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30, 2019: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
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. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection 
and Programs Directorate for procurement, construction, 
and improvements, $335,033,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection 
and Programs Directorate for research and development, 
$11,126,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Af-
fairs for operations and support, $119,319,000, of which 
$13,520,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 
Management 
Agency 
for 
operations 
and 
support, 
$1,027,135,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $76,578,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, 
cooperative 
agreements, 
and 
other 
activities, 
$3,003,798,000 (increased by $7,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$20,000,000), which shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) $467,000,000 for the State Homeland Secu-
rity Grant Program under section 2004 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of 
which 
$55,000,000 
shall 
be 
for 
Operation 
Stonegarden: Provided, That notwithstanding sub-
section (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 
2018, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make 
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available to local and tribal governments amounts 
provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under 
this paragraph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) 
of such section 2004. 
(2) $630,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) for 
the Urban Area Security Initiative under section 
2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 604), of which $50,000,000 shall be for orga-
nizations (as described under section 501(c)(3) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
tax under section 501(a) of such code) determined 
by the Secretary of Homeland Security to be at high 
risk of a terrorist attack. 
(3) $100,000,000 for Public Transportation Se-
curity Assistance and Railroad Security Assistance 
under sections 1406 and 1513 of the Implementing 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135 and 1163), of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security. 
(4) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in 
accordance with section 70107 of title 46, United 
States Code. 
(5) $690,000,000 (increased by $20,000,000), 
to remain available until September 30, 2018, of 
which $345,000,000 shall be for Assistance to Fire-
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fighter Grants and $345,000,000 (increased by 
$20,000,000) shall be for Staffing for Adequate Fire 
and Emergency Response Grants under sections 33 
and 34 respectively of the Federal Fire Prevention 
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 
2229a). 
(6) $350,000,000 for emergency management 
performance grants under the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001), the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake Hazards Re-
duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), 6 U.S.C. 
762, and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.). 
(7) $100,000,000 (increased by $7,000,000) for 
the National Predisaster Mitigation Fund under sec-
tion 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), to 
remain available until expended. 
(8) $177,531,000 for necessary expenses for 
Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addi-
tion to and to supplement any other sums appro-
priated under the National Flood Insurance Fund, 
and such additional sums as may be provided by 
States or other political subdivisions for cost-shared 
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mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4101(f)(2)), to remain available until expended. 
(9) $120,000,000 for the emergency food and 
shelter program under title III of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for total adminis-
trative costs. 
(10) $269,267,000 (increased by $1,000,000) 
to sustain current operations for training, exercises, 
technical assistance, and other programs. 
DISASTER RELIEF FUND 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $7,327,720,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $6,793,000,000 shall be for 
major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and is designated by the Congress 
as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster 
Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the 
Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 
(Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Home-
owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–89; 128 Stat. 1020), $203,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, which shall be derived 
from offsetting amounts collected under section 1308(d) 
of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4015(d)); of which $13,573,000 shall be available for mis-
sion support associated with flood management; and of 
which $189,927,000 shall be available for flood plain man-
agement and flood mapping: Provided, That any addi-
tional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4015(d)) shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 
account, to be available for flood plain management and 
flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2017, 
no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood In-
surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of— 
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(1) $165,224,000 for operating expenses and 
salaries and expenses associated with flood insurance 
operations; 
(2) $1,123,000,000 for commissions and taxes 
of agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 
Treasury borrowings; and 
(4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available 
until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for 
flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4104c), 
notwithstanding 
sections 
1366(e) 
and 
1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 
Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 
102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 
U.S.C. 4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 shall be deposited in the National 
Flood Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts speci-
fied as available for section 1366 of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding section 102(f)(8), 
section 1366(e), and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 
1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 
4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total administra-
tive costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropria-
tion: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 is available 
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to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance 
Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(12)) 
or any other provision of law, not more than 5 percent 
of the amount of a grant made available in paragraphs 
(1) through (4) under ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by the grantee 
for expenses directly related to administration of the 
grant. 
SEC. 302. Applications for grants under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal As-
sistance’’, for paragraphs (1) through (4), shall be made 
available to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, eligible applicants shall 
submit applications not later than 80 days after the grant 
announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days 
after the receipt of an application. 
