maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast 
Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 
in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any 
civil engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a 
statute enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 235. Amounts deposited into the Coast Guard 
Housing Fund in fiscal year 2024 shall be available until 
expended to carry out the purposes of section 2946 of title 
14, United States Code, and shall be in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
SEC. 236. (a) Notwithstanding section 2110 of title 
46, United States Code, none of the funds made available 
in this Act shall be used to charge a fee for an inspection 
of a towing vessel, as defined in 46 CFR 136.110, that 
utilizes the Towing Safety Management System option for 
a Certificate of Inspection issued under subchapter M of 
title 46, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply after the date the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard makes a determination 
under section 815(a) of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282) and, as 
necessary based on such determination, carries out the re-
quirements of section 815(b) of such Act. 
SEC. 237. The United States Secret Service is au-
thorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimburse-
ments from executive agencies, as defined in section 105 
of title 5, United States Code, for personnel 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 the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper-
ations and Support’’ at the end of the fiscal year. 
SEC. 238. (a) None of the funds made available to 
the United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous 
appropriations Acts may be made available for the protec-
tion of the head of a Federal agency other than the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security. 
(b) The Director of the United States Secret Service 
may enter into agreements to provide such protection on 
a fully reimbursable basis. 
SEC. 239. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this 
Act, up to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within 
‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’. 
SEC. 240. Funding made available in this Act for 
‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ 
is available for travel of United States Secret Service em-
ployees on protective missions without regard to the limi-
tations on such expenditures in this or any other Act if 
the Director of the United States Secret Service or a des-
ignee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate 10 or more days 
in advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such ex-
penditures. 
SEC. 241. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to implement, administer, or otherwise carry out the poli-
cies described in the directive issued by the Acting Com-
missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Jan-
uary 10, 2023, entitled ‘‘Emergency Driving and Vehic-
ular Pursuits’’, or any successor or similar directive or pol-
icy. 
SEC. 242. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to admit an alien into the United States based on a De-
partment of Homeland Security Form I-20 (Certificate of 
Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status) issued by a 
college, university, or other institution of higher education 
that is not accredited by a nationally recognized accred-
iting agency or association recognized by the Secretary of 
Education pursuant to part H of title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099a et seq.). 
SEC. 243. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to parole into the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, for the purpose of temporary visit for business
or pleasure without a visa, an alien who is a national of 
the People’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 244. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act or previous appropriations 
Acts under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Procurement, 
Construction, and Improvements’’ that remain available 
for obligation in fiscal year 2024 within the Waterways 
Commerce Cutter Program may be used to enter into or 
carry out a procurement contract with any entity deemed 
not eligible for an award from a size standpoint by the 
Small Business Administration.
TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 
RECOVERY 
CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY 
AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and In-
frastructure Security Agency for operations and support, 
$2,370,963,000 (reduced by $1,000,000, increased by 
$1,000,000), of which $24,424,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed 
$3,825 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be with-
held from obligation until the reports and briefings di-
rected under this heading in the explanatory statement ac-
companying Public Law 117–103 have been submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and In-
frastructure Security Agency for procurement, construc-
tion, and improvements, $553,537,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2026.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and In-
frastructure Security Agency for research and develop-
ment, $1,791,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 
Management 
Agency 
for 
operations 
and 
support, 
$1,521,248,000 (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000): Provided, That 
not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $119,137,000, of which $81,637,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2026, and of which 
$37,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2028. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, 
cooperative 
agreements, 
and 
other 
activities,
$3,742,460,342 (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$20,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000), which shall be 
allocated as follows: 
(1) $530,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) 
for the State Homeland Security Grant Program 
under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which $100,000,000 (in-
creased by $10,000,000) shall be for Operation 
Stonegarden and $15,000,000 shall be for Tribal 
Homeland Security Grants under section 2005 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 606): 
Provided, That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of 
such section 2004, for fiscal year 2024, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available to 
local and tribal governments amounts provided to 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this para-
graph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) of such 
section 2004. 
(2) $615,000,000 for the Urban Area Security 
Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604). 
(3) $315,000,000 (increased by $20,000,000) 
for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program under 
section 2009 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 609a), of which $157,500,000 (increased
by $10,000,000) is for eligible recipients located in 
high-risk urban areas that receive funding under 
section 2003 of such Act and $157,500,000 (in-
creased by $10,000,000) is for eligible recipients 
that are located outside such areas: Provided, That 
eligible recipients are those described in section 
2009(b) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 609a(b)) or are an 
otherwise eligible recipient at risk of a terrorist or 
other extremist attack. 
