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Department has revised Departmental guidance with respect to 
relations with the Government Accountability Office to specifically 
provide for: (a) expedited timeframes for providing the Government 
Accountability Office with access to records within 20 days from 
the date of request; (b) expedited timeframes for interviews of 
program officials by the Government Accountability Office after 
reasonable notice has been furnished to the Department by the 
Government Accountability Office; and (c) a significant streamlining 
of the review process for documents and interview requests by 
liaisons, counsel, and program officials, consistent with the objective 
that the Government Accountability Office be given timely and 
complete access to documents and agency officials; and (2) defines 
in a memorandum to all Department employees the roles and 
responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security Inspector 
General: Provided further, That the Secretary shall make the revi-
sions to Departmental guidance with respect to relations with the 
Government Accountability Office in consultation with the Comp-
troller General of the United States and issue departmental guid-
ance with respect to relations with the Department of Homeland 
Security Inspector General in consultation with the Inspector Gen-
eral: Provided further, That not more than 75 percent of the funds 
provided under this heading shall be obligated prior to the submis-
sion of the first quarterly report on progress to improve and mod-
ernize efforts to remove criminal aliens judged deportable from 
the United States. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Management, as authorized by sections 701 through 705 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 through 345), 
$150,238,000, of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided, That of the total 
amount, $6,000,000 shall remain available until expended solely 
for the alteration and improvement of facilities, tenant improve-
ments, and relocation costs to consolidate Department headquarters 
operations. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), $31,300,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), and Department-wide technology invest-
ments, $295,200,000; of which $81,000,000 shall be available for 
salaries and expenses; and of which $214,200,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be available for development and acquisi-
tion of information technology equipment, software, services, and 
related activities for the Department of Homeland Security, of which 
not less than $36,800,000 shall be available, as requested in the 
President’s Fiscal Year 2008 Budget, for Department of Homeland 
Security data center development and an additional $35,500,000 
shall be available for further construction of the National Center
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for Critical Information Processing and Storage: Provided, That 
none of the funds appropriated shall be used to support or supple-
ment the appropriations provided for the United States Visitor 
and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology project or the Auto-
mated Commercial Environment: Provided further, That the Chief 
Information Officer shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not more 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, an expenditure 
plan for all information technology acquisition projects that: (1) 
are funded under this heading; or (2) are funded by multiple compo-
nents of the Department of Homeland Security through reimburs-
able agreements: Provided further, That such expenditure plan 
shall include each specific project funded, key milestones, all 
funding sources for each project, details of annual and lifecycle 
costs, and projected cost savings or cost avoidance to be achieved 
by the project. 
ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information analysis and operations 
coordination activities, as authorized by title II of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $306,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009, of which not to exceed $5,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading in Public 
Law 109–295, $8,700,000 are rescinded. 
OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR GULF COAST 
REBUILDING 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Federal Coordinator 
for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, $2,700,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 
shall not be available for obligation until the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives receive 
an expenditure plan for fiscal year 2008. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.), $92,711,000, of which not to exceed $150,000 may 
be used for certain confidential operational expenses, including 
the payment of informants, to be expended at the direction of 
the Inspector General. 
TITLE II 
SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relating to 
border security, immigration, customs, and agricultural inspections 
and regulatory activities related to plant and animal imports; pur-
chase and lease of up to 4,500 (2,300 for replacement only) police-
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type vehicles; and contracting with individuals for personal services 
abroad; $6,802,560,000, of which $3,093,000 shall be derived from 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for administrative expenses 
related to the collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant 
to section 9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 
U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which not 
to exceed $45,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses; of which not less than $226,740,000 shall be for Air 
and Marine Operations; of which $13,000,000 shall be used to 
procure commercially available technology in order to expand and 
improve the risk-based approach of the Department of Homeland 
Security to target and inspect cargo containers under the Secure 
Freight Initiative and the Global Trade Exchange; of which such 
sums as become available in the Customs User Fee Account, except 
sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be 
derived from that account; of which not to exceed $150,000 shall 
be available for payment for rental space in connection with 
preclearance operations; and of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted 
for solely under the certificate of the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity: Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$323,000,000 is designated as described in section 5 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2008, the overtime limitation prescribed in 
section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267(c)(1)) 
shall be $35,000; and notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be available to 
compensate any employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
for overtime, from whatever source, in an amount that exceeds 
such limitation, except in individual cases determined by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Secretary, 
to be necessary for national security purposes, to prevent excessive 
costs, or in cases of immigration emergencies: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$202,816,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2009, to 
support software development, equipment, contract services, and 
the implementation of inbound lanes and modification to vehicle 
primary processing lanes at ports of entry; of which $100,000 is 
to promote information and education exchange with nations 
friendly to the United States in order to promote sharing of best 
practices and technologies relating to homeland security, as author-
ized by section 879 of Public Law 107–296; and of which $75,000,000 
may not be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives receive a report not 
later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act on 
the preliminary results of testing of pilots at ports of entry used 
to develop and implement the plan required by section 7209(b)(1) 
of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(Public Law 108–458; 8 U.S.C. 1185 note), which includes the 
following information: (1) infrastructure and staffing required, with 
associated costs, by port of entry; (2) updated milestones for plan 
implementation; (3) a detailed explanation of how requirements 
of such section have been satisfied; (4) confirmation that a vicinity- 
read radio frequency identification card has been adequately tested
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to ensure operational success; and (5) a description of steps taken 
to ensure the integrity of privacy safeguards. 
AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION 
For expenses for U.S. Customs and Border Protection auto-
mated systems, $476,609,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not less than $316,969,000 shall be for the development 
of the Automated Commercial Environment: Provided, That of the 
total amount made available under this heading, $216,969,000 may 
not be obligated for the Automated Commercial Environment pro-
gram until 30 days after the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives receive a report on 
the results to date and plans for the program from the Department 
of Homeland Security that includes: 
(1) a detailed accounting of the program’s progress up 
to the date of the report in meeting prior commitments made 
to the Committees relative to system capabilities or services, 
system performance levels, mission benefits and outcomes, mile-
stones, cost targets, and program management capabilities; 
(2) an explicit plan of action defining how all funds are 
to be obligated to meet future program commitments, with 
the planned expenditure of funds linked to the milestone-based 
delivery of specific capabilities, services, performance levels, 
mission benefits and outcomes, and program management 
capabilities; 
(3) a listing of all open Government Accountability Office 
and Office of Inspector General recommendations related to 
the program, with the status of the Department’s efforts to 
address the recommendations, including milestones for fully 
addressing them; 
(4) a certification by the Chief Procurement Officer of the 
Department that the program has been reviewed and approved 
in accordance with the investment management process of the 
Department, and that the process fulfills all capital planning 
and investment control requirements and reviews established 
by the Office of Management and Budget, including Circular 
A–11, part 7, as well as supporting analyses generated by 
and used in the Department’s process; 
(5) a certification by the Chief Information Officer of the 
Department that an independent validation and verification 
agent has and will continue to actively review the program; 
(6) a certification by the Chief Information Officer of the 
Department that the system architecture of the program is 
sufficiently aligned with the information systems enterprise 
architecture of the Department to minimize future rework, 
including a description of all aspects of the architectures that 
were and were not assessed in making the alignment deter-
mination, the date of the alignment determination, any known 
areas of misalignment along with the associated risks and 
corrective actions to address any such areas; 
(7) a certification by the Chief Information Officer of the 
Department that the program has a risk management process 
that regularly and proactively identifies, evaluates, mitigates, 
and monitors risks throughout the system life cycle, and 
communicates high-risk conditions to U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection and Department of Homeland Security investment