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(c) PLAN
FOR
EXPENDITURE
OF
DEEPWATER 
FUNDS.—The funds appropriated in Public Law 109–295 
for the Integrated Deepwater Systems program may not 
be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives receive and ap-
prove a plan for expenditure that— 
(1) defines activities, milestones, yearly costs, 
and lifecycle costs for each procurement of a major 
asset, including an independent cost estimate for 
each; 
(2) identifies lifecycle staffing and training 
needs of Coast Guard project managers and of pro-
curement and contract staff; 
(3) identifies all Integrated Product Teams that 
are not chaired by Coast Guard personnel and ex-
plains why the Coast Guard does not chair; 
(4) identifies competition to be conducted in 
each procurement; 
(5) does not rely on a single industry entity or 
contract; 
(6) contains very limited indefinite delivery/in-
definite quantity contracts and explains the need for 
any indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts; 
(7) complies with all applicable acquisition 
rules, requirements, and guidelines, and incorporates 
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the best systems acquisition management practices 
of the Federal Government; 
(8) complies with the capital planning and in-
vestment control requirements established by the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, including circular 
A–11, part 7; 
(9) includes a certification by the Chief Pro-
curement Officer of the Department of Homeland 
Security that the Coast Guard has established suffi-
cient controls and procedures to comply with all con-
tracting requirements and that any apparent con-
flicts of interest have been sufficiently addressed; 
(10) includes a description of the process used 
to act upon deviations from the contractually speci-
fied performance requirements and clearly explains 
the actions taken on such deviations; and 
(11) is reviewed by the Government Account-
ability Office. 
SEC. 4404. (a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to con-
tracts entered into after May 1, 2007, and except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), no entity performing lead system 
integrator functions in the acquisition of a major system 
by the Department of Homeland Security may have any 
direct financial interest in the development or construction 
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of any individual system or element of any system of sys-
tems. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—An entity described in subsection 
(a) may have a direct financial interest in the development 
or construction of an individual system or element of a 
system of systems if— 
(1) the Secretary of Homeland Security cer-
tifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives and the 
House Committee on Homeland Security that— 
(A) the entity was selected by the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security as a contractor to 
develop or construct the system or element con-
cerned through the use of competitive proce-
dures; and 
(B) the Department took appropriate steps 
to prevent any organizational conflict of interest 
in the selection process; or 
(2) the entity was selected by a subcontractor 
to serve as a lower-tier subcontractor, through a 
process over which the entity exercised no control. 
(c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to preclude an entity described in subsection (a) 
from performing work necessary to integrate two or more 
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individual systems or elements of a system of systems with 
each other. 
(d) REGULATIONS UPDATE.—Not later than May 1, 
2007, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall update 
the acquisition regulations of the Department of Home-
land Security in order to specify fully in such regulations 
the matters with respect to lead system integrators set 
forth in this section. Included in such regulations shall be 
(1) a precise and comprehensive definition of the term 
‘‘lead system integrator’’, modeled after that used by the 
Department of Defense, and (2) a specification of various 
types of contracts and fee structures that are appropriate 
for use by lead system integrators in the production, field-
ing, and sustainment of complex systems. 
CHAPTER 5 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-
agement’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: 
Provided, That such funds shall only become available if 
funds previously provided for wildland fire suppression will 
be exhausted imminently and the Secretary of the Interior 
notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
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tions in writing of the need for these additional funds: Pro-
vided further, That such funds are also available for repay-
ment to other appropriation accounts from which funds 
were transferred for wildfire suppression: Provided further, 
That the amount provided under this heading is des-
ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
501 of H. Con. Res. 376 (109th Congress), as made appli-
cable to the House of Representatives by section 511(a)(4) 
of H. Res. 6 (110th Congress). 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Resource Manage-
ment’’ for the detection of highly pathogenic avian influ-
enza in wild birds, including the investigation of morbidity 
and mortality events, targeted surveillance in live wild 
birds, and targeted surveillance in hunter-taken birds, 
$7,398,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of the Na-
tional Park System’’ for the detection of highly pathogenic 
avian influenza in wild birds, including the investigation 
of morbidity and mortality events, $525,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2008. 
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