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SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds available for obligation 
for the transportation worker identification credential pro-
gram shall be used to develop a personalization system that 
is executed without fair and open competition for both the 
implementation and production of the program and identi-
fication cards. 
(b) The Transportation Security Administration shall 
certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives not later than December 
1, 2006, that the competition required under subsection (a) 
has been achieved. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by any person other than the privacy offi-
cer appointed under section 222 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 142) to alter, direct that changes be 
made to, delay, or prohibit the transmission to Congress 
of any report prepared under paragraph (5) of such section. 
SEC. 522. No funding provided by this or previous ap-
propriation Acts shall be available to pay the salary of any 
employee serving as a contracting officer’s technical rep-
resentative (COTR) or anyone acting in a similar or like 
capacity who has not received COTR training. 
SEC. 523. Except as provided in section 44945 of title 
49, United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred 
to Transportation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Se-
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curity’’, ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Transportation Security 
Support’’ in fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006 that are re-
covered or deobligated shall be available only for procure-
ment and installation of explosive detection systems for air 
cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject 
to section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 524. Not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives on the progress 
that the Department has made in implementing the require-
ments of section 537 of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–90; 119 
Stat. 2088), including information on the current proce-
dures regarding access to sensitive security information 
(SSI) by civil litigants and the security risks and benefits 
of any proposed changes to these procedures: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall revise DHS MD 11056 to provide that 
when a lawful request is made to publicly release a docu-
ment containing information designated as SSI, the docu-
ment shall be reviewed in a timely manner to determine 
whether any information contained in the document meets 
the criteria for continued SSI protection under applicable 
law and regulation and shall further provide that all por-
tions that no longer require SSI designation be released,
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subject to applicable law, including sections 552 and 552a 
of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 525. RESCISSION. From the unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations made available for Trans-
portation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Security’’ 
and ‘‘Headquarters Administration’’, $4,776,000 are re-
scinded. 
SEC. 526. The Department of Homeland Security 
Working Capital Fund, established under section 403 of the 
Government Management Reform Act of 1994 (31 U.S.C. 
501 note; Public Law 103–356), shall continue operations 
during fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 527. RESCISSION. Of the unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations made available for the 
‘‘Counterterrorism Fund’’, $16,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 528. RESCISSION. From the unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations made available for Trans-
portation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Security’’, 
$61,936,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 529. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enforce section 4025(1) of Public Law 
108–458 if the Assistant Secretary (Transportation Secu-
rity Administration) determines that butane lighters are 
not a significant threat to civil aviation security: Provided, 
That the Assistant Secretary (Transportation Security Ad-
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ministration) shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives 15 
days in advance of such determination including a report 
on whether the effectiveness of screening operations is en-
hanced by suspending enforcement of the prohibition. 
SEC. 530. RESCISSIONS. Of the unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations made available for Science 
and Technology, $55,000,000 for ‘‘Management and Admin-
istration’’ and $145,000,000 from ‘‘Research, Development, 
Acquisition, and Operations’’ are rescinded: Provided, That 
of the total amount rescinded from ‘‘Management and Ad-
ministration’’, $30,000,000 shall be from the contingency 
fund and $25,000,000 shall be from the Homeland Security 
Institute. 
SEC. 531. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall consider the Han-
cock County Port and Harbor Commission in Mississippi 
eligible under the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
Public Assistance Program for all costs incurred for dredg-
ing from navigation channel in Little Lake, Louisiana, 
sediment deposited as a result of Hurricane George in 1998: 
Provided, That the appropriate Federal share shall apply 
to approval of this project. 
SEC. 532. The Department of Homeland Security 
shall, in approving standards for State and local emergency
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preparedness operational plans under section 613(b)(3) of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5196b(b)(3)), account for the needs of indi-
viduals with household pets and service animals before, dur-
ing, and following a major disaster or emergency: Provided, 
That Federal agencies may provide assistance as described 
in section 403(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b(a)) to carry 
out the plans described in the previous proviso. 
SEC. 533. RESCISSION. From the unexpended balances 
of the United States Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’ account specifically identified in 
the Joint Explanatory Statement (House Report 109–241) 
accompanying the Department of Homeland Security Act, 
2006 (Public Law 109–90) for the development of the Off-
shore Patrol Cutter, $20,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 534. TRANSFER. All obligated and unobligated 
balances of funds, totaling not less than $98,552,000, for 
the Transportation Security Laboratory shall be transferred 
from the Science and Technology ‘‘Research, Development, 
Acquisition, and Operations’’ account to the Transpor-
tation Security Administration ‘‘Transportation Security 
Support’’ account effective October 1, 2006. 
