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SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 
application, form, notification, press release, or other publi-
cations involving the distribution of Federal funds shall 
comply with any relevant requirements in part 200 of title 
2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, That this section 
shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and grants 
received by a State receiving Federal funds. 
SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION
OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 
the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 
used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 
of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Government 
Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another government agency) to col-
lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
rived from any means, that includes any personally 
identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in sub-
section (a) shall not apply to—
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(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that 
is a system security action taken by the operator of 
an Internet site and is necessarily incident to pro-
viding the Internet site services or to protecting the 
rights or property of the provider of the Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency actions 
to implement, interpret or enforce authorities pro-
vided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examinations 
of the agency’s supervised institutions, including as-
sessing safety and soundness, overall financial condi-
tion, management practices and policies and compli-
ance with applicable standards as provided in law. 
SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage,
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except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for 
the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of reli-
gious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not subject 
any individual to discrimination on the basis that the indi-
vidual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contra-
ceptives because such activities would be contrary to the in-
dividual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensuring 
the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic 
athletes, and supports the strict adherence to anti-doping 
in sport through testing, adjudication, education, and re-
search as performed by nationally recognized oversight au-
thorities.
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SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated for official travel to Federal depart-
ments and agencies may be used by such departments and 
agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Govern-
ment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this or any other appropriations Act may be used to imple-
ment or enforce restrictions or limitations on the Coast 
Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to implement 
the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to part 300 
of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, published in 
the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on September 
9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch employees 
to the legislative branch). 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, or 
lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous 
to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of con-
ducting Federal law enforcement training without the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, except that the
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Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to 
obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, 
contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be 
accommodated in existing Center facilities. 
SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 
none of the funds provided in this or any other Act may 
be used by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 
in the United States, unless the story includes a clear notifi-
cation within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 
story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act), and regulations implementing that section. 
SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
Act may be used for any Federal Government contract with 
any foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an in-
verted domestic corporation under section 835(b) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any 
subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 
if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required 
in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
Federal Government contract entered into before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 
pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2017, for each employee 
who— 
(1) 
retires 
under 
section 
8336(d)(2) 
or 
8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 
(2) retires under any other provision of sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 
5 and receives a payment as an incentive to separate, 
the separating agency shall remit to the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 
the Office of Personnel Management’s average unit 
cost of processing a retirement claim for the preceding 
fiscal year. Such amounts shall be available until ex-
pended to the Office of Personnel Management and
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shall be deemed to be an administrative expense 
under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to recommend or require any 
entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose 
any of the following information as a condition of submit-
ting the offer: 
(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 
expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-
ment for an electioneering communication that is 
made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any of 
its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for election 
for Federal office or to a political committee, or that 
is otherwise made with respect to any election for 
Federal office. 
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 
payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the en-
tity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates or 
subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the rea-
sonable expectation that the person will use the funds 
to make a payment described in paragraph (1). 
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 
‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘electioneering 
communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and ‘‘Federal of-
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fice’’ has the meaning given such term in the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.). 
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 
a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal govern-
ment, including the President, the Vice President, a member 
of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Commis-
sioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency 
(as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States Code), 
or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 
SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2017, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
prevailing rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) 
of title 5, United States Code— 
(A) during the period from the date of expiration 
of the limitation imposed by the comparable section 
for the previous fiscal years until the normal effective 
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is 
to take effect in fiscal year 2017, in an amount that 
exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and 
step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance 
with such section; and
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(B) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2017, in an amount that exceeds, 
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate pay-
able under subparagraph (A) by more than the sum 
of— 
(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
in fiscal year 2017 under section 5303 of title 5, 
United States Code, in the rates of pay under the 
General Schedule; and 
(ii) the difference between the overall aver-
age 
percentage 
of 
the 
locality-based 
com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2017 under section 5304 of such title (whether by 
adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average 
percentage of such payments which was effective 
in the previous fiscal year under such section. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and 
no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be 
paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect 
at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such em-
ployee.
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(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 
who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 
30, 2016, shall be determined under regulations prescribed 
by the Office of Personnel Management. 
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 
of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 
may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 
30, 2016, except to the extent determined by the Office of 
Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of 
this subsection. 
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for 
service performed after September 30, 2016. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision 
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution, 
or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis 
of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic 
pay payable after the application of this subsection shall 
be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
permit or require the payment to any employee covered by 
this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 
be payable were this subsection not in effect.
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(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this subsection 
if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary 
to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ-
ees. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in 
rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take 
place in fiscal year 2017 under sections 5344 and 5348 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be— 
(1) not less than the percentage received by em-
ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 
are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States 
Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employees at lo-
cations where there are no employees whose pay is in-
creased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, 
United States Code, and prevailing rate employees de-
scribed in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay lo-
cality designated as ‘‘Rest of United States’’ pursuant 
to section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, for pur-
poses of this subsection; and 
(2) effective as of the first day of the first appli-
cable pay period beginning after September 30, 2016.
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SEC. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a 
pay raise in calendar year 2017, notwithstanding the rate 
adjustment made under section 104 of title 3, United States 
Code, or any other provision of law. 
(b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule po-
sition, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 
by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive 
a pay rate increase in calendar year 2017, notwithstanding 
schedule adjustments made under section 5318 of title 5, 
United States Code, or any other provision of law, except 
as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This subsection 
applies only to employees who are holding a position under 
a political appointment. 
(c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may not 
receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2017, notwith-
standing section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(Public Law 96–465) or any other provision of law, except 
as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). 
(d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 
5, United States Code, a pay rate increase may not be re-
ceived in calendar year 2017 (except as provided in sub-
section (g), (h), or (i)) by— 
(1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu-
tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above level 
IV of the Executive Schedule; or
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(2) a limited term appointee or limited emer-
gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service serv-
ing under a political appointment and paid a rate of 
basic pay at or above level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule. 
(e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including 
any locality-based payments under section 5304 of title 5, 
United States Code, or similar authority) at or above level 
IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a political 
appointment may not receive a pay rate increase in cal-
endar year 2017, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This 
subsection does not apply to employees in the General 
Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay system, or 
to employees appointed under section 3161 of title 5, United 
States Code, or to employees in another pay system whose 
position would be classified at GS–15 or below if chapter 
51 of title 5, United States Code, applied to them. 
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent 
employees who do not serve under a political appointment 
from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided under 
applicable law. 
(g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
who receives a Presidential appointment and who makes 
an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic pay
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entitlements under section 3392 of title 5, United States 
Code, is not subject to this section. 
(h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who re-
ceives a Presidential appointment to any position in the 
executive branch and who makes an election to retain Sen-
ior Foreign Service pay entitlements under section 302(b) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) 
is not subject to this section. 
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an em-
ployee in a covered position may receive a pay rate increase 
upon an authorized movement to a different covered posi-
tion with higher-level duties and a pre-established higher 
level or range of pay, except that any such increase must 
be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limitations 
in effect on December 31, 2013. 
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an 
individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 
during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 
pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 
pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013. 
(k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) through 
(e) is subject to a biweekly pay period that begins in cal-
endar year 2017 but ends in calendar year 2018, the bar 
on the employee’s receipt of pay rate increases shall apply 
through the end of that pay period.
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SEC. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 
this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 
reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official for 
any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 
costs and contracting procedures related to each conference 
held by any such department, agency, board, commission, 
or office during fiscal year 2017 for which the cost to the 
United States Government was more than $100,000. 
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
ble period— 
(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United 
States Government, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor travel 
to and from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to 
determine which costs relate to the conference; 
and 
(4) a description of the contracting procedures 
used including—
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(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the departmental component or of-
fice in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference. 
(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the head 
of any such department, agency, board, commission, or of-
fice shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics offi-
cial for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 
date, location, and number of employees attending a con-
ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 
appropriations Act during fiscal year 2017 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$20,000. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 
be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a conference 
described in subsection (c) that is not directly and program-
matically related to the purpose for which the grant or con-
tract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection 
with planning, training, assessment, review, or other rou-
tine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or 
contract.
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(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
ference activities that are not in compliance with Office of 
Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated 
May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that memo-
randum. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 
eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for a 
fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently en-
acted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change is 
made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provisions 
of this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ pub-
lished by the Office of Personnel Management in the Federal 
Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.). 
SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used to 
begin or announce a study or public-private competition 
regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 
function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Office
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of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any other ad-
ministrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
SEC. 743. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be avail-
able for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with 
an entity that requires employees or contractors of such en-
tity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal 
confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or oth-
erwise restricting such employees or contractors from law-
fully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated 
investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal 
department or agency authorized to receive such informa-
tion. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 
Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified in-
formation. 
SEC. 744. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government 
or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if 
such policy, form, or agreement does not contain the fol-
lowing provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent with 
and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the
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employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by exist-
ing statute or Executive order relating to: (1) classified in-
formation; (2) communications to Congress; (3) the report-
ing to an Inspector General of a violation of any law, rule, 
or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, 
an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger 
to public health or safety; or (4) any other whistleblower 
protection. The definitions, requirements, obligations, 
rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by controlling Ex-
ecutive orders and statutory provisions are incorporated 
into this agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That 
notwithstanding the preceding provision of this section, a 
nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be exe-
cuted by a person connected with the conduct of an intel-
ligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an em-
ployee or officer of the United States Government, may con-
tain provisions appropriate to the particular activity for 
which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 
shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not dis-
close any classified information received in the course of 
such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 
United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall 
also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Con-
gress, or to an authorized official of an executive agency
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or the Department of Justice, that are essential to reporting 
a substantial violation of law. 
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be im-
plemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if 
it complies with the requirements for such agreement that 
were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 
(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce any agreement entered 
into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain sub-
stantially similar language to that required in subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and admin-
istrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and 
that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an 
agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the 
tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the 
unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered 
suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made 
a determination that this further action is not necessary 
to protect the interests of the Government.
