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United States derived by the collection of fees available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure for programs, projects, or activities 
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $5,000,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing 
programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent 
funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or 
numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by the Con-
gress; or (3) results from any general savings from a reduc-
tion in personnel that would result in a change in existing 
programs, projects, or activities as approved by the Con-
gress; unless the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives are notified 15 days 
in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(c) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Homeland Security by this Act or provided by previous ap-
propriations Acts may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriations, except as otherwise 
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 
percent by such transfers: Provided, That any transfer 
under this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under subsection (b) of this section and shall not be 
available for obligation unless the Committees on Appro-
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priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer. 
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 
this section, no funds shall be reprogrammed within or 
transferred between appropriations after June 30, except in 
extraordinary circumstances which imminently threaten 
the safety of human life or the protection of property. 
SEC. 504. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Homeland Security 
may be used to make payments to the ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security Working Capital Fund’’, except for the 
activities and amounts allowed in the President’s fiscal 
year 2007 budget, excluding sedan service, shuttle service, 
transit subsidy, mail operations, parking, and competitive 
sourcing: Provided, That any additional activities and 
amounts shall be approved by the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
30 days in advance of obligation. 
SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2007 from ap-
propriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2007 
in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 
2008, in the account and for the purposes for which the 
appropriations were provided: Provided, That prior to the 
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obligation of such funds, a request shall be submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives for approval in accordance with section 
503 of this Act. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intel-
ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 
2007 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence 
activities for fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 507. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center shall lead the Federal law enforcement training ac-
creditation process, to include representatives from the Fed-
eral law enforcement community and non-Federal accredi-
tation experts involved in law enforcement training, to con-
tinue the implementation of measuring and assessing the 
quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement train-
ing programs, facilities, and instructors. 
SEC. 508. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to make a grant allocation, discretionary grant award, dis-
cretionary contract award, or to issue a letter of intent to-
taling in excess of $1,000,000, or to announce publicly the 
intention to make such an award, unless the Secretary of 
Homeland Security notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least 
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3 full business days in advance: Provided, That no notifica-
tion shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion. 
SEC. 509. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional 
facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, 
to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforce-
ment training without the advance approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, except that the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use 
of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement 
for training which cannot be accommodated in existing 
Center facilities. 
SEC. 510. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center shall schedule basic or advanced law 
enforcement training (including both types of training) at 
all four training facilities under the control of the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center to ensure that these 
training centers are operated at the highest capacity 
throughout the fiscal year. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used for expenses of any 
construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project for 
which a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act 
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of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 3301), has not been approved, except 
that necessary funds may be expended for each project for 
required expenses for the development of a proposed pro-
spectus. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
in contravention of the applicable provisions of the Buy 
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). 
SEC. 513. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the authority of the Office of Personnel Management to con-
duct personnel security and suitability background inves-
tigations, update investigations, and periodic reinvestiga-
tions of applicants for, or appointees in, positions in the 
Office of the Secretary and Executive Management, the Of-
fice of the Under Secretary for Management, Analysis and 
Operations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Direc-
torate for Preparedness, and the Directorate of Science and 
Technology of the Department of Homeland Security is 
transferred to the Department of Homeland Security: Pro-
vided, That on request of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity, the Office of Personnel Management shall cooperate 
with and assist the Department in any investigation or re-
investigation under this section: Provided further, That this 
section shall cease to be effective at such time as the Presi-
dent has selected a single agency to conduct security clear-
ance investigations under section 3001(c) of the Intelligence 
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Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 
108–458; 50 U.S.C. 435b) and the entity selected under sec-
tion 3001(b) of such Act has reported to Congress that the 
agency selected under such section 3001(c) is capable of con-
ducting all necessary investigations in a timely manner or 
has authorized the entities within the Department of Home-
land Security covered by this section to conduct their own 
investigations under section 3001 of such Act. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided by this or 
previous appropriations Acts may be obligated for deploy-
ment or implementation, on other than a test basis, of the 
Secure Flight program or any other follow on or successor 
passenger prescreening programs, until the Secretary of 
Homeland Security certifies, and the Government Account-
ability Office reports, to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives, that all 10 
of the conditions contained in paragraphs (1) through (10) 
of section 522(a) of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–334; 118 Stat. 
