In the Senate of the United States, 
June 26, 2019. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 3401) entitled ‘‘An Act making emergency sup-
plemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2019, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the fol-
lowing 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Executive Office for 
Immigration Review’’, $65,000,000, of which $45,000,000
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shall be for the hiring of 30 additional Immigration Judge 
Teams, of which $10,000,000 shall be used for the purchase 
or lease of immigration judge courtroom space and equip-
ment, and of which $10,000,000 shall be used only for serv-
ices and activities provided by the Legal Orientation Pro-
gram: Provided, That Immigration Judge Teams shall in-
clude appropriate attorneys, law clerks, paralegals, court 
administrators, and other support staff: Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Prisoner De-
tention’’, for necessary expenses related to United States 
prisoners in the custody of the United States Marshals Serv-
ice, to be used only as authorized by section 4013 of title 
18, United States Code, $155,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army’’, $92,800,000, for necessary expenses to re-
spond to the significant rise in unaccompanied minors and 
family unit aliens at the southwest border and related ac-
tivities: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Marine Corps’’, $13,025,000, for necessary expenses 
to respond to the significant rise in unaccompanied minors 
and family unit aliens at the southwest border and related 
activities: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air Force’’, $18,000,000, for necessary expenses to 
respond to the significant rise in unaccompanied minors
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and family unit aliens at the southwest border and related 
activities: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army National Guard’’, $21,024,000, for necessary 
expenses to respond to the significant rise in unaccom-
panied minors and family unit aliens at the southwest bor-
der and related activities: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup-
port’’ for necessary expenses to respond to the significant 
rise in aliens at the southwest border and related activities, 
$1,015,431,000; of which $819,950,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading, $708,000,000 is for estab-
lishing and operating migrant care and processing facili-
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ties, $111,950,000 is for consumables and medical care, 
$35,000,000 is for transportation, $110,481,000 is for tem-
porary duty and overtime costs including reimbursements, 
and $50,000,000 is for mission support data systems and 
analysis: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’ for migrant care and proc-
essing facilities, $85,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup-
port’’ for necessary expenses to respond to the significant 
rise in aliens at the southwest border and related activities, 
$208,945,000: Provided, That of the amounts provided 
under this heading, $35,943,000 is for transportation of un-
accompanied alien children, $11,981,000 is for detainee 
transportation for medical needs, court proceedings, or relo-
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cation from U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody, 
$20,000,000 is for alternatives to detention, $45,000,000 is 
for detainee medical care, $69,735,000 is for temporary 
duty, overtime, and other on-board personnel costs includ-
ing reimbursements, $5,000,000 is for the Office of Profes-
sional Responsibility for background investigations and fa-
cility inspections, and $21,286,000 is for Homeland Secu-
rity Investigations human trafficking investigations: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is 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. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Assistance’’, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
for the emergency food and shelter program under title III 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11331 et seq.) for the purposes of providing assistance to 
aliens released from the custody of the Department of Home-
land Security: Provided, That notwithstanding sections 315 
and 316(b) of such Act, funds made available under this 
section shall be disbursed by the Emergency Food and Shel-
ter Program National Board not later than 30 days after 
the date on which such funds become available: Provided
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further, That the Emergency Food and Shelter Program 
National Board shall distribute such funds only to jurisdic-
tions or local recipient organizations serving communities 
that have experienced a significant influx of such aliens: 
Provided further, That such funds may be used to reimburse 
such jurisdictions or local recipient organizations for costs 
incurred in providing services to such aliens on or after 
January 1, 2019: Provided further, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 301. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available under each heading in this title shall 
only be used for the purposes specifically described under 
that heading. 
SEC. 302. Division A of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6) is amended by adding 
after section 540 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 541. (a) Section 831 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall be applied— 
‘‘(1) In subsection (a), by substituting ‘Sep-
tember 30, 2019,’ for ‘September 30, 2017,’; and 
‘‘(2) In subsection (c)(1), by substituting ‘Sep-
tember 30, 2019,’ for ‘September 30, 2017’.
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‘‘(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security, under the 
authority of section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 391(a)), may carry out prototype projects 
under section 2371b of title 10, United States Code, and 
the Secretary shall perform the functions of the Secretary 
of Defense as prescribed. 
