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for each of the major milestones leading to completion of the 
plan; 
(2) a staffing plan, detailing the positions and titles for 
both Federal and contract staff necessary to execute the plan; 
and 
(3) an estimate of the funding necessary to implement 
the plan. 
SEC. 213. Members of the United States House of Representa-
tives and the United States Senate, including the leadership; the 
heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of 
the Department of Homeland Security; the United States Attorney 
General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, 
and the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Execu-
tive Office of the President, including the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal 
passenger and baggage screening. 
SEC. 214. Any award by the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration to deploy explosives detection systems shall be based on 
risk, the airport’s current reliance on other screening solutions, 
lobby congestion resulting in increased security concerns, high 
injury rates, airport readiness, and increased cost effectiveness. 
SEC. 215. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, United 
States Code, for fiscal year 2017, any funds in the Aviation Security 
Capital Fund established by section 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 trans-
action agreements for the purpose of funding projects described 
in section 44923(a) of such title. 
SEC. 216. The reporting requirement in the ninth proviso under 
the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Administration—Aviation 
Security’’ in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113), shall apply in fiscal year 2017, 
except that the reference to ‘‘this Act’’ shall be treated as referring 
to this Act. 
SEC. 217. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used by the Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration to implement, administer, or enforce, in 
abrogation of the responsibility described in section 44903(n)(1) 
of title 49, United States Code, any requirement that airport opera-
tors provide airport-financed staffing to monitor exit points from 
the sterile area of any airport at which the Transportation Security 
Administration provided such monitoring as of December 1, 2013. 
SEC. 218. None of the funds made available by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’’ 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 the appropriation made 
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating 
Expenses’’: Provided, That to the extent such fees are insufficient 
to pay expenses of recreational vessel documentation under such 
section 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel applica-
tions, then personnel performing non-recreational vessel documenta-
tion functions under subchapter II of chapter 121 of title 46, United 
States Code, may perform documentation under section 12114. 
SEC. 219. Without regard to the limitation as to time and 
condition of section 503(d) of this Act, after June 30, up to
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$10,000,000 may be reprogrammed to or from the Military Pay 
and Allowances funding category within ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating 
Expenses’’ in accordance with subsection (a) of section 503. 
SEC. 220. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
reduce the Coast Guard’s Operations Systems Center mission or 
its government-employed or contract staff levels. 
SEC. 221. 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 Circular A–76 for activities 
performed with respect to the Coast Guard National Vessel Docu-
mentation Center. 
SEC. 222. Funds made available in this Act may be used to 
alter operations within the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast 
Guard nationwide, including civil engineering units, facilities design 
and construction centers, maintenance and logistics commands, and 
the Coast Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 
in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any civil 
engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 223. Funds made available under this heading for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism may be allo-
cated by program, project, and activity, notwithstanding section 
503 of this Act. 
SEC. 224. The United States Secret Service is authorized to 
obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from Federal agen-
cies and entities, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States 
Code, for personnel 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 resources 
available under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper-
ations and Support’’ at the end of the fiscal year. 
SEC. 225. None of the funds made available to the United 
States Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropriations 
Acts may be made available for the protection of the head of 
a Federal agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Security: 
Provided, That the Director of the Secret Service may enter into 
agreements to provide such protection on a fully reimbursable basis. 
SEC. 226. None of the funds made available to the United 
States Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropriations 
Acts may be obligated for the purpose of opening a new permanent 
domestic or overseas office or location unless the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
are notified 15 days in advance of such obligation. 
SEC. 227. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this Act, up 
to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within ‘‘United States Secret 
Service—Operations and Support’’. 
SEC. 228. Funding made available in this Act for ‘‘United States 
Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ is available for travel 
of United States Secret Service employees on protective missions 
without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this 
or any other Act if the Director of the United States Secret Service 
or a designee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives 10 or more days in 
advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such expenditures.
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TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY 
NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection and Pro-
grams Directorate for operations and support, $1,372,268,000, of 
which $117,148,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be with-
held from obligation until the Secretary of Homeland Security com-
plies with section 301 of this Act. 
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
The revenues and collections of security fees credited to this 
account shall be available until expended for necessary expenses 
related to the protection of federally owned and leased buildings 
and for the operations of the Federal Protective Service. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection and Pro-
grams Directorate for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, $440,035,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection and Pro-
grams Directorate for research and development, $6,469,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2018. 
OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Affairs for oper-
ations and support, $123,548,000, of which $16,161,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the funds 
provided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be withheld from 
obligation for Mission Support until the Chief Medical Officer com-
plies with section 302 of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security may transfer up to $2,000,000 from 
the funds provided under this heading to ‘‘Science and Technology 
Directorate—Research and Development’’ for the purpose of 
advancing early detection capabilities related to a bioterrorism 
event. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency for operations and support, $1,048,551,000: Provided, That
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not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency 
for 
procurement, 
construction, 
and 
improvements, 
$35,273,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other activities, $2,983,458,000, which shall be allocated 
as follows: 
(1) $467,000,000 for the State Homeland Security Grant 
Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which $55,000,000 shall be for Oper-
ation Stonegarden: Provided, That notwithstanding subsection 
(c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 2017, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico shall make 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) $605,000,000 for the Urban Area Security Initiative 
under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 604), of which $25,000,000 shall be for organizations 
(as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 
such code) determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security 
to be at high risk of a terrorist attack. 
(3) $100,000,000 for Public Transportation Security Assist-
ance, Railroad Security Assistance, and Over-the-Road Bus 
Security Assistance under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of 
the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security and $2,000,000 shall 
be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: Provided, That such public 
transportation security assistance shall be provided directly 
to public transportation agencies. 
(4) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in accordance 
with 46 U.S.C. 70107. 
(5) $690,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018, of which $345,000,000 shall be for Assistance to Fire-
fighter Grants and $345,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Ade-
quate Fire and Emergency Response Grants under sections 
33 and 34 respectively of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 2229a). 
(6) $350,000,000 for emergency management performance 
grants under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 4001), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), 6 U.S.C. 762, and 
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(7) $100,000,000 for the National Predisaster Mitigation 
Fund under section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), to 
remain available until expended.
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(8) $177,531,000 for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard 
Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addition to and to supplement 
any other sums appropriated under the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund, and such additional sums as may be provided 
by States or other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping 
activities under 42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2), to remain available until 
expended. 
(9) $120,000,000 for the emergency food and shelter pro-
gram under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for total 
administrative costs. 
(10) $273,927,000 to sustain current operations for training, 
exercises, technical assistance, and other programs. 
DISASTER RELIEF FUND 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.), $7,328,515,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $6,713,000,000 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant 
to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and is designated by the Congress 
as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 
(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform 
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Home-
owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
89; 128 Stat. 1020), $181,799,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018, which shall be derived from offsetting amounts 
collected under section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which $13,436,000 shall be 
available for mission support associated with flood management; 
and of which $168,363,000 shall be available for flood plain manage-
ment and flood mapping: Provided, That any additional fees col-
lected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as offsetting 
collections to this account, to be available for flood plain manage-
ment and flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2017, no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insurance 
Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of— 
(1) $147,042,000 for operating expenses and salaries and 
expenses associated with flood insurance operations; 
(2) $1,123,000,000 for commissions and taxes of agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on Treasury 
borrowings; and 
(4) $175,061,000, which shall remain available until 
expended, for flood mitigation actions and for flood mitigation 
assistance under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c), notwithstanding sections 1366(e) 
and 1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 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(e) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
shall be deposited in the National Flood Insurance Fund to supple-
ment other amounts specified as available for section 1366 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding section 
102(f)(8), section 1366(e), and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 
1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(1)– 
(3)): Provided further, That total administrative costs shall not 
exceed 4 percent of the total appropriation: Provided further, That 
up to $5,000,000 is available to carry out section 24 of the Home-
owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. The Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee 
of the Secretary, shall brief the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives on plans to— 
(1) implement a facial recognition matching capability for 
Automated Biometric Identification System holdings, including 
the ability to search, store, and match, that is independent 
of other biometric modalities but scalable for future needs; 
(2) accelerate the development of multi-modal biometric 
capability (Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology Incre-
ment 2) to ensure that full multi-modal capability is available 
for stakeholders by the end of fiscal year 2018; 
(3) establish a new, equitable governance structure in fiscal 
year 2017 that ensures stakeholder mission requirements are 
prioritized for implementation, to include— 
(A) a project plan and capability execution schedule 
for each stakeholder mission; 
(B) stakeholder management of all requests for serv-
ices; 
(C) a weighted on-boarding process for new require-
ments and priorities; and 
(D) an executive stakeholder review process; and 
(4) demonstrate new agile projects focused on the ability 
to fuse biographic intelligence information with biometric data. 
SEC. 302. The Chief Medical Officer shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives that includes— 
(1) a comprehensive strategy and project plan to advance 
the Nation’s early detection capabilities related to a bioter-
rorism event; 
(2) a description of the responsibilities of the Office of 
Health Affairs, Science and Technology Directorate, and other 
departmental components as appropriate for implementing such 
strategy; 
(3) a description of technical and operational programmatic 
efficiencies to be gained by replacing or enhancing the current 
BioWatch system; 
(4) specific timelines and benchmarks for implementation 
of a new or enhanced system, including, but not limited to— 
(A) a mission needs statement; 
(B) operational requirements documents;
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(C) key performance parameters; 
(D) a test and evaluation master plan; and 
(E) an acquisition plan and strategy; 
(5) an expenditure plan for fiscal year 2017 activities that 
advance the Nation’s early detection capabilities related to a 
bioterrorism event; and 
(6) detailed cost estimates for not less than 5 years for 
the development of a new or enhanced BioWatch system. 
