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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 Office of Manage-
ment and Budget Circular A–76 for services provided as of June 
1, 2004, by employees (including employees serving on a temporary 
or term basis) of United States Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices of the Department of Homeland Security who are known as 
of that date as Immigration Information Officers, Contact Rep-
resentatives, or Investigative Assistants. 
SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated to the United 
States Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropriations 
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. 
(b) Beginning in fiscal year 2008, none of the funds appropriated 
by this or any other Act to the United States Secret Service shall 
be made available for the protection of a person, other than persons 
granted protection under section 3056(a) of title 18, United States 
Code, and the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided, That 
the Director of the United States Secret Service may enter into 
an agreement to perform such protection on a fully reimbursable 
basis for protectees not designated under section 3056(a) of title 
18, United States Code. 
SEC. 518. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 
with industry stakeholders, shall develop standards and protocols 
for increasing the use of explosive detection equipment to screen 
air cargo when appropriate. 
SEC. 519. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security is directed 
to research, develop, and procure new technologies to inspect and 
screen air cargo carried on passenger aircraft at the earliest date 
possible. 
(b) Existing checked baggage explosive detection equipment 
and screeners shall be utilized to screen air cargo carried on pas-
senger aircraft to the greatest extent practicable at each airport 
until technologies developed under subsection (a) are available. 
(c) The Transportation Security Administration shall report 
air cargo inspection statistics quarterly to the Committees on Appro-
priations 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 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2005 (Public Law 108–334, 118 Stat. 1317). 
SEC. 520. For purposes of this Act, any designation referring 
to this section is the designation of an amount as making appropria-
tions for contingency operations directly related to the global war 
on terrorism, and other unanticipated defense-related operations, 
pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 376 (109th Congress) 
as made applicable to the House of Representatives by H. Res. 
818 (109th Congress), and as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 83 (109th Congress) as made 
applicable to the Senate by section 7035 of Public Law 109–234. 
SEC. 521. (a) RESCISSION.—From the unexpended balances of 
the United States Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and
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Improvements’’ account specifically identified in the Joint Explana-
tory Statement (House Report 109–241) accompanying Public Law 
109–90 for the Fast Response Cutter, the service life extension 
program of the current 110-foot Island Class patrol boat fleet, 
and accelerated design and production of the Fast Response Cutter, 
$78,693,508 are rescinded. 
(b) ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION.—For necessary expenses of the 
United States Coast Guard for ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and 
Improvements’’, there is appropriated an additional $78,693,508, 
to remain available until September 30, 2009, for the service life 
extension program of the current 110-foot Island Class patrol boat 
fleet and the acquisition of traditional patrol boats (‘‘parent craft’’). 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by any person other than the Privacy Officer 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 para-
graph (6) of such section. 
SEC. 523. No funding provided by this or previous appropriation 
Acts 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 or like capacity, who has not received COTR 
training. 
SEC. 524. Except as provided in section 44945 of title 49, 
United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred to Transpor-
tation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Security’’, ‘‘Administra-
tion’’ and ‘‘Transportation Security Support’’ in fiscal years 2004, 
2005, and 2006 that are recovered or deobligated shall be available 
only for procurement and installation of explosive detection systems 
for air cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject 
to notification. 
SEC. 525. (a) Within 30 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall revise Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS) Management Directive (MD) 11056 to 
provide for the following: 
(1) That when a lawful request is made to publicly release 
a document containing information designated as sensitive 
security information (SSI), the document shall be reviewed 
in a timely manner to determine whether any information 
contained in the document meets the criteria for continued 
SSI protection under applicable law and regulation and shall 
further provide that all portions that no longer require SSI 
designation be released, subject to applicable law, including 
sections 552 and 552a of title 5, United States Code; 
(2) That sensitive security information that is three years 
old and not incorporated in a current transportation security 
directive, security plan, contingency plan, or information cir-
cular; or does not contain current information in one of the 
following SSI categories: equipment or personnel performance 
specifications, vulnerability assessments, security inspection or 
investigative information, threat information, security meas-
ures, security screening information, security training mate-
rials, identifying information of designated transportation secu-
rity personnel, critical aviation or maritime infrastructure asset 
information, systems security information, confidential business 
information, or research and development information shall 
be subject to release upon request unless:
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(A) the Secretary or his designee makes a written 
determination that identifies a rational reason why the 
information must remain SSI; or 
(B) such information is otherwise exempt from disclo-
sure under applicable law: 
Provided, That any determination made by the Secretary under 
clause (a)(2)(A) shall be provided to the party making a request 
to release such information and to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives as 
part of the annual reporting requirement pursuant to section 
537 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–90; 119 Stat. 2088); and 
(3) Common and extensive examples of the individual cat-
egories of SSI information cited under 49 CFR 1520(b)(1) 
through (16) in order to minimize and standardize judgment 
by covered persons in the application of SSI marking. 
