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thereto, $805,000,000, of which $23,500,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$66,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2008 
to acquire, repair, renovate, or improve vessels, small 
boats, and related equipment; $138,500,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2006 for other equipment; 
$70,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2005 
for personnel compensation and benefits and related costs; 
and $530,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2008 for the Integrated Deepwater Systems program: Pro-
vided, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard is au-
thorized to dispose of surplus real property, by sale or 
lease, and the proceeds shall be credited to this appropria-
tion as offsetting collections and shall be available until 
September 30, 2006 only for Rescue 21 (the National Dis-
tress and Response System Modernization program): Pro-
vided further, That upon initial submission to the Con-
gress of the fiscal year 2005 President’s budget, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall transmit to the Con-
gress a comprehensive capital investment plan for the 
United States Coast Guard that includes funding for each 
budget line item for fiscal years 2005 through 2009, with 
total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the 
funding targets for those years as estimated and approved 
by the Office of Management and Budget.
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ALTERATION OF BRIDGES 
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of 
obstructive bridges, $19,500,000, to remain available until 
expended.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for applied scientific research, development, test, and eval-
uation; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and oper-
ation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law; 
$22,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to and 
used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received 
from State and local governments, other public authori-
ties, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses 
incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua-
tion.
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for 
this purpose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s 
Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment 
for career status bonuses under the National Defense Au-
thorization Act, and for payments for medical care of re-
tired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
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ents 
Medical 
Care 
Act 
(10 
U.S.C. 
ch. 
55), 
$1,020,000,000.
INFORMATION ANALYSIS AND 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Directorate of Infor-
mation Analysis and Infrastructure Protection of the De-
partment of Homeland Security as authorized by law, 
$776,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2005.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND 
OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of activities of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security in carrying out the purposes 
of title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public 
Law 107–296), for basic and applied research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation, construction, procurement, pro-
duction, modification and modernization of systems, sub-
systems, spare parts, accessories, training devices, oper-
ation of the Science and Technology Directorate and its 
organizations and activities, including the Homeland Se-
curity Advanced Research Projects Agency, for coopera-
tive programs with States and local governments to enable 
the detection, destruction, disposal, or mitigation of the
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effects of weapons of mass destruction and other terrorist 
weapons, and for the construction, maintenance, rehabili-
tation, lease, and operation of buildings and other facili-
ties, and equipment, necessary for the activities of the Di-
rectorate, $900,360,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2006.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service, $1,148,700,000, including purchase of American-
made side-car compatible motorcycles; hire of aircraft; 
services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District 
of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and 
other facilities on private or other property not in Govern-
ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to per-
form protective functions; for payment of per diem and 
subsistence allowances to employees where a protective as-
signment during the actual day or days of the visit of a 
protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day 
or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con-
ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen-
tation of awards; for travel of Secret Service employees 
on protective missions without regard to the limitation on 
such expenditures in this or any other Act; for research
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and development; for making grants to conduct behavioral 
research in support of protective research and operations; 
not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; not to exceed $100,000 to provide tech-
nical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement 
organizations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in 
advance for commercial accommodations as may be nec-
essary to perform protective functions; and for uniforms 
without regard to the general purchase limitation for the 
current fiscal year: Provided, That $1,633,000 shall be 
available for forensic and related support of investigations 
of missing and exploited children: Provided further, That 
$4,783,000 shall be available as a grant for activities re-
lated to the investigations of exploited children and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That up 
to $18,000,000 for protective travel shall remain available 
until September 30, 2005: Provided further, That subject 
to the reimbursement of actual costs to this account, funds 
appropriated in this account shall be available, at the dis-
cretion of the Director, for the following: training United 
States Postal Service law enforcement personnel and Post-
al police officers, training Federal law enforcement offi-
cers, training State and local government law enforcement 
officers on a space-available basis, and training private 
sector security officials on a space-available basis: Pro-
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vided further, That the United States Secret Service is au-
thorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimburse-
ments from agencies and entities, as defined in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code, receiving training spon-
sored by the James J. Rowley Training Center, except 
that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall 
not exceed total budgetary resources available under this 
heading at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, 
That the James J. Rowley Training Center is authorized 
to provide short-term medical services for students under-
going training at the Center.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND 
RELATED EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $3,579,000, to re-
main available until expended.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
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. 
(TRANSFERS OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES) 
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. Balances so transferred may be
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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. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
provided by previous appropriation Acts to the agencies 
in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2004, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail-
able to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 
funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a 
program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds for any 
program, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by the Congress; or (4) proposes to 
use funds directed for a specific activity by either the 
House or Senate Committees on Appropriations for a dif-
ferent purpose, unless both Committees on Appropriations 
are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming 
of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 
by previous appropriation Acts to the agencies in or trans-
ferred to the Department of Homeland Security that re-
main available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 
2004, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of
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the United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure for programs, projects, or activi-
ties through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) aug-
ments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) re-
duces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
as approved by the Congress; or (3) results from any gen-
eral savings from a reduction in personnel that would re-
sult in a change in existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties, as approved by the Congress; unless the Committees 
on Appropriations 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 Depart-
ment of Homeland Security in this Act or provided in pre-
vious appropriation Acts may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as oth-
erwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by such transfers: Provided, That any 
transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds and shall not be available for obli-
gation unless the Committees on Appropriations are noti-
fied 15 days in advance of such transfer.
