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submit a notification of the appointment of the Prin-
cipal Federal Official and a description of the re-
sponsibilities of such Official and how such respon-
sibilities are consistent with paragraph (1) to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(3) not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a re-
port specifying timeframes and milestones regarding 
the update of operations, planning and policy docu-
ments, and training and exercise protocols, to ensure 
consistency with paragraph (1) of this section. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds provided or otherwise 
made available in this Act shall be available to carry out 
section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 452). 
SEC. 521. Funds made available in this Act may be 
used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro-
gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi-
neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 
maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast 
Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 
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in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any 
Civil Engineering Unit unless specifically authorized by a 
statute enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by United States Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services to grant an immigration benefit unless 
the results of background checks required by law to be 
completed prior to the granting of the benefit have been 
received by United States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services, and the results do not preclude the granting of 
the benefit. 
SEC. 523. Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until Sep-
tember 30, 2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 
30, 2015,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015,’’. 
SEC. 524. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 
Security that provide award fees link such fees to success-
ful acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be speci-
fied in terms of cost, schedule, and performance). 
SEC. 525. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 
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shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and 
vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for 
the transportation of crude oil distributed from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, after consultation with the Secretaries of the De-
partments of Energy and Transportation and representa-
tives from the United States flag maritime industry, takes 
adequate measures to ensure the use of United States flag 
vessels: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives within 2 business days of any request for 
waivers of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant 
to 46 U.S.C. 501(b). 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for United States Customs and Border Protection 
may be used to prevent an individual not in the business 
of importing a prescription drug (within the meaning of 
section 801(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act) from importing a prescription drug from Canada that 
complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: 
Provided, That this section shall apply only to individuals 
transporting on their person a personal-use quantity of the 
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prescription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided 
further, That the prescription drug may not be— 
(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 
102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
802); or 
(2) a biological product, as defined in section 
351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
262). 
SEC. 527. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to reduce the United States Coast Guard’s Operations 
Systems Center mission or its government-employed or 
contract staff levels. 
SEC. 528. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall no-
tify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives of any proposed transfers 
of funds available under section 9703.1(g)(4)(B) of title 
31, United States Code (as added by Public Law 102– 
393) from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture 
Fund to any agency within the Department of Homeland 
Security: Provided, That none of the funds identified for 
such a transfer may be obligated until the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives approve the proposed transfers. 
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SEC. 529. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel-
oping a national identification card. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, 
a competition under Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the 
Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 
SEC. 531. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, except as provided in subsection (b), and 30 
days after the date on which the President determines 
whether to declare a major disaster because of an event 
and any appeal is completed, the Administrator shall pub-
lish on the Web site of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency a report regarding that decision that shall 
summarize damage assessment information used to deter-
mine whether to declare a major disaster. 
(b) The Administrator may redact from a report 
under subsection (a) any data that the Administrator de-
termines would compromise national security. 
(c) In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency; and 
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