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SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 
violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 
months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension or 
debarment of the corporation and has made a determina-
tion that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government. 
SEC. 747. (a) During fiscal year 2017, on the date on 
which a request is made for a transfer of funds in accord-
ance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the Bureau 
of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate of such request. 
(b) Any notification required by this section shall be 
made available on the Bureau’s public Web site. 
SEC. 748. (a) None of the funds made available under 
this or any other Act may be used to— 
(1) implement, administer, carry out, modify, 
revise, or enforce Executive Order 13690, entitled
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‘‘Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management 
Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and 
Considering Stakeholder Input’’ (issued January 30, 
2015), other than for— 
(A) acquiring, managing, or disposing of 
Federal lands and facilities; 
(B) providing Federally undertaken, fi-
nanced, or assisted construction or improve-
ments; or 
(C) conducting Federal activities or pro-
grams affecting land use, including water and 
related land resources planning, regulating, and 
licensing activities; 
(2) implement Executive Order 13690 in a man-
ner that modifies the non-grant components of the 
National Flood Insurance Program; or 
(3) apply Executive Order 13690 or the Federal 
Flood Risk Management Standard by any component 
of the Department of Defense, including the Army 
Corps of Engineers in a way that changes the ‘‘flood-
plain’’ considered when determining whether or not to 
issue a Department of the Army permit under section 
404 of the Clean Water Act or section 10 of the Rivers 
and Harbors Act.
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(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not be in effect 
during the period beginning on October 1, 2017 and ending 
on September 30, 2018. 
SEC. 749. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other than 
title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or VIII. 
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec-
essary for making refunds and for the payment of legal set-
tlements or judgments that have been entered against the 
District of Columbia government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 
implementation of any policy including boycott designed to 
support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any 
State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 
under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Fed-
eral and District government agencies, that remain avail-
able for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2017, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agen-
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cies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditures for an agency through a reprogramming of 
funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically 
denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel as-
signed to a specific program, project or responsibility 
center, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized 
to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer re-
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quests of local funds under this title through November 7, 
2017. 
SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 
for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the of-
fices of United States Senator or United States Representa-
tive under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia State-
hood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. 
Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
none of the funds made available by this Act or by any 
other Act may be used to provide any officer or employee 
of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless 
the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the perform-
ance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ does not in-
clude travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence and 
workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer 
or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who resides
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in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours 
a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of the 
District of Columbia Department of Corrections who 
resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Exam-
iner, an officer or employee of the Office of the Chief 
Medical Examiner who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the Home-
land Security and Emergency Management Agency, 
an officer or employee of the Homeland Security and 
Emergency Management Agency who resides in the 
District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attorney 
General or any other officer or entity of the District govern-
ment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil 
action which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting 
representation in Congress for the District of Columbia.
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(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Colum-
bia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on 
briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials 
of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 
SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in this 
Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the 
purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens 
in any location that has been determined by the local public 
health or local law enforcement authorities to be inappro-
priate for such distribution. 
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to pre-
vent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from 
addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive cov-
erage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Con-
gress that any legislation enacted on such issue should in-
clude a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides exceptions for 
religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, 
or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties asso-
ciated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched-
ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols deriva-
tive.
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(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 
by the District of Columbia government under any author-
ity may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to 
legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 
possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 
under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) 
or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational 
purposes. 
SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or expendi-
ture by the District of Columbia government under any au-
thority shall be expended for any abortion except where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were car-
ried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act 
of rape or incest. 
SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 
Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the ap-
propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Coun-
cil of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget in the format of the budget that the Dis-
trict of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 
442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Offi-
cial Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District of 
Columbia government for fiscal year 2017 that is in the 
total amount of the approved appropriation and that re-
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aligns all budgeted data for personal services and other- 
than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated actual 
expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 
which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Colum-
bia certifies that a reallocation is required to address unan-
ticipated changes in program requirements. 
SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-
cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 
for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. The 
revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the format 
of the budget that the District of Columbia government sub-
mitted pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42). 
SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 
operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co-
lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 
once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized 
to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any local
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funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the four prior 
fiscal years from operating funds to capital funds, and such 
amounts, once transferred or reprogrammed, shall retain 
appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of 
this Act. 
(c) The District of Columbia government may not 
transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds de-
rived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for cap-
ital projects. 
SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other 
appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobli-
gated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 
2017 from appropriations of Federal funds made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2017 in this Act, 
shall remain available through September 30, 2018, for each 
such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, That 
a request shall be submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Pro-
vided further, That these requests shall be made in compli-
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ance with reprogramming guidelines outlined in section 
803 of this Act. 
SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2018, during a 
period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 
resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 
bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 
provided for any project or activity for which local funds 
are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (subject 
to any modifications enacted by the District of Columbia 
as of the beginning of the period during which this sub-
section is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 
(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 
of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to which 
a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2018 which 
(subject to the requirements of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion of the an-
nual budget for the District of Columbia government for 
fiscal year 2018 for purposes of section 446 of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, D.C. Official 
Code). 
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 
to be available— 
(1) during any period in which a District of Co-
lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2018 is 
in effect; or
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(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 
2018. 
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
vided under the authority and conditions as provided under 
this Act and shall be available to the extent and in the man-
ner that would be provided by this Act. 
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 
cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 
project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2018 
for which this section applies to such project or activity. 
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 
during any period of fiscal year 2018 if any other provision 
of law (other than an authorization of appropriations)— 
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
able, or grants authority for such project or activity 
to continue for such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
mandated by other law.
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SEC. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in title 
IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of 
this title or of title IV. 
TITLE IX—SOAR REAUTHORIZATION 
SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN TITLE 
SEC. 901. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited 
as the ‘‘Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reau-
thorization Act’’ or the ‘‘SOAR Reauthorization Act’’. 
(b) REFERENCES IN ACT.—Except as otherwise ex-
pressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment is 
expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a sec-
tion or other provision, the reference shall be considered to 
be made to that section or other provision of the Scholar-
ships for Opportunity and Results Act (division C of Public 
Law 112–10; sec. 38–1853.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code). 
REPEAL 
SEC. 902. Section 817 of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113) is repealed, and any 
provision of law amended or repealed by such section is 
restored or revived as if such section had not been enacted 
into law. 
PURPOSES 
SEC. 903. Section 3003 (sec. 38–1853.03, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended by striking ‘‘particularly parents’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘, with’’ and inserting ‘‘particu-
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larly parents of students who attend an elementary school 
or secondary school identified as one of the lowest-per-
forming schools under the District of Columbia’s account-
ability system, with’’. 
PROHIBITING IMPOSITION OF LIMITS ON TYPES OF 
ELIGIBLE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM 
SEC. 904. Section 3004(a) (sec. 38–1853.04(a), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITING IMPOSITION OF LIMITS ON EL-
IGIBLE
STUDENTS
PARTICIPATING
IN
THE
PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out the 
program under this division, the Secretary may 
not limit the number of eligible students receiv-
ing scholarships under section 3007(a), and may 
not prevent otherwise eligible students from par-
ticipating in the program under this division, 
based on any of the following: 
‘‘(i) The type of school the student pre-
viously attended. 
‘‘(ii) Whether or not the student pre-
viously received a scholarship or partici-
pated in the program, including whether an 
eligible student was awarded a scholarship 
in any previous year but has not used the
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scholarship, regardless of the number of 
years of nonuse. 
‘‘(iii) Whether or not the student was 
a member of the control group used by the 
Institute of Education Sciences to carry out 
previous evaluations of the program under 
section 3009. 
‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
subparagraph (A) may be construed to waive the 
requirement under section 3005(b)(1)(B) that the 
eligible entity carrying out the program under 
this Act must carry out a random selection proc-
ess, which gives weight to the priorities described 
in section 3006, if more eligible students seek ad-
mission in the program than the program can 
accommodate.’’. 
REQUIRING ELIGIBLE ENTITIES TO UTILIZE INTERNAL 
FISCAL AND QUALITY CONTROLS 
SEC. 905. Section 3005(b)(1) (sec. 38–1853.05(b)(1), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘, except 
that a participating school may not be required to 
submit to more than 1 site visit per school year’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (K) and (L) 
as subparagraphs (L) and (M), respectively;
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(3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(K) how the entity will ensure the finan-
cial viability of participating schools in which 
85 percent or more of the total number of stu-
dents enrolled at the school are participating eli-
gible students that receive and use an oppor-
tunity scholarship;’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (L), as redesignated by 
paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(N) how the eligible entity will ensure that 
it— 
‘‘(i) utilizes internal fiscal and quality 
controls; and 
‘‘(ii) complies with applicable finan-
cial reporting requirements and the require-
ments of this division; and’’. 
CLARIFICATION OF PRIORITIES FOR AWARDING 
SCHOLARSHIPS TO ELIGIBLE STUDENTS 
SEC. 906. Section 3006(1) (sec. 38–1853.06(1), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘attended’’ 
and all that follows through the semicolon and insert-
ing ‘‘attended an elementary school or secondary 
school identified as one of the lowest-performing
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schools under the District of Columbia’s account-
ability system; and’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (B); and 
(4) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated by 
paragraph (3), by striking the semicolon at the end 
and inserting ‘‘or whether such students have, in the 
past, attended a private school;’’. 
MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING 
SCHOOLS AND ELIGIBLE ENTITIES 
SEC. 907. (a) CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS; COM-
PLIANCE
WITH
REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
3007(a)(4) (sec. 38–1853.07(a)(4), D.C. Official Code) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (F) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(F) ensures that, with respect to core sub-
ject matter, participating students are taught by 
a teacher who has a baccalaureate degree or 
equivalent degree, whether such degree was 
awarded in or outside of the United States;’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(G) conducts criminal background checks 
on school employees who have direct and unsu-
pervised interaction with students; and 
‘‘(H) complies with all requests for data 
and information regarding the reporting require-
ments described in section 3010.’’. 