1319) have been successfully met. Until the Secure Flight 
program or a follow on or successor passenger screening 
program has been deployed or implemented, the Transpor-
tation Security Administration shall provide airlines with 
technical or other assistance to better align their reservation 
and ticketing systems with terrorist databases to assist in 
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alleviating travel delays and other problems associated with 
mistaken identification. 
(b) The report required by subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted within 90 days after the certification required by 
such subsection is provided, and periodically thereafter, if 
necessary, until the Government Accountability Office con-
firms that all 10 conditions have been successfully met. 
(c) During the testing phase permitted by subsection 
(a), no information gathered from passengers, foreign or do-
mestic air carriers, or reservation systems may be used to 
screen aviation passengers, or delay or deny boarding to 
such passengers, except in instances where passenger names 
are matched to a Government watch list. 
(d) None of the funds provided in this or previous ap-
propriations Acts may be utilized to develop or test algo-
rithms assigning risk to passengers whose names are not 
on Government watch lists. 
(e) None of the funds provided in this or previous ap-
propriations Acts may be utilized for data or a database 
that is obtained from or remains under the control of a non- 
Federal entity: Provided, That this restriction shall not 
apply to Passenger Name Record data obtained from air 
carriers. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required 
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by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1448). 
SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to process or approve a competition under Of-
fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for services 
provided as of June 1, 2004, by employees (including em-
ployees serving on a temporary or term basis) of United 
States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security who are known as of that date 
as Immigration Information Officers, Contact Representa-
tives, or Investigative Assistants. 
SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated to the 
United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous ap-
propriations Acts may be made available for the protection 
of a person, other than persons granted protection under 
3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, and the Secretary 
of the Department of Homeland Security. 
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the Director 
of the United States Secret Service may enter into a fully 
reimbursable agreement to perform such service for 
protectees not designated under 3056(a) of title 18, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 518. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with industry stakeholders, shall develop 
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standards and protocols for increasing the use of explosive 
detection equipment to screen air cargo when appropriate. 
SEC. 519. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security is 
directed to research, develop, and procure new technologies 
to inspect and screen air cargo carried on passenger air-
craft at the earliest date possible. 
(b) Existing checked baggage explosive detection equip-
ment and screeners shall be utilized to screen air cargo car-
ried on passenger aircraft to the greatest extent practicable 
at each airport until technologies developed under sub-
section (a) are available. 
(c) The Transportation Security Administration shall 
report air cargo inspection statistics within 15 days of the 
close of each quarter of the fiscal year to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, by airport and air carrier, including any rea-
sons for non-compliance with the second proviso of section 
513 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropria-
tions Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–334; 118 Stat. 1317), 
within 45 days after the end of the quarter. 
SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds available for obligation 
for the transportation worker identification credential pro-
gram shall be used to develop a personalization system that 
is executed without fair and open competition for both the 
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implementation and production of the program and identi-
fication cards. 
(b) The Transportation Security Administration shall 
certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives not later than December 
1, 2006, that the competition required under subsection (a) 
has been achieved. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by any person other than the privacy offi-
cer appointed under section 222 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 142) to alter, direct that changes be 
made to, delay, or prohibit the transmission to Congress 
of any report prepared under paragraph (5) of such section. 
SEC. 522. No funding provided by this or previous ap-
propriation Acts shall be available to pay the salary of any 
employee serving as a contracting officer’s technical rep-
resentative (COTR) or anyone acting in a similar or like 
capacity who has not received COTR training. 
