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rity Administration shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives a detailed report on— 
(1) the Department of Homeland Security ef-
forts and resources being devoted to develop more 
advanced integrated passenger screening tech-
nologies for the most effective security of passengers 
and baggage at the lowest possible operating and ac-
quisition costs, including projected funding levels for 
each fiscal year for the next 5 years or until project 
completion, whichever is earlier; 
(2) how the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration is deploying its existing passenger and bag-
gage screener workforce in the most cost effective 
manner; and 
(3) labor savings from the deployment of im-
proved technologies for passenger and baggage 
screening and how those savings are being used to 
offset security costs or reinvested to address security 
vulnerabilities: 
Provided further, That not later than April 15, 2015, the 
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administra-
tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, a semi-
annual report updating information on a strategy to in-
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crease the number of air passengers eligible for expedited 
screening, including: 
(1) specific benchmarks and performance meas-
ures to increase participation in Pre-Check by air 
carriers, airports, and passengers; 
(2) options to facilitate direct application for 
enrollment in Pre-Check through the Transportation 
Security Administration’s Web site, airports, and 
other enrollment locations; 
(3) use of third parties to pre-screen passengers 
for expedited screening; 
(4) inclusion of populations already vetted by 
the Transportation Security Administration and 
other trusted populations as eligible for expedited 
screening; 
(5) resource implications of expedited passenger 
screening resulting from the use of risk-based secu-
rity methods; and 
(6) the total number and percentage of pas-
sengers using Pre-Check lanes who: 
(A) have enrolled in Pre-Check since 
Transportation Security Administration enroll-
ment centers were established; 
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(B) enrolled using the Transportation Se-
curity Administration’s Pre-Check application 
Web site; 
(C) were enrolled as frequent flyers of a 
participating airline; 
(D) utilized Pre-Check as a result of their 
enrollment in a Trusted Traveler program of 
United States Customs and Border Protection; 
(E) were selectively identified to partici-
pate in expedited screening through the use of 
Managed Inclusion in fiscal year 2014; and 
(F) are enrolled in all other Pre-Check cat-
egories: 
Provided further, That Members of the United States 
House of Representatives and United States Senate, in-
cluding the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and 
commissions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 
Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the De-
partment of Homeland Security; the United States Attor-
ney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attor-
neys General, and the United States Attorneys; and senior 
members of the Executive Office of the President, includ-
ing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage 
screening. 
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration related to surface transportation secu-
rity activities, $123,749,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016. 
INTELLIGENCE AND VETTING 
For necessary expenses for the development and im-
plementation of intelligence and vetting activities, 
$219,166,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration related to transportation security sup-
port pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Security 
Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 
note), $917,226,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2016: Provided, That not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives— 
(1) a report providing evidence demonstrating 
that behavioral indicators can be used to identify 
passengers who may pose a threat to aviation secu-
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rity and the plans that will be put into place to col-
lect additional performance data; and 
(2) a report addressing each of the rec-
ommendations outlined in the report entitled ‘‘TSA 
Needs Additional Information Before Procuring 
Next-Generation Systems’’, published by the Govern-
ment Accountability Office on March 31, 2014, and 
describing the steps the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration is taking to implement acquisition best 
practices, increase industry engagement, and im-
prove transparency with regard to technology acqui-
sition programs: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
heading, $25,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for 
Headquarters Administration until the submission of the 
reports required by paragraphs (1) and (2) of the pre-
ceding proviso. 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte-
nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur-
chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehi-
cles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease 
of small boats for contingent and emergent requirements 
(at a unit cost of no more than $700,000) and repairs 
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and service-life replacements, not to exceed a total of 
$31,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for 
overseas deployments and activities; minor shore construc-
tion projects not exceeding $1,000,000 in total cost on any 
location; payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 
97–377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recre-
ation and welfare; $7,043,318,000, of which $553,000,000 
shall 
be 
for 
defense-related 
activities, 
of 
which 
$213,000,000 is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be avail-
able only if the President subsequently so designates all 
such amounts and transmits such designations to the Con-
gress; of which $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of 
section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which not to exceed $15,300 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels 
under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, ex-
cept to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts 
and credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That 
to the extent fees are insufficient to pay expenses of rec-
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reational vessel documentation under such section 12114, 
and there is a backlog of recreational vessel applications, 
then personnel performing non-recreational vessel docu-
mentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 121 
of title 46, United States Code, may perform documenta-
tion under section 12114: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading, $85,000,000 shall be 
withheld from obligation for Coast Guard Headquarters 
Directorates until a future-years capital investment plan 
for fiscal years 2016 through 2020, as specified under the 
heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Im-
provements’’ of this Act, is submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism may be allocated by program, 
project, and activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this 
Act: Provided further, That, without regard to the limita-
tion as to time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, 
after June 30, up to $10,000,000 may be reprogrammed 
to or from Military Pay and Allowances in accordance with 
subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 503. 
