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OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Affairs, 
$129,358,000; of which $26,148,000 is for salaries and expenses 
and $86,891,000 is for BioWatch operations: Provided, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $16,319,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2016, for biosurveillance, 
chemical defense, medical and health planning and coordination, 
and workforce health protection: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, $934,396,000, including activities authorized by the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (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 Cerro Grande Fire Assistance 
Act of 2000 (division C, title I, 114 Stat. 583), the Earthquake 
Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 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 (5 U.S.C. App.), the 
National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.), the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), the Imple-
menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 
(Public Law 110–53), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Post-Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–295; 120 Stat. 
1394), the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 
(Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood 
Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89): Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses: Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, $35,180,000 shall be for the 
Urban Search and Rescue Response System, of which none is avail-
able for Federal Emergency Management Agency administrative 
costs: Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $30,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016, for capital improvements and other expenses 
related to continuity of operations at the Mount Weather Emergency 
Operations Center: Provided further, That of the total amount made 
available, $3,400,000 shall be for the Office of National Capital 
Region Coordination: Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, not less than $4,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2016, for expenses related 
to modernization of automated systems. 
STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activi-
ties, $1,500,000,000, which shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) $467,000,000 shall be for the State Homeland Security 
Grant Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which not less than $55,000,000
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shall be for Operation Stonegarden: Provided, That notwith-
standing subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 
2015, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available 
to local and tribal governments amounts provided to the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in accord-
ance with subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004. 
(2) $600,000,000 shall be for the Urban Area Security Ini-
tiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which not less than $13,000,000 shall 
be for organizations (as described under section 501(c)(3) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 
section 501(a) of such code) determined by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to be at high risk of a terrorist attack. 
(3) $100,000,000 shall be for Public Transportation Security 
Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and Over-the-Road 
Bus Security Assistance under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 
of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 
1182), of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak 
security and $3,000,000 shall be for Over-the-Road Bus Secu-
rity: Provided, That such public transportation security assist-
ance shall be provided directly to public transportation agencies. 
(4) $100,000,000 shall be for Port Security Grants in accord-
ance with 46 U.S.C. 70107. 
(5) $233,000,000 shall be to sustain current operations 
for training, exercises, technical assistance, and other programs, 
of which $162,991,000 shall be for training of State, local, 
and tribal emergency response providers: 
Provided, That for grants under paragraphs (1) through (4), applica-
tions for grants shall be made available to eligible applicants not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, that 
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: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
609(a)(11)) or any other provision of law, a grantee may not use 
more than 5 percent of the amount of a grant made available 
under this heading for expenses directly related to administration 
of the grant: Provided further, That for grants under paragraphs 
(1) and (2), the installation of communications towers is not consid-
ered construction of a building or other physical facility: Provided 
further, That grantees shall provide reports on their use of funds, 
as determined necessary by the Secretary of Homeland Security: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 509 of this Act, 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
may use the funds provided in paragraph (5) to acquire real property 
for the purpose of establishing or appropriately extending the secu-
rity buffer zones around Federal Emergency Management Agency 
training facilities. 
FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants for programs authorized by the Federal Fire Preven-
tion and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), $680,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2016, of which $340,000,000 
shall be available to carry out section 33 of that Act (15 U.S.C.
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2229) and $340,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 
34 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS 
For emergency management performance grants, as authorized 
by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et 
seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduc-
tion Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan 
No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $350,000,000. 
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM 
The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2015, as 
authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 
percent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland 
Security necessary for its radiological emergency preparedness pro-
gram for the next fiscal year: Provided, 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 under this heading shall be deposited in this account 
as offsetting collections and will become available for authorized 
purposes on October 1, 2015, and remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Administra-
tion and for other purposes, as authorized by the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) and 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), 
$44,000,000. 
