental component in fis-
cal year 2013 and planned for fiscal year 2014 to 
support the domestic architecture and the security of 
sea, land, and air pathways into the United States; 
(3) describe the investments necessary to close 
known vulnerabilities and gaps, including associated 
costs and timeframes, and estimates of feasibility and 
cost effectiveness; and 
(4) explain how the Department’s research and 
development funding is furthering the implementation 
of the domestic nuclear detection architecture, includ-
ing specific investments planned for each of fiscal 
years 2013 and 2014. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear re-
search, development, testing, evaluation, and operations, 
$226,830,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2014. 
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, $51,455,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2015.
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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 pur-
suant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the applica-
ble established accounts, and thereafter may be accounted 
for as one fund for the same time period as originally en-
acted. 
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 2013, 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, project, or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, office, or ac-
tivity;
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(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate or the House of Representatives for 
a different purpose; or 
(5) contracts out any function or activity for 
which funding levels were requested for Federal full- 
time equivalents in the object classification tables con-
tained in the fiscal year 2013 Budget Appendix for 
the Department of Homeland Security, as modified 
by the joint explanatory statement accompanying this 
Act, unless the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 
15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or trans-
ferred to the Department of Homeland Security that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2013, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees or proceeds 
available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure for programs, projects,
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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 ac-
tivities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity; 
(3) reduces by 10 percent the numbers of per-
sonnel approved by the Congress; or 
(4) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel that would result in a change in 
existing programs, projects, or activities as approved 
by the Congress, unless the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogram-
ming 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 appropriation, except as otherwise 
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 
percent by such transfers: Provided, That any transfer 
under this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under subsection (b) and shall not be available for 
obligation unless the Committees on Appropriations of the
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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 that imminently threaten the 
safety of human life or the protection of property. 
(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth 
in this section shall apply to any use of deobligated balances 
of funds provided in previous Department of Homeland Se-
curity Appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 504. The Department of Homeland Security 
Working Capital Fund, established pursuant to section 403 
of Public Law 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), shall continue 
operations as a permanent working capital fund for fiscal 
year 2013: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available to the Department of Home-
land Security may be used to make payments to the Work-
ing Capital Fund, except for the activities and amounts al-
lowed in the President’s fiscal year 2013 budget: Provided 
further, That funds provided to the Working Capital Fund 
shall be available for obligation until expended to carry out 
the purposes of the Working Capital Fund: Provided fur-
ther, That all departmental components shall be charged 
only for direct usage of each Working Capital Fund service:
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Provided further, That funds provided to the Working Cap-
ital Fund shall be used only for purposes consistent with 
the contributing component: Provided further, That the 
Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance or reim-
bursed at rates which will return the full cost of each serv-
ice: Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund shall 
be subject to the requirements of section 503 of this Act. 
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 2013 from ap-
propriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2013 
in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 
2014, 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 
2013 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence 
activities for fiscal year 2013.
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SEC. 507. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 
and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to— 
(1) make or award a grant allocation, grant, 
contract, other transaction agreement, task or delivery 
order on a Department of Homeland Security mul-
tiple award contract, or to issue a letter of intent to-
taling in excess of $1,000,000; 
(2) award a task or delivery order requiring an 
obligation of funds in an amount greater than 
$10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home-
land Security funds or a task or delivery order that 
would cause cumulative obligations of multi-year 
funds in a single account to exceed 50 percent of the 
total amount appropriated; 
(3) make a sole-source grant award; or 
(4) announce publicly the intention to make or 
award items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) includ-
ing a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive 
the prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary notifies 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives at least 3 full business days in
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advance of making an award or issuing a letter as described 
in that subsection. 
(c) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 
that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 
risk to human life, health, or safety, an award may be made 
without notification, and the Secretary shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives not later than 5 full business days after 
such an award is made or letter issued. 
