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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 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. 
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. 
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(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. 
(c) Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary 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 mile-
stones, 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 certifi-
cation, 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 previous ap-
propriations Acts may be utilized for data or a database 
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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. 
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. (a) 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. 
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(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act to the United States Secret Service shall be made avail-
able for the protection of a Federal official, other than per-
sons granted protection under section 3056(a) of title 18, 
United States Code, and the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity: Provided, That the Director of the United States Secret 
Service may enter into an agreement to perform such pro-
tection on a fully reimbursable basis for protectees not des-
ignated under section 3056(a) of title 18, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 517. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security is 
directed to research, develop, and procure new technologies 
to inspect and screen air cargo carried on passenger air-
craft 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 Transportation Security Administration shall 
report air cargo inspection statistics quarterly to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, by airport and air carrier, within 45 days 
after the end of the quarter including any reason for non- 
compliance with the second proviso of section 513 of the 
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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2005 (Public Law 108–334, 118 Stat. 1317). 
SEC. 518. 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. 519. No funding provided by this or previous ap-
propriation Acts shall be available to pay the salary of any 
employee serving as a contracting officer’s technical rep-
resentative (COTR), or anyone acting in a similar or like 
capacity, who has not received COTR training. 
SEC. 520. 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’’ in fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 that 
are recovered or deobligated shall be available only for pro-
curement and installation of explosive detection systems for 
air cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, sub-
ject to notification. 
SEC. 521. 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. 
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(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 522. From the unobligated balances of funds 
transferred to the Department of Homeland Security when 
it was created in 2003, excluding mandatory appropria-
tions, $45,000,000 is rescinded, of which $12,000,000 shall 
be rescinded from Departmental Operations; $12,000,000 
shall be rescinded from the Office of State and Local Gov-
ernment Coordination; and $6,000,000 shall be rescinded 
from the Working Capital Fund. 
SEC. 523. Any funds appropriated to United States 
Coast Guard, ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’ in 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. (a) The Federal Emergency Management 
Agency (FEMA) shall submit a quarterly report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives detailing the allocation and obligation 
of funds for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’ to include: 
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(1) status of the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) in-
cluding obligations, allocations, and amounts undis-
tributed/unallocated; 
(2) allocations, obligations, and expenditures for 
all open disasters; 
(3) information on national flood insurance 
claims; 
(4) obligations, allocations and expenditures by 
State for unemployment, crisis counseling, inspec-
tions, housing assistance, manufactured housing, pub-
lic assistance and individual assistance; 
(5) mission assignment obligations by agency, 
including: 
(A) the amounts reimbursed to other agen-
cies that are in suspense because FEMA has not 
yet reviewed and approved the documentation 
supporting the expenditure; and 
(B) a disclaimer if the amounts of reported 
obligations and expenditures do not reflect the 
status of such obligations and expenditures from 
a government-wide perspective; 
(6) the amount of credit card purchases by agen-
cy and mission assignment; 
(7) specific reasons for all waivers granted and 
a description of each waiver; 
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(8) a list of all contracts that were awarded on 
a sole source or limited competition basis, including 
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. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall at least 
quarterly obtain from agencies performing mission assign-
ments each such agency’s actual obligation and expenditure 
data and report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
(c) For any request for reimbursement from a Federal 
agency to the Department of Homeland Security to cover 
expenditures under the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.), or any mission assignment orders issued by the De-
partment of Homeland Security for such purposes, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall take appropriate steps 
to ensure that each agency is periodically reminded of De-
partment of Homeland Security policies on— 
(1) the detailed information required in sup-
porting documentation for reimbursements, and 
(2) the necessity for timeliness of agency billings. 
