as inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal 
Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 
note). 
SEC. 407. None of the funds deposited into the Immi-
gration Examinations Fee Account, as described in section 
1356(m) of title 8, United States Code, may be trans-
ferred to or made available for the use of U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement. 
SEC. 408. (a) Section 540 of title V of division D 
of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 110– 
329; 122 Stat. 3688) is repealed. 
(b) Section 538 of title V of division D of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74; 125 
Stat. 976) is repealed. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 
of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropria-
tions provided for activities in this Act may be transferred 
to appropriation accounts for such activities established 
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pursuant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the 
applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be ac-
counted for as one fund for the same time period as origi-
nally enacted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the compo-
nents in or transferred to the Department of Homeland 
Security that remain available for obligation or expendi-
ture in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
tion of fees available to the components funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or 
activity, or increases funds for any program, project, 
or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by the Congress; 
(2) contracts out any function or activity pres-
ently performed by Federal employees or any new 
function or activity proposed to be performed by 
Federal employees in the President’s budget pro-
posal for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of 
Homeland Security; 
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(3) augments funding for existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less; 
(4) reduces funding for any program, project, 
or activity, or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent 
or more; or 
(5) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel that would result in a change 
in funding levels for programs, projects, or activities 
as approved by the Congress. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives are notified at least 15 days in advance of 
such reprogramming. 
(c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made avail-
able for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Homeland Security by this Act or provided by previous 
appropriations Acts may be transferred between such ap-
propriations if the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives are notified at 
least 30 days in advance of such transfer, but no such 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by such trans-
fer. 
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(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no 
funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred be-
tween appropriations based upon an initial notification 
provided after June 30, except in extraordinary cir-
cumstances that imminently threaten the safety of human 
life or the protection of property. 
(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set 
forth in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to 
any use of deobligated balances of funds provided in pre-
vious Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Acts that remain available for obligation in the current 
year. 
(f) Subsection (c) shall not apply to ‘‘U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement — Operations and Sup-
port’’ for Enforcement and Removal Operations. 
SEC. 504. Section 504 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of 
Public Law 115–31), related to the operations of a work-
ing capital fund, shall apply with respect to funds made 
available in this Act in the same manner as such section 
applied to funds made available in that Act: Provided, 
That funds from such working capital fund may be obli-
gated and expended in anticipation of reimbursements 
from departmental components 
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SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2020, as re-
corded in the financial records at the time of a reprogram-
ming notification, but not later than June 30, 2021, from 
appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ for fiscal 
year 2020 in this Act shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2021, in the account and for the purposes for 
which the appropriations were provided: Provided, That 
prior to the obligation of such funds, a notification shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives in accordance 
with section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intel-
ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 
year 2020 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel-
ligence activities for fiscal year 2020. 
SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives at least 3 full business days in advance 
of— 
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