SEC. 303. 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, 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. 304. Applications for grants under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for para-
graphs (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. 
SEC. 305. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants under paragraphs (1) 
through (4), the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment 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. 306. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants under paragraphs (1) and 
(2), the installation of communications towers is not considered 
construction of a building or other physical facility. 
SEC. 307. Notwithstanding section 509 of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may use 
the funds provided under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency—Federal Assistance’’ in paragraph (10) to acquire 
real property for the purpose of establishing or appropriately 
extending the security buffer zones around Federal Emergency 
Management Agency training facilities. 
SEC. 308. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 
(1) grants awarded to States along the Southwest Border 
of the United States under sections 2003 or 2004 of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) using funds 
provided under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Federal Assistance’’ for grants under paragraph (1) 
in this Act, or under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency—State and Local Programs’’ in Public Law 114– 
4, division F of Public Law 113–76, or division D of Public 
Law 113–6 may be used by recipients or sub-recipients for 
costs, or reimbursement of costs, related to providing humani-
tarian relief to unaccompanied alien children and alien adults 
accompanied by an alien minor where they are encountered 
after entering the United States, provided that such costs were 
incurred between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2014, 
or during the award period of performance; and 
(2) grants awarded to States under section 2004 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605) using funds
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provided under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Federal Assistance’’ for grants under paragraph (1) 
in this Act may be used by recipients or sub-recipients for 
costs, or reimbursement of costs, related to public safety in 
support of a State declaration of emergency. 
SEC. 309. The reporting requirements in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency— 
Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4) shall be applied in 
fiscal year 2017 with respect to budget year 2018 and current 
fiscal year 2017, respectively, by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’ 
for ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’ in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 310. The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency shall transfer $56,872,752 in unobligated balances 
made available for the appropriations account for ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency—Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Pro-
gram Account’’ by section 4502 of Public Law 110–28 to the appro-
priations account for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency— 
Disaster Relief Fund’’: Provided, That amounts transferred to such 
account under this section shall be available for any authorized 
purpose of such account: Provided further, That amounts transferred 
pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget are designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and 
shall be transferred only if the President subsequently so designates 
the entire transfer and transmits such designation to the Congress. 
SEC. 311. Notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5170c(b)(2)(B)(ii), the 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may 
allow the construction of an earthen levee by a State, local, or 
tribal government on covered hazard mitigation land: Provided, 
That such construction constitutes part of a flood control project, 
is constructed of naturally-occurring materials, and conforms to 
other criteria as established by the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency through policy. 
SEC. 312. The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 
2017, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans 
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 Depart-
ment of Homeland Security to be necessary 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: Pro-
vided further, That such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program account as offsetting collections 
and will become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 
2017, 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 Immigration 
Services for operations and support of the E-Verify Program, 
$103,912,000. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services for procurement, construction, and improvements of the 
E-Verify Program, $15,227,000. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers for operations and support, including the purchase 
of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, $242,518,000, of which up to 
$50,748,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2018, and 
of which $27,553,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That not to exceed $7,180 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Direc-
torate for operations and support, including the purchase or lease 
of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $311,122,000, of which $182,334,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 
not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Direc-
torate for research and development, $470,624,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019. 
DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office for operations and support, $50,042,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses.
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office 
for 
procurement, 
construction, 
and 
improvements, 
$101,053,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office for research and development, $155,061,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, cooperative 
agreements, and other activities, $46,328,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices may be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up 
to 5 vehicles, for replacement only, for areas where the Adminis-
trator of General Services does not provide vehicles for lease: Pro-
vided, That the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices may authorize employees who are assigned to those areas 
to use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ residences 
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 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 results 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 Manage-
ment and Budget Circular A–76 for services provided by employees 
(including employees serving on a temporary or term basis) of 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of 
Homeland Security 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 Examina-
tions Fee Account, up to $10,000,000 may be allocated by U.S. 
Citizenship and Immigration Services in fiscal year 2017 for the 
purpose of providing an immigrant integration grants program. 
(b) None of the funds made available to U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services for grants for immigrant integration under 
subsection (a) or (c) may be used to provide services to aliens 
who have not been lawfully admitted for permanent residence. 