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the environ-
mental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast 
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Guard under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, 
$13,197,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
RESERVE TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, 
as authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the 
Coast Guard reserve program; personnel and training 
costs; and equipment and services; $114,572,000. 
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 oper-
ation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by law; 
$1,225,223,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the 
purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act 
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which the fol-
lowing amounts shall be available until September 30, 
2019 (except as subsequently specified): $6,000,000 for 
military family housing; $824,347,000 to acquire, effect 
major repairs to, renovate, or improve vessels, small boats, 
and related equipment; $180,000,000 to acquire, effect 
major repairs to, renovate, or improve aircraft or increase 
aviation capability; $59,300,000 for other acquisition pro-
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grams; $40,580,000 for shore facilities and aids to naviga-
tion, including facilities at Department of Defense instal-
lations used by the Coast Guard; and $114,996,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2015, for personnel 
compensation and benefits and related costs: Provided, 
That the funds provided by this Act shall be immediately 
available and allotted to contract for the production of the 
eighth National Security Cutter notwithstanding the avail-
ability of funds for post-production costs: Provided further, 
That the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit 
to 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, at the time the President’s 
budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant 
to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a fu-
ture-years capital investment plan for the Coast Guard 
that identifies for each requested capital asset— 
(1) the proposed appropriations included in that 
budget; 
(2) the total estimated cost of completion, including 
and clearly delineating the costs of associated major acqui-
sition systems infrastructure and transition to operations; 
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(3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year for 
the next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition program base-
line or project completion, whichever is earlier; 
(4) an estimated completion date at the projected 
funding levels; and 
(5) a current acquisition program baseline for each 
capital asset, as applicable, that— 
(A) includes the total acquisition cost of each 
asset, subdivided by fiscal year and including a de-
tailed description of the purpose of the proposed 
funding levels for each fiscal year, including for each 
fiscal year funds requested for design, pre-acquisi-
tion activities, production, structural modifications, 
missionization, post-delivery, and transition to oper-
ations costs; 
(B) includes a detailed project schedule through 
completion, subdivided by fiscal year, that details— 
(i) quantities planned for each fiscal year; 
and 
(ii) major acquisition and project events, 
including development of operational require-
ments, contracting actions, design reviews, pro-
duction, delivery, test and evaluation, and tran-
sition to operations, including necessary train-
ing, shore infrastructure, and logistics; 
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(C) notes and explains any deviations in cost, 
performance parameters, schedule, or estimated date 
of completion from the original acquisition program 
baseline and the most recent baseline approved by 
the Department of Homeland Security’s Acquisition 
Review Board, if applicable; 
(D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to mis-
sion requirements by defining existing capabilities of 
comparable legacy assets, identifying known capa-
bility gaps between such existing capabilities and 
stated mission requirements, and explaining how the 
acquisition of each asset will address such known ca-
pability gaps; 
(E) defines life-cycle costs for each asset and 
the date of the estimate on which such costs are 
based, including all associated costs of major acqui-
sitions systems infrastructure and transition to oper-
ations, delineated by purpose and fiscal year for the 
projected service life of the asset; 
(F) includes the earned value management sys-
tem summary schedule performance index and cost 
performance index for each asset, if applicable; and 
(G) includes a phase-out and decommissioning 
schedule delineated by fiscal year for each existing 
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legacy asset that each asset is intended to replace or 
recapitalize: 
Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast 
Guard shall ensure that amounts specified in the future- 
years capital investment plan are consistent, to the max-
imum extent practicable, with proposed appropriations 
necessary to support the programs, projects, and activities 
of the Coast Guard in the President’s budget proposal for 
fiscal year 2016, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That any 
inconsistencies between the capital investment plan and 
proposed appropriations shall be identified and justified: 
Provided further, That the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall not delay the submission of the 
capital investment plan referred to by the preceding pro-
visos: Provided further, That the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall have no more than a single 
period of 10 consecutive business days to review the cap-
ital investment plan prior to submission: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives one day after the capital investment 
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plan is submitted to the Office of Management and Budg-
et for review and the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives when such 
review is completed: Provided further, That subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 6402 of Public Law 110–28 shall here-
after apply with respect to the amounts made available 
under this heading. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
For necessary expenses for applied scientific re-
search, development, test, and evaluation; and for mainte-
nance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and 
equipment; as authorized by law; $17,892,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017, of which $500,000 
shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 
to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)): Provided, 
That there may be credited to and used for the purposes 
of this appropriation funds received from State and local 
governments, other public authorities, private sources, and 
foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, devel-
opment, testing, and evaluation. 