SEC. 535. (a)(1) Within 45 days after the close of each 
month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of
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Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a monthly budget execution report that sets forth the total 
obligational authority appropriated (new budget authority 
plus unobligated carryover), undistributed obligational au-
thority, amount allotted, current year obligations, unobli-
gated authority (the difference between total obligational 
authority and current year obligations), beginning unex-
pended obligations, year-to-date costs, and year-end unex-
pended obligations, of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
(2) The information required under paragraph (1) 
shall be provided for each Departmental component and the 
Working Capital Fund at the level of detail shown in the 
table of detailed funding recommendations displayed at the 
end of the Statement of Managers accompanying the con-
ference report on this Act. 
(3) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 
include for each Department of Homeland Security compo-
nent the total full-time equivalent for the prior fiscal year, 
the on-board total full-time equivalent on September 30 of 
the prior fiscal year, the estimated total full-time equivalent 
for the current fiscal year, and the on-board total full-time 
equivalent on the last day of the month for the applicable 
report.
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(b) Obligation authority and transfer authority pro-
vided under section 503 and 504 of this Act shall not be 
available unless on the date of a notification under section 
503 and 504, the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives have received the most re-
cent report required by subsection (a) of this section. 
SEC. 536. None of the funds provided by this or pre-
vious appropriations Acts or transferred to the Department 
of Homeland Security that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2007, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for the 
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding 
effective October 1, 2006, unless the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
receive a reprogramming notification for fiscal year 2006 
pursuant to section 503 of Public Law 109–90 and a budget 
request and expenditure plan for fiscal year 2007 for this 
office. 
SEC. 537. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center instructor staff shall be classified as inherently gov-
ernmental for the purpose of the Federal Activities Inven-
tory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note).
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SEC. 538. Section 7209(b)(1) of the Intelligence Reform 
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108– 
458; 8 U.S.C. 1185 note) is amended by striking from ‘‘(1) 
DEVELOPMENT
OF
PLAN.—The 
Secretary’’ 
through 
‘‘7208(k)).’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN AND IMPLEMENTA-
TION.— 
‘‘(A) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 
develop and implement a plan as expeditiously 
as possible to require a passport or other docu-
ment, or combination of documents, deemed by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to be suffi-
cient to denote identity and citizenship, for all 
travel into the United States by United States 
citizens and by categories of individuals for 
whom documentation requirements have pre-
viously been waived under section 212(d)(4)(B) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(d)(4)(B)). This plan shall be imple-
mented not later than 3 months after the Sec-
retary of State and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security make the certifications required in sub-
section (B), or June 1, 2009, whichever is ear-
lier. The plan shall seek to expedite the travel of
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frequent travelers, including those who reside in 
border communities, and in doing so, shall make 
readily available a registered traveler program 
(as described in section 7208(k)). 
‘‘(B) The Secretary of Homeland Security 
and the Secretary of State shall jointly certify to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives that the fol-
lowing criteria have been met prior to implemen-
tation of Section 7209(b)(1)(A)— 
‘‘(i) the National Institutes of Stand-
ards and Technology has certified that the 
card architecture meets the International 
Organization 
for 
Standardization 
ISO 
14443 security standards, or justifies a de-
viation from such standard; 
‘‘(ii) the technology to be used by the 
United States for the passport card, and 
any subsequent change to that technology, 
has been shared with the governments of 
Canada and Mexico; 
‘‘(iii) an agreement has been reached 
with the United States Postal Service on the 
fee to be charged individuals for the pass-
port card, and a detailed justification has
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been submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives; 
‘‘(iv) an alternative procedure has been 
developed for groups of children traveling 
across an international border under adult 
supervision with parental consent; 
‘‘(v) the necessary technological infra-
structure to process the passport cards has 
been installed, and all employees at ports of 
entry have been properly trained in the use 
of the new technology; 
‘‘(vi) the passport card has been made 
available for the purpose of international 
travel by United States citizens through 
land and sea ports of entry between the 
United States and Canada, Mexico, the 
Caribbean and Bermuda; and 
‘‘(vii) a single implementation date for 
sea and land borders has been established.’’. 
SEC. 539. Notwithstanding any time limitation estab-
lished for a grant awarded under title I, chapter 6, Public 
Law 106–31, in the item relating to Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Disaster Assistance for Unmet
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Needs, the City of Cuero, Texas, may use funds received 
under such grant program until September 30, 2007. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2007’’.
Calendar No. 503 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H.R. 5441 
[Report No. 109–273] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 7, 2006 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations 
JUNE 29, 2006 
Reported with an amendment