Text of US HB 8752 (2024)

IB Union Calendar No. 456 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8752 [Report No. 118–553] Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 14, 2024 Mr. AMODEI, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Se- curity for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 8752 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4 Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year end- 5 ing September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 6 TITLE I 7 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INTEL- 8 LIGENCE, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND 9 OVERSIGHT 10 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE 11 MANAGEMENT 12 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 14 and for executive management for operations and support, 15 $281,358,000, of which $22,151,000 shall remain avail- 16 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That $5,000,000 17 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary sub- 18 mits, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 19 of Representatives and the Senate, responses to all ques- 20 tions for the record for each hearing on the fiscal year 21 2026 budget submission for the Department of Homeland 22 Security held by such Committees prior to July 1: Pro- 23 vided further, That not to exceed $30,000 shall be for offi- 24 cial reception and representation expenses. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 8752 RH MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE 1 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 2 For necessary expenses of the Management Direc- 3 torate for operations and support, $1,637,290,000: Pro- 4 vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be for official recep- 5 tion and representation expenses. 6 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 7 For necessary expenses of the Management Direc- 8 torate for procurement, construction, and improvements, 9 $54,337,000, to remain available until September 30, 10 2027. 11 FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 12 The revenues and collections of security fees credited 13 to this account shall be available until expended for nec- 14 essary expenses related to the protection of federally 15 owned and leased buildings and for the operations of the 16 Federal Protective Service. 17 INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND SITUATIONAL 18 AWARENESS 19 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence 21 and Analysis and the Office of Homeland Security Situa- 22 tional Awareness for operations and support, 23 $345,360,000, of which $105,701,000 shall remain avail- 24 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That not to ex- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 8752 RH ceed $2,000,000 is available for facility needs associated 1 with secure space at fusion centers, including improve- 2 ments to buildings: Provided further, That not to exceed 3 $3,825 shall be for official reception and representation 4 expenses. 5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 6 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 8 General for operations and support, $225,294,000: Pro- 9 vided, That not to exceed $300,000 may be used for cer- 10 tain confidential operational expenses, including the pay- 11 ment of informants, to be expended at the direction of the 12 Inspector General. 13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 14 SEC. 101. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 15 shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2025, 16 to the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 17 Security listing all grants and contracts awarded by any 18 means other than full and open competition during fiscal 19 years 2024 or 2025. 20 (b) The Inspector General shall review the report re- 21 quired by subsection (a) to assess departmental compli- 22 ance with applicable laws and regulations and report the 23 results of that review to the Committees on Appropriations 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 5 •HR 8752 RH of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 1 than February 15, 2026. 2 SEC. 102. Not later than 30 days after the last day 3 of each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Depart- 4 ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Commit- 5 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 6 and the Senate a monthly budget and staffing report that 7 includes total obligations of the Department for that 8 month and for the fiscal year at the appropriation and 9 program, project, and activity levels, by the source year 10 of the appropriation. 11 SEC. 103. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 12 in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 13 notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 14 Representatives and the Senate of any proposed transfers 15 of funds available under section 9705(g)(4)(B) of title 31, 16 United States Code, from the Department of the Treasury 17 Forfeiture Fund to any agency within the Department of 18 Homeland Security. 19 (b) None of the funds identified for such a transfer 20 may be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations 21 of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti- 22 fied of the proposed transfer. 23 SEC. 104. All official costs associated with the use 24 of Government aircraft by Department of Homeland Secu- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 6 •HR 8752 RH rity personnel to support official travel of the Secretary 1 and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid from amounts 2 made available for the Office of the Secretary. 3 SEC. 105. (a) The Under Secretary for Management 4 shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House 5 of Representatives and the Senate not later than 45 days 6 after the end of each fiscal quarter on all Level 1 and 7 Level 2 acquisition programs on the Master Acquisition 8 Oversight list between Acquisition Decision Event and 9 Full Operational Capability, including programs that have 10 been removed from such list during the preceding quarter. 11 (b) For each such program, the briefing described in 12 subsection (a) shall include— 13 (1) a description of the purpose of the program, 14 including the capabilities being acquired and the 15 component(s) sponsoring the acquisition; 16 (2) the total number of units, as appropriate, to 17 be acquired annually until procurement is complete 18 under the current acquisition program baseline; 19 (3) the Acquisition Review Board status, in- 20 cluding— 21 (A) the current acquisition phase by incre- 22 ment, as applicable; 23 (B) the date of the most recent review; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 7 •HR 8752 RH (C) whether the program has been paused 1 or is in breach status; 2 (4) a comparison between the initial Depart- 3 ment-approved acquisition program baseline cost, 4 schedule, and performance thresholds and objectives 5 and the program’s current such thresholds and ob- 6 jectives, if applicable; 7 (5) the lifecycle cost estimate, adjusted for com- 8 parison to the Future Years Homeland Security 9 Program, including— 10 (A) the confidence level for the estimate; 11 (B) the fiscal years included in the esti- 12 mate; 13 (C) a breakout of the estimate for the 14 prior five years, the current year, and the budg- 15 et year; 16 (D) a breakout of the estimate by appro- 17 priation account or other funding source; and 18 (E) a description of and rationale for any 19 changes to the estimate as compared to the pre- 20 viously approved baseline, as applicable, and 21 during the prior fiscal year; 22 (6) a summary of the findings of any inde- 23 pendent verification and validation of the items to be 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 8 •HR 8752 RH acquired or an explanation for why no such 1 verification and validation has been performed; 2 (7) a table displaying the obligation of all pro- 3 gram funds by prior fiscal year, the estimated obli- 4 gation of funds for the current fiscal year, and an 5 estimate for the planned carryover of funds into the 6 subsequent fiscal year; 7 (8) a listing of prime contractors and major 8 subcontractors; and 9 (9) narrative descriptions of risks to cost, 10 schedule, or performance that could result in a pro- 11 gram breach if not successfully mitigated. 12 (c) The Under Secretary for Management shall sub- 13 mit each approved Acquisition Decision Memorandum for 14 programs described in this section to the Committees on 15 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 16 Senate not later than five business days after the date of 17 approval of such memorandum by the Under Secretary for 18 Management or the designee of the Under Secretary for 19 Management. 20 SEC. 106. (a) None of the funds made available to 21 the Department of Homeland Security in this Act or prior 22 appropriations Acts may be obligated for any new pilot 23 or demonstration unless the component or office carrying 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 9 •HR 8752 RH out such pilot or demonstration has documented the infor- 1 mation described in subsection (c). 2 (b) Prior to the obligation of any such funds made 3 available for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ for a new pilot 4 or demonstration, the Under Secretary for Management 5 shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropria- 6 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 7 the information described in subsection (c). 8 (c) The information required under subsections (a) 9 and (b) for a pilot or demonstration shall include the fol- 10 lowing— 11 (1) documented objectives that are well-defined 12 and measurable; 13 (2) an assessment methodology that details— 14 (A) the type and source of assessment 15 data; 16 (B) the methods for, and frequency of, col- 17 lecting such data; and 18 (C) how such data will be analyzed; and 19 (3) an implementation plan, including mile- 20 stones, cost estimates, and implementation sched- 21 ules, including a projected end date. 22 (d) Not later than 90 days after the date of comple- 23 tion of a pilot or demonstration described in subsection 24 (e), the Under Secretary for Management shall provide a 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 10 •HR 8752 RH report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 1 of Representatives and the Senate detailing lessons 2 learned, actual costs, any planned expansion or continu- 3 ation of the pilot or demonstration, and any planned tran- 4 sition of such pilot or demonstration into an enduring pro- 5 gram or operation. 6 (e) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or dem- 7 onstration program is a study, demonstration, experi- 8 mental program, or trial that— 9 (1) is a small-scale, short-term experiment con- 10 ducted in order to evaluate feasibility, duration, 11 costs, or adverse events, and improve upon the de- 12 sign of an effort prior to implementation of a larger 13 scale effort; and 14 (2) uses more than 10 full-time equivalents or 15 obligates, or proposes to obligate, $5,000,000 or 16 more, but does not include congressionally directed 17 programs or enhancements and does not include pro- 18 grams that were in operation as of the date of the 19 enactment of this Act. 20 (f) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or dem- 21 onstration does not include any testing, evaluation, or ini- 22 tial deployment phase executed under a procurement con- 23 tract for the acquisition of information technology services 24 or systems, or any pilot or demonstration carried out by 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 11 •HR 8752 RH a non-Federal recipient under any financial assistance 1 agreement funded by the Department. 2 TITLE II 3 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 4 INVESTIGATIONS 5 U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 6 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8 For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 9 Protection for operations and support, including the trans- 10 portation of unaccompanied alien minors; the provision of 11 air and marine support to Federal, State, local, and inter- 12 national agencies in the enforcement or administration of 13 laws enforced by the Department of Homeland Security; 14 at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, 15 the provision of such support to Federal, State, and local 16 agencies in other law enforcement and emergency humani- 17 tarian efforts; the purchase and lease of up to 7,500 18 (6,500 for replacement only) police-type vehicles; the pur- 19 chase, maintenance, or operation of marine vessels, air- 20 craft, and unmanned aerial systems; and contracting with 21 individuals for personal services abroad; $16,566,247,000; 22 of which $3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor 23 Maintenance Trust Fund for administrative expenses re- 24 lated to the collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pur- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 12 •HR 8752 RH suant to section 9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 1 of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding sec- 2 tion 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 3 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which $550,000,000 shall be avail- 4 able until September 30, 2026; and of which such sums 5 as become available in the Customs User Fee Account, ex- 6 cept sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consoli- 7 dated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 8 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account: Pro- 9 vided, That not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official re- 10 ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 11 That not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for pay- 12 ment for rental space in connection with preclearance op- 13 erations: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,000,000 14 shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be 15 accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary 16 of Homeland Security: Provided further, That not to ex- 17 ceed $2,500,000 may be transferred to the Bureau of In- 18 dian Affairs for the maintenance and repair of roads on 19 Native American reservations used by the U.S. Border Pa- 20 trol. 21 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 22 For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 23 Protection for procurement, construction, and improve- 24 ments, including procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 13 •HR 8752 RH and unmanned aerial systems, $1,390,338,000, of which 1 $766,684,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2 2027, and of which $623,654,000 shall remain available 3 until September 30, 2029. 