(d) A notification under this section— 
(1) may not involve funds that are not available 
for obligation; and 
(2) shall include the amount of the award; the 
fiscal year for which the funds for the award were ap-
propriated; type of contract; and the account and 
each program, project, and activity from which the 
funds are being drawn. 
(e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives 5 full 
business days in advance of announcing publicly the inten-
tion of making an award under ‘‘State and Local Pro-
grams’’. 
SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional
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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 
for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Cen-
ter facilities. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used for expenses for 
any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project 
for which a prospectus otherwise required under chapter 33 
of title 40, United States Code, has not been approved, ex-
cept that necessary funds may be expended for each project 
for required expenses for the development of a proposed pro-
spectus. 
SEC. 510. (a) Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the De-
partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 
(division E of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 
2074) shall apply with respect to funds made available in 
this Act in the same manner as such sections applied to 
funds made available in that Act. 
(b) The third proviso of section 537 of the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (6 U.S.C.
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114), shall not apply with respect to funds made available 
in this Act. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provi-
sions of the Buy American Act. For purposes of the pre-
ceding sentence, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chap-
ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by any person other than the Privacy Offi-
cer appointed under subsection (a) of section 222 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 142(a)) to alter, 
direct that changes be made to, delay, or prohibit the trans-
mission to Congress of any report prepared under para-
graph (6) of such subsection. 
SEC. 513. 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. 514. Within 45 days after the end of each month, 
the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a monthly 
budget and staffing report for that month that includes total 
obligations, on-board versus funded full-time equivalent
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staffing levels, and the number of contract employees for 
each office of the Department. 
SEC. 515. Except as provided in section 44945 of title 
49, United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred 
to Transportation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Se-
curity’’, ‘‘Administration’’, and ‘‘Transportation Security 
Support’’ for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 that are recovered 
or deobligated shall be available only for the procurement 
or installation of explosives detection systems, air cargo, 
baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject to notifi-
cation: Provided, That quarterly reports shall be submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives on any funds that are recovered 
or deobligated. 
SEC. 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. Any funds appropriated to Coast Guard 
‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ for fiscal
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years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 for the 110–123 
foot patrol boat conversion that are recovered, collected, or 
otherwise received as the result of negotiation, mediation, 
or litigation, shall be available until expended for the Fast 
Response Cutter program. 
SEC. 518. Section 532(a) of Public Law 109–295 (120 
Stat. 1384) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2013’’. 
SEC. 519. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center instructor staff shall be classified as 
inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal Ac-
tivities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 
SEC. 520. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
to the ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Executive Management’’, 
the ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary for Management’’, or the 
‘‘Office of the Chief Financial Officer’’, may be obligated 
for a grant or contract funded under such headings by any 
means other than full and open competition. 
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to obligation of funds 
for a contract awarded— 
(1) by a means that is required by a Federal 
statute, including obligation for a purchase made 
under a mandated preferential program, including
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the AbilityOne Program, that is authorized under 
chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code; 
(2) pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 631 et seq.); 
(3) in an amount less than the simplified acqui-
sition threshold described under section 3101 (b) of 
title 41, United States Code; or 
(4) by another Federal agency using funds pro-
vided through an interagency agreement. 
(c)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may waive the application of this sec-
tion for the award of a contract in the interest of national 
security or if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk 
to human health or welfare. 
(2) Not later than 5 days after the date on which the 
Secretary of Homeland Security issues a waiver under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall submit notification of that 
waiver to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, including a description 
of the applicable contract to which the waiver applies and 
an explanation of why the waiver authority was used: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may not delegate the authority 
to grant such a waiver. 