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RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur-
pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca-
reer status bonuses, concurrent receipts, and combat-re-
lated special compensation under the National Defense 
Authorization Act, and payments for medical care of re-
tired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of 
title 10, United States Code, $1,450,626,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles 
for police-type use for replacement only; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the 
United States; hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses 
at such rates as may be determined by the Director of 
the United States Secret Service; 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 nec-
essary to perform protective functions; payment of per 
diem or subsistence allowances to employees in cases in 
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which a protective assignment on the actual day or days 
of the visit of a protectee requires an employee to work 
16 hours per day or to remain overnight at a post of duty; 
conduct of and participation in firearms matches; presen-
tation of awards; 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 approval is obtained in advance from the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives; research and development; grants to conduct 
behavioral research in support of protective research and 
operations; and payment in advance for commercial ac-
commodations as may be necessary to perform protective 
functions; $1,615,860,000; of which not to exceed $19,125 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses; 
of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide tech-
nical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement 
organizations in counterfeit investigations; of which 
$2,366,000 shall be for forensic and related support of 
investigations of missing and exploited children; of which 
$6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related to 
investigations of missing and exploited children and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2016; and of which 
not less than $12,000,000 shall be for activities related 
to training in electronic crimes investigations and 
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forensics: Provided, That $18,000,000 for protective travel 
shall remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided 
further, That $4,500,000 for National Special Security 
Events shall remain available until September 30, 2016: 
Provided further, That the United States Secret Service 
is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reim-
bursements from Federal agencies 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 re-
sources available under this heading at the end of the fis-
cal year: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be available to com-
pensate any employee for overtime in an annual amount 
in excess of $35,000, except that the Secretary of Home-
land Security, or the designee of the Secretary, may waive 
that amount as necessary for national security purposes: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
to the United States Secret Service by this Act or by pre-
vious appropriations Acts may be made available for the 
protection of the head of a Federal agency other than the 
Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That 
the Director of the United States Secret Service may enter 
into an agreement to provide such protection on a fully 
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reimbursable basis: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to the United States Secret Service 
by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts may be obli-
gated for the purpose of opening a new permanent domes-
tic or overseas office or location unless the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives are notified 15 days in advance of such obliga-
tion: Provided further, That not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
United States Secret Service shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, a report providing evidence that the 
United States Secret Service has sufficiently reviewed its 
professional standards of conduct; and has issued new 
guidance and procedures for the conduct of employees 
when engaged in overseas operations and protective mis-
sions, consistent with the critical missions of, and the 
unique position of public trust occupied by, the United 
States Secret Service: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be with-
held from obligation for Headquarters, Management and 
Administration until such report is submitted: Provided 
further, That for purposes of section 503(b) of this Act, 
$15,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, may be 
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transferred between Protection of Persons and Facilities 
and Domestic Field Operations. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND 
RELATED EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 
repair, alteration, and improvement of physical and tech-
nological 
infrastructure, 
$49,935,000; 
of 
which 
$5,380,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
shall be for acquisition, construction, improvement, and 
maintenance of the James J. Rowley Training Center; and 
of which $44,555,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2017, shall be for Information Integration and Tech-
nology Transformation program execution. 
TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 
RECOVERY 
NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Di-
rectorate, support for operations, and information tech-
nology, $61,651,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That the President’s budget proposal for 
fiscal year 2016, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) 
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of title 31, United States Code, shall be detailed by office, 
and by program, project, and activity level, for the Na-
tional Protection and Programs Directorate. 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION 
SECURITY 
For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection 
and information security programs and activities, as au-
thorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $1,188,679,000, of which 
$225,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2016: Provided, That if, due to delays in contract actions, 
the National Protection and Programs Directorate will not 
fully obligate funds for Federal Network Security or for 
Network Security Deployment program, project, and ac-
tivities as provided in the accompanying statement and 
section 548 of this Act, such funds may be applied to Next 
Generation Networks program, project, and activities, not-
withstanding section 503 of this Act. 
