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(7) a recommendation regarding whether to ex-
pand the pilot program along the entire northern 
border. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall implement the plan submitted under sub-
section (a) as a pilot program as soon as sufficient funds 
are appropriated and available for this purpose. 
SEC. 513. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY NORTHER BORDER SE-
CURITY PILOT PROGRAM. 
Section 5101 of the Intelligence Reform and Ter-
rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1712 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity may carry out’’ and inserting ‘‘To the extent funds 
are provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall carry out’’. 
SEC. 514. GAO STUDY OF PROPOSALS TO INCREASE TEM-
PORARY PROTECTED STATUS REGISTRATION 
FEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
shall complete a study of, and report to Congress on, the 
likely consequences of increasing the fee described in sec-
tion 244(c)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1254(a)(c)(1)(B)).
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(b) ELEMENTS OF STUDY.—The study described in 
subsection (a) shall— 
(1) calculate the number of applicants for relief 
under section 244 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254(a)) who have sought a 
waiver, been granted a waiver, or been denied a 
waiver from such fees due to their inability to pay 
such fees, since the enactment of such section; 
(2) project the cost at which such fee would be 
set if it were calculated consistent with the manner 
in which the Department of Homeland Security cal-
culates fees under section 286(m) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)); 
(3) taking into account the countries of nation-
ality of the current population of beneficiaries of sec-
tion 244 and the lack of work authorization that 
such beneficiaries have while awaiting the outcome 
of an adjudication, assess the ability of the current 
population of beneficiaries under section 244 to pay 
such fee if it were increased to the level projected 
pursuant to paragraph (2); 
(4) estimate the number of requests for fee 
waivers that would likely have to be adjudicated per 
1,000 applications should such fee be increased to 
the level projected pursuant to paragraph (2);
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(5) estimate the cost and number of man hours 
that would be required to be expended in order to 
adjudicate the fee waiver requests described in such 
paragraph; and 
(6) estimate the cost differential between the 
current cost of adjudicating applications and the 
statutory fee, on a per-application and an aggregate 
basis. 
SEC. 515. GAO STUDY OF CONSEQUENCES OF EXPANDING 
USE OF PREMIUM SERVICE FOR IMMIGRA-
TION BENEFIT APPLICATIONS AND PETI-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
shall complete a study of, and report to Congress on, the 
Department of Homeland Security’s proposal to expand 
the use of premium fees for employment-based petitions 
and applications under section 286(u) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(u)) to other applica-
tions and petitions. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF STUDY.—In performing the study 
required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General— 
(1) shall consider and assess— 
(A) all factors that help quantify and as-
sess the current impact of premium processing
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on immigration benefits adjudications of em-
ployment-based applications and petitions; and 
(B) the degree to which the use of pre-
mium processing for employment-based applica-
tions and petitions has negatively or positively 
impacted the length of time that it takes to ad-
judicate employment-based applications and pe-
titions that are eligible for treatment under sec-
tion 286(u) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act but for which no premium fee is paid; and 
(2) shall assess— 
(A) whether expansion of section 286(u) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act to family- 
based immigration petitions and applications 
would increase or decrease the length of time it 
takes to adjudicate family-based petitions and 
applications in cases where the applicant cannot 
afford to make use of the premium service; 
(B) all other likely future impacts of an ex-
pansion of premium processing to family-based 
immigration benefits applications and petitions; 
(C) the number of additional adjudicators 
needed to process premium processing applica-
tions;
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(D) the impact of premium processing on 
the number and assignment of adjudicators; 
and 
(E) the number of individual applicants 
who would opt to use premium processing 
under this expanded program annually. 
SEC. 516. BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENT FOR PROCURE-
MENTS 
OF 
GOODS 
CONTAINING 
COMPO-
NENTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any agree-
ment described in subsection (b), more than 50 percent 
of the components in any end product procured by the De-
partment of Homeland Security that contains components 
shall be mined, produced, or manufactured inside the 
United States. 