(d) In addition to the requirements established by sub-
sections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, the Inspector Gen-
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eral of the Department of Homeland Security shall review 
departmental contracts awarded through means other than 
a full and open competition to assess departmental compli-
ance with applicable laws and regulations: Provided, That 
the Inspector General shall review selected contracts award-
ed in the previous 3 fiscal years through means other than 
a full and open competition: Provided further, That in se-
lecting which contracts to review, the Inspector General 
shall consider the cost and complexity of the goods and serv-
ices to be provided under the contract, the criticality of the 
contract to fulfilling Department missions, past perform-
ance problems on similar contracts or by the selected ven-
dor, complaints received about the award process or con-
tractor performance, and such other factors as the Inspector 
General deems relevant: Provided further, That the Inspec-
tor General shall report the results of the reviews to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives no later than February 4, 2015, and 
every 3 years thereafter. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds provided by this or pre-
vious appropriations Acts shall be used to fund any posi-
tion designated as a Principal Federal Official (or the suc-
cessor thereto) for any Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) de-
clared disasters or emergencies unless—
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(1) the responsibilities of the Principal Federal 
Official do not include operational functions related 
to incident management, including coordination of 
operations, and are consistent with the requirements 
of 
section 
509(c) 
and 
sections 
503(c)(3) 
and 
503(c)(4)(A) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 319(c) and 313(c)(3) and 313(c)(4)(A)) and 
section 302 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5143); 
(2) not later than 10 business days after the lat-
ter of the date on which the Secretary of Homeland 
Security appoints the Principal Federal Official and 
the date on which the President issues a declaration 
under section 401 or section 501 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191, respectively), the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall submit a notifica-
tion of the appointment of the Principal Federal Offi-
cial and a description of the responsibilities of such 
Official and how such responsibilities are consistent 
with paragraph (1) to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 
the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of 
the House of Representatives, and the Homeland Se-
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curity and Governmental Affairs Committee of the 
Senate; and 
(3) not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a re-
port specifying timeframes and milestones regarding 
the update of operations, planning and policy docu-
ments, and training and exercise protocols, to ensure 
consistency with paragraph (1) of this section. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds provided or otherwise 
made available in this Act shall be available to carry out 
section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
452). 
SEC. 523. Funds made available in this Act may be 
used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro-
gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi-
neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 
maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast Guard 
Academy, except that none of the funds provided in this 
Act may be used to reduce operations within any Civil En-
gineering Unit unless specifically authorized by a statute 
enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by United States Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services to grant an immigration benefit unless the 
results of background checks required by law to be completed
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prior to the granting of the benefit have been received by 
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and 
the results do not preclude the granting of the benefit. 
SEC. 525. Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until Sep-
tember 30, 2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 30, 
2013,’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2013,’’. 
SEC. 526. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 
Security that provide award fees link such fees to successful 
acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be specified in 
terms of cost, schedule, and performance). 
SEC. 527. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall 
be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel- 
inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for the trans-
portation of crude oil distributed from the Strategic Petro-
leum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
after consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments 
of Energy and Transportation and representatives from the 
United States flag maritime industry, takes adequate meas-
ures to ensure the use of United States flag vessels: Pro-
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vided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives within 
2 business days of any request for waivers of navigation 
and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b). 
SEC. 528. None of the funds made available to the Of-
fice of the Secretary and Executive Management under this 
Act may be expended for any new hires by the Department 
of Homeland Security that are not verified through the E- 
Verify Program as described in section 403(a) of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 
SEC. 529. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to reduce the United States Coast Guard’s Operations Sys-
tems Center mission or its government-employed or contract 
staff levels. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used 
to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 
a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from import-
ing a prescription drug from Canada that complies with 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, That
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this section shall apply only to individuals transporting on 
their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription 
drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided further, That 
the prescription drug may not be— 
(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 
102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); 
or 
(2) a biological product, as defined in section 
351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262). 
SEC. 531. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a 
competition under Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the Coast 
Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 
SEC. 532. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives of any proposed transfers of funds 
available under section 9703.1(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United 
States Code (as added by Public Law 102–393) from the 
Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to any agency 
within the Department of Homeland Security: Provided, 
That none of the funds identified for such a transfer may 
be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the
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Senate and the House of Representatives approve the pro-
posed transfers. 
