Provided further, That these plans shall be submitted not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Air Marshals, 
$961,375,000. 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte-
nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for, pur-
chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehi-
cles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease 
of small boats for contingent and emergent requirements 
(at a unit cost of no more than $700,000) and repairs 
and service-life replacements, not to exceed a total of 
$28,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for 
overseas deployments and activities; minor shore construc-
tion projects not exceeding $1,000,000 in total cost at any 
location; payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 
97–377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recre-
ation and welfare; $7,071,061,000, of which $598,278,000 
shall
be
for
defense-related
activities,
of
which 
$258,278,000 is designated as being for the global war 
on terrorism pursuant to section 301 of H. Con. Res. 34 
(112th Congress); of which $24,500,000 shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the
purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act 
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which not to ex-
ceed $20,000 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available by this Act shall be for expenses incurred for rec-
reational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United 
States Code, except to the extent fees are collected from 
owners of yachts and credited to this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That the Coast Guard shall comply with the 
requirements of section 527 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (10 U.S.C. 4331 
note) with respect to the Coast Guard Academy: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided under this heading, 
$75,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for Coast 
Guard Headquarters Directorates until: (1) a revised fu-
ture-years capital investment plan for fiscal years 2012 
through 2016, as specified under the heading ‘‘Coast 
Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ of 
this Act, that is reviewed by the Comptroller General of 
the United States; (2) the fiscal year 2012 second quarter 
acquisition report; and (3) the polar operations high lati-
tude study are submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available under this head-
ing designated as being for the global war on terrorism
pursuant to section 301 of H. Con. Res. 34 (112th Con-
gress) may be allocated by program, project, and activity, 
notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the environ-
mental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast 
Guard under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, 
$10,198,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016: Provided, That an expenditure plan that itemizes 
the costs associated with each project identified in the 
Coast Guard’s Environmental Compliance and Restora-
tion backlog report dated April 11, 2011, shall be included 
at the time that the President’s budget is submitted each 
year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives. 
RESERVE TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, 
as authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the 
Coast Guard reserve program; personnel and training 
costs; and equipment and services; $131,778,000. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related
thereto, and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and oper-
ation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law, 
$1,151,673,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the 
purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act 
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which $427,691,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2016, to acquire, 
effect major repairs to, renovate, or improve vessels, small 
boats, and related equipment; of which $328,900,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2014, to acquire, effect 
major repairs to, renovate, or improve aircraft or increase 
aviation capability; of which $171,140,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2014, for other equipment; of 
which $116,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2016, for shore, infrastructure, military housing, and aids 
to navigation facilities, including waterfront facilities at 
Navy installations used by the Coast Guard, of which 
$14,000,000 may be derived from the Coast Guard Hous-
ing Fund, established under section 687 of title 14, United 
States Code; and of which $107,942,000 shall be available 
for personnel compensation and benefits and related costs: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, at the time that the 
President’s budget is submitted each year under section
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a future-years 
capital investment plan for the Coast Guard that identifies 
for each requested capital asset— 
(1) the proposed appropriations included in that 
budget; 
(2) the total estimated cost of completion, in-
cluding and clearly delineating the costs of associ-
ated major acquisition systems infrastructure and 
transition to operations; 
(3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year 
for the next five fiscal years or until acquisition pro-
gram baseline or project completion, whichever is 
earlier; 
(4) an estimated completion date at the pro-
jected funding levels; and 
(5) a current acquisition program baseline for 
each capital asset, as applicable, that— 
(A) includes the total acquisition cost of 
each asset, subdivided by fiscal year and includ-
ing a detailed description of the purpose of the 
proposed funding levels for each fiscal year, in-
cluding for each fiscal year funds requested for 
design,
pre-acquisition
activities,
production, 
structural modifications, missionization, post- 
delivery, and transition to operations costs;
(B) includes a detailed project schedule 
through completion, subdivided by fiscal year, 
that details— 
(i) quantities planned for each fiscal 
year; and 
(ii)
major
acquisition
and
project 
events,
including
development
of
oper-
ational requirements, contracting actions, 
design reviews, production, delivery, test 
and evaluation, and transition to oper-
ations, including necessary training, shore 
infrastructure, and logistics; 
(C) notes and explains any deviations in 
cost, performance parameters, schedule, or esti-
mated date of completion from the original ac-
quisition program baseline and the most recent 
baseline approved by the Department of Home-
land Security’s Acquisition Review Board, if ap-
plicable; 
(D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to 
mission requirements by defining existing capa-
bilities of comparable legacy assets, identifying 
known capability gaps between such existing ca-
pabilities and stated mission requirements, and
explaining how the acquisition of each asset will 
address such known capability gaps; 
(E) defines life-cycle costs for each asset 
and the date of the estimate on which such 
costs are based, including all associated costs of 
major acquisitions systems infrastructure and 
transition to operations, delineated by purpose 
and fiscal year for the projected service life of 
the asset; 
(F) includes the earned value management 
system summary schedule performance index 
and cost performance index for each asset, if 
applicable; and 
(G) includes a phase-out and decommis-
sioning schedule delineated by fiscal year for 
each existing legacy asset that each asset is in-
tended to replace or recapitalize: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall ensure 
that amounts specified in the future-years capital in-
vestment plan are consistent, to the maximum extent 
practicable, with proposed appropriations necessary 
to support the programs, projects, and activities of 
the Coast Guard in the President’s budget as sub-
mitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, for that fiscal year: Provided further,
That any inconsistencies between the capital invest-
ment plan and proposed appropriations shall be 
identified and justified: Provided further, That sub-
sections (a) and (b) of section 6402 of Public Law 
110–28 shall apply with respect to the amounts 
made available under this heading. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
For necessary expenses for applied scientific re-
search, development, test, and evaluation; and for mainte-
nance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and 
equipment; as authorized by law; $12,779,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016, of which $500,000 
shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 
to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)): Provided, 
That there may be credited to and used for the purposes 
of this appropriation funds received from State and local 
governments, other public authorities, private sources, and 
foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, devel-
opment, testing, and evaluation: Provided further, That a 
detailed expenditure plan for the amount requested under 
this heading shall be included with the President’s annual 
budget submission.
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur-
pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca-
reer status bonuses, concurrent receipts and combat-re-
lated special compensation under the National Defense 
Authorization Act, and payments for medical care of re-
tired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of 
title 10, United States Code, $1,440,157,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles 
for police-type use for replacement only; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the 
United States; hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses 
at such rates as may be determined by the Director of 
the Secret Service; rental of buildings in the District of 
Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other 
facilities on private or other property not in Government 
ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform pro-
tective functions; payment of per diem or subsistence al-
lowances to employees in cases in which a protective as-
signment on the actual day or days of the visit of a 
protectee requires an employee to work 16 hours per day 
or to remain overnight at a post of duty; conduct of and 
participation in firearms matches; presentation of awards; 
travel of United States Secret Service employees on pro-
tective missions without regard to the limitations on such 
expenditures in this or any other Act if approval is ob-
tained in advance from the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives; research 
and development; grants to conduct behavioral research in 
support of protective research and operations; and pay-
ment in advance for commercial accommodations as may 
be
necessary
to
perform
protective
functions; 
$1,666,451,000, of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses; of which 
not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical assist-
ance and equipment to foreign law enforcement organiza-
tions in counterfeit investigations; of which $2,366,000 
shall be for forensic and related support of investigations 
of
missing
and
exploited
children;
and
of
which 
$6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related to 
investigations of missing and exploited children and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, 
That up to $18,000,000 for protective travel shall remain 
available until September 30, 2013: Provided further, That
up to $12,307,000 for National Special Security Events 
shall remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided 
further, That the United States Secret Service is author-
ized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements 
from Federal agencies and entities, 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 this heading at the end of the fiscal year: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading shall be available to compensate any employee for 
overtime in an annual amount in excess of $35,000, except 
that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee 
of the Secretary, may waive that amount as necessary for 
national security purposes: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available to the United States Secret Serv-
ice by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts may 
be made available for the protection of the head of a Fed-
eral agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity: Provided further, That the Director of the United 
States Secret Service may enter into an agreement to pro-
vide such protection on a fully reimbursable basis: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $43,843,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2014, is for information integration and 
transformation: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available in the preceding proviso shall be obligated 
to purchase or install information technology equipment 
until the Chief Information Officer of the Department of 
Homeland Security submits a report to the Committees 
on Appropriation of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives certifying that all plans for such integration 
and transformation are consistent with Department of 
Homeland Security enterprise architecture requirements: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
to the United States Secret Service by this Act or by pre-
vious appropriations Acts may be obligated for the pur-
pose of opening a new permanent domestic or overseas of-
fice or location unless the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives are noti-
fied 15 days in advance of such obligation. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND 
RELATED EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 
repair,
alteration,
and
improvement
of
facilities, 
$6,780,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016.
TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 
RECOVERY 
NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Di-
rectorate, support for operations, information technology, 
and
the
Office
of
Risk
Management
and
Analysis, 
$42,511,000: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses. 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION 
SECURITY 
For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection 
and information security programs and activities, as au-
thorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $891,243,000: Provided, That of 
the
amount
made
available
under
this
heading, 
$219,420,500 may not be obligated for the National Cyber 
Security Division program and $148,639,500 may not be 
obligated for the Office of Infrastructure Protection until 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives receive and approve a plan for 
expenditure for each of these programs that describes the 
strategic context of the programs, the specific goals and
milestones set for the programs, and the funds allocated 
to achieving each of those goals and milestones: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, at the time that the 
President’s budget is submitted each year under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code: (1) an expendi-
ture plan for the Office of Infrastructure Protection and 
the National Cyber Security Division that describes the 
strategic context of the programs, the specific goals and 
milestones set for the programs, and the funds allocated 
to achieving each of those goals and milestones for the 
fiscal year being appropriated; and (2) a multi-year invest-
ment and management plan for the National Cybersecu-
rity Protection System that identifies— 
(1) the inventory of nests and sensors by loca-
tion and date of deployment; 
(2) the proposed appropriations included in that 
budget for each increment sub-divided by procure-
ment, including quantity, deployment, and oper-
ations and maintenance; 
(3) projected funding levels for procurements 
including quantity, deployment, and operations and 
maintenance for each increment for each of the next 
five fiscal years; and
(4)
a
current
acquisition
program
baseline 
that— 
(A) aligns the acquisition to mission re-
quirements
by
defining
existing
capabilities, 
identifying known capability gaps between such 
existing capabilities and stated mission require-
ments, and explaining how the acquisition of 
each technology will address such known capa-
bility gaps; and 
(B) defines life-cycle costs for each tech-
nology, including all associated costs of major 
acquisitions systems infrastructure and transi-
tion to operations, delineated by purpose and 
fiscal year for the projected service life of the 
technology. 
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
The revenues and collections of security fees credited 
to this account shall be available until expended for nec-
essary expenses related to the protection of Federally- 
owned and leased buildings and for the operations of the 
Federal Protective Service: Provided, That the Director of 
the Federal Protective Service shall include with the sub-
mission of the fiscal year 2013 budget a strategic human 
capital plan that aligns fee collection to personnel require-
ments based on the current threat assessment; Provided
further, That an expenditure plan for program, project, 
and activity and by objective for fiscal year 2012 shall be 
provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That an expenditure plan for program, project, and 
activity and by objective for fiscal year 2013 shall be sub-
mitted at the time that the President’s budget is sub-
mitted each year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives. 
