section: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated from the General Fund shall be reduced on a dol-
lar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are re-
ceived during fiscal year 2004, so as to result in a final
fiscal year appropriation from the General Fund estimated
at not more than $1,609,200,000: Provided further, That
any security service fees collected in excess of the amount
appropriated under this heading shall be treated as offset-
ting collections in fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be used to recruit or
hire personnel into the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration which would cause the agency to exceed a staffing
level of 45,000 full-time equivalent screeners: Provided
further, That of the total amount provided herein,
$235,000,000 shall be available only for physical modifica-
tion of commercial service airports for the purpose of in-
stalling checked baggage explosive detection systems and
$100,000,000 shall be available only for procurement of
checked baggage explosive detection systems.
FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS
For necessary expenses of the Federal air marshals,
$634,600,000, to remain available until expended.
MARITIME AND LAND SECURITY
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration related to maritime and land transpor-
tation security grants and services pursuant to Public Law
107–71, $231,700,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of such amount, $100,000,000
shall be available only to make port security grants, which
shall be distributed under the same terms and conditions
as provided for under Public Law 107–117.
INTELLIGENCE
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration related to transportation security in-
telligence activities, $13,700,000, to remain available until
expended.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration for research and development related
to transportation security, $125,700,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration for administrative activities, including
headquarters and field support, training, and information
technology, $487,100,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2005.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING
CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the necessary expenses of the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center, $136,629,000, of which
$26,635,000 shall be for material and support costs of
Federal law enforcement basic training and shall remain
available until September 30, 2006, and of which not to
exceed $12,000 shall be for official reception and represen-
tation expenses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Center is authorized to expend appro-
priations for the purchase of police-type pursuit vehicles
without regard to the general purchase price limitation;
student athletic and related recreational activities; con-
ducting and participating in firearms matches and the
presentation of awards for such matches; public awareness
and enhancing community support of law enforcement
training, including the advertisement and marketing of
available law enforcement training programs; room and
board for student interns; short-term medical services for
students undergoing training at Center training facilities;
travel expenses of non-Federal personnel attending course
development meetings; services authorized by section 3109
of title 5, United States Code; support of Federal law en-
forcement accreditation; and a flat monthly reimburse-
ment to employees authorized to use personal cell phones
for official duties: Provided further, That: (1) funds appro-
priated to this account may be used at the discretion of
the Center’s Director to train United States Postal Service
law enforcement personnel, State and local law enforce-
ment personnel, foreign law enforcement personnel, and
private security personnel; (2) with the exception of pri-
vate security personnel, the Center’s Director is author-
ized to fully fund the cost of this training, including the
cost of non-Federal travel, or to seek full or partial reim-
bursement for this training; and (3) such reimbursements
shall be deposited in this appropriation: Provided further,
That the Center is authorized to obligate funds in antici-
pation of reimbursements from agencies receiving training
at 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 the Center is authorized to accept and use gifts of
property, real and personnel, and to accept services, for
authorized purposes: Provided further, That the Center is
authorized to harvest timber and use the proceeds from
timber sales to supplement the Center’s forest manage-
ment and environmental programs: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, students at-
tending training at any Center site shall reside in on-cen-
ter or center-provided housing, to the extent available and
in accordance with Center policy.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional
real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,
facility improvements, and related expenses, $32,323,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized
to accept reimbursement to this appropriation from gov-
ernment agencies requesting the construction of special
use facilities on training centers operated by the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, all facilities
shall remain under the control of the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center, which shall be responsible for
scheduling, use, maintenance, and support.
OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS
DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other activities of the Office for Domestic Preparedness,
as authorized by the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(Public Law 107–296) and the USA PATRIOT Act of
2001 (Public Law 107–56), $3,503,000,000 (increased by
$10,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided under this heading—
(1) $1,900,000,000 shall be for basic formula
grants;
(2) $500,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000)
shall be for grants to State and local law enforce-
ment for terrorism prevention activities;
(3) $200,000,000 shall be for critical infra-
structure grants;
(4) $500,000,000 shall be for discretionary
grants for use in high-density urban areas and high-
threat areas; and
(5) $35,000,000 shall be for grants for Centers
for Emergency Preparedness:
Provided further, That the application for grants appro-
priated in subsections (1), (2), and (3) under this heading
shall be made available to States within 30 days of enact-
ment of this Act; States shall submit applications within
30 days of the grant announcement; and the Office for
Domestic Preparedness shall act on each application with-
in 15 days of receipt: Provided further, That 80 percent
of the funds appropriated in subsections (1), (2), (3), and
(4) under this heading to any State shall be allocated by
the State to units of local governments and shall be dis-
tributed by the State within 60 days of the receipt of
funds: Provided further, That section 1014(c)(3) of Public
Law 107–56 shall not apply to funds appropriated in sub-
sections (4) and (5) under this heading: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be used for construction or renovation of facilities:
Provided further, That funds appropriated in subsections
(3) and (4) under this heading shall be available for oper-
ational costs, including personnel overtime as needed.