SEC. 533. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel-
oping a national identification card. 
SEC. 534. If the Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration determines that an airport does 
not need to participate in the E-Verify Program as de-
scribed in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 
note), the Administrator shall certify to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives that no security risks will result from such non-par-
ticipation. 
SEC. 535. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, except as provided in subsection (b), and 30 days 
after the date on which the President determines whether 
to declare a major disaster because of an event and any 
appeal is completed, the Administrator shall publish on the 
Web site of the Federal Emergency Management Agency a 
report regarding that decision that shall summarize damage 
assessment information used to determine whether to de-
clare a major disaster.
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(b) The Administrator may redact from a report under 
subsection (a) any data that the Administrator determines 
would compromise national security. 
(c) In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy; and 
(2) the term ‘‘major disaster’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 102 of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5122). 
SEC. 536. Any official that is required by this Act to 
report or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives may not 
delegate such authority to perform that act unless specifi-
cally authorized herein. 
SEC. 537. Section 550(b) of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109– 
295; 6 U.S.C. 121 note), as amended by section 550 of the 
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2010 (Public Law 111–83), is further amended by striking 
‘‘on October 4, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘on October 4, 2013’’. 
SEC. 538. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to 
transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or
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within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at 
the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 539. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees of 
agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 
301–10.122 through 301.10–124 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
SEC. 540. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act for fiscal year 2013 and thereafter may 
be used to propose or effect a disciplinary or adverse action, 
with respect to any Department of Homeland Security em-
ployee who engages regularly with the public in the per-
formance of his or her official duties solely because that em-
ployee elects to utilize protective equipment or measures, in-
cluding but not limited to surgical masks, N95 respirators, 
gloves, or hand-sanitizers, where use of such equipment or 
measures is in accord with Department of Homeland Secu-
rity policy, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and Office of Personnel Management guidance.
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SEC. 541. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to employ workers described in section 
274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 
SEC. 542. (a) Any company that collects or retains 
personal information directly from any individual who 
participates in the Registered Traveler or successor pro-
gram of the Transportation Security Administration shall 
safeguard and dispose of such information in accordance 
with the requirements in— 
(1) the National Institute for Standards and 
Technology Special Publication 800–30, entitled 
‘‘Risk Management Guide for Information Technology 
Systems’’; 
(2) the National Institute for Standards and 
Technology Special Publication 800–53, Revision 3, 
entitled ‘‘Recommended Security Controls for Federal 
Information Systems and Organizations’’; and 
(3) any supplemental standards established by 
the Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Ad-
ministrator’’). 
(b) The airport authority or air carrier operator that 
sponsors the company under the Registered Traveler pro-
gram shall be known as the ‘‘Sponsoring Entity’’.
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(c) The Administrator shall require any company cov-
ered by subsection (a) to provide, not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, to the Sponsoring 
Entity written certification that the procedures used by the 
company to safeguard and dispose of information are in 
compliance with the requirements under subsection (a). 
Such certification shall include a description of the proce-
dures used by the company to comply with such require-
ments. 
SEC. 543. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive 
fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be 
below satisfactory performance or performance that does not 
meet the basic requirements of a contract. 
SEC. 544. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, a report that either— 
(1) certifies that the requirement for screening 
all air cargo on passenger aircraft by the deadline 
under section 44901(g) of title 49, United States 
Code, has been met; or
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(2) includes a strategy to comply with the re-
quirements under title 44901(g) of title 49, United 
States Code, including— 
(A) a plan to meet the requirement under 
section 44901(g) of title 49, United States Code, 
to screen 100 percent of air cargo transported on 
passenger aircraft arriving in the United States 
in foreign air transportation (as that term is de-
fined in section 40102 of that title); and 
(B) specification of— 
(i) the percentage of such air cargo 
that is being screened; and 
(ii) the schedule for achieving screening 
of 100 percent of such air cargo. 