(b) ACCREDITATION.—Section 3007(a) (sec. 38– 
1853.07(a), D.C. Official Code), as amended by subsection 
(a), is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraphs 
(2) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and 
(5)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds pro-
vided under this division for opportunity schol-
arships may be used by a participating eligible 
student to enroll in a participating private 
school unless the school— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a school that is a 
participating school as of the date of enact-
ment of the SOAR Reauthorization Act— 
‘‘(I) is fully accredited by an ac-
crediting body described in any of sub-
paragraphs (A) through (G) of section
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2202(16) of the District of Columbia 
School Reform Act of 1995 (Public 
Law 104–134; sec. 38–1802.02(16)(A)– 
(G), D.C. Official Code); or 
‘‘(II) if such participating school 
does not meet the requirements of sub-
clause (I)— 
‘‘(aa) not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2016 (Public Law 114–113), the 
school is pursuing full accredita-
tion by an accrediting body de-
scribed in subclause (I); and 
‘‘(bb) is fully accredited by 
such an accrediting body not later 
than 5 years after the date on 
which that school began the proc-
ess of pursuing full accreditation 
in accordance with item (aa); and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a school that is not 
a participating school as of the date of en-
actment of the SOAR Reauthorization Act, 
is fully accredited by an accrediting body
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described in clause (i)(I) before becoming a 
participating school under this division. 
‘‘(B) REPORTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—Not 
later than 5 years after the date of enactment of 
the SOAR Reauthorization Act, each partici-
pating school shall submit to the eligible entity 
a certification that the school has been fully ac-
credited in accordance with subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) ASSISTING STUDENTS IN ENROLLING 
IN OTHER SCHOOLS.—If a participating school 
fails to meet the requirements of this paragraph, 
the eligible entity shall assist the parents of the 
participating eligible students who attend the 
school in identifying, applying to, and enrolling 
in another participating school under this divi-
sion. 
‘‘(6) TREATMENT
OF
STUDENTS
AWARDED
A 
SCHOLARSHIP IN A PREVIOUS YEAR.—An eligible en-
tity shall treat a participating eligible student who 
was awarded an opportunity scholarship in any pre-
vious year and who has not used the scholarship as 
a renewal student and not as a new applicant, with-
out regard as to— 
‘‘(A) whether the eligible student has used 
the scholarship; and
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‘‘(B) the year in which the scholarship was 
previously awarded.’’. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
AND PARENTAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 3007 (sec. 38– 
1853.07, D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES AND PARENTAL AS-
SISTANCE.—The Secretary shall make $2,000,000 of the 
amount made available under section 3014(a)(1) for each 
fiscal year available to eligible entities receiving a grant 
under section 3004(a) to cover the following expenses: 
‘‘(1) The administrative expenses of carrying out 
its program under this division during the year, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) determining the eligibility of students 
to participate; 
‘‘(B) selecting the eligible students to receive 
scholarships; 
‘‘(C) determining the amount of the scholar-
ships and issuing the scholarships to eligible stu-
dents; 
‘‘(D) compiling and maintaining financial 
and programmatic records;
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‘‘(E) conducting site visits as described in 
section 3005(b)(1)(I); and 
‘‘(F)(i) conducting a study, including a sur-
vey of participating parents, on any barriers for 
participating eligible students in gaining admis-
sion to, or attending, the participating school 
that is their first choice; and 
‘‘(ii) not later than the end of the first full 
fiscal year after the date of enactment of the 
SOAR Reauthorization Act, submitting a report 
to Congress that contains the results of such 
study. 
‘‘(2) The expenses of educating parents about the 
eligible entity’s program under this division, and as-
sisting parents through the application process under 
this division, including— 
‘‘(A) providing information about the pro-
gram and the participating schools to parents of 
eligible students, including information on sup-
plemental financial aid that may be available at 
participating schools; 
‘‘(B) providing funds to assist parents of 
students in meeting expenses that might other-
wise preclude the participation of eligible stu-
dents in the program; and
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‘‘(C) streamlining the application process 
for parents.’’; 
(B) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c); and 
(C) by redesignating subsection (e), as 
added by section 162(b) of the Continuing Ap-
propriations Act, 2017 (division C of Public 
Law 114–223, as amended by section 101(3) of 
the Further Continuing and Security Assistance 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 114– 
254)), as subsection (d). 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3007(d) 
(sec. 38–1853.07(d), D.C. Official Code), as redesig-
nated by paragraph (1)(C), is amended by striking 
‘‘subsections (b), (c), and (d)’’ each place it appears 
in paragraphs (2)(B) and (3) and inserting ‘‘sub-
sections (b) and (c)’’. 
(d) CLARIFICATION OF USE OF FUNDS FOR STUDENT 
ACADEMIC
ASSISTANCE.—Section 
3007(c) 
(sec. 
38– 
1853.07(c), D.C. Official Code), as redesignated by sub-
section (c)(1)(B), is amended by striking ‘‘previously at-
tended’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘previously attended an elementary school or 
secondary school identified as one of the lowest-performing
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schools under the District of Columbia’s accountability sys-
tem.’’. 
PROGRAM EVALUATION 
SEC. 908. (a) REVISION OF EVALUATION PROCEDURES 
AND REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 3009(a) (sec. 38– 
1853.09(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) DUTIES
OF
THE
SECRETARY
AND
THE 
MAYOR.—The Secretary and the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia shall— 
‘‘(A) jointly enter into an agreement with 
the Institute of Education Sciences of the De-
partment of Education to evaluate annually the 
opportunity scholarship program under this di-
vision; 
‘‘(B) jointly enter into an agreement to 
monitor and evaluate the use of funds authorized 
and appropriated for the District of Columbia 
public schools and the District of Columbia pub-
lic charter schools under this division; and 
‘‘(C) make the evaluations described in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) public in accordance 
with subsection (c).
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‘‘(2) DUTIES
OF
THE
SECRETARY.—The Sec-
retary, through a grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement, shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that the evaluation under para-
graph (1)(A)— 
‘‘(i) is conducted using an acceptable 
quasi-experimental research design for de-
termining the effectiveness of the oppor-
tunity scholarship program under this divi-
sion that does not use a control study group 
consisting of students who applied for but 
did not receive opportunity scholarships; 
and 
‘‘(ii) addresses the issues described in 
paragraph (4); and 
‘‘(B) disseminate information on the impact 
of the program— 
‘‘(i) on academic achievement and edu-
cational attainment of participating eligible 
students who use an opportunity scholar-
ship; and 
‘‘(ii) on students and schools in the 
District of Columbia.
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‘‘(3) DUTIES OF THE INSTITUTE ON EDUCATION 
SCIENCES.—The Institute of Education Sciences of 
the Department of Education shall— 
‘‘(A) assess participating eligible students 
who use an opportunity scholarship in each of 
grades 3 through 8, as well as one of the grades 
at the high school level, by supervising the ad-
ministration of the same reading and mathe-
matics assessment used by the District of Colum-
bia public schools to comply with section 1111(b) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)); 
‘‘(B) measure the academic achievement of 
all participating eligible students who use an op-
portunity scholarship in the grades described in 
subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(C) work with eligible entities receiving a 
grant under this division to ensure that the par-
ents of each student who is a participating eligi-
ble student that uses an opportunity scholarship 
agrees to permit their child to participate in the 
evaluations and assessments carried out by the 
Institute of Education Sciences under this sub-
section.
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‘‘(4) ISSUES TO BE EVALUATED.—The issues to 
be evaluated under paragraph (1)(A) shall include the 
following: 
‘‘(A) A comparison of the academic achieve-
ment of participating eligible students who use 
an opportunity scholarship on the measurements 
described in paragraph (3)(B) to the academic 
achievement of a comparison group of students 
with similar backgrounds in the District of Co-
lumbia public schools and the District of Colum-
bia public charter schools. 
‘‘(B) The success of the program under this 
division in expanding choice options for parents 
of participating eligible students and increasing 
the satisfaction of such parents and students 
with their choice. 
‘‘(C) The reasons parents of participating 
eligible students choose for their children to par-
ticipate in the program, including important 
characteristics for selecting schools. 
‘‘(D) A comparison of the retention rates, 
high school graduation rates, college enrollment 
rates, college persistence rates, and college grad-
uation rates of participating eligible students 
who use an opportunity scholarship with the
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rates of students in the comparison group de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(E) A comparison of the college enrollment 
rates, college persistence rates, and college grad-
uation rates of students who participated in the 
program in 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 
and 2015 as the result of winning the Oppor-
tunity Scholarship Program lottery with such 
enrollment, persistence, and graduation rates for 
students who entered but did not win such lot-
tery in those years and who, as a result, served 
as the control group for previous evaluations of 
the program under this division. Nothing in this 
subparagraph may be construed to waive section 
3004(a)(3)(A)(iii) with respect to any such stu-
dent. 
‘‘(F) A comparison of the safety of the 
schools attended by participating eligible stu-
dents who use an opportunity scholarship and 
the schools in the District of Columbia attended 
by students in the comparison group described in 
subparagraph (A), based on the perceptions of 
the students and parents. 
‘‘(G) An assessment of student academic 
achievement at participating schools in which 85
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percent of the total number of students enrolled 
at the school are participating eligible students 
who receive and use an opportunity scholarship. 
‘‘(H) Such other issues with respect to par-
ticipating eligible students who use an oppor-
tunity scholarship as the Secretary considers ap-
propriate for inclusion in the evaluation, such as 
the impact of the program on public elementary 
schools and secondary schools in the District of 
Columbia. 
‘‘(5) PROHIBITING
DISCLOSURE
OF
PERSONAL 
INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any disclosure of per-
sonally identifiable information obtained under 
this division shall be in compliance with section 
444 of the General Education Provisions Act 
(commonly known as the ‘Family Educational 
Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’) (20 U.S.C. 