UNITED STATES VISITOR AND IMMIGRANT STATUS 
INDICATOR TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses for the United States Visitor 
and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program, as 
authorized by section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Re-
form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1365a), $297,402,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, $194,295,000 is to re-
main available until September 30, 2014: Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided, $50,000,000 may not 
be obligated for the United States Visitor and Immigrant 
Status Indicator Technology program until the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives receive a plan for expenditure, prepared
by the Secretary of Homeland Security, not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, that meets 
the statutory conditions specified under this heading in 
Public Law 110–329: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives, at the time that the President’s budget is submitted 
each year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, a multi-year investment and management plan for 
the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator 
Technology program that includes— 
(1) the proposed appropriations for each activ-
ity tied to mission requirements and outcomes, pro-
gram management capabilities, performance levels, 
and specific capabilities and services to be delivered, 
noting any deviations in cost or performance from 
the prior fiscal year expenditure or investment and 
management plan; 
(2) the total estimated cost, projected funding 
by fiscal year, and projected timeline of completion 
for all enhancements, modernizations, and new capa-
bilities proposed in such budget and underway, in-
cluding and clearly delineating associated efforts and 
funds requested by other agencies within the De-
partment of Homeland Security and in the Federal
Government, and detailing any deviations in cost, 
performance, schedule, or estimated date of comple-
tion provided in the prior fiscal year expenditure or 
investment and management plan; and 
(3) a detailed accounting of operations and 
maintenance, contractor services, and program costs 
associated with the management of identity services. 
OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Af-
fairs, $165,949,000; of which $30,171,000 is for salaries 
and expenses and $115,164,000 is for BioWatch oper-
ations: Provided, That $45,615,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2013, for biosurveillance, BioWatch 
Generation 3, chemical defense, medical and health plan-
ning and coordination, and workforce health protection: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That an expenditure plan for program, project, 
and activity and by objective for fiscal year 2012 shall be 
provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That an expenditure plan for program, project, and 
activity and by objective for each fiscal year shall be sub-
mitted at the time that the President’s budget is sub-
mitted each year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for management and admin-
istration of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
$707,298,000, including activities authorized by the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et 
seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency 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 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 
et seq.), and the Post-Katrina Emergency Management 
Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–295): Provided, 
That not to exceed $3,000 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit an expendi-
ture plan detailed by office for the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to the Committees on Appropriations
of the Senate and the House of Representatives at the 
time that the President’s budget is submitted each year 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code: 
Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, not to exceed $5,863,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2013, for capital improve-
ments at the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Cen-
ter: Provided further, That of the total amount made avail-
able under this heading, $35,250,000 shall be for the 
Urban Search and Rescue Response System, of which not 
to exceed $1,600,000 may be made available for adminis-
trative costs; and $5,493,000 shall be for the Office of 
National Capital Region Coordination: Provided further, 
That for purposes of planning, coordination, execution, 
and decision-making related to mass evacuation during a 
disaster, the Governors of the State of West Virginia and 
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or their designees, 
shall be incorporated into efforts to integrate the activities 
of Federal, State, and local governments in the National 
Capital Region, as defined in section 882 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296). 
STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other activities, $1,000,000,000, which shall be distributed
at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security 
based on the following authorities: 
(1) The State Homeland Security Grant Pro-
gram under section 2004 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605). 
(2) The Urban Area Security Initiative under 
section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 604), notwithstanding subsection (c)(1) of 
such section, funds provided under this paragraph 
may be used for grants to organizations (as de-
scribed under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax section 
501(a) of such code) determined by the Secretary to 
be at high risk of a terrorist attack. 
(3) The Metropolitan Medical Response System 
under section 635 of the Post-Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 723). 
(4)
The
Citizen
Corps
Program,
notwith-
standing the requirements of subtitle A of title XX 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
603 et seq.). 
(5) The Public Transportation Security Assist-
ance and Railroad Security Assistance, under sec-
tions 1406 and 1513 of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
(6 U.S.C. 1135 and 1163): Provided, That such 
public transportation security assistance shall be 
provided directly to public transportation agencies. 
(6)
Over-the-Road
Bus
Security
Assistance 
under
section
1532
of
the
Implementing
Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 
(6 U.S.C. 1182). 
(7) Port Security Grants in accordance with 46 
U.S.C. 70107. 
(8) The Driver’s License Security Grants Pro-
gram in accordance with section 204 of the REAL 
ID Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 30301 note). 
(9) The Interoperable Emergency Communica-
tions Grant Program under section 1809 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 579). 
Provided, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, $55,000,000 shall be for Operation Stonegarden 
and $192,663,000 shall be for training, exercises, tech-
nical
assistance,
and
other
programs,
of
which 
$107,000,000 shall be for training of State, local, and 
tribal emergency response providers: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of section 2004 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), for 
fiscal year 2012, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall 
make available to local and tribal governments amounts
provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under the 
State Homeland Security Grant Program in accordance 
with subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004: Provided fur-
ther, That 10 percent of the amounts provided under this 
heading shall be transferred to ‘‘Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency, Management and Administration’’ for 
program administration, and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall provide an expenditure plan for program ad-
ministration to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives within 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall provide a detailed expenditure 
plan for program administration for each fiscal year to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives at the time that the President’s 
budget is submitted each year under section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)), or any other pro-
vision of law, a grantee may use not more than five per-
cent 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 para-
graphs (1) through (4), the applications for grants shall 
be made available to eligible applicants not later than 25
days after the date of enactment of this Act, that eligible 
applicants shall submit applications not later than 90 days 
after the grant announcement, and that the Administrator 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall act 
within 90 days after receipt of an application: Provided 
further, That for grants awarded under paragraphs (5) 
through (9), the applications for grants shall be made 
available to eligible applicants not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, that eligible applicants 
shall submit applications within 45 days after the grant 
announcement, and that the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency shall act not later than 60 days after receipt 
of an application: Provided further, That for grants under 
paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of communica-
tions towers is not considered 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: Provided further, That (a) the 
Center for Domestic Preparedness may provide training 
to emergency response providers from the Federal Govern-
ment, foreign governments, or private entities, if the Cen-
ter is reimbursed for the cost of such training, and any 
reimbursement under this subsection shall be credited to 
the account from which the expenditure being reimbursed 
was made and shall be available, without fiscal year limita-
tion, for the purposes for which amounts in the account 
may be expended, and (b) the head of the Center for Do-
mestic Preparedness shall ensure that any training pro-
vided under (a) does not interfere with the primary mis-
sion of the Center to train State and local emergency re-
sponse providers: Provided further, That not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a plan to expend 
by the end of fiscal year 2012 all unexpended balances 
of funds appropriated for fiscal years before fiscal year 
2008 under this heading. 
FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For necessary expenses for programs authorized by 
the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 
U.S.C.
2201
et
seq.),
$350,000,000
(increased
by 
$320,000,000), of which $200,000,000 (increased by 
$135,000,000) shall be available to carry out section 33 
of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229) and $150,000,000 (in-
creased by $185,000,000) shall be available to carry out 
section 34 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2013: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed 10 percent of the amount available under this head-
ing shall be transferred to ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, Management and Administration’’ for pro-
gram administration, and an expenditure plan for pro-
gram administration shall be provided to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That an expenditure 
plan for program administration shall be submitted at the 
time that the President’s budget is submitted each year 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives. 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS 
For necessary expenses for emergency management 
performance grants, as authorized by the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), and Re-
organization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
$350,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed 10 percent 
of the amount available under this heading shall be trans-
ferred to ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, Man-
agement and Administration’’ for program administration, 
and an expenditure plan for program administration shall 
be provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That an expenditure plan for program administra-
tion shall be submitted at the time that the President’s 
budget is submitted each year under section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code, to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM 
The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 
2012, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Vet-
erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent
Agencies
Appropriations
Act,
1999
(42 
U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the 
amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland Se-
curity necessary for its radiological emergency prepared-
ness program 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 administrative costs of collecting such 
fees: Provided further, That fees received under this head-
ing shall be deposited in this account as offsetting collec-
tions and will become available for authorized purposes on 
October 1, 2012, and remain available until expended.
UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Ad-
ministration 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.), $42,538,000. 
DISASTER RELIEF 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS 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.), $2,650,000,000 (reduced by 
$100,000,000) (increased by $100,000,000), to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall submit an expendi-
ture plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives detailing the use of 
the funds for disaster readiness and support not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall submit to such Committees a quarterly report detail-
ing obligations against the expenditure plan and a jus-
tification for any changes in spending: Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided, $16,000,000 shall be 
transferred to the Department of Homeland Security Of-
fice of Inspector General for audits and investigations re-
lated to disasters, subject to section 503 of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, $105,600,000 shall be trans-
ferred to ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, Man-
agement and Administration’’ for management and ad-
ministration functions: Provided further, That the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall submit the monthly ‘‘Disaster Relief’’ report, as 
specified in Public Law 110–161, to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives, and include the amounts provided to each Federal 
agency for mission assignments: Provided further, That 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall submit quarterly reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives providing estimates of funding requirements 
for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’ for the current fiscal year and the 
succeeding three fiscal years which shall include— 
(1) an estimate, by quarter, for the costs of all 
previously designated disasters; 
(2) an estimate, by quarter, for the cost of fu-
ture disasters based on a five-year average, exclud-
ing catastrophic disasters; 
(3) an estimate, by quarter, for the costs of cat-
astrophic disasters excluded from the five-year aver-
age subdivided by disaster and shall include the 
amount already obligated and the remaining esti-
mated costs; and 
(4) an estimate of the date on which the ‘‘Dis-
aster Relief’’ balance will reach $800,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall develop a pol-
icy and provide a report on such policy that defines 
the five-year average used to develop the budget esti-
mates for disaster relief not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act that shall include 
a clear and reproducible definition of the five-year 
average used as a basis for the request, the respon-
sible official who develops the average, and the data 
source(s) used: Provided further, That the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy shall include in the fiscal year 2013 budget sub-
mission for disaster relief a clear statement of the 
five-year average used as a basis for the request, the 
fiscal years included in the average, a list of the obli-
gations for each of the five fiscal years, and all ad-
justments made to the gross obligation total for each 
of the five fiscal years, including a record of which 
catastrophic disasters are excluded from each year’s 
obligation total and the associated amount excluded;
inflation adjustments; and the amount and source of 
recoveries applied against the obligation total: Pro-
vided further, That the President shall submit an 
offset budget amendment from within discretionary 
funds not later than three months prior to the date 
that the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency estimates that the total amount 
remaining unallocated in ‘‘Disaster Relief’ ’’ will 
reach $800,000,000, and that the request shall ac-
count for all estimated funding requirements for 
that fiscal year: Provided further, That for any re-
quest for reimbursement from a Federal agency to 
the Department of Homeland Security to cover ex-
penditures under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.), or any mission assignment orders 
issued by the Department for such purposes, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall take appro-
priate steps to ensure that each agency is periodi-
cally reminded of the Department policies on— 
(A) the detailed information required in 
supporting documentation for reimbursements; 
and 
(B) the necessity for timeliness of agency 
billings.
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For activities under section 319 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5162), $296,000 is for the cost of direct loans: 
Provided, That gross obligations for the principal amount 
of direct loans shall not exceed $25,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That the cost of modifying such loans shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a). 
FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses under section 1360 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101), 
$102,712,000, and such additional sums as may be pro-
vided by State and local governments or other political 
subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities under sec-
tion 1360(f)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That total admin-
istrative costs shall not exceed three percent of the total 
amount appropriated under this heading. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) and the Flood Dis-
aster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), 
$171,000,000, which shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013, and shall be derived from offsetting col-
lections assessed and 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 as-
sociated with flood mitigation and flood insurance oper-
ations; and flood plain management and flood mapping: 
Provided, That not to exceed $22,000,000 shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses associated with flood mitiga-
tion and flood insurance operations: Provided further, 
That not less than $149,000,000 shall be available for 
flood plain management and flood mapping: Provided fur-
ther, 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 collec-
tion to this account, to be available for flood plain manage-
ment and flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal 
year 2012, no funds shall be available from the National 
Flood Insurance Fund under section 1310 of that Act (42 
U.S.C. 4017) in excess of: (1) $132,000,000 for operating 
expenses; (2) $1,007,571,000 for commissions and taxes 
of agents; (3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 
Treasury borrowings; and (4) $50,000,000, which shall re-
main available until expended for flood mitigation actions, 
of which $10,000,000 is for repetitive insurance claims 
properties under section 1323 of the National Flood In-
surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4030), and of which
$40,000,000 is for flood mitigation assistance under sec-
tion 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4104c), notwithstanding subparagraphs (B) 
and (C) of subsection (b)(3) and subsection (f) of section 
1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 4104c), and notwithstanding subsection (a)(7) of 
section 1310 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4017): Provided further, That amounts col-
lected under section 102 of the Flood Disaster Protection 
Act of 1973 and section 1366(i) of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 shall be deposited in the National 
Flood Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts speci-
fied as available for section 1366 of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding section 102(f)(8) 
of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, section 
1366(i) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 1366(5) of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968: Provided further, That total 
administrative costs shall not exceed four percent of the 
total appropriation. 
NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND 
For the predisaster mitigation grant program under 
section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency
Assistance
Act
(42
U.S.C.
5133), 
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the total administrative costs associated with 
such grants shall not exceed three percent of the total 
amount made available under this heading. 
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER 
To carry out the emergency food and shelter program 
pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $120,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That total ad-
ministrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 
amount made available under this heading. 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, 
AND SERVICES 
UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION 
SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigra-
tion services, $132,361,000 for immigration verification 
programs, including the E-Verify Program, as authorized 
by section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 
note), to assist United States employers with maintaining 
a legal workforce: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds available to United States 
Citizenship and Immigration Services may be used to ac-
quire, operate, equip, and dispose of up to five 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 Citi-
zenship and Immigration Services may authorize employ-
ees who are assigned to those areas to use such vehicles 
to travel between the employees’ residences and places of 
employment. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, including materials and support 
costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; the pur-
chase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; expenses for student ath-
letic and related activities; the conduct of and participa-
tion in firearms matches and presentation of awards; pub-
lic awareness and enhancement of community support of 
law enforcement training; room and board for student in-
terns; a flat monthly reimbursement to employees author-
ized to use personal mobile phones for official duties; and 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code; $238,957,000, of which up to $48,978,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2013, for mate-
rials 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 ac-
creditation; and of which not to exceed $12,000 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided, 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 by Public 
Law 111–83 (123 Stat. 2166), is further amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2014’’: Provided further, That the Director of the Fed-
eral 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 Fed-
eral Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board, in-
cluding representatives from the Federal law enforcement 
community and non-Federal accreditation experts involved 
in law enforcement 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 enforcement training pro-
grams, facilities, and instructors. 
ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND 
RELATED EXPENSES 
For acquisition of necessary additional real property 
and facilities, construction, and ongoing maintenance, fa-
cility improvements, and related expenses of the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center, $35,456,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That 
the Center is authorized to accept reimbursement to this 
appropriation from government agencies requesting the 
construction of special use facilities. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Science and Technology and for manage-
ment and administration of programs and activities, as 
authorized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $140,565,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $10,000 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for science and technology re-
search, including advanced research projects, development, 
test and evaluation, acquisition, and operations as author-
ized 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
five
vehicles,
$398,213,000,
of
which 
$196,713,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2014; and of which $201,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016, solely for operation and con-
struction of laboratory facilities. 
DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear 
Detection Office, as authorized by title XIX of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for man-
agement and administration of programs and activities, 
$40,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000 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, 
$245,194,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2014.
SYSTEMS ACQUISITION 
For expenses for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Of-
fice acquisition and deployment of radiological detection 
systems in accordance with the global nuclear detection 
architecture, $52,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading in this Act or any other Act 
shall be obligated for full-scale procurement of advanced 
spectroscopic portal monitors until the Secretary of Home-
land Security submits to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
report certifying that a significant increase in operational 
effectiveness will be achieved by such obligation: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall submit separate and dis-
tinct certifications prior to the procurement of advanced 
spectroscopic portal monitors for primary and secondary 
deployment that address the unique requirements for 
operational effectiveness of each type of deployment: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall continue to consult 
with the National Academy of Sciences before making 
such certifications: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be used for 
high-risk concurrent development and production of mutu-
ally dependent software and hardware.
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 agencies 
in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2012, 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, project, office, or 
activity; (2) eliminates a program, project, office, or activ-
ity; (3) increases funds for any program, project, or activ-
ity 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 2012 Budget Appendix for the Department 
of Homeland Security, as modified by the joint explana-
tory statement accompanying this Act, unless the Commit-
tees 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 Department of Homeland Security that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2012, 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 activi-
ties; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing
program, project, or activity, or reduces the numbers of 
personnel by 10 percent as approved by the Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel that would result in a change in existing pro-
grams, 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 five percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment 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 re-
programming of funds under subsection (b) and shall not 
be available for obligation unless the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives 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 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 Appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 504. The Department of Homeland Security 
Working Capital 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 2012: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 
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 2012 budg-
et: Provided further, That funds provided to the Working 
Capital Fund shall be available for obligation until ex-
pended 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 pro-
vided to the Working Capital Fund shall be used only for 
purposes consistent with the contributing component: Pro-
vided 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
Working Capital Fund shall be subject to the require-
ments of section 503 of this Act. 
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 2012 from 
appropriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 
2012 in this Act shall remain available through September 
30, 2013, in the account and for the purposes for which 
the appropriations 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 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 2012 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel-
ligence activities for fiscal year 2012. 
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, task or deliv-
ery order on a Department of Homeland Security
multiple award contract, or to issue a letter of intent 
totaling in excess of $1,000,000; 
(2) award a task order requiring an obligation 
of funds in an amount greater than $25,000,000 
from multi-year Department of Homeland Security 
funds or a task order that would cause cumulative 
obligations of multi-year funds in a single account to 
exceed 50 percent of the total amount appropriated; 
or 
(3) announce publicly the intention to make or 
award items under paragraph (1) or (2), including 
a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regu-
lation. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive 
the prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary noti-
fies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives at least three 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, then the Secretary shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives not later than five 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 obligation; and 
(2) shall include the amount of the award, the 
fiscal year for which the funds for the award were 
appropriated, and the account from which the funds 
are being drawn. 
(e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall brief the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
five 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 ad-
ditional 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 
Enforcement Training Center 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 Center 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 520, 522, and 530 of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (di-
vision E of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2042 et seq.) 
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. 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 et seq.). 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by any person other than the Privacy 
Officer appointed under subsection (a) of section 222 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 142(a)) to 
alter, direct that changes be made to, delay, or prohibit
the transmission to Congress of any report prepared under 
paragraph (6) of such subsection. 
SEC. 513. 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. 514. Within 45 days after the end of each 
month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives a monthly budget and staffing report for that month 
that includes total obligations, on-board versus funded 
full-time equivalent staffing levels, and the number of con-
tract employees for each office of the Department. 
SEC. 515. Except as provided in section 44945 of title 
49, United States Code, funds appropriated for or trans-
ferred to ‘‘Transportation Security Administration, Avia-
tion Security’’, ‘‘Transportation Security Administration, 
Administration’’, and ‘‘Transportation Security Adminis-
tration, Transportation Security Support’’ for fiscal years 
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 that are 
recovered or deobligated shall be available only for the pro-
curement or installation of explosives detection systems, 
air cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, 
subject to notification: Provided, That quarterly reports
shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives on any 
funds that are so recovered or deobligated. 
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, col-
lected, or otherwise received as the result of negotiation, 
mediation, or litigation, shall be available until expended 
for the Fast Response Cutter program. 
SEC. 517. Section 532(a) of Public Law 109–295 
(120 Stat. 1384) is amended by striking ‘‘2010’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 518. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment 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. 519. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
to the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management, 
the Office of the Under Secretary for Management, or the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, may be obligated for 
a grant or contract funded under such headings by any 
means other than full and open competition.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to obligation of 
funds for a contract awarded— 
(1) by a means that is required by a Federal 
statute, including obligation for a purchase made 
under a mandated preferential program, including 
the AbilityOne Program, that is authorized under 
the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46 et 
seq.); 
(2) pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 631 et seq.); 
(3) in an amount less than the simplified acqui-
sition threshold described under section 302A(a) of 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 252a(a)); or 
(4) by another Federal agency using funds pro-
vided through an interagency agreement. 
(c)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may waive the application of this sec-
tion for the award of a contract in the interest of national 
security or if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk 
to human health or welfare. 
(2) Not later than five days after the date on which 
the Secretary of Homeland Security issues a waiver under 
this subsection, the Secretary shall submit notification of 
that waiver to the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, including a de-
scription of the applicable contract to which the waiver 
applies and an explanation of why the waiver authority 
was used: Provided, That the Secretary may not delegate 
the authority to grant such a waiver. 
(d) In addition to the requirements established by 
subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, the Inspector 
General of the Department of Homeland Security shall re-
view departmental contracts awarded through means other 
than a full and open competition to assess departmental 
compliance with applicable laws and regulations: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall review selected contracts 
awarded in the previous fiscal year through means other 
than a full and open competition: Provided further, That 
in selecting which contracts to review, the Inspector Gen-
eral shall consider the cost and complexity of the goods 
and services to be provided under the contract, the criti-
cality of the contract to fulfilling Department missions, 
past performance problems on similar contracts or by the 
selected vendor, complaints received about the award proc-
ess or contractor performance, and such other factors as 
the Inspector General deems relevant: Provided further, 
That the Inspector General shall report the results of the 
reviews to the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives no later than Feb-
ruary 6, 2012. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds provided in this Act or 
any previous appropriations Acts shall be used to fund any 
position designated as a Principal Federal Official, or suc-
cessor position, for any event that is declared a major dis-
aster or emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. et seq.). 
SEC. 521. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to enforce section 4025(1) 
of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act 
(Public Law 108–458; 118 Stat. 3724) unless the Assist-
ant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Se-
curity Administration) reverses the determination of July 
19, 2007, that butane lighters are not a significant threat 
to civil aviation security. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to carry out section 872 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452). 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by United States Citizenship and Immi-
gration 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. 524. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act for fiscal year 2012 and hereafter may 
be used to destroy or put out to pasture any horse or other 
equine belonging to any component or agency of the De-
partment of Homeland Security that has become unfit for 
service, unless the trainer or handler is first given the op-
tion to take possession of the equine through an adoption 
program that has safeguards against slaughter and inhu-
mane treatment. 