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SEC. 504. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2004 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2004 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2005, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for ap-
proval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 
with reprogramming guidelines.
SEC. 505. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
funds may be used for hire and purchase of motor vehicles 
as authorized by section 1343 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided, That purchase for police-type use of pas-
senger vehicles may be made without regard to the general 
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year.
SEC. 506. The Federal Emergency Management 
Agency ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’ shall be available to the 
Department of Homeland Security, as authorized by sec-
tions 503 and 1517 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002, for expenses and equipment necessary for mainte-
nance and operations of such administrative services as 
the Secretary of Homeland Security determines may be 
performed more advantageously as central services. Such
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fund shall hereafter be known as the ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security Working Capital Fund’’.
SEC. 507. The Federal Emergency Management 
Agency ‘‘Bequests and Gifts’’ account shall be available 
to the Department of Homeland Security, as authorized 
by sections 503 and 1517 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002, for the Secretary of Homeland Security to accept, 
hold, administer, and utilize gifts and bequests, including 
property, to facilitate the work of the Department of 
Homeland Security: Provided, That such fund shall here-
after be known as ‘‘Department of Homeland Security, 
Gifts and Donations’’: Provided further, That any gift or 
bequest shall be used in accordance with the terms of that 
gift or bequest to the greatest extent practicable.
SEC. 508. Funds made available by this Act for intel-
ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 
year 2004 until the enactment of the Intelligence Author-
ization Act for fiscal year 2004.
SEC. 509. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center is directed to establish an accrediting body that 
will include representatives from the Federal law enforce-
ment community, as well as non-Federal accreditation ex-
perts involved in law enforcement training. The purpose
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of this body will be to establish standards for measuring 
and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law 
enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would 
establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than 5 miles 
wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation 
Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation 
Scheme. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to make a grant unless the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity notifies the Committees on Appropriations not less 
than 3 full business days before any grant allocation, dis-
cretionary grant award, or letter of intent totaling 
$1,000,000 or more is announced by the department or 
its directorates from: (1) any discretionary or formula-
based grant program of the Office of Domestic Prepared-
ness; (2) any letter of intent from the Transportation Se-
curity Administration; or (3) any port security grant: Pro-
vided, That no notification shall involve funds that are not 
available for obligation. 
SEC. 512. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no agency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease any 
additional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 
locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal
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law enforcement training without the advance approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations, except that the Fed-
eral Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to 
obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, 
contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be 
accommodated in existing Center facilities. 
SEC. 513. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center is directed to ensure that all of the training centers 
under its control are operated at their highest potential 
capacity efficiency throughout the fiscal year. In order to 
facilitate this direction, the Director is authorized to 
schedule basic and advanced law enforcement training at 
any site the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
determines is warranted in the interests of the Govern-
ment to ensure the best utilization of the Center’s total 
capacity for training, notwithstanding legislative prohibi-
tions.
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the production of customs declara-
tions that do not inquire whether the passenger has been 
in the proximity of livestock.
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would
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result in a determination, regulation, or policy that would 
prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930.
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to allow—
(1) the importation into the United States of 
any good, ware, article, or merchandise mined, pro-
duced, or manufactured by forced or indentured 
child labor, as determined pursuant to section 307 
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); or 
(2) the release into the United States of any 
good, ware, article, or merchandise on which there is 
in effect a detention order, pursuant to such section 
307, on the basis that the good, ware, article, or 
merchandise may have been mined, produced, or 
manufactured by forced or indentured child labor.
SEC. 517. Appropriations to the Department of 
Homeland Security in this Act shall be available for pur-
chase of insurance for official motor vehicles operated in 
foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles without re-
gard to the general purchase price limitations for vehicles 
purchased and used overseas for the current fiscal year; 
entering into contracts with the Department of State for 
the furnishing of health and medical services to employees 
and their dependents serving in foreign countries; and
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services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used for expenses of any construction, repair, al-
teration, and acquisition project for which a prospectus, 
if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, has not 
been approved, except that necessary funds may be ex-
pended for each project for required expenses for the de-
velopment of a proposed prospectus. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Transportation Security 
Administration without cost building construction, mainte-
nance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-
owned buildings for services relating to aviation security: 
Provided, That the prohibition of funds in this section does 
not apply to— 
(1) negotiations between the agency and airport 
sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ 
rates for these items, or 
(2) space for necessary security checkpoints. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provi-
sions of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c).
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SEC. 521. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to approve, renew, or implement any 
aviation cargo security plan that permits the transporting 
of unscreened or uninspected cargo on passenger planes. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2004’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 24, 2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.