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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.), $58,664,000, of which not to exceed $100,000 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 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR BORDER AND 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Border and Transportation Security, as authorized by subtitle 
A, title IV, of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 201 
et seq.), $8,106,000. 
UNITED STATES VISITOR AND IMMIGRANT STATUS INDICATOR 
TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses for the development of the United 
States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology project, 
as authorized by section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1221 note), 
$330,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated 
for the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Tech-
nology project until the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives receive and approve a plan for 
expenditure prepared by the Secretary of Homeland Security that: 
(1) meets the capital planning and investment control review 
requirements established by the Office of Management and Budget, 
including Circular A–11, part 3; (2) complies with the Department 
of Homeland Security enterprise information systems architecture; 
(3) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, 
and systems acquisition management practices of the Federal 
Government; (4) is reviewed and approved by the Department of 
Homeland Security and the Office of Management and Budget; 
and (5) is reviewed by the General Accounting Office. 
CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relating to 
border security, immigration, customs, and agricultural inspections 
and regulatory activities related to plant and animal imports; 
acquisition, lease, maintenance and operation of aircraft; purchase 
and lease of up to 4,500 (3,935 for replacement only) police-type 
vehicles; and contracting with individuals for personal services 
abroad; $4,396,350,000; of which $3,000,000 shall be derived from 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for administrative expenses 
related to the collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant 
to Public Law 103–182 and notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) of
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Public Law 107–296; of which not to exceed $40,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses; of which not to 
exceed $100,800,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2005, for inspection technology; 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 Reconcili-
ation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that 
account; of which not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for 
payment for rental space in connection with preclearance oper-
ations; 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 Under Secretary for Border and Transportation 
Security; and of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available 
for payments or advances arising out of contractual or reimbursable 
agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies while 
engaged in cooperative activities related to immigration: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated shall be available to com-
pensate any employee for overtime in an annual amount in excess 
of $30,000, except that the Under Secretary for Border and 
Transportation Security may exceed that amount as necessary for 
national security purposes and in cases of immigration emergencies: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided, $12,725,000 
shall be for activities to enforce laws against forced child labor 
in fiscal year 2004, of which not to exceed $4,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That no funds shall 
be available for the site acquisition, design, or construction of any 
Border Patrol checkpoint in the Tucson sector: Provided further, 
That the Border Patrol shall relocate its checkpoints in the Tucson 
sector at least once every 7 days in a manner designed to prevent 
persons subject to inspection from predicting the location of any 
such checkpoint. 
AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION 
For expenses for customs and border protection automated 
systems, $441,122,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not less than $318,690,000 shall be for the development of the 
Automated Commercial Environment: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated for the 
Automated Commercial Environment until the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
receive and approve a plan for expenditure prepared by the Under 
Secretary for Border and Transportation Security that: (1) meets 
the capital planning and investment control review requirements 
established by the Office of Management and Budget, including 
Circular A–11, part 3; (2) complies with the Bureau of Customs 
and Border Protection’s enterprise information systems architec-
ture; (3) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, guide-
lines, and systems acquisition management practices of the Federal 
Government; (4) is reviewed and approved by the Bureau of Cus-
toms and Border Protection Investment Review Board, the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, and the Office of Management and 
Budget; and (5) is reviewed by the General Accounting Office.
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CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses to plan, construct, renovate, equip, 
and maintain buildings and facilities necessary for the administra-
tion and enforcement of laws relating to customs and immigration, 
$90,363,000, to remain available until expended. 
IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigration and 
customs laws, detention and removals, and investigations; and pur-
chase and lease of up to 1,600 (1,450 for replacement only) police- 
type vehicles; $2,151,050,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 
shall be available until expended for conducting special operations 
pursuant to section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 
(19 U.S.C. 2081); of which not to exceed $15,000 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses; 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 Under Secretary 
for Border and Transportation Security; of which not less than 
$100,000 shall be for promotion of public awareness of the child 
pornography tipline; of which not less than $200,000 shall be for 
Project Alert; and of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be avail-
able to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs 
associated with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled 
illegal aliens: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated shall 
be available to compensate any employee for overtime in an annual 
amount in excess of $30,000, except that the Under Secretary 
for Border and Transportation Security may waive that amount 
as necessary for national security purposes and in cases of immigra-
tion emergencies: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided, $3,000,000 shall be for activities to enforce laws against 
forced child labor in fiscal year 2004, of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
In addition, of the funds appropriated under this heading in 
chapter 6 of title I of Public Law 108–11 (117 Stat. 583), $54,000,000 
are rescinded. 
FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS 
For 
necessary 
expenses 
of 
the 
Federal 
air 
marshals, 
$626,400,000, to remain available until expended. 
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the operations of the Federal Protec-
tive Service, $424,211,000 shall be transferred from the revenues 
and collections in the General Services Administration, Federal 
Buildings Fund. 
AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION 
For expenses of immigration and customs enforcement auto-
mated systems, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended:
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Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
may be obligated for Atlas until the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives receive and approve 
a plan for expenditure prepared by the Under Secretary for Border 
and Transportation Security that: (1) meets the capital planning 
and investment control review requirements established by the 
Office of Management and Budget, including Circular A–11, part 
3; (2) complies with the Bureau of Immigration and Customs 
enforcement enterprise information systems architecture; (3) com-
plies with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and sys-
tems acquisition management practices of the Federal Government; 
(4) is reviewed and approved by the Bureau of Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement Investment Review Board, the Department 
of Homeland Security, and the Office of Management and Budget; 
and (5) is reviewed by the General Accounting Office. 
AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND 
PROCUREMENT 
For necessary expenses for the operations, maintenance, and 
procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, and other related equip-
ment of the air and marine program, including operational training 
and mission-related travel, and rental payments for facilities occu-
pied by the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro-
grams, the operations of which include the following: the interdic-
tion of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to Federal, 
State, and local agencies in the enforcement or administration 
of laws enforced by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; and at the discretion of the Under Secretary for 
Border and Transportation Security, the provision of assistance 
to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforcement 
and emergency humanitarian efforts, $210,200,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That no aircraft or other related 
equipment, with the exception of aircraft that are one of a kind 
and have been identified as excess to Bureau of Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement requirements and aircraft that have been 
damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other Federal 
agency, department, or office outside of the Department of Home-
land Security during fiscal year 2004 without the prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses to plan, construct, renovate, equip, 
and maintain buildings and facilities necessary for the administra-
tion and enforcement of the laws relating to customs and immigra-
tion, $26,775,000, to remain available until expended. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
AVIATION SECURITY 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration related to providing civil aviation security services pursuant 
to the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107– 
71; 115 Stat. 597), $3,732,700,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be for official reception