SEC. 525. Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until Sep-
tember 30, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 
30, 2012,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2012,’’. 
SEC. 526. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 
Security that provide award fees link such fees to success-
ful acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be speci-
fied in terms of cost, schedule, and performance). 
SEC. 527. None of the funds made available to the 
Office of the Secretary and Executive Management under
this Act may be expended for any new hires by the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security that are not verified through 
the E-Verify Program established under section 403(a) of 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi-
bility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 
SEC. 528. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for U.S. 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 im-
porting a prescription drug from Canada that complies 
with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, 
That this section shall apply only to individuals trans-
porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the pre-
scription 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. 529. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall no-
tify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
the House of Representatives of any proposed transfers 
of funds available under subsection (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 Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
approve the proposed transfers. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel-
oping a national identification card. 
SEC. 531. If the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity (Transportation Security Administration) deter-
mines that an airport does not need to participate in the 
E-Verify Program established under section 403(a) of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note), the Assistant Sec-
retary shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives that no 
security risks will result from such non-participation. 
SEC. 532. (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 disaster because of an event
that the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility be lo-
cated at a site other than Plum Island, New York, the 
Secretary shall ensure that the Administrator of General 
Services sells through public sale all real and related per-
sonal property and transportation assets that support 
Plum Island operations, subject to such terms and condi-
tions as may be necessary to protect Government interests 
and meet program requirements. 
(b) The proceeds of any sale described in subsection 
(a) shall be deposited as offsetting collections into the De-
partment of Homeland Security ‘‘Science and Technology, 
Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations’’ ac-
count and, subject to appropriation, shall be available until 
expended, for site acquisition, construction, and costs re-
lated to the construction of the National Bio- and Agro- 
defense Facility, including the costs associated with the 
sale, including due diligence requirements, necessary envi-
ronmental remediation at Plum Island, and reimburse-
ment of expenses incurred by the General Services Admin-
istration. 
SEC. 534. Any official that is required by this Act 
to report or certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives may not 
delegate such authority to perform that act unless specifi-
cally authorized herein.
SEC. 535. Section 550(b) of the Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 
109–295; 6 U.S.C. 121 note) is further amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 536. 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, 
including detaining, accepting custody of, or extending im-
migration benefits to, 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. 537. 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. 538. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to propose or effect a disciplinary or ad-
verse action, with respect to any Department of Homeland 
Security employee who engages regularly with the public
in the performance of his or her official duties solely be-
cause that employee elects to utilize protective equipment 
or measures, including but not limited to surgical masks, 
N95 respirators, gloves, or hand-sanitizers, where use of 
such equipment or measures is in accord with Department 
of Homeland Security policy, and Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention and Office of Personnel Manage-
ment guidance. 
SEC. 539. 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. 540. (a) Any company that collects or retains 
personal information directly from any individual who par-
ticipates in the Registered Traveler program of the Trans-
portation Security Administration shall safeguard and dis-
pose of such information in accordance with the require-
ments in— 
(1) the National Institute for Standards and 
Technology
Special
Publication
800–30,
entitled 
‘‘Risk Management Guide for Information Tech-
nology Systems’’; 
(2) the National Institute for Standards and 
Technology Special Publication 800–53, Revision 3,
entitled ‘‘Recommended Security Controls for Fed-
eral Information Systems and Organizations’’; and 
(3) any supplemental standards established by 
the
Assistant
Secretary
of
Homeland
Security 
(Transportation Security Administration) (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’). 
(b) The airport authority or air carrier operator that 
sponsors the company under the Registered Traveler pro-
gram shall be known as the Sponsoring Entity. 
(c) The Assistant Secretary shall require any com-
pany covered by subsection (a) to provide, not later than 
30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to the 
Sponsoring Entity written certification that the proce-
dures used by the company to safeguard and dispose of 
information are in compliance with the requirements 
under subsection (a). Such certification shall include a de-
scription of the procedures used by the company to comply 
with such requirements. 
(d) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report that includes a descrip-
tion of—
(1) the procedures that have been used to safe-
guard and dispose of personal information collected 
through the Registered Traveler program; and 
(2) the status of any certifications required to 
be submitted by subsection (c). 
SEC. 541. 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. 542. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Home-
land Security (Transportation Security Administration) 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives, a report that 
either— 
(1) certifies that the requirement for screening 
all air cargo on passenger aircraft by the deadline 
under section 44901(g) of title 49, United States 
Code, has been met; or 
(2) includes a strategy to comply with the re-
quirements under title 44901(g) of title 49, United 
States Code, including—
(A) a plan to meet the requirement under 
section 44901(g) of title 49, United States 
Code, to screen 100 percent of air cargo trans-
ported on passenger aircraft arriving in the 
United States in foreign air transportation (as 
that term is defined in section 40102 of that 
title); and 
(B) specification of— 
(i) the percentage of such air cargo 
that is being screened; and 
(ii) the schedule for achieving screen-
ing of 100 percent of such air cargo. 
(b) The Assistant Secretary shall continue to submit 
reports described in subsection (a)(2) every 180 days 
thereafter until the Assistant Secretary certifies that the 
Transportation
Security
Administration
has
achieved 
screening of 100 percent of such air cargo. 
SEC. 543. In developing any process to screen avia-
tion passengers and crews for transportation or national 
security purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall ensure that all such processes take into consideration 
such passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil liberties con-
sistent with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance. 
SEC. 544. Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and
4026) shall each be amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2011’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2012’’. 
SEC. 545. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of 
title 8, United States Code, of the funds deposited into 
the Immigration Examinations Fee Account, $8,500,000 
is available to United States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services in fiscal year 2012 for the purpose of providing 
an immigrant integration grants program. 
(b) None of the funds made available to United 
States Citizenship and Immigration Service for grants for 
immigrant integration may be used to provide services to 
aliens who have not been lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence. 
SEC. 546. 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) $20,997,225 from ‘‘U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
(2) $594,945 from ‘‘Violent Crime Reduction 
Programs’’. 
SEC. 547. Of the following unobligated balances 
available for ‘‘Department of Homeland Security, U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Construction’’, 
$11,300,000 is rescinded.
TITLE VI 
EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR 
DISASTER RELIEF 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 601. Effective on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, of the unobligated balances remaining available 
to the Department of Energy pursuant to section 129 of 
the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2009 (division 
A of Public Law 110–329), $500,000,000 is rescinded and 
$1,000,000,000 is hereby transferred to and merged with 
‘‘Department of Homeland Security—Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Disaster Relief’’: Provided, That 
the amount transferred by this section is designated as 
an emergency pursuant to section 3(c)(1) of H. Res. 5 
(112th Congress). 
TITLE VII 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 701. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0 
(increased by $600,000). 
SEC. 702. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 642(a) of the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)). 
SEC. 703. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to parole an alien into the United States, 
or grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for 
any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent 
humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit. 
SEC. 704. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to require an approved Transpor-
tation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) applicant 
to personally appear at a designated enrollment center for 
the purpose of TWIC issuance, renewal, or activation. 
SEC. 705. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Homeland Security 
to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles, for any execu-
tive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, except in ac-
cordance with Presidential Memorandum-Federal Fleet 
Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 
SEC. 706. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 44917 of title 
49, United States Code. 
SEC. 707. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the Climate Change Adaptation Task 
Force of the Department of Homeland Security.
SEC. 708. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce the requirements in— 
(1) section 34(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Fire Pre-
vention
and
Control
Act
of
1974
(15
U.S.C. 
2229(a)(1)(A)); 
(2) section 34(a)(1)(B) of such Act; 
(3) section 34(c)(1) of such Act; 
(4) section 34(c)(2) of such Act; 
(5) section 34(c)(4)(A) of such Act; and 
(6) section 34(a)(1)(E) of such Act. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be made available to the Association of Commu-
nity Organizations for Reform Now, Acorn Beneficial 
Assoc., Inc., Arkansas Broadcast Foundation, Inc., Acorn 
Children’s Beneficial Assoc., Arkansas Community Hous-
ing Corp., Acorn Community Land Assoc., Inc., Acorn 
Community Land Assoc. of Illinois, Acorn Community 
Land Association of Louisiana, Acorn Community Land 
Assoc. of Pennsylvania, ACORN COMMUNITY LABOR 
ORGANIZING
CENTER,
ACORN
Beverly
LLC, 
ACORN Canada, ACORN Center for Housing, ACORN 
Housing Affordable Loans LLC, Acorn Housing 1 Associ-
ates, LP, Acorn Housing 2 Associates, LP, ACORN 
Housing 3 Associates LP, ACORN Housing 4 Associates, 
L.P., ACORN International, ACORN VOTES, Acorn
2004 Housing Development Fund Corporation, ACRMW, 
ACSI, Acorn Cultural Trust, Inc., American Environ-
mental Justice Project, Inc., ACORN Fund, Inc., Acorn 
Fair Housing Organization, Inc., Acorn Foster Parents, 
Inc., Agape Broadcast Foundation Inc., Acorn Housing 
Corporation, Arkansas Acorn Housing Corporation, Acorn 
Housing Corp. of Arizona, Acorn Housing Corp. of Illi-
nois, Acorn Housing Corp. of Missouri, New Jersey 
ACORN Housing Corporation, Inc., AHCNY, Acorn 
Housing Corp. of Pennsylvania, Texas ACORN Housing 
Corporation, Inc., American Institute for Social Justice, 
Acorn law for Education, Rep. & Training, Acorn Law Re-
form Pac, Affiliated Media Foundation Movement, Albu-
querque Minimum Wage Committee, Acorn National 
Broadcasting Network, Arkansas New Party, Arkansas 
Acorn Political Action Committee, Association for Rights 
of Citizens, Acorn Services, Inc., Acorn Television in Ac-
tion for Communities, Acorn Tenants’ Union, Inc., Acorn 
Tenant Union Training & Org. Project, AWA, Baltimore 
Organizing Support Center, Inc., Bronx Parent Leader-
ship, Baton Rouge ACORN Education Project, Inc., 
Baton Rouge Assoc. of School Employees, Broad Street 
Corporation, California Acorn Political Action Committee, 
Citizens Action Research Project, Council Beneficial Asso-
ciation, Citizens Campaign for Fair Work, Living Wage
Etc., Citizens Consulting, Inc., California Community 
Network, Citizens for April Troope, Clean Government 
Pac, Chicago Organizing and Support Center, Inc., Coun-
cil Health Plan, Citizens Services Society, Campaign For 
Justice at Avondale, CLOC, Community and Labor for 
Baltimore, Chief Organizer Fund, Colorado Organizing 
and Support Center, Community Real Estate Processing, 
Inc., Campaign to Reward Work, Citizens Services Incor-
porated, Elysian Fields Corporation, Environmental Jus-
tice Training Project, Inc., Franklin Acorn Housing Cor-
poration, Flagstaff Broadcast Foundation, Floridians for 
All PAC, Fifteenth Street Corporation, Friends of Wendy 
Foy, Greenwell Springs Corporations, Genevieve Stewart 
Campaign Fund, Hammurabi Fund, Houston Organizing 
Support Center, Hospitality Hotel and Restaurant Org. 