(b) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives on the progress that the Department has made 
in implementing the requirements of this section and of section 
537 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2006 (Public Law 109–90; 119 Stat. 2088). 
(c) Not later than one year from the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Government Accountability Office shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives on DHS progress and procedures in implementing 
the requirements of this section. 
(d) That in civil proceedings in the United States District 
Courts, where a party seeking access to SSI demonstrates that 
the party has substantial need of relevant SSI in the preparation 
of the party’s case and that the party is unable without undue 
hardship to obtain the substantial equivalent of the information 
by other means, the party or party’s counsel shall be designated 
as a covered person under 49 CFR Part 1520.7 in order to have 
access to the SSI at issue in the case, provided that the overseeing 
judge enters an order that protects the SSI from unauthorized 
or unnecessary disclosure and specifies the terms and conditions 
of access, unless upon completion of a criminal history check and 
terrorist assessment like that done for aviation workers on the 
persons seeking access to SSI, or based on the sensitivity of the 
information, the Transportation Security Administration or DHS 
demonstrates that such access to the information for the proceeding 
presents a risk of harm to the nation: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, an order granting access to 
SSI under this section shall be immediately appealable to the 
United States Courts of Appeals, which shall have plenary review 
over both the evidentiary finding and the sufficiency of the order 
specifying the terms and conditions of access to the SSI in question: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary may assess a civil penalty of up to $50,000 for 
each violation of 49 CFR Part 1520 by persons provided access 
to SSI under this provision. 
SEC. 526. The Department of Homeland Security Working Cap-
ital Fund, established, pursuant to section 403 of Public Law 103–
356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), shall continue operations during fiscal 
year 2007.
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SEC. 527. RESCISSION. Of the unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations made available for the ‘‘Counterterrorism 
Fund’’, $16,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 528. (a) The report required by Public Law 109–62 and 
Public Law 109–90 detailing the allocation and obligation of funds 
for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’ shall hereafter be submitted monthly and 
include: (1) status of the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) including 
obligations, allocations, and amounts undistributed/unallocated; (2) 
allocations, obligations, and expenditures for Hurricanes Katrina, 
Rita, and Wilma; (3) information on national flood insurance claims; 
(4) information on manufactured housing data; (5) information on 
hotel/motel data; (6) obligations, allocations and expenditures by 
State for unemployment, crisis counseling, inspections, housing 
assistance, manufactured housing, public assistance and individual 
assistance; (7) mission assignment obligations by agency, including: 
(i) the amounts reimbursed to other agencies that are in suspense 
because FEMA has not yet reviewed and approved the documenta-
tion supporting the expenditure; and (ii) 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; (8) the amount of credit card purchases by agency 
and mission assignment; (9) specific reasons for all waivers granted 
and a description of each waiver; and (10) 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. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall at least quarterly 
obtain and report from agencies performing mission assignments 
each such agency’s actual obligation and expenditure data. 
(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 Department of Homeland Security 
for such purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take 
appropriate steps to ensure that each agency is periodically 
reminded of Department of Homeland Security policies on—
(1) the detailed information required in supporting docu-
mentation for reimbursements, and 
(2) the necessity for timeliness of agency billings. 
SEC. 529. RESCISSION. Of the unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations made available for Science and Technology, 
$125,000,000 from ‘‘Research, Development, Acquisition, and Oper-
ations’’ are rescinded. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to enforce section 4025(1) of Public Law 108–458 if the 
Assistant Secretary (Transportation Security Administration) deter-
mines that butane lighters are not a significant threat to civil 
aviation security: Provided, That the Assistant Secretary (Transpor-
tation Security Administration) shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
15 days in advance of such determination including a report on 
whether the effectiveness of screening operations is enhanced by 
suspending enforcement of the prohibition. 
SEC. 531. 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