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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for research and development, $12,455,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2021. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Section 201 of the Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public 
Law 115–141), related to overtime compensation limita-
tions, 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, except that ‘‘fiscal year 
2020’’ shall be substituted for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 
SEC. 202. Funding made available under the headings 
‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and 
Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Pro-
curement, Construction, and Improvements’’ shall be avail-
able for customs expenses when necessary to maintain oper-
ations and prevent adverse personnel actions in Puerto Rico 
in addition to funding provided by section 740 of title 48, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 203. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im-
plementation Act (Public Law 112–42), fees collected from 
passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent 
island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 204. For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection—Operations and Support’’, 
$31,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be re-
duced by amounts collected and credited to this appropria-
tion in fiscal year 2020 from amounts authorized to be col-
lected by section 286(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8311), and 
section 817 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforce-
ment Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–25), or other such au-
thorizing language: Provided, That to the extent that 
amounts realized from such collections exceed $31,000,000, 
those amounts in excess of $31,000,000 shall be credited to 
this appropriation, to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 205. 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 import-
ing a prescription drug from Canada that complies with 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, That 
this section shall apply only to individuals transporting on 
their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription
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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. 206. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall 
be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel- 
inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, 
United States Code, for the transportation of crude oil dis-
tributed from and to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with 
the Secretaries of the Departments of Energy and Transpor-
tation and representatives from the United States flag mar-
itime industry, takes adequate measures to ensure the use 
of United States flag vessels: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives within 2 business days of any re-
quest for waivers of navigation and vessel-inspection laws 
pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, United States Code,
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with respect to such transportation, and the disposition of 
such requests. 
SEC. 207. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not— 
(1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any 
new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 
Southern border or the Northern border at a land port 
of entry; or 
(2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 
of a border crossing fee. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ 
means a fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and 
passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay for 
the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the Northern 
border at a land port of entry. 
SEC. 208. Not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall submit an expenditure plan for any amounts made 
available for ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Pro-
curement, Construction, and Improvements’’ in this Act 
and prior Acts to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives: Provided, That 
no such amounts may be obligated prior to the submission 
of such plan.
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SEC. 209. (a) Of the total amount made available 
under ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procure-
ment, Construction, and Improvements’’, $1,904,468,000 
shall be available only as follows: 
(1) $1,375,000,000 for the construction of barrier 
system along the southwest border; 
(2) $221,912,000 for the acquisition and deploy-
ment of border security technologies and trade and 
travel assets and infrastructure; 
(3) $62,364,000 for facility construction and im-
provements; 
(4) $199,519,000 for integrated operations assets 
and infrastructure; and 
(5) $45,673,000 for mission support and infra-
structure. 
(b) The amount designated in subsection (a)(1) shall 
only be available for barrier systems that— 
(1) use— 
(A) operationally effective designs deployed 
as of the date of enactment of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31), 
such as currently deployed steel bollard designs, 
that prioritize agent safety; or 
(B) operationally effective adaptations of 
such designs that help mitigate community or
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environmental impacts of barrier system con-
struction, including adaptations based on con-
sultation with jurisdictions within which barrier 
system will be constructed; and 
(2) are constructed in the highest priority loca-
tions as identified in the Border Security Improve-
ment Plan. 
(c) The Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol shall— 
(1) provide a plan to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives for the use of the amounts provided in subsection 
(a)(1) within 30 days of the date of enactment of this 
Act; and 
(2) notify such Committees of any amendment to 
the highest priority locations identified for the use of 
the amount provided in subsection (a)(1) within 5 
days of such amendment. 
(d) Consultation with a jurisdiction under subsection 
(b)(2) shall not exceed 90 calendar days after such jurisdic-
tion has been notified that U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection is entering into such consultation, unless an exten-
sion of time is agreed to by such agency and such jurisdic-
tion. 
(e) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub-
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mit to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Comptroller General of the United States an 
updated risk-based plan for improving security along the 
borders of the United States that includes the elements re-
quired under subsection (a) of section 231 of division F of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 
115–141), which shall be evaluated in accordance with sub-
section (b) of such section. 
SEC. 210. Federal funds may not be made available 
for the construction of fencing— 
(1) within the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge; 
(2) within the Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State 
Park; 
(3) within La Lomita Historical park; 
(4) within the National Butterfly Center; 
(5) within or east of the Vista del Mar Ranch 
tract of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wild-
life Refuge; or 
(6) within historic cemeteries. 