Council, Iowa ACORN Broadcasting Corp., Illinois Home 
Day Care Workers Association, Inc., Illinois Acorn Polit-
ical Action Committee, Illinois New Party, Illinois New 
Party Political Committee, Institute for Worker Edu-
cation, Inc., Jefferson Association of Parish Employees, 
Jefferson Association of School Employees, Johnnie Pugh 
Campaign Fund, Louisiana ACORN, New York Commu-
nities for Change, Affordable Housing Centers of America, 
Action Now, Pennsylvania Communities Organizing for 
Change, Arkansas Community Organizations (ACO), The
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, 
New England United for Justice, Texas Organizing 
Project,
Minnesota,
Neighborhoods
Organizing
for 
Change, Organization United for Reform, Missourians Or-
ganizing for Reform and Empowerment, A Community 
Voice, Community Organizations International, Applied 
Research Center, or the Working Families Party. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 236(c) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)). 
SEC. 711. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for any action by a political appointee 
(as that term is defined in section 106 of title 49, United 
States Code) to delay, vacate, or reverse any decision by 
an employee in the Privacy Office of the Department of 
Homeland Security to make records available pursuant to 
section 552 of title 5, United States Code, popularly 
known as the Freedom of Information Act. 
SEC. 712. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement the determination of the 
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administra-
tion regarding transportation security officers and collec-
tive bargaining as described in the decision memorandum 
dated February 4, 2011.
SEC. 713. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement any rule, regulation, or ex-
ecutive order regarding the disclosure of political contribu-
tions that takes effect on or after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 714. Of the amount made available for screen-
ing operations under the heading: ‘‘Transportation Secu-
rity Administration—Aviation Security’’, not more than 
$2,760,503,458 may be used for screener personnel, com-
pensation, and benefits. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2012’’. 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2012, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND 
OPERATIONS 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, as authorized by section 102 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), and execu-
tive management of the Department of Homeland Security,
as authorized by law, $135,433,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $51,000 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, of which $20,000 shall be made available to 
the Office of Policy solely to host Visa Waiver Program ne-
gotiations in Washington, D.C., and for other international 
activities: Provided further, That all official costs associated 
with the use of government aircraft by Department of 
Homeland Security personnel to support official travel of 
the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid from 
amounts made available for the Immediate Office of the Sec-
retary and the Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary: 
Provided further, That consistent with the requirements 
specified within Presidential Policy Directive-8, dated 
March 30, 2011, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives not later than October 15, 
2011, the National Preparedness Goal and not later than 
January 15, 2012, the description of the National Pre-
paredness System: Provided further, That $35,000,000 shall 
not be available for obligation until the Secretary of Home-
land Security submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a com-
prehensive plan to initiate implementation of a biometric 
air exit capability in fiscal year 2012, or a written certifi-
cation to the Congress that it is the position of the adminis-
tration that the statutory requirement for biometric air exit 
be repealed. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Management, as authorized by sections 701 
through 705 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 341 through 345), $237,131,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $2,500 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $5,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended solely for the alteration and improvement of fa-
cilities, tenant improvements, and relocation costs to con-
solidate Department headquarters operations at the Ne-
braska Avenue Complex; and $14,172,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the Human Resources Informa-
tion Technology program. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), $51,000,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), and Department- 
wide technology investments, $267,972,000; of which
$105,578,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses; 
and of which $162,394,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014, shall be available for development and ac-
quisition of information technology equipment, software, 
services, and related activities for the Department of Home-
land Security: Provided, That the Department of Homeland 
Security Chief Information Officer shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, at the time that the President’s budget is 
submitted each year under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, a multi-year investment and manage-
ment plan for all information technology acquisition 
projects funded under this heading or funded by multiple 
components of the Department of Homeland Security 
through reimbursable agreements, that includes— 
(1) the proposed appropriations included for 
each project and activity tied to mission require-
ments, program management capabilities, perform-
ance levels, and specific capabilities and services to be 
delivered; 
(2) the total estimated cost and projected 
timeline of completion for all multi-year enhance-
ments, modernizations, and new capabilities that are 
proposed in such budget or underway;
100 
(3) a detailed accounting of operations and 
maintenance and contractor services costs; and 
(4) a current acquisition program baseline for 
each project, that— 
(A) notes and explains any deviations in 
cost, performance parameters, schedule, or esti-
mated date of completion from the original ac-
quisition program baseline; 
(B) aligns the acquisition programs covered 
by the baseline to mission requirements by defin-
ing existing capabilities, identifying known ca-
pability gaps between such existing capabilities 
and stated mission requirements, and explaining 
how each increment will address such known ca-
pability gaps; and 
(C) defines life-cycle costs for such pro-
grams. 
ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and 
operations coordination activities, as authorized by title II 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), 
$339,368,000; of which not to exceed $4,250 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; and of which 
$136,665,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2013.
101 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $125,000,000, of which not 
to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain confidential 
operational expenses, including the payment of informants, 
to be expended at the direction of the Inspector General. 
TITLE II 
SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relating 
to border security, immigration, customs, agricultural in-
spections and regulatory activities related to plant and ani-
mal imports, and transportation of unaccompanied minor 
aliens; purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for replace-
ment only) police-type vehicles; and contracting with indi-
viduals for personal services abroad; $8,762,103,000; of 
which $3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund for administrative expenses related to the 
collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant to sec-
tion 9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 
U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); 
of which not to exceed $38,250 shall be for official reception
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and representation expenses; of which not less than 
$287,901,000 shall be for Air and Marine Operations; of 
which such sums as become available in the Customs User 
Fee Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of 
the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that ac-
count; of which not to exceed $150,000 shall be available 
for payment for rental space in connection with 
preclearance operations; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be 
accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security: Provided, That for fiscal year 2012, 
the overtime limitation prescribed in section 5(c)(1) of the 
Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267(c)(1)) shall be 
$35,000; and notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be available 
to compensate any employee of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection for overtime, from whatever source, in an 
amount that exceeds such limitation, except in individual 
cases determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or the designee of the Secretary, to be necessary for national 
security purposes, to prevent excessive costs, or in cases of 
immigration emergencies: Provided further, That the Bor-
der Patrol shall maintain an active duty presence of not
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less than 21,370 full-time equivalent agents protecting the 
borders of the United States throughout the fiscal year. 
AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION 
For expenses for U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
automated systems, $334,275,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2014, of which not less than $140,000,000 
shall be for the development of the Automated Commercial 
Environment: Provided, That of the total amount made 
available under this heading, $50,000,000 may not be obli-
gated for the Automated Commercial Environment program 
until 30 days after the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives receive a report 
on the results to date and plans for the program from the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND 
TECHNOLOGY 
For expenses for border security fencing, infrastruc-
ture, and technology, $400,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2014: Provided, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, $60,000,000 
shall not be obligated until the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives receive 
and approve a plan for expenditure, prepared by the Com-
missioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, reviewed 
by the Government Accountability Office, and submitted not
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later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, for a program to establish and maintain a security 
barrier along the borders of the United States of fencing 
and vehicle barriers, where practicable, and of other forms 
of tactical infrastructure and technology. 
AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION, OPERATIONS, 
MAINTENANCE, AND PROCUREMENT 
For necessary expenses for the operations, mainte-
nance, and procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, un-
manned aircraft systems, and other related equipment of 
the air and marine program, including operational train-
ing and mission-related travel, the operations of which in-
clude the following: the interdiction of narcotics and other 
goods; the provision of support to Federal, State, and local 
agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws en-
forced by the Department of Homeland Security; and, at 
the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
provision of assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies 
in other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian ef-
forts, $506,566,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2014: Provided, That no aircraft or other related equip-
ment, with the exception of aircraft that are one of a kind 
and have been identified as excess to U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection requirements and aircraft that have been 
damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other
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Federal agency, department, or office outside of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security during fiscal year 2012 without 
the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses to plan, acquire, construct, ren-
ovate, equip, furnish, operate, manage, and maintain build-
ings and facilities necessary for the administration and en-
forcement of the laws relating to customs, immigration, and 
border security, $239,096,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016: Provided, That for fiscal year 2012 
and thereafter, the annual budget submission of U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection for ‘‘Construction and Facili-
ties Management’’ shall, in consultation with the General 
Services Administration, include a detailed 5-year plan for 
all Federal land border port of entry projects with a yearly 
update of total projected future funding needs delineated by 
land port of entry. 
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigration 
and customs laws, detention and removals, and investiga-
tions, including overseas vetted units operations; and pur-
chase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only)
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police-type vehicles; $5,512,856,000; of which not to exceed 
$10,000,000 shall be available until expended for con-
ducting special operations under section 3131 of the Cus-
toms Enforcement Act of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081); of which 
not to exceed $12,750 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; of which not to exceed $2,000,000 shall 
be for awards of compensation to informants, to be ac-
counted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary of 
Homeland Security; of which not less than $305,000 shall 
be for promotion of public awareness of the child pornog-
raphy tipline and anti-child exploitation activities; of 
which not less than $5,400,000 shall be used to facilitate 
agreements consistent with section 287(g) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)); and of which 
not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund or reim-
burse other Federal agencies for the costs associated with 
the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled aliens 
unlawfully present in the United States: Provided, That 
none of the funds made available under this heading shall 
be available to compensate any employee for overtime in 
an annual amount in excess of $35,000, except that the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Sec-
retary, may waive that amount as necessary for national 
security purposes and in cases of immigration emergencies: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided,
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$15,770,000 shall be for activities in fiscal year 2012 to 
enforce laws against forced child labor, of which not to ex-
ceed $6,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount available, not less 
than $1,500,000,000 shall be available to identify aliens 
convicted of a crime who may be deportable, and to remove 
them from the United States once they are judged deport-
able, of which $184,064,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2013: Provided further, That the Assistant 
Secretary of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than 45 
days after the end of each quarter of the fiscal year, on 
progress in implementing the preceding proviso and the 
funds obligated during that quarter to make that progress: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall prioritize the identification and removal of aliens con-
victed of a crime by the severity of that crime: Provided 
further, That funding made available under this heading 
shall maintain a level of not less than 33,400 detention beds 
through September 30, 2012: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided, not less than $2,724,125,000 is for 
detention and removal operations, including transportation 
of unaccompanied minor aliens: Provided further, That of 
the total amount provided, $7,300,000 shall remain avail-
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able until September 30, 2013, for the Visa Security Pro-
gram: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred 
to United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator 
Technology to address the visa overstay backlog: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided under this heading 
may be used to continue a delegation of law enforcement 
authority authorized under section 287(g) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Inspector General determines 
that the terms of the agreement governing the delegation of 
authority have been violated: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided under this heading may be used to 
continue any contract for the provision of detention services 
if the two most recent overall performance evaluations re-
ceived by the contracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ 
or the equivalent median score in any subsequent perform-
ance evaluation system: Provided further, That nothing 
under this heading shall prevent U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement from exercising those authorities pro-
vided under immigration laws (as defined in section 
101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))) during priority operations pertaining 
to aliens convicted of a crime.