(4) $105,000,000 for Public Transportation Se-
curity Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and 
Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance under sec-
tions 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Implementing 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security and 
$5,000,000 shall be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: 
Provided, That such public transportation security 
assistance shall be provided directly to public trans-
portation agencies. 
(5) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in 
accordance with section 70107 of title 46, United 
States Code. 
(6) $720,000,000 (increased by $20,000,000), 
to remain available until September 30, 2025, of
which $360,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) 
shall be for Assistance to Firefighter Grants and 
$360,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) shall be 
for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Re-
sponse Grants under sections 33 and 34 respectively 
of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 2229a). 
(7) $355,000,000 for emergency management 
performance grants under the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake Haz-
ards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), sec-
tion 762 of title 6, United States Code, and Reorga-
nization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(8) $312,750,000 for necessary expenses for 
Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addi-
tion to and to supplement any other sums appro-
priated under the National Flood Insurance Fund, 
and such additional sums as may be provided by 
States or other political subdivisions for cost-shared 
mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4101(f)(2)), to remain available until expended.
(9) $12,000,000 for Regional Catastrophic Pre-
paredness Grants. 
(10) $130,000,000 for the emergency food and 
shelter program under title III of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), 
to remain available until September 30, 2025: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for 
total administrative costs. 
(11) $40,000,000 for the Next Generation 
Warning System. 
(12) $181,223,342 for Community Project 
Funding grants, which shall be for the purposes, 
and the amounts, specified in the table entitled 
‘‘Homeland Security—Community Project Funding’’ 
in the report accompanying this Act, of which— 
(A) $65,627,263, in addition to amounts 
otherwise made available for such purpose, is 
for emergency operations center grants under 
section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5196c); and 
(B) $115,596,079, in addition to amounts 
otherwise made available for such purpose, is 
for pre-disaster mitigation grants under section 
203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5133(e), notwithstanding subsections (f), (g), 
and (l) of that section (42 U.S.C. 5133(f), (g), 
(l)). 
(13) $326,487,000 to sustain current oper-
ations for training, exercises, technical assistance, 
and other programs. 
DISASTER RELIEF FUND 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $20,406,341,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $20,261,000,000 (re-
duced by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) shall 
be for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and is designated by the Con-
gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For activities under 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 
Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 
(Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Home-
owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–89; 128 Stat. 1020), $239,983,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, which shall be derived 
from offsetting amounts collected under section 1308(d) 
of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4015(d)); of which $18,917,000 shall be available for mis-
sion support associated with flood management; and of 
which $221,066,000 shall be available for flood plain man-
agement and flood mapping: Provided, That any addi-
tional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4015(d)) shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 
account, to be available for flood plain management and 
flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2024, 
no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood In-
surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of— 
(1) $230,504,000 for operating expenses and 
salaries and expenses associated with flood insurance 
operations; 
(2) $1,300,000,000 for commissions and taxes 
of agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 
Treasury borrowings; and
(4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available 
until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for 
flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4104c), 
notwithstanding 
sections 
1366(e) 
and 
1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 
Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 
102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 
U.S.C. 4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e)), shall be de-
posited in the National Flood Insurance Fund to supple-
ment other amounts specified as available for section 1366 
of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, notwith-
standing section 102(f)(8), section 1366(e) of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and paragraphs (1) through 
(3) of section 1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 
4104c(e), 4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total 
administrative costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total 
appropriation: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 is 
available to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood 
Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. (a) The Director of the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency (or the Director’s des-
ignee) shall provide the briefings to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate described under the heading ‘‘Quarterly Budget 
and Staffing Briefings’’ in the explanatory statement for 
division F of Public Law 117–103 described in section 4 
in the matter preceding division A of such Public Law— 
(1) with respect to the first quarter of fiscal 
year 2024, not later than the later of 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act or January 30, 
2024; and 
(2) with respect to each subsequent fiscal quar-
ter in fiscal year 2024, not later than 21 days after 
the end of each such quarter. 