DISASTER RELIEF FUND 
(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.), $7,033,464,494, to remain available until expended, of 
which $24,000,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Home-
land Security Office of Inspector General for audits and investiga-
tions related to disasters: Provided, That the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives the following reports, including a specific descrip-
tion of the methodology and the source data used in developing 
such reports: 
(1) an estimate of the following amounts shall be submitted 
for the budget year at the time that the President’s budget proposal 
for fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code: 
(A) the unobligated balance of funds to be carried over 
from the prior fiscal year to the budget year;
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(B) the unobligated balance of funds to be carried over 
from the budget year to the budget year plus 1; 
(C) the amount of obligations for non-catastrophic events 
for the budget year; 
(D) the amount of obligations for the budget year for cata-
strophic events delineated by event and by State; 
(E) the total amount that has been previously obligated 
or will be required for catastrophic events delineated by event 
and by State for all prior years, the current year, the budget 
year, the budget year plus 1, the budget year plus 2, and 
the budget year plus 3 and beyond; 
(F) the amount of previously obligated funds that will be 
recovered for the budget year; 
(G) the amount that will be required for obligations for 
emergencies, as described in section 102(1) of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5122(1)), major disasters, as described in section 102(2) 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), fire management assistance 
grants, as described in section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187), 
surge activities, and disaster readiness and support activities; 
and 
(H) the amount required for activities not covered under 
section 251(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)(iii); Public 
Law 99–177); 
(2) an estimate or actual amounts, if available, of the following 
for the current fiscal year shall be submitted not later than the 
fifth day of each month, and shall be published by the Administrator 
on the Agency’s Web site not later than the fifth day of each 
month: 
(A) a summary of the amount of appropriations made avail-
able by source, the transfers executed, the previously allocated 
funds recovered, and the commitments, allocations, and obliga-
tions made; 
(B) a table of disaster relief activity delineated by month, 
including— 
(i) the beginning and ending balances; 
(ii) the total obligations to include amounts obligated 
for fire assistance, emergencies, surge, and disaster support 
activities; 
(iii) the obligations for catastrophic events delineated 
by event and by State; and 
(iv) the amount of previously obligated funds that are 
recovered; 
(C) a summary of allocations, obligations, and expenditures 
for catastrophic events delineated by event; 
(D) in addition, for a disaster declaration related to Hurri-
cane Sandy, the cost of the following categories of spending: 
public assistance, individual assistance, mitigation, administra-
tive, operations, and any other relevant category (including 
emergency measures and disaster resources); and 
(E) the date on which funds appropriated will be exhausted: 
Provided further, That the Administrator shall publish on the 
Agency’s Web site not later than 5 days after an award of a 
public assistance grant under section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford
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Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) 
the specifics of the grant award: Provided further, That for any 
mission assignment or mission assignment task order to another 
Federal department or agency regarding a major disaster, not later 
than 5 days after the issuance of the mission assignment or task 
order, the Administrator shall publish on the Agency’s website 
the following: the name of the impacted State and the disaster 
declaration for such State, the assigned agency, the assistance 
requested, a description of the disaster, the total cost estimate, 
and the amount obligated: Provided further, That not later than 
10 days after the last day of each month until the mission assign-
ment or task order is completed and closed out, the Administrator 
shall update any changes to the total cost estimate and the amount 
obligated: Provided further, That of the amount provided under 
this heading, $6,437,792,622 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.): Provided further, That 
the amount in the preceding proviso is designated by the Congress 
as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses, including administrative costs, under 
section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4101), and under sections 100215, 100216, 100226, 100230, and 
100246 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, 
(Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), $100,000,000, and such addi-
tional 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 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain 
available until expended. 
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 (subtitle A of title II of division F of Public Law 
112–141; 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance 
Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89; 128 Stat. 1020), 
$179,294,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 
2016, and 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)); which is available for salaries and expenses associ-
ated with flood mitigation and flood insurance operations; and 
floodplain management and additional amounts for flood mapping: 
Provided, That of such amount, $23,759,000 shall be available for 
salaries and expenses associated with flood mitigation and flood 
insurance operations and $155,535,000 shall be available for flood 
plain management and flood mapping: Provided further, That any 
additional 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 an offsetting collection to this account, to be available for flood 
plain management and flood mapping: Provided further, That in 
fiscal year 2015, no funds shall be available from the National 
Flood Insurance Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of:
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(1) $136,000,000 for operating expenses; 
(2) $1,139,000,000 for commissions and taxes of agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on Treasury bor-
rowings; and 
(4) $150,000,000, 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 
shall be deposited 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, notwithstanding section 
102(f)(8), section 1366(e), 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 
$5,000,000 is available to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner 
Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 
NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND 
For the predisaster mitigation grant program under section 
203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), $25,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER 
To carry out the emergency food and shelter program pursuant 
to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $120,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed 
3.5 percent of the total amount made available under this heading. 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES 
UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigration serv-
ices, $124,435,000 for the E-Verify Program, as described in section 
403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi-
bility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note), to assist United States 
employers with maintaining a legal workforce: Provided, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds otherwise made 
available to United States 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 Services does not provide vehicles for lease: Provided 
further, That the Director of United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services may authorize employees who are assigned 
to those areas to use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ 
residences and places of employment.
