dated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Ap-
propriations Act, 2009 (Public Law (110–329; 122 Stat. 
3592) to the appropriations account for ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency, Disaster Relief Fund’’. 
Amounts transferred to such account under this section 
shall be available for any authorized purpose of such ac-
count. 
SEC. 568. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, Gerardo Ismael Hernandez, a Transportation Secu-
rity Officer employed by the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration who died as the direct result of an injury sus-
tained in the line of duty on November 1, 2013, at the 
Los Angeles International Airport, shall be deemed to 
have been a public safety officer for the purposes of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3711 et seq.). 
SEC. 569. The Office of Management and Budget 
and the Department of Homeland Security shall ensure 
the congressional budget justifications accompanying the 
President’s budget proposal for the Department of Home-
land Security, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code, include estimates of the num-
ber of unaccompanied alien children anticipated to be ap-
prehended in the budget year and the number of agent 
or officer hours required to process, manage, and care for
such children: Provided, That such materials shall also in-
clude estimates of all other associated costs for each rel-
evant Departmental component, including but not limited 
to personnel; equipment; supplies; facilities; managerial, 
technical, and advisory services; medical treatment; and 
all costs associated with transporting such children from 
one Departmental component to another or from a De-
partmental component to another Federal agency. 
SEC. 570. Notwithstanding section 404 or 420 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c and 5187), until September 
30, 2015, the President may provide hazard mitigation as-
sistance in accordance with such section 404 in any area 
in which assistance was provided under such section 420. 
SEC. 571. That without regard to the limitation as 
to time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the 
Secretary may propose to reprogram within and transfer 
funds into ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Salaries 
and Expenses’’ and ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement, Salaries and Expenses’’ as necessary to ensure 
the care and transportation of unaccompanied alien chil-
dren. 
SEC. 572. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, grants awarded to States along the Southwest Border 
of the United States under sections 2003 or 2004 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) 
using funds provided under the heading ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency, State and Local Programs’’ 
in division F of Public Law 113–76 or division D of Public 
Law 113–6 may be used by recipients or sub-recipients 
for costs, or reimbursement of costs, related to providing 
humanitarian relief to unaccompanied alien children and 
alien adults accompanied by an alien minor where they 
are encountered after entering the United States, provided 
that such costs were incurred during the award period of 
performance. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 573. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are here-
by rescinded from the following accounts and programs 
in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 
be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con-
current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 
99–177): 
(1) $5,000,000 from unobligated prior year bal-
ances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
Border Security, Fencing, Infrastructure, and Tech-
nology’’;
(2) $8,000,000 from Public Law 113–76 under 
the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
Air and Marine Operations’’ in division F of such 
Act; 
(3) $10,000,000 from unobligated prior year 
balances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion, Construction and Facilities Management’’; 
(4) $15,300,000 from ‘‘Transportation Security 
Administration, 
Aviation 
Security’’ 
account 
70x0550; 
(5) $187,000,000 from Public Law 113–76 
under the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Admin-
istration, Aviation Security’’; 
(6) $2,550,000 from Public Law 112–10 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’; 
(7) $12,095,000 from Public Law 112–74 
under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’; 
(8) $16,349,000 from Public Law 113–6 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’; 
(9) $30,643,000 from Public Law 113–76 
under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’;
(10) $24,000,000 from ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, National Predisaster Mitiga-
tion Fund’’ account 70x0716; and 
(11) $16,627,000 from ‘‘Science and Tech-
nology, Research, Development, Acquisition, and Op-
erations’’ account 70x0800. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 574. From the unobligated balances made avail-
able in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 
established by section 9703 of title 31, United States 
Code, (added by section 638 of Public Law 102–393), 
$175,000,000 shall be rescinded. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 575. Of the funds transferred to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security when it was created in 2003, 
the following funds are hereby rescinded from the fol-
lowing accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 
(1) $1,317,018 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection, Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(2) $57,998 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, 
Construction, and Improvements’’; 
(3) $17,597 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, Office of Domestic Preparedness’’; 
and
SEC. 578. The explanatory statement regarding this 
Act, printed in the House of Representatives section of 
the Congressional Record, on or about January 13, 2015, 
by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House, shall have the same effect with respect to the 
allocation of funds and implementation of this Act as if 
it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of 
conference. 