1232g). 
‘‘(B) STUDENTS
NOT
ATTENDING
PUBLIC 
SCHOOL.—With respect to any student who is 
not attending a public elementary school or sec-
ondary school, personally identifiable informa-
tion obtained under this division shall only be 
disclosed to—
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‘‘(i) individuals carrying out the eval-
uation described in paragraph (1)(A) for 
such student; 
‘‘(ii) the group of individuals pro-
viding information for carrying out the 
evaluation of such student; and 
‘‘(iii) the parents of such student.’’. 
(2) TRANSITION OF EVALUATION.— 
(A) TERMINATION
OF
PREVIOUS
EVALUA-
TIONS.—The Secretary of Education shall— 
(i) terminate the evaluations conducted 
under section 3009(a) of the Scholarships 
for Opportunity and Results Act (sec. 38– 
1853.09(a), D.C. Official Code), as in effect 
on the day before the date of enactment of 
this title, after obtaining data for the 2017– 
2018 school year; and 
(ii) submit any reports required for the 
2017–2018 school year or preceding years 
with respect to the evaluations in accord-
ance with section 3009(b) of such Act. 
(B) NEW EVALUATIONS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning 
with respect to the 2018–2019 school year, 
the Secretary shall conduct new evaluations
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in accordance with the provisions of section 
3009(a) of the Scholarships for Opportunity 
and Results Act (sec. 38–1853.09(a), D.C. 
Official Code), as amended by this title. 
(ii) MOST RECENT EVALUATION.—As a 
component of the new evaluations described 
in clause (i), the Secretary shall continue to 
monitor and evaluate the students who were 
evaluated in the most recent evaluation 
under such section prior to the date of en-
actment of this title, including by moni-
toring and evaluating the test scores and 
other information of such students. 
(b) DUTY OF MAYOR TO ENSURE INSTITUTE HAS ALL 
INFORMATION NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT EVALUATIONS.— 
Section 3011(a)(1) (sec. 38–1853.11(a)(1), D.C. Official 
Code) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) INFORMATION NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT 
EVALUATIONS.—Ensure that all District of Columbia 
public schools and District of Columbia public charter 
schools make available to the Institute of Education 
Sciences of the Department of Education all of the in-
formation the Institute requires to carry out the as-
sessments and perform the evaluations required under 
section 3009(a).’’.
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FUNDING FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS 
SEC. 909. (a) MANDATORY WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS 
FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CONDITIONS.—Section 
3011(b) (sec. 38–1853.11(b), D.C. Official Code) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.—If, after reasonable notice and 
an opportunity for a hearing, the Secretary determines that 
the Mayor has failed to comply with any of the require-
ments of subsection (a), the Secretary may withhold from 
the Mayor, in whole or in part— 
‘‘(1) the funds otherwise authorized to be appro-
priated under section 3014(a)(2), if the failure to 
comply relates to the District of Columbia public 
schools; 
‘‘(2) the funds otherwise authorized to be appro-
priated under section 3014(a)(3), if the failure to 
comply relates to the District of Columbia public 
charter schools; or 
‘‘(3) the funds otherwise authorized to be appro-
priated under both paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 
3014(a), if the failure relates to both the District of 
Columbia public schools and the District of Columbia 
public charter schools.’’.
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(b) RULES FOR USE OF FUNDS PROVIDED FOR SUP-
PORT OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.—Section 3011 (sec. 
38–1853.11, D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(b) SPECIFIC RULES REGARDING FUNDS PROVIDED 
FOR SUPPORT OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.—The fol-
lowing rules shall apply with respect to the funds provided 
under this division for the support of District of Columbia 
public charter schools: 
‘‘(1) The Secretary may direct the funds pro-
vided for any fiscal year, or any portion thereof, to 
the Office of the State Superintendent of Education of 
the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(2) The Office of the State Superintendent of 
Education of the District of Columbia may transfer 
the funds to subgrantees that are— 
‘‘(A) specific District of Columbia public 
charter schools or networks of such schools; or 
‘‘(B) District of Columbia-based nonprofit 
organizations with experience in successfully 
providing support or assistance to District of Co-
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lumbia public charter schools or networks of such 
schools. 
‘‘(3) The funds provided under this division for 
the support of District of Columbia public charter 
schools shall be available to any District of Columbia 
public charter school in good standing with the Dis-
trict of Columbia Charter School Board, and the Of-
fice of the State Superintendent of Education of the 
District of Columbia and the District of Columbia 
Charter School Board may not restrict the avail-
ability of such funds to certain types of schools on the 
basis of the school’s location, governing body, or the 
school’s facilities.’’. 
REVISION OF CURRENT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING 
SEC. 910. Not later than the beginning of the 2018– 
2019 school year, the Secretary of Education and the Mayor 
of the District of Columbia shall revise the memorandum 
of understanding which is in effect under section 3012(d) 
of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act as of 
the day before the date of the enactment of this title to ad-
dress the following: 
(1) The amendments made by this title. 
(2) The need to ensure that participating schools 
under the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results 
Act meet fire code standards and maintain certifi-
cates of occupancy.
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(3) The need to ensure that District of Columbia 
public schools and District of Columbia public charter 
schools meet the requirements under such Act to com-
ply with all reasonable requests for information nec-
essary to carry out the evaluations required under 
section 3009(a) of such Act. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 911. Section 3013 (sec. 38–1853.13, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (10) 
as paragraphs (2) through (11), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesig-
nated by paragraph (1), the following: 
‘‘(1) CORE SUBJECT MATTER.—The term ‘core 
subject matter’ means— 
‘‘(A) mathematics; 
‘‘(B) science; and 
‘‘(C) English, reading, or language arts.’’; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (4)(B), as redesignated by 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘household with a’’ before 
‘‘student’’. 
EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 912. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3014(a) (sec. 38– 
1853.14, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘and
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for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2019’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on September 30, 2016. 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 913. Except as otherwise provided, the amend-
ments made by this title shall apply with respect to school 
year 2018–2019 and each succeeding school year. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, 
INTELLIGENCE, AND OVERSIGHT 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE 
MANAGEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
and for executive management for operations and support, 
$137,034,000: Provided, That not to exceed $40,000 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided under this head-
ing, $2,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the 
Secretary complies with section 107 of this Act.
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MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate 
for operations and support, $597,817,000, of which 
$194,092,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate 
for 
procurement, 
construction, 
and 
improvements, 
$18,839,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate 
for research and development, $2,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018. 
INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND OPERATIONS 
COORDINATION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis and the Office of Operations Coordination for op-
erations and support, $263,551,000, of which $106,115,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, 
That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses and not to exceed $2,000,000 is
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available for facility needs associated with secure space at 
fusion centers, including improvements to buildings. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for operations and support, $175,000,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain con-
fidential operational expenses, including the payment of in-
formants, to be expended at the direction of the Inspector 
General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, at the time the Presi-
dent’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 is submitted pur-
suant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
the Future Years Homeland Security Program, as author-
ized by section 874 of Public Law 107–296 (6 U.S.C. 454). 
SEC. 102. 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 Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a monthly budget and staffing report that in-
cludes total obligations of the Department for that month 
and for the fiscal year at the appropriation and program,
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project, and activity levels, by the source year of the appro-
priation. 
SEC. 103. (a) Notwithstanding section 518 of Public 
Law 114–113, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit a report not later than October 15, 2017, to the In-
spector General of the Department of Homeland Security 
listing all grants and contracts awarded by any means 
other than full and open competition during fiscal years 
2016 and 2017. 
(b) The Inspector General shall review the report re-
quired by subsection (a) to assess departmental compliance 
with applicable laws and regulations and report the results 
of that review to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives not later than Feb-
ruary 15, 2018. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 
Security that provide award fees link such fees to successful 
acquisition outcomes, which shall be specified in terms of 
cost, schedule, and performance. 
SEC. 105. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives of any proposed transfers of funds 
available under section 9703(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United
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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 Representatives are notified of the 
proposed transfers. 
SEC. 106. All official costs associated with the use of 
Government aircraft by Department of Homeland Security 
personnel to support official travel of the Secretary and the 
Deputy Secretary shall be paid from amounts made avail-
able for the Office of the Secretary. 
SEC. 107. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Commit-
tees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, a re-
port for fiscal year 2016 on visa overstay data by country 
as required by section 1376 of title 8, United States Code: 
Provided, That the report on visa overstay data shall also 
include—
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(1) overstays from all nonimmigrant visa cat-
egories under the immigration laws, delineated by 
each of the classes and sub-classes of such categories; 
and 
(2) numbers as well as rates of overstays for each 
class and sub-class of such nonimmigrant categories 
on a per-country basis. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish 
on the Department’s Web site the metrics developed to meas-
ure the effectiveness of security between the ports of entry, 
including the methodology and data supporting the result-
ing measures. 
SEC. 108. Within 30 days of the date of enactment of 
this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary or Chief Fi-
nancial Officer shall certify to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is ad-
ministering and executing its Enforcement and Removal 
Operations activities consistent with available budgetary 
authority provided by law: Provided, That such certifi-
cation shall include both actual and projected financial ob-
ligation data, with the projections informed by seasonality, 
planned immigration enforcement operations, all relevant 
enforcement data systems, and other information sources as 
necessary.