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AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION 
For expenses of immigration and customs enforcement 
automated systems, $21,710,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
AVIATION SECURITY 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration related to providing civil aviation security 
services pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Secu-
rity Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 
40101 note), $5,293,566,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013, of which not to exceed $8,500 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 
That of the total amount made available under this head-
ing, not to exceed $4,193,246,000 shall be for screening oper-
ations, of which $555,003,000 shall be available for explo-
sives detection systems; $214,893,000 shall be for checkpoint 
support; and not to exceed $1,100,320,000 shall be for avia-
tion security direction and enforcement: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available in the preceding proviso 
for explosives detection systems, $222,738,000 shall be avail-
able for the purchase and installation of these systems: Pro-
vided further, That any award to deploy explosives detec-
tion systems shall be based on risk, the airport’s current 
reliance on other screening solutions, lobby congestion re-
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sulting in increased security concerns, high injury rates, 
airport readiness, and increased cost effectiveness: Provided 
further, That security service fees authorized under section 
44940 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to 
this appropriation as offsetting collections and shall be 
available only for aviation security: Provided further, That 
the sum appropriated under this heading from the general 
fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2012 
so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 
the 
general 
fund 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$2,983,566,000: Provided further, That any security service 
fees collected in excess of the amount made available under 
this heading shall become available during fiscal year 2013: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 44923 of 
title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 2012, any funds 
in the Aviation Security Capital Fund established by sec-
tion 44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used 
for the procurement and installation of explosives detection 
systems or for the issuance of other transaction agreements 
for the purpose of funding projects described in section 
44923(a): Provided further, That Members of the United 
States House of Representatives and United States Senate, 
including the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and 
commissions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary,
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Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security; the United States Attorney 
General and Assistant Attorneys General and the United 
States Attorneys; and senior members of the Executive Of-
fice of the President, including the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget; shall not be exempt from Fed-
eral passenger and baggage screening. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration related to providing surface transportation 
security activities, $134,748,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2013. 
TRANSPORTATION THREAT ASSESSMENT AND 
CREDENTIALING 
For necessary expenses for the development and imple-
mentation of screening programs of the Office of Transpor-
tation Threat Assessment and Credentialing, $163,954,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2013. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration related to providing transportation secu-
rity support and intelligence pursuant to the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 
Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note), $1,042,066,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That of the
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funds appropriated under this heading, $25,000,000 may 
not be obligated for headquarters administration until the 
Secretary of Homeland Security submits to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives detailed expenditure plans for air cargo secu-
rity, and for checkpoint support and explosives detection 
systems refurbishment, procurement, and installations on 
an airport-by-airport basis for fiscal year 2012: Provided 
further, That these plans shall be submitted no later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Air Marshals, 
$981,115,000. 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte-
nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur-
chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, 
which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease of 
small boats for contingent and emergent requirements (at 
a unit cost of no more than $700,000) and repairs and serv-
ice-life replacements, not to exceed a total of $28,000,000; 
purchases or lease of boats necessary for overseas deploy-
ment activities; minor shore construction projects not ex-
ceeding $1,000,000 in total cost at any location; payments
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pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 
402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and welfare; 
$7,078,054,000; of which $598,000,000 shall be for defense- 
related activities, of which $258,000,000 is designated by 
Congress as being for overseas contingency operations pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 
99–177), as amended; of which $24,500,000 shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the 
purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which not to exceed $17,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels 
under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, except 
to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts and 
credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That the 
Coast Guard shall comply with the requirements of section 
527 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2004 (10 U.S.C. 4331 note) with respect to the Coast 
Guard Academy: Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided under this heading, $75,000,000 shall be withheld 
from obligation for Headquarters Directorates until: 
(1) the fiscal year 2012 second quarter acquisi-
tion report; and
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(2) the future-years capital investment plan for 
fiscal years 2013–2017, as specified under the heading 
Coast Guard, ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Im-
provements’’ of this Act, are received by the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading for overseas contingency operations may be allo-
cated by program, project, and activity, notwithstanding 
section 503 of this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the environmental 
compliance and restoration functions of the Coast Guard 
under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, 
$16,699,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESERVE TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as 
authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the re-
serve program; personnel and training costs; and equipment 
and services; $134,278,000. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 
thereto; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and oper-
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ation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law; 
$1,391,924,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes 
of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which $20,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 16, 2016, for military family 
housing, of which not more than $14,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Coast Guard Housing Fund, established pur-
suant to 14 U.S.C. 687; of which $642,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2016, to acquire, effect major 
repairs, renovate, or improve vessels, small boats, and re-
lated equipment; of which $264,900,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2016, to acquire, effect major repairs, 
renovate, or improve aircraft or increase aviation capa-
bility; of which $161,140,000 shall be available until Sep-
tember 
30, 
2016, 
for 
other 
equipment; 
of 
which 
$193,692,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, 
for shore facilities and aids to navigation, including water-
front facilities at Navy installations used by the Coast 
Guard; of which $110,192,000 shall be available for per-
sonnel compensation and benefits and related costs: Pro-
vided, That the funds provided by this Act shall be imme-
diately available and allotted to contract for long lead time 
materials, components, and designs for the sixth National 
Security Cutter notwithstanding the availability of funds
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for production costs or post-production costs: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives, at the time that the President’s 
budget is submitted each year under section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, a future-years capital investment 
plan for the Coast Guard that identifies for each requested 
capital asset— 
(1) the proposed appropriations included in that 
budget; 
(2) the total estimated cost of completion, includ-
ing and clearly delineating the costs of associated 
major acquisition systems infrastructure and transi-
tion to operations; 
(3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year 
for the next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition pro-
gram baseline or project completion, whichever is ear-
lier; 
(4) an estimated completion date at the projected 
funding levels; and 
(5) a current acquisition program baseline for 
each capital asset, as applicable, that— 
(A) includes the total acquisition cost of 
each asset, subdivided by fiscal year and includ-
ing a detailed description of the purpose of the
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proposed funding levels for each fiscal year, in-
cluding for each fiscal year funds requested for 
design, pre-acquisition activities, production, 
structural modifications, missionization, post-de-
livery, and transition to operations costs; 
(B) includes a detailed project schedule 
through completion, subdivided by fiscal year, 
that details— 
(i) quantities planned for each fiscal 
year; and 
(ii) major acquisition and project 
events, including development of operational 
requirements, contracting actions, design re-
views, production, delivery, test and evalua-
tion, and transition to operations, includ-
ing necessary training, shore infrastructure, 
and logistics; 
(C) notes and explains any deviations in 
cost, performance parameters, schedule, or esti-
mated date of completion from the original ac-
quisition program baseline and the most recent 
baseline approved by the Department of Home-
land Security’s Acquisition Review Board, if ap-
plicable;
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(D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to 
mission requirements by defining existing capa-
bilities of comparable legacy assets, identifying 
known capability gaps between such existing ca-
pabilities and stated mission requirements, and 
explaining how the acquisition of each asset will 
address such known capability gaps; 
(E) defines life-cycle costs for each asset and 
the date of the estimate on which such costs are 
based, including all associated costs of major ac-
quisitions systems infrastructure and transition 
to operations, delineated by purpose and fiscal 
year for the projected service life of the asset; 
(F) includes the earned value management 
system summary schedule performance index and 
cost performance index for each asset, if applica-
ble; and 
(G) includes a phase-out and decommis-
sioning schedule delineated by fiscal year for 
each existing legacy asset that each asset is in-
tended to replace or recapitalize: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall ensure that amounts specified in the future-years cap-
ital investment plan are consistent, to the maximum extent 
practicable, with proposed appropriations necessary to sup-
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port the programs, projects, and activities of the Coast 
Guard in the President’s budget as submitted under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for that fiscal year: 
Provided further, That any inconsistencies between the cap-
ital investment plan and proposed appropriations shall be 
identified and justified: Provided further, That subsections 
(a) and (b) of section 6402 of Public Law 110–28 shall 
apply with respect to the amounts made available under 
this heading. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
For necessary expenses for applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation; and for maintenance, re-
habilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equip-
ment; as authorized by law; $27,779,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2016, of which $500,000 shall be 
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry 
out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there 
may be credited to and used for the purposes of this appro-
priation funds received from State and local governments, 
other public authorities, private sources, and foreign coun-
tries for expenses incurred for research, development, test-
ing, and evaluation.
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RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur-
pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for career 
status bonuses, concurrent receipts and combat-related spe-
cial compensation under the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act, and payments for medical care of retired per-
sonnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of title 10, 
United States Code, $1,440,157,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service, including: purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles 
for police-type use for replacement only; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the United 
States; hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such 
rates as may be determined by the Director of the Secret 
Service; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia, and 
fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on pri-
vate or other property not in Government ownership or con-
trol, as may be necessary to perform protective functions; 
payment of per diem or subsistence allowances to employees 
where a protective assignment during the actual day or
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days of the visit of a protectee requires an employee to work 
16 hours per day or to remain overnight at a post of duty; 
conduct of and participation in firearms matches; presen-
tation of awards; travel of United States Secret Service em-
ployees on protective missions without regard to the limita-
tions on such expenditures in this or any other Act if ap-
proval is obtained in advance from the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives; research and development; grants to conduct behav-
ioral research in support of protective research and oper-
ations; and payment in advance for commercial accom-
modations as may be necessary to perform protective func-
tions; $1,670,237,000; of which not to exceed $21,250 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses; of 
which not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical 
assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement orga-
nizations in counterfeit investigations; of which $2,366,000 
shall be for forensic and related support of investigations 
of missing and exploited children; and of which $6,000,000 
shall be for a grant for activities related to the investiga-
tions of missing and exploited children and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That up to 
$18,000,000 for protective travel shall remain available 
until September 30, 2013: Provided further, That up to 
$19,307,000 for National Special Security Events shall re-
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main available until expended: Provided further, That the 
United States Secret Service is authorized to obligate funds 
in anticipation of reimbursements from Federal agencies 
and entities, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code, receiving training sponsored by the James J. 
Rowley Training Center, except that total obligations at the 
end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary re-
sources available under this heading at the end of the fiscal 
year: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able under this heading shall be available to compensate 
any employee for overtime in an annual amount in excess 
of $35,000, except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or the designee of the Secretary, may waive that amount 
as necessary for national security purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available to the United 
States Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropria-
tions Acts may be made available for the protection of the 
head of a Federal agency other than the Secretary of Home-
land Security: Provided further, That the Director of the 
United States Secret Service may enter into an agreement 
to perform such service on a fully reimbursable basis: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $43,843,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2014, is for information integration and 
technology 
transformation: 
Provided 
further, 
That
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$20,000,000 made available in the preceding proviso shall 
not be obligated to purchase or install information tech-
nology equipment until the Chief Information Officer of the 
Department of Homeland Security submits a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives certifying that all plans for integration 
and transformation are consistent with Department of 
Homeland Security data center migration and enterprise 
architecture requirements: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available to the United States Secret Service 
by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts may be obli-
gated for the purpose of opening a new permanent domestic 
or overseas office or location unless the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
are notified 15 days in advance of such obligation. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND 
RELATED EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 
repair, 
alteration, 
and 
improvement 
of 
facilities, 
$5,380,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016.
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TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 
RECOVERY 
NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Direc-
torate, support for operations, information technology, and 
the Office of Risk Management and Analysis, $37,875,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $4,250 shall be for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
$9,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until the 
Secretary of Homeland Security submits to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a comprehensive plan to initiate implementa-
tion of a biometric air exit capability in fiscal year 2012, 
or a written certification to the Congress that it is the posi-
tion of the administration that the statutory requirements 
for biometric air exit be repealed. 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION 
SECURITY 
For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection 
and information security programs and activities, as au-
thorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
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(6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $918,283,000, of which $773,473,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2013. 