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
The revenues and collections of security fees credited 
to this account shall be available until expended for nec-
essary expenses related to the protection of federally 
owned and leased buildings and for the operations of the 
Federal Protective Service: Provided, That the Director of 
the Federal Protective Service shall submit at the time 
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the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is 
submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, a strategic human capital plan that aligns 
fee collections to personnel requirements based on a cur-
rent threat assessment. 
OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Biometric 
Identity Management, as authorized by section 7208 of 
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), $252,056,000: Provided, That of 
the total amount made available under this heading, 
$122,150,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017. 
OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Af-
fairs, $129,358,000; of which $26,148,000 is for salaries 
and expenses and $86,891,000 is for BioWatch oper-
ations: Provided, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, $16,319,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2016, for biosurveillance, chemical defense, 
medical and health planning and coordination, and work-
force health protection: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, $934,396,000, including activities 
authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.), the Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act of 2000 (divi-
sion C, title I, 114 Stat. 583), the Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the De-
fense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et 
seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404, 405), Reorganization Plan No. 
3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the National Dam Safety Pro-
gram Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.), the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Pub-
lic Law 110–53), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Post-Katrina 
Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 
109–295; 120 Stat. 1394), the Biggert-Waters Flood In-
surance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141, 126 
Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance Afford-
ability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89): Provided, That 
not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and 
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representation expenses: Provided further, That of the 
total amount made available under this heading, 
$35,180,000 shall be for the Urban Search and Rescue 
Response System, of which none is available for Federal 
Emergency Management Agency administrative costs: 
Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $30,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2016, for capital improvements and 
other expenses related to continuity of operations at the 
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Provided 
further, That of the total amount made available, 
$3,400,000 shall be for the Office of National Capital Re-
gion Coordination: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, not less than 
$4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2016, for expenses related to modernization of automated 
systems. 
STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other activities, $1,500,000,000, which shall be allocated 
as follows: 
(1) $467,000,000 shall be for the State Home-
land Security Grant Program under section 2004 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), 
of which not less than $55,000,000 shall be for Op-
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eration 
Stonegarden: 
Provided, 
That 
notwith-
standing subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for 
fiscal year 2015, the Commonwealth 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 sub-
section (c)(1) of such section 2004. 
(2) $600,000,000 shall be for the Urban Area 
Security Initiative under section 2003 of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which 
not less than $13,000,000 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 Sec-
retary of Homeland Security to be at high risk of a 
terrorist attack. 
(3) $100,000,000 shall be for Public Transpor-
tation Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assist-
ance, and Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance 
under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Imple-
menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 1135, 
1163, 
and 
1182), 
of 
which 
not 
less 
than 
$10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security and 
$3,000,000 shall be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: 
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Provided, That such public transportation security 
assistance shall be provided directly to public trans-
portation agencies. 
(4) $100,000,000 shall be for Port Security 
Grants in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107. 
(5) $233,000,000 shall be to sustain current 
operations for training, exercises, technical assist-
ance, and other programs, of which $162,991,000 
shall be for training of State, local, and tribal emer-
gency response providers: 
Provided, That for grants under paragraphs (1) through 
(4), applications for grants shall be made available to eligi-
ble applicants not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, that eligible applicants shall submit 
applications not later than 80 days after the grant an-
nouncement, and the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after 
the receipt of an application: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)) or any other provi-
sion of law, a grantee may not use more than 5 percent 
of the amount of a grant made available under this head-
ing for expenses directly related to administration of the 
grant: Provided further, That for grants under paragraphs 
(1) and (2), the installation of communications towers is 
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not considered construction of a building or other physical 
facility: Provided further, That grantees shall provide re-
ports on their use of funds, as determined necessary by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 509 of this Act, the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
may use the funds provided in paragraph (5) to acquire 
real property for the purpose of establishing or appro-
priately extending the security buffer zones around Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency training facilities. 
FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants for programs authorized by the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 
et seq.), $680,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016, of which $340,000,000 shall be available 
to carry out section 33 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229) and 
$340,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 34 
of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS 
For emergency management performance grants, as 
authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 
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U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $350,000,000. 
