‘‘(A) SMALL
PROJECTS.—The requirement 
of paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to 
a project with a total cost of not more than 
$25,000. 
‘‘(B) HIGHER LEVEL OF FEDERAL SUPPORT 
REQUIRED.—The requirement of paragraph (1) 
shall not apply with respect to a project if the 
Secretary determines that the project merits sup-
port and cannot be undertaken without a higher 
rate of Federal support than the rate described 
in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Each recipient 
of a grant under this section may meet the require-
ment of paragraph (1) by making in-kind contribu-
tions of goods or services that are directly linked with 
the purpose for which the grant is made, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, including any necessary per-
sonnel expenses, contractor services, administrative 
costs, equipment, fuel, or maintenance, and rental 
space. 
‘‘(g) MULTIPLE PHASE PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award 
grants under this section for projects that span mul-
tiple years. 
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‘‘(2) FUNDING LIMITATION.—Not more than 20 
percent of the total grant funds awarded under this 
section in any fiscal year may be awarded for 
projects that span multiple years. 
‘‘(h) CONSISTENCY WITH PLANS.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that each grant awarded under this section— 
‘‘(1) is used to supplement and support, in a 
consistent and coordinated manner, the applicable 
Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan; and 
‘‘(2) is coordinated with any applicable State or 
Urban Area Homeland Security Plan. 
‘‘(i) COORDINATION
AND COOPERATION.—The Sec-
retary— 
‘‘(1) shall ensure that all projects that receive 
grant funding under this section within any area de-
fined in an Area Maritime Transportation Security 
Plan are coordinated with other projects in such area; 
and 
‘‘(2) may require cooperative agreements among 
users of the seaport and seaport facilities with respect 
to projects funded under this section. 
‘‘(j) REVIEW AND AUDITS.—The Secretary shall re-
quire all grantees under this section to maintain such 
records as the Secretary may require and make such records 
available for review and audit by the Secretary, the Comp-
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troller General of the United States, or the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department. 
‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated $400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2007 through 2012 to carry out this section. 
‘‘(2) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized 
to be appropriated under paragraph (1) shall origi-
nate from duties collected by U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (116 
Stat. 2135) is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 509 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 510. Procurement of security countermeasures for strategic national stock-
pile. 
‘‘Sec. 511. Urban and other high risk area communications capabilities. 
‘‘Sec. 512. Port security grant program.’’. 
(c) REPEAL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 70107 of title 46, 
United States Code, is hereby repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 701 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 70107. 
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SEC. 112. PORT SECURITY TRAINING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 361) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 802. PORT SECURITY TRAINING PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Assistant Secretary for Grants and Training and in coordi-
nation with components of the Department with maritime 
security expertise, including the Coast Guard, the Trans-
portation Security Administration, and U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection, shall establish a Port Security Training 
Program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘Pro-
gram’) for the purpose of enhancing the capabilities of each 
of the Nation’s commercial seaports to prevent, prepare for, 
respond to, mitigate against, and recover from threatened 
or actual acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other 
emergencies. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Program shall provide 
validated training that— 
‘‘(1) reaches multiple disciplines, including Fed-
eral, State, and local government officials, commercial 
seaport personnel and management, and govern-
mental and nongovernmental emergency response pro-
viders; 
‘‘(2) provides training at the awareness, per-
formance, and management and planning levels; 
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‘‘(3) utilizes multiple training mediums and 
methods, including— 
‘‘(A) direct delivery; 
‘‘(B) train-the-trainer; 
‘‘(C) computer-based training; 
‘‘(D) web-based training; and 
‘‘(E) video teleconferencing; 
‘‘(4) addresses port security topics, including— 
‘‘(A) seaport security plans and procedures, 
including how security plans and procedures are 
adjusted when threat levels increase; 
‘‘(B) seaport security force operations and 
management; 
‘‘(C) physical security and access control at 
seaports; 
‘‘(D) methods of security for preventing and 
countering cargo theft; 
‘‘(E) container security; 
‘‘(F) recognition and detection of weapons, 
dangerous substances, and devices; 
‘‘(G) operation and maintenance of security 
equipment and systems; 
‘‘(H) security threats and patterns; 
‘‘(I) security incident procedures, including 
procedures for communicating with govern-
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mental and nongovernmental emergency response 
providers; and 
‘‘(J) evacuation procedures; 
‘‘(5) is consistent with, and supports implemen-
tation of, the National Incident Management System, 
the National Response Plan, the National Infrastruc-
ture Protection Plan, the National Preparedness 
Guidance, the National Preparedness Goal, and other 
such national initiatives; 
‘‘(6) is evaluated against clear and consistent 
performance measures; and 
‘‘(7) addresses security requirements under facil-
ity security plans. 
