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House of Representatives not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act on any foreseeable challenges 
to complying with subsection (a). 
SEC. 543. If the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity (Transportation Security Administration) deter-
mines that an airport does not need to participate in the 
basic pilot program, the Assistant Secretary shall certify 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives that no security risks will result 
by such non-participation. 
SEC. 544. For fiscal year 2010 and thereafter, the Sec-
retary may provide to personnel appointed or assigned to 
serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those pro-
vided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1990 (22 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.). 
SEC. 545. Section 144 of the Continuing Appropria-
tions Resolution, 2009 (division A of Public Law 110–329; 
122 Stat. 3581), as amended by section 101 of division J 
of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111– 
8; 123 Stat. 988), is further amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2012’’. 
SEC. 546. Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (divi-
sion C of Public Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Unless’’ and all that follows. 
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SEC. 547. The head of each agency or department of 
the United States that enters into a contract shall require, 
as a condition of the contract, that the contractor partici-
pate in the pilot program described in 404 of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (division C of Public Law 104–209; 8 U.S.C. 1324a 
note) to verify the employment eligibility of— 
(1) all individuals hired during the term of the 
contract by the contractor to perform employment du-
ties within the United States; and 
(2) all individuals assigned by the contractor to 
perform work within the United States the under such 
contract. 
SEC. 548. (a)(1) Sections 401(c)(1), 403(a), 403(b)(1), 
403(c)(1), and 405(b)(2) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of 
Public Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) are amended 
by striking ‘‘basic pilot program’’ each place that term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘E-Verify Program’’. 
(2) The heading of section 403(a) of the Illegal Immi-
gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
is amended by striking ‘‘BASIC PILOT’’ and inserting ‘‘E- 
VERIFY’’. 
(b) Section 404(h)(1) of the Illegal Immigration Re-
form and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public 
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Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by striking 
‘‘under a pilot program’’ and inserting ‘‘under this sub-
title’’. 
SEC. 549. Section 610 of the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each place it appears; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘for 15 years’’. 
SEC. 550. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
should the Secretary of Homeland Security determine that 
specific U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Serv-
ice Processing Centers, or other U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement owned detention facilities, no longer meet 
the mission need, the Secretary is authorized to dispose of 
individual Service Processing Centers, or other U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement owned detention facili-
ties, by directing the Administrator of General Services to 
sell all real and related personal property which support 
Service Processing Centers, or other U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities, oper-
ations, subject to such terms and conditions as necessary 
to protect government interests and meet program require-
ments: Provided, That the proceeds, net of the costs of sale 
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incurred by the General Services Administration and U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall be deposited 
as offsetting collections into a separate account that shall 
be available, subject to appropriation, until expended for 
other real property capital asset needs of existing U.S. Im-
migration and Customs Enforcement assets, excluding daily 
operations and maintenance costs, as the Secretary deems 
appropriate. 
SEC. 551. Section 550 of Public Law 109–295 is 
amended in subsection (b) by deleting from the last proviso 
‘‘three years after the date of enactment of this Act’’ and 
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 4, 2010’’. 
SEC. 552. For fiscal year 2010 and thereafter, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security may collect fees from any non- 
Federal participant in a conference, seminar, exhibition, 
symposium, or similar meeting conducted by the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security in advance of the conference, 
either directly or by contract, and those fees shall be credited 
to the appropriation or account from which the costs of the 
conference, seminar, exhibition, symposium, or similar 
meeting are paid and shall be available to pay the costs 
of the Department of Homeland Security with respect to 
the conference or to reimburse the Department for costs in-
curred with respect to the conference: Provided, That in the 
event the total amount of fees collected with respect to a 
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conference exceeds the actual costs of the Department of 
Homeland Security with respect to the conference, the 
amount of such excess shall be deposited into the Treasury 
as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall provide a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
not later than January 5, 2011, providing the level of collec-
tions and a summary by agency of the purposes and levels 
of expenditures for the prior fiscal year, and shall report 
annually thereafter. 
SEC. 553. For purposes of section 210C of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124j) a rural area shall 
also include any area that is located in a metropolitan sta-
tistical area and a county, borough, parish, or area under 
the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe with a population of not 
more than 50,000. 
SEC. 554. From the unobligated balances of prior year 
appropriations made available for ‘‘Analysis and Oper-
ations’’, $5,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 555. From the unobligated balances of prior year 
appropriations made available for U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement ‘‘Construction’’, $7,000,000 are re-
scinded. 