(b) In the event that any such briefing required dur-
ing this fiscal year under subsection (a) is not provided, 
the amount made available in title III to the Cybersecurity 
and Infrastructure Security Agency under the heading 
‘‘Operations and Support’’ shall be reduced by $50,000 
for each day of noncompliance with subsection (a), and 
the amount made available under such heading and speci-
fied in the detailed funding table in the report accom-
panying this Act for Mission Support shall be correspond-
ingly reduced by an equivalent amount. 
SEC. 302. (a) Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
609(a)(12)) or any other provision of law, not more than
5 percent of the amount of a grant made available in para-
graphs (1) through (5) under ‘‘Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by 
the recipient for expenses directly related to administra-
tion of the grant. 
(b) The authority provided in subsection (a) shall also 
apply to a state recipient for the administration of a grant 
under such paragraph (3). 
SEC. 303. Applications for grants under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal As-
sistance’’, for paragraphs (1) through (5), shall be made 
available to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, eligible applicants shall 
submit applications not later than 80 days after the grant 
announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days 
after the receipt of an application. 
SEC. 304. (a) Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for 
grants under paragraphs (1) through (5) and (9), the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate 5 full business 
days in advance of announcing publicly the intention of 
making an award.
(b) If any such public announcement is made before 
5 full business days have elapsed following such briefing, 
$1,000,000 of amounts appropriated by this Act for ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Operations and 
Support’’ shall be rescinded. 
SEC. 305. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of commu-
nications towers is not considered construction of a build-
ing or other physical facility. 
SEC. 306. The reporting requirements in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 
(Public Law 114–4), related to reporting on the Disaster 
Relief Fund, shall be applied in fiscal year 2024 with re-
spect to budget year 2025 and current fiscal year 2024, 
respectively— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by substituting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2025’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘business’’ 
after ‘‘fifth’’. 
SEC. 307. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist-
ance’’, for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Re-
sponse grants, the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency may grant waivers from the 
requirements 
in 
subsections 
(a)(1)(A), 
(a)(1)(B), 
(a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the 
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 
U.S.C. 2229a). 
SEC. 308. (a) The aggregate charges assessed during 
fiscal year 2024, as authorized in title III of the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 per-
cent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of 
Homeland Security to be necessary for its Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program for the next fiscal year. 
(b) The methodology for assessment and collection of 
fees shall be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of 
providing such services, including administrative costs of 
collecting such fees. 
(c) Such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program account as offsetting 
collections and will become available for authorized pur-
poses on October 1, 2024, and remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 309. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist-
ance’’, for Assistance to Firefighter Grants, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
may waive subsection (k) of section 33 of the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229).
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 
SERVICES 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services for operations and support of the E- 
Verify Program, $111,865,000: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts made 
available for such purposes, and shall not be construed to 
require any reduction of any fee described in section 
286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1356(m)). 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers for operations and support, includ-
ing the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police- 
type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $361,398,000, of which $66,665,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not 
to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses.
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $20,100,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028, for acquisition of necessary additional 
real property and facilities, construction and ongoing 
maintenance, facility improvements and related expenses 
of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate for operations and support, including 
the purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, 
$333,632,000, of which $206,548,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $10,000 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate for procurement, construction, and im-
provements, $58,466,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate for research and development,
$444,545,000 (increased by $3,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $20,000,000) (reduced by 
$20,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2026. 
COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 
of Mass Destruction Office for operations and support, 
$164,315,000, of which $69,364,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 
of Mass Destruction Office for procurement, construction, 
and improvements, $42,338,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 
of Mass Destruction Office for research and development, 
$64,201,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 
of Mass Destruction Office for Federal assistance through
grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other ac-
tivities, $142,885,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate, 
equip, and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for replacement 
only, for areas where the Administrator of General Serv-
ices does not provide vehicles for lease. 
(b) The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services may authorize employees who are assigned to 
those areas to use such vehicles to travel between the em-
ployees’ residences and places of employment. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to process or approve a competition under 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for serv-
ices provided by employees (including employees serving 
on a temporary or term basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity who are known as Immigration Information Officers, 
Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, 
Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 
SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any Federal funds made available to U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services may be used for the collection 
and use of biometrics taken at a U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services Application Support Center that is 
overseen virtually by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services personnel using appropriate technology. 
SEC. 404. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to implement, administer, or enforce the rule entitled 
‘‘Procedures or Credible Fear Screening and Consider-
ation of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Pro-
tection Claims by Asylum Officers’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 18078). 