TITLE III—EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND
RESPONSE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGIONAL OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses for administrative and re-
gional operations of the Emergency Preparedness and Re-
sponse Directorate, $168,589,000, including activities au-
thorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protection Act
of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of
1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Preven-
tion and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 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, and the Homeland Security Act of 2002;
of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be for official reception
and representation expenses.
PREPAREDNESS, MITIGATION, RESPONSE, AND
RECOVERY
For necessary expenses for preparedness, mitigation,
response, and recovery activities of the Emergency Pre-
paredness and Response Directorate, $363,339,000, in-
cluding activities authorized by the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Dis-
aster Protection Act of 1973 (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
Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.),
the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15
U.S.C. 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, and the Homeland
Security Act of 2002; of which $25,000,000 shall be for
emergency operations centers grants: Provided, That the
aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2004, as au-
thorized by Public Law 106–377, shall not be less than
100 percent of the amounts anticipated by the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security necessary for its radiological
emergency preparedness program for the next fiscal year:
Provided further, That the methodology for assessment
and collection of fees shall be fair and equitable, and shall
reflect costs of providing such services, including adminis-
trative costs of collecting such fees: Provided further, That
fees received pursuant to this section shall be deposited
in this account as offsetting collections, shall become avail-
able for authorized purposes on October 1, 2004, and shall
remain available until expended.
PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses for countering potential bio-
logical, disease, and chemical threats to civilian popu-
lations, $484,000,000, including $400,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for the Strategic National Stock-
pile.
BIODEFENSE COUNTERMEASURES
For necessary expenses for securing medical counter-
measures 
against 
biological 
terror 
attacks,
$5,593,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2013: Provided, That not to exceed $3,418,000,000 may
be obligated during fiscal years 2004 through 2008, of
which not to exceed $890,000,000 may be obligated dur-
ing fiscal year 2004.
GRANT PROGRAMS
For activities designed to reduce the risk of flood
damage to structures pursuant to the National Flood In-
surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), notwith-
standing sections 1366(b)(3)(B)–(C) and 1366(f) of such
Act, and for a pre-disaster mitigation grant program pur-
suant to title II of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5131 et seq.),
$200,000,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the National
Flood Insurance Fund, and shall remain available until
September 30, 2005: Provided, That grants made for pre-
disaster mitigation shall be awarded on a competitive basis
subject to the criteria in section 203(g) of such title II
(42 U.S.C. 5133(g)): Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 203(f) of such title II (42 U.S.C.
5133(f)), grant awards shall be made without reference
to State allocations, quotas, or other formula-based alloca-
tion of funds.
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER
To carry out an emergency food and shelter program
pursuant to title III of Public Law 100–77 (42 U.S.C.
11331 et seq.), $153,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That total administrative costs shall
not exceed 31⁄2 percent of the total appropriation.
FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for programs as authorized by section 33 of the Federal
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201
et seq.), $750,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) to re-
main available through September 30, 2005: Provided,
That up to 5 percent of this amount shall be transferred
to ‘‘Preparedness, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery’’
for program administration.
DISASTER RELIEF
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $1,800,000,000 and, notwith-
standing 42 U.S.C. 5203, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $22,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to the Office of Inspector General for audits and
investigations.
FLOOD MAP MODERNIZATION FUND
For necessary expenses pursuant to section 1360 of
the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, $200,000,000,
and such additional sums as may be provided by State
and local governments or other political subdivisions for
cost-shared mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of
such Act; to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities under the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of
1973, not to exceed $32,761,000 for salaries and expenses
associated with flood mitigation and flood insurance oper-
ations, and not to exceed $77,809,000 for flood mitigation,
to remain available until September 30, 2005, including
up to $20,000,000 for expenses under section 1366 of
such Act of 1968, which amount shall be available for
transfer to Grant Programs until September 30, 2005,
and which amounts shall be derived from offsetting collec-
tions assessed and collected pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4014,
and shall be retained and used for necessary expenses
under this heading: Provided, That no funds, in excess of
$55,000,000 for operating expenses; $565,897,000 for
agents’ commissions and taxes; and $40,000,000 for inter-
est on Treasury borrowings, shall be available from the
National Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the
Committees on Appropriations.