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM 
The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 
2015, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Vet-
erans 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 Department of Homeland Se-
curity necessary for its radiological emergency prepared-
ness 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: Provided further, That fees received under this head-
ing shall be deposited in this account as offsetting collec-
tions and will become available for authorized purposes on 
October 1, 2015, and remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Ad-
ministration and for other purposes, as authorized by the 
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 
U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) and the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $44,000,000. 
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DISASTER RELIEF FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $7,033,464,494, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $24,000,000 shall be trans-
ferred to the Department of Homeland Security Office of 
Inspector General for audits and investigations related to 
disasters: Provided, That the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives the following reports, including a spe-
cific description of the methodology and the source data 
used in developing such reports: 
(1) an estimate of the following amounts shall 
be submitted for the budget year at the time that 
the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 
is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code: 
(A) the unobligated balance of funds to be 
carried over from the prior fiscal year to the 
budget year; 
(B) the unobligated balance of funds to be 
carried over from the budget year to the budget 
year plus 1; 
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(C) the amount of obligations for non-cata-
strophic events for the budget year; 
(D) the amount of obligations for the 
budget year for catastrophic events delineated 
by event and by State; 
(E) the total amount that has been pre-
viously obligated or will be required for cata-
strophic events delineated by event and by State 
for all prior years, the current year, the budget 
year, the budget year plus 1, the budget year 
plus 2, and the budget year plus 3 and beyond; 
(F) the amount of previously obligated 
funds that will be recovered for the budget 
year; 
(G) the amount that will be required for 
obligations for emergencies, as described in sec-
tion 102(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5122(1)), major disasters, as described 
in section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5122(2)), fire management assistance 
grants, as described in section 420 of the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187), surge activi-
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ties, and disaster readiness and support activi-
ties; and 
(H) the amount required for activities not 
covered under section 251(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)(iii); 
Public Law 99–177); 
(2) an estimate or actual amounts, if available, 
of the following for the current fiscal year shall be 
submitted not later than the fifth day of each 
month, and shall be published by the Administrator 
on the Agency’s Web site not later than the fifth day 
of each month: 
(A) a summary of the amount of appro-
priations made available by source, the trans-
fers executed, the previously allocated funds re-
covered, and the commitments, allocations, and 
obligations made; 
(B) a table of disaster relief activity delin-
eated by month, including— 
(i) the beginning and ending balances; 
(ii) the total obligations to include 
amounts obligated for fire assistance, 
emergencies, surge, and disaster support 
activities; 
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(iii) the obligations for catastrophic 
events delineated by event and by State; 
and 
(iv) the amount of previously obli-
gated funds that are recovered; 
(C) a summary of allocations, obligations, 
and expenditures for catastrophic events delin-
eated by event; 
(D) in addition, for a disaster declaration 
related to Hurricane Sandy, the cost of the fol-
lowing categories of spending: public assistance, 
individual assistance, mitigation, administrative, 
operations, and any other relevant category (in-
cluding emergency measures and disaster re-
sources); and 
(E) the date on which funds appropriated 
will be exhausted: 
Provided further, That the Administrator shall publish on 
the Agency’s Web site not later than 5 days after an 
award of a public assistance grant under section 406 of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) the specifics of the grant 
award: Provided further, That for any mission assignment 
or mission assignment task order to another Federal de-
partment or agency regarding a major disaster, not later 
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than 5 days after the issuance of the mission assignment 
or task order, the Administrator shall publish on the 
Agency’s website the following: the name of the impacted 
State and the disaster declaration for such State, the as-
signed agency, the assistance requested, a description of 
the disaster, the total cost estimate, and the amount obli-
gated: Provided further, That not later than 10 days after 
the last day of each month until the mission assignment 
or task order is completed and closed out, the Adminis-
trator shall update any changes to the total cost estimate 
and the amount obligated: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, $6,437,792,622 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.): Provided further, That the 
amount in the preceding proviso is designated by the Con-
gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses, including administrative 
costs, under section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101), and under sections 
100215, 100216, 100226, 100230, and 100246 of the 
Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, 
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(Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), $100,000,000, and 
such additional sums as may be provided by State and 
local governments or other political subdivisions for cost- 
shared mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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 
(subtitle A of title II of division F of Public Law 112– 
141; 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance 
Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89; 128 Stat. 