‘‘(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security under sec-
tion 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
391(d)) may use the definition of nontraditional govern-
ment contractor as defined in section 2371b(e) of title 10, 
United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds provided in this Act under 
‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and 
Support’’ for facilities shall be available until U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection establishes policies (via directive, 
procedures, guidance, and/or memorandum) and training 
programs to ensure that such facilities adhere to the Na-
tional Standards on Transport, Escort, Detention, and 
Search, published in October of 2015: Provided, That not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall provide a de-
tailed report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the Senate, and the House Judiciary Com-
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mittee regarding the establishment and implementation of 
such policies and training programs. 
SEC. 304. No later than 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
provide a report on the number of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection Officers assigned to northern border land ports 
of entry and temporarily assigned to the ongoing humani-
tarian crisis: Provided, That the report shall outline what 
resources and conditions would allow a return to northern 
border staffing levels that are no less than the number com-
mitted in the June 12, 2018 Department of Homeland Se-
curity Northern Border Strategy: Provided further, That 
the report shall include the number of officers temporarily 
assigned to the southwest border in response to the ongoing 
humanitarian crisis, the number of days the officers will 
be away from their northern border assignment, the north-
ern border ports from which officers are being assigned to 
the southwest border, and efforts being made to limit the 
impact on operations at each northern border land port of 
entry where officers have been temporarily assigned to the 
southwest border. 
SEC. 305. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or division A of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6) for the De-
partment of Homeland Security may be used to relocate
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to the National Targeting Center the vetting of Trusted 
Traveler Program applications and operations currently 
carried out at existing locations unless specifically author-
ized by a statute enacted after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 306. The personnel, supplies, or equipment of any 
component of the Department of Homeland Security may 
be deployed to support activities of the Department of 
Homeland Security related to the significant rise in aliens 
at the southwest border and related activities, and for the 
enforcement of immigration and customs laws, detention 
and removals of aliens crossing the border unlawfully, and 
investigations without reimbursement as jointly agreed by 
the detailing components. 
TITLE IV 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Refugee and Entrant 
Assistance’’, $2,881,552,000, to be merged with and avail-
able for the same period as funds appropriated in Public 
Law 115–245 ‘‘for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, 
and 235’’, which shall be available for any purpose funded 
under such heading in such law: Provided, That if any part
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of the reprogramming described in the notification sub-
mitted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the 
‘‘Secretary’’) to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate on May 16, 2019 
has been executed, such amounts provided by this Act as 
are necessary shall be used to reverse such reprogramming: 
Provided further, That amounts allocated by the Secretary 
for costs of leases of property that include facilities to be 
used as hard-sided dormitories for which the Secretary in-
tends to seek State licensure for the care of unaccompanied 
alien children, and that are executed under authorities 
transferred to the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettle-
ment (ORR) under section 462 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002, shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That ORR shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate within 72 hours of conducting a formal assessment 
of a facility for possible lease or acquisition and within 7 
days of any acquisition or lease of real property: Provided 
further, That not less than $866,000,000 of amounts pro-
vided under this heading shall be used for the provision of 
care in licensed shelters and for expanding the supply of 
shelters for which State licensure will be sought, of which 
not less than $27,000,000 shall be available for the purposes 
of adding shelter beds in State-licensed facilities in response
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to funding opportunity HHS–2017–ACF–ORR–ZU–1132, 
and of which not less than $185,000,000 shall be available 
for expansion grants to add beds in State-licensed facilities 
and open new State-licensed facilities, and for contract 
costs to acquire, activate, and operate facilities that will 
include small- and medium-scale hard-sided facilities for 
which the Secretary intends to seek State licensure in an 
effort to phase out the need for shelter beds in unlicensed 
facilities: Provided further, That not less than $100,000,000 
of amounts provided under this heading shall be used for 
post-release services, child advocates, and legal services: 
Provided further, That not less than $8,000,000 of amounts 
provided under this heading shall be used for the purposes 
of hiring additional Federal Field Specialists and for in-
creasing case management and case coordination services, 
with the goal of more expeditiously placing unaccompanied 
alien children with sponsors and reducing the length of stay 
in ORR custody: Provided further, That not less than 
$1,000,000 of amounts provided under this heading shall 
be used for the purposes of hiring project officers and pro-
gram monitor staff dedicated to pursuing strategic improve-
ments to the Unaccompanied Alien Children program and 
for the development of a discharge rate improvement plan 
which shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate within
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120 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
of the amounts provided under this heading, $5,000,000 
shall be transferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Office of 
Inspector General’’ and shall remain available until ex-
pended for oversight of activities supported with funds ap-
propriated under this heading: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 401. The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices (the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall prioritize use of community- 
based residential care (including long-term and transi-
tional foster care and small group homes) and shelter care 
other than large-scale institutional shelter facilities to house 
unaccompanied alien children in its custody. The Secretary 
shall prioritize State-licensed and hard-sided dormitories. 