‘‘(c) NATIONAL
VOLUNTARY
CONSENSUS
STAND-
ARDS.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) support the development, promulgation, and 
regular updating as necessary of national voluntary 
consensus standards for port security training; and 
‘‘(2) ensure that the training provided under this 
section is consistent with such standards. 
‘‘(d) TRAINING PARTNERS.—In developing and deliv-
ering training under the Program, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) work with government training facilities, 
academic institutions, private organizations, em-
ployee organizations, and other entities that provide 
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specialized, state-of-the-art training for governmental 
and nongovernmental emergency responder providers 
or commercial seaport personnel and management; 
and 
‘‘(2) utilize, as appropriate, training courses 
provided by community colleges, public safety acad-
emies, State and private universities, and other facili-
ties. 
‘‘(e) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall ensure that, 
in carrying out the Program, the Office of Grants and 
Training shall consult with— 
‘‘(1) a geographic and substantive cross section 
of governmental and nongovernmental emergency re-
sponse providers; and 
‘‘(2) commercial seaport personnel and manage-
ment. 
‘‘(f) COMMERCIAL SEAPORT PERSONNEL DEFINED.— 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘commercial seaport 
personnel’ means any person engaged in an activity relat-
ing to the loading or unloading of cargo, the movement or 
tracking of cargo, the maintenance and repair of inter-
modal equipment, the operation of cargo-related equipment 
(whether or not integral to the vessel), and the handling 
of mooring lines on the dock when a vessel is made fast 
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or let go, in the United States or the coastal waters there-
of.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (116 
Stat. 2135) is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 801 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 802. Port security training program.’’. 
(c) VESSEL AND FACILITY SECURITY PLANS.—Section 
70103(c)(3) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘the train-
ing, periodic unannounced drills, and’’ 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) 
as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) provide a strategy and timeline for con-
ducting training and periodic unannounced drills for 
persons on the vessel or at the facility to be carried 
out under the plan to deter, to the maximum extent 
practicable, a transportation security incident or a 
substantial threat of such a transportation security 
incident;’’. 
SEC. 113. PORT SECURITY EXERCISE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 361), as amended 
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by section 112, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 803. PORT SECURITY EXERCISE PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Assistant Secretary for Grants and Training, shall establish 
a Port Security Exercise Program (hereinafter in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘Program’) for the purpose of testing 
and evaluating the capabilities of Federal, State, local, and 
foreign governments, commercial seaport personnel and 
management, governmental and nongovernmental emer-
gency response providers, the private sector, or any other 
organization or entity, as the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate, to prevent, prepare for, mitigate against, re-
spond to, and recover from acts of terrorism, natural disas-
ters, and other emergencies at commercial seaports. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Assistant Secretary for Grants and Training and in 
coordination with components of the Department with mar-
itime security expertise, including the Coast Guard, the 
Transportation Security Administration, and U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection, shall ensure that the Pro-
gram— 
‘‘(1) consolidates all existing port security exer-
cise programs administered by the Department; 
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‘‘(2) conducts, on a periodic basis, port security 
exercises at commercial seaports that are— 
‘‘(A) scaled and tailored to the needs of each 
port; 
‘‘(B) live in the case of the most at-risk 
ports; 
‘‘(C) as realistic as practicable and based 
on current risk assessments, including credible 
threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences; 
‘‘(D) consistent with the National Incident 
Management System, the National Response 
Plan, the National Infrastructure Protection 
Plan, the National Preparedness Guidance, the 
National Preparedness Goal, and other such na-
tional initiatives; 
‘‘(E) evaluated against clear and consistent 
performance measures; 
‘‘(F) assessed to learn best practices, which 
shall be shared with appropriate Federal, State, 
and local officials, seaport personnel and man-
agement; governmental and nongovernmental 
emergency response providers, and the private 
sector; and 
‘‘(G) followed by remedial action in re-
sponse to lessons learned; and 
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‘‘(3) assists State and local governments and 
commercial seaports in designing, implementing, and 
evaluating exercises that— 
‘‘(A) conform to the requirements of para-
graph (2); and 
‘‘(B) are consistent with any applicable 
Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan 
and State or Urban Area Homeland Security 
Plan. 
‘‘(c) REMEDIAL ACTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.—The 
Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for 
Grants and Training, shall establish a Remedial Action 
Management System to— 
‘‘(1) identify and analyze each port security ex-
ercise for lessons learned and best practices; 
‘‘(2) disseminate lessons learned and best prac-
tices to participants in the Program; 
‘‘(3) monitor the implementation of lessons 
learned and best practices by participants in the Pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(4) conduct remedial action tracking and long- 
term trend analysis. 
