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and Rescue Teams, of which not to exceed $1,600,000 may 
be made available for administrative costs: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading for the support and acquisition of mobile medical 
units to be used by the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Directorate of Emergency Preparedness and Re-
sponse, in response to domestic disasters, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security is encouraged to acquire an integrated 
mobile medical system for testing and evaluation in accord-
ance with subchapter V of chapter 35 of title 31, United 
States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Competition in Con-
tracting Act’’): Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, $52,600,000 shall be for 
the United States Fire Administration. 
In addition, of the funds appropriated under this 
heading in Public Law 108–334 (118 Stat. 1311), 
$9,600,000 are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGIONAL OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for administrative and regional 
operations of Emergency Preparedness and Response, 
$216,441,000, including activities authorized by the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Haz-
ards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the 
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C.
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2201 et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404, 405), Reorganization 
Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.): Provided, That 
not to exceed $3,000 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for countering potential bio-
logical, disease, and chemical threats to civilian popu-
lations, $34,000,000. 
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM 
The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2006, 
as authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 
5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the amounts 
anticipated by the Department of Homeland Security nec-
essary for its radiological emergency preparedness program 
for the next fiscal year: Provided, That the methodology for 
assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and equitable 
and shall reflect costs of providing such services, including 
administrative costs of collecting such fees: Provided fur-
ther, That fees received under this heading shall be deposited 
in this account as offsetting collections and will become
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available for authorized purposes on October 1, 2006, and 
remain available until expended. 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $1,990,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the aforementioned sum 
shall be reduced by $70,000,000. 
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program, as authorized by section 319 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5162), $567,000: Provided, That gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans shall not ex-
ceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That the cost of modi-
fying such loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a). 
FLOOD MAP MODERNIZATION FUND 
For necessary expenses pursuant to section 1360 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101), 
$200,000,000, 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 
3 percent of the total appropriation.
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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.), not to exceed $36,496,000 
for salaries and expenses associated with flood mitigation 
and flood insurance operations; and not to exceed 
$87,358,000 for flood hazard mitigation, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2007, including up to $28,000,000 
for expenses under section 1366 of the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c), which amount shall 
be available for transfer to the National Flood Mitigation 
Fund until September 30, 2007, and which amount shall 
be derived from offsetting collections assessed and collected 
pursuant to section 1307 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 4014), and 
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses under this 
heading: Provided, That in fiscal year 2006, no funds in 
excess of: (1) $55,000,000 for operating expenses; (2) 
$660,148,000 for commissions and taxes of agents; and (3) 
$30,000,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be 
available from the National Flood Insurance Fund. 
NATIONAL FLOOD MITIGATION FUND 
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 (42 U.S.C. 4104c), 
$28,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 
for activities designed to reduce the risk of flood damage
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to structures pursuant to such Act, of which $28,000,000 
shall be derived from the National Flood Insurance Fund. 
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.), $37,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That grants 
made for predisaster mitigation shall be awarded on a com-
petitive basis subject to the criteria in section 203(g) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(g)), and notwithstanding section 
203(f) of such Act, shall be made without reference to State 
allocations, quotas, or other formula-based allocation of 
funds: Provided further, That total administrative costs 
shall not exceed 3 percent of the total appropriation. 
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER 
To carry out an emergency food and shelter program 
pursuant to title III of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $153,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That total ad-
ministrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 
appropriation.
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TITLE IV—RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 
TRAINING, ASSESSMENTS, AND SERVICES 
UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION 
SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigra-
tion services, $80,000,000. 
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 
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; 
$194,000,000, of which up to $36,174,000 for materials and 
support costs of Federal law enforcement basic training 
shall remain available until September 30, 2007; and of 
which not to exceed $12,000 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided, That the Center is
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authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimburse-
ments from agencies receiving training sponsored by the 
Center, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal 
year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at 
the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That in fiscal 
year 2006 and thereafter, the Director of the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center is authorized to assess pecu-
niary liability against Center employees and students for 
losses or destruction of Government property due to gross 
negligence or willful misconduct and to set off any resulting 
debts due the United States by Center employees and stu-
dents, without their consent, against current payments due 
the employees and students for their services. 
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, $88,358,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Center is au-
thorized to accept reimbursement to this appropriation 
from Government agencies requesting the construction of 
special use facilities.
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INFORMATION ANALYSIS AND INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROTECTION 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the immediate Office of 
the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infra-
structure Protection and for management and administra-
tion of programs and activities, as authorized by title II 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), 
$168,769,000: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS 
For necessary expenses for information analysis and 
infrastructure protection as authorized by title II of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), 
$701,793,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the immediate Office of 
the Under Secretary for Science and Technology and for 
management and administration of programs and activi-
ties, as authorized by title III of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $81,099,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $3,000 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses.
