1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 
4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total administra-
tive costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropria-
tion: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 is available 
to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance 
Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(12)) 
or any other provision of law, not more than 5 percent 
of the amount of a grant made available in paragraphs 
(1) through (4) under ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by the grantee 
for expenses directly related to administration of the 
grant. 
SEC. 302. Applications for grants under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal As-
sistance’’, for paragraphs (1) through (4), shall be made 
available to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, eligible applicants shall 
submit applications not later than 80 days after the grant 
announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days 
after the receipt of an application. 
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SEC. 303. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 
under paragraphs (1) through (4), the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall brief 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives 5 full business days in advance 
of announcing publicly the intention of making an award. 
SEC. 304. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of commu-
nications towers is not considered construction of a build-
ing or other physical facility. 
SEC. 305. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, grants awarded to States along the Southwest Border 
of the United States under sections 2003 or 2004 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) 
using funds provided under the heading ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ for 
grants under paragraph (1) in this Act, or under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—State and 
Local Programs’’ in Public Law 114–4, division F of Pub-
lic Law 113–76, or division D of Public Law 113–6 may 
be used by recipients or sub-recipients for costs, or reim-
bursement of costs, related to providing humanitarian re-
lief to unaccompanied alien children and alien adults ac-
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companied by an alien minor where they are encountered 
after entering the United States, provided that such costs 
were incurred between January 1, 2014, and December 
31, 2014, or during the award period of performance. 
SEC. 306. The aggregate charges assessed during fis-
cal year 2018, as authorized in title III of the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 per-
cent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of 
Homeland Security to be necessary for its Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program for the next fiscal year: 
Provided, That the methodology for assessment and collec-
tion 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 such 
fees shall be deposited in a Radiological Emergency Pre-
paredness Program account as offsetting collections and 
will become available for authorized purposes on October 
1, 2018, and remain available until expended. 
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TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 
SERVICES 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services for operations and support of the E- 
Verify Program, $108,856,000. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services for procurement, construction, and im-
provements of the E-Verify Program, $22,657,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2021. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers for operations and support, includ-
ing the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police- 
type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $260,099,000, of which $49,409,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not 
to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate for operations and support, including 
the purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, 
$254,618,000, of which $134,795,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate for research and development, 
$383,482,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection Office for operations and support, $54,664,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection Office for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, $87,096,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020. 
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection 
Office 
for 
research 
and 
development, 
$144,161,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection Office for Federal assistance through grants, con-
tracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities, 
$44,519,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate, 
equip, and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for replacement 
only, for areas where the Administrator of General Serv-
ices does not provide vehicles for lease: Provided, That the 
Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
may authorize employees who are assigned to those areas 
to use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ resi-
dences and places of employment. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services to grant an immigration benefit unless the results 
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of background checks required by law to be completed 
prior to the granting of the benefit have been received by 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the re-
sults do not preclude the granting of the benefit. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to process or approve a competition under 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for serv-
ices provided by employees (including employees serving 
on a temporary or term basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity who are known as Immigration Information Officers, 
Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, 
Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 
SEC. 404. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of 
title 8, United States Code, of the funds deposited into 
the Immigration Examinations Fee Account, up to 
$10,000,000 may be allocated by U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services in fiscal year 2018 for the purpose of 
providing an immigrant integration grants program. 
(b) None of the funds made available to U.S. Citizen-
ship and Immigration Services for grants for immigrant 
integration under subsection (a) may be used to provide 
services to aliens who have not been lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence. 
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SEC. 405. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds 
to Federal law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred 
participating in training accreditation. 
SEC. 406. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Accreditation Board, including representatives from the 
Federal law enforcement community and non-Federal ac-
creditation experts involved in law enforcement training, 
shall lead the Federal law enforcement training accredita-
tion process to continue the implementation of measuring 
and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law 
enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 
SEC. 407. (a) There is to be established a ‘‘Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Centers—Procurement, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’ appropriations account for 
planning, operational development, engineering, and pur-
chases prior to sustainment and for information tech-
nology-related procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, including non-tangible assets of the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers. 
(b) The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers may accept transfers to the account es-
tablished by subsection (a) from Government agencies re-
questing the construction of special use facilities, as au-
thorized by the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535(b)): Pro-
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vided, That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Cen-
ters maintain administrative control and ownership upon 
completion of such facilities. 
SEC. 408. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers 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). 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 
of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropria-
tions provided for activities in this Act may be transferred 
to appropriation accounts for such activities established 
pursuant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the 
applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be ac-
counted for as one fund for the same time period as origi-
nally enacted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the compo-
nents in or transferred to the Department of Homeland 
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Security that remain available for obligation or expendi-
ture in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
tion of fees available to the components funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or 
activity, or increases funds for any program, project, 
or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by the Congress; 
(2) contracts out any function or activity pres-
ently performed by Federal employees or any new 
function or activity proposed to be performed by 
Federal employees in the President’s budget pro-
posal for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of 
Homeland Security; 
(3) augments funding for existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less; 
(4) reduces funding for any program, project, 
or activity, or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent 
or more; 
(5) reorganizes components; or 
(6) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel that would result in a change 
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vious Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Acts. 
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established 
by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appro-
priations available to the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives 5 days in advance of such transfer. 
SEC. 504. Section 504 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of 
Public Law 115-31), related to the operations of a work-
ing capital fund, shall apply with respect to funds made 
available in this Act in the same manner as such section 
applied to funds made available in that Act. 
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 2018, as re-
corded in the financial records at the time of a reprogram-
ming notification, but not later than June 30, 2019, from 
appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ and for 
‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’’, and salaries and 
expenses for ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’ and ‘‘Coast Guard—Reserve Train-
ing’’ for fiscal year 2018 in this Act shall remain available 
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