SEC. 402. The Office of Refugee Resettlement shall en-
sure that its grantees and, to the greatest extent practicable, 
potential sponsors of unaccompanied alien children are 
aware of current law regarding the use of information col-
lected as part of the sponsor suitability determination proc-
ess.
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SEC. 403. (a) None of the funds provided by this or 
any prior appropriations Act may be used to reverse 
changes in procedures made by operational directives issued 
to providers by the Office of Refugee Resettlement on Decem-
ber 18, 2018, March 23, 2019, and June 10, 2019 regarding 
the Memorandum of Agreement on Information Sharing ex-
ecuted April 13, 2018. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may 
make changes to such operational directives upon making 
a determination that such changes are necessary to prevent 
unaccompanied alien children from being placed in danger, 
and the Secretary shall provide a written justification to 
Congress and the Inspector General of the Department of 
Health and Human Services in advance of implementing 
such changes. 
(c) Within 15 days of the Secretary’s communication 
of the justification, the Inspector General of the Department 
of Health and Human Services shall provide an assessment, 
in writing, to the Secretary and to Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
of whether such changes to operational directives are nec-
essary to prevent unaccompanied children from being 
placed in danger. 
SEC. 404. None of the funds made available in this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human
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Services—Administration for Children and Families—Ref-
ugee and Entrant Assistance’’ may be obligated to a grantee 
or contractor to house unaccompanied alien children (as 
such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in any facility 
that is not State-licensed for the care of unaccompanied 
alien children, except in the case that the Secretary deter-
mines that housing unaccompanied alien children in such 
a facility is necessary on a temporary basis due to an influx 
of such children or an emergency, provided that— 
(1) the terms of the grant or contract for the op-
erations of any such facility that remains in oper-
ation for more than six consecutive months shall re-
quire compliance with— 
(A) the same requirements as licensed place-
ments, as listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores Settle-
ment Agreement that the Secretary determines 
are applicable to non-State licensed facilities; 
and 
(B) staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty Youth 
Care Worker for every eight (8) children or youth 
during waking hours, one (1) on-duty Youth 
Care Worker for every sixteen (16) children or 
youth during sleeping hours, and clinician ratios
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to children (including mental health providers) 
as required in grantee cooperative agreements; 
(2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver for 
a contractor’s or grantee’s non-compliance with para-
graph (1) if the Secretary certifies and provides a re-
port to Congress on the contractor’s or grantee’s good- 
faith efforts and progress towards compliance; 
(3) not more than four consecutive waivers under 
paragraph (2) may be granted to a contractor or 
grantee with respect to a specific facility; 
(4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the moni-
toring requirements set forth in section 5.5 of its Poli-
cies and Procedures Guide as of May 15, 2019; 
(5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation 
for more than three consecutive months, ORR shall 
conduct a minimum of one comprehensive monitoring 
visit during the first three months of operation, with 
quarterly monitoring visits thereafter; and 
(6) not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate outlining the requirements of ORR for 
influx facilities including any requirement listed in 
paragraph (1)(A) that the Secretary has determined 
are not applicable to non-State licensed facilities.