4 U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 5 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 6 For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and 7 Customs Enforcement for operations and support, includ- 8 ing the purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for re- 9 placement only) police-type vehicles; overseas vetted units; 10 and maintenance, minor construction, and minor leasehold 11 improvements at owned and leased facilities; 12 $10,497,243,000; of which not less than $6,000,000 shall 13 remain available until expended for efforts to enforce laws 14 against forced child labor; of which $46,696,000 shall re- 15 main available until September 30, 2026; of which not less 16 than $2,000,000 is for paid apprenticeships for partici- 17 pants in the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative Child- 18 Rescue Corps; of which not less than $15,000,000 shall 19 be available for investigation of intellectual property rights 20 violations, including operation of the National Intellectual 21 Property Rights Coordination Center; and of which not 22 less than $5,900,389,000 shall be for enforcement, deten- 23 tion, and removal operations, including transportation of 24 unaccompanied alien minors, of which not less than 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 14 •HR 8752 RH $3,081,725,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1 2026: Provided, That not to exceed $11,475 shall be for 2 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 3 further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available 4 until expended for conducting special operations under 5 section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 (19 6 U.S.C. 2081): Provided further, That not to exceed 7 $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to inform- 8 ants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of 9 the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, 10 That not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund 11 or reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs associ- 12 ated with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of 13 smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States: 14 Provided further, That not less than $2,000,000 shall be 15 for entering into new agreements for the delegation of law 16 enforcement authority provided by section 287(g) of the 17 Immigration and Nationality Act: Provided further, That 18 funding made available under this heading shall maintain 19 a level of not less than 50,000 detention beds. 20 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 21 For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and 22 Customs Enforcement for procurement, construction, and 23 improvements, $19,548,000, of which $6,548,000 shall re- 24 main available until September 30, 2027, and of which 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 15 •HR 8752 RH $13,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1 2029. 2 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 3 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 4 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu- 5 rity Administration for operations and support, 6 $10,817,225,000, of which $300,000,000 shall remain 7 available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That not 8 to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and rep- 9 resentation expenses: Provided further, That security serv- 10 ice fees authorized under section 44940 of title 49, United 11 States Code, shall be credited to this appropriation as off- 12 setting collections and shall be available only for aviation 13 security: Provided further, That the sum appropriated 14 under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced 15 on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections 16 are received during fiscal year 2025 so as to result in a 17 final fiscal year appropriation from the general fund esti- 18 mated at not more than $7,957,225,000. 19 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 20 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu- 21 rity Administration for procurement, construction, and 22 improvements, $198,428,000, to remain available until 23 September 30, 2027. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 16 •HR 8752 RH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 1 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu- 2 rity Administration for research and development, 3 $17,990,000, to remain available until September 30, 4 2026. 5 COAST GUARD 6 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 7 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for oper- 8 ations and support including the Coast Guard Reserve; 9 purchase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor ve- 10 hicles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or 11 lease of small boats for contingent and emergent require- 12 ments (at a unit cost of not more than $700,000) and 13 repairs and service-life replacements, not to exceed a total 14 of $31,000,000; purchase, lease, or improvements of boats 15 necessary for overseas deployments and activities; pay- 16 ments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 17 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and wel- 18 fare; $10,554,261,000, of which $530,000,000 shall be for 19 defense-related activities; of which $24,500,000 shall be 20 derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry 21 out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution 22 Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which 23 $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 24 2027; of which $24,359,000 shall remain available until 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 17 •HR 8752 RH September 30, 2029, for environmental compliance and 1 restoration; and of which $100,000,000 shall remain avail- 2 able until September 30, 2026, which shall only be avail- 3 able for vessel depot level maintenance: Provided, That not 4 to exceed $23,000 shall be for official reception and rep- 5 resentation expenses. 6 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 7 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for pro- 8 curement, construction, and improvements, including aids 9 to navigation, shore facilities (including facilities at De- 10 partment of Defense installations used by the Coast 11 Guard), and vessels and aircraft, including equipment re- 12 lated thereto, $2,128,500,000, to remain available until 13 September 30, 2029; of which $20,000,000 shall be de- 14 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out 15 the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act 16 of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)). 17 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 18 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for re- 19 search and development; and for maintenance, rehabilita- 20 tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; 21 $6,763,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, 22 of which $500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li- 23 ability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 24 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 18 •HR 8752 RH 2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there may be credited to and 1 used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received 2 from State and local governments, other public authori- 3 ties, private sources, and foreign countries for expenses 4 incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua- 5 tion. 6 RETIRED PAY 7 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 8 otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur- 9 pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 10 Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca- 11 reer status bonuses, payment of continuation pay under 12 section 356 of title 37, United States Code, concurrent 13 receipts, combat-related special compensation, and pay- 14 ments for medical care of retired personnel and their de- 15 pendents under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, 16 $1,210,840,000, to remain available until expended. 17 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 18 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 19 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 20 Service for operations and support, including purchase of 21 not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-type use; hire of pas- 22 senger motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in 23 the United States; hire of aircraft; rental of buildings in 24 the District of Columbia; fencing, lighting, guard booths, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 19 •HR 8752 RH and other facilities on private or other property not in 1 Government ownership or control, as may be necessary to 2 perform protective functions; conduct of and participation 3 in firearms matches; presentation of awards; conduct of 4 behavioral research in support of protective intelligence 5 and operations; payment in advance for commercial ac- 6 commodations as may be necessary to perform protective 7 functions; and payment, without regard to section 5702 8 of title 5, United States Code, of subsistence expenses of 9 employees who are on protective missions, whether at or 10 away from their duty stations; $3,017,524,000; of which 11 $80,041,000 shall remain available until September 30, 12 2026, and of which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for 13 activities related to investigations of missing and exploited 14 children; and of which up to $24,000,000 may be for cal- 15 endar year 2024 premium pay in excess of the annual 16 equivalent of the limitation on the rate of pay contained 17 in section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, pursuant 18 to section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective Services 19 Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as last amended by 20 Public Law 118–38: Provided, That not to exceed $19,125 21 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 22 Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 shall be to 23 provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 20 •HR 8752 RH enforcement organizations in criminal investigations with- 1 in the jurisdiction of the United States Secret Service. 2 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 3 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 4 Service for procurement, construction, and improvements, 5 $138,336,000, of which $53,436,000 shall remain avail- 6 able until September 30, 2027, and of which $84,900,000 7 shall remain available until September 30, 2029. 8 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 9 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 10 Service for research and development, $2,250,000, to re- 11 main available until September 30, 2026. 12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 13 SEC. 201. Section 201 of the Department of Home- 14 land Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of 15 Public Law 115–141), related to overtime compensation 16 limitations, shall apply with respect to funds made avail- 17 able in this Act in the same manner as such section ap- 18 plied to funds made available in that Act, except that ‘‘fis- 19 cal year 2025’’ shall be substituted for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 20 SEC. 202. Funding made available under the head- 21 ings ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations 22 and Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec- 23 tion—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ 24 shall be available for customs expenses when necessary to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 21 •HR 8752 RH maintain operations and prevent adverse personnel actions 1 in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addition 2 to funding provided by sections 740 and 1406i of title 48, 3 United States Code. 4 SEC. 203. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 5 United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im- 6 plementation Act (Public Law 112–42), fees collected 7 from passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an ad- 8 jacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Con- 9 solidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 10 U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 11 SEC. 204. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. 12 Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Sup- 13 port’’, $31,000,000, to remain available until expended, 14 to be reduced by amounts collected and credited to this 15 appropriation in fiscal year 2025 from amounts authorized 16 to be collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration and 17 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the 18 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 19 U.S.C. 8311), and section 817 of the Trade Facilitation 20 and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (Public Law 114– 21 125), or other such authorizing language. 22 (b) To the extent that amounts realized from such 23 collections exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 22 •HR 8752 RH of $31,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation, to 1 remain available until expended. 2 SEC. 205. None of the funds made available in this 3 Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used 4 to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 5 a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) 6 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from im- 7 porting a prescription drug from Canada that complies 8 with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, 9 That this section shall apply only to individuals trans- 10 porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the pre- 11 scription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided 12 further, That the prescription drug may not be— 13 (1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 14 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 15 802); or 16 (2) a biological product, as defined in section 17 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 18 262). 19 SEC. 206. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 20 of law, none of the funds provided in this or any other 21 Act shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation 22 and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of 23 title 46, United States Code, for the transportation of 24 crude oil distributed from and to the Strategic Petroleum 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 23 •HR 8752 RH Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after 1 consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of 2 Energy and Transportation and representatives from the 3 United States flag maritime industry, takes adequate 4 measures to ensure the use of United States flag vessels. 5 (b) The Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap- 6 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 7 ate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 8 of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 9 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 10 within 2 business days of any request for waivers of navi- 11 gation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 12 501(b) of title 46, United States Code, with respect to 13 such transportation, and the disposition of such requests. 14 SEC. 207. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment 15 of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 16 not— 17 (1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any 18 new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 19 Southern border or the Northern border at a land 20 port of entry; or 21 (2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 22 of a border crossing fee. 23 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ 24 means a fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 24 •HR 8752 RH passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay 1 for the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the 2 Northern border at a land port of entry. 3 SEC. 208. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date 4 of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Cus- 5 toms and Border Protection shall submit an expenditure 6 plan for any amounts made available for ‘‘U.S. Customs 7 and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and 8 Improvements’’ in this Act and prior Acts to the Commit- 9 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 10 and the Senate. 11 (b) No such amounts provided in this Act may be 12 obligated prior to the submission of such plan. 13 SEC. 209. Section 211 of the Department of Home- 14 land Security Appropriations Act, 2021 (division F of 15 Public Law 116–260), prohibiting the use of funds for the 16 construction of fencing in certain areas, shall apply with 17 respect to funds made available in this Act in the same 18 manner as such section applied to funds made available 19 in that Act. 20 SEC. 210. (a) Funds made available in this Act may 21 be used to alter operations within the National Targeting 22 Center of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 23 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 24 by previous appropriations Acts that remain available for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 25 •HR 8752 RH obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided 1 from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 2 derived by the collection of fees available to the compo- 3 nents funded by this Act, may be used to reduce antici- 4 pated or planned vetting operations at existing locations 5 unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted after 6 the date of enactment of this Act. 7 SEC. 211. (a) Of the total amount made available 8 under ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procure- 9 ment, Construction, and Improvements’’, $1,390,338,000 10 shall be available only as follows: 11 (1) $600,000,000 for the acquisition and de- 12 ployment of physical barriers; 13 (2) $300,000,000 for the acquisition and de- 14 ployment of border security technologies; 15 (3) $305,000,000 for trade and travel assets 16 and infrastructure; 17 (4) $23,654,000 for facility construction and 18 improvements; 19 (5) $131,419,000 for integrated operations as- 20 sets and infrastructure; and 21 (6) $30,265,000 for mission support and infra- 22 structure. 