(d) Notwithstanding section 404 of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
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U.S.C. 5170c), projects relating to Hurricanes Katrina and 
Rita for which the non-Federal share of assistance under 
that section is funded by amounts appropriated to the Com-
munity Development Fund under chapter 9 of title I of di-
vision B of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf 
of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 
109–148; 119 Stat. 2779) or chapter 9 of title II of the 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, 
the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 
(Public Law 109–234; 120 Stat. 472) shall not be subject 
to any precertification requirements. 
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 
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. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center instructor staff shall be classified as inherently gov-
ernmental for the purpose of the Federal Activities Inven-
tory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 
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SEC. 529. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to alter or reduce operations within the Civil Engi-
neering Program of the Coast Guard nationwide, including 
the civil engineering units, facilities, design, and construc-
tion centers, maintenance and logistics command centers, 
and the Coast Guard Academy, except as specifically au-
thorized by a statute enacted after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 530. EXTENSION
OF
THE IMPLEMENTATION 
DEADLINE FOR THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL INI-
TIATIVE. Subparagraph (A) of section 7209(b)(1) of the In-
telligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(Public Law 108–458; 8 U.S.C. 1185 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘This plan shall be implemented not later than 
three months after the Secretary of State and the Secretary 
of Homeland Security make the certifications required in 
subsection (B), or June 1, 2009, whichever is earlier.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Such plan may not be implemented earlier than 
the date that is the later of 3 months after the Secretary 
of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security make the 
certification required in subparagraph (B) or June 1, 
2009.’’. 
SEC. 531. 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: 
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‘‘(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. 532. None of the funds provided in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Office of the Chief Information Officer’’ shall 
be used for data center development other than for the Na-
tional Center for Critical Information Processing and Stor-
age until the Chief Information Officer certifies that the Na-
tional Center for Critical Information Processing and Stor-
age is fully utilized as the Department’s primary data stor-
age center at the highest capacity throughout the fiscal year. 
SEC. 533. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to reduce the United States Coast Guard’s Operations Sys-
tems Center mission or its government-employed or contract 
staff levels. 
SEC. 534. (a) Notwithstanding section 503 of this Act, 
up to $25,000,000 from prior year balances currently avail-
able to the Transportation Security Administration may 
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be transferred to ‘‘Transportation Threat Assessment and 
Credentialing’’ for the Secure Flight program. 
(b) In carrying out the transfer authority under sub-
section (a), the Transportation Security Administration 
shall not utilize any prior year balances from the following 
programs: screener partnership program; explosive detec-
tion system purchase; explosive detection system installa-
tion; checkpoint support; aviation regulation and other en-
forcement; air cargo; and air cargo research and develop-
ment: Provided, That any funds proposed to be transferred 
under this section shall not be available for obligation until 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives receive and approve a plan for 
expenditure for such funds that is submitted by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That the 
plan shall be submitted simultaneously to the Government 
Accountability Office for review consistent with its ongoing 
assessment of the Secure Flight Program as mandated by 
section 522(a) of Public Law 108–334 (118 Stat. 1319). 
SEC. 535. DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOLS. (a) 
DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy; 
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(2) the term ‘‘covered assistance’’ means assist-
ance— 
(A) provided under section 406 of the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172); 
(B) to be used to— 
(i) repair, restore, reconstruct, or re-
place school facilities; or 
(ii) replace lost contents of a school; 
and 
(C) for damage caused by Hurricane 
Katrina of 2005 or Hurricane Rita of 2005; and 
(3) the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 9101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801). 
(b) ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency 
that has applied for covered assistance before the date 
of enactment of this Act may request that such assist-
ance (including any eligible costs discovered after the 
date of the estimate of eligible costs under section 
406(e)(1)(A) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and 
Emergency 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
5172(e)(1)(A)) and any cost that was determined to 
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be an eligible cost after an appeal or review) be pro-
vided in a single payment. 
(2) DISBURSEMENT OF ASSISTANCE.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date that a local educational 
agency makes a request under paragraph (1), the Ad-
ministrator shall provide in a single payment any 
covered assistance for any eligible cost that was ap-
proved by the Administrator on or before the date of 
that request. 
