for fiscal year 2026 in this Act shall remain available 
through September 30, 2027, in the account and for the 
purposes for which the appropriations were provided. 
(b) Prior to the obligation of such funds, a notifica-
tion shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 
accordance with section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 506. (a) Funds made available by this Act for 
intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically author-
ized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fis-
cal year 2026 until the enactment of an Act authorizing 
intelligence activities for fiscal year 2026. 
(b) Amounts described in subsection (a) made avail-
able for ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Aware-
ness—Operations and Support’’ that exceed the amounts 
in such authorization for such account shall be transferred 
to and merged with amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations and Sup-
port’’. 
(c) Prior to the obligation of any funds transferred 
under subsection (b), the Undersecretary for Management 
shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate on a plan for the use 
of such funds. 
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SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate at least three full business days in advance 
of— 
(1) making or awarding a grant allocation or 
grant in excess of $1,000,000 or a grant made from 
the Disaster Relief Fund in excess of $100,000; 
(2) making or awarding a contract, other trans-
action agreement, or task or delivery order on a 
multiple award contract, or to issue a letter of intent 
totaling in excess of $2,000,000; 
(3) awarding a task or delivery order requiring 
an obligation of funds in an amount greater than 
$5,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home-
land Security funds; 
(4) making a sole-source grant award; or 
(5) announcing publicly the intention to make 
or award items under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) 
including a contract covered by the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation. 
(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 
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the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate not later than three full busi-
ness 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 House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, 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 Centers’ facilities. 
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 
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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 522 and 530 of the Department 
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. 
SEC. 511. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used in contravention of the applicable 
provisions of the Buy American Act. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), 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. (a) None of the funds provided or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to carry out section 872 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452) unless explicitly authorized by the 
Congress after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to the use of the 
authorities provided by such section 872— 
(1) to allocate or reallocate the functions of the 
Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Office to other offices and organi-
zational units within the Department consistent with 
the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction’’ 
table in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act); or 
(2) to allocate or reallocate any other functions 
of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Of-
fice to other offices and organizational units within 
the Department consistent with the ‘‘Countering 
Weapons of Mass Destruction’’ table in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
may transfer funds made available in prior appropriations 
Acts to the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Of-
fice between any appropriations available to the Depart-
ment as necessary to carry out the purposes described in 
subsection (b). 
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SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel-
oping a national identification card. 
SEC. 515. Any official that is required by this Act 
to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate may 
not delegate such authority to perform that act unless spe-
cifically authorized herein. 
SEC. 516. 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 Fed-
eral Regulations. 
SEC. 517. 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. 518. 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 perform-
ance that does not meet the basic requirements of a con-
tract. 
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