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TITLE II 
SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection for operations and support, including the trans-
portation of unaccompanied minor aliens; the provision of 
air and marine support to Federal, State, and local agen-
cies in the enforcement or administration of laws enforced 
by the Department of Homeland Security; at the discretion 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the provision of such 
support to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law 
enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts; the pur-
chase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for replacement only) 
police-type vehicles; the purchase, maintenance, or oper-
ation of marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial sys-
tems; and contracting with individuals for personal services 
abroad; $10,900,636,000; of which $3,274,000 shall be de-
rived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for admin-
istrative expenses related to the collection of the Harbor 
Maintenance Fee pursuant to section 9505(c)(3) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and 
notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which 
$681,441,500 shall be available until September 30, 2018;
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and of which such sums as become available in the Customs 
User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) 
of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that ac-
count: Provided, That not to exceed $34,425 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for pay-
ment for rental space in connection with preclearance oper-
ations: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 
shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be 
accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses for U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, including procurements to buy marine vessels, air-
craft, and unmanned aerial systems, $273,617,000, of which 
$252,842,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019, and of which $20,775,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2021. 
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement for operations and support, including the 
purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement
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only) police-type vehicles; overseas vetted units; and mainte-
nance, minor construction, and minor leasehold improve-
ments at owned and leased facilities, $6,168,532,000; of 
which $6,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
efforts to enforce laws against forced child labor; of which 
not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for investiga-
tion of intellectual property rights violations, including op-
eration of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordi-
nation Center; of which $18,700,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2018, for the Visa Security Program 
and investigations abroad; of which not less than 
$3,471,806,000 shall be for enforcement, detention, and re-
moval operations, including transportation of unaccom-
panied minor aliens: Provided, That not to exceed $11,475 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be 
available until expended for conducting special operations 
under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 
(19 U.S.C. 2081): Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to inform-
ants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of the 
Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund or reim-
burse other Federal agencies for the costs associated with 
the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled aliens
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unlawfully present in the United States: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided under this heading, $25,000,000 
shall be withheld from obligation until the comprehensive 
plan for immigration data improvement is submitted as re-
quired in section 212 of this Act. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement for procurement, construction, and im-
provements, $29,800,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration for operations and support, $7,105,047,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, 
That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That security 
service fees authorized under section 44940 of title 49, 
United States Code, shall be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections and shall be available only for avia-
tion security: Provided further, That the sum appropriated 
under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced 
on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 2017 so as to result in a final
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fiscal year appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $4,975,047,000. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration for procurement, construction, and im-
provements, $206,093,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration for research and development, $5,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2018. 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operations and mainte-
nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur-
chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, 
which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease of 
small boats for contingent and emergent requirements (at 
a unit cost of not more than $700,000) and repairs and 
service-life replacements, not to exceed a total of 
$31,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for over-
seas deployments and activities; purchase, lease, or im-
provement of other equipment (at a unit cost of not more 
than $250,000); minor shore construction projects not ex-
ceeding $1,000,000 in total cost on any location; payments
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pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 
402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and welfare; 
$7,079,628,000; of which $502,692,000 shall be for defense- 
related activities, of which $162,692,000 is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985; of which $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of sec-
tion 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2712(a)(5)); and of which $11,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019, of which $6,000,000 is solely 
for grants authorized by the Coast Guard Authorization Act 
of 2010 (46 U.S.C. 4502(i) and (j)) and $5,000,000 is to 
meet the obligations specified in 14 U.S.C. 98(b): Provided, 
That not to exceed $23,000 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the environmental 
compliance and restoration functions of the Coast Guard 
under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, 
$13,315,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 
RESERVE TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve; op-
erations and maintenance of the Coast Guard Reserve Pro-
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gram; personnel and training costs; and equipment and 
services; $112,302,000. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for acquisi-
tion, construction, renovation, and improvement of aids to 
navigation, shore facilities (including facilities at Depart-
ment of Defense installations used by the Coast Guard), ves-
sels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, 
$1,370,007,000; 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 $1,256,655,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2021, of which $95,000,000 
shall be immediately available and allotted to contract for 
long lead time materials for the tenth National Security 
Cutter notwithstanding the availability of funds for produc-
tion or post-production costs. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for research, 
development, test, and evaluation; and for maintenance, re-
habilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equip-
ment; $36,319,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, 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.
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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, development, testing, and evaluation. 
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 career 
status bonuses, concurrent receipts, and combat-related spe-
cial compensation, and payments for medical care of retired 
personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of title 
10, United States Code, $1,666,940,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for operations and support, including purchase of 
not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-type use for replacement 
only; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of motor-
cycles made in the United States; hire of aircraft; rental 
of buildings in the District of Columbia, fencing, lighting, 
guard booths, and other facilities on private or other prop-
erty not in Government ownership or control, as may be
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necessary to perform protective functions; conduct of and 
participation in firearms matches; presentation of awards; 
conduct of behavioral research in support of protective intel-
ligence and operations; payment in advance for commercial 
accommodations as may be necessary to perform protective 
functions; and payment, without regard to section 5702 of 
title 5, United States Code, of subsistence expenses of em-
ployees who are on protective missions, whether at or away 
from their duty stations; $1,821,451,000; of which 
$42,966,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018, of which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities 
related to investigations of missing and exploited children; 
and of which not less than $13,869,000 shall be for activities 
related to training in electronic crimes investigations and 
forensics: Provided, That not to exceed $19,125 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide tech-
nical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement 
organizations in counterfeit investigations. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
$90,627,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for research and development, $2,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. (a) For fiscal year 2017, the overtime limi-
tation prescribed in section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 
13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267(c)(1)) shall be $45,000; and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act shall be available to compensate 
any employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 
overtime, from whatever source, in an amount that exceeds 
such limitation, except in individual cases determined by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the 
Secretary, to be necessary for national security purposes, 
to prevent excessive costs, or in cases of immigration emer-
gencies. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act for 
the following accounts shall be available to compensate any 
employee for overtime in an annual amount in excess of 
$45,000: 
(1) ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment—Operations and Support’’, except that the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the 
Secretary, may waive such amount as necessary for
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national security purposes and in cases of immigra-
tion emergencies. 
(2) ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations 
and Support’’, except that the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, or the designee of the Secretary, may waive 
such amount as necessary for national security pur-
poses. 
SEC. 202. Funding made available under the heading 
‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and 
Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Pro-
curement, Construction, and Improvements’’ shall be avail-
able for customs expenses when necessary to maintain oper-
ations and prevent adverse personnel actions in Puerto Rico 
in addition to funding provided by 48 U.S.C. 740. 
SEC. 203. No U.S. Customs and Border Protection air-
craft or other related equipment, with the exception of air-
craft that are one of a kind and have been identified as 
excess to U.S. Customs and Border Protection requirements 
and aircraft that have been damaged beyond repair, shall 
be transferred to any other Federal agency, department, or 
office outside of the Department of Homeland Security dur-
ing fiscal year 2017 without prior notice to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives.
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SEC. 204. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im-
plementation Act (Public Law 112–42), fees collected from 
passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent 
island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 205. For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection—Operations and Support’’, 
$31,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be re-
duced by amounts collected and credited to this appropria-
tion from amounts authorized to be collected by section 
286(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8311), and section 817 
of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 
2015, or other such authorizing language: Provided, That 
to the extent that amounts realized from such collections 
exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess of $31,000,000 
shall be credited to this appropriation, to remain available 
until expended. 
SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used 
to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 
a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g)
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of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from import-
ing a prescription drug from Canada that complies with 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, That 
this section shall apply only to individuals transporting on 
their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription 
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. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall 
be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel- 
inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for the trans-
portation of crude oil distributed from and to the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, after consultation with the Secretaries of the Depart-
ments of Energy and Transportation and representatives 
from the United States flag maritime industry, takes ade-
quate measures to ensure the use of United States flag ves-
sels: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
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Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives within 2 business days of any request for waivers of 
navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 
U.S.C. 501(b) and the disposition of such requests. 
SEC. 208. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not— 
(1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any 
new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 
Southern border or the Northern border at a land port 
of entry; or 
(2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 
of a border crossing fee. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ 
means a fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and 
passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay for 
the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the Northern 
border at a land port of entry. 
SEC. 209. Without regard to the limitation as to time 
and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary 
may reprogram and transfer funds within and into ‘‘U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and 
Support’’ as necessary to ensure the detention of aliens 
prioritized for removal.
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SEC. 210. None of the funds provided under the head-
ing ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Oper-
ations and Support’’ may be used to continue a delegation 
of law enforcement authority authorized under section 
287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security Inspector 
General determines that the terms of the agreement gov-
erning the delegation of authority have been materially vio-
lated. 
SEC. 211. None of the funds provided under the head-
ing ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Oper-
ations and Support’’ may be used to continue any contract 
for the provision of detention services if the two most recent 
overall performance evaluations received by the contracted 
facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or the equivalent median 
score in any subsequent performance evaluation system. 
SEC. 212. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a comprehensive plan for immigration data 
improvement. 
(b) The plan required in subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) an action plan detailing necessary engage-
ment with Federal partners, major milestones, and an
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estimated timeline for each of the major milestones 
leading to completion of the plan; 
(2) a staffing plan, detailing the positions and 
titles for both Federal and contract staff necessary to 
execute the plan; and 
(3) an estimate of the funding necessary to im-
plement the plan. 
SEC. 213. Members of the United States House of Rep-
resentatives and the United States Senate, including the 
leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and commissions, 
including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secre-
taries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of 
Homeland Security; the United States Attorney General, 
Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and 
the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President, including the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from 
Federal passenger and baggage screening. 
SEC. 214. Any award by the Transportation Security 
Administration to deploy explosives detection systems shall 
be based on risk, the airport’s current reliance on other 
screening solutions, lobby congestion resulting in increased 
security concerns, high injury rates, airport readiness, and 
increased cost effectiveness.
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SEC. 215. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2017, any funds in the 
Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section 
44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used for 
the procurement and installation of explosives detection sys-
tems or for the issuance of other transaction agreements for 
the purpose of funding projects described in section 
44923(a) of such title. 
SEC. 216. The reporting requirement in the ninth pro-
viso under the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Adminis-
tration—Aviation Security’’ in the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114– 
113), shall apply in fiscal year 2017, except that the ref-
erence to ‘‘this Act’’ shall be treated as referring to this Act. 