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FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, including materials and support costs of Federal 
law enforcement basic training; the purchase of not to exceed 117 
vehicles for police-type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
expenses for student athletic and related activities; the conduct 
of and participation in firearms matches and presentation of 
awards; public awareness and enhancement of community support 
of law enforcement training; room and board for student interns; 
a flat monthly reimbursement to employees authorized to use per-
sonal mobile phones for official duties; and services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; $230,497,000; of 
which up to $54,154,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2016, for materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement 
basic training; of which $300,000 shall remain available until 
expended to be distributed to Federal law enforcement agencies 
for expenses incurred participating in training accreditation; and 
of which not to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided, That the Center is authorized 
to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from agencies 
receiving training sponsored by the Center, except that total obliga-
tions at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary 
resources available at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, 
That section 1202(a) of Public Law 107–206 (42 U.S.C. 3771 note), 
as amended under this heading in division F of Public Law 113– 
76, is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2016’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2017’’: Provided further, That the Director 
of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center shall schedule 
basic or advanced law enforcement training, or both, at all four 
training facilities under the control of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center to ensure that such training facilities are operated 
at the highest capacity throughout the fiscal year: Provided further, 
That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board, 
including representatives from the Federal law enforcement commu-
nity and non-Federal accreditation experts involved in law enforce-
ment training, shall lead the Federal law enforcement training 
accreditation process to continue the implementation of measuring 
and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforce-
ment training programs, facilities, and instructors. 
ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED 
EXPENSES 
For acquisition of necessary additional real property and facili-
ties, construction, and ongoing maintenance, facility improvements, 
and related expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center, $27,841,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That the Center is authorized to accept reimbursement 
to this appropriation from government agencies requesting the 
construction of special use facilities.
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Science and Technology and for management and administration 
of programs and activities, as authorized by title III of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $129,993,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for science and technology research, 
including advanced research projects, development, test and evalua-
tion, acquisition, and operations as authorized by title III of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the 
purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $973,915,000; of 
which $538,926,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017; and of which $434,989,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, solely for operation and construction of laboratory 
facilities: Provided, That of the funds provided for the operation 
and construction of laboratory facilities under this heading, 
$300,000,000 shall be for construction of the National Bio- and 
Agro-defense Facility. 
DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office, as authorized by title XIX of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for management and administration 
of programs and activities, $37,339,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear research, 
development, testing, evaluation, and operations, $197,900,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2017. 
SYSTEMS ACQUISITION 
For necessary expenses for the Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office acquisition and deployment of radiological detection systems 
in accordance with the global nuclear detection architecture, 
$72,603,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017. 
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.
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SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 of this 
Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations 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 accounted for as one fund for the same time period as 
originally enacted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred 
to the Department of Homeland Security that remain available 
for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that: 
(1) creates a new program, project, or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, office, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or activity 
for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
by either of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
or the House of Representatives for a different purpose; or 
(5) contracts out any function or activity for which funding 
levels were requested for Federal full-time equivalents in the 
object classification tables contained in the fiscal year 2015 
Budget Appendix for the Department of Homeland Security, 
as modified by the report accompanying this Act, unless the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such 
reprogramming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided by previous 
appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees or proceeds available to the agencies funded by this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for programs, 
projects, or activities through a reprogramming of funds in excess 
of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
project, or activity; 
(3) reduces by 10 percent the numbers of personnel 
approved by the Congress; or 
(4) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel that would result in a change in existing programs, 
projects, or activities as approved by the Congress, unless the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such 
reprogramming of funds. 
