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the dollar amount, the purpose of the contract, and 
the reason for the lack of competitive award; and 
(9) an estimate of when available appropriations 
will be exhausted, assuming an average disaster sea-
son: 
Provided further, That for any request for reimbursement 
from a Federal agency to the Department to cover expendi-
tures under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), or any 
mission assignment orders issued by the Department for 
such purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
take appropriate steps to ensure that each agency is periodi-
cally reminded of Department policies on— 
(1) the detailed information required in sup-
porting documentation for reimbursements, and 
(2) the necessity for timeliness of agency billings. 
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For activities under section 319 of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5162), $875,000, of which $580,000 is for adminis-
trative expenses to carry out the direct loan program and 
$295,000 is for the cost of direct loans: Provided, That gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall 
not exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That the cost of 
modifying such loans shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a).
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FLOOD MAP MODERNIZATION FUND 
For necessary expenses under section 1360 of the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101), 
$220,000,000, and such additional sums as may be pro-
vided by State and local governments or other political sub-
divisions for cost-shared mapping activities under section 
1360(f)(2) of such Act, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed 
three percent of the total amount appropriated under this 
heading. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) and the Flood Disaster 
Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), 
$145,000,000, which is available as follows: (1) not to ex-
ceed $45,642,000 for salaries and expenses associated with 
flood mitigation and flood insurance operations; and (2) 
no less than $99,358,000 for flood hazard mitigation, which 
shall be derived from offsetting collections assessed and col-
lected under section 1307 of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4014), to remain available until 
September 30, 2009, including up to $34,000,000 for flood 
mitigation expenses under section 1366 of that Act (42 
U.S.C. 4104c), which shall be available for transfer to the 
National Flood Mitigation Fund under section 1367 of that
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Act (42 U.S.C. 4104) until September 30, 2009: Provided, 
That any additional fees collected pursuant to section 1307 
of that Act shall be credited as an offsetting collection to 
this account, to be available for flood hazard mitigation ex-
penses: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2008, 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: (1) $70,000,000 for operating expenses; (2) $773,772,000 
for commissions and taxes of agents; (3) such sums as are 
necessary for interest on Treasury borrowings; and (4) 
$90,000,000 for flood mitigation actions with respect to se-
vere repetitive loss properties under section 1361A of that 
Act (42 U.S.C. 4102a) and repetitive insurance claims 
properties under section 1323 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 4030), 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That total administrative costs shall not exceed four 
percent of the total appropriation. 
NATIONAL FLOOD MITIGATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Notwithstanding subparagraphs (B) and (C) of sub-
section (b)(3), and subsection (f), of section 1366 of the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968, $34,000,000 (42 U.S.C. 
4104c), to remain available until September 30, 2009, for 
activities designed to reduce the risk of flood damage to 
structures pursuant to such Act, of which $34,000,000 shall 
be derived from the National Flood Insurance Fund.
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NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND 
For a predisaster mitigation grant program under 
title II of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5131 et seq.), $114,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That grants 
made for predisaster mitigation shall be awarded subject 
to the criteria in section 203(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
5133(g)): Provided further, That the total administrative 
costs associated with such grants shall not exceed three per-
cent of the total amount made available under this heading. 
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER 
To carry out an emergency food and shelter program 
pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $153,000,000, 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, $80,973,000: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $80,000,000 is designated as 
described in section 5 (in the matter preceding division A
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of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That of the total, 
$20,000,000 is provided to address backlogs of security 
checks associated with pending applications and petitions 
and shall not be available for obligation until the Secretary 
of Homeland Security and the United States Attorney Gen-
eral submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a plan to elimi-
nate the backlog of security checks that establishes informa-
tion sharing protocols to ensure United States Citizenship 
and Immigration Services has the information it needs to 
carry out its mission: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds available to 
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services may 
be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up to five 
vehicles for areas where the Administrator of General Serv-
ices does not provide vehicles for lease: Provided further, 
That the Director of United States Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services may authorize employees who are assigned 
to those areas to use such vehicles 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; purchase
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of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; expenses for student athletic 
and related activities; the conduct of and participation in 
firearms matches and presentation of awards; public aware-
ness and enhancement of community support of law enforce-
ment training; room and board for student interns; a flat 
monthly reimbursement to employees authorized to use per-
sonal mobile phones for official duties; and services as au-
thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
$238,076,000, of which up to $48,111,000 for materials and 
support costs of Federal law enforcement basic training 
shall remain available until September 30, 2009; of which 
$300,000 shall remain available until expended for Federal 
law enforcement agencies participating in training accredi-
tation, to be distributed as determined by the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center for the needs of participating 
agencies; and of which not to exceed $12,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$17,000,000 is designated as described in section 5 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided further, That the Center is authorized to obligate 
funds in anticipation of reimbursements from agencies re-
ceiving training sponsored by the Center, except that total 
obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total
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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 109– 
295 (120 Stat. 1374) is further amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’. 