SEC. 405. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to issue any employment authorization document or simi-
lar document to any alien whose application for asylum 
in the United States has been denied, or who is convicted 
of a Federal or State crime while his or her application 
for asylum in the United States is pending. 
SEC. 406. Notwithstanding the numerical limitation 
set forth in section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Sec-
retary of Labor, and upon determining that the needs of 
American businesses cannot be satisfied during fiscal year 
2024 with United States workers who are willing, quali-
fied, and able to perform temporary nonagricultural labor, 
may increase the total number of aliens who may receive 
a visa under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) in such fiscal year above 
such limitation by not more than the highest number of 
H–2B nonimmigrants who participated in the H–2B re-
turning worker program in any fiscal year in which return-
ing workers were exempt from such numerical limitation. 
SEC. 407. Notwithstanding section 286(n) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(n)), the Di-
rector of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may 
use not more than $5,000 of the amounts deposited in 
the Immigration Examinations Fee Account for official re-
ception and representation expenses in fiscal year 2024. 
SEC. 408. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds 
to Federal law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred 
participating in training accreditation. 
SEC. 409. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Accreditation Board, including representatives from the 
Federal law enforcement community and non-Federal ac-
creditation experts involved in law enforcement training, 
shall lead the Federal law enforcement training accredita-
tion process to continue the implementation of measuring
and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law 
enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 
SEC. 410. (a) The Director of the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Centers may accept transfers to its 
‘‘Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ account 
from Government agencies requesting the construction of 
special use facilities, as authorized by the Economy Act 
(31 U.S.C. 1535(b)). 
(b) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers 
shall maintain administrative control and ownership upon 
completion of such facilities. 
SEC. 411. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified 
as inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal 
Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 
note).
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING 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 
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 2024, 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 2024 for the Department of 
Homeland Security; 
(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 House of Representatives and the 
Senate 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 
House of Representatives and the Senate 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. 
(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) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established 
by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appro-
priations available to the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate at least 5 days in advance of such transfer. 
SEC. 504. (a) Section 504 of the Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F 
of Public Law 115–31), related to the operations of a 
working 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. 
(b) Funds from such working capital fund may be 
obligated and expended in anticipation of reimbursements 
from components of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
SEC. 505. (a) Except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated bal-
ances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2024, 
as recorded in the financial records at the time of a re-
programming notification, but not later than June 30, 
2025, from appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ 
for fiscal year 2024 in this Act shall remain available 
through September 30, 2025, in the account and for the 
purposes for which the appropriations were provided. 
(b) Prior to the obligation of such funds, a notifica-
tion shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 
accordance with section 503 of this Act.
SEC. 506. (a) Funds made available by this Act for 
intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically author-
ized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fis-
cal year 2024 until the enactment of an Act authorizing 
intelligence activities for fiscal year 2024. 
(b) Amounts described in subsection (a) made avail-
able for ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Aware-
ness—Operations and Support’’ that exceed the amounts 
in such authorization for such account shall be transferred 
to and merged with amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations and Sup-
port’’. 
(c) Prior to the obligation of any funds transferred 
under subsection (b), the Management Directorate shall 
brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate on a plan for the use of 
such funds. 
SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate at least 3 full business days in advance 
of— 
(1) making or awarding a grant allocation or 
grant in excess of $1,000,000;
(2) making or awarding a contract, other trans-
action agreement, or task or delivery order on a 
multiple award contract, or to issue a letter of intent 
totaling in excess of $4,000,000; 
(3) awarding a task or delivery order requiring 
an obligation of funds in an amount greater than 
$10,000,000 from multi-year funds; 
(4) making a sole-source grant award; or 
(5) announcing publicly the intention to make 
or award items under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4), 
including a contract covered by the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation. 
(b) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 
that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 
risk to human life, health, or safety, an award may be 
made without notification, and the Secretary shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate not later than 5 full business 
days after such an award is made or letter issued. 
(c) A notification under this section— 
(1) may not involve funds that are not available 
for obligation; and 
(2) shall include the amount of the award; the 
fiscal year for which the funds for the award were
appropriated; the type of contract; and the account 
from which the funds are being drawn. 
SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any ad-
ditional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 
locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal 
law enforcement training without advance notification to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, except that the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to obtain the 
temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, 
or other agreement for training that cannot be accommo-
dated in existing Centers’ facilities. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for expenses 
for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition 
project for which a prospectus otherwise required under 
chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, has not been 
approved, except that necessary funds may be expended 
for each project for required expenses for the development 
of a proposed prospectus. 
SEC. 510. Sections 522 and 530 of the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division 
E of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall 
apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in
the same manner as such sections applied to funds made 
available in that Act. 
SEC. 511. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used in contravention of the applicable 
provisions of the Buy American Act. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘Buy 
American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 512. 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. 513. None of the funds provided or otherwise 
made available in this Act shall be available to carry out 
section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 452) unless explicitly authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel-
oping a national identification card. 
SEC. 515. Any official that is required by this Act 
to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate may 
not delegate such authority to perform that act unless spe-
cifically authorized herein.
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees 
of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 
301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to employ workers described in section 
274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 
SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 
incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 
judged to be below satisfactory performance or perform-
ance that does not meet the basic requirements of a con-
tract. 
SEC. 519. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, territorial, 
or local law enforcement agency or any other entity car-
rying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudica-
tion activities.
SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to 
facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi-
vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus-
pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 
law enforcement personnel of the United States continu-
ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance 
of more than 50 employees of a single component of the 
Department of Homeland Security, who are stationed in 
the United States, at a single international conference un-
less the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, 
determines that such attendance is in the national interest 
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within at least 
10 days of that determination and the basis for that deter-
mination. 
(b) For purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter-
national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring 
outside of the United States attended by representatives 
of the United States Government and of foreign govern-
ments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 
organizations.
(c) The total cost to the Department of Homeland 
Security of any such conference shall not exceed $500,000. 
(d) Employees who attend a conference virtually 
without travel away from their permanent duty station 
within the United States shall not be counted for purposes 
of this section, and the prohibition contained in this sec-
tion shall not apply to payments for the costs of attend-
ance for such employees. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department 
or agency for its participation in a National Special Secu-
rity Event. 
SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds made available to 
the Department of Homeland Security by this or any other 
Act may be obligated for the implementation of any struc-
tural pay reform or the introduction of any new position 
classification that will affect more than 100 full-time posi-
tions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year be-
fore the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date 
on which the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to 
Congress a notification that includes— 
(1) the number of full-time positions affected by 
such change;
(2) funding required for such change for the 
current fiscal year and through the Future Years 
Homeland Security Program; 
(3) justification for such change; and 
(4) for a structural pay reform, an analysis of 
compensation alternatives to such change that were 
considered by the Department. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to such change if— 
(1) it was proposed in the President’s budget 
proposal for the fiscal year funded by this Act; and 
(2) funds for such change have not been explic-
itly denied or restricted in this Act. 
SEC. 524. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 
this Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency 
that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises homeland or national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate for not less than 45 days ex-
cept as otherwise specified in law. 
SEC. 525. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Op-
erations and Support’’ may be used for minor procure-
ment, construction, and improvements. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers 
to end items with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for per-
sonal property, and $2,000,000 or less for real property. 
SEC. 526. The authority provided by section 532 of 
the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) regarding primary and 
secondary schooling of dependents shall continue in effect 
during fiscal year 2024. 
SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available to the Department of Homeland Se-
curity by this Act may be used to prevent any of the fol-
lowing persons from entering, for the purpose of con-
ducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the De-
partment of Homeland Security used to detain or other-
wise house aliens, or to make any temporary modification 
at any such facility that in any way alters what is observed 
by a visiting Member of Congress or such designated em-
ployee, compared to what would be observed in the absence 
of such modification:
(1) A Member of Congress. 
(2) An employee of the United States House of 
Representatives or the United States Senate des-
ignated by such a Member for the purposes of this 
section. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to re-
quire a Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the 
intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a) for 
the purpose of conducting oversight. 
(c) With respect to individuals described in subsection 
(a)(2), the Department of Homeland Security may require 
that a request be made at least 24 hours in advance of 
an intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 528. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal 
Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, 
$3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
exclusively for providing reimbursement of extraordinary 
law enforcement or other emergency personnel costs for 
protection activities directly and demonstrably associated 
with any residence of the President that is designated or 
identified to be secured by the United States Secret Serv-
ice. 