(3) FLOOD
INSURANCE
REDUCTION.—For any 
covered assistance provided under paragraph (2), the 
Administrator shall make not more than 1 reduction 
under section 406(d) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5172(d)) in the amount of assistance provided. 
(c) ALTERNATE USE.—For any covered assistance pro-
vided under subsection (b)(2), the amount of that assistance 
shall not be reduced under section 406(c)(1) of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5172(c)(1)). 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply to any 
covered assistance provided on or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 536. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.— 
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(1) REDESIGNATIONS.—Chapter 27 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by redesignating sec-
tion 554 added by section 551(a) of the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 
(Public Law 109–295; 120 Stat. 1389) (relating to 
border tunnels and passages) as section 555. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
for chapter 27 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 554, 
‘‘Border tunnels and passages’’, and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘555. Border tunnels and passages.’’. 
(b) CRIMINAL FORFEITURE.—Section 982(a)(6) of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘554’’ and 
inserting ‘‘555’’. 
(c) DIRECTIVE TO THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING 
COMMISSION.—Section 551(d) of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109– 
295; 120 Stat. 1390) is amended in paragraphs (1) and 
(2)(A) by striking ‘‘554’’ and inserting ‘‘555’’. 
SEC. 537. SEXUAL ABUSE. Sections 2241, 2242, 2243, 
and 2244 of title 18, United States Code, are each amended 
by striking ‘‘the Attorney General’’ each place that term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘the head of any Federal department 
or agency’’. 
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SEC. 538. PLAN FOR THE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT 
OF ARUNDO DONAX. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ARUNDO DONAX.—The term ‘‘Arundo donax’’ 
means a tall perennial reed commonly known as 
‘‘Carrizo cane’’, ‘‘Spanish cane’’, ‘‘wild cane’’, and 
‘‘giant cane’’. 
(2) PLAN.—The term ‘‘plan’’ means the plan for 
the control and management of Arundo donax devel-
oped under subsection (b). 
(3) RIVER.—The term ‘‘River’’ means the Rio 
Grande River. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop a 
plan for the control and management of Arundo 
donax along the portion of the River that serves as the 
international border between the United States and 
Mexico. 
(2) COMPONENTS.—In developing the plan, the 
Secretary shall address— 
(A) information derived by the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 
from ongoing efforts to identify the most effective 
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biological, mechanical, and chemical means of 
controlling and managing Arundo donax; 
(B) past and current efforts to under-
stand— 
(i) the ecological damages caused by 
Arundo donax; and 
(ii) the dangers Arundo donax poses to 
Federal and local law enforcement; 
(C) any international agreements and trea-
ties that need to be completed to allow for the 
control and management of Arundo donax on 
both sides of the River; 
(D) the long-term efforts that the Secretary 
considers to be necessary to control and manage 
Arundo donax, including the cost estimates for 
the implementation of the efforts; and 
(E) whether a waiver of applicable Federal 
environmental laws (including regulations) is 
necessary. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall develop 
the plan in consultation with the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 
State, the Chief of Engineers, and any other Federal 
and State agencies that have appropriate expertise re-
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garding the control and management of Arundo 
donax. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit the plan 
to— 
(1) the Committees on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 539. REPORTING OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act— 
(1) the Secretary of Homeland Security shall es-
tablish and maintain on the homepage of the website 
of the Department of Homeland Security, a direct 
link to the website of the Office of Inspector General 
of the Department of Homeland Security; and 
(2) the Inspector General of the Department of 
Homeland Security shall establish and maintain on 
the homepage of the website of the Office of Inspector 
General a direct link for individuals to anonymously 
report waste, fraud, or abuse. 
SEC. 540. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 
Security that provide award fees link such fees to successful 
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acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be specified in 
terms of cost, schedule, and performance). 