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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.), $1,372,399,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the total amount made 
available under this heading, $127,314,000 shall be for the 
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, of which $112,314,000 
shall not be available for obligation until the Secretary of 
Homeland Security submits a staffing and management 
plan and an expenditure plan for the office and the global 
systems architecture, to include multi-year costs, that has 
been reviewed by the Government Accountability Office and 
approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives: Provided further, 
That of the total funds made available under this heading, 
$125,000,000 is solely for the purchase and deployment of 
radiation portal monitors for United States ports-of-entry 
and may not be transferred or reprogrammed. 
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.
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SEC. 502. 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 section 6024 of Public 
Law 109–13, excluding the Homeland Secure Data Net-
work: Provided, That any additional activities and 
amounts must be approved by the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
30 days in advance of obligation. 
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 2006, 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; (2) eliminates a pro-
gram, project, or activity; (3) increases funds for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been denied 
or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds di-
rected for a specific activity by either of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate or House of Representa-
tives for a different purpose; or (5) contracts out any func-
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tions or activities for which funds have been appropriated 
for Federal full-time equivalent positions; unless the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming 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 2006, 
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-
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.
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(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-
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. 
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, notifi-
cations pursuant to this section or any other authority for 
reprogramming or transfer of funds shall be made solely 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 504. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2006 from ap-
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propriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2006 
in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 
2007, 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. 505. 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 
2006 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence 
activities for fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 506. 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 
3 full business days in advance: Provided, That no notifica-
tion shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion.
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SEC. 507. 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. 508. 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. 509. 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 
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.
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SEC. 510. 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. 511. The Secretary of Homeland Security is di-
rected to research, develop, and procure certified systems to 
inspect and screen air cargo on passenger aircraft at the 
earliest date possible: Provided, That until such technology 
is procured and installed, the Secretary shall take all pos-
sible actions to enhance the known shipper program to pro-
hibit high-risk cargo from being transported on passenger 
aircraft and continue to increase the level of air cargo that 
is inspected beyond the level mandated in section 513 of 
Public Law 108–334. 
SEC. 512. Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, the 
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administra-
tion may impose a reasonable charge for the lease of real 
and personal property to Transportation Security Admin-
istration employees and for use by Transportation Security 
Administration employees and may credit amounts received 
to the appropriation or fund initially charged for operating 
and maintaining the property, which amounts shall be 
available, without fiscal year limitation, for expenditure for 
property management, operation, protection, construction, 
repair, alteration, and related activities.
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SEC. 513. For fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, the ac-
quisition management system of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration shall apply to the acquisition of serv-
ices, as well as equipment, supplies, and materials. 
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 ten 
of the elements 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 certification required by 
such subsection is provided, and periodically thereafter, if 
necessary, until the Government Accountability Office con-
firms that all ten elements 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
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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 a database that is 
obtained from or remains under the control of a non-Fed-
eral entity. 
SEC. 515. 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. 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. None of the funds appropriated to the 
United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous ap-
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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. 518. The Department of Homeland Security 
processing and data storage facilities at the John C. Stennis 
Space Center shall hereafter be known as the ‘‘National 
Center for Critical Information Processing and Storage’’. 
SEC. 519. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING BOR-
DER SECURITY. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The illegal alien population has risen from 
3,200,000 in 1986 to 10,300,000 in 2004. 
(2) In fiscal year 2001, United States Border 
Patrol agents apprehended almost 1,200,000 persons 
for illegally entering the United States. 
(3) Senate Report 109–083 states, ‘‘there are an 
estimated 11,000,000 illegal aliens in the United 
States, including more than 400,000 individuals who 
have absconded, walking away with impunity from 
Orders of Deportation and Removal’’. 
(4) Between 1,000 and 3,000 special interest 
aliens from countries with an active terrorist presence 
enter the United States each year.
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(5) Of the 1,200,000 illegal aliens apprehended 
on the border between the United States and Mexico, 
643 were from countries with known terrorism ties, 
including Syria, Iran, and Libya. 
(6) Senate Report 109–083 states, ‘‘officials of 
the Department of Homeland Security have conceded 
the United States does not have operational control of 
its borders’’, including areas along the 1,989 mile 
southwest border between the United States and Mex-
ico. 
(7) The daily attempts to cross the border by 
thousands of illegal aliens from countries around the 
globe continue to present a threat to United States 
national security. 
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that— 
(1) this Nation cannot thoroughly address the se-
curity of the United States without recognizing the 
reality of terrorists taking advantage of inadequacies 
in border security along the border between the 
United States and Mexico; 
(2) every effort should be made to increase the 
technology and efficiency in preventing these individ-
uals from entering the United States across the Mexi-
can border;
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(3) the Mexican Government has an obligation to 
secure its side of the border between the United States 
and Mexico; and 
(4) the Mexican Government must commit to ad-
dressing inadequacies in its own domestic and border 
security policies, which are contributing to the 
present dilemma in border security. 