SEC. 211. Funds made available in this Act may be 
used to alter operations within the National Targeting Cen-
ter of U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Provided, That 
none of the funds provided by this Act, provided by previous 
appropriations Acts that remain available for obligation or
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expenditure in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
collection of fees available to the components funded by this 
Act, may be used to reduce anticipated or planned vetting 
operations at existing locations unless specifically author-
ized by a statute enacted after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 212. (a) Of the amounts made available by this 
Act for ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations 
and Support’’— 
(1) $173,000,000 is for humanitarian care; 
(2) $30,000,000 is to address health, life, and safety 
issues at existing Border Patrol facilities, including con-
struction, and for improved video recording capabilities; 
Provided, That such amounts are designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(b) Of the amounts made available by this Act for 
‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’, $30,000,000 is for the devel-
opment of an agency-wide electronic health records system; 
Provided, That such amounts are designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
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section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(c) The amounts in subsection (b) may not be obligated 
until the Department of Homeland Security Chief Medical 
Officer provides written certification of compliance with the 
requirements described in the explanatory statement accom-
panying this Act concerning electronic health records to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives. 
SEC. 213. Without regard to the limitation as to time 
and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary 
may reprogram within and transfer funds to ‘‘U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Sup-
port’’ as necessary to ensure the detention of aliens 
prioritized for removal. 
SEC. 214. None of the funds provided under the head-
ing ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Oper-
ations and Support’’ may be used to continue a delegation 
of law enforcement authority authorized under section 
287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security Inspector 
General determines that the terms of the agreement gov-
erning the delegation of authority have been materially vio-
lated.
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SEC. 215. (a) None of the funds provided under the 
heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 
Operations and Support’’ may be used to continue any con-
tract for the provision of detention services if the two most 
recent overall performance evaluations received by the con-
tracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or the equivalent 
median score in any subsequent performance evaluation 
system. 
(b) Beginning not later than January 1, 2021, the per-
formance evaluations referenced in subsection (a) shall be 
conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment Office of Professional Responsibility. 
SEC. 216. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act 
or any other Act, 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, may 
be used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to place in 
detention, remove, refer for a decision whether to initiate 
removal proceedings, or initiate removal proceedings 
against a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a house-
hold of a sponsor or potential sponsor of an unaccompanied 
alien child (as defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))) based on informa-
tion shared by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices.
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(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if a background 
check of a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a house-
hold of a sponsor or potential sponsor reveals— 
(1) a felony conviction or pending felony charge 
that relates to— 
(A) an aggravated felony (as defined in sec-
tion 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43))); 
(B) child abuse; 
(C) sexual violence or abuse; or 
(D) child pornography; 
(2) an association with any business that em-
ploys a minor who— 
(A) is unrelated to the sponsor, potential 
sponsor, or member of a household of a sponsor 
or potential sponsor; and 
(B) is— 
(i) not paid a legal wage; or 
(ii) unable to attend school due to the 
employment; or 
(3) an association with the organization or im-
plementation of prostitution. 
SEC. 217. Not later than 45 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Director of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement shall submit to the Committees on
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Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives, and make available on a publicly accessible website, 
a report describing agreements pursuant to section 287(g) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) 
which shall include — 
(1) detailed information relating to the commu-
nity outreach activities of each participating jurisdic-
tion pursuant to such agreement, including the mem-
bership and activities of any community-based steer-
ing committee established by such jurisdiction; 
(2) the number of individuals placed into re-
moval proceedings pursuant to each such agreement; 
(3) data on the performance of the officers or em-
ployees of a State or political subdivision thereof 
under each such agreement, including the nationality 
and level of criminality of the individuals described 
in paragraph (2); and 
(4) information relating to any future plans to 
increase the number of such agreements or expand the 
scope of such agreements through the introduction of 
new operations pursuant to such section. 
SEC. 218. Not later than 7 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act and updated semimonthly thereafter, the 
Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
shall make available a report, on a publicly accessible
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priations Acts may be transferred between such appropria-
tions 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 appropria-
tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by such transfer. 
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), 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 protec-
tion of property. 
(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth 
in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to any use 
of deobligated balances of funds provided in previous De-
partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Acts that 
remain available for obligation in the current year. 
(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 appropriations 
available to the Department of Homeland Security: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives at least 5 days in advance of such transfer.