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and representation expenses: Provided, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, not to exceed $1,805,700,000 shall 
be for passenger screening activities; not to exceed $1,318,700,000 
shall be for baggage screening activities; and not to exceed 
$703,300,000 shall be for airport security direction and enforcement 
presence: Provided further, That security service fees authorized 
under section 44940 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited 
to this appropriation as offsetting collections: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended to carry out 
provisions of section 44923(h) of title 49 United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the General 
Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting 
collections are received during fiscal year 2004, so as to result 
in a final fiscal year appropriation from the General Fund estimated 
at not more than $1,662,700,000: Provided further, That any secu-
rity service fees collected pursuant to section 118 of Public Law 
107–71 in excess of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be treated as offsetting collections in fiscal year 2005: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be used to recruit 
or hire personnel into the Transportation Security Administration 
which would cause the agency to exceed a staffing level of 45,000 
full-time equivalent screeners: Provided further, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, $250,000,000 shall be avail-
able only for physical modification of commercial service airports 
for the purpose of installing checked baggage explosive detection 
systems and $150,000,000 shall be available only for procurement 
of checked baggage explosive detection systems. 
MARITIME AND LAND SECURITY 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration related to maritime and land transportation security grants 
and services pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Security 
Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note), $263,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2005: Provided, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, $125,000,000 shall be available for port security 
grants, which shall be distributed under the same terms and condi-
tions as provided for under Public Law 107–117; and $17,000,000 
shall be available to execute grants, contracts, and interagency 
agreements for the purpose of deploying Operation Safe Commerce. 
INTELLIGENCE 
For necessary expenses for intelligence activities pursuant to 
the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (115 Stat. 597), 
$13,600,000. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for research and development related 
to transportation security, $155,200,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading, $45,000,000 shall be available for the research and 
development of explosive detection devices.
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ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Transportation 
Security Administration to carry out the Aviation and Transpor-
tation Security Act (115 Stat. 597), $427,200,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2005. 
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of 
the Coast Guard not otherwise provided for; purchase or lease 
of not to exceed twenty-five passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only; payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97– 
377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note); section 229(b) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and recreation and welfare; $4,713,055,000, 
of which $340,000,000 shall be for defense-related activities; of 
which $25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund; and of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated by this or any other Act shall be available 
for administrative expenses in connection with shipping commis-
sioners in the United States: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided by this Act shall be available for expenses incurred 
for yacht documentation under section 12109 of title 46, United 
States Code, except to the extent fees are collected from yacht 
owners and credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 1116(c) of title 10, United States Code, 
amounts made available under this heading may be used to make 
payments into the Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree 
Health Care Fund for fiscal year 2004 under section 1116(a) of 
such title. 
In addition, of the funds appropriated under this heading in 
chapter 6 of title I of Public Law 108–11 (117 Stat. 583), $71,000,000 
are rescinded. 
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard’s environ-
mental compliance and restoration functions under chapter 19 of 
title 14, United States Code, $17,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
RESERVE TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as author-
ized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and supplies, 
equipment, and services; $95,000,000. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, renovation, 
and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, 
and aircraft, including equipment related thereto; and maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities and equipment, as 
authorized by law; $967,200,000, of which $23,500,000 shall be
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derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$66,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2008, to acquire, 
repair, renovate, or improve vessels, small boats, and related equip-
ment; of which $162,500,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2006, for other equipment, including $3,500,000 for defense 
message system implementation and $1,000,000 for oil spill preven-
tion efforts under the Ports and Waterways Safety Systems pro-
gram; of which $70,000,000 shall be available for personnel com-
pensation and benefits and related costs; of which $668,200,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2008, for the Integrated 
Deepwater Systems program: Provided, That the Commandant of 
the Coast Guard is authorized to dispose of surplus real property, 
by sale or lease, and the proceeds shall be credited to this appropria-
tion as offsetting collections and shall be available until September 
30, 2006, only for Rescue 21: Provided further, That upon initial 
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2005 President’s 
budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall transmit to the 
Congress a comprehensive capital investment plan for the United 
States Coast Guard that includes funding for each budget line 
item for fiscal years 2005 through 2009, with total funding for 
each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those 
years as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget. 
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES 
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive 
bridges, $19,250,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That in fiscal year 2004 and thereafter, funds for bridge alteration 
projects conducted pursuant to the Act of June 21, 1940 (33 U.S.C. 
511 et seq.) shall be available for such projects only to the extent 
that the steel, iron, and manufactured products used in such 
projects are produced in the United States, unless contrary to 
law or international agreement, or unless the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard determines such action to be inconsistent with the 
public interest or the cost unreasonable. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
For necessary expenses for applied scientific research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation, and for maintenance, rehabilitation, 
lease and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by 
law; $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: 
Provided, That there may be credited to and used for the purposes 
of this appropriation funds received from State and local govern-
ments, other public authorities, private sources, and foreign coun-
tries, for expenses incurred for research, development, testing, and 
evaluation. 
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations otherwise 
chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, payments 
under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 
Benefits Plans, payment for career status bonuses under the 
National Defense Authorization Act, and payments for medical care
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of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of 
title 10, United States Code, $1,020,000,000. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, 
including purchase of not to exceed 730 vehicles for police-type 
use, of which 610 shall be for replacement only, and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; purchase of American-made sidecar compat-
ible motorcycles; hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at 
such rates as may be determined by the Director; rental of buildings 
in the District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, 
and other facilities on private or other property not in Government 
ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform protective 
functions; payment of per diem or subsistence allowances to 
employees where a protective assignment during the actual day 
or days of the visit of a protectee require an employee to work 
16 hours per day or to remain overnight at his or her post of 
duty; conduct of and participation in firearms matches; presentation 
of awards; travel of Secret Service employees on protective missions 
without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this 
or any other Act if approval is obtained in advance from the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives; research and development; grants to conduct 
behavioral research in support of protective research and operations; 
and payment in advance for commercial accommodations as may 
be necessary to perform protective functions; $1,137,280,000, of 
which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall 
be to provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law 
enforcement organizations in counterfeit investigations; of which 
$2,100,000 shall be for forensic and related support of investigations 
of missing and exploited children; and of which $5,000,000 shall 
be a grant for activities related to the investigations of exploited 
children and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
up to $18,000,000 provided for protective travel shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2005: Provided further, That in fiscal 
year 2004 and thereafter, subject to the reimbursement of actual 
costs to this account, funds appropriated in this account shall 
be available, at the discretion of the Director, for the following: 
training United States Postal Service law enforcement personnel 
and Postal police officers, training Federal law enforcement officers, 
training State and local government law enforcement officers on 
a space-available basis, and training private sector security officials 
on a space-available basis: Provided further, That the United States 
Secret Service is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of 
reimbursements from agencies and entities, as defined in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code, receiving training sponsored 
by the James J. Rowley Training Center, except that total obliga-
tions at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary 
resources available under this heading at the end of the fiscal 
year: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2004 and thereafter, 
the James J. Rowley Training Center is authorized to provide 
short-term medical services for students undergoing training at 
the Center.