SEC. 217. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration to implement, ad-
minister, or enforce, in abrogation of the responsibility de-
scribed in section 44903(n)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, any requirement that airport operators provide air-
port-financed staffing to monitor exit points from the sterile 
area of any airport at which the Transportation Security 
Administration provided such monitoring as of December 
1, 2013.
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SEC. 218. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Ex-
penses’’ shall be for expenses incurred for recreational ves-
sels under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, 
except to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts 
and credited to the appropriation made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Ex-
penses’’: Provided, That to the extent such fees are insuffi-
cient to pay expenses of recreational vessel documentation 
under such section 12114, and there is a backlog of rec-
reational vessel applications, then personnel performing 
non-recreational vessel documentation functions under sub-
chapter II of chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, 
may perform documentation under section 12114. 
SEC. 219. Without regard to the limitation 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 the 
Military Pay and Allowances funding category within 
‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’’ in accordance with 
subsection (a) of section 503. 
SEC. 220. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to reduce the Coast Guard’s Operations Systems Center 
mission or its government-employed or contract staff levels. 
SEC. 221. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a
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competition under Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the Coast 
Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 
SEC. 222. 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 in this 
Act may be used to reduce operations within any civil engi-
neering unit unless specifically authorized by a statute en-
acted after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 223. Funds made available under this heading 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism may be allocated by program, project, and activity, 
notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 224. The United States Secret Service is author-
ized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements 
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 Cen-
ter, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year 
shall not exceed total budgetary resources available under 
the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and 
Support’’ at the end of the fiscal year.
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SEC. 225. None of the funds made available to the 
United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous ap-
propriations Acts may be made available for the protection 
of the head of a Federal agency other than the Secretary 
of Homeland Security: Provided, That the Director of the 
Secret Service may enter into agreements to provide such 
protection on a fully reimbursable basis. 
SEC. 226. None of the funds made available to the 
United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous ap-
propriations Acts may be obligated for the purpose of open-
ing a new permanent domestic or overseas office or location 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives are notified 15 days in ad-
vance of such obligation. 
SEC. 227. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this Act, 
up to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within ‘‘United 
States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’. 
SEC. 228. Funding made available in this Act for 
‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ 
is available for travel of United States Secret Service em-
ployees on protective missions without regard to the limita-
tions on such expenditures in this or any other Act if the 
Director of the United States Secret Service or a designee 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate
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and the House of Representatives 10 or more days in ad-
vance, or as early as practicable, prior to such expenditures. 
TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 
RECOVERY 
NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection and 
Programs 
Directorate 
for 
operations 
and 
support, 
$1,372,268,000, of which $117,148,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018: Provided, That not to exceed 
$3,825 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 
this heading, $20,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation 
until the Secretary of Homeland Security complies with 
section 301 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. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection and 
Programs Directorate for procurement, construction, and
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improvements, $440,035,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection and 
Programs Directorate for research and development, 
$6,469,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018. 
OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Affairs 
for operations and support, $123,548,000, of which 
$16,161,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That of the funds provided under this head-
ing, $2,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for Mis-
sion Support until the Chief Medical Officer complies with 
section 302 of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Homeland Security may transfer up to $2,000,000 from 
the funds provided under this heading to ‘‘Science and 
Technology Directorate—Research and Development’’ for 
the purpose of advancing early detection capabilities related 
to a bioterrorism event. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement 
Agency 
for 
operations 
and 
support,
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$1,048,551,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency for procurement, construction, and im-
provements, $35,273,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, co-
operative agreements, and other activities, $2,983,458,000, 
which shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) $467,000,000 for the State Homeland Secu-
rity Grant Program under section 2004 of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which 
$55,000,000 shall be for Operation Stonegarden: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of such 
section 2004, for fiscal year 2017, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico shall make available to local and trib-
al governments amounts provided to the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in ac-
cordance with subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004. 
(2) $605,000,000 for the Urban Area Security 
Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which $25,000,000
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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 Secretary of Homeland Security to 
be at high risk of a terrorist attack. 
(3) $100,000,000 for Public Transportation Se-
curity Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and 
Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance under sections 
1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 
U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which $10,000,000 
shall be for Amtrak security and $2,000,000 shall be 
for Over-the-Road Bus Security: Provided, That such 
public transportation security assistance shall be pro-
vided directly to public transportation agencies. 
(4) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in ac-
cordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107. 
(5) $690,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018, of which $345,000,000 shall be for 
Assistance to Firefighter Grants and $345,000,000 
shall be for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emer-
gency Response Grants under sections 33 and 34 re-
spectively of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 2229a).
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(6) $350,000,000 for emergency management 
performance grants under the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001), the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake Hazards Re-
duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), 6 U.S.C. 762, 
and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.). 
(7) $100,000,000 for the National Predisaster 
Mitigation Fund under section 203 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), to remain available until ex-
pended. 
(8) $177,531,000 for necessary expenses for Flood 
Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addition to 
and to supplement any other sums appropriated 
under the National Flood Insurance Fund, and such 
additional sums as may be provided by States or 
other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping 
activities under 42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2), to remain 
available until expended. 
(9) $120,000,000 for the emergency food and 
shelter program under title III of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That not to
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exceed 3.5 percent shall be for total administrative 
costs. 
(10) $273,927,000 to sustain current operations 
for training, exercises, technical assistance, and other 
programs. 
DISASTER RELIEF FUND 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $7,328,515,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $6,713,000,000 shall be for major 
disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.) and is designated by the Congress as being for dis-
aster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protec-
tion Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert- 
Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 
112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insur-
ance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89; 128 
Stat. 1020), $181,799,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018, which shall be derived from offsetting 
amounts collected under section 1308(d) of the National
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Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which 
$13,436,000 shall be available for mission support associ-
ated with flood management; and of which $168,363,000 
shall be available for flood plain management and flood 
mapping: Provided, That any additional fees collected pur-
suant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as offset-
ting collections to this account, to be available for flood 
plain management and flood mapping: Provided further, 
That in fiscal year 2017, 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) $147,042,000 for operating expenses and sal-
aries and expenses associated with flood insurance op-
erations; 
(2) $1,123,000,000 for commissions and taxes of 
agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 
Treasury borrowings; and 
(4) $175,061,000, which shall remain available 
until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for 
flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
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4104c), 
notwithstanding 
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 Insur-
ance Fund to supplement other amounts specified as avail-
able 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 administrative costs shall not 
exceed 4 percent of the total appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $5,000,000 is available to carry out section 
24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 
2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. The Secretary of Homeland Security, or the 
designee of the Secretary, shall brief the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
on plans to— 
(1) implement a facial recognition matching ca-
pability for Automated Biometric Identification Sys-
tem holdings, including the ability to search, store,
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and match, that is independent of other biometric mo-
dalities but scalable for future needs; 
(2) accelerate the development of multi-modal bi-
ometric capability (Homeland Advanced Recognition 
Technology Increment 2) to ensure that full multi- 
modal capability is available for stakeholders by the 
end of fiscal year 2018; 
(3) establish a new, equitable governance struc-
ture in fiscal year 2017 that ensures stakeholder mis-
sion requirements are prioritized for implementation, 
to include— 
(A) a project plan and capability execution 
schedule for each stakeholder mission; 
(B) stakeholder management of all requests 
for services; 
(C) a weighted on-boarding process for new 
requirements and priorities; and 
(D) an executive stakeholder review process; 
and 
(4) demonstrate new agile projects focused on the 
ability to fuse biographic intelligence information 
with biometric data. 
SEC. 302. The Chief Medical Officer shall submit a re-
port to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives that includes—
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(1) a comprehensive strategy and project plan to 
advance the Nation’s early detection capabilities re-
lated to a bioterrorism event; 
(2) a description of the responsibilities of the Of-
fice of Health Affairs, Science and Technology Direc-
torate, and other departmental components as appro-
priate for implementing such strategy; 
(3) a description of technical and operational 
programmatic efficiencies to be gained by replacing 
or enhancing the current BioWatch system; 
(4) specific timelines and benchmarks for imple-
mentation of a new or enhanced system, including, 
but not limited to— 
(A) a mission needs statement; 
(B) operational requirements documents; 
(C) key performance parameters; 
(D) a test and evaluation master plan; and 
(E) an acquisition plan and strategy; 
(5) an expenditure plan for fiscal year 2017 ac-
tivities that advance the Nation’s early detection ca-
pabilities related to a bioterrorism event; and 
(6) detailed cost estimates for not less than 5 
years for the development of a new or enhanced 
BioWatch system.
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SEC. 303. Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(11) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)) or 
any other provision of law, not more than 5 percent of the 
amount of a grant made available in paragraphs (1) 
through (4) under ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by the grantee for 
expenses directly related to administration of the grant. 
SEC. 304. Applications for grants under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist-
ance’’, for paragraphs (1) through (4), shall be made avail-
able to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, eligible applicants shall sub-
mit 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. 
SEC. 305. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 
under paragraphs (1) through (4), the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall brief the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives 5 full business days in advance of an-
nouncing publicly the intention of making an award. 
SEC. 306. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants
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under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of commu-
nications towers is not considered construction of a building 
or other physical facility. 
SEC. 307. Notwithstanding section 509 of this Act, the 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency may use the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist-
ance’’ in paragraph (10) to acquire real property for the 
purpose of establishing or appropriately extending the secu-
rity buffer zones around Federal Emergency Management 
Agency training facilities. 