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, $50,590,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the amount pro-
vided under this heading, $4,000,000 is designated as de-
scribed in section 5 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act): Provided further, That the Center is 
authorized to accept reimbursement to this appropriation 
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.), $138,600,000: Provided, That not to
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exceed $10,000 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.); $691,735,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading shall be obligated for the Analysis, Dis-
semination, Visualization, Insight, and Semantic Enhance-
ment program or any follow-on or successor program. 
DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection Office as authorized by the second title XVIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 and for management and 
administration of programs and activities, $31,500,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be for official re-
ception and representation expenses. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear re-
search, development, testing, evaluation, and operations, 
$323,500,000, to remain available until expended.
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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, $129,750,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be obligated for full-scale procure-
ment of Advanced Spectroscopic Portal Monitors until the 
Secretary of Homeland Security submits to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report certifying that a significant increase 
in operational effectiveness will be achieved: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall submit separate and distinct 
certifications prior to the procurement of Advanced 
Spectroscopic Portal Monitors for primary and secondary 
deployment that address the unique requirements for oper-
ational effectiveness of each type of deployment: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall con-
sult with the National Academy of Sciences before making 
such certification: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be used for high-risk 
concurrent development and production of mutually de-
pendent software and hardware.
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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: Provided, That balances so transferred 
may be merged with funds in the applicable established ac-
counts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for 
the same time period as originally enacted. 
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 2008, 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 activity; (3) in-
creases funds for any program, project, or activity for which 
funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; (4)
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proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by ei-
ther of the Committees on Appropriations 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 contained in the fiscal year 2008 
Budget Appendix for the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, as specified in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated 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 2008, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
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-
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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) and shall not be available for 
obligation unless the Committees on Appropriations 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
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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 2008 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 2008 from ap-
propriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2008 
in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 
2009, 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
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2008 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence 
activities for fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 507. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Ac-
creditation Board shall lead the Federal law enforcement 
training accreditation process, to include representatives 
from the Federal law enforcement community and non-Fed-
eral accreditation experts involved in law enforcement 
training, to continue the implementation of measuring and 
assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law en-
forcement training 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, including a contract cov-
ered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives at least three full business days in advance: Provided, 
That no notification shall involve funds that are not avail-
able for obligation: Provided further, That the notification 
shall include the amount of the award, the fiscal year in 
which the funds for the award were appropriated, and the 
account from which the funds are being drawn: Provided 
further, That the Federal Emergency Management Agency
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shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives five full business days in 
advance of announcing publicly the intention of making an 
award of State Homeland Security grants; Urban Area Se-
curity Initiative grants; or Regional Catastrophic Pre-
paredness Grants. 
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 and/or advanced 
law enforcement 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 for
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any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project 
for which a prospectus, if 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 re-
quired 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. (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 program, 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 ten 
of the conditions contained in paragraphs (1) through (10) 
of section 522(a) of Public Law 108–334 (118 Stat. 1319) 
have been successfully met. 
(b) The report required by subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted within 90 days after the Secretary provides the req-
uisite certification, and periodically thereafter, if necessary, 
until the Government Accountability Office confirms that 
all ten conditions have been successfully met.
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(c) Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a detailed plan that describes: (1) 
the dates for achieving key milestones, including the date 
or timeframes that the Secretary will certify the program 
under subsection (a); and (2) the methodology to be followed 
to support the Secretary’s certification, as required under 
subsection (a). 
(d) 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. 
(e) 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. 