1020), $179,294,000, which shall remain available until 
September 30, 2016, and 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)); which 
is available for salaries and expenses associated with flood 
mitigation and flood insurance operations; and floodplain 
management and additional amounts for flood mapping: 
Provided, That of such amount, $23,759,000 shall be 
available for salaries and expenses associated with flood 
mitigation 
and 
flood 
insurance 
operations 
and 
$155,535,000 shall be available for flood plain manage-
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ment and flood mapping: Provided further, That any addi-
tional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4015(d)) shall be credited as an offsetting collection to 
this account, to be available for flood plain management 
and flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2015, 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) $136,000,000 for operating expenses; 
(2) $1,139,000,000 for commissions and taxes of 
agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on Treas-
ury borrowings; and 
(4) $150,000,000, which shall remain available until 
expended, for flood mitigation actions and for flood miti-
gation assistance under section 1366 of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c), notwith-
standing sections 1366(e) and 1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 
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 supplement other amounts speci-
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fied 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 administra-
tive costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropria-
tion: Provided further, That $5,000,000 is available to 
carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance 
Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 
NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND 
For the predisaster mitigation grant program under 
section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
5133), 
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER 
To carry out the emergency food and shelter program 
pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $120,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That total ad-
ministrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 
amount made available under this heading. 
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TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 
SERVICES 
UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION 
SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigra-
tion services, $124,435,000 for the E-Verify Program, as 
described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Re-
form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note), to assist United States employers with main-
taining a legal workforce: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, funds otherwise made available 
to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 
may be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up 
to 5 vehicles, for replacement only, for areas where the 
Administrator of General Services does not provide vehi-
cles 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 to travel between the employees’ resi-
dences and places of employment. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, including materials and support 
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costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; the pur-
chase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; expenses for student ath-
letic and related activities; the conduct of and participa-
tion in firearms matches and presentation of awards; pub-
lic awareness and enhancement of community support of 
law enforcement training; room and board for student in-
terns; a flat monthly reimbursement to employees author-
ized to use personal mobile phones for official duties; and 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code; $230,497,000; of which up to $54,154,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2016, for mate-
rials and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic 
training; of which $300,000 shall remain available until 
expended to be distributed to Federal law enforcement 
agencies for expenses incurred participating in training ac-
creditation; and of which not to exceed $7,180 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided, That the Center is authorized to obligate funds in 
anticipation of reimbursements from agencies receiving 
training sponsored by the Center, except that total obliga-
tions 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 under this 
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heading in division F of Public Law 113–76, is further 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2017’’: Provided further, That the Director 
of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center shall 
schedule basic or advanced law enforcement training, or 
both, at all four training facilities under the control of the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to ensure that 
such training facilities are operated at the highest capacity 
throughout the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Fed-
eral Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board, in-
cluding 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 pro-
grams, facilities, and instructors. 
ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND 
RELATED EXPENSES 
For acquisition of necessary additional real property 
and facilities, construction, and ongoing maintenance, fa-
cility improvements, and related expenses of the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center, $27,841,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 
the Center is authorized to accept reimbursement to this 
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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 manage-
ment and administration of programs and activities, as 
authorized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $129,993,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for science and technology re-
search, including advanced research projects, development, 
test and evaluation, acquisition, and operations as author-
ized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the purchase or lease of not 
to 
exceed 
vehicles, 
$973,915,000; 
of 
which 
$538,926,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017; and of which $434,989,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019, solely for operation and con-
struction of laboratory facilities: Provided, That of the 
funds provided for the operation and construction of lab-
oratory facilities under this heading, $300,000,000 shall 
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be for construction of the National Bio- and Agro-defense 
Facility. 
DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear 
Detection Office, as authorized by title XIX of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for man-
agement and administration of programs and activities, 
$37,339,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 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, 
$197,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017. 
SYSTEMS ACQUISITION 
For necessary expenses for the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection Office acquisition and deployment of radiological 
detection systems in accordance with the global nuclear 
detection architecture, $72,603,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017. 