SEC. 541. None of the funds made available to the Of-
fice of the Secretary and Executive Management under this 
Act may be expended for any new hires by the Department 
of Homeland Security that are not verified through the 
basic pilot program required under section 401 of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 
SEC. 542. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection or any agency 
or office within the Department of Homeland Security may 
be used to prevent an individual from importing a prescrip-
tion drug from Canada if— 
(1) such individual is not in the business of im-
porting a prescription drug (within the meaning of 
section 801(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(g))); and 
(2) such drug— 
(A) complies with sections 501, 502, and 
505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(21 U.S.C. 351, 352, and 355); and 
(B) is not— 
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(i) a controlled substance, as defined in 
section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 802); or 
(ii) a biological product, as defined in 
section 351 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 262). 
SEC. 543. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RULE-
MAKING RELATED TO PETITIONS FOR ALIENS. None of the 
funds made available in this Act may be used by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security or any delegate of the Sec-
retary to issue any rule or regulation which implements 
the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to Petitions for 
Aliens To Perform Temporary Nonagricultural Services or 
Labor (H–2B) set out beginning on 70 Federal Register 
3984 (January 27, 2005). 
SEC. 544. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be obligated or expended 
by the Secretary of Homeland Security to remove offenses 
from the list of criminal offenses disqualifying individuals 
from receiving a Transportation Worker Identification Cre-
dential under section 1572.103 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
SEC. 545. (a)(1)(A) None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to 
make any payment in connection with a contract awarded 
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through a congressional initiative unless the contract is 
awarded using competitive procedures in accordance with 
the requirements of section 303 of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253), sec-
tion 2304 of title 10, United States Code, and the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation. 
(B) Except as provided in paragraph (3), none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
may be used to make any payment in connection with a 
contract awarded through a congressional initiative unless 
more than one bid is received for such contract. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this Act may be awarded by grant or cooperative agree-
ment through a congressional initiative unless the process 
used to award such grant or cooperative agreement uses 
competitive procedures to select the grantee or award recipi-
ent. Except as provided in paragraph (3), no such grant 
may be awarded unless applications for such grant or coop-
erative agreement are received from two or more applicants 
that are not from the same organization and do not share 
any financial, fiduciary, or other organizational relation-
ship. 
(3)(A) If the Secretary of Homeland Security does not 
receive more than one bid for a contract under paragraph 
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(1)(B) or does not receive more than one application from 
unaffiliated applicants for a grant or cooperative agreement 
under paragraph (2), the Secretary may waive such bid or 
application requirement if the Secretary determines that 
the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is essential to 
the mission of the Department of Homeland Security. 
(b)(1) Not later than December 31, 2008, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall submit to Congress a report on 
congressional initiatives for which amounts were appro-
priated during fiscal year 2008. 
(2) The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 
include with respect to each contract and grant awarded 
through a congressional initiative— 
(A) the name of the recipient of the funds award-
ed through such contract or grant; 
(B) the reason or reasons such recipient was se-
lected for such contract or grant; and 
(C) the number of entities that competed for such 
contract or grant. 
(3) The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 
be made publicly available through the Internet website of 
the Department of Homeland Security. 
(c) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘congressional initiative’’ means a 
provision of law or a directive contained within a 
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committee report or joint statement of managers of an 
appropriations Act that specifies— 
(A) the identity of a person or entity se-
lected to carry out a project, including a defense 
system, for which funds are appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by that provision of law 
or directive and that was not requested by the 
President in a budget submitted to Congress; and 
(B) the amount of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available for such project. 
(2) The term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 4 of the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403). 
SEC. 546. BORDER SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR 
LAND AND MARITIME BORDERS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE UNITED STATES BOR-
DERS.—The President shall ensure that operational control 
of all international land and maritime borders is achieved. 
(b) ACHIEVING OPERATIONAL CONTROL.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall establish and dem-
onstrate operational control of 100 percent of the inter-
national land and maritime borders of the United States, 
including the ability to monitor such borders through avail-
able methods and technology. 