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
The revenues and collections of security fees credited 
to this account shall be available until expended for nec-
essary expenses related to the protection of federally owned 
and leased buildings and for the operations of the Federal 
Protective Service: Provided, That the Secretary of Home-
land Security and the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall certify in writing to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives no later than December 31, 2011, that the operations 
of the Federal Protective Service will be fully funded in fis-
cal year 2012 through revenues and collection of security 
fees, and shall adjust the fees to ensure fee collections are 
sufficient to ensure that the Federal Protective Service 
maintains not fewer than 1,371 full-time equivalent staff 
and 1,007 full-time equivalent Police Officers, Inspectors, 
Area Commanders, and Special Agents who, while working, 
are directly engaged on a daily basis protecting and enforc-
ing laws at Federal buildings (referred to as ‘‘in-service 
field staff’’): Provided further, That the Director of the Fed-
eral Protective Service shall include with the submission of 
the President’s fiscal year 2013 budget a strategic human
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capital plan that aligns fee collections to personnel require-
ments based on a current threat assessment. 
UNITED STATES VISITOR AND IMMIGRANT STATUS 
INDICATOR TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses for the development of the 
United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator 
Technology program, as authorized by section 110 of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1365a), $297,402,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That of the 
total amount made available under this heading, 
$75,000,000 may not be obligated for the United States Vis-
itor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology project 
until the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives receive a plan for expenditure, 
prepared by the Secretary of Homeland Security, not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, that 
meets the statutory conditions specified under this heading 
in Public Law 110–329: Provided further, That not less 
than $18,000,000 of unobligated balances of prior year ap-
propriations shall remain available and be obligated solely 
for implementation of a biometric air exit capability. 
OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Affairs, 
$159,450,000; of which $29,171,000 is for salaries and ex-
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penses and $90,164,000 is for BioWatch operations: Pro-
vided, That $40,115,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013, for biosurveillance, BioWatch Generation 
3, chemical defense, medical and health planning and co-
ordination, and workforce health protection: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for management and adminis-
tration of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
$904,550,000, including activities authorized by the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the 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 Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), and the Post-Katrina 
Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 
109–295; 120 Stat. 1394): Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,500 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
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penses: Provided further, That the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency is authorized to 
reprogram funds made available under this heading be-
tween programs, projects, and activities, subject to the limi-
tations in section 503, by notifying the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
15 days in advance of such reprogramming, but without 
prior written approval from such Committees: Provided 
further, That the authority in the preceding proviso shall 
expire on September 30, 2012: Provided further, That the 
President’s budget submitted under section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, shall be detailed by office for the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency: Provided further, 
That of the total amount made available under this head-
ing, not to exceed $12,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2013, for capital improvements at the Mount 
Weather Emergency Operations Center: Provided further, 
That of the total amount made available under this head-
ing, $41,250,000 shall be for the Urban Search and Rescue 
Response System, of which not to exceed $1,600,000 may 
be made available for administrative costs; and $6,981,000 
shall be for the Office of National Capital Region Coordina-
tion: Provided further, That $1,400,000 of the funds avail-
able for the Office of the Administrator shall not be avail-
able for obligation until the Administrator submits to the
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Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives the National Preparedness Report re-
quired by Public Law 109–295 and a comprehensive plan 
to implement a system to measure the effectiveness of grants 
to State and local communities in fiscal year 2012: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of planning, coordination, 
execution, and decisionmaking related to mass evacuation 
during a disaster, the Governors of the State of West Vir-
ginia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or their des-
ignees, shall be incorporated into efforts to integrate the ac-
tivities of Federal, State, and local governments in the Na-
tional Capital Region, as defined in section 882 of Public 
Law 107–296, the Homeland Security Act of 2002. 
STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other activities, $1,476,681,000 shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) $430,000,000 shall be for the State Homeland 
Security Grant Program under section 2004 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605): Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided by this para-
graph, 
$50,000,000 
shall 
be 
for 
Operation 
Stonegarden: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 
2012, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make
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available to local and tribal governments amounts 
provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under 
this paragraph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) 
of such section 2004. 
(2) $400,000,000 shall be for the Urban Area Se-
curity Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which, not-
withstanding subsection (c)(1) of such section, 
$10,000,000 shall be for grants to organizations (as 
described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax section 
501(a) of such code) determined by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to be at high risk of a terrorist 
attack. 
(3) $200,000,000 shall be for Public Transpor-
tation Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assist-
ance, and Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance 
under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Imple-
menting 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 $20,000,000 
shall be for Amtrak security: Provided, That such 
public transportation security assistance shall be pro-
vided directly to public transportation agencies.
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(4) $200,000,000 shall be for Port Security 
Grants in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107. 
(5) $15,000,000 shall be for grants for Emer-
gency Operations Centers under section 614 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c) to remain available 
until expended. 
(6) $231,681,000 shall be for training, exercises, 
technical assistance, and other programs, of which 
$155,500,000 shall be for training of State, local, and 
tribal emergency response providers: 
Provided, That 5.8 percent of the amounts provided 
under this heading shall be transferred to the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses’’ account for program administration, and an 
expenditure plan for program administration shall be 
provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives within 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act: 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 use not more than 5 percent of the amount of 
a grant made available under this heading for ex-
penses directly related to administration of the grant:
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Provided further, That for grants under paragraphs 
(1) through (5), the applications for grants shall be 
made available to eligible applicants not later than 
25 days after the date of enactment of this Act, that 
eligible applicants shall submit applications not later 
than 90 days after the grant announcement, and that 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency shall act within 90 days after receipt of 
an application: Provided further, That for grants 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of 
communications towers is not considered construction 
of a building or other physical facility: Provided fur-
ther, That grantees shall provide reports on their use 
of funds, as determined necessary by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security: Provided further, That in fiscal 
year 2012 and thereafter: (a) the Center for Domestic 
Preparedness may provide training to emergency re-
sponse providers from the Federal Government, for-
eign governments, or private entities, if the Center for 
Domestic Preparedness is reimbursed for the cost of 
such training, and any reimbursement under this 
subsection shall be credited to the account from which 
the expenditure being reimbursed was made and shall 
be available, without fiscal year limitation, for the 
purposes for which amounts in the account may be
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expended; (b) the head of the Center for Domestic Pre-
paredness shall ensure that any training provided 
under (a) does not interfere with the primary mission 
of the Center to train state and local emergency re-
sponse providers; and (c) subject to (b), nothing in (a) 
prohibits the Center for Domestic Preparedness from 
providing training to employees of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency for the professional devel-
opment of such employees pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4103 
without reimbursement for the cost of such training. 
FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For necessary expenses for programs authorized by the 
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
2201 et seq.), $750,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013, of which $375,000,000 shall be available 
to carry out section 33 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229) and 
$375,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 34 of 
that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a): Provided, That not to exceed 
5 percent of the amount available under this heading shall 
be available for program administration. 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS 
For necessary expenses 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 Assistance Act
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(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduc-
tion Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), and Reorganiza-
tion Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $350,000,000: Pro-
vided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed 3 
percent of the total amount appropriated under this head-
ing. 
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM 
The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2012, 
as authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 
5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the amounts 
anticipated by the Department of Homeland Security nec-
essary for its radiological emergency preparedness program 
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 
administrative costs of collecting such fees: Provided fur-
ther, 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, 2012, and 
remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Ad-
ministration and for other purposes, as authorized by the
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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.), $45,038,000. 
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.), $1,800,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $16,000,000 shall be transferred 
to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector 
General for audits and investigations related to disasters, 
subject to section 503 of this Act: Provided, That the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall submit quarterly reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
providing estimates of funding requirements for the ‘‘Dis-
aster Relief Fund’’ for the current fiscal year and the suc-
ceeding three fiscal years: Provided further, That the report 
shall provide: (a) an estimate, by quarter, for the costs of 
all previously designated disasters; (b) an estimate, by 
quarter, for the cost of future disasters based on a 10-year 
average, excluding catastrophic disasters; (c) an estimate, 
by quarter, for the costs of catastrophic disasters excluded 
from the 10-year average subdivided by disaster and the 
amount already obligated, and the remaining estimated
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costs; and (d) an estimate of the date on which the ‘‘Disaster 
Relief Fund’’ balance will reach $800,000,000: Provided 
further, That the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall submit an expenditure plan to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
detailing the use of the funds for disaster readiness and sup-
port within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall submit to such Committees a quarterly report 
detailing obligations against the expenditure plan and a 
justification for any changes from the initial plan: Provided 
further, That the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall submit the monthly ‘‘Disaster Relief Fund’’ report, as 
specified in Public Law 110–161, to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives, and include the amounts provided to each Federal 
agency for mission assignments: Provided further, That for 
any request for reimbursement from a Federal agency to 
the Department of Homeland Security to cover expenditures 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), or any mis-
sion assignment orders issued by the Department of Home-
land Security for such purposes, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall take appropriate steps to ensure that each
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agency is periodically reminded of Department policies 
on— 
(1) the detailed information required in sup-
porting documentation for reimbursements; and 
(2) the necessity for timeliness of agency billings. 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Disaster Relief 
Fund’’ for expenses resulting from a major disaster designa-
tion pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
5122(2)), 
$4,200,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by Congress as being 
for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended. 
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For activities under section 319 of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5162), $295,000 is for the cost of direct loans: Pro-
vided, That gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans shall not exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, 
That the cost of modifying such loans shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 661a).
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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), $92,712,000, and such additional 
sums as may be provided by State and local governments 
or other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping ac-
tivities 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.) and the Flood Disaster 
Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), 
$171,000,000, which shall be derived from offsetting collec-
tions assessed and collected under section 1308(d) of the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); 
of which not to exceed $22,000,000 shall be available for 
salaries and expenses associated with flood mitigation and 
flood insurance operations; and not less than $149,000,000 
shall be available for flood plain management and flood 
mapping, which shall remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, 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
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fiscal year 2012, no funds shall be available from the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Fund under section 1310 of that Act 
(42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of: 
(1) $132,000,000 for operating expenses; 
(2) $1,007,571,000 for commissions and taxes of 
agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 
Treasury borrowings; and 
(4) $60,000,000, which shall remain available 
until expended for flood mitigation actions; of which 
not less than $10,000,000 is for severe repetitive loss 
properties under section 1361A of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4102a); of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for repetitive insurance claims 
properties under section 1323 of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4030); and of which 
$40,000,000 shall be for flood mitigation assistance 
under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c), notwithstanding sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (b)(3) and sub-
section (f) of section 1366 of the National Flood In-
surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c) and notwith-
standing subsection (a)(7) of section 1310 of the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017):
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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(i) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 shall be deposited in the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund to supplement other amounts specified as avail-
able for section 1366 of the National Insurance Act of 1968, 
notwithstanding subsection (f)(8) of such section 102 (42 
U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8) and subsection 1366(i) and paragraphs 
(2) and (3) of section 1367(b) of the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c(i), 4104d(b)(2)–(3)): 
Provided further, That total administrative costs shall not 
exceed 4 percent of the total appropriation. 
NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND 
For the predisaster mitigation grant program under 
section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), including ad-
ministrative costs, $42,500,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the total administrative costs as-
sociated with such grants shall not exceed $3,000,000 of the 
total amount made available under this heading. 