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SEC. 405. In addition to the existing Congressional no-
tification for formal site assessments of potential influx fa-
cilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed facil-
ity, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard-sided 
or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates that, 
in the absence of the influx facility, the likely outcome is 
that unaccompanied alien children will remain in the cus-
tody of the Department of Homeland Security for longer 
than 72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children will 
be otherwise placed in danger. Within 60 days of bringing 
such a facility online, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary 
shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report detailing 
the total number of children in care at the facility, the aver-
age length of stay and average length of care of children 
at the facility, and, for any child that has been at the facil-
ity for more than 60 days, their length of stay and reason 
for delay in release. 
SEC. 406. (a) The Secretary shall ensure that, when 
feasible, no unaccompanied alien child is at an unlicensed 
facility if the child— 
(1) is not expected to be placed with a sponsor 
within 30 days;
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(2) is under the age of 13; 
(3) does not speak English or Spanish as his or 
her preferred language; 
(4) has known special needs, behavioral health 
issues, or medical issues that would be better served 
at an alternative facility; 
(5) is a pregnant or parenting teen; or 
(6) would have a diminution of legal services as 
a result of the transfer to such an unlicensed facility. 
(b) ORR shall notify a child’s attorney of record in 
advance of any transfer, where applicable. 
SEC. 407. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or 
Member of the House of Representatives from entering, for 
the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the 
United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody 
of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as 
defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), provided that such Senator 
or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the Of-
fice of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business days 
in advance to ensure that such visit would not interfere 
with the operations (including child welfare and child safe-
ty operations) of such facility.
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SEC. 408. Not later than 14 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, and make pub-
licly available online, a report with respect to children who 
were separated from their parents or legal guardians by the 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regardless of 
whether or not such separation was pursuant to an option 
selected by the children, parents, or guardians), subse-
quently classified as unaccompanied alien children, and 
transferred to the care and custody of ORR during the pre-
vious month. Each report shall contain the following infor-
mation: 
(1) the number and ages of children so separated 
subsequent to apprehension at or between ports of 
entry, to be reported by sector where separation oc-
curred; and 
(2) the documented cause of separation, as re-
ported by DHS when each child was referred. 
SEC. 409. Funds made available in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Ad-
ministration for Children and Families—Refugee and En-
trant Assistance’’ shall be subject to the authorities and con-
ditions of section 224 of division A of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6).
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SEC. 410. Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a detailed spend plan of anticipated uses 
of funds made available in this account, including the fol-
lowing: a list of existing grants and contracts for both per-
manent and influx facilities, including their costs, capacity, 
and timelines; costs for expanding capacity through the use 
of community-based residential care placements (including 
long-term and transitional foster care and small group 
homes) through new or modified grants and contracts; cur-
rent and planned efforts to expand small-scale shelters and 
available foster care placements, including collaboration 
with state child welfare providers; influx facilities being as-
sessed for possible use, costs and services to be provided for 
legal services, child advocates, and post release services; pro-
gram administration; and the average number of weekly re-
ferrals and discharge rate assumed in the spend plan: Pro-
vided, That such plan shall be updated to reflect changes 
and expenditures and submitted to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
every 60 days until all funds are expended or expired.
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 501. Each amount appropriated or made avail-
able by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated for the fiscal year involved. 
SEC. 502. 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. 503. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, 
the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appro-
priations accounts shall be available under the authorities 
and conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts 
for fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 504. Each amount designated in this Act by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available 
(or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the Presi-
dent subsequently so designates all such amounts and trans-
mits such designations to the Congress. 
SEC. 505. Any amount appropriated by this Act, des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and subsequently 
so designated by the President, and transferred pursuant
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to transfer authorities provided by this Act shall retain such 
designation. 
SEC. 506. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on the number of asylum officers and immigration 
judges, including temporary immigration judges, and the 
corresponding number of support staff necessary— 
(1) to fairly and effectively make credible fear 
determinations with respect to individuals within 
family units and unaccompanied alien children; 
(2) to ensure that the credible fear determination 
and asylum interview is completed not later than 20 
days after the date on which a family unit is appre-
hended; and 
(3) to fairly and effectively review appeals of 
credible fear determinations with respect to individ-
uals within family units and unaccompanied alien 
children. 
In addition, the report shall determine if there is any phys-
ical infrastructure such as hearing or courtroom space need-
ed to achieve these goals.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and 
Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.