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(1) STAFF ENHANCEMENTS
FOR BORDER PA-
TROL.—The United States Customs and Border Pro-
tection Border Patrol may hire, train, and report for 
duty additional full-time agents. These additional 
agents shall be deployed along all international bor-
ders. 
(2) STRONG BORDER BARRIERS.—The United 
States Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol 
may: 
(A) Install along all international borders 
of the United States vehicle barriers; 
(B) Install along all international borders 
of the United States ground-based radar and 
cameras; and 
(C) Deploy for use along all international 
borders of the United States unmanned aerial ve-
hicles, and the supporting systems for such vehi-
cles; 
(c) PRESIDENTIAL PROGRESS REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days 
thereafter, the President shall submit a report to Con-
gress detailing the progress made in funding, meeting 
or otherwise satisfying each of the requirements de-
scribed under paragraphs (1) and (2). 
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(2) PROGRESS NOT SUFFICIENT.—If the Presi-
dent determines that sufficient progress is not being 
made, the President shall include in the report re-
quired under paragraph (1) specific funding rec-
ommendations, authorization needed, or other actions 
that are or should be undertaken by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security. 
(d) APPROPRIATIONS FOR SECURING LAND AND MARI-
TIME BORDERS OF THE UNITED STATES.—Any funds ap-
propriated under division B of this Act shall be used to 
ensure operational control is achieved for all international 
land and maritime borders of the United States. 
SEC. 547. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EMPLOYMENT ELI-
GIBILITY VERIFICATION BASIC PILOT PROGRAM. Of the 
amounts appropriated for border security and employment 
verification improvements under section 1003 of Division 
B, $60,000,000 shall be made available to— 
(1) ensure that State and local programs have 
sufficient access to, and are sufficiently coordinated 
with, the Federal Government’s Employment Eligi-
bility Verification System; 
(2) ensure that such system has sufficient capac-
ity to timely and accurately— 
(A) register employers in States with em-
ployer verification requirements; 
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(B) respond to inquiries by employers; and 
(C) enter into memoranda of understanding 
with States to ensure responses to subparagraphs 
(A) and (B); and 
(3) develop policies and procedures to ensure 
protection of the privacy and security of personally 
identifiable information and identifiers contained in 
the basic pilot program, including appropriate pri-
vacy and security training for State employees; 
(4) ensure that the Office for Civil Rights and 
Civil Liberties of the Department of Justice has suffi-
cient capacity to conduct audits of the Federal Gov-
ernment’s Employment Eligibility Verification Sys-
tem to assess employer compliance with System re-
quirements, including the applicable Memorandum of 
Understanding; 
(5) these amounts are designated as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 204 of S. Con. 
Res. 21 (110th Congress). 
SEC. 548. IN-LIEU CONTRIBUTION. The Administrator 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall au-
thorize a large in-lieu contribution under section 406(c)(1) 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172(c)(1)) to the Peebles School 
in Iberia Parish, Louisiana for damages relating to Hurri-
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cane Katrina of 2005 or Hurricane Rita of 2005, notwith-
standing section 406(c)(1)(C) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5172(c)(1)(C)). 
SEC. 549. NATIONAL STRATEGY ON CLOSED CIRCUIT 
TELEVISION SYSTEMS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall— 
(1) develop a national strategy for the effective 
and appropriate use of closed circuit television to pre-
vent and respond to acts of terrorism, which shall in-
clude— 
(A) an assessment of how closed circuit tele-
vision and other public surveillance systems can 
be used most effectively as part of an overall ter-
rorism preparedness, prevention, and response 
program, and its appropriate role in such a pro-
gram; 
(B) a comprehensive examination of the ad-
vantages and limitations of closed circuit tele-
vision and, as appropriate, other public surveil-
lance technologies; 
(C) best practices on camera use and data 
storage; 
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