SEC. 303. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 
under paragraphs (1) through (4), the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall brief 
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the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives 5 full business days in advance 
of announcing publicly the intention of making an award. 
SEC. 304. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of commu-
nications towers is not considered construction of a build-
ing or other physical facility. 
SEC. 305. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, grants awarded to States along the Southwest Border 
of the United States under sections 2003 or 2004 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) 
using funds provided under the heading ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ for 
grants under paragraph (1) in this Act, or under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—State and 
Local Programs’’ in Public Law 114–4, division F of Pub-
lic Law 113–76, or division D of Public Law 113–6 may 
be used by recipients or sub-recipients for costs, or reim-
bursement of costs, related to providing humanitarian re-
lief to unaccompanied alien children and alien adults ac-
companied by an alien minor where they are encountered 
after entering the United States, provided that such costs 
were incurred between January 1, 2014, and December 
31, 2014, or during the award period of performance. 
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SEC. 306. The aggregate charges assessed during fis-
cal year 2018, as authorized in title III of the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 per-
cent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of 
Homeland Security to be necessary for its Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program for the next fiscal year: 
Provided, That the methodology for assessment and collec-
tion of fees shall be fair and equitable and shall reflect 
costs of providing such services, including administrative 
costs of collecting such fees: Provided further, That such 
fees shall be deposited in a Radiological Emergency Pre-
paredness Program account as offsetting collections and 
will become available for authorized purposes on October 
1, 2018, and remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 
SERVICES 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services for operations and support of the E- 
Verify Program, $108,856,000. 
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services for procurement, construction, and im-
provements of the E-Verify Program, $22,657,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2021. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers for operations and support, includ-
ing the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police- 
type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $260,099,000, of which $49,409,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not 
to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate for operations and support, including 
the purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, 
$254,618,000 (increased by $42,300,000), of which 
$134,795,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses. 
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate for research and development, 
$383,482,000 (increased by $34,100,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection Office for operations and support, $54,664,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection Office for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, $87,096,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection 
Office 
for 
research 
and 
development, 
$144,161,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection Office for Federal assistance through grants, con-
tracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities, 
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$44,519,000 (increased by $1,000,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate, 
equip, and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for replacement 
only, for areas where the Administrator of General Serv-
ices does not provide vehicles for lease: Provided, That the 
Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
may authorize employees who are assigned to those areas 
to use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ resi-
dences and places of employment. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services to grant an immigration benefit unless the results 
of background checks required by law to be completed 
prior to the granting of the benefit have been received by 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the re-
sults do not preclude the granting of the benefit. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to process or approve a competition under 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for serv-
ices provided by employees (including employees serving 
on a temporary or term basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
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migration Services of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity who are known as Immigration Information Officers, 
Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, 
Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 
SEC. 404. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of 
title 8, United States Code, of the funds deposited into 
the Immigration Examinations Fee Account, up to 
$10,000,000 may be allocated by U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services in fiscal year 2018 for the purpose of 
providing an immigrant integration grants program. 
(b) None of the funds made available to U.S. Citizen-
ship and Immigration Services for grants for immigrant 
integration under subsection (a) may be used to provide 
services to aliens who have not been lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence. 
SEC. 405. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds 
to Federal law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred 
participating in training accreditation. 
SEC. 406. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Accreditation Board, including representatives from the 
Federal law enforcement community and non-Federal ac-
creditation experts involved in law enforcement training, 
shall lead the Federal law enforcement training accredita-
tion process to continue the implementation of measuring 
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and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law 
enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 
SEC. 407. (a) There is to be established a ‘‘Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Centers—Procurement, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’ appropriations account for 
planning, operational development, engineering, and pur-
chases prior to sustainment and for information tech-
nology-related procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, including non-tangible assets of the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers. 
(b) The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers may accept transfers to the account es-
tablished by subsection (a) from Government agencies re-
questing the construction of special use facilities, as au-
thorized by the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535(b)): Pro-
vided, That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Cen-
ters maintain administrative control and ownership upon 
completion of such facilities. 
SEC. 408. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified 
as inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal 
Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 
note). 