SEC. 308. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law— 
(1) grants awarded to States along the Southwest 
Border of the United States under sections 2003 or 
2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
604 and 605) using funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal 
Assistance’’ for grants under paragraph (1) in this 
Act, or under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency—State and Local Programs’’ in 
Public Law 114–4, division F of Public Law 113–76, 
or division D of Public Law 113–6 may be used by 
recipients or sub-recipients for costs, or reimburse-
ment of costs, related to providing humanitarian re-
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lief to unaccompanied alien children and alien adults 
accompanied by an alien minor where they are en-
countered after entering the United States, provided 
that such costs were incurred between January 1, 
2014, and December 31, 2014, or during the award 
period of performance; and 
(2) grants awarded to States under section 2004 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605) 
using funds provided under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist-
ance’’ for grants under paragraph (1) in this Act 
may be used by recipients or sub-recipients for costs, 
or reimbursement of costs, related to public safety in 
support of a State declaration of emergency. 
SEC. 309. The reporting requirements in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public 
Law 114–4) shall be applied in fiscal year 2017 with re-
spect to budget year 2018 and current fiscal year 2017, re-
spectively, by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’ for ‘‘fiscal 
year 2016’’ in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 310. The Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency shall transfer $56,872,752 in 
unobligated balances made available for the appropriations
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account for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency— 
Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account’’ by sec-
tion 4502 of Public Law 110–28 to the appropriations ac-
count for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Dis-
aster Relief Fund’’: Provided, That amounts transferred to 
such account under this section shall be available for any 
authorized purpose of such account: Provided further, That 
amounts transferred pursuant to this section that were pre-
viously designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget are 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be 
transferred only if the President subsequently so designates 
the entire transfer and transmits such designation to the 
Congress. 
SEC. 
311. 
Notwithstanding 
U.S.C. 
5170c(b)(2)(B)(ii), the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency may allow the construction of 
an earthen levee by a State, local, or tribal government on 
covered hazard mitigation land: Provided, That such con-
struction constitutes part of a flood control project, is con-
structed of naturally-occurring materials, and conforms to 
other criteria as established by the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency through policy.
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SEC. 312. The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal 
year 2017, as authorized in title III of the Departments 
of Veterans 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 Secu-
rity to be necessary for its Radiological Emergency Pre-
paredness 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 such fees shall be deposited 
in a Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program ac-
count as offsetting collections and will become available for 
authorized purposes on October 1, 2017, and remain avail-
able until expended. 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 
SERVICES 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services for operations and support of the E-Verify 
Program, $103,912,000.
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services for procurement, construction, and im-
provements of the E-Verify Program, $15,227,000. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers for operations and support, includ-
ing the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police- 
type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$242,518,000, of which up to $50,748,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2018, and of which 
$27,553,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That not to exceed $7,180 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology 
Directorate for operations and support, including the pur-
chase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $311,122,000, of 
which $182,334,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2018: Provided, That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology 
Directorate for research and development, $470,624,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019. 
DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detec-
tion Office for operations and support, $50,042,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official recep-
tion and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detec-
tion Office for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, $101,053,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detec-
tion Office for research and development, $155,061,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detec-
tion Office for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, and other activities, $46,328,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration 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 vehicles for lease: Provided, That the Director of 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may authorize 
employees who are assigned to those areas to use such vehi-
cles to travel between the employees’ residences and places 
of employment. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
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 U.S. 
Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the results do 
not preclude the granting of the benefit. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to process or approve a competition under Of-
fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for services 
provided by employees (including employees serving on a 
temporary or term basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-
tion Services of the Department of Homeland Security who 
are known as Immigration Information Officers, Immigra-
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tion Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, Investiga-
tive Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 
SEC. 404. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of title 
8, United States Code, of the funds deposited into the Immi-
gration Examinations Fee Account, up to $10,000,000 may 
be allocated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
in fiscal year 2017 for the purpose of providing an immi-
grant integration grants program. 
(b) None of the funds made available to U.S. Citizen-
ship and Immigration Services for grants for immigrant 
integration under subsection (a) or (c) may be used to pro-
vide services to aliens who have not been lawfully admitted 
for permanent residence. 
(c) The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services is authorized in fiscal year 2017, and in each fiscal 
year thereafter, to solicit, accept, administer, and utilize 
gifts, including donations of property, for the purpose of 
providing an immigrant integration grants program and 
related activities to promote citizenship and immigrant in-
tegration: Provided, That all sums received under this sub-
section shall be deposited in a separate account in the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury to be known as the ‘‘Citizenship 
Gift and Bequest Account’’: Provided further, That all funds 
deposited into the Citizenship Gift and Bequest Account 
shall remain available until expended, and shall be avail-
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able in addition to any funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available for an immigrant integration grants pro-
gram or other activities to promote citizenship and immi-
grant integration. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit 
the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security under 
section 507 of the Department of Homeland Security Ap-
propriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–90) or any other 
law with respect to the solicitation and acceptance of gifts. 
SEC. 405. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds to 
Federal law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred par-
ticipating in training accreditation. 
SEC. 406. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers shall schedule basic or advanced law 
enforcement training, or both, at all four training facilities 
under the control of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Centers to ensure that such training facilities are operated 
at the highest capacity throughout the fiscal year. 
SEC. 407. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Ac-
creditation Board, including representatives from the Fed-
eral law enforcement community and non-Federal accredi-
tation experts involved in law enforcement training, shall 
lead the Federal law enforcement training accreditation 
process to continue the implementation of measuring and
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assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law en-
forcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 
SEC. 408. (a) There is to be established a ‘‘Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers—Procurement, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’ appropriations account for plan-
ning, operational development, engineering, and purchases 
prior to sustainment and for information technology-related 
procurement, construction, and improvements, including 
non-tangible assets of the Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Centers. 
(b) The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers may accept transfers to the account estab-
lished by subsection (a) from Government agencies request-
ing the construction of special use facilities, as authorized 
by the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535(b)): Provided, That 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers maintain 
administrative control and ownership upon completion of 
the facility. 
SEC. 409. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers 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).
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND 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 appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to 
appropriation accounts for such activities established pur-
suant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the applica-
ble established accounts, and thereafter may be accounted 
for as one fund for the same time period as originally en-
acted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the components 
in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2017, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail-
able to the components funded by this Act, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 
funds that— 
(1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or 
activity, or increases funds for any program, project,
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or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by the Congress; 
(2) contracts out any function or activity pres-
ently performed by Federal employees or any new 
function or activity proposed to be performed by Fed-
eral employees in the President’s budget proposal for 
fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Homeland Se-
curity; 
(3) augments funding for existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less; 
(4) reduces funding for any program, project, or 
activity, or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent or 
more; 
(5) reorganizes components; or 
(6) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel that would result in a change in 
funding levels for programs, projects, or activities as 
approved by the Congress, 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives are notified at least 15 days 
in advance of such reprogramming. 
(b) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made avail-
able for the current fiscal year for the Department of Home-
land Security by this Act or provided by previous appro-
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priations Acts may be transferred between such appropria-
tions if the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives are notified at least 30 
days in advance of such transfer, but no such appropria-
tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by such transfer. 
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), no funds 
shall be reprogrammed within or transferred between ap-
propriations based upon an initial notification provided 
after June 30, except in extraordinary circumstances that 
imminently threaten the safety of human life or the protec-
tion of property. 
(d) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth 
in subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall apply to any use of 
deobligated balances of funds provided in previous Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Acts. 
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established by 
8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations 
available to the Department of Homeland Security: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives 5 days in advance of such transfer. 
SEC. 504. The Department of Homeland Security 
Working Capital Fund, established pursuant to section 403
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of Public Law 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), shall continue 
operations as a permanent working capital fund for fiscal 
year 2017: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available to the Department of Home-
land Security may be used to make payments to the Work-
ing Capital Fund, except for the activities and amounts al-
lowed in the President’s fiscal year 2017 budget: Provided 
further, That funds provided to the Working Capital Fund 
shall be available for obligation until expended to carry out 
the purposes of the Working Capital Fund: Provided fur-
ther, That all departmental components shall be charged 
only for direct usage of each Working Capital Fund service: 
Provided further, That funds provided to the Working Cap-
ital Fund shall be used only for purposes consistent with 
the contributing component: Provided further, That the 
Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance or reim-
bursed at rates which will return the full cost of each serv-
ice: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall 
be notified of any activity added to or removed from the 
fund: Provided further, That for any activity added to the 
fund, the notification shall identify sources of funds by pro-
gram, project, and activity: Provided further, That the 
Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity shall submit a quarterly execution report with activ-
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ity-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 re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2017, as re-
corded in the financial records at the time of a reprogram-
ming notification, but not later than June 30, 2018, from 
appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ and for 
‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’’, and salaries and ex-
penses for ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and 
Improvements’’ and ‘‘Coast Guard—Reserve Training’’ for 
fiscal year 2017 in this Act shall remain available through 
September 30, 2018, in the account and for the purposes 
for which the appropriations were provided: Provided, That 
prior to the obligation of such funds, a notification shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives 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 National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 
2017 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence 
activities for fiscal year 2017.
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SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, or 
the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives at least 3 full business days in advance of— 
(1) making or awarding a grant allocation, 
grant, contract, other transaction agreement, or task 
or delivery order on a Department of Homeland Secu-
rity multiple award contract, or to issue a letter of 
intent totaling in excess of $1,000,000; 
(2) awarding 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) making a sole-source grant award; or 
(4) announcing publicly the intention to make or 
award items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3), includ-
ing a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation. 
(b) 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.
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(c) 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 ap-
propriated; the type of contract; and the account from 
which the funds are being drawn. 
SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional 
facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, 
to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforce-
ment training without advance notification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, except that the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers is authorized to obtain the temporary use 
of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement 
for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Cen-
ter facilities. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
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, ex-
cept that necessary funds may be expended for each project
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for required expenses for the development of a proposed pro-
spectus. 
SEC. 510. Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (di-
vision E of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 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. 
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: Provided, That for purposes 
of the preceding 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. Section 519 of division F of Public Law 
114–113, regarding a prohibition on funding for any posi-
tion designated as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply 
with respect to funds made available in this Act in the same 
manner as such section applied to funds made available in 
that Act. 