(b) AGREEMENTS DESCRIBED.—An agreement re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is any of the following: 
(1) Any reciprocal procurement memorandum 
of understanding between the United States and a 
foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary of 
Homeland Security has prospectively waived the Buy 
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.) for certain 
products in that country. 
(2) Any international agreement to which the 
United States is a party.
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SEC. 517. DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR FUNERAL EXPENSES. 
Not later than 90 days after the enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall— 
(1) develop criteria and guidelines for deter-
mining if a death is disaster-related; and 
(2) require staff to provide for analysis of each 
request for funeral expense assistance in order to 
support approval or disapproval of such assistance. 
SEC. 518. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR OFFICE OF COUNTERNARCOTICS 
ENFORCEMENT AT DEPARTMENT OF HOME-
LAND SECURITY. 
Section 7407(c) of the Intelligence Reform and Ter-
rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 118 
Stat. 3853) is amended by striking ‘‘2005, there is author-
ized up to $6,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2005 or 2006, 
there is authorized up to $6,000,000 for each such fiscal 
year’’. 
SEC. 519. PROHIBITION AGAINST INCREASE IN SECURITY 
SERVICE FEES. 
None of the funds authorized under this Act may be 
derived from an increase in security service fees estab-
lished under section 44940 of title 49, United States Code.
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SEC. 520. FEDERAL AFFIRMATION OF ASSISTANCE IN IMMI-
GRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT BY STATES 
AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law and re-
affirming the existing general authority, law enforcement 
personnel of a State or a political subdivision of a State 
are fully authorized to apprehend, detain, or remove aliens 
in the United States (including the transportation of such 
aliens across State lines to detention centers), for the pur-
poses of assisting in the enforcement of the immigration 
laws of the United States in the course of carrying out 
routine duties. This State authority has never been dis-
placed or preempted by the Congress. 
SEC. 521. TRAINING OF STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT PERSONNEL IN ENFORCEMENT OF IM-
MIGRATION LAWS. 
(a) TRAINING AND POCKET GUIDE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall establish— 
(A) a training manual for law enforcement 
personnel of a State or political subdivision of 
a State to train such personnel in the investiga-
tion, identification, apprehension, arrest, deten-
tion, and transfer to Federal custody of aliens 
in the United States (including the transpor-
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tation of such aliens across State lines to deten-
tion centers and identification of fraudulent 
documents); and 
(B) an immigration enforcement pocket 
guide for law enforcement personnel of a State 
or political subdivision of a State to provide a 
quick reference for such personnel in the course 
of duty. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The training manual and 
pocket guide established in accordance with para-
graph (1) shall be made available to all State and 
local law enforcement personnel. 
(3) APPLICABILITY.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to require State or local 
law enforcement personnel to carry the training 
manual or pocket guide established in accordance 
with paragraph (1) with them while on duty. 
(4) COSTS.—The Department of Homeland Se-
curity shall be responsible for any costs incurred in 
establishing the training manual and pocket guide 
under this subsection. 
(b) TRAINING FLEXIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Home-
land Security shall make training of State and local 
law enforcement officers available through as many
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means as possible, including residential training at 
Federal facilities, onsite training held at State or 
local police agencies or facilities, online training 
courses by computer, teleconferencing, and video-
tape, or the digital video display (DVD) of a train-
ing course or courses. 
(2) FEDERAL
PERSONNEL
TRAINING.—The 
training of State and local law enforcement per-
sonnel under this section shall not displace or other-
wise adversely affect the training of Federal per-
sonnel. 
(c) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in this Act or any 
other provision of law shall be construed as making any 
immigration-related training a requirement for, or pre-
requisite to, any State or local law enforcement officer ex-
ercising that officer’s inherent authority to assist in the 
apprehension, arrest, detention, or transfer to Federal 
custody illegal aliens during the normal course of carrying 
out their law enforcement duties. 
(d) TRAINING LIMITATION.—Section 287(g) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘Attorney General’ each place 
that term appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 
Homeland Security’’; and
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(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘Such training shall not exceed 14 days or 
80 hours, whichever is longer.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.