23 (b) None of the funds allocated for pedestrian phys- 24 ical barriers may be made available for any purpose other 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 26 •HR 8752 RH than the construction of steel bollard pedestrian barrier 1 built at least 18 to 30 feet in effective height and aug- 2 mented with anti-climb and anti-dig features. 3 (c) None of the funds allocated for pedestrian phys- 4 ical barriers may be made available for any purpose other 5 than construction of pedestrian barriers consistent with 6 the description in subsection (b) at locations identified in 7 the Border Security Improvement Plan submitted to Con- 8 gress on August 1, 2020. 9 (d) The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 10 Protection may reprioritize the construction of physical 11 barriers outlined in the Border Security Improvement 12 Plan and, with prior approval of the Committees on Ap- 13 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 14 ate, add additional miles of pedestrian physical barriers 15 where no such barriers exist, prioritized by operational re- 16 quirements developed in coordination with U.S. Border 17 Patrol leadership. 18 (e) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall begin 19 to obligate amounts for physical barrier construction no 20 later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 21 Act. 22 (f) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘effective 23 height’’ refers to the height above the level of the adjacent 24 terrain features. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 27 •HR 8752 RH SEC. 212. None of the funds appropriated or other- 1 wise made available by this Act may be obligated, ex- 2 pended, or transferred to another Federal agency, board, 3 or commission to be used to dismantle, demolish, remove, 4 or damage existing United States-Mexico physical barriers 5 at any location where such barriers have been constructed 6 as of the date of enactment of this Act unless such barrier 7 is simultaneously being repaired or replaced. 8 SEC. 213. None of the funds appropriated or other- 9 wise made available by this Act may be made available 10 to utilize the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP 11 One Application, or any successor application, to facilitate 12 the parole of any alien into the United States. 13 SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated or other- 14 wise made available by this Act may be made available 15 to implement, administer, or otherwise carry out the poli- 16 cies described in the directive issued by the Acting Com- 17 missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Jan- 18 uary 10, 2023, entitled ‘‘Emergency Driving and Vehic- 19 ular Pursuits’’. 20 SEC. 215. None of the funds appropriated or other- 21 wise made available by this Act may be made available 22 to admit an alien into the United States at a port of entry 23 on an F or M visa if the college, university, or other insti- 24 tution of higher learning that the student will attend is 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 28 •HR 8752 RH not accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agen- 1 cy or association recognized by the Secretary of Education 2 pursuant to part H of title IV of the Higher Education 3 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099a et seq.). 4 SEC. 216. None of the funds appropriated or other- 5 wise made available by this Act may be made available 6 to parole into the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 7 Islands, for the purpose of temporary visit for business 8 or pleasure without a visa, an alien who is a national of 9 the People’s Republic of China. 10 SEC. 217. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth- 11 erwise made available by this Act may be used by U.S. 12 Customs and Border Protection to admit into the United 13 States any aerosol-dispensing unmanned aircraft system 14 produced or manufactured in a foreign adversary country. 15 (b) The term ‘‘foreign adversary country’’ means a 16 country specified in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United 17 States Code. 18 SEC. 218. None of the funds appropriated or other- 19 wise made available by this Act may be made available 20 to reduce participation in or substantively diminish the 21 delegation of law enforcement authority authorized under 22 section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 23 U.S.C. 1357(g)), except as provided in section 219 of this 24 Act. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 29 •HR 8752 RH SEC. 219. None of the funds provided under the 1 heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 2 Operations and Support’’ may be used to continue a dele- 3 gation of law enforcement authority authorized under sec- 4 tion 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 5 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security 6 Inspector General determines that the terms of the agree- 7 ment governing the delegation of authority have been ma- 8 terially violated. 9 SEC. 220. (a) None of the funds provided under the 10 heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 11 Operations and Support’’ may be used to continue any 12 contract for the provision of detention services if the two 13 most recent overall performance evaluations received by 14 the contracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or the 15 equivalent median score in any subsequent performance 16 evaluation system. 17 (b) The performance evaluations referenced in sub- 18 section (a) shall be conducted by the U.S. Immigration 19 and Customs Enforcement Office of Professional Respon- 20 sibility. 21 SEC. 221. Without regard to the limitation as to time 22 and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary 23 may reprogram within and transfer funds to ‘‘U.S. Immi- 24 gration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Sup- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 30 •HR 8752 RH port’’ as necessary to ensure the detention of aliens 1 prioritized for removal. 2 SEC. 222. The reports required to be submitted under 3 section 216 of the Department of Homeland Security Ap- 4 propriations Act, 2021 (division F of Public Law 116– 5 260) shall continue to be submitted semimonthly and each 6 matter required to be included in such reports by such 7 section 216 shall apply in the same manner and to the 8 same extent during the period described in such section 9 216. 10 SEC. 223. The terms and conditions of section 217 11 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 12 Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law 116–93) shall apply 13 to this Act. 14 SEC. 224. None of the funds appropriated or other- 15 wise made available by this Act may be made available 16 to implement, administer, or otherwise carry out the ac- 17 tivities and policies described in the memorandum issued 18 by the Secretary of Homeland Security on September 30, 19 2021, entitled ‘‘Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil 20 Immigration Law’’, or described in the memorandum 21 issued by Kerry Doyle, Immigration and Customs En- 22 forcement Principal Legal Advisor on April 3, 2022, enti- 23 tled ‘‘Guidance to OPLA Attorneys Regarding the En- 24 forcement of Civil Immigration Laws and the Exercise of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 31 •HR 8752 RH Prosecutorial Discretion’’, or any successor or similar 1 memorandum or policy. 2 SEC. 225. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth- 3 erwise made available by this Act may be made available 4 to transport aliens unlawfully present in, paroled into, or 5 inadmissible to the United States into the interior of the 6 United States for purposes other than enforcement of the 7 immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 8 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)). 9 (b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not 10 apply with respect to amounts made available to transport 11 unaccompanied alien children (as such term is defined in 12 section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 13 U.S.C. 279)). 14 SEC. 226. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth- 15 erwise made available by this Act for ‘‘U.S. Immigration 16 and Customs Enforcement’’ may be used to pay for or 17 facilitate an abortion, except where the life of the mother 18 would be endangered if the fetus would be carried to term, 19 or in the case of rape or incest. 20 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 21 made available by this Act for ‘‘U.S. Immigration and 22 Customs Enforcement’’ may be used to require any person 23 to perform, or facilitate in any way the performance of, 24 any abortion. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 32 •HR 8752 RH SEC. 227. None of the funds appropriated or other- 1 wise made available by this Act may be made available 2 to administer hormone therapy medication or perform or 3 facilitate any surgery for any person in custody of U.S. 4 Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose 5 of gender-affirming care. 6 SEC. 228. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 7 allocate amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 8 under the heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En- 9 forcement—Operations and Support’’ by this Act in order 10 to— 11 (1) prioritize detention by using such amounts 12 to ensure that the average daily population of de- 13 tainees is maintained at the full capacity at all de- 14 tention facilities funded by this Act throughout the 15 fiscal year; and 16 (2) ensure that every alien on the non-detained 17 docket is enrolled into the Alternatives to Detention 18 Program with mandatory GPS monitoring through- 19 out the duration of all applicable immigration pro- 20 ceedings (including any appeals) and until removal, 21 if ordered removed. 22 SEC. 229. Not later than 45 days after the date of 23 enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer of U.S. 24 Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall submit to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 33 •HR 8752 RH the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 1 resentatives and the Senate an obligation plan for 2 amounts made available in this Act for ‘‘U.S. Immigration 3 and Customs Enforcement’’, delineated by level II pro- 4 gram, project, and activity. 5 SEC. 230. None of the funds provided under the 6 heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 7 Operations and Support’’ may be made available to de- 8 velop or administer a physical identification card for pur- 9 poses of alien identification, verification of immigration 10 status, or immigration portal access. 11 SEC. 231. None of the funds provided under the 12 heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 13 Operations and Support’’ may be made available to de- 14 velop, pilot, administer, or otherwise implement standards 15 for management of the non-detained alien population or 16 for the Alternatives to Detention Program beyond those 17 incorporated in the Alternatives to Detention Handbook, 18 issued on August 16, 2017. 19 SEC. 232. None of the funds provided under the 20 heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 21 Operations and Support’’ may be made available to imple- 22 ment, administer, or otherwise carry out the activities, 23 policies, and guidelines described in the memorandum 24 issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on October 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 34 •HR 8752 RH 27, 2021, entitled ‘‘Guidelines for Enforcement Actions in 1 or Near Protected Areas’’. 2 SEC. 233. No law of any State or political subdivision 3 thereof pertaining to a minimum rate of compensation or 4 any other condition of employment shall apply in the case 5 of any person held in Federal custody pursuant to the im- 6 migration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of 7 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.1101)). 8 SEC. 234. (a) Members of the United States House 9 of Representatives and the United States Senate, includ- 10 ing the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and com- 11 missions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 12 Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the De- 13 partment of Homeland Security; the United States Attor- 14 ney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attor- 15 neys General, and the United States Attorneys; and senior 16 members of the Executive Office of the President, includ- 17 ing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 18 shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage 19 screening. 20 (b) None of the funds made available in this or any 21 other Act, including prior Acts, or provided from any ac- 22 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 23 the collection of fees available to the components funded 24 by this Act may be used to carry out legislation altering 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 35 •HR 8752 RH the applicability of the screening requirements outlined in 1 subsection (a). 2 SEC. 235. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 3 United States Code, for fiscal year 2025, any funds in 4 the Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section 5 44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used 6 for the procurement and installation of explosives detec- 7 tion systems or for the issuance of other transaction agree- 8 ments for the purpose of funding projects described in sec- 9 tion 44923(a) of such title. 10 SEC. 236. Not later than 45 days after the submis- 11 sion of the President’s budget proposal, the Administrator 12 of the Transportation Security Administration shall sub- 13 mit to the Committees on Appropriations and Homeland 14 Security of the House of Representatives and the Commit- 15 tees on Appropriations and Commerce, Science, and 16 Transportation of the Senate a single report that fulfills 17 the following requirements: 18 (1) a Capital Investment Plan, both constrained 19 and unconstrained, that includes a plan for contin- 20 uous and sustained capital investment in new, and 21 the replacement of aged, transportation security 22 equipment; 23 (2) the 5-year technology investment plan as re- 24 quired by section 1611 of title XVI of the Homeland 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 36 •HR 8752 RH Security Act of 2002, as amended by section 3 of 1 the Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act 2 (Public Law 113–245); and 3 (3) the Advanced Integrated Passenger Screen- 4 ing Technologies report as required by the Senate 5 Report accompanying the Department of Homeland 6 Security Appropriations Act, 2019 (Senate Report 7 115–283). 8 SEC. 237. (a) None of the funds made available by 9 this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations 10 and Support’’ shall be for expenses incurred for rec- 11 reational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United 12 States Code, except to the extent fees are collected from 13 owners of yachts and credited to the appropriation made 14 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard— 15 Operations and Support’’. 16 (b) To the extent such fees are insufficient to pay 17 expenses of recreational vessel documentation under such 18 section 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel 19 applications, personnel performing non-recreational vessel 20 documentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 21 121 of title 46, United States Code, may perform docu- 22 mentation under section 12114. 