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING 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 appropria-
tions 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 ac-
counted for as one fund for the same time period as origi-
nally 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 2015, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail-
able to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 
funds that: 
(1) creates a new program, project, or activity; 
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(2) eliminates a program, project, office, or ac-
tivity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate or the House of Representatives 
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 2015 Budget Appendix 
for the Department of Homeland Security, as modi-
fied by the report accompanying this Act, unless the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives are notified 15 days in ad-
vance 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 Department of Homeland Security that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2015, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees or 
proceeds available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 
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be available 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 ac-
tivities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity; 
(3) reduces by 10 percent the numbers of per-
sonnel approved by the Congress; or 
(4) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel that would result in a change 
in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap-
proved by the Congress, unless the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives 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 Depart-
ment of Homeland Security by this Act or provided by 
previous appropriations Acts may be transferred between 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation, 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 re-
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programming of funds under subsection (b) and shall not 
be available for obligation unless the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives 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 based upon an initial 
notification provided after June 30, except in extraor-
dinary circumstances that imminently threaten the safety 
of human life or the protection of property. 
(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set 
forth in this section shall apply to any use of deobligated 
balances of funds provided in previous Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 504. The Department of Homeland Security 
Working Capital 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 2015: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 
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 2015 budg-
et: Provided further, That funds provided to the Working 
Capital Fund shall be available for obligation until ex-
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pended 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 pro-
vided to the Working Capital Fund shall be used only for 
purposes consistent with the contributing component: Pro-
vided 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 House 
of Representatives shall be notified of any activity added 
to or removed from the fund: Provided further, That the 
Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland 
Security shall submit a quarterly execution report with ac-
tivity 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 2015, as re-
corded in the financial records at the time of a reprogram-
ming request, but not later than June 30, 2016, from ap-
propriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2015 
in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 
2016, in the account and for the purposes for which the 
appropriations were provided: Provided, That prior to the 
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obligation of such funds, a request shall be submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives for approval in accordance with 
section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intel-
ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 
year 2015 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel-
ligence activities for fiscal year 2015. 
SEC. 507. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 
and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to— 
(1) make or award a grant allocation, grant, 
contract, other transaction agreement, or task or de-
livery 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) award a task or delivery order requiring an 
obligation of funds in an amount greater than 
$10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home-
land Security funds; 
(3) make a sole-source grant award; or 
(4) announce publicly the intention to make or 
award items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) includ-
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ing a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive 
the prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary noti-
fies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives at least 3 full business days 
in advance of making an award or issuing a letter as de-
scribed in that subsection. 
(c) 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. 
(d) A notification under this section— 
(1) may not involve funds that are not available 
for obligation; 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. 
(e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall brief the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
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5 full business days in advance of announcing publicly the 
intention of making an award under ‘‘State and Local 
Programs’’. 
SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any ad-
ditional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 
locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal 
law enforcement training without the advance approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the 
temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, 
or other agreement for training that cannot be accommo-
dated in existing Center facilities. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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 development 
of a proposed prospectus. 
SEC. 510. (a) Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the De-
partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 
(division E of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 
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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. 
(b) The third proviso of section 537 of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (6 
U.S.C. 114), shall not apply with respect to funds made 
available in this Act. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provi-
sions of the Buy American Act. For purposes of the pre-
ceding sentence, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means 
chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required 
by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1448). 
SEC. 513. Not later than 30 days after the last day 
of each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a monthly budget and staffing report for 
that month that includes total obligations of the Depart-
ment for that month for the fiscal year at the appropria-
tion and program, project, and activity levels, by the 
source year of the appropriation. Total obligations for 
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staffing shall also be provided by subcategory of on-board 
and funded full-time equivalent staffing levels, respec-
tively, and the report shall specify the number of, and total 
obligations for, contract employees for each office of the 
Department. 
SEC. 514. Except as provided in section 44945 of title 
49, United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred 
to Transportation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Se-
curity’’, ‘‘Administration’’, and ‘‘Transportation Security 
Support’’ for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 that are recov-
ered or deobligated shall be available only for the procure-
ment or installation of explosives detection systems, air 
cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject 
to notification: Provided, That semiannual reports shall be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives on any funds 
that are recovered or deobligated. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to process or approve a competition under 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for serv-
ices provided by employees (including employees serving 
on a temporary or term basis) of United States Citizen-
ship and Immigration Services of the Department of 
Homeland Security who are known as Immigration Infor-
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mation Officers, Contact Representatives, Investigative 
Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 
SEC. 516. Any funds appropriated to ‘‘Coast Guard, 
Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ for fiscal 
years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 for the 110– 
123 foot patrol boat conversion that are recovered, col-
lected, or otherwise received as the result of negotiation, 
mediation, or litigation, shall be available until expended 
for the Fast Response Cutter program. 
