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UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service, including purchase of not to exceed 645 vehicles 
for police-type use for replacement only, and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the 
United States; hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses 
at such rates as may be determined by the Director of the 
Secret Service; rental of buildings in the District of Colum-
bia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities 
on private or other property not in Government ownership 
or control, as may be necessary to perform protective func-
tions; payment of per diem or subsistence allowances to em-
ployees where a protective assignment during the actual day 
or days of the visit of a protectee requires an employee to 
work 16 hours per day or to remain overnight at a post 
of duty; conduct of and participation in firearms matches; 
presentation of awards; travel of United States Secret Serv-
ice employees on protective missions without regard to the 
limitations on such expenditures in this or any other Act 
if approval is obtained in advance from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives; research and development; grants to conduct behav-
ioral research in support of protective research and oper-
ations; and payment in advance for commercial accom-
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modations as may be necessary to perform protective func-
tions; $1,381,771,000, of which $853,690,000 is for protec-
tive functions; of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses; of which not 
to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical assistance 
and equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in 
counterfeit investigations; of which $2,366,000 shall be for 
forensic and related support of investigations of missing 
and exploited children; and of which $6,000,000 shall be 
for a grant for activities related to the investigations of 
missing and exploited children and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That up to $18,000,000 provided 
for protective travel shall remain available until September 
30, 2009: Provided further, That the United States Secret 
Service is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of 
reimbursements from Federal agencies and entities, as de-
fined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, receiving 
training sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Cen-
ter, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year 
shall not exceed total budgetary resources available under 
this heading at the end of the fiscal year. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND 
RELATED EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 
repair, 
alteration, 
and 
improvement 
of 
facilities, 
$3,725,000, to remain available until expended.
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TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 
RECOVERY 
NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the immediate Office of 
the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs, 
the National Protection Planning Office, support for oper-
ations, information technology, and Risk Management and 
Analysis, $47,346,000: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $5,000,000 shall not be obligated until the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives receive and approve an expenditure plan 
by program, project, and activity. 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION 
SECURITY 
For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection 
and information security programs and activities, as au-
thorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $654,730,000, of which $586,960,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2009.
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UNITED STATES VISITOR AND IMMIGRANT STATUS 
INDICATOR TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses for the development of the 
United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator 
Technology project, as authorized by section 110 of the Ille-
gal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1365a), $475,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $275,000,000 is designated as described 
in section 5 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act): Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, $125,000,000 may not 
be obligated for the United States Visitor and Immigrant 
Status Indicator Technology project until the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives receive and approve a plan for expenditure pre-
pared by the Secretary of Homeland Security that includes: 
(1) a detailed accounting of the program’s 
progress to date relative to system capabilities or serv-
ices, system performance levels, mission benefits and 
outcomes, milestones, cost targets, and program man-
agement capabilities; 
(2) an explicit plan of action defining how all 
funds are to be obligated to meet future program com-
mitments, with the planned expenditure of funds
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linked to the milestone-based delivery of specific capa-
bilities, services, performance levels, mission benefits 
and outcomes, and program management capabilities; 
(3) a listing of all open Government Account-
ability Office and Office of Inspector General rec-
ommendations related to the program and the status 
of Department of Homeland Security actions to ad-
dress the recommendations, including milestones for 
fully addressing them; 
(4) a certification by the Chief Procurement Offi-
cer of the Department that the program has been re-
viewed and approved in accordance with the invest-
ment management process of the Department, and 
that the process fulfills all capital planning and in-
vestment control requirements and reviews established 
by the Office of Management and Budget, including 
Circular A–11, part 7; 
(5) a certification by the Chief Information Offi-
cer of the Department of Homeland Security that an 
independent verification and validation agent is cur-
rently under contract for the project; 
(6) a certification by the Chief Information Offi-
cer of the Department that the system architecture of 
the program is sufficiently aligned with the informa-
tion systems enterprise architecture of the Department
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to minimize future rework, including a description of 
all aspects of the architectures that were and were not 
assessed in making the alignment determination, the 
date of the alignment determination, and any known 
areas of misalignment along with the associated risks 
and corrective actions to address any such areas; 
(7) a certification by the Chief Procurement Offi-
cer of the Department that the plans for the program 
comply with the Federal acquisition rules, require-
ments, guidelines, and practices, and a description of 
the actions being taken to address areas of non-com-
pliance, the risks associated with them along with 
any plans for addressing these risks, and the status 
of their implementation; 
(8) a certification by the Chief Information Offi-
cer of the Department that the program has a risk 
management process that regularly identifies, evalu-
ates, mitigates, and monitors risks throughout the sys-
tem life cycle, and communicates high-risk conditions 
to agency and Department of Homeland Security in-
vestment decisionmakers, as well as a listing of all the 
program’s high risks and the status of efforts to ad-
dress them; 
(9) a certification by the Chief Human Capital 
Officer of the Department that the human capital
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needs of the program are being strategically and 
proactively managed, and that current human capital 
capabilities are sufficient to execute the plans dis-
cussed in the report; 
(10) a complete schedule for the full implementa-
tion of a biometric exit program or a certification 
that such program is not possible within five years; 
(11) a detailed accounting of operation and 
maintenance, contractor services, and program costs 
associated with the management of identity services; 
and 
(12) is reviewed by the Government Account-
ability Office. 
OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS 
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Health Af-
fairs, $116,500,000; of which $24,317,000 is for salaries and 
expenses; and of which $92,183,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009, is for biosurveillance, BioWatch, 
medical readiness planning, chemical response, and other 
activities: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for management and adminis-
tration of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
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$664,000,000, 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 
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.), the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), and the Post-Katrina Emer-
gency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
295; 120 Stat. 1394): Provided, That not to exceed $3,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That the President’s budget submitted 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, shall 
be detailed by office for the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency: Provided further, That of the total amount made 
available under this heading, $32,500,000 shall be for the 
Urban Search and Rescue Response System, of which not 
to exceed $1,600,000 may be made available for administra-
tive costs; and $6,000,000 shall be for the Office of National 
Capital Region Coordination: Provided further, That for 
purposes of planning, coordination, execution, and deci-
sionmaking related to mass evacuation during a disaster, 
the Governors of the State of West Virginia and the Com-
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monwealth of Pennsylvania, or their designees, shall be in-
corporated into efforts to integrate the activities of Federal, 
State, and local governments in the National Capital Re-
gion, as defined in section 882 of Public Law 107–296, the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002. 
STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other activities, $3,177,800,000 shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) $950,000,000 shall be for the State Homeland 
Security Grant Program under section 2004 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605) as 
amended by Implementing Recommendations of the 9/ 
11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53): 
Provided, That of the amount provided by this para-
graph, 
$60,000,000 
shall 
be 
for 
Operation 
Stonegarden and is designated as described in section 
5 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act): Provided further, That notwithstanding 
subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 
2008, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make 
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;
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(2) $820,000,000 shall be for the Urban Area Se-
curity Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604) as amended by 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commis-
sion Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53), of which, not-
withstanding subsection (c)(1) of such section, 
$15,000,000 shall be for grants to organizations (as 
described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax section 
501(a) of such code) determined by the Secretary to 
be at high-risk of a terrorist attack; 
(3) $35,000,000 shall be for Regional Cata-
strophic Preparedness Grants; 
(4) $41,000,000 shall be for the Metropolitan 
Medical Response System under section 635 of the 
Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 
2006 (6 U.S.C. 723); 
(5) $15,000,000 shall be for the Citizens Corps 
Program; 
(6) $400,000,000 shall be for Public Transpor-
tation Security Assistance and Railroad Security As-
sistance under sections 1406 and 1513 of the Imple-
menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 1135 and
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1163), of which not less than $25,000,000 shall be for 
Amtrak security; 
(7) $400,000,000 shall be for Port Security 
Grants in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107; 
(8) $11,500,000 shall be for Over-the-Road Bus 
Security Assistance under section 1532 of the Imple-
menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 1182); 
(9) $16,000,000 shall be for Trucking Industry 
Security Grants; 
(10) $50,000,000 shall be for Buffer Zone Protec-
tion Program Grants; 
(11) $50,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 204 of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109–13; 49 U.S.C. 30301 note): Provided, That the 
amount provided under this paragraph shall be des-
ignated as described in section 5 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act); 
(12) $25,000,000 shall be for the Commercial 
Equipment Direct Assistance Program; 
(13) $50,000,000 shall be for the Interoperable 
Emergency Communications Grant Program under 
section 1809 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 579) as amended by Implementing Rec-
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ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 
(Public Law 110–53); 
(14) $15,000,000 shall be for grants for construc-
tion of Emergency Operations Centers under section 
614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c) as 
amended by Implementing Recommendations of the 9/ 
11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53); 
and 
(15) $299,300,000 shall be for training, exercises, 
technical assistance, and other programs: 
Provided, That not to exceed three percent of the amounts 
provided under this heading may be transferred to the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency ‘‘Management and 
Administration’’ account for program administration: Pro-
vided further, That for grants under paragraphs (1) 
through (5), the applications for grants shall be made avail-
able to eligible applicants not later than 25 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, that eligible applicants shall 
submit applications not later than 90 days after the grant 
announcement, and that the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall act within 90 days 
after receipt of an application: Provided further, That for 
grants under paragraphs (6) through (11), the applications 
for grants shall be made available to eligible applicants not