(b) Subsections (b) through (f) of section 534 of the 
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2018 (Public Law 115–141), shall be applied with respect
to amounts made available by subsection (a) of this section 
by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2018’’ 
and ‘‘October 1, 2023’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2017’’. 
SEC. 529. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to place restraints on a woman in the custody of the De-
partment of Homeland Security (including during trans-
port, in a detention facility, or at an outside medical facil-
ity) who is pregnant or in post-delivery recuperation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
pregnant woman if— 
(1) an appropriate official of the Department of 
Homeland Security makes an individualized deter-
mination that the woman— 
(A) is a serious flight risk, and such risk 
cannot be prevented by other means; or 
(B) poses an immediate and serious threat 
to harm herself or others that cannot be pre-
vented by other means; or 
(2) a medical professional responsible for the 
care of the pregnant woman determines that the use 
of therapeutic restraints is appropriate for the med-
ical safety of the woman. 
(c) If a pregnant woman is restrained pursuant to 
subsection (b), only the safest and least restrictive re-
straints, as determined by the appropriate medical profes-
sional treating the woman, may be used. In no case may 
restraints be used on a woman who is in active labor or 
delivery, and in no case may a pregnant woman be re-
strained in a face-down position with four-point restraints, 
on her back, or in a restraint belt that constricts the area 
of the pregnancy. A pregnant woman who is immobilized 
by restraints shall be positioned, to the maximum extent 
feasible, on her left side. 
SEC. 530. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to destroy any document, recording, 
or other record pertaining to any— 
(1) death of, 
(2) potential sexual assault or abuse per-
petrated against, or 
(3) allegation of abuse, criminal activity, or dis-
ruption committed by 
an individual held in the custody of the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(b) The records referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
made available, in accordance with applicable laws and 
regulations, and Federal rules governing disclosure in liti-
gation, to an individual who has been charged with a 
crime, been placed into segregation, or otherwise punished
as a result of an allegation described in paragraph (3), 
upon the request of such individual. 
SEC. 531. Section 519 of division F of Public Law 
114–113, regarding a prohibition on funding for any posi-
tion designated as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply 
with respect to any Federal funds in the same manner 
as such section applied to funds made available in that 
Act. 
SEC. 532. (a) Not later than 10 days after the date 
on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is 
submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, the Under Secretary for Manage-
ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a report on the unfunded priorities, for 
the Department of Homeland Security and separately for 
each departmental component, for which discretionary 
funding would be classified as budget function 050. 
(b) Each report under this section shall specify, for 
each such unfunded priority— 
(1) a summary description, including the objec-
tives to be achieved if such priority is funded 
(whether in whole or in part);
(2) the description, including the objectives to 
be achieved if such priority is funded (whether in 
whole or in part); 
(3) account information, including the following 
(as applicable): 
(A) appropriation account; and 
(B) program, project, or activity name; 
and 
(4) the additional number of full-time or part- 
time positions to be funded as part of such priority. 
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘unfunded priority’’, in 
the case of a fiscal year, means a requirement that— 
(1) is not funded in the budget referred to in 
subsection (a); 
(2) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associ-
ated with an operational or contingency plan for the 
Department; and 
(3) would have been recommended for funding 
through the budget referred to in subsection (a) if— 
(A) additional resources had been available 
for the budget to fund the requirement; 
(B) the requirement has emerged since the 
budget was formulated; or 
(C) the requirement is necessary to sustain 
prior-year investments.
SEC. 533. (a) Not later than 10 days after a deter-
mination is made by the President to evaluate and initiate 
protection under any authority for a former or retired 
Government official or employee, or for an individual who, 
during the duration of the directed protection, will become 
a former or retired Government official or employee (re-
ferred to in this section as a ‘‘covered individual’’), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a notifica-
tion to congressional leadership and the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form of the House of Representatives (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’). 
(b) Such notification may be submitted in classified 
form, if necessary, and in consultation with the Director 
of National Intelligence or the Director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, as appropriate, and shall include the 
threat assessment, scope of the protection, and the antici-
pated cost and duration of such protection. 
(c) Not later than 15 days before extending, or 30 
days before terminating, protection for a covered indi-
vidual, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
a notification regarding the extension or termination and 
any change to the threat assessment to the congressional 
leadership and the appropriate congressional committees. 
