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until expended: Provided, That grants made for predisaster mitiga-
tion shall be awarded subject to the criteria in section 203(g) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(g)): Provided further, That the total 
administrative costs associated with such grants shall not exceed 
3 percent of the total amount made available under this heading. 
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER 
To carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant 
to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $153,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That total administrative 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 immigration serv-
ices, $80,973,000: Provided, That of the amount provided under 
this heading, $80,000,000 is designated as described in section 
5 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
Provided further, That of the total, $20,000,000 is provided to 
address backlogs of security checks associated with pending applica-
tions and petitions and shall not be available for obligation until 
the Secretary of Homeland Security and the United States Attorney 
General submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a plan to eliminate the backlog 
of security checks that establishes information sharing protocols 
to ensure United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has 
the information it needs to carry out its mission: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding 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 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 authorize 
employees who are assigned to those areas to use such vehicles 
between the employees’ residences and places of employment. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, including materials and support costs of Federal 
law enforcement basic training; purchase of not to exceed 117 
vehicles for police-type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
expenses for student athletic 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 per-
sonal mobile phones for official duties; and services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; $238,076,000, of 
which up to $48,111,000 for materials and support costs of Federal
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law enforcement basic training shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009; of which $300,000 shall remain available until 
expended for Federal law enforcement agencies participating in 
training accreditation, to be distributed as determined by the Fed-
eral Law Enforcement Training Center for the needs of participating 
agencies; and of which not to exceed $12,000 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, $17,000,000 is designated 
as described in section 5 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act): Provided further, That the Center is author-
ized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from agen-
cies 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 109–295 (120 Stat. 1374) 
is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2010’’. 
ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED 
EXPENSES 
For acquisition of necessary additional real property and facili-
ties, construction, and ongoing maintenance, facility improvements, 
and related expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center, $50,590,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, $4,000,000 is 
designated as described in section 5 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, 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 management and administration 
of programs and activities, as authorized by title III of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $138,600,000: 
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 research, 
including advanced research projects; development; test and evalua-
tion; acquisition; and operations; as authorized by title III of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.); $691,735,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading shall be obligated for 
the Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight, and Semantic 
Enhancement program or any follow-on or successor program.
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DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office as authorized by the second title XVIII of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 and for management and administration of 
programs and activities, $31,500,000: 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, $323,500,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
SYSTEMS ACQUISITION 
For expenses for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office acquisi-
tion and deployment of radiological detection systems in accordance 
with the global nuclear detection architecture, $129,750,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated 
for full-scale procurement of Advanced Spectroscopic Portal Mon-
itors until the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a report certifying that a significant increase in 
operational effectiveness will be achieved: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall submit separate and distinct certifications prior 
to the procurement of Advanced Spectroscopic Portal Monitors for 
primary and secondary deployment that address the unique require-
ments for operational effectiveness of each type of deployment: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
consult with the National Academy of Sciences before making such 
certification: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be used for high-risk concurrent develop-
ment and production of mutually dependent 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 provided for 
activities in this Act may be transferred to appropriation accounts 
for such activities established pursuant to this Act: Provided, That 
balances so transferred 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 agencies in or transferred 
to the Department of Homeland Security that remain available 
for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2008, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act,
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shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program, project, 
or activity; (2) eliminates a program, project, office, or activity; 
(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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate or the House of Representa-
tives 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 2008 Budget Appendix for the Department of 
Homeland Security, as specified in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated 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 transferred to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2008, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees 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 activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any 
existing program, project, or activity, or 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 programs, 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 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, but no such appropria-
tions, 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 obliga-
tion 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 
which imminently threaten the safety of human life or the protec-
tion of property. 
SEC. 504. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Homeland Security may be used 
to make payments to the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security 
Working Capital Fund’’, except for the activities and amounts 
allowed in the President’s fiscal year 2008 budget, excluding sedan 
service, shuttle service, transit subsidy, mail operations, parking, 
and competitive sourcing: Provided, That any additional activities