(b) The Administrator shall continue to submit reports 
described in subsection (a)(2) every 180 days thereafter 
until the Administrator certifies that the Transportation 
Security Administration has achieved screening of 100 per-
cent of such air cargo. 
SEC. 545. In developing any process to screen aviation 
passengers and crews for transportation or national secu-
rity purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall en-
sure that all such processes take into consideration such 
passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil liberties consistent 
with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance.
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SEC. 546. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of title 
8, United States Code, of the funds deposited into the Immi-
gration Examinations Fee Account, $7,500,000 shall be al-
located by United States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services in fiscal year 2013 for the purpose of providing 
an immigrant integration grants program. 
(b) For an additional amount for ‘‘United States Citi-
zenship and Immigration Services’’ for the purpose of pro-
viding immigrant integration grants, $2,500,000. 
(c) None of the funds made available to United States 
Citizenship and Immigration Services for grants for immi-
grant integration may be used to provide services to aliens 
who have not been lawfully admitted for permanent resi-
dence. 
SEC. 547. For an additional amount for necessary ex-
penses for reimbursement of the actual costs to State and 
local governments for providing emergency management, 
public safety, and security at events, as determined by the 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, related to the presence of a National Special Secu-
rity Event, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2014. 
SEC. 548. Notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation 
contained in section 503(c) of this Act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established by
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8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations 
available to the Department of Homeland Security: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives 5 days in advance of such transfer. 
SEC. 549. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used by the Department 
of Homeland Security to enter into any Federal contract 
unless such contract is entered into in accordance with the 
requirements of subtitle I of title 41, United States Code 
or chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation, unless such contract is other-
wise authorized by statute to be entered into without regard 
to the above referenced statutes. 
SEC. 550. (a) For an additional amount for data cen-
ter migration, $55,000,000. 
(b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for data 
center migration may be transferred by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security between appropriations for the same 
purpose, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 
(c) No transfer described in subsection (b) shall occur 
until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 
of such transfer.
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SEC. 551. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that spe-
cific U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service 
Processing Centers or other U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement owned detention facilities no longer meet the 
mission need, the Secretary is authorized to dispose of indi-
vidual Service Processing Centers or other U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities 
by directing the Administrator of General Services to sell 
all real and related personal property which support Serv-
ice Processing Centers or other U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement owned detention facilities, subject to such 
terms and conditions as necessary to protect Government 
interests and meet program requirements: Provided, That 
the proceeds, net of the costs of sale incurred by the General 
Services Administration and U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement, shall be deposited as offsetting collections 
into a separate account that shall be available, subject to 
appropriation, until expended for other real property cap-
ital asset needs of existing U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement assets, excluding daily operations and mainte-
nance costs, as the Secretary deems appropriate: Provided 
further, That any sale or collocation of federally owned de-
tention facilities shall not result in the maintenance of 
fewer than 34,000 detention beds: Provided further, That
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the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives shall be notified 15 days prior to 
the announcement of any proposed sale or collocation. 
SEC. 552. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office 
of the Under Secretary for Management’’, $29,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for necessary expenses to 
plan, acquire, design, construct, renovate, remediate, equip, 
furnish, improve infrastructure, and occupy buildings and 
facilities for the department headquarters consolidation 
project and associated mission support consolidation: Pro-
vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives shall receive an expendi-
ture plan not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act detailing the allocation of these funds. 
SEC. 553. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fire-
fighter Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary may grant waiv-
ers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), 
(a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 
of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 
U.S.C. 2229a). 
SEC. 554. None of the funds made available under this 
Act or any prior appropriations Act may be provided to 
the Association of Community Organizations for Reform 
Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or al-
lied organizations.
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SEC. 555. The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection and the Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
shall, with respect to fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015, and 
2016, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives, at the time that 
the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2014 is sub-
mitted pursuant to the requirements of section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code, the information required in 
the multi-year investment and management plans required, 
respectively, under the headings U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ under title II of divi-
sion D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Pub-
lic Law 112–74), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
‘‘Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’ 
under such title, and section 568 of such Act. 