(f) None of the funds provided in this or any other 
Act may be used 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.
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SEC. 514. 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. 515. 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. 516. 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 the head of a Federal agency other than the Secretary 
of Homeland Security: Provided, That the Director of the 
United States Secret Service may enter into an agreement 
to perform such service on a fully reimbursable basis. 
SEC. 517. Section 517(b) of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (18 U.S.C. 3056 
note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) For fiscal year 2008, and each fiscal year there-
after, the Director of the United States Secret Service may
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enter into an agreement to perform protection of a Federal 
official other than a person granted protection under section 
3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, on a fully reimburs-
able basis.’’. 
SEC. 518. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall research, develop, and procure new technologies to in-
spect and screen air cargo carried on passenger aircraft 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 Assistant Secretary (Transportation Security 
Administration) shall work with air carriers and airports 
to ensure that the screening of cargo carried on passenger 
aircraft, as defined in section 44901(g)(5) of title 49, 
United States Code, increases incrementally each quarter. 
(d) Not later than 45 days after the end of each quar-
ter, the Assistant Secretary (Transportation Security Ad-
ministration) shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a report on air cargo inspection statistics by airport and 
air carrier detailing the incremental progress being made 
to meet section 44901(g)(2) of title 49, United States Code.
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SEC. 519. 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 (6) of such section. 
SEC. 520. No funding made available to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security in this Act shall be available 
to pay the salary of any employee serving as a contracting 
officer’s technical representative (COTR), or anyone acting 
in a similar capacity, who has not received COTR training. 
SEC. 521. 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, 2005, 2006, and 2007 that 
are recovered or deobligated shall be available only for the 
procurement or installation of explosives detection systems, 
for air cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, 
subject to notification: 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.
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SEC. 522. Section 525(d) of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109– 
295; 120 Stat. 1382) shall apply to fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 523. Any funds appropriated to United States 
Coast Guard, ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’ for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 
for the 110–123 foot patrol boat conversion that are recov-
ered, collected, or otherwise received as the result of negotia-
tion, mediation, or litigation, shall be available until ex-
pended for the Replacement Patrol Boat (FRC–B) program. 
SEC. 524. 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 during fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available to commence operations of the National Appli-
cations Office or the National Immigration Information 
Sharing Operation until the Secretary certifies that these 
programs comply with all existing laws, including all ap-
plicable privacy and civil liberties standards, and that cer-
tification is reviewed by the Government Accountability Of-
fice. 
SEC. 526. Within 45 days after the close of each month, 
the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
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of the Senate and the House of Representatives a monthly 
budget and staffing report that includes total obligations, 
on-board versus funded full-time equivalent staffing levels, 
and the number of contract employees by office. 
SEC. 527. Section 532(a) of Public Law 109–295 is 
amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’. 
SEC. 528. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used in contravention of the Federal buildings 
performance and reporting requirements of Executive Order 
No. 13123, part 3 of title V of the National Energy Con-
servation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8251 et seq.), or subtitle 
A of title I of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (including 
the amendments made thereby). 
SEC. 529. 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. 530. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 303 of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212). 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to take an action that would violate Execu-
tive Order No. 13149 (65 Fed. Reg. 24607; relating to green-
ing the Government through Federal fleet and transpor-
tation efficiency).
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SEC. 532. Subsections (a), (b), and (d)(1) of section 
6402 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina 
Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 
2007 (Public Law 110–28) shall apply to fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 533. None of the funds provided by this or any 
other Act may be obligated for the development, testing, de-
ployment, or operation of any system related to the MAX– 
HR project, or any subsequent but related human resources 
management project, until any pending litigation con-
cerning such activities is resolved, and any legal claim or 
appeal by either party has been fully resolved. 
SEC. 534. Section 550 of the Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (6 U.S.C. 121 note) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) This section shall not preclude or deny any right 
of any State or political subdivision thereof to adopt or en-
force any regulation, requirement, or standard of perform-
ance with respect to chemical facility security that is more 
stringent than a regulation, requirement, or standard of 
performance issued under this section, or otherwise impair 
any right or jurisdiction of any State with respect to chem-
ical facilities within that State, unless there is an actual 
conflict between this section and the law of that State.’’. 
SEC. 535. (a) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE CIVIL 
SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—