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER 
To carry out the emergency food and shelter program 
pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $120,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That total admin-
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istrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 
amount made available under this heading. 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 
SERVICES 
UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION 
SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigra-
tion services, $120,924,000, of which $102,424,000 is for 
immigration verification programs, including the E-Verify 
Program, as authorized by section 402 of the Illegal Immi-
gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 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 available 
to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 
may be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up 
to five 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 author-
ize employees who are assigned to those areas to use such 
vehicles to travel between the employees’ residences and 
places of employment: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available in this Act for grants for immigrant
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integration may be used to provide services to aliens who 
have not been lawfully admitted for permanent residence. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, including materials and support 
costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; the pur-
chase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; expenses for student ath-
letic 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 personal mobile phones for official duties; and services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
$238,957,000; of which up to $48,978,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2013, for materials and sup-
port 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 ex-
penses incurred participating in training accreditation; 
and of which not to exceed $10,200 shall be for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided, That the 
Center is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of
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reimbursements from agencies receiving training sponsored 
by the Center, except that total obligations at the end of 
the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
available at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, 
That section 1202(a) of Public Law 107–206 (42 U.S.C. 
3771 note), as amended by Public Law 111–83 (123 Stat. 
2166), is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2012’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’: Provided further, That 
the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Cen-
ter shall schedule basic or advanced law enforcement train-
ing, 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 ca-
pacity throughout the fiscal year: Provided further, That 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation 
Board, including representatives from the Federal law en-
forcement community and non-Federal accreditation ex-
perts involved in law enforcement 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 enforcement 
training programs, facilities, and instructors.
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ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND 
RELATED EXPENSES 
For acquisition of necessary additional real property 
and facilities, construction, and ongoing maintenance, fa-
cility improvements, and related expenses of the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center, $33,456,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Center is au-
thorized to accept reimbursement to this appropriation 
from government agencies requesting the construction of 
special use facilities. 
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 author-
ized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $143,000,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $8,500 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for science and technology re-
search, including advanced research projects; development; 
test and evaluation; acquisition; and operations; as author-
ized 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 ex-
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ceed five vehicles, $657,000,000; of which $638,800,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2014, of which not 
less than $36,563,000 shall be for university programs; and 
of which $18,200,000, shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016, for infrastructure upgrades at the Trans-
portation Security Laboratory. 
DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection 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, 
$37,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a strategic plan of invest-
ments necessary to implement the Department of Homeland 
Security’s responsibilities under the domestic component of 
the global nuclear detection architecture that shall: 
(1) define each Departmental entity’s roles and 
responsibilities in support of the domestic detection 
architecture, including any existing or planned pro-
grams to pre-screen cargo or conveyances overseas;
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(2) identify and describe the specific investments 
being made by Departmental organizations in fiscal 
year 2012, and planned for fiscal year 2013, to sup-
port the domestic architecture and the security of sea, 
land, and air pathways into the United States; 
(3) describe the investments necessary to close 
known vulnerabilities and gaps, including associated 
costs and timeframes, and estimates of feasibility and 
cost effectiveness; and 
(4) explain how the Department’s research and 
development funding is furthering the implementation 
of the domestic nuclear detection architecture, includ-
ing specific investments planned for each of fiscal 
years 2012 and 2013. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear de-
tection related development, testing, evaluation, and oper-
ations, $191,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2014. 
SYSTEMS ACQUISITION 
For expenses for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 
acquisition and deployment of radiological detection sys-
tems in accordance with the global nuclear detection archi-
tecture, $40,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2014: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
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under this heading in this Act or any other Act shall be 
obligated 
for 
full-scale 
procurement 
of 
Advanced 
Spectroscopic Portal monitors until the Secretary of Home-
land Security submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report cer-
tifying that a significant increase in operational effective-
ness will be achieved by such obligation: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit sepa-
rate and distinct certifications prior to the procurement of 
Advanced Spectroscopic Portal monitors for primary and 
secondary deployment that address the unique requirements 
for operational effectiveness of each type of deployment: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall continue to con-
sult with the National Academy of Sciences before making 
such certifications: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be used for high-risk 
concurrent development and production of mutually de-
pendent software and hardware. 
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. 
SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 
of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations
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provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to 
appropriation accounts for such activities established pur-
suant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the applica-
ble established accounts, and thereafter may be accounted 
for as one fund for the same time period as originally en-
acted. 
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 2012, 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, project, or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, office, or ac-
tivity; 
(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 Appropria-
tions of the Senate or the House of Representatives for 
a different purpose; or
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(5) contracts out any function or activity for 
which funding levels were requested for Federal full- 
time equivalents in the object classification tables con-
tained in the fiscal year 2012 Budget Appendix for 
the Department of Homeland Security, as modified 
by the joint explanatory statement 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 trans-
ferred to the Department of Homeland Security that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2012, 
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 avail-
able 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 ac-
tivities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or reduces the num-
bers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by the 
Congress; or
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(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel that would result in a change in 
existing programs, projects, or activities as approved 
by the Congress, unless the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogram-
ming 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 ap-
propriations Acts may be transferred between such appro-
priations, 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 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 after June 30, except in 
extraordinary circumstances that imminently threaten the 
safety of human life or the protection of property.
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(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 Se-
curity Appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 504. The Department of Homeland Security 
Working Capital 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 2012: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available to the Department of Home-
land Security may be used to make payments to the Work-
ing Capital Fund, except for the activities and amounts al-
lowed in the President’s fiscal year 2012 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 fur-
ther, 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 Cap-
ital 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 reim-
bursed at rates which will return the full cost of each serv-
ice: Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund shall 
be subject to the requirements of section 503 of this Act.
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SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2012 from ap-
propriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2012 
in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 
2013, in the account and for the purposes for which the 
appropriations 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 intel-
ligence 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 
2012 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence 
activities for fiscal year 2012. 
SEC. 507. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to make a grant allocation, grant award, 
contract award, Other Transaction Agreement, a task or de-
livery order on a Department of Homeland Security mul-
tiple award contract, or to issue a letter of intent totaling 
in excess of $1,000,000, or to announce publicly the inten-
tion to make such an award, including a contract covered 
by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless the Secretary
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of Homeland Security notifies the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
at least 3 full business days in advance of making such an 
award or issuing such a letter: Provided, That if the Sec-
retary 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 noti-
fication and the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives shall be notified not 
later than 5 full business days after such an award is made 
or letter issued: Provided further, That no notification shall 
involve funds that are not available for obligation: Provided 
further, That the notification shall include the amount of 
the award, the fiscal year for which the funds for the award 
were appropriated, and the account from which the funds 
are being drawn: Provided further, That the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency shall brief the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives 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 enforce-
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ment training without the advance approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, except that the Federal Law Enforcement 
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 Cen-
ter 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, ex-
cept that necessary funds may be expended for each project 
for required expenses for the development of a proposed pro-
spectus. 
SEC. 510. Sections 520, 522, 528, and 530, of the De-
partment 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. 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 et seq.).
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SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by any person other than the Privacy Offi-
cer appointed under subsection (a) of section 222 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 142(a)) to alter, 
direct that changes be made to, delay, or prohibit the trans-
mission to Congress of any report prepared under para-
graph (6) of such subsection. 
SEC. 513. 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. 514. For fiscal year 2012 and thereafter, 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 services provided as of June 1, 
2004, by employees (including employees serving on a tem-
porary or term basis) of United States Citizenship and Im-
migration Services of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity who are known as of that date as Immigration Infor-
mation Officers, Contact Representatives, or Investigative 
Assistants. 
SEC. 515. Within 45 days after the end 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
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budget and staffing report for that month that includes total 
obligations, on-board versus funded full-time equivalent 
staffing levels, and the number of contract employees for 
each office of the Department. 
SEC. 516. Except as provided in section 44945 of title 
49, United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred 
to Transportation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Se-
curity’’, ‘‘Administration’’ 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 notifi-
cation: Provided, That quarterly 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. 517. 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 negotiation, mediation, 
or litigation, shall be available until expended for the Fast 
Response Cutter program.
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SEC. 518. Section 532(a) of Public Law 109–295 (120 
Stat. 1384) is amended by striking ‘‘2011’’ and inserting 
‘‘2012 and thereafter’’. 
SEC. 519. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center instructor staff shall be classified as 
inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal Ac-
tivities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 
SEC. 520. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
to the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management, 
the Office of the Under Secretary for Management, or the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, may be obligated for 
a grant or contract funded under such headings by any 
means other than full and open competition. 
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to obligation of funds 
for a contract awarded— 
(1) by a means that is required by a Federal 
statute, including obligation for a purchase made 
under a mandated preferential program, including 
the AbilityOne Program, that is authorized under the 
Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46 et seq.); 
(2) pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 631 et seq.); 
(3) in an amount less than the simplified acqui-
sition threshold described under section 302A(a) of the
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Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949 (41 U.S.C. 252a(a)); or 
(4) by another Federal agency using funds pro-
vided through an interagency agreement. 
(c)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may waive the application of this sec-
tion for the award of a contract in the interest of national 
security or if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk 
to human health or welfare. 
(2) Not later than 5 days after the date on which the 
Secretary of Homeland Security issues a waiver under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall submit notification of that 
waiver to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, including a description 
of the applicable contract and an explanation of why the 
waiver authority was used. The Secretary may not delegate 
the authority to grant such a waiver. 
(d) In addition to the requirements established by sub-
sections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Homeland Security shall review 
departmental contracts awarded through means other than 
a full and open competition to assess departmental compli-
ance with applicable laws and regulations: Provided, That 
the Inspector General shall review selected contracts award-
ed in the previous fiscal year through means other than a
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full and open competition: Provided further, That in select-
ing which contracts to review, the Inspector General shall 
consider the cost and complexity of the goods and services 
to be provided under the contract, the criticality of the con-
tract to fulfilling Department missions, past performance 
problems on similar contracts or by the selected vendor, 
complaints received about the award process or contractor 
performance, and such other factors as the Inspector Gen-
eral deems relevant: Provided further, That the Inspector 
General shall report the results of the reviews to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives no later than February 6, 2012. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act for fiscal years 2012 and thereafter, may 
be used to enforce section 4025(1) of Public Law 108–458 
unless the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security 
(Transportation Security Administration) reverses the de-
termination of July 19, 2007, that butane lighters are not 
a significant threat to civil aviation security. 
SEC. 522. Funds made available in this Act may be 
used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro-
gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi-
neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 
maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast Guard 
Academy, except that none of the funds provided in this
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Act may be used to reduce operations within any Civil En-
gineering Unit unless specifically authorized by a statute 
enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available to carry out section 872 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452). 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by United States Citizenship and Immi-
gration 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. 525. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to destroy or put out to pasture any horse 
or other equine belonging to the Federal Government that 
has become unfit for service, unless the trainer or handler 
is first given the option to take possession of the equine 
through an adoption program that has safeguards against 
slaughter and inhumane treatment. 
SEC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall 
hereafter be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and 
vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501 for the 
transportation of crude oil distributed from the Strategic
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Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, after consultation with the Secretaries of the Depart-
ments of Energy and Transportation and representatives 
from the United States flag maritime industry, takes ade-
quate measures to ensure the use of United States flag ves-
sels: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives within 48 hours of any request for waivers of naviga-
tion and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501. 
SEC. 527. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to reduce the United States Coast Guard’s Operations Sys-
tems Center mission or its government-employed or contract 
staff levels. 
SEC. 528. 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 Cir-
cular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the Coast 
Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 
SEC. 529. Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) is amended—