SEC. 579. (a) No funds, resources, or fees made 
available to the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any 
other official of a Federal agency, by this Act or any other 
Act for any fiscal year, including any deposits into the 
‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee Account’’ established 
under section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), may be used to implement, ad-
minister, enforce, or carry out (including through the 
issuance of any regulations) any of the policy changes set 
forth in the following memoranda (or any substantially 
similar policy changes issued or taken on or after January 
9, 2015, whether set forth in memorandum, Executive 
order, regulation, directive, or by other action): 
(1) The memorandum from the Director of 
United States Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment entitled ‘‘Civil Immigration Enforcement: Pri-
orities for the Apprehension, Detention, and Re-
moval of Aliens’’ dated March 2, 2011. 
(2) The memorandum from the Director of 
United States Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion 
Consistent with the Civil Immigration Enforcement 
Priorities of the Agency for the Apprehension, De-
tention, and Removal of Aliens’’ dated June 17, 
2011. 
(3) The memorandum from the Principal Legal 
Advisor of United States Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement entitled ‘‘Case-by-Case Review of In-
coming and Certain Pending Cases’’ dated Novem-
ber 17, 2011. 
(4) The memorandum from the Director of 
United States Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment entitled ‘‘Civil Immigration Enforcement: 
Guidance on the Use of Detainers in the Federal, 
State, Local, and Tribal Criminal Justice Systems’’ 
dated December 21, 2012. 
(5) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Southern Border and 
Approaches Campaign’’ dated November 20, 2014. 
(6) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies for the Appre-
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hension, Detention and Removal of Undocumented 
Immigrants’’ dated November 20, 2014. 
(7) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Secure Communities’’ 
dated November 20, 2014. 
(8) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecu-
torial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who 
Came to the United States as Children and with Re-
spect to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of 
U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents’’ dated No-
vember 20, 2014. 
(9) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Expansion of the Pro-
visional Waiver Program’’ dated November 20, 
2014. 
(10) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies Supporting 
U.S. High-Skilled Businesses and Workers’’ dated 
November 20, 2014. 
(11) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Families of U.S. 
Armed Forces Members and Enlistees’’ dated No-
vember 20, 2014.
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(12) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Directive to Provide 
Consistency Regarding Advance Parole’’ dated No-
vember 20, 2014. 
(13) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies to Promote 
and Increase Access to U.S. Citizenship’’ dated No-
vember 20, 2014. 
(14) The memorandum from the President enti-
tled ‘‘Modernizing and Streamlining the U.S. Immi-
grant Visa System for the 21st Century’’ dated No-
vember 21, 2014. 
(15) The memorandum from the President enti-
tled ‘‘Creating Welcoming Communities and Fully 
Integrating Immigrants and Refugees’’ dated No-
vember 21, 2014. 
(b) The memoranda referred to in subsection (a) (or 
any substantially similar policy changes issued or taken 
on or after January 9, 2015, whether set forth in memo-
randum, Executive order, regulation, directive, or by other 
action) have no statutory or constitutional basis and there-
fore have no legal effect. 
(c) No funds or fees made available to the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, or to any other official of a Federal 
agency, by this Act or any other Act for any fiscal year,
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including any deposits into the ‘‘Immigration Examina-
tions Fee Account’’ established under section 286(m) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), 
may be used to grant any Federal benefit to any alien 
pursuant to any of the policy changes set forth in the 
memoranda referred to in subsection (a) (or any substan-
tially similar policy changes issued or taken on or after 
January 9, 2015, whether set forth in memorandum, Ex-
ecutive order, regulation, directive, or by other action). 
(d) The budgetary effects of this section shall not be 
entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant 
to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 
2010. 
(e) 
Notwithstanding 
Rule 
of 
the 
Budget 
Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory 
statement of the committee of conference accompanying 
Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, the budgetary effects of this section shall not be 
estimated— 
(1) for purposes of section 251 of the such Act; 
and 
(2) for purposes of paragraph 4(C) of section 3 
of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 
being included in an appropriation Act.