(c) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
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 appropriations, but no such appropriation, 
except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by 
more than 10 percent by such transfers: Provided, That any transfer 
under this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds
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under subsection (b) and shall not be available for obligation unless 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer. 
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, 
no funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred between 
appropriations based upon an initial notification provided after 
June 30, except in extraordinary circumstances that imminently 
threaten the safety of human life or the protection of property. 
(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in this 
section shall apply to any use of deobligated balances of funds 
provided in previous Department of Homeland Security Appropria-
tions Acts. 
SEC. 504. 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 as a permanent 
working capital fund for fiscal year 2015: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security may be used to make payments to 
the Working Capital Fund, except for the activities and amounts 
allowed in the President’s fiscal year 2015 budget: Provided further, 
That funds provided to the Working Capital Fund shall be available 
for obligation until expended to carry out the purposes of the 
Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That all departmental 
components shall be charged only for direct usage of each Working 
Capital Fund service: Provided further, That funds provided to 
the Working Capital Fund shall be used only for purposes consistent 
with the contributing component: Provided further, That the 
Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance or reimbursed 
at rates which will return the full cost of each service: Provided 
further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
House of Representatives shall be notified of any activity added 
to or removed from the fund: Provided further, That the Chief 
Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland Security shall 
submit a quarterly execution report with activity level detail, not 
later than 30 days after the end of each quarter. 
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 2015, as recorded in the financial records 
at the time of a reprogramming request, but not later than June 
30, 2016, from appropriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal 
year 2015 in this Act shall remain available through September 
30, 2016, in the account and for the purposes for which the appro-
priations were provided: Provided, That prior to the obligation 
of such funds, a request shall be submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
for approval in accordance with section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intelligence 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress 
for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2015 until the enactment of 
an Act authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2015. 
SEC. 507. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to— 
(1) make or award a grant allocation, grant, contract, other 
transaction agreement, or task or delivery order on a Depart-
ment of Homeland Security multiple award contract, or to 
issue a letter of intent totaling in excess of $1,000,000;
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(2) award a task or delivery order requiring an obligation 
of funds in an amount greater than $10,000,000 from multi- 
year Department of Homeland Security funds; 
(3) make a sole-source grant award; or 
(4) announce publicly the intention to make or award items 
under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) including a contract covered 
by the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive the prohibi-
tion under subsection (a) if the Secretary notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
at least 3 full business days in advance of making an award or 
issuing a letter as described in that subsection. 
(c) 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 Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 
5 full business days after such an award is made or letter issued. 
(d) A notification under this section— 
(1) may not involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion; 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. 
(e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives 5 full business days in advance 
of announcing publicly the intention of making an award under 
‘‘State and Local Programs’’. 
SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency 
shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional facilities, except 
within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose 
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without the advance 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use 
of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for 
training that cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 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 develop-
ment of a proposed prospectus. 
SEC. 510. (a) Sections 520, 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. 
(b) The third proviso of section 537 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (6 U.S.C. 114), shall not 
apply with respect to funds made available in this Act. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of the applicable provisions of the Buy 
American Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term
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‘‘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. Not later than 30 days after the last day of each 
month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a monthly budget and 
staffing report for that month that includes total obligations of 
the Department for that month for the fiscal year at the appropria-
tion and program, project, and activity levels, by the source year 
of the appropriation. Total obligations for staffing shall also be 
provided by subcategory of on-board and funded full-time equivalent 
staffing levels, respectively, and the report shall specify the number 
of, and total obligations for, contract employees for each office 
of the Department. 
SEC. 514. 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’’ for fiscal years 2004 
and 2005 that are recovered or deobligated shall be available only 
for the procurement or installation of explosives detection systems, 
air cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject to 
notification: Provided, That semiannual reports shall be submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives on any funds that are recovered or deobligated. 