SEC. 514. Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until Sep-
tember 30, 2016,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 30, 
2017,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2016,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2017,’’. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel-
oping a national identification card. 
SEC. 516. Any official that is required by this Act to 
report or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives may not 
delegate such authority to perform that act unless specifi-
cally authorized herein. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to 
transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or 
within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at 
the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees of
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agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 
301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to employ workers described in section 
274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 
SEC. 520. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive 
fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be 
below satisfactory performance or performance that does not 
meet the basic requirements of a contract. 
SEC. 521. In developing any process to screen aviation 
passengers and crews for transportation or national secu-
rity purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall en-
sure that all such processes take into consideration such 
passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil liberties consistent 
with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used by the Department 
of Homeland Security to enter into any Federal contract 
unless such contract is entered into in accordance with the 
requirements of subtitle I of title 41, United States Code, 
or chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the Fed-
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eral Acquisition Regulation, unless such contract is other-
wise authorized by statute to be entered into without regard 
to the above referenced statutes. 
SEC. 523. For an additional amount for ‘‘Management 
Directorate—Procurement, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’, $13,253,000, to remain available until expended, 
for necessary expenses to plan, acquire, design, construct, 
renovate, remediate, equip, furnish, improve infrastructure, 
and occupy buildings and facilities for the Department 
headquarters consolidation project. 
SEC. 524. (a) For an additional amount for financial 
systems modernization, $41,215,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018. 
(b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for finan-
cial systems modernization may be transferred by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security between appropriations for 
the same purpose, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 
(c) No transfer described in subsection (b) shall occur 
until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 
of such transfer. 
SEC. 525. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography.
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(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to 
facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi-
vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus-
pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 
law enforcement personnel of the United States continu-
ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 527. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of 
more than 50 employees of a single component of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, who are stationed in the 
United States, at a single international conference unless 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, deter-
mines that such attendance is in the national interest and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives within at least 10 days 
of that determination and the basis for that determination: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter-
national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring out-
side of the United States attended by representatives of the 
United States Government and of foreign governments,
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international organizations, or nongovernmental organiza-
tions: Provided further, That the total cost to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security of any such conference shall 
not exceed $500,000. 
SEC. 528. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department or 
agency for its participation in a National Special Security 
Event. 
SEC. 529. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Homeland Security by this or any other Act 
may be obligated for any structural pay reform that affects 
more than 100 full-time positions or costs more than 
$5,000,000 in a single year before the end of the 30-day 
period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of 
Homeland Security submits to Congress a notification that 
includes— 
(1) the number of full-time positions affected by 
such change; 
(2) funding required for such change for the cur-
rent year and through the Future Years Homeland 
Security Program; 
(3) justification for such change; and 
(4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to 
such change that were considered by the Department.
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SEC. 530. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives in this 
Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 
it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
homeland or national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives for not less than 45 days except as other-
wise specified in law. 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of rati-
fication for the Treaty. 
SEC. 532. Within 60 days of any budget submission 
for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 
2018 that assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from 
the previous year based on user fees proposals that have not 
been enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget,
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the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives specific reductions in proposed discre-
tionary budget authority commensurate with the revenues 
assumed in such proposals in the event that they are not 
enacted prior to October 1, 2017. 
SEC. 533. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Oper-
ations and Support’’ may be used for minor procurement, 
construction, and improvements. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers to 
end items with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for personal 
property, and $2,000,000 or less for real property. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 534. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby 
rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the 
specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res-
olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177): 
(1) $95,000,000 from Public Law 109–88; 
(2) $3,000,000 from unobligated prior year bal-
ances from ‘‘Office of the Chief Information Officer’’;
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(3) $31,293,000 from unobligated prior year bal-
ances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
Automation Modernization’’; 
(4) $21,150,000 from unobligated prior year bal-
ances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection— 
Border Security, Fencing, Infrastructure, and Tech-
nology’’; 
(5) $21,450,000 from unobligated prior year bal-
ances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air 
and Marine Operations’’; 
(6) $20,690,000 from unobligated prior year bal-
ances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
Construction and Facilities Management’’; 
(7) $13,500,000 from Public Law 114–4 under 
the heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(8) $45,000,000 from Public Law 114–113 under 
the heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(9) $2,900,000 from unobligated prior year bal-
ances from ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment, Construction’’; 
(10) $104,650,000 from Public Law 114–113 
under the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Admin-
istration—Aviation Security’’;
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(11) $2,582,000 from Public Law 114–113 under 
the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Administra-
tion—Surface Transportation Security’’; 
(12) $9,930,000 from Public Law 114–113 under 
the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Administra-
tion—Intelligence and Vetting’’; 
(13) $2,518,000 from Public Law 114–113 under 
the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Administra-
tion, Transportation Security Support’’; 
(14) $4,200,000 from Public Law 113–6 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’; 
(15) $19,300,000 from Public Law 113–76 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’; 
(16) $16,500,000 from Public Law 114–4 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’; 
(17) $31,000,000 from Public Law 114–113 
under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’; 
(18) $11,071,000 from unobligated prior year 
balances from ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, State and Local Programs’’ account 70 × 
0560;
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(20) $228,240 from ‘‘Transportation Security 
Agency—Transportation Security Support’’. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 537. From the unobligated balances available in 
the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund established 
by section 9703 of title 31, United States Code (added by 
section 638 of Public Law 102–393), $187,000,000 shall be 
rescinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 538. Of the unobligated balances made available 
to ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Re-
lief Fund’’, $789,248,000 shall be rescinded: Provided, That 
no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
as amended: Provided further, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from the amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 539. Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1324a note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2017’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’.
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SEC. 540. Subclauses 101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and (III) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and (III)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘September 30, 2017’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 541. Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 
note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2017’’ 
for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 542. Section 610(b) of the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2017’’ for ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 543. Notwithstanding the numerical limitation 
set forth in section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretary 
of Labor, and upon the determination that the needs of 
American businesses cannot be satisfied in fiscal year 2017 
with United States workers who are willing, qualified, and 
able to perform temporary nonagricultural labor, may in-
crease the total number of aliens who may receive a visa 
under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) in such fiscal year above such limi-
tation by not more than the highest number of H–2B non-
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immigrants who participated in the H–2B returning work-
er program in any fiscal year in which returning workers 
were exempt from such numerical limitation. 
SEC. 544. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal 
Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, 
$41,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 
exclusively for providing reimbursement of extraordinary 
law enforcement personnel costs for protection activities di-
rectly and demonstrably associated with any residence of 
the President that is designated or identified to be secured 
by the United States Secret Service. 
(b) Funds under subsection (a) shall be available only 
for costs that a State or local agency— 
(1) incurs after January 20, 2017, and before 
October 1, 2017; 
(2) can demonstrate to the Administrator as 
being— 
(A) in excess of the costs of normal and typ-
ical law enforcement operations; 
(B) directly attributable to the provision of 
protection described herein; and 
(C) associated with a non-governmental 
property designated or identified to be secured by 
the United States Secret Service pursuant to sec-
tion 3 or section 4 of the Presidential Protection
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Assistance Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–524); 
and 
(3) certifies to the Administrator as being for 
protection activities requested by the Director of the 
United States Secret Service. 
(c) For purposes of subsection (a), a designation or 
identification of a property to be secured under subsection 
(b)(2)(C) made after incurring otherwise eligible costs shall 
apply retroactively to January 20, 2017. 
(d) The Administrator may establish written criteria 
consistent with subsections (a) and (b). 
(e) None of the funds provided shall be for hiring new 
or additional personnel. 
(f) The Inspector General of the Department of Home-
land Security shall audit reimbursements made under this 
section. 
TITLE VI 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY— 
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 
SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup-
port’’, $274,813,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018, which shall be available as follows:
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(1) $91,315,000 for border security technology 
deployment; 
(2) $47,500,000 to address facilities maintenance 
backlogs; 
(3) $65,400,000 for improving hiring processes 
for Border Patrol Agents, Customs Officers, and Air 
and Marine personnel, and for relocation enhance-
ments; 
(4) $22,400,000 for border road maintenance; 
and 
(5) $48,198,000 for surge operations. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’, $497,400,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021, which shall be available 
based on the highest priority border security requirements 
as follows: 
(1) $341,200,000 to replace approximately 40 
miles of existing primary pedestrian and vehicle bor-
der fencing along the southwest border using pre-
viously deployed and operationally effective designs, 
such as currently deployed steel bollard designs, that 
prioritize agent safety; and to add gates to existing 
barriers;
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(2) $78,800,000 for acquisition and deployment 
of border security technology; and 
(3) $77,400,000 for new border road construc-
tion: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, 
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a risk-based plan 
for improving security along the borders of the United 
States, including the use of personnel, fencing, other forms 
of tactical infrastructure, and technology, that— 
(1) defines goals, objectives, activities, and mile-
stones; 
(2) includes a detailed implementation schedule 
with estimates for the planned obligation of funds for 
fiscal year 2017 through fiscal year 2021 that are 
linked to the milestone-based delivery of specific— 
(A) capabilities and services; 
(B) mission benefits and outcomes; 
(C) program management capabilities; and 
(D) lifecycle cost estimates; 
(3) describes how specific projects under the plan 
will enhance border security goals and objectives and 
address the highest priority border security needs;
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(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with 
any combination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 
wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
wells. 
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspec-
tions completed in fiscal year 2017. Fees for fiscal year 
2017 shall be: 
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of 500 feet or more; and 
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under 
subsection (b) within 60 days, with payment required with-
in 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated 
operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of the end 
of the month in which the inspection occurred, with pay-
ment required within 30 days of billing. 
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION 
AND ENFORCEMENT REORGANIZATION 
SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 
implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management, Regulation and Enforcement, may transfer 
funds among and between the successor offices and bureaus 
affected by the reorganization only in conformance with the