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SEC. 580. (a) No funds, resources or fees made avail-
able to the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any 
other official of a Federal agency, by this Act or any other 
Act for any fiscal year, including any deposits into the 
‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee Account’’ established 
under section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), may be used to consider or adju-
dicate any new, renewal or previously denied application 
for any alien requesting consideration of deferred action 
for childhood arrivals, as authorized by the Executive 
memorandum dated June 15, 2012, and effective on Au-
gust 15, 2012 (or any substantially similar policy changes 
issued or taken on or after January 9, 2015, whether set 
forth in memorandum, Executive order, regulation, direc-
tive, or by other action). 
(b) The budgetary effects of this section shall not be 
entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant 
to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 
2010. 
(c) 
Notwithstanding 
Rule 
of 
the 
Budget 
Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory 
statement of the committee of conference accompanying 
Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
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1985, the budgetary effects of this section shall not be 
estimated— 
(1) for purposes of section 251 of the such Act; 
and 
(2) for purposes of paragraph 4(C) of section 3 
of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 
being included in an appropriation Act. 
SEC. 581. (a) No funds or fees made available to the 
Secretary of Homeland Security by this Act or any other 
Act for any fiscal year may be used to implement, admin-
ister, enforce, or carry out (including through the issuance 
of any regulations) any policy relating to the apprehen-
sion, detention, or removal of aliens that does not treat 
any alien convicted of any offense involving domestic vio-
lence, sexual abuse, child molestation, or child exploitation 
as within the categories of aliens subject to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security’s highest civil immigration en-
forcement priorities. 
(b) The budgetary effects of this section shall not be 
entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant 
to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 
2010. 
(c) 
Notwithstanding 
Rule 
of 
the 
Budget 
Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory 
statement of the committee of conference accompanying
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Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, the budgetary effects of this section shall not be 
estimated— 
(1) for purposes of section 251 of the such Act; 
and 
(2) for purposes of paragraph 4(C) of section 3 
of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 
being included in an appropriation Act. 
SEC. 582. (a) The Congress finds that— 
(1) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (Public Law 111–148), many individuals and busi-
nesses are required to purchase health insurance coverage 
for themselves and their employees; 
(2) individuals who were unlawfully present in the 
United States who have been granted deferred action 
under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Pro-
gram undertaken by the Executive Branch and who then 
receive work authorization are exempt from these require-
ments; 
(3) many United States employers hiring United 
States citizens or individuals legally present in the United 
States are required to either offer those persons affordable 
health insurance or pay a penalty of approximately $3,000 
per employee per year; and
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(4) an employer does not have to provide insurance, 
or in many instances pay a penalty, if they hire individuals 
who were not lawfully present but who have been granted 
deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood 
Arrivals Program and work authorization. 
(b) It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) this disparate treatment has the unacceptable ef-
fect of discouraging the hiring of United States citizens 
and those in a lawful immigration status in the United 
States; and 
(2) the Executive Branch should refrain from pur-
suing policies, such as granting deferred action under the 
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program and work 
authorization to unlawfully present individuals, that dis-
advantage the hiring of United States citizens and those 
in a lawful immigration status in the United States. 
SEC. 583. It is the sense of the Congress that the 
Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services (USCIS) should— 
(1) stop putting the interests of aliens who are 
unlawfully present in the United States ahead of the 
interests of aliens who are following proper immigra-
tion laws and procedures by adjudicating petitions 
and applications for immigration benefits submitted 
by aliens unlawfully present in the United States.
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When USCIS adjudicators and resources are used to 
adjudicate petitions and applications for aliens who 
are unlawfully present, the time it takes to process 
petitions and applications submitted by other aliens 
is significantly increased and a backlog is created. In 
addition, it is unfair to use the fees paid by other 
aliens to cover the costs of adjudicating petitions 
and applications for aliens unlawfully present in the 
United States; and 
(2) use the funds available under existing law 
to improve services and increase the efficiency of the 
immigration benefits application process for aliens 
abroad or who are lawfully present in the United 
States. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 14, 
2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 240 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2015, and for other purposes.