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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 2007 from ap-
propriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2007
in this Act shall remain available through September 30,
2008, in the account and for the purposes for which the
appropriations were provided: Provided, That prior to the
obligation of such funds, a request shall be submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House
of Representatives for approval in accordance with section
503 of this Act.
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intel-
ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year
2007 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence
activities for fiscal year 2007.
SEC. 507. The Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center shall lead the Federal law enforcement training ac-
creditation process, to include representatives from the Fed-
eral law enforcement community and non-Federal accredi-
tation experts involved in law enforcement training, to con-
tinue the implementation of measuring and assessing the
quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement train-
ing programs, facilities, and instructors.
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SEC. 508. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to make a grant allocation, discretionary grant award, dis-
cretionary contract award, or to issue a letter of intent to-
taling in excess of $1,000,000, or to announce publicly the
intention to make such an award, unless the Secretary of
Homeland Security notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least
3 full business days in advance: Provided, That no notifica-
tion shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion.
SEC. 509. 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 the advance approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, except that the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use
of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement
for training which cannot be accommodated in existing
Center facilities.
SEC. 510. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center shall schedule basic or advanced law
enforcement training (including both types of training) at
all four training facilities under the control of the Federal
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Law Enforcement Training Center to ensure that these
training centers are operated at the highest capacity
throughout the fiscal year.
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used for expenses of any
construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project for
which a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act
of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 3301), has not been approved, except
that necessary funds may be expended for each project for
required expenses for the development of a proposed pro-
spectus.
SEC. 512. None of the funds in this Act may be used
in contravention of the applicable provisions of the Buy
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.).
SEC. 513. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the authority of the Office of Personnel Management to con-
duct personnel security and suitability background inves-
tigations, update investigations, and periodic reinvestiga-
tions of applicants for, or appointees in, positions in the
Office of the Secretary and Executive Management, the Of-
fice of the Under Secretary for Management, Analysis and
Operations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Direc-
torate for Preparedness, and the Directorate of Science and
Technology of the Department of Homeland Security is
transferred to the Department of Homeland Security: Pro-
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vided, That on request of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity, the Office of Personnel Management shall cooperate
with and assist the Department in any investigation or re-
investigation under this section: Provided further, That this
section shall cease to be effective at such time as the Presi-
dent has selected a single agency to conduct security clear-
ance investigations under section 3001(c) of the Intelligence
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law
108–458; 50 U.S.C. 435b) and the entity selected under sec-
tion 3001(b) of such Act has reported to Congress that the
agency selected under such section 3001(c) is capable of con-
ducting all necessary investigations in a timely manner or
has authorized the entities within the Department of Home-
land Security covered by this section to conduct their own
investigations under section 3001 of such Act.
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided by this or
previous appropriations Acts may be obligated for deploy-
ment or implementation, on other than a test basis, of the
Secure Flight program or any other follow on or successor
passenger prescreening programs, until the Secretary of
Homeland Security certifies, and the Government Account-
ability Office reports, to the Committees on Appropriations
of the Senate and the House of Representatives, that all 10
of the conditions contained in paragraphs (1) through (10)
of section 522(a) of the Department of Homeland Security
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Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–334; 118 Stat.
1319) have been successfully met. Until the Secure Flight
program or a follow on or successor passenger screening
program has been deployed or implemented, the Transpor-
tation Security Administration shall provide airlines with
technical or other assistance to better align their reservation
and ticketing systems with terrorist databases to assist in
alleviating travel delays and other problems associated with
mistaken identification.
(b) The report required by subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted within 90 days after the certification required by
such subsection is provided, and periodically thereafter, if
necessary, until the Government Accountability Office con-
firms that all 10 conditions have been successfully met.
(c) During the testing phase permitted by subsection
(a), no information gathered from passengers, foreign or do-
mestic air carriers, or reservation systems may be used to
screen aviation passengers, or delay or deny boarding to
such passengers, except in instances where passenger names
are matched to a Government watch list.
(d) None of the funds provided in this or previous ap-
propriations Acts may be utilized to develop or test algo-
rithms assigning risk to passengers whose names are not
on Government watch lists.
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(e) None of the funds provided in this or previous ap-
propriations Acts may be utilized for data or a database
that is obtained from or remains under the control of a non-
Federal entity: Provided, That this restriction shall not
apply to Passenger Name Record data obtained from air
carriers.
SEC. 515. 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. 516. 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 as of June 1, 2004, by employees (including em-
ployees serving on a temporary or term basis) of United
States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security who are known as of that date
as Immigration Information Officers, Contact Representa-
tives, or Investigative Assistants.
SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated to the
United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous ap-
propriations Acts may be made available for the protection
of a person, other than persons granted protection under
3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, and the Secretary
of the Department of Homeland Security.