SEC. 517. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center 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). 
SEC. 518. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2015, 
to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of 
Homeland Security listing all grants and contracts award-
ed by any means other than full and open competition dur-
ing fiscal year 2015. 
(b) The Inspector General shall review the report re-
quired by subsection (a) to assess Departmental compli-
ance with applicable laws and regulations and report the 
results of that review to the Committees on Appropriations 
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of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later 
than February 15, 2016. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds provided by this or pre-
vious appropriations Acts shall be used to fund any posi-
tion designated as a Principal Federal Official (or the suc-
cessor thereto) for any Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) 
declared disasters or emergencies unless— 
(1) the responsibilities of the Principal Federal 
Official do not include operational functions related 
to incident management, including coordination of 
operations, and are consistent with the requirements 
of section 509(c) and sections 503(c)(3) and 
503(c)(4)(A) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 319(c) and 313(c)(3) and 313(c)(4)(A)) 
and section 302 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5143); 
(2) not later than 10 business days after the 
latter of the date on which the Secretary of Home-
land Security appoints the Principal Federal Official 
and the date on which the President issues a dec-
laration under section 401 or section 501 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191, respec-
tively), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
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submit a notification of the appointment of the Prin-
cipal Federal Official and a description of the re-
sponsibilities of such Official and how such respon-
sibilities are consistent with paragraph (1) to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(3) not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a re-
port specifying timeframes and milestones regarding 
the update of operations, planning and policy docu-
ments, and training and exercise protocols, to ensure 
consistency with paragraph (1) of this section. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds provided or otherwise 
made available in this Act shall be available to carry out 
section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 452). 
SEC. 521. Funds made available in this Act may be 
used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro-
gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi-
neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 
maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast 
Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 
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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. 522. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by United States Citizenship and Immi-
gration 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 United States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services, and the results do not preclude the granting of 
the benefit. 
SEC. 523. Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until Sep-
tember 30, 2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 
30, 2015,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015,’’. 
SEC. 524. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 
Security that provide award fees link such fees to success-
ful acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be speci-
fied in terms of cost, schedule, and performance). 
SEC. 525. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 
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shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and 
vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for 
the transportation of crude oil distributed from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, after consultation with the Secretaries of the De-
partments of Energy and Transportation and representa-
tives from the United States flag maritime industry, takes 
adequate measures to ensure the use of United States flag 
vessels: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives within 2 business days of any request for 
waivers of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant 
to 46 U.S.C. 501(b). 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for United States 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 importing 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 
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prescription 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. 527. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to reduce the United States Coast Guard’s Operations 
Systems Center mission or its government-employed or 
contract staff levels. 
SEC. 528. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall no-
tify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives of any proposed transfers 
of funds available under section 9703.1(g)(4)(B) of title 
31, United States Code (as added by Public Law 102– 
393) from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture 
Fund to any agency within the Department of Homeland 
Security: Provided, That none of the funds identified for 
such a transfer may be obligated until the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives approve the proposed transfers. 
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SEC. 529. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel-
oping a national identification card. 
SEC. 530. 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 Documentation Center. 
SEC. 531. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, except as provided in subsection (b), and 30 
days after the date on which the President determines 
whether to declare a major disaster because of an event 
and any appeal is completed, the Administrator shall pub-
lish on the Web site of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency a report regarding that decision that shall 
summarize damage assessment information used to deter-
mine whether to declare a major disaster. 
(b) The Administrator may redact from a report 
under subsection (a) any data that the Administrator de-
termines would compromise national security. 
(c) In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency; and 
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(2) $8,000,000 from Public Law 113–76 under 
the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
Air and Marine Operations’’ in division F of such 
Act; 
(3) $10,000,000 from unobligated prior year 
balances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion, Construction and Facilities Management’’; 
(4) $15,300,000 from ‘‘Transportation Security 
Administration, 
Aviation 
Security’’ 
account 
70x0550; 
(5) $187,000,000 from Public Law 113–76 
under the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Admin-
istration, Aviation Security’’; 
(6) $2,550,000 from Public Law 112–10 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’; 
(7) $12,095,000 from Public Law 112–74 
under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’; 
(8) $16,349,000 from Public Law 113–6 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’; 
(9) $30,643,000 from Public Law 113–76 
under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’; 
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