SEC. 523. 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’’ in fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006 that are re-
covered or deobligated shall be available only for procure-
ment and installation of explosive detection systems for air 
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cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject 
to section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 524. (a) Within 60 days of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security shall 
revise DHS MD (Management Directive) 11056 to provide 
for the following: 
(1) That when a lawful request is made to pub-
licly release a document containing information des-
ignated as sensitive security information (SSI), the 
document shall be reviewed in a timely manner to de-
termine whether any information contained in the 
document meets the criteria for continued SSI protec-
tion under applicable law and regulation and shall 
further provide that all portions that no longer re-
quire SSI designation be released, subject to applica-
ble law, including sections 552 and 552a of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(2) That sensitive security information that is 
four years old shall be subject to release upon request 
unless— 
(A) the Secretary or his designee makes a 
written determination that identifies a rational 
basis why the information must remain SSI; 
(B) the information is covered by a current 
sensitive security information application guide 
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approved by the Secretary or his designee in 
writing; or 
(C) such information is otherwise exempt 
from disclosure under applicable law: 
Provided, That any determination made by the Secretary 
under clause (a)(2)(A) shall be provided to the party mak-
ing a request to release such information and to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives as part of the annual reporting requirement 
pursuant to section 537 of the Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–90; 
119 Stat. 2088). 
(3) Common and extensive examples of the indi-
vidual categories of SSI information cited under 49 
CFR 1520(b)(1) through (16) in order to minimize 
and standardize judgment by covered persons in the 
application of SSI marking. 
(b) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives on the progress that the Depart-
ment has made in implementing the remaining require-
ments of section 537 of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–90; 119 
Stat. 2088), including information on the current proce-
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dures regarding access to SSI by civil litigants and the se-
curity risks and benefits of any proposed changes to these 
procedures. 
SEC. 525. RESCISSION. From the unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations made available for Trans-
portation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Security’’ 
and ‘‘Headquarters Administration’’, $4,776,000 are re-
scinded. 
SEC. 526. The Department of Homeland Security 
Working Capital Fund, established under section 403 of the 
Government Management Reform Act of 1994 (31 U.S.C. 
501 note; Public Law 103–356), shall continue operations 
during fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 527. RESCISSION. Of the unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations made available for the 
‘‘Counterterrorism Fund’’, $16,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 528. RESCISSION. From the unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations made available for Trans-
portation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Security’’, 
$61,936,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 529. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enforce section 4025(1) of Public Law 
108–458 if the Assistant Secretary (Transportation Secu-
rity Administration) determines that butane lighters are 
not a significant threat to civil aviation security: Provided, 
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That the Assistant Secretary (Transportation Security Ad-
ministration) shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives 15 
days in advance of such determination including a report 
on whether the effectiveness of screening operations is en-
hanced by suspending enforcement of the prohibition. 
SEC. 530. RESCISSIONS. Of the unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations made available for Science 
and Technology, $55,000,000 for ‘‘Management and Admin-
istration’’ and $184,000,000 from ‘‘Research, Development, 
Acquisition, and Operations’’ are rescinded: Provided, That 
of the total amount rescinded from ‘‘Management and Ad-
ministration’’, $30,000,000 shall be from the contingency 
fund and $25,000,000 shall be from the Homeland Security 
Institute. 
SEC. 531. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall consider the Han-
cock County Port and Harbor Commission in Mississippi 
eligible under the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
Public Assistance Program for all costs incurred for dredg-
ing from navigation channel in Little Lake, Louisiana, 
sediment deposited as a result of Hurricane George in 1998: 
Provided, That the appropriate Federal share shall apply 
to approval of this project. 
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SEC. 532. The Department of Homeland Security 
shall, in approving standards for State and local emergency 
preparedness operational plans under section 613(b)(3) of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5196b(b)(3)), account for the needs of indi-
viduals with household pets and service animals before, dur-
ing, and following a major disaster or emergency: Provided, 
That Federal agencies may provide assistance as described 
in section 403(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b(a)) to carry 
out the plans described in the previous proviso. 
SEC. 533. RESCISSION. From the unexpended balances 
of the United States Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’ account specifically identified in 
the Joint Explanatory Statement (House Report 109–241) 
accompanying the Department of Homeland Security Act, 
2006 (Public Law 109–90) for the development of the Off-
shore Patrol Cutter, $20,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 534. TRANSFER. All obligated and unobligated 
balances of funds, totaling not less than $98,552,000, for 
the Transportation Security Laboratory shall be transferred 
from the Science and Technology ‘‘Research, Development, 
Acquisition, and Operations’’ account to the Transpor-
tation Security Administration ‘‘Transportation Security 
Support’’ account effective October 1, 2006. 
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