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 
of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropria-
tions provided for activities in this Act may be transferred 
to appropriation accounts for such activities established 
pursuant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the 
applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be ac-
counted for as one fund for the same time period as origi-
nally enacted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the compo-
nents in or transferred to the Department of Homeland 
Security that remain available for obligation or expendi-
ture in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
tion of fees available to the components funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or 
activity, or increases funds for any program, project, 
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or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by the Congress; 
(2) contracts out any function or activity pres-
ently performed by Federal employees or any new 
function or activity proposed to be performed by 
Federal employees in the President’s budget pro-
posal for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of 
Homeland Security; 
(3) augments funding for existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less; 
(4) reduces funding for any program, project, 
or activity, or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent 
or more; 
(5) reorganizes components; or 
(6) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel that would result in a change 
in funding levels for programs, projects, or activities 
as approved by the Congress. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives are notified at least 15 days in advance of 
such reprogramming. 
(c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made avail-
able for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
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Homeland Security by this Act or provided by previous 
appropriations Acts may be transferred between such ap-
propriations if the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives are notified at 
least 30 days in advance of such transfer, but no such 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by such trans-
fer. 
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no 
funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred be-
tween appropriations based upon an initial notification 
provided after June 30, except in extraordinary cir-
cumstances that imminently threaten the safety of human 
life or the protection of property. 
(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set 
forth in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to 
any use of deobligated balances of funds provided in pre-
vious Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Acts. 
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established 
by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appro-
priations available to the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives 5 days in advance of such transfer. 
SEC. 504. Section 504 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of 
Public Law 115–31), related to the operations of a work-
ing capital fund, shall apply with respect to funds made 
available in this Act in the same manner as such section 
applied to funds made available in that Act. 
SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2018, as re-
corded in the financial records at the time of a reprogram-
ming notification, but not later than June 30, 2019, from 
appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ and for 
‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’’, and salaries and 
expenses for ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’ and ‘‘Coast Guard—Reserve Train-
ing’’ for fiscal year 2018 in this Act shall remain available 
through September 30, 2019, in the account and for the 
purposes for which the appropriations were provided: Pro-
vided, That prior to the obligation of such funds, a notifi-
cation shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives in 
accordance with section 503. 
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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 Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 
year 2018 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel-
ligence activities for fiscal year 2018. 
SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives at least 3 full business days in advance 
of— 
(1) making or awarding a grant allocation, 
grant, contract, other transaction agreement, or task 
or delivery order on a Department of Homeland Se-
curity multiple award contract, or to issue a letter 
of intent totaling in excess of $1,000,000; 
(2) awarding 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; 
(3) making a sole-source grant award; or 
(4) announcing publicly the intention to make 
or award items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3), in-
cluding a contract covered by the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation. 
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(b) 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. 
(c) A notification under this section— 
(1) may not involve funds that are not available 
for obligation; and 
(2) shall include the amount of the award; the 
fiscal year for which the funds for the award were 
appropriated; the type of contract; and the account 
from which the funds are being drawn. 
SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any ad-
ditional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 
locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal 
law enforcement training without advance notification to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to obtain the 
temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, 
or other agreement for training that cannot be accommo-
dated in existing Center facilities. 
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SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for expenses 
for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition 
project for which a prospectus otherwise required under 
chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, has not been 
approved, except that necessary funds may be expended 
for each project for required expenses for the development 
of a proposed prospectus. 
SEC. 510. Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (di-
vision 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. 
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: Provided, That for pur-
poses of the preceding sentence, the term ‘‘Buy American 
Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required 
by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1448). 
SEC. 513. Section 519 of division F of Public Law 
114–113, regarding a prohibition on funding for any posi-
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(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives for not less than 45 days except 
as otherwise specified in law. 
SEC. 528. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Op-
erations and Support’’ may be used for minor procure-
ment, construction, and improvements. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers 
to end items with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for per-
sonal property, and $2,000,000 or less for real property. 
SEC. 529. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 
ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 530. For fiscal year 2018, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may provide, out of funds available to 
the Department of Homeland Security, for the primary 
and secondary schooling of dependents of Department of 
Homeland Security personnel who are stationed outside 
the continental United States and for the transportation 
of such dependents in the same manner and to the same 
extent that, pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 544, the Secretary may 
provide, out of funds appropriated to or for the use of 
the Coast Guard, for the primary and secondary schooling 
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