SEC. 556. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
ensure enforcement of immigration laws (as defined in sec-
tion 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))). 
SEC. 557. (a) Notwithstanding Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A–11, funds made available in fiscal 
year 2013, or any fiscal year thereafter, under Department 
of Homeland Security, Coast Guard, ‘‘Acquisition, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’ for—
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(1) long lead time materials, components, and 
designs of a vessel of the Coast Guard shall be imme-
diately available and allotted to make a contract 
award notwithstanding the availability of funds for 
production, outfitting, post-delivery activities, and 
spare or repair parts; and 
(2) production of a vessel of the Coast Guard 
shall be immediately available and allotted to make 
a contract award notwithstanding the availability of 
funds for outfitting, post-delivery activities, and spare 
or repair parts. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop 
fiscal policy that prescribes Coast Guard budgetary policies, 
procedures and technical direction necessary to comply with 
subsection (a) of this section and consistent with the De-
partment of Defense Financial Management Regulation 
(Volume 2A, Chapter 1 C. Procedures for Full Funding) 
to include the costs associated with outfitting and post-de-
livery activities; spare and repair parts; and long lead time 
materials. The requirement set forth in this section shall 
not preclude the immediate availability or allotment of 
funds for fiscal year 2013, pursuant to subsection (a). 
(c) In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘long lead time items’’ means com-
ponents, parts, material, or effort which must be pro-
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cured in advance of the production award in order to 
maintain the production schedule; 
(2) the term ‘‘outfitting’’ means procurement or 
installation of onboard repair parts, other secondary 
items, 
equipage, 
and 
recreation 
items; 
precommissioning 
crew 
support; 
general 
use 
consumables furnished to the shipbuilder; the fitting 
out activity to fill a vessel’s initial allowances; and 
contractor-furnished spares; and 
(3) the term ‘‘post-delivery activities’’ means de-
sign, planning, Government-furnished material, and 
related labor for non-production and non-long lead 
time items contract activities and other work, includ-
ing certifications, full operational capability activi-
ties and other equipment installation; spares, logis-
tics, technical analysis, and support; correction of 
Government-responsible defects and deficiencies iden-
tified during builders trials, acceptance trials, and 
testing during the post-delivery period; costs of all 
work required to correct defects or deficiencies identi-
fied during the post-delivery period; and costs of all 
work required to correct trial card deficiencies on a 
vessel of a particular class, as well as on subsequent 
vessels of that class (whether or not delivered) until 
the corrective action for that cutter class is completed.
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SEC. 558. (a) Of the amounts made available by this 
Act for National Protection and Programs Directorate, ‘‘In-
frastructure 
Protection 
and 
Information 
Security’’, 
$202,000,000 for the ‘‘Federal Network Security’’ program, 
project, and activity shall be used to deploy on Federal sys-
tems technology to improve the information security of 
agency information systems covered by section 3543(a) of 
title 44, United States Code: Provided, That funds made 
available under this section shall be used to assist and sup-
port Government-wide and agency-specific efforts to provide 
adequate, risk-based, and cost-effective cybersecurity to ad-
dress escalating and rapidly evolving threats to information 
security, including the acquisition and operation of a con-
tinuous monitoring and diagnostics program, in collabora-
tion with departments and agencies, that includes equip-
ment, software, and Department of Homeland Security sup-
plied services: Provided further, That not later than April 
1, 2013, and quarterly thereafter, the Under Secretary of 
Homeland Security of the National Protection and Pro-
grams Directorate shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and House of Representatives a 
report on the obligation and expenditure of funds made 
available under this section: Provided further, That contin-
uous monitoring and diagnostics software procured by the 
funds made available by this section shall not transmit to
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the Department of Homeland Security any personally iden-
tifiable information or content of network communications 
of other agencies’ users: Provided further, That such soft-
ware shall be installed, maintained, and operated in ac-
cordance with all applicable privacy laws and agency-spe-
cific policies regarding network content. 