SEC. 520. VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION. (a) 
IN GENERAL.—From any money in the Treasury not other-
wise obligated or appropriated, there are appropriated to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs $1,500,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, for medical services 
provided by the Veterans Health Administration, which 
shall remain available until expended. 
(b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The amount appro-
priated under subsection (a) is designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 
(109th Congress). 
(c) This section shall take effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 521. Within 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office 
of Inspector General shall issue a report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Homeland Security, and the Senate
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation re-
garding the steps the Department has taken to comply with 
the recommendations of the Inspector General’s Report on 
the Port Security Grant Program (OIG–05–10). 
SEC. 522. (a) Not later than September 30, 2006, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives that includes— 
(1) the results of the survey under subsection (c); 
and 
(2) a plan to implement changes to address prob-
lems identified in the survey. 
(b) Not later than June 30, 2006, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit an interim report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives on 
the specific design of the survey under subsection (c). 
(c) In preparing the report under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall conduct a survey of 
State and local government emergency officials that—
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(1) involve enough respondents to get an ade-
quate, representational response from police, fire, 
medical, and emergency planners on the regional, 
State, county, and municipal levels, and other State 
and local homeland security officials as determined 
by the Secretary; and 
(2) identifies problems relating to the effective-
ness and user-friendliness of programs in which the 
Department of Homeland Security interacts with 
State and local officials, including grant manage-
ment, intelligence sharing, training, incident manage-
ment, regional coordination, critical infrastructure 
prioritization, and long-term homeland security plan-
ning. 
SEC. 523. QUADRENNIAL HOMELAND DEFENSE RE-
VIEW. (a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) FREQUENCY AND SCOPE.—Beginning in fis-
cal year 2008, and every 4 years thereafter, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall conduct every 4 
years, during a year following a year evenly divisible 
by 4, a comprehensive examination of the national 
homeland defense strategy, inter-agency cooperation, 
preparedness of Federal response assets, infrastruc-
ture, budget plan, and other elements of the homeland 
defense program and policies of the United States
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with a view toward determining and expressing the 
homeland defense strategy of the United States and 
establishing a homeland defense program for the next 
20 years. Each review under this paragraph shall be 
known as the ‘‘quadrennial homeland defense review’’. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Each quadrennial home-
land defense review under paragraph (1) shall be con-
ducted in consultation with the Attorney General of 
the United States and the Secretaries of State, De-
fense, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REVIEW.—Each quadrennial home-
land defense review shall— 
(1) delineate a national homeland defense strat-
egy consistent with the most recent National Response 
Plan prepared under Homeland Security Presidential 
Directive 5 or any directive meant to replace or aug-
ment that directive; 
(2) describe the inter-agency cooperation, pre-
paredness of Federal response assets, infrastructure, 
budget plan, and other elements of the homeland de-
fense program and policies of the United States asso-
ciated with that national homeland defense strategy 
required to execute successfully the full range of mis-
sions called for in the national homeland defense 
strategy delineated under paragraph (1); and
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(3) identify— 
(A) the budget plan required to provide suf-
ficient resources to successfully execute the full 
range of missions called for in that national 
homeland defense strategy at a low-to-moderate 
level of risk, and 
(B) any additional resources required to 
achieve such a level of risk. 
(c) LEVEL OF RISK.—The assessment of the level of 
risk for purposes of subsection (b)(3) shall be conducted by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security in consultation with 
the Director of National Intelligence. 
(d) REPORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit a report regarding each quad-
rennial homeland defense review to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives. The report shall be sub-
mitted not later than September 30 of the year in 
which the review is conducted. 
(2) CONTENTS
OF
REPORT.—The report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) the results of the quadrennial homeland 
defense review;
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(B) the threats to the assumed or defined 
national homeland security interests of the 
United States that were examined for the pur-
poses of the review and the scenarios developed 
in the examination of those threats; 
(C) the status of cooperation among Federal 
agencies in the effort to promote national home-
land security; 
(D) the status of cooperation between the 
Federal Government and State governments in 
preparing for emergency response to threats to 
national homeland security, and 
(E) any other matter the Secretary of 
Homeland Security considers appropriate. 
SEC. 524. RAIL TUNNEL SECURITY RESEARCH. (a) 
FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that— 
(1) railroad tunnels, and underground stations 
have been identified as particularly high risk terrorist 
targets because of the potential for large passenger 
volumes, confined spaces, relatively unrestricted ac-
cess, and the potential for network disruptions and 
significant economic, political and social impact; 
(2) many rail tunnels have safety problems in-
cluding structural deficiencies, ventilation problems,