‘‘(d) GRANT PROGRAM FACTOR.—In evaluating and 
prioritizing applications for Federal financial assistance 
under section 512, the Secretary shall give additional con-
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sideration to those applicants that have conducted port se-
curity exercises under this section. 
‘‘(e) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall ensure that, 
in carrying out the Program, the Office of Grants and 
Training shall consult with— 
‘‘(1) a geographic and substantive cross section 
of governmental and nongovernmental emergency re-
sponse providers; and 
‘‘(2) commercial seaport personnel and manage-
ment. 
‘‘(f) COMMERCIAL SEAPORT PERSONNEL DEFINED.— 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘commercial seaport 
personnel’ means any person engaged in an activity relat-
ing to the loading or unloading of cargo, the movement or 
tracking of cargo, the maintenance and repair of inter-
modal equipment, the operation of cargo-related equipment 
(whether or not integral to the vessel), and the handling 
of mooring lines on the dock when a vessel is made fast 
or let go, in the United States or the coastal waters there-
of.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (116 
Stat. 2135), as amended by section 112, is further amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 802 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 803. Port security exercise program.’’. 
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SEC. 114. RESERVE OFFICERS AND JUNIOR RESERVE OFFI-
CERS TRAINING PILOT PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may carry out a pilot project to es-
tablish and maintain a reserve officers and a junior reserve 
officers training program in locations determined by the 
Secretary. 
(b) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION.—The Secretary shall 
establish and maintain a training program under this sec-
tion in each Coast Guard District, preferably in a location 
that has a Coast Guard district headquarters. The Secretary 
shall ensure that at least one program is established at each 
of an historically black college or university, an hispanic 
serving institution, and a high school with majority-minor-
ity population. 
(c) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—A pilot program car-
ried out by the Secretary under this section shall provide 
students— 
(1) instruction in subject areas relating to oper-
ations of the Coast Guard; and 
(2) training in skills that are useful and appro-
priate for a career in the Coast Guard. 
(d) PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.—To carry 
out a pilot program under this section, the Secretary may 
provide— 
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(1) assistance in course development, instruction, 
and other support activities; 
(2) commissioned, warrant, and petty officers of 
the Coast Guard to serve as administrators and in-
structors; and 
(3) necessary and appropriate course materials, 
equipment, and uniforms. 
(e) EMPLOYMENT OF RETIRED COAST GUARD PER-
SONNEL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 
Secretary may authorize a selected college, university, 
or high school to employ as administrators and in-
structors for the pilot program retired Coast Guard 
and Coast Guard Reserve commissioned, warrant, 
and petty officers who request that employment and 
who are approved by the Secretary. 
(2) AUTHORIZED PAY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Retired members em-
ployed pursuant to paragraph (1) may receive 
their retired or retainer pay and an additional 
amount of not more than the difference be-
tween— 
(i) the amount the individual would be 
paid as pay and allowance if they were con-
sidered to have been ordered to active duty 
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with the Coast Guard during that period of 
employment; and 
(ii) the amount of retired pay the indi-
vidual is entitled to receive during that pe-
riod. 
(B) PAYMENT TO THE SCHOOL.—The Sec-
retary shall pay to a selected college, university, 
or high school an amount equal to one half of the 
amount described in subparagraph (A), from 
funds appropriated for that purpose. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section there is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary such sums as may be necessary for each of 
fiscal years 2007 through 2010. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 
Provisions 
SEC. 121. INCREASE IN PORT OF ENTRY INSPECTION OFFI-
CERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall increase by not less than 200 the number of posi-
tions for full-time active duty port of entry inspection offi-
cers of the Department of Homeland Security for each of 
the fiscal years 2007 through 2012. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
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subsection (a) the following amounts for the following fiscal 
years: 
(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. 
(2) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
(3) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
(4) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
(5) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 
(6) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 
SEC. 122. ACCELERATION OF INTEGRATED DEEPWATER 
SYSTEM. 
In addition to any other amounts authorized by law, 
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Homeland Security $1,892,000,000 for the acquisition and 
construction of vessels, aircraft, shore and offshore facilities 
and other components associated with the Integrated Deep-
water System in accordance with the report required by sec-
tion 888 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 
2250). 
SEC. 123. BORDER PATROL UNIT FOR UNITED STATES VIR-
GIN ISLANDS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall estab-
lish at least one Border Patrol unit for the Virgin Islands 
of the United States. 
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