23 SEC. 238. Notwithstanding any other provision of 24 law, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 37 •HR 8752 RH to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 1 resentatives and the Senate a future-years capital invest- 2 ment plan as described in the second proviso under the 3 heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and 4 Improvements’’ in the Department of Homeland Security 5 Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall 6 be subject to the requirements in the third and fourth pro- 7 visos under such heading. 8 SEC. 239. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 9 to reduce the Coast Guard’s legacy Operations Systems 10 Center mission or its government-employed or contract 11 staff levels. 12 SEC. 240. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 13 may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, 14 a competition under Office of Management and Budget 15 Circular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the 16 Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 17 SEC. 241. Funds made available in this Act may be 18 used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro- 19 gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi- 20 neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 21 maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast 22 Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 23 in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 38 •HR 8752 RH civil engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a 1 statute enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 2 SEC. 242. Amounts deposited into the Coast Guard 3 Housing Fund in fiscal year 2025 shall be available until 4 expended to carry out the purposes of section 2946 of title 5 14, United States Code, and shall be in addition to funds 6 otherwise available for such purposes. 7 SEC. 243. None of the funds appropriated or other- 8 wise made available by this Act may be made available 9 to implement, administer, or enforce a Final Rule on 10 ‘‘Shipping Safety Fairways Along the Atlantic Coast’’ (89 11 Fed. Reg. 3587) until the Coast Guard submits a report 12 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 13 resentatives and the Senate on the effect of offshore wind 14 turbines on marine navigation radar, especially with re- 15 gard to search and rescue interference. 16 SEC. 244. None of the funds appropriated or other- 17 wise made available by this Act may be made available 18 to implement, administer, or enforce a Final Rule on 19 ‘‘Amendments to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel 20 Strike Reduction Rule’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 46920) or any re- 21 strictions on vessel speed for the Rice’s whale that were 22 not in place prior to January 20, 2021. 23 SEC. 245. The United States Secret Service is au- 24 thorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimburse- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 39 •HR 8752 RH ments from executive agencies, as defined in section 105 1 of title 5, United States Code, for personnel receiving 2 training sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Cen- 3 ter, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal 4 year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available 5 under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper- 6 ations and Support’’ at the end of the fiscal year. 7 SEC. 246. (a) None of the funds made available to 8 the United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous 9 appropriations Acts may be made available for the protec- 10 tion of the head of a Federal agency other than the Sec- 11 retary of Homeland Security. 12 (b) The Director of the United States Secret Service 13 may enter into agreements to provide such protection on 14 a fully reimbursable basis. 15 SEC. 247. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this 16 Act, up to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within 17 ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’. 18 SEC. 248. Funding made available in this Act for 19 ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ 20 is available for travel of United States Secret Service em- 21 ployees on protective missions without regard to the limi- 22 tations on such expenditures in this or any other Act if 23 the Director of the United States Secret Service or a des- 24 ignee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 40 •HR 8752 RH House of Representatives and the Senate 10 or more days 1 in advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such ex- 2 penditures. 3 SEC. 249. None of the funds provided under the 4 heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 5 Operations and Support’’ may be made available to termi- 6 nate or substantively reduce the terms or conditions of a 7 contract for the provision of detention services with any 8 facility that was previously or is currently designated as 9 a Family Residential Center. 10 SEC. 250. (a) The Secretary of the department in 11 which the Coast Guard is operating shall ensure that, dur- 12 ing the fiscal year funded by this Act, the imposition or 13 collection of cost-sharing for certain services is prohibited 14 as follows— 15 (1) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A), (B), 16 and (C) of section 1074g(a)(6) of title 10, United 17 States Code, cost-sharing may not be imposed or 18 collected with respect to any eligible covered bene- 19 ficiary for any prescription contraceptive on the uni- 20 form formulary provided through a retail pharmacy 21 described in section 1074g(a)(2)(E)(ii) of such title 22 or through the national mail-order pharmacy pro- 23 gram of the TRICARE Program. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 41 •HR 8752 RH (2) Notwithstanding any provision under sec- 1 tion 1075 of title 10, United States Code, cost-shar- 2 ing may not be imposed or collected for a covered 3 service that is provided by a network provider under 4 the TRICARE program to an eligible covered bene- 5 ficiary under such section. 6 (3) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and 7 (c) of section 1075a of title 10, United States Code, 8 cost-sharing may not be imposed or collected for a 9 covered service that is provided under TRICARE 10 Prime to an eligible covered beneficiary under such 11 section. 12 (b) In this section— 13 (1) The term ‘‘covered service’’ means any method 14 of contraception approved, granted, or cleared by the Food 15 and Drug Administration, any contraceptive care (includ- 16 ing with respect to insertion, removal, and follow up), any 17 sterilization procedure, or any patient education or coun- 18 seling service provided in connection with any such meth- 19 od, care, or procedure. 20 (2) The term ‘‘eligible covered beneficiary’’ means an 21 eligible covered beneficiary (as such term is used in section 22 1074g of title 10, United States Code) on the basis of 23 being— 24 (A) a member of the Coast Guard; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 42 •HR 8752 RH (B) a dependent of such a member. 1 (3) The terms ‘‘TRICARE Program’’ and 2 ‘‘TRICARE Prime’’ have the meaning given such terms 3 in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code. 4 (c) This section shall become effective 30 days after 5 the date of enactment of this Act. 6 SEC. 251. (a) Contraceptive supplies of up to 365 7 days shall be covered for any eligible covered beneficiary 8 to obtain, including in a single fill or refill, at the option 9 of such beneficiary, the total days of supply (not to exceed 10 a 365-day supply) for a contraceptive on the uniform for- 11 mulary provided through a military treatment facility 12 pharmacy, retail pharmacy described in section 13 1074g(a)(2)(E)(ii) of such title, or through the national 14 mail-order pharmacy program of the TRICARE Program. 15 (b) Beginning not later than 90 days after the imple- 16 mentation of coverage under subsection (a), the Secretary 17 of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating 18 shall conduct such outreach activities as are necessary to 19 inform health care providers and individuals who are en- 20 rolled in the TRICARE program of such coverage and the 21 requirements to receive such coverage. 22 (c) In this section— 23 (1) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means 24 the Coast Guard. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 43 •HR 8752 RH (2) The term ‘‘eligible covered beneficiary’’ 1 means an eligible covered beneficiary as such term 2 is used in section 1074g of title 10, United States 3 Code who is— 4 (A) a member of a covered Armed Force 5 serving on active duty; or 6 (B) a dependent of a member described in 7 subparagraph (A). 8 (3) The terms ‘‘TRICARE Program’’ and 9 ‘‘TRICARE Prime’’ have the meaning given such 10 terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States 11 Code. 12 (d) This section shall become effective 180 days after 13 the date of enactment of this Act. 14 TITLE III 15 PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 16 RECOVERY 17 CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY 18 AGENCY 19 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 20 For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and In- 21 frastructure Security Agency for operations and support, 22 $2,437,285,000, of which $23,698,000 shall remain avail- 23 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That not to ex- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 44 •HR 8752 RH ceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and representa- 1 tion expenses. 2 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 3 For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and In- 4 frastructure Security Agency for procurement, construc- 5 tion, and improvements, $493,572,000, to remain avail- 6 able until September 30, 2027. 7 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 8 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 9 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 10 Management Agency for operations and support, 11 $1,551,093,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 12 be for official reception and representation expenses. 13 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 14 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 15 Management Agency for procurement, construction, and 16 improvements, $94,827,000, of which $38,590,000 shall 17 remain available until September 30, 2027, and of which 18 $56,237,000 shall remain available until September 30, 19 2029. 20 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 21 For activities of the Federal Emergency Management 22 Agency for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, 23 cooperative agreements, and other activities, 24 $3,758,992,810, which shall be allocated as follows: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 45 •HR 8752 RH (1) $520,000,000 for the State Homeland Secu- 1 rity Grant Program under section 2004 of the 2 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of 3 which $90,000,000 shall be for Operation 4 Stonegarden and $15,000,000 shall be for Tribal 5 Homeland Security Grants under section 2005 of 6 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 606): 7 Provided, That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of 8 such section 2004, for fiscal year 2025, the Com- 9 monwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available to 10 local and tribal governments amounts provided to 11 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this para- 12 graph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) of such 13 section 2004. 14 (2) $615,000,000 for the Urban Area Security 15 Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Secu- 16 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604). 17 (3) $305,000,000 for the Nonprofit Security 18 Grant Program under section 2009 of the Homeland 19 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609a), of which 20 $152,500,000 is for eligible recipients located in 21 high-risk urban areas that receive funding under 22 section 2003 of such Act and $152,500,000 is for el- 23 igible recipients that are located outside such areas: 24 Provided, That eligible recipients are those described 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 46 •HR 8752 RH in section 2009(b) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 609a(b)) 1 or are an otherwise eligible recipient at risk of a ter- 2 rorist or other extremist attack. 3 (4) $105,000,000 for Public Transportation Se- 4 curity Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and 5 Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance under sec- 6 tions 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Implementing 7 Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 8 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which 9 $10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security and 10 $2,000,000 shall be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: 11 Provided, That such public transportation security 12 assistance shall be provided directly to public trans- 13 portation agencies. 14 (5) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in 15 accordance with section 70107 of title 46, United 16 States Code. 17 (6) $720,000,000, to remain available until 18 September 30, 2026, of which $360,000,000 shall be 19 for Assistance to Firefighter Grants and 20 $360,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Adequate 21 Fire and Emergency Response Grants under sec- 22 tions 33 and 34 respectively of the Federal Fire Pre- 23 vention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 24 and 2229a). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 47 •HR 8752 RH (7) $355,000,000 for emergency management 1 performance grants under the National Flood Insur- 2 ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Rob- 3 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As- 4 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake Haz- 5 ards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), sec- 6 tion 762 of title 6, United States Code, and Reorga- 7 nization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 8 (8) $312,750,000 for necessary expenses for 9 Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addi- 10 tion to and to supplement any other sums appro- 11 priated under the National Flood Insurance Fund, 12 and such additional sums as may be provided by 13 States or other political subdivisions for cost-shared 14 mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the 15 National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 16 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until expended. 17 (9) $12,000,000 for Regional Catastrophic Pre- 18 paredness Grants. 19 (10) $130,000,000 for the emergency food and 20 shelter program under title III of the McKinney- 21 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), 22 to remain available until September 30, 2026: Pro- 23 vided, That not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for 24 total administrative costs. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 48 •HR 8752 RH (11) $40,000,000 for the Next Generation 1 Warning System. 2 (12) $221,343,810 for Community Project 3 Funding grants, which shall be for the purposes, 4 and the amounts, specified in the table entitled 5 ‘‘Homeland Security—Community Project Funding’’ 6 in the report accompanying this Act, of which— 7 (A) $81,771,896, in addition to amounts 8 otherwise made available for such purpose, is 9 for emergency operations center grants under 10 section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 11 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 12 U.S.C. 5196c); and 13 (B) $139,571,914, in addition to amounts 14 otherwise made available for such purpose, is 15 for pre-disaster mitigation grants under section 16 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 17 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 18 5133(e), notwithstanding subsections (f), (g), 19 and (l) of that section (42 U.S.C. 5133(f), (g), 20 (l)). 21 (13) $322,899,000 to sustain current oper- 22 ations for training, exercises, technical assistance, 23 and other programs. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 49 •HR 8752 RH DISASTER RELIEF FUND 1 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 2 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 3 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $22,741,000,000, to remain 4 available until expended: Provided, That such amount 5 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant to the Rob- 6 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 7 Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and is designated by the 8 Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 9 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 10 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 12 For activities under the National Flood Insurance 13 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster 14 Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the 15 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 16 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Home- 17 owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public 18 Law 113–89; 128 Stat. 1020), $239,785,000, to remain 19 available until September 30, 2026, which shall be derived 20 from offsetting amounts collected under section 1308(d) 21 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 22 4015(d)); of which $14,578,000 shall be available for mis- 23 sion support associated with flood management; and of 24 which $225,207,000 shall be available for flood plain man- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 50 •HR 8752 RH agement and flood mapping: Provided, That any addi- 1 tional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the 2 National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3 4015(d)) shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 4 account, to be available for flood plain management and 5 flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2025, 6 no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insur- 7 ance Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood In- 8 surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of— 9 (1) $240,262,000 for operating expenses and 10 salaries and expenses associated with flood insurance 11 operations; 12 (2) $1,382,000,000 for commissions and taxes 13 of agents; 14 (3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 15 Treasury borrowings; and 16 (4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available 17 until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for 18 flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the 19 National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 20 4104c), notwithstanding sections 1366(e) and 21 1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 22 Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 23 102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 24 U.S.C. 4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 51 •HR 8752 RH Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e)), shall be de- 1 posited in the National Flood Insurance Fund to supple- 2 ment other amounts specified as available for section 1366 3 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, notwith- 4 standing section 102(f)(8), section 1366(e) of the National 5 Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and paragraphs (1) through 6 (3) of section 1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 7 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total 8 administrative costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total 9 appropriation: Provided further, That up to $6,102,000 is 10 available to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood 11 Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 14 SEC. 301. Funds made available under the heading 15 ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency—Op- 16 erations and Support’’ may be made available for the nec- 17 essary expenses of procuring or providing access to cyber- 18 security threat feeds for branches, agencies, independent 19 agencies, corporations, establishments, and instrumental- 20 ities of the Federal Government of the United States, 21 state, local, tribal, and territorial entities, fusion centers 22 as described in section 210A of the Homeland Security 23 Act (6 U.S.C. 124h), and Information Sharing and Anal- 24 ysis Organizations. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 52 •HR 8752 RH SEC. 302. (a) Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) 1 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 2 609(a)(12)) or any other provision of law, not more than 3 5 percent of the amount of a grant made available in para- 4 graphs (1) through (5) under ‘‘Federal Emergency Man- 5 agement Agency—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by 6 the recipient for expenses directly related to administra- 7 tion of the grant. 8 (b) The authority provided in subsection (a) shall also 9 apply to a state recipient for the administration of a grant 10 under such paragraph (3). 11 SEC. 303. Applications for grants under the heading 12 ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal As- 13 sistance’’, for paragraphs (1) through (5), shall be made 14 available to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after 15 the date of enactment of this Act, eligible applicants shall 16 submit applications not later than 80 days after the grant 17 announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 18 Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days 19 after the receipt of an application. 20 SEC. 304. (a) Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emer- 21 gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for 22 grants under paragraphs (1) through (5) and (9), the Ad- 23 ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen- 24 cy shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 53 •HR 8752 RH House of Representatives and the Senate 5 full business 1 days in advance of announcing publicly the intention of 2 making an award. 3 (b) If any such public announcement is made before 4 5 full business days have elapsed following such briefing, 5 $1,000,000 of amounts appropriated by this Act for ‘‘Fed- 6 eral Emergency Management Agency—Operations and 7 Support’’ shall be rescinded. 8 SEC. 305. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 9 Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 10 under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of commu- 11 nications towers is not considered construction of a build- 12 ing or other physical facility. 13 SEC. 306. The reporting requirements in paragraphs 14 (1) and (2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Man- 15 agement Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Depart- 16 ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 17 (Public Law 114–4), related to reporting on the Disaster 18 Relief Fund, shall be applied in fiscal year 2025 with re- 19 spect to budget year 2026 and current fiscal year 2025, 20 respectively— 21 (1) in paragraph (1) by substituting ‘‘fiscal 22 year 2026’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; and 23 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘business’’ 24 after ‘‘fifth’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 54 •HR 8752 RH SEC. 307. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed- 1 eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist- 2 ance’’, for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Re- 3 sponse grants, the Administrator of the Federal Emer- 4 gency Management Agency may grant waivers from the 5 requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), 6 (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the 7 Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 8 U.S.C. 2229a). 9 SEC. 308. (a) The aggregate charges assessed during 10 fiscal year 2025, as authorized in title III of the Depart- 11 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel- 12 opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 13 1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 per- 14 cent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of 15 Homeland Security to be necessary for its Radiological 16 Emergency Preparedness Program for the next fiscal year. 17 (b) The methodology for assessment and collection of 18 fees shall be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of 19 providing such services, including administrative costs of 20 collecting such fees. 21 (c) Such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological 22 Emergency Preparedness Program account as offsetting 23 collections and will become available for authorized pur- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 55 •HR 8752 RH poses on October 1, 2025, and remain available until ex- 1 pended. 2 SEC. 309. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed- 3 eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist- 4 ance’’, for Assistance to Firefighter Grants, the Adminis- 5 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 6 may waive subsection (k) of section 33 of the Federal Fire 7 Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229). 8 SEC. 310. Any unobligated balances of funds appro- 9 priated in any prior Act for activities funded by the Na- 10 tional Predisaster Mitigation Fund under section 203 of 11 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As- 12 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), as in effect on the day 13 before the date of enactment of section 1234 of division 14 D of Public Law 115–254, may be transferred to and 15 merged with funds set aside pursuant to subsection (i)(1) 16 of section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 17 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), as in 18 effect on the date of the enactment of this section. 19 SEC. 311. Any unobligated balances of funds appro- 20 priated under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage- 21 ment Agency—Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis 22 Program’’ in any prior Act may be transferred to and 23 merged with funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Fed- 24 eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 56 •HR 8752 RH ance’’ for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard Mapping 1 and Risk Analysis: Provided, That funds transferred pur- 2 suant to this section shall be in addition to and supple- 3 ment any other sums appropriated for such purposes 4 under the National Flood Insurance Fund and such addi- 5 tional sums as may be provided by States or other political 6 subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities under sec- 7 tion 1360(f)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 8 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until ex- 9 pended. 10 TITLE IV 11 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 12 SERVICES 13 U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 14 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 15 For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Im- 16 migration Services for operations and support of the E- 17 Verify Program, $112,431,000: Provided, That such 18 amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts made 19 available for such purposes, and shall not be construed to 20 require any reduction of any fee described in section 21 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 22 1356(m)). 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 57 •HR 8752 RH FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 1 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 2 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce- 3 ment Training Centers for operations and support, includ- 4 ing the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police- 5 type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 6 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 7 Code, $360,752,000, of which $66,665,000 shall remain 8 available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That not 9 to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and rep- 10 resentation expenses. 11 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 12 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce- 13 ment Training Centers for procurement, construction, and 14 improvements, $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 15 tember 30, 2029, for acquisition of necessary additional 16 real property and facilities, construction and ongoing 17 maintenance, facility improvements and related expenses 18 of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. 19 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 20 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 21 For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech- 22 nology Directorate for operations and support, including 23 the purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, 24 $375,238,000, of which $206,442,000 shall remain avail- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 58 •HR 8752 RH able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That not to ex- 1 ceed $10,000 shall be for official reception and representa- 2 tion expenses. 3 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 4 For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech- 5 nology Directorate for procurement, construction, and im- 6 provements, $30,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 7 tember 30, 2029. 8 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 9 For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech- 10 nology Directorate for research and development, 11 $339,353,000, to remain available until September 30, 12 2027. 13 COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE 14 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 15 For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 16 of Mass Destruction Office for operations and support, 17 $159,252,000, of which $50,446,000 shall remain avail- 18 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That not to ex- 19 ceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representa- 20 tion expenses. 21 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 22 For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 23 of Mass Destruction Office for procurement, construction, 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 59 •HR 8752 RH and improvements, $33,397,000, to remain available until 1 September 30, 2027. 2 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 3 For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 4 of Mass Destruction Office for research and development, 5 $110,938,000, to remain available until September 30, 6 2027. 7 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 8 For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 9 of Mass Destruction Office for Federal assistance through 10 grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other ac- 11 tivities, $57,726,000, to remain available until September 12 30, 2027. 13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 14 SEC. 401. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 15 of law, funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship 16 and Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate, 17 equip, and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for replacement 18 only, for areas where the Administrator of General Serv- 19 ices does not provide vehicles for lease. 20 (b) The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 21 Services may authorize employees who are assigned to 22 those areas to use such vehicles to travel between the em- 23 ployees’ residences and places of employment. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 60 •HR 8752 RH SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 1 may be used to process or approve a competition under 2 Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for serv- 3 ices provided by employees (including employees serving 4 on a temporary or term basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Im- 5 migration Services of the Department of Homeland Secu- 6 rity who are known as Immigration Information Officers, 7 Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, 8 Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 9 SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of 10 law, any Federal funds made available to U.S. Citizenship 11 and Immigration Services may be used for the collection 12 and use of biometrics taken at a U.S. Citizenship and Im- 13 migration Services Application Support Center that is 14 overseen virtually by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 15 Services personnel using appropriate technology. 