SEC. 556. From the unobligated balances of prior year 
appropriations made available for National Protection and 
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Programs Directorate ‘‘Infrastructure Protection and Infor-
mation Security’’, $8,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 557. From the unobligated balances of prior year 
appropriations made available for Science and Technology 
‘‘Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations’’, 
$7,500,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 558. From the unobligated balances of prior year 
appropriations made available for Domestic Nuclear Detec-
tion Office ‘‘Research, Development, and Operations’’, 
$8,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 559. (a) Subject to subsection (b), none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
may be available to operate the Loran-C signal after Janu-
ary 4, 2010. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall take effect 
only if the Commandant of the Coast Guard certifies that— 
(1) the termination of the operation of the 
Loran-C signal as of the date specified in subsection 
(a) will not adversely impact the safety of maritime 
navigation; and 
(2) the Loran-C system infrastructure is not 
needed as a backup to the Global Positioning System 
or any other Federal navigation requirement. 
(c) If the Commandant makes the certification de-
scribed in subsection (b), the Coast Guard shall, com-
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mencing January 4, 2010, terminate the operation of the 
Loran-C signal and commence a phased decommissioning 
of the Loran-C system infrastructure. 
(d) Not later than 30 days after such certification pur-
suant to subsection (b), the Commandant shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 
of Representatives a report setting forth a proposed schedule 
for the phased decommissioning of the Loran-C system in-
frastructure in the event of the decommissioning of such in-
frastructure in accordance to subsection (c). 
(e) If the Commandant makes the certification de-
scribed in subsection (b), the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, 
may, notwithstanding any other provision of law, sell any 
real and personal property under the administrative control 
of the Coast Guard and used for the Loran system, by di-
recting the Administrator of General Services to sell such 
real and personal property, subject to such terms and condi-
tions that the Secretary believes to be necessary to protect 
government interests and program requirements of the 
Coast Guard: Provided, That the proceeds, less the costs of 
sale incurred by the General Services Administration, shall 
be deposited as offsetting collections into the Coast Guard 
‘‘Environmental Compliance and Restoration’’ account 
and, subject to appropriation, shall be available until ex-
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pended for environmental compliance and restoration pur-
poses associated with the Loran system, for the demolition 
of improvements on such real property, and for the costs 
associated with the sale of such real and personal property, 
including due diligence requirements, necessary environ-
mental remediation, and reimbursement of expenses in-
curred by the General Services Administration: Provided 
further, That after the completion of such activities, the un-
expended balances shall be available for any other environ-
mental compliance and restoration activities of the Coast 
Guard. 
BORDER FENCE COMPLETION 
SEC. 560. (a) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
102(b)(1) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immi-
grant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘Fencing that does not effectively re-
strain pedestrian traffic (such as vehicle barriers and 
virtual fencing) may not be used to meet the 700-mile 
fence requirement under this subparagraph.’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) not later than December 31, 
2010, complete the construction of all the re-
inforced fencing and the installation of the 
related equipment described in subpara-
graph (A).’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(iii) FUNDING NOT CONTINGENT ON 
CONSULTATION.—Amounts appropriated to 
carry out this paragraph may not be im-
pounded or otherwise withheld for failure to 
fully comply with the consultation require-
ment under clause (i).’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2009, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to 
Congress that describes— 
(1) the progress made in completing the rein-
forced fencing required under section 102(b)(1) of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon-
sibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note), as amended 
by this Act; and 
(2) the plans for completing such fencing before 
December 31, 2010. 
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SEC. 561. None of the amounts made available under 
this Act may be used to implement changes to the final rule 
describing the process for employers to follow after receiving 
a ‘‘no match’’ letter in order to qualify for ‘‘safe harbor’’ 
status (promulgated on August 15, 2007). 
SEC. 562. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be obligated for the construction of the National 
Bio and Agro-defense Facility on the United States main-
land until 90 days after the later of— 
(1) the date on which the Secretary of Homeland 
Security completes a site-specific bio-safety and bio- 
security mitigation assessment to determine the re-
quirements necessary to ensure safe operation of the 
National Bio and Agro-defense Facility at the pre-
ferred site identified in the January 16, 2009, Record 
of Decision published in Federal Register Vol. 74, 
Number 111; or 
(2) the date on which the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Agri-
culture, submits to the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives a report that— 
(A) describes the procedure that will be used 
to issue the permit to conduct foot-and-mouth 
disease live virus research under section 7524 of 
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the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
(21 U.S.C. 113a note; Public Law 110–246); and 
(B) includes plans to establish an emer-
gency response plan with city, regional, and 
State officials in the event of an accidental re-
lease of foot-and-mouth disease or another haz-
ardous pathogen. 
SEC. 563. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, in consultation with the Attorney General and the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, shall 
submit a report to the congressional committees set forth 
in subsection (b) that provides details about— 
(1) additional Border Patrol sectors that should 
be utilizing Operation Streamline programs; and 
(2) resources needed from the Department of 
Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and 
the Judiciary, to increase the effectiveness of Oper-
ation Streamline programs at some Border Patrol 
sectors and to utilize such programs at additional sec-
tors. 
(b) The congressional committees set forth in this sub-
section are— 
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate; 
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