(b) Funds made available under this section may not 
be used to supplant funds provided for any such system 
within an agency budget. 
(c) Not later than July 1, 2013, the heads of all Federal 
agencies shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and House of Representatives expenditure 
plans for necessary cybersecurity improvements to address 
known vulnerabilities to information systems described in 
subsection (a). 
(d) Not later than October 1, 2013, and quarterly 
thereafter, the head of each Federal agency shall submit to 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a re-
port on the execution of the expenditure plan for that agen-
cy required by subsection (c): Provided, That the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget shall summarize 
such execution reports and annually submit such sum-
maries to Congress in conjunction with the annual progress 
report on implementation of the E-Government Act of 2002
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(Public Law 107–347), as required by section 3606 of title 
44, United States Code. 
(e) This section shall not apply to the legislative and 
judicial branches of the Federal Government and shall 
apply to all Federal agencies within the executive branch 
except for the Department of Defense, the Central Intel-
ligence Agency, and the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence. 
SEC. 559. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 560. (a) Notwithstanding sections 58c(e) and 
1451 of title 19, United States Code, upon the request of 
any persons, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection may enter into reimbursable fee agreements for 
a period of up to 5 years with such persons for the provision 
of U.S. Customs and Border Protection services and any 
other costs incurred by U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
relating to such services. Such requests may include addi-
tional U.S. Customs and Border Protection services at ex-
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isting U.S. Customs and Border Protection-serviced facili-
ties (including but not limited to payment for overtime), 
the provision of U.S. Customs and Border Protection serv-
ices at new facilities, and expanded U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection services at land border facilities. 
(1) By December 31, 2013, the Commissioner 
may enter into not more than 5 agreements under 
this section. 
(2) The Commissioner shall not enter into such 
an agreement if it would unduly and permanently 
impact services funded in this or any other appro-
priations Acts, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
tion of fees. 
(b) Funds collected pursuant to any agreement entered 
into under this section shall be deposited in a newly estab-
lished account as offsetting collections and remain available 
until expended, without fiscal year limitation, and shall di-
rectly reimburse each appropriation for the amount paid 
out of that appropriation for any expenses incurred by U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection in providing U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection services and any other costs incurred 
by U.S. Customs and Border Protection relating to such 
services.
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(c) The amount of the fee to be charged pursuant to 
an agreement authorized under subsection (a) of this section 
shall be paid by each person requesting U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection services and shall include, but shall not 
be limited to, the salaries and expenses of individuals em-
ployed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide 
such U.S. Customs and Border Protection services and other 
costs incurred by U.S. Customs and Border Protection re-
lating to those services, such as temporary placement or per-
manent relocation of those individuals. 
(d) U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall termi-
nate the provision of services pursuant to an agreement en-
tered into under subsection (a) with a person that, after 
receiving notice from the Commissioner that a fee imposed 
under subsection (a) is due, fails to pay the fee in a timely 
manner. In the event of such termination, all costs incurred 
by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which have not 
been reimbursed, will become immediately due and payable. 
Interest on unpaid fees will accrue based on current U.S. 
Treasury borrowing rates. Additionally, any person who, 
after notice and demand for payment of any fee charged 
under subsection (a) of this section, fails to pay such fee 
in a timely manner shall be liable for a penalty or liq-
uidated damage equal to two times the amount of the fee. 
Any amount collected pursuant to any agreement entered
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into under this subsection shall be deposited into the ac-
count specified under subsection (b) of this section and shall 
be available as described therein. 
(e) Each facility at which such U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection services are performed shall provide, main-
tain, and equip, without cost to the Government, facilities 
in accordance with U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
specifications. 
(f) The authority found in this section may not be used 
to enter into agreements to expand or begin to provide U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection services outside of the 
United States. 