16 SEC. 404. None of the funds appropriated or other- 17 wise made available by this Act may be made available 18 to implement, administer, or enforce the rule entitled 19 ‘‘Procedures or Credible Fear Screening and Consider- 20 ation of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Pro- 21 tection Claims by Asylum Officers’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 18078). 22 SEC. 405. None of the funds appropriated or other- 23 wise made available by this Act may be made available 24 to issue any employment authorization document or simi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 61 •HR 8752 RH lar document to any alien whose application for asylum 1 in the United States has been denied, or who is convicted 2 of a Federal or State crime while his or her application 3 for asylum in the United States is pending. 4 SEC. 406. Notwithstanding the numerical limitation 5 set forth in section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and 6 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary 7 of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Sec- 8 retary of Labor, and upon determining that the needs of 9 American businesses cannot be satisfied during fiscal year 10 2025 with United States workers who are willing, quali- 11 fied, and able to perform temporary nonagricultural labor, 12 shall increase the total number of visas available to quali- 13 fying aliens under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such 14 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) in such fiscal year 15 above such limitation by the highest number of H–2B non- 16 immigrants who participated in the H–2B returning work- 17 er program in any fiscal year in which returning workers 18 were exempt from such numerical limitation. 19 SEC. 407. Notwithstanding section 286(n) of the Im- 20 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(n)), the Di- 21 rector of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may 22 use not more than $2,500 of the amounts deposited in 23 the Immigration Examinations Fee Account for official re- 24 ception and representation expenses in fiscal year 2025. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 62 •HR 8752 RH SEC. 408. No Federal funds made available to the 1 Department of Homeland Security may be used for the 2 consideration of a petition for a nonimmigrant visa under 3 section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Na- 4 tionality Act, if the petitioner is any entity identified under 5 section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry Na- 6 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 7 (Public Law 116–283) or any subsidiary of such entity. 8 SEC. 409. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce- 9 ment Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds 10 to Federal law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred 11 participating in training accreditation. 12 SEC. 410. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 13 Accreditation Board, including representatives from the 14 Federal law enforcement community and non-Federal ac- 15 creditation experts involved in law enforcement training, 16 shall lead the Federal law enforcement training accredita- 17 tion process to continue the implementation of measuring 18 and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law 19 enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 20 SEC. 411. (a) The Director of the Federal Law En- 21 forcement Training Centers may accept transfers to its 22 ‘‘Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ account 23 from Government agencies requesting the construction of 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 63 •HR 8752 RH special use facilities, as authorized by the Economy Act 1 (31 U.S.C. 1535(b)). 2 (b) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers 3 shall maintain administrative control and ownership upon 4 completion of such facilities. 5 SEC. 412. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce- 6 ment Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified 7 as inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal 8 Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 9 note). 10 SEC. 413. In fiscal year 2025, nonimmigrants shall 11 be admitted to the United States under section 12 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 13 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)) to perform agricul- 14 tural labor or services, without regard to whether such 15 labor is, or services are, of a temporary or seasonal nature. 16 SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this 17 Act may be made available to implement, administer, or 18 enforce the ‘‘Asylum Program Fee’’ from the Final Rule 19 entitled ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee 20 Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Ben- 21 efit Request Requirements’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 6194). 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 64 •HR 8752 RH TITLE V 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 3 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 4 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 5 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 6 SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 7 of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropria- 8 tions provided for activities in this Act may be transferred 9 to appropriation accounts for such activities established 10 pursuant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the 11 applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be ac- 12 counted for as one fund for the same time period as origi- 13 nally enacted. 14 SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 15 provided by previous appropriations Acts to the compo- 16 nents in or transferred to the Department of Homeland 17 Security that remain available for obligation or expendi- 18 ture in fiscal year 2025, or provided from any accounts 19 in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec- 20 tion of fees available to the components funded by this 21 Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 22 through a reprogramming of funds that— 23 (1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or 24 activity, or increases funds for any program, project, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 65 •HR 8752 RH or activity for which funds have been denied or re- 1 stricted by the Congress; 2 (2) contracts out any function or activity pres- 3 ently performed by Federal employees or any new 4 function or activity proposed to be performed by 5 Federal employees in the President’s budget pro- 6 posal for fiscal year 2025 for the Department of 7 Homeland Security; 8 (3) augments funding for existing programs, 9 projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 10 percent, whichever is less; 11 (4) reduces funding for any program, project, 12 or activity, or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent 13 or more; or 14 (5) results from any general savings from a re- 15 duction in personnel that would result in a change 16 in funding levels for programs, projects, or activities 17 as approved by the Congress. 18 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees 19 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 20 Senate are notified at least 30 days in advance of such 21 reprogramming. 22 (c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made avail- 23 able for the current fiscal year for the Department of 24 Homeland Security by this Act or provided by previous 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 66 •HR 8752 RH appropriations Acts may be transferred between such ap- 1 propriations if the Committees on Appropriations of the 2 House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 3 least 30 days in advance of such transfer, but no such 4 appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 5 shall be increased by more than 10 percent by such trans- 6 fer. 7 (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no 8 funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred be- 9 tween appropriations— 10 (1) based upon an initial notification provided 11 after June 15, except in extraordinary circumstances 12 that imminently threaten the safety of human life or 13 the protection of property; 14 (2) to increase or decrease funding for grant 15 programs; or 16 (3) to create a program, project, or activity 17 pursuant to subsection (a)(1), including any new 18 function or requirement within any program, project, 19 or activity, not approved by Congress in the consid- 20 eration of the enactment of this Act. 21 (e) The notification thresholds and procedures set 22 forth in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to 23 any use of deobligated balances of funds provided in pre- 24 vious Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 67 •HR 8752 RH Acts that remain available for obligation in the current 1 year. 2 (f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of 3 Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established 4 by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appro- 5 priations available to the Department of Homeland Secu- 6 rity: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com- 7 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 8 and the Senate at least 5 days in advance of such transfer. 9 SEC. 504. (a) Section 504 of the Department of 10 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F 11 of Public Law 115–31), related to the operations of a 12 working capital fund, shall apply with respect to funds 13 made available in this Act in the same manner as such 14 section applied to funds made available in that Act. 15 (b) Funds from such working capital fund may be 16 obligated and expended in anticipation of reimbursements 17 from components of the Department of Homeland Secu- 18 rity. 19 SEC. 505. (a) Except as otherwise specifically pro- 20 vided by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated bal- 21 ances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2025, 22 as recorded in the financial records at the time of a re- 23 programming notification, but not later than June 15, 24 2026, from appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 68 •HR 8752 RH for fiscal year 2025 in this Act shall remain available 1 through September 30, 2026, in the account and for the 2 purposes for which the appropriations were provided. 3 (b) Prior to the obligation of such funds, a notifica- 4 tion shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropria- 5 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 6 accordance with section 503 of this Act. 7 SEC. 506. (a) Funds made available by this Act for 8 intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically author- 9 ized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 10 National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fis- 11 cal year 2025 until the enactment of an Act authorizing 12 intelligence activities for fiscal year 2025. 13 (b) Amounts described in subsection (a) made avail- 14 able for ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Aware- 15 ness—Operations and Support’’ that exceed the amounts 16 in such authorization for such account shall be transferred 17 to and merged with amounts made available under the 18 heading ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations and Sup- 19 port’’. 20 (c) Prior to the obligation of any funds transferred 21 under subsection (b), the Management Directorate shall 22 brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 23 Representatives and the Senate on a plan for the use of 24 such funds. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 69 •HR 8752 RH SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 1 or the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Commit- 2 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 3 and the Senate at least 3 full business days in advance 4 of— 5 (1) making or awarding a grant allocation or 6 grant in excess of $1,000,000; 7 (2) making or awarding a contract, other trans- 8 action agreement, or task or delivery order on a 9 multiple award contract, or to issue a letter of intent 10 totaling in excess of $4,000,000; 11 (3) awarding a task or delivery order requiring 12 an obligation of funds in an amount greater than 13 $10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home- 14 land Security funds; 15 (4) making a sole-source grant award; or 16 (5) announcing publicly the intention to make 17 or award items under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4), 18 including a contract covered by the Federal Acquisi- 19 tion Regulation. 20 (b) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 21 that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 22 risk to human life, health, or safety, an award may be 23 made without notification, and the Secretary shall notify 24 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 70 •HR 8752 RH resentatives and the Senate not later than 5 full business 1 days after such an award is made or letter issued. 2 (c) A notification under this section— 3 (1) may not involve funds that are not available 4 for obligation; and 5 (2) shall include the amount of the award; the 6 fiscal year for which the funds for the award were 7 appropriated; the type of contract; and the account 8 from which the funds are being drawn. 9 SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of 10 law, no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any ad- 11 ditional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 12 locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal 13 law enforcement training without advance notification to 14 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 15 resentatives and the Senate, except that the Federal Law 16 Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to obtain the 17 temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, 18 or other agreement for training that cannot be accommo- 19 dated in existing Centers’ facilities. 20 SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other- 21 wise made available by this Act may be used for expenses 22 for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition 23 project for which a prospectus otherwise required under 24 chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, has not been 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 71 •HR 8752 RH approved, except that necessary funds may be expended 1 for each project for required expenses for the development 2 of a proposed prospectus. 3 SEC. 510. Sections 522 and 530 of the Department 4 of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division 5 E of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall 6 apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in 7 the same manner as such sections applied to funds made 8 available in that Act. 9 SEC. 511. (a) None of the funds made available in 10 this Act may be used in contravention of the applicable 11 provisions of the Buy American Act. 12 (b) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘Buy 13 American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United 14 States Code. 15 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 16 Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required 17 by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 18 (8 U.S.C. 1448). 19 SEC. 513. None of the funds provided or otherwise 20 made available in this Act shall be available to carry out 21 section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 22 U.S.C. 452) unless explicitly authorized by the Congress. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 72 •HR 8752 RH SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 1 Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel- 2 oping a national identification card. 3 SEC. 515. Any official that is required by this Act 4 to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropria- 5 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate may 6 not delegate such authority to perform that act unless spe- 7 cifically authorized herein. 