(c) The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
is authorized in fiscal year 2017, and in each fiscal year thereafter, 
to solicit, accept, administer, and utilize gifts, including donations 
of property, for the purpose of providing an immigrant integration 
grants program and related activities to promote citizenship and
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immigrant integration: Provided, That all sums received under 
this subsection shall be deposited in a separate account in the 
general fund of the Treasury to be known as the ‘‘Citizenship 
Gift and Bequest Account’’: Provided further, That all funds depos-
ited into the Citizenship Gift and Bequest Account shall remain 
available until expended, and shall be available in addition to 
any funds appropriated or otherwise made available for an 
immigrant integration grants program or other activities to promote 
citizenship and immigrant integration. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the 
authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security under section 
507 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2004 (Public Law 108–90) or any other law with respect to the 
solicitation and acceptance of gifts. 
SEC. 405. The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds to Federal law 
enforcement agencies for expenses incurred participating in training 
accreditation. 
SEC. 406. The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers shall schedule basic or advanced law enforcement 
training, or both, at all four training facilities under the control 
of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers to ensure that 
such training facilities are operated at the highest capacity through-
out the fiscal year. 
SEC. 407. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation 
Board, including 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 programs, facilities, and instructors. 
SEC. 408. (a) There is to be established a ‘‘Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers—Procurement, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’ appropriations account for planning, operational develop-
ment, engineering, and purchases prior to sustainment and for 
information technology-related procurement, construction, and 
improvements, 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 established by sub-
section (a) from Government agencies requesting the construction 
of special use facilities, as authorized by the Economy Act (31 
U.S.C. 1535(b)): Provided, That the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers maintain administrative control and ownership 
upon completion of the facility. 
SEC. 409. The functions of the Federal Law Enforcement 
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).
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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 appropriations 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 accounted for as one fund for the same time period as 
originally enacted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the components in or transferred 
to the Department of Homeland Security that remain available 
for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2017, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection 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 restricted by the Congress; 
(2) contracts out any function or activity presently per-
formed by Federal employees or any new function or activity 
proposed to be performed by Federal employees in the Presi-
dent’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2017 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 reduction in 
personnel that would result in a change in funding levels for 
programs, projects, or activities as approved by the Congress, 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming. 
(b) Up to 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 appropriations Acts may be 
transferred between such appropriations if the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
are notified at least 30 days in advance of such transfer, but 
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by such transfer. 
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), no funds shall 
be reprogrammed within or transferred between appropriations 
based upon an initial notification provided after June 30, except 
in extraordinary circumstances that imminently threaten the safety 
of human life or the protection of property.
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(d) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in sub-
sections (a), (b), and (c) shall apply to any use of deobligated 
balances of funds provided in previous Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Acts. 
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security may transfer to the fund established by 8 U.S.C. 1101 
note, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives 5 days in advance of such transfer. 
SEC. 504. The Department of Homeland Security Working Cap-
ital 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 2017: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Depart-
ment 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 2017 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 further, 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 Capital 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 reimbursed 
at rates which will return the full cost of each service: Provided 
further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives shall be notified of any activity added 
to or removed from the fund: Provided further, That for any activity 
added to the fund, the notification shall identify sources of funds 
by program, project, and activity: Provided further, That the Chief 
Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland Security shall 
submit a quarterly execution report with activity-level detail, not 
later than 30 days after the end of each quarter. 
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 2017, as recorded in the financial records 
at the time of a reprogramming notification, but not later than 
June 30, 2018, from appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ 
and for ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’’, and salaries and 
expenses for ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’ and ‘‘Coast Guard—Reserve Training’’ for fiscal year 2017 
in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 2018, 
in the account and for the purposes for which the appropriations 
were provided: Provided, That prior to the obligation of such funds, 
a notification shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives in accordance 
with section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intelligence 
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 2017 until the enactment of 
an Act authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2017.
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SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, or the des-
ignee of the Secretary, shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least 
3 full business days in advance of— 
(1) making or awarding a grant allocation, grant, contract, 
other transaction agreement, or task or delivery 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) awarding a task or delivery order requiring an obliga-
tion of funds in an amount greater than $10,000,000 from 
multi-year Department of Homeland Security funds; 
(3) making a sole-source grant award; or 
(4) announcing publicly the intention to make or award 
items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3), including a contract 
covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
(b) 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, 
and the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 
5 full business days after such an award is made or letter issued. 
(c) A notification under this section— 
(1) may not involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion; and 
(2) shall include the amount of the award; the fiscal year 
for which the funds for the award were appropriated; the type 
of contract; and the account from which the funds are being 
drawn. 
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 enforcement training without advance 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to obtain the temporary 
use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement 
for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Center facili-
ties. 
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, except that necessary funds may 
be expended for each project for required expenses for the develop-
ment of a proposed prospectus. 
SEC. 510. Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the Department 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 provisions of the Buy 
American Act: Provided, That for purposes of the preceding sen-
tence, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 
41, United States Code.