SEC. 515. 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 by employees 
(including employees serving on a temporary or term basis) of 
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security who are known as Immigration Informa-
tion Officers, Contact Representatives, Investigative Assistants, or 
Immigration Services Officers. 
SEC. 516. Any funds appropriated to ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, 
Construction, and Improvements’’ for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 
2005, and 2006 for the 110–123 foot patrol boat conversion that 
are recovered, collected, or otherwise received as the result of nego-
tiation, mediation, or litigation, shall be available until expended 
for the Fast Response Cutter program. 
SEC. 517. The functions of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center instructor staff shall be classified as inherently 
governmental for the purpose of the Federal Activities Inventory 
Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 
SEC. 518. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
a report not later than October 15, 2015, to the Office of Inspector 
General of the Department of Homeland Security listing all grants 
and contracts awarded by any means other than full and open 
competition during fiscal year 2015. 
(b) The Inspector General shall review the report required 
by subsection (a) to assess Departmental compliance with applicable 
laws and regulations and report the results of that review to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives not later than February 15, 2016. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds provided by this or previous appro-
priations Acts shall be used to fund any position designated as
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a Principal Federal Official (or the successor thereto) for any Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) declared disasters or emergencies unless— 
(1) the responsibilities of the Principal Federal Official 
do not include operational functions related to incident manage-
ment, including coordination of operations, and are consistent 
with the requirements of section 509(c) and sections 503(c)(3) 
and 503(c)(4)(A) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
319(c) and 313(c)(3) and 313(c)(4)(A)) and section 302 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5143); 
(2) not later than 10 business days after the latter of 
the date on which the Secretary of Homeland Security appoints 
the Principal Federal Official and the date on which the Presi-
dent issues a declaration under section 401 or section 501 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191, respectively), the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall submit a notification of the appoint-
ment of the Principal Federal Official and a description of 
the responsibilities of such Official and how such responsibil-
ities are consistent with paragraph (1) to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(3) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a report specifying 
timeframes and milestones regarding the update of operations, 
planning and policy documents, and training and exercise proto-
cols, to ensure consistency with paragraph (1) of this section. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds provided or otherwise made avail-
able in this Act shall be available to carry out section 872 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452). 
SEC. 521. Funds made available in this Act may be used to 
alter operations within the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast 
Guard nationwide, including civil engineering units, facilities design 
and construction centers, 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. 522. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 
to grant an immigration benefit unless the results of background 
checks required by law to be completed prior to the granting of 
the benefit have been received by United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services, and the results do not preclude the granting 
of the benefit. 
SEC. 523. Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 391) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until September 30, 
2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 30, 2015,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015,’’. 
SEC. 524. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require 
that all contracts of the Department of Homeland Security that 
provide award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes
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(which outcomes shall be specified in terms of cost, schedule, and 
performance). 
SEC. 525. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used to 
approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel-inspection laws 
pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for the transportation of crude oil 
distributed from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretaries 
of the Departments of Energy and Transportation and representa-
tives from the United States flag maritime industry, takes adequate 
measures to ensure the use of United States flag vessels: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives within 2 business days of any request for waivers 
of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 
501(b). 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
United States Customs and Border Protection may be used to 
prevent an individual not in the business of importing a prescription 
drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from importing a prescription drug from 
Canada that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act: Provided, That this section shall apply only to individuals 
transporting on their person a personal-use quantity of the prescrip-
tion drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided further, That 
the prescription drug may not be— 
(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of 
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); or 
(2) a biological product, as defined in section 351 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262). 
SEC. 527. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
reduce the United States Coast Guard’s Operations Systems Center 
mission or its government-employed or contract staff levels. 
SEC. 528. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
of any proposed transfers of funds available under section 
9703.1(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United States Code (as added by Public 
Law 102–393) from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture 
Fund to any agency within the Department of Homeland Security: 
Provided, That none of the funds identified for such a transfer 
may be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives approve the proposed 
transfers. 
SEC. 529. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national 
identification card. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a competition 
under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for activities 
performed with respect to the Coast Guard National Vessel Docu-
mentation Center. 
SEC. 531. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
except as provided in subsection (b), and 30 days after the date 
on which the President determines whether to declare a major