8 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 9 Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees 10 of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 11 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Fed- 12 eral Regulations. 13 SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 14 Act may be used to employ workers described in section 15 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 16 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 17 SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of 18 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 19 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 20 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 21 judged to be below satisfactory performance or perform- 22 ance that does not meet the basic requirements of a con- 23 tract. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 73 •HR 8752 RH SEC. 519. (a) None of the funds made available in 1 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 2 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 3 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 4 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 5 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, territorial, 6 or local law enforcement agency or any other entity car- 7 rying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudica- 8 tion activities. 9 SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this 10 Act may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to 11 facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi- 12 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus- 13 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 14 law enforcement personnel of the United States continu- 15 ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 16 SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in 17 this Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance 18 of more than 50 employees of a single component of the 19 Department of Homeland Security, who are stationed in 20 the United States, at a single international conference un- 21 less the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, 22 determines that such attendance is in the national interest 23 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 24 House of Representatives and the Senate within at least 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 74 •HR 8752 RH 10 days of that determination and the basis for that deter- 1 mination. 2 (b) For purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter- 3 national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring 4 outside of the United States attended by representatives 5 of the United States Government and of foreign govern- 6 ments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 7 organizations. 8 (c) The total cost to the Department of Homeland 9 Security of any such conference shall not exceed $500,000. 10 (d) Employees who attend a conference virtually 11 without travel away from their permanent duty station 12 within the United States shall not be counted for purposes 13 of this section, and the prohibition contained in this sec- 14 tion shall not apply to payments for the costs of attend- 15 ance for such employees. 16 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 17 Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department 18 or agency for its participation in a National Special Secu- 19 rity Event. 20 SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds made available to 21 the Department of Homeland Security by this or any other 22 Act may be obligated for the implementation of any struc- 23 tural pay reform or the introduction of any new position 24 classification that will affect more than 100 full-time posi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 75 •HR 8752 RH tions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year be- 1 fore the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date 2 on which the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to 3 Congress a notification that includes— 4 (1) the number of full-time positions affected by 5 such change; 6 (2) funding required for such change for the 7 current fiscal year and through the Future Years 8 Homeland Security Program; 9 (3) justification for such change; and 10 (4) for a structural pay reform, an analysis of 11 compensation alternatives to such change that were 12 considered by the Department. 13 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to such change if— 14 (1) it was proposed in the President’s budget 15 proposal for the fiscal year funded by this Act; and 16 (2) funds for such change have not been explic- 17 itly denied or restricted in this Act. 18 SEC. 524. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail- 19 able in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 20 post on the public website of that agency any report re- 21 quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria- 22 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 23 this Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency 24 that it shall serve the national interest. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 76 •HR 8752 RH (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 1 (1) the public posting of the report com- 2 promises homeland or national security; or 3 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 4 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 5 do so only after such report has been made available to 6 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 7 resentatives and the Senate for not less than 45 days ex- 8 cept as otherwise specified in law. 9 SEC. 525. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Op- 10 erations and Support’’ may be used for minor procure- 11 ment, construction, and improvements. 12 (b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers 13 to end items with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for per- 14 sonal property, and $2,000,000 or less for real property. 15 SEC. 526. The authority provided by section 532 of 16 the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 17 Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) regarding primary and 18 secondary schooling of dependents shall continue in effect 19 during fiscal year 2025. 20 SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth- 21 erwise made available to the Department of Homeland Se- 22 curity by this Act may be used to prevent any of the fol- 23 lowing persons from entering, for the purpose of con- 24 ducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the De- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 77 •HR 8752 RH partment of Homeland Security used to detain or other- 1 wise house aliens, or to make any temporary modification 2 at any such facility that in any way alters what is observed 3 by a visiting Member of Congress or such designated em- 4 ployee, compared to what would be observed in the absence 5 of such modification: 6 (1) A Member of Congress; and 7 (2) An employee of the United States House of 8 Representatives or the United States Senate des- 9 ignated by such a Member for the purposes of this 10 section. 11 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to re- 12 quire a Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the 13 intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a) for 14 the purpose of conducting oversight. 15 (c) With respect to individuals described in subsection 16 (a)(2), the Department of Homeland Security may require 17 that a request be made at least 24 hours in advance of 18 an intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a). 19 SEC. 528. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 20 none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 21 to place restraints on a woman in the custody of the De- 22 partment of Homeland Security (including during trans- 23 port, in a detention facility, or at an outside medical facil- 24 ity) who is pregnant or in post-delivery recuperation. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 78 •HR 8752 RH (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 1 pregnant woman if— 2 (1) an appropriate official of the Department of 3 Homeland Security makes an individualized deter- 4 mination that the woman— 5 (A) is a serious flight risk, and such risk 6 cannot be prevented by other means; or 7 (B) poses an immediate and serious threat 8 to harm herself or others that cannot be pre- 9 vented by other means; or 10 (2) a medical professional responsible for the 11 care of the pregnant woman determines that the use 12 of therapeutic restraints is appropriate for the med- 13 ical safety of the woman. 14 (c) If a pregnant woman is restrained pursuant to 15 subsection (b), only the safest and least restrictive re- 16 straints, as determined by the appropriate medical profes- 17 sional treating the woman, may be used. In no case may 18 restraints be used on a woman who is in active labor or 19 delivery, and in no case may a pregnant woman be re- 20 strained in a face-down position with four-point restraints, 21 on her back, or in a restraint belt that constricts the area 22 of the pregnancy. A pregnant woman who is immobilized 23 by restraints shall be positioned, to the maximum extent 24 feasible, on her left side. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 79 •HR 8752 RH SEC. 529. (a) None of the funds made available by 1 this Act may be used to destroy any document, recording, 2 or other record pertaining to any— 3 (1) death of; 4 (2) potential sexual assault or abuse per- 5 petrated against; or 6 (3) allegation of abuse, criminal activity, or dis- 7 ruption committed by an individual held in the cus- 8 tody of the Department of Homeland Security. 9 (b) The records referred to in subsection (a) shall be 10 made available, in accordance with applicable laws and 11 regulations, and Federal rules governing disclosure in liti- 12 gation, to an individual who has been charged with a 13 crime, been placed into segregation, or otherwise punished 14 as a result of an allegation described in paragraph (3), 15 upon the request of such individual. 16 SEC. 530. Section 519 of division F of Public Law 17 114–113, regarding a prohibition on funding for any posi- 18 tion designated as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply 19 with respect to any Federal funds in the same manner 20 as such section applied to funds made available in that 21 Act. 22 SEC. 531. (a) Not later than 10 days after the date 23 on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is 24 submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 80 •HR 8752 RH 31, United States Code, the Under Secretary for Manage- 1 ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Commit- 2 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 3 and the Senate a report on the unfunded priorities, for 4 the Department of Homeland Security and separately for 5 each departmental component, for which discretionary 6 funding would be classified as budget function 050. 7 (b) Each report under this section shall specify, for 8 each such unfunded priority— 9 (1) a summary description, including the objec- 10 tives to be achieved if such priority is funded 11 (whether in whole or in part); 12 (2) the description, including the objectives to 13 be achieved if such priority is funded (whether in 14 whole or in part); 15 (3) account information, including the following 16 (as applicable): 17 (A) appropriation account; and 18 (B) program, project, or activity name; 19 and 20 (4) the additional number of full-time or part- 21 time positions to be funded as part of such priority. 22 (c) In this section, the term ‘‘unfunded priority’’, in 23 the case of a fiscal year, means a requirement that— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 81 •HR 8752 RH (1) is not funded in the budget referred to in 1 subsection (a); 2 (2) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associ- 3 ated with an operational or contingency plan for the 4 Department; and 5 (3) would have been recommended for funding 6 through the budget referred to in subsection (a) if— 7 (A) additional resources had been available 8 for the budget to fund the requirement; 9 (B) the requirement has emerged since the 10 budget was formulated; or 11 (C) the requirement is necessary to sustain 12 prior-year investments. 13 SEC. 532. (a) Not later than 10 days after a deter- 14 mination is made by the President to evaluate and initiate 15 protection under any authority for a former or retired 16 Government official or employee, or for an individual who, 17 during the duration of the directed protection, will become 18 a former or retired Government official or employee (re- 19 ferred to in this section as a ‘‘covered individual’’), the 20 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a notifica- 21 tion to congressional leadership and the Committees on 22 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 23 Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of 24 Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Home- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 82 •HR 8752 RH land Security of the House of Representatives, the Com- 1 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 2 of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and Re- 3 form of the House of Representatives (referred to in this 4 section as the ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’). 5 (b) Such notification may be submitted in classified 6 form, if necessary, and in consultation with the Director 7 of National Intelligence or the Director of the Federal Bu- 8 reau of Investigation, as appropriate, and shall include the 9 threat assessment, scope of the protection, and the antici- 10 pated cost and duration of such protection. 11 (c) Not later than 15 days before extending, or 30 12 days before terminating, protection for a covered indi- 13 vidual, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 14 a notification regarding the extension or termination and 15 any change to the threat assessment to the congressional 16 leadership and the appropriate congressional committees. 17 (d) Not later than 45 days after the date of enact- 18 ment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary 19 shall submit a report to the congressional leadership and 20 the appropriate congressional committees, which may be 21 submitted in classified form, if necessary, detailing each 22 covered individual, and the scope and associated cost of 23 protection. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 83 •HR 8752 RH SEC. 533. (a) None of the funds provided to the De- 1 partment of Homeland Security in this or any prior Act 2 may be used by an agency to submit an initial project pro- 3 posal to the Technology Modernization Fund (as author- 4 ized by section 1078 of subtitle G of title X of the National 5 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public 6 Law 115–91)) unless, concurrent with the submission of 7 an initial project proposal to the Technology Moderniza- 8 tion Board, the head of the agency— 9 (1) notifies the Committees on Appropriations 10 of the House of Representatives and the Senate of 11 the proposed submission of the project proposal; 12 (2) submits to the Committees on Appropria- 13 tions a copy of the project proposal; and 14 (3) provides a detailed analysis of how the pro- 15 posed project funding would supplement or supplant 16 funding requested as part of the Department’s most 17 recent budget submission. 18 (b) None of the funds provided to the Department 19 of Homeland Security by the Technology Modernization 20 Fund shall be available for obligation until 15 days after 21 a report on such funds has been transmitted to the Com- 22 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 23 and the Senate. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 84 •HR 8752 RH (c) The report described in subsection (b) shall in- 1 clude— 2 (1) the full project proposal submitted to and 3 approved by the Fund’s Technology Modernization 4 Board; 5 (2) the finalized interagency agreement between 6 the Department and the Fund including the 7 project’s deliverables and repayment terms, as appli- 8 cable; 9 (3) a detailed analysis of how the project will 10 supplement or supplant existing funding available to 11 the Department for similar activities; 12 (4) a plan for how the Department will repay 13 the Fund, including specific planned funding 14 sources, as applicable; and 15 (5) other information as determined by the Sec- 16 retary. 