(g) The authority found in this section may not be 
used at existing U.S. Customs and Border Protection-serv-
iced air facilities to enter into agreements for costs other 
than payment of overtime. 
(h) The Commissioner shall notify the appropriate 
Committees of Congress 15 days prior to entering into any 
agreement under the authority of this section and shall pro-
vide a copy of the agreement to the appropriate Committees 
of Congress. 
(i) For purposes of this section the terms: 
(1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection ‘‘serv-
ices’’ means any activities of any employee or con-
tractor of U.S. Customs and Border Protection per-
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taining to customs and immigration inspection-re-
lated matters. 
(2) ‘‘Person’’ means any natural person or any 
corporation, partnership, trust, association, or any 
other public or private entity, or any officer, em-
ployee, or agent thereof. 
(3) ‘‘Appropriate Committees of Congress’’ 
means the Committees on Appropriations; Finance; 
Judiciary; and Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committees on 
Appropriations; Judiciary; Ways and Means; and 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 561. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to 
facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi-
vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus-
pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 
law enforcement personnel of the United States continu-
ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 562. Twenty percent of each of the appropriations 
provided in this Act for the ‘‘Office of the Secretary and 
Executive Management’’, the ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary 
for Management’’, and the ‘‘Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer’’ shall be withheld from obligation until the reports 
and plans required in this Act to be submitted on or before
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May 1, 2013, are received by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 563. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act or any other provision of law, during the period begin-
ning on October 1, 2013, and ending on September 30, 
2014, section 204(a)(1)(I) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(I)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) Each petition to compete for con-
sideration for a visa under section 1153(c) 
of this title shall be accompanied by a fee 
equal to $30. All amounts collected under 
this clause shall be deposited into the Treas-
ury as miscellaneous receipts.’’: 
Provided, That the Department of State, in consultation 
with the Department of Homeland Security, shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act on the steps being taken to 
implement the recommendations of GAO–07–1174. 
SEC. 564. The Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency shall cancel the liquidated bal-
ances of all remaining uncancelled or partially cancelled 
loans disbursed under the Community Disaster Loan Act 
of 2005 (Public Law 109–88) and the Emergency Supple-
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(6) $1,329,239 from Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency ‘‘Office of Domestic Preparedness’’; 
(7) $3,262,677 from Federal Emergency Manage-
ment 
Agency 
‘‘National 
Predisaster 
Mitigation 
Fund’’; and 
(8) $2,291,844 from Transportation Security 
Administration ‘‘Administration’’. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 573. The following unobligated balances made 
available to the Department of Homeland Security pursu-
ant to section 505 of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74; 125 Stat. 
984) are rescinded: 
(1) $314,674 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary and 
Executive Management’’; 
(2) $185,813 from ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary 
for Management’’; 
(3) $114,391 from ‘‘Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer’’; 
(4) $59,507 from ‘‘Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer’’; 
(5) $568,188 from ‘‘Analysis and Operations’’; 
(6) $45,525 from ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’; 
(7) $568,480 from U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’;
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(8) $3,581,483 from U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(9) $1,075,942 from Transportation Security 
Administration ‘‘Federal Air Marshals’’; 
(10) $18,142,454 from Coast Guard ‘‘Operating 
Expenses’’; 
(11) $991,520 from Coast Guard ‘‘Reserve 
Training’’; 
(12) $1,033,599 from Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, 
Construction, and Improvements’’; 
(13) $2,371,377 from United States Secret Serv-
ice ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(14) $82,084 from National Protection and Pro-
grams Directorate ‘‘Management and Administra-
tion’’; 
(15) $1,683,470 from National Protection and 
Programs Directorate ‘‘Infrastructure Protection and 
Information Security’’; 
(16) $184,583 from National Protection and 
Programs Directorate ‘‘United States Visitor and Im-
migrant Status Indicator Technology’’; 
(17) $259,874 from Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(18) $206,722 from Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency ‘‘State and Local Programs’’;