(d) Not later than 45 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit a report to the congressional leadership and 
the appropriate congressional committees, which may be 
submitted in classified form, if necessary, detailing each 
covered individual, and the scope and associated cost of 
protection. 
SEC. 534. (a) None of the funds provided to the De-
partment of Homeland Security in this or any prior Act 
may be used by an agency to submit an initial project pro-
posal to the Technology Modernization Fund (as author-
ized by section 1078 of subtitle G of title X of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public 
Law 115–91)) unless, concurrent with the submission of 
an initial project proposal to the Technology Moderniza-
tion Board, the head of the agency— 
(1) notifies the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate of 
the proposed submission of the project proposal; 
(2) submits to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a copy of the project proposal; and
(3) provides a detailed analysis of how the pro-
posed project funding would supplement or supplant 
funding requested as part of the Department’s most 
recent budget submission. 
(b) None of the funds provided to the Department 
of Homeland Security by the Technology Modernization 
Fund shall be available for obligation until 15 days after 
a report on such funds has been transmitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
(c) The report described in subsection (b) shall in-
clude— 
(1) the full project proposal submitted to and 
approved by the Fund’s Technology Modernization 
Board; 
(2) the finalized interagency agreement between 
the Department and the Fund including the 
project’s deliverables and repayment terms, as appli-
cable; 
(3) a detailed analysis of how the project will 
supplement or supplant existing funding available to 
the Department for similar activities; 
(4) a plan for how the Department will repay 
the Fund, including specific planned funding 
sources, as applicable; and
(5) other information as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 535. Within 60 days of any budget submission 
for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 
2025 that assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from 
the previous year based on user fees proposals that have 
not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the 
budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate specific reductions in proposed 
discretionary budget authority commensurate with the 
revenues assumed in such proposals in the event that they 
are not enacted prior to October 1, 2024. 
SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 
ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 537. No Federal funds made available to the 
Department of Homeland Security may be used to enter 
into a procurement contract, memorandum of under-
standing, or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant 
to, or provide a loan or guarantee to, any entity identified 
under section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
(Public Law 116–283) or any subsidiary of such entity.
SEC. 538. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 
or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 
at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 539. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall, on 
a bimonthly basis beginning immediately after the date of 
enactment of this Act, develop estimates of the number 
of migrants anticipated to arrive at the southwest border 
of the United States. 
(b) The Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum, 
the estimates developed pursuant to subsection (a)— 
(1) cover the current fiscal year and the fol-
lowing fiscal year; 
(2) include a breakout by demographics, to in-
clude single adults, family units, and unaccompanied 
children; 
(3) undergo an independent validation and 
verification review;
(4) are used to inform policy planning and 
budgeting processes within the Department of 
Homeland Security; and 
(5) are included in the budget materials sub-
mitted to Congress in support of the President’s an-
nual budget request pursuant to section 1105 of title 
31, United States Code, for each fiscal year begin-
ning after the date of enactment of this Act and, for 
such budget materials shall include— 
(A) the most recent bimonthly estimates 
developed pursuant to subsection (a); 
(B) a description and quantification of the 
estimates used to justify funding requests for 
Department programs related to border secu-
rity, immigration enforcement, and immigration 
services; 
(C) a description and quantification of the 
anticipated workload and requirements result-
ing from such estimates; and 
(D) a confirmation as to whether the budg-
et requests for impacted agencies were devel-
oped using the same estimates. 
(c) The Secretary shall share the bimonthly estimates 
developed pursuant to subsection (a) with the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the
Secretary of State, and the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 540. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to establish or support the activities of: 
(1) a Disinformation Governance Board at the 
Department of Homeland Security, or any other en-
tity carrying out similar activities relating to mis-, 
dis-, or mal-information in a similar manner or to a 
similar extent to such a Board; or 
(2) any entity responsible, directly or indirectly, 
under color of countering mis-, dis-, or mal-informa-
tion or otherwise, for instructing, influencing, direct-
ing, or recommending that private companies censor, 
prohibit, or obstruct lawful and constitutionally pro-
tected speech of United States persons on social 
media platforms, including by— 
(A) terminating speakers’ accounts; 
(B) temporarily suspending accounts; 
(C) imposing warnings or strikes against 
accounts to stop future speech; 
(D) ‘‘shadowbanning’’ speakers; 
(E) demonetizing content or speakers; 
(F) adjusting algorithms to suppress or de-
emphasize speakers or messages;