17 SEC. 534. Within 60 days of any budget submission 18 for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 19 2026 that assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from 20 the previous year based on user fees proposals that have 21 not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the 22 budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide 23 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 24 resentatives and the Senate specific reductions in proposed 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 85 •HR 8752 RH discretionary budget authority commensurate with the 1 revenues assumed in such proposals in the event that they 2 are not enacted prior to October 1, 2025. 3 SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 4 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 5 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 6 ratification for the Treaty. 7 SEC. 536. No Federal funds made available to the 8 Department of Homeland Security may be used to enter 9 into a procurement contract, memorandum of under- 10 standing, or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant 11 to, or provide a loan or guarantee to, any entity identified 12 under section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 13 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 14 (Public Law 116–283) or any subsidiary of such entity. 15 SEC. 537. None of the funds appropriated or other- 16 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 17 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 18 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 19 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 20 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 21 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 22 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 23 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 24 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 86 •HR 8752 RH SEC. 538. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 1 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall, on 2 a bimonthly basis beginning immediately after the date of 3 enactment of this Act, develop estimates of the number 4 of aliens anticipated to arrive at the southwest border of 5 the United States. 6 (b) The Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum, 7 the estimates developed pursuant to subsection (a)— 8 (1) cover the current fiscal year and the fol- 9 lowing fiscal year; 10 (2) include a breakout by demographics, to in- 11 clude single adults, family units, and unaccompanied 12 children; 13 (3) undergo an independent validation and 14 verification review; 15 (4) are used to inform policy planning and 16 budgeting processes within the Department of 17 Homeland Security; and 18 (5) are included in the budget materials sub- 19 mitted to Congress for each fiscal year beginning 20 after the date of enactment of this Act and in sup- 21 port of— 22 (A) the President’s annual budget request 23 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 24 States Code; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 87 •HR 8752 RH (B) any supplemental funding request sub- 1 mitted to Congress; 2 (C) any reprogramming and transfer noti- 3 fication pursuant to section 503 of this Act; 4 and 5 (D) such budget materials shall include— 6 (i) the most recent bimonthly esti- 7 mates developed pursuant to subsection 8 (a); 9 (ii) a description and quantification of 10 the estimates used to justify funding re- 11 quests for Department programs related to 12 border security, immigration enforcement, 13 and immigration services; 14 (iii) a description and quantification 15 of the anticipated workload and require- 16 ments resulting from such estimates; and 17 (iv) a confirmation as to whether the 18 budget requests for impacted agencies were 19 developed using the same estimates. 20 (c) The Secretary shall share the bimonthly estimates 21 developed pursuant to subsection (a) with the Secretary 22 of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the 23 Secretary of State, and the Committees on Appropriations 24 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 88 •HR 8752 RH (d) If the bimonthly estimates described in subsection 1 (b) are not provided for the purposes described, the re- 2 programming and transfer authority provided in section 3 503 of this Act shall be suspended until such time as the 4 required estimates are provided to the Committees on Ap- 5 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 6 ate. 7 SEC. 539. (a) Prior to the Secretary of Homeland Se- 8 curity requesting assistance from the Department of De- 9 fense for border security operations, the Secretary shall 10 ensure that an alternatives analysis and cost-benefit anal- 11 ysis is conducted before such request is made, which shall 12 include an examination of obtaining such support through 13 other means. 14 (b) Not later than 30 days after the date on which 15 a request for assistance is made, the Secretary of Home- 16 land Security shall submit to the Committees on Appro- 17 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 18 a report detailing the types of support requested, the alter- 19 natives analysis and cost-benefit analysis described in sub- 20 section (a), and the operational impact to Department of 21 Homeland Security operations of any Department of De- 22 fense border security support requested by the Secretary. 23 (c) Not later than 30 days after the date on which 24 a request made for assistance is granted and quarterly 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 89 •HR 8752 RH thereafter through the duration of such assistance, the 1 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Com- 2 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 3 and the Senate, a report detailing the assistance provided 4 and the operational impacts to border security operations. 5 SEC. 540. Funds made available in this Act or any 6 other Act for Operations and Support may be used for 7 the necessary expenses of providing an employee emer- 8 gency back-up care program. 9 SEC. 541. (a) Not less than $5,000,000 made avail- 10 able in this Act shall be transferred to ‘‘U.S. Immigration 11 and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ to 12 support and conduct necessary operations of the Blue 13 Campaign for fiscal year 2025. 14 (b) Prior to the obligation of funds made available 15 by subsection (a), notification shall be submitted to the 16 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 17 atives and the Senate. 18 SEC. 542. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth- 19 erwise made available by this Act or any other Act shall 20 be used to execute an inspection of a detention facility that 21 is in a contractual agreement with U.S. Immigration and 22 Customs Enforcement for the provision of detention serv- 23 ices and that is subject to the terms, conditions, and 24 standards found within the National Detention Standards 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 90 •HR 8752 RH for Non-Dedicated Facilities, as revised in 2019 for U.S. 1 Immigration and Customs Enforcement, except solely for 2 compliance with the terms, conditions, and standards 3 found within the National Detention Standards for Non- 4 Dedicated Facilities, as revised in 2019. 5 (b) Executions of inspections described in subsection 6 (a) shall not occur within six months of a previous inspec- 7 tion of such facility, except with respect to inspections exe- 8 cuted by the Office of Inspector General. 9 SEC. 543. None of the funds appropriated or other- 10 wise made available by this Act may be made available 11 to implement, administer, or enforce the rule entitled 12 ‘‘Circumvention of Lawful Pathways’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 13 11704). 14 SEC. 544. None of the funds appropriated or other- 15 wise made available by this Act may be made available 16 to establish or support the activities of a Disinformation 17 Governance Board at the Department of Homeland Secu- 18 rity, or any other similar entity carrying out activities re- 19 lating to disinformation in a similar manner or to a similar 20 extent to such a Board. 21 SEC. 545. None of the funds appropriated or other- 22 wise made available by this Act may be made available 23 to: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 91 •HR 8752 RH (a) classify or facilitate the classification of any com- 1 munications by a United States person as mis-, dis-, or 2 mal-information; or 3 (b) partner with or fund nonprofit or other organiza- 4 tions that pressure or recommend private companies to 5 censor lawful and constitutionally protected speech of 6 United States persons, including recommending the cen- 7 soring or removal of content on social media platforms. 8 (c) Any officer or employee of the Federal Govern- 9 ment whose salary is funded by this Act and who conducts 10 any activity described in (a) or (b) shall be removed from 11 the Federal service. 12 SEC. 546. None of the funds appropriated or other- 13 wise made available by this Act may be made available 14 to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out the 15 Equity Action Plan of the Department of Homeland Secu- 16 rity, or Executive Order No. 13985 of January 20, 2021 17 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to advancing racial equity 18 and support for underserved communities through the fed- 19 eral government), Executive Order No. 14035 of June 25, 20 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593, relating to diversity, equity, 21 inclusion, and accessibility in the federal workforce), Exec- 22 utive Order No. 14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. 23 Reg. 10825 relating to further advancing racial equity and 24 support for underserved communities through the federal 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 92 •HR 8752 RH government) or any program, project, or activity that pro- 1 motes or advances Critical Race Theory or any concept 2 associated with Critical Race Theory. 3 SEC. 547. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 4 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 5 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 6 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro- 7 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 8 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par- 9 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 10 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 11 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 12 a union of one man and one woman. 13 (b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub- 14 section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 15 taken by the Federal Government to— 16 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 17 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as- 18 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp- 19 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter- 20 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 21 in subsection (a); 22 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur- 23 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 24 such person; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 93 •HR 8752 RH (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 1 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 2 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co- 3 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li- 4 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 5 other similar position or status from or to such per- 6 son; 7 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 8 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 9 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 10 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 11 degree from an educational program, from or to 12 such person; or 13 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 14 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle- 15 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in- 16 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 17 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam- 18 paigns from or to such person. 19 (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 20 Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 21 certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 22 would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 23 such purposes but for a determination against such person 24 wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 94 •HR 8752 RH or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 1 or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 2 SEC. 548. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth- 3 erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 4 to license, facilitate, coordinate, or otherwise allow officials 5 of a country designated as a state sponsor of terrorism 6 within the past three fiscal years, to, in their capacity as 7 an official, observe, tour, visit, or confer with the employ- 8 ees of the Department of Homeland Security. 9 (b) The term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a 10 country the government of which the Secretary of State 11 determines has repeatedly provided support for inter- 12 national terrorism pursuant to section 1754(c)(1)(A) of 13 the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 14 4813(c)(1)(A)); section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 15 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); section 40 of the Arms 16 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or any other provi- 17 sion of law. 18 SEC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 19 Act may be used to obligate or award funds to a political 20 subdivision of a State that— 21 (a) has in effect any law, policy, or procedure, wheth- 22 er written or communicated orally, in contravention of, or 23 which substantially limits compliance with, subsection (a) 24 or (b) of section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 95 •HR 8752 RH and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1 1373); or 2 (b) has in effect any law, policy, or procedure, wheth- 3 er written or communicated orally, the result of which 4 hinders the federal government from enforcing the immi- 5 gration laws as defined by 8 U.S.C. 101(a)(17). 6 (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 7 SEC. 550. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart- 8 ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are here- 9 by rescinded from the following accounts and programs 10 in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 11 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 12 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con- 13 current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 14 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 15 (1) $600,000,000 from the unobligated bal- 16 ances available under the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs 17 and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, 18 and Improvements’’ of the amounts provided by 19 Public Law 116–260 for the construction of barrier 20 system along the southwest border. 21 SEC. 551. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘De- 22 partment of Homeland Security Nonrecurring Expenses 23 Fund’’ established in section 538 of division F of Public 24 Law 117–103, $154,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 96 •HR 8752 RH SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 1 SEC. 552. $0. 2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home- 3 land Security Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB Union Calendar No. 456 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8752 [Report No. 118–553] A BILL Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. JUNE 14, 2024 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H8752.RH H8752 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB