[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 27, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H4628-H4649]
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        DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024


                             General Leave

  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks 
and to include extraneous material on H.R. 4367, and that I may include 
tabular material on the same.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Ohio?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 723 and rule 
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the state of the Union for the consideration of the bill, H.R. 4367.
  The Chair appoints the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Fulcher) to preside 
over the Committee of the Whole.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 4367) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other 
purposes, with Mr. Fulcher in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read 
the first time.
  General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 1 
hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective 
designees.
  The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Joyce) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Cuellar) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio.

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  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chair, I begin by thanking the chairwoman of the full committee, 
Ms. Granger, for her leadership and her tireless efforts to bring these 
appropriation bills to the floor.
  I also thank the ranking member of the subcommittee, my good friend, 
Mr. Cuellar, who has worked with us in good faith on the bill despite 
some disagreements on policy.
  Lastly, I have enjoyed my time sitting next to the ranking member of 
the full committee, the gentlewoman from Connecticut, not once, but 
twice in the last few days.
  The bill before us today provides $62.8 billion for the Department of 
Homeland Security, an increase of $2.1 billion above the fiscal year 
2023 level.
  In addition, the bill also includes $20.3 billion for disaster 
response and recovery activities, including to support communities 
after the devastating wildfires in Maui and Hurricane Idalia.
  One of the most pressing challenges this country faces is a border 
security crisis that has raged under the Biden administration. Two 
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the last 2 years, and we are on track for that same amount this year. 
Just yesterday alone, there were 11,000 migrant encounters. Let me 
repeat that--nearly 11,000 migrant encounters in 1 day.
  Regardless of your definition of border security, it is clear that 
the policies of this administration are not working. The reason is 
obvious. The White House is sending a message to cartels and migrants 
that the border is open, and there will be no consequences if you cross 
illegally.
  This bill forces the Biden administration to do what it has not and 
will not do on its own--act to address the border security crisis. The 
funding and policy provisions included in this bill are in lockstep 
with the provisions of H.R. 2, which together will put us on a path to 
securing the border.
  Unlike recent Homeland Security appropriations bills and the 
President's request, this bill returns to a tried-and-true border 
security approach by investing in methods to both secure the border and 
deter those who have no legitimate basis for entry.
  This bill includes $2.1 billion for physical barriers with explicit 
conditions that the funds be put on contract quickly. The chief of the 
Border Patrol and other border security professionals have confirmed 
time and time again that walls work.
  The bill also provides nearly $500 million to hire more Border Patrol 
agents to reach an end strength of 22,000 agents. The bill increases 
funding levels for border security technology, so our agents and 
officers have the latest, most effective equipment to detect and deter 
illegal activity.
  Stopping fentanyl and other narcotics that have been ravaging our 
communities is a priority for all of us, so this bill provides $305 
million for nonintrusive inspection equipment at our Nation's ports of 
entry. Detention is a deterrent to those who seek to abuse our 
immigration system and falsely claim asylum.
  As a result, the bill provides funding for 41,500 detention beds, 
which is 16,500 more than this administration requested, to ensure that 
ICE has adequate capacity to detain those with final removal orders or 
who pose a risk to public safety, as well as migrants who illegally 
cross our borders.
  To counter the growing strength of Chinese influence in the Indo-
Pacific, the bill provides an additional $335 million to the Coast 
Guard for fast-response cutters. Also, to increase our presence in the 
Arctic, the bill provides funds for the Coast Guard to acquire a 
commercially available icebreaker to extend U.S. sovereignty and 
counter China and Russian expansion into the polar regions.
  Simply put, the bill before us today ensures that the men and women 
of the Department of Homeland Security, who work tirelessly on our 
behalf, have the resources and the tools that they need to protect this 
great Nation.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve 
the balance of my time.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  First of all, I thank Chairwoman Kay Granger and Ranking Member 
DeLauro for working together as much as possible. I certainly would 
thank our chairman,   David Joyce. I know we have some disagreements, 
but at the end of this process, we are going to be working together 
making sure that the Homeland Security bill passes in a bipartisan way.
  Democrats and Republicans had a deal when we passed the debt bill 
some months ago. Now our colleagues, the House Republicans, are backing 
away from this deal and yielding to some extreme demands that will not 
help border security.
  Now the House remains in chaos as the Republicans have been 
infighting and that will all but guarantee a government shutdown at the 
hands of the far right in just a few days. Instead of working on a 
bipartisan continuing resolution that will keep the government open, 
one that will pass both Chambers and be signed into law, we are here 
talking about bills that are not going to go very far in the Senate.
  Again, I want to make sure that people understand that we want to 
work together. We want to make this a bipartisan bill to get it done.
  As the ranking member of Appropriations Homeland Security 
Subcommittee and as a Member that actually lives on the border, I am 
very concerned about ensuring that the border is secure and that the 
Department has the resources it needs to do that successfully. Instead 
of that, what are we doing? If we have a shutdown, we are going to have 
over 226 folks, employees from the Department of Homeland Security, 
that are going to continue to work for a period of time and not get 
paid, and, again, that is not the way to create morale for our Border 
Patrol and other agents that we have down there at the border.

  I strongly support the hiring of additional agents, but, if there is 
a shutdown, what is going to happen is that this will prevent us from 
onboarding the anticipated 150 additional agents in October. It would 
also stop the recruitment and vetting efforts that impact CBP ability 
to onboard additional agents later on. We cannot have a shutdown, and 
we have got to make sure that we work together to prevent the shutdown 
itself.
  Now, if you look at the bill itself, the proposed bill, let's look at 
a couple of things. Yes, we did have some bipartisan investments and 
oversight requirements that we worked together on, but there are 
certain funding decisions and policy riders that I cannot support at 
this moment.
  We have to understand the border. Some of my colleagues don't 
understand the border, and they call it a war zone. If my colleagues 
look at the criminal records or the criminal figures that we have, 
whether it is murder, rape, assault, the border is actually safer than 
so many other parts of the country. In fact, Washington, D.C., is about 
two or three times more dangerous, if you want to look at those 
figures, than the border community.
  Now, when it comes to migration issues, yes, we do have a problem, 
and we do need to address it, but I think we need to stop playing 
defense on the 1-yard line, which is the U.S.-Mexico border.
  What we need to do is extend the perimeter where we can work with 
partners like Mexico, Central America, South America to make sure that 
we provide that perimeter and stop folks before they come over to our 
border itself. This bill has some very outdated strategies, and one of 
them I know doesn't work, and I will call that the 14th century 
solution to a 21st century problem, which is the border wall. We are 
spending $2.1 billion, or we intend to spend $2.1 billion on a wall 
that really doesn't stop. If I can show you some of the figures, I will 
explain why.
  If you look at the border wall, you will see that the fence is in 
many parts of the border itself, but if you see the heat maps where 
people are coming into the border, it is usually where the border fence 
is at.
  If I can show south Texas as an example, you will see that, in south 
Texas, you have a fence, and if you see the heat map, we have a fence 
here, we have a fence here, we have a fence here, we have a fence 
there, we have a fence there, and so on, but the activity is where the 
fence is at.
  Let me explain why. If you look at the fence, we have a river. The 
middle of the river is actually the U.S. boundary with Mexico. We don't 
have a fence there. If you look at the riverbanks, we don't have a 
fence there also because it is going to get washed away.
  What we do is we actually put a fence about a quarter of a mile or 
sometimes even a half a mile away, and what happens, you see the fence 
here, the one in the red itself, and then you see the river over here. 
Instead of having a fence over here, it is actually put a quarter mile 
or a mile away. Therefore, what happens when you have this situation?
  Well, first of all, if you are asking for asylum, like most people 
are asking, you are going to see people that will touch the riverbank. 
They walked half a mile or a quarter of a mile to the fence over here 
and asked for asylum, so does the fence stop them? No, it doesn't.
  If you asked all those landowners, they will say, you are ceding away 
thousands and thousands of acres of good farming land, good ranching 
land, because you put the fence here and the river is over here.
  Again, if you want to stop drugs, I know we added some money for 
technology, but we have got to have the money at the ports of entry 
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94 percent of the meth, the fentanyl, the cocaine are coming in, 
instead of through this particular area
  Again, this bill also has no funding for USCIS that would help reduce 
the backlog of the migration, so the people that have been waiting for 
a while, we are not putting any resources in for the USCIS. We have got 
to make sure that we help the folks who are trying to come in the legal 
way.
  We do lose a lot of opportunities. We can do a lot more to add money 
to counter the fentanyl, the opioids. Again, most drugs will come in 
through the ports of entry, and that is where we need to put the focus.
  Finally, also, we should have an updated border security improvement 
plan.
  Again, I certainly want to work with my good friend, Mr. Joyce. We 
are going to be together later on in the process. I know we have got 
some disagreements, but we will get there.
  With that, I hope that we have a good bipartisan bill at the end of 
the process.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman 
from Iowa (Mrs. Hinson), a distinguished member of our Appropriations 
Committee.
  Mrs. HINSON. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the fiscal year 2024 
Homeland Security Appropriations bill that will help to secure our 
border.
  Since President Biden took office, there have been over 6 million 
illegal immigrant encounters at our southern border, and because of 
President Biden's open-border policies, we have seen countless illegal 
immigrants, including known people on the terror watch list, violent 
gang members and sex offenders released into the homeland. With this 
bill, we are finally doing what President Biden won't. We are securing 
our border.
  My colleagues and I have been to the border, something the President 
hasn't bothered to do. We have spoken with law enforcement on the front 
lines. These brave men and women told us directly that this 
administration has undercut them at every turn and that they needed 
more resources to deter illegal immigration rather than incentivize it.

  While their pleas seem to have fallen on deaf ears at the White 
House, we here as House Republicans have heard them loud and clear. In 
this bill, we deliver for them and for every State that, as a result of 
these policies, has become a border State.
  We are restoring border security technology funding to its highest 
level. We are funding the 22,000 Border Patrol agents that CBP 
requested, and we are finally restarting border wall construction 
instead of letting those materials that taxpayers paid for rust away on 
the side of the road.
  We are fully funding ICE detention capacity as a deterrent, and we 
are providing funding to deport illegal immigrants. Our southern border 
is a lawless free-for-all under the Biden administration, undermining 
the safety and security of Iowans and every American.
  This bill delivers on our promise to secure the border and keep 
America safe, so let's shut down our border, and let's keep our 
government open and move this bill forward.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Jeffries), the distinguished Democratic leader.
  Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Chair, I thank my good friend, the distinguished 
gentleman from the great State of Texas and the all-American city of 
Laredo for yielding and for his continued leadership.
  I also have great respect for the distinguished gentleman from Ohio, 
the chair of the subcommittee, and of course the top Democrat on the 
Appropriations Committee from Connecticut.
  At the beginning of this Congress, House Democrats made it clear that 
we are willing, ready, and able to find common ground with the other 
side of the aisle, our Republican colleagues, whenever and wherever 
possible, to make progress for everyday Americans, to build a healthy 
economy, to address cost-of-living issues that consume the American 
people that we were sent to Washington to work on, that President Biden 
has made progress on with House and Senate Democrats, but of course, 
there is still more work to be done.
  From the beginning of this Congress, House Democrats have made clear 
we are ready, willing, and able to find common ground with the other 
side of the aisle, to make progress for the American people, but we 
have also made it clear that we are going to fight extremism whenever 
necessary. We are headed toward an extreme MAGA Republican government 
shutdown in just a few days.
  Now, we can avoid it, because there is a bipartisan bill that is 
working its way through the Senate right now that will continue to fund 
the government in a way that makes sense for the American people, that 
would provide funding at the fiscal year 2023 levels for 6 weeks 
beginning on October 1st, to give us time for the appropriations 
process to run its course, to find an agreement to fund the government 
in a bipartisan way.
  It is a continuing resolution right now pending before the Senate, 
strongly bipartisan, that doesn't contain any of the extreme policy 
poison-pill riders that House Republicans have been trying to jam down 
the throats of the American people but have no part in any bipartisan 
agreement, particularly when we are faced with a possible government 
shutdown that will hurt the American people.
  It is a continuing resolution that also meets the needs of everyday 
Americans by providing robust funding for Americans who have been 
adversely impacted by extreme weather events all across America in blue 
States and in red States, because extreme weather events aren't 
partisan in nature, and we should be there for the people of Florida 
and California and Hawaii and Vermont and the Northeast and the Midwest 
and the Deep South, those everyday Americans who have been impacted by 
extreme weather events.
  That is what the bipartisan continuing resolution pending in the 
Senate will do, and it will allow the Ukrainian people to continue 
their brave, valiant, and courageous effort to push back against 
illegal Russian brutal, violent aggression.
  We have a bipartisan continuing resolution working its way through 
the Senate that meets the needs of the American people. It has input 
from those of us in this Chamber and that will pass if it reaches the 
floor of this Chamber and would avoid an extreme MAGA Republican 
shutdown.
  Just yesterday, a bipartisan group in the Senate voted, I believe, 
77-19 to advance this bipartisan continuing resolution. It will reach 
the floor of the House in a few days.
  The question is: What will the House Republican majority do? There 
are only two paths forward: Allow that bipartisan continuing resolution 
that meets the needs of the American people to receive an up or down 
vote, and it will pass and we will avoid a shutdown, or refuse to allow 
that bill to receive an up or down vote and stick the American people 
with an extreme MAGA Republican government shutdown that will hurt 
children, hurt families, hurt seniors, hurt veterans, hurt everyday 
Americans, and hurt the economy.
  If we find ourselves dealing with an extreme MAGA Republican 
shutdown, what will it all be for? Well, this week is very revealing, 
because we are considering bills, including the one that is before us 
right now, that have zero chance of becoming law--zero chance--and they 
are filled with extreme policy poison pills relating to things like 
cutting Social Security; criminalizing abortion care; slashing public 
school funding; taking food out of the mouths of women, infants, and 
children; hurting the ability of veterans and seniors to make ends 
meet.
  That is why the government will shut down, because extreme MAGA 
Republicans have determined that it needs to try to jam rightwing 
ideology down the throats of the American people, and, if we don't pay 
that ransom note, you want to shut the government down.
  We know this playbook because we have seen it over and over again. We 
saw it in the 1990s under Newt Gingrich when the House Republican 
majority at the time shut the government down twice, demanding that we 
slash and burn Medicaid. Well, that government shutdown ended with an 
unconditional surrender, because the American people were unwilling to 
pay that ransom note to slash and burn Medicaid.

  The same thing happened in 2013 when the Tea Party forced a reluctant 
John Boehner to shut the government down for 14 days. What was the 
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time? That President Obama should repeal the Affordable Care Act, his 
signature legislative accomplishment. It ended the same way, an 
unconditional surrender, because the American people were unwilling to 
pay the extreme ransom note.
  Then, again, in 2018 into 2019, another government shutdown, longest 
in American history, 35 days. What was the extreme ransom note demand 
at the time? That the American taxpayer be forced to pay billions and 
billions of dollars to fund a medieval, ineffective border wall that 
Donald Trump wanted to make happen. That government shutdown ended 
exactly the same way after 35 days--unconditional surrender, because 
the American people were unwilling to pay that extreme ransom note.
  Why are we going through this exercise again when we know it is going 
to end the same way? Because the American people are not willing to pay 
a ransom note that will allow my extreme Republican colleagues to 
criminalize abortion care or to cut Social Security or to slash public 
school funding or to take food out of the mouths of women or infants or 
children. That is not a ransom note that will ever be paid.
  You have a bipartisan vehicle coming out of the Senate that will be 
before the House in a few days, and there is only one responsible 
course of action. House Democrats are prepared to support that 
bipartisan agreement so we can avoid a government shutdown that will 
hurt the American people, and the only question is: Will our Republican 
colleagues join us?
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. Collins).
  Mr. COLLINS. Mr. Chair, as a Member of Congress, our job description 
up here is really short: Just take care of your constituency and just 
have oversight of the Federal Government, and we do that through things 
called appropriations and hearings. Appropriations are what we are 
working on right now.
  Well, I want to tell you: The past 9 months, I have been out here 
crossing this country attending field hearings. I have also been 
speaking with and listening to members of our industries about the 
overreach and the out-of-control government agencies that we have up 
here, and that is why I rise today.
  I rise today to speak about an important issue that, sadly, this bill 
is going to fail to address. You see, the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration's boat speed limiter proposed rule, which, 
by the way, NOAA is an unauthorized Federal agency, never authorized by 
Congress, but NOAA's rule limits the speed now of all boats 35 feet and 
longer to 10 knots, and this is up and down almost the entire eastern 
seaboard.
  Now, they are doing this by claiming that this rule is necessary to 
save the North Atlantic whale, which, by what I have been able to find, 
they have been able to maintain roughly the same population since the 
1980s, so I just wanted to go over a few quick facts.
  Now, approximately 15 of these whales have been killed by boats in 
the last 18 years. Now, there are approximately 63,000 registered boats 
in this 35- to 65-foot length. That is a one in a million--in a 
million--chances that you are going to hit one of these whales. If you 
do, you are going to come out on the short end of the stick, and they 
are going to know it.
  This is what is going to happen. This is going to have an $84 billion 
economic impact just on the East Coast. Also on the East Coast, 340,000 
jobs will be impacted. This rule is not just going to cripple the 
boating and sport fishing industry. It is going to crush it, and it is 
also going to crush and kill the communities that support them.
  Now, I offered an amendment to prohibit the Coast Guard from 
enforcing this rule, because I think our Coast Guard has a whole lot 
more important things to be out there doing, but, sadly, my amendment 
was not made in order.
  Therefore, Mr. Chair, I stand today and I urge my colleagues to fight 
for language that is going to prevent the Coast Guard from enforcing 
this misguided rule during our conference committee.
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), the distinguished ranking member of the 
Committee on Appropriations.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, the Homeland Security Appropriations bill 
before us weakens our national security, defunds border security, harms 
the Homeland Security workforce, and leaves Americans vulnerable to 
escalating disasters. That we are debating this bill on September 27, 3 
days before the end of the fiscal year, when House Republicans have 
provided no path forward to keep our government open is irresponsible.
  The House majority has exhibited their own inability and 
unwillingness to govern by ensuring this bill cannot become law without 
other partisan legislation moving first, but it cannot become law. 
Rather than voting to keep our government open and ensuring border 
protection officers and immigration officials get paid, Republicans are 
pursuing a path explicitly designed to shut down the Federal 
Government. A shutdown will have consequences for every American family 
and on the border and border communities.
  Mr. Chair, Democrats do not support an open border, but let me be 
unequivocal. There is a crisis on our southern border. Our border 
communities are struggling with the influx of immigration. The status 
quo cannot be maintained. That much, we agree on.
  Where the majority and minority differ is how we address this issue. 
We must continue to invest in our processing facilities and in 
transportation and medical care. We need to have an effective process 
of determining who is eligible to enter the country and who is not.
  We must continue to invest in newer technology and in our immigration 
and border security officials and invest in immigration judges, but we 
must also think bigger, broader, bolder. We cannot hope to resolve this 
issue if we only begin addressing it right at the border.
  We must invest in our partnerships with Latin-American countries and 
fund the expansion of safe mobility offices. Our Republican colleagues 
refuse to negotiate with Democrats on these issues. We were kept on the 
sidelines, and, thus, this bill does not make the sound investments 
that would actually reduce the burden on our border facilities and our 
communities.
  This bill misses important opportunities to address the dire opioid 
crisis that we face as a Nation. It provides insufficient funding for 
our ports of entry where the vast majority of these drugs enter our 
country.
  We should be focusing resources where we agree they are needed most, 
like combating fentanyl crossing the border, helping our border 
communities, advancing our cybersecurity posture, protecting Americans 
from violent extremism and foreign adversaries.
  I am also deeply concerned about the conditions that greet migrants 
and asylum seekers, people who leave their homes out of desperation and 
necessity. We have a responsibility to ensure the safety of these 
migrants, especially children, and to provide resources so that those 
who are entitled to stay under our immigration laws can do so.

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  Please understand, by law the United States is required to take in 
unaccompanied children from neighboring countries, screen them, house 
them, and provide safe placement.
  This bill leaves Americans vulnerable to the growing number and 
increasing severity of natural disasters, exposes Americans to foreign 
threats with inadequate cyber and infrastructure security investments, 
and does not fully fund the Transportation Security Administration 
personnel.
  House Republicans claim to care about oversight, but this bill 
proposes several cuts to programs throughout the Department of Homeland 
Security which are critical to the oversight of our immigration 
facilities.
  This bill also eliminates discretionary funding for refugee 
processing. It shifts the burden of those costs to an already 
backlogged and overwhelmed system.
  The CHAIR. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I yield an additional 1 minute to the 
gentlewoman from Connecticut.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, we all know the enactment of appropriations

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will require bipartisan agreement on sound investments, not reckless 
cuts and partisan policy riders.
  Let us focus. Let us focus on opening the government and keeping it 
open. There is a bipartisan bill in the Senate that we are now 
debating--77-19--that is overwhelmingly bipartisan. It will come here. 
Let's put that bill up. Get bipartisan support on this floor. Bring 
these harmful consequences to the American people to a close.
  Don't close the government down.
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Meuser).
  Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Chair, I thank Chairman Joyce, my good friend and 
colleague from Ohio, very much.
  Mr. Chair, I do rise in support of the Homeland appropriations bill. 
We all know that our country, our citizens, are in dire need of 
stronger Homeland Security.
  We know that we have an unmitigated disaster at our borders. Three 
years ago, Mr. Chair, we also all know that our borders were, in fact, 
secure. Today, almost 10,000 illegals in despair are crossing our 
border--not including the so-called got-aways.
  Human trafficking and deadly drugs are killing Americans, primarily 
our young people, by the tens of thousands.
  This bill adds to our Customs and Border Patrol, Mr. Chair, and 
provides for border barriers which work and for fentanyl detection. 
This bill strengthens our asylum laws and forces Secretary Mayorkas to 
do his job. This bill also, Mr. Chair, ceases the ability for HHS 
through the DHS funding to send ghost flights into my district in the 
middle of the night. That can't happen anymore under this bill.
  This bill also provides for our Coast Guard and eliminates over $500 
million in go-green initiatives that have absolutely nothing to do with 
Homeland Security.
  This bill is a vote for our Nation's Homeland Security. A ``no'' vote 
is a vote for the status quo.
  Mr. Chair, by the way, if we want to keep our government open, we 
have a plan. We have a plan to keep our government open, and it 
includes border security and reasonable fiscal sanity with some 
moderate spending reductions within our discretionary spending.
  We, unfortunately, have a handful of Republicans on our side not 
supporting it, but every single Democrat does not support securing our 
border and moderate reductions to our outrageous spending that is 
taking place.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from 
Maryland (Mr. Trone), a member of the Appropriations Committee.
  Mr. TRONE. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. 
Here we are, 3 days from a government shutdown voting again on extreme 
Republican-led bills that do nothing to prevent it. The ink wasn't even 
dry on the bipartisan debt ceiling bill deal before Republican 
leadership reneged on their word, reneged on their promise.
  Instead, the bills we are considering this week include disastrous 
funding cuts and culture war priorities--priorities that apparently 
play well in fundraising emails but fail to address our Nation's 
problems like the opioid crisis.
  This Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill would 
dedicate $2 billion in taxpayer money to build a border wall--a 6th 
century solution to a 21st century problem, especially considering 90 
percent of fentanyl comes to the border at legal points of entry driven 
by American citizens.
  As a member of this subcommittee, I find this unbelievable.
  Across the board, the Republicans' funding bill undercuts our ability 
to take care of America today and build a brighter future for our 
children and grandchildren.
  It is about time the Republicans put the needs of the majority over 
the loud few and pass a government funding bill that meets America's 
needs.
  Campaign season is over.
  The CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the 
gentleman from Maryland.
  Mr. TRONE. Campaign season is over. It is time to govern. I urge my 
colleagues to reject this hyperpartisan bill and pass the bipartisan 
Senate bill.
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
Illinois (Mrs. Ramirez).
  Mrs. RAMIREZ. Mr. Chair, as the proud daughter of immigrants, the 
wife of a Dreamer, the Representative of a district proud of its 
immigrants and how they contribute to our economy, I am disgusted with 
the Republicans' relentless persecution and scapegoating of immigrants.
  While we should be looking for ways forward to keep providing 
essential services for our districts, Republicans want to play games 
with lives and livelihoods because of their inability to lead.

  They are repeating false claims that the border is open and 
conditioning government funding on dangerous and irresponsible requests 
that will neither make the border more secure nor protect our security.
  There is a dissonance between this party of fiscal responsibility 
that is driving us to a shutdown while immigrants--supposedly our 
economic downfall--are contributing more than $20.4 billion in taxes 
just in Illinois.
  With 11 million more immigrants ready to boost our economy through 
needed pathways to work, it is time to leave the political theater 
behind. People are tired of it. Let's recognize the positive fiscal 
contributions of immigrants to our Nation and do the work our 
constituents sent us here to do.
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman).
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Chair, I want to comment a little bit on the last 
speech from the other side. They said the vast majority of fentanyl 
coming across the border to this country comes from designated points 
of entry. You hear that said, but I think what they should say is the 
vast majority of fentanyl that we catch comes across from designated 
points of entry.
  There are--depending on the month--30- or 40,000 people who are got-
aways who come across between designated points of entry. We never 
catch them because they are called got-ways, and nobody is monitoring 
places that are not designated points of entry.
  Clearly, if you want to sneak fentanyl across the border you would do 
it between designated points of entry, and it would not show up on any 
statistics because we don't catch those people.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I 
said that I would come to the floor and each time I would say that I do 
not want a government shutdown. I don't want the American people to 
suffer, and I want the government to be able to function.
  As an almost 20-year member of the authorizing committee of Homeland 
Security, I am stunned at the lack of concern that my friends on the 
other side of the aisle would have on the government shutdown on 
Homeland Security.
  These are extensive government employees, many of them represented by 
the American Federation of Government Employees. TSOs, of course, would 
continue to work in the Transportation Security Administration, but so 
many would be working without compensation.
  If we are concerned about the border, I don't know why the Southwest 
Border Initiative is out, why money for USCIS is eliminated, why 
opportunities for shelter services are eliminated, particularly when we 
realize that throngs of people are coming here that aren't having the 
ability to apply for asylum.
  The CHAIR. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the 
gentlewoman from Texas.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chair, the answer to this, of course, is to give 
ourselves more time to address the question of serving the American 
people.
  I rise, as the leader did, to support the bipartisan Senate 
continuing resolution, which maintains current funding, takes care of 
communities impacted by natural disasters, and provides funding to 
Ukraine and contains no poison pills.
  If we are serious about doing the job of keeping this government 
open, supporting the hardworking American workers, then we will support 
the Senate continuing resolution. We will do it

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tomorrow or the next day and save this Nation.
  Do not shut down.
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I am prepared to close, and we have no 
further speakers.
  Mr. Chair and to my good colleague, Mr. Joyce, we are apart right 
now. I know we are going to get together, but I do want to remind some 
of our colleagues that we had an opportunity under the current bill 
that we have right now. We added in the last couple years $2.4 billion. 
That is a 15 percent increase for border patrol agents, pay increases, 
add more Border Patrol agents, ICE, CBP, the other folks in.
  We had the moneys to do that, but at the end of the day--and I will 
just take one example--we gave money to Homeland, a 15 percent 
increase, yet there are only two Members--when we all voted--on the 
Republican side that actually supported the appropriations bill, 
Homeland. So if we care so much about Homeland, why did we vote ``no'' 
on the final appropriations bill?
  I know some of us are going to vote ``no,'' and I am voting ``no'' on 
this one, but on the final one, I will support the final appropriations 
bill.
  The other thing is as the Democratic leader, Mr. Jeffries, said, we 
have 3 days to work this out, and by passing this bill to the Senate it 
is not going to get there. I would just like to remind Members that we 
ought to be working on preventing the shutdown.
  If you look at the shutdowns that we have had since the 1990s, in 
1995 it was a Republican House that had a 5-day shutdown. That was 
November 13, 1995. On December 15, 1995, there was another Republican-
led House with 21 days of a shutdown. Then on September 30, 2013, 
again, for 16 days it was a Republican-led House that allowed the 
shutdown. Then on January 19, 2018, another Republican-led House 
shutdown lasted for 2 days. Then on December 21, 2018, there was 
another Republican-led House shutdown for 34 days.
  So, again, I hope that on Saturday or on Sunday at 12:01 there is not 
another Republican-led shutdown. We are asking you please give us 
input. Let's sit down. Let's talk about it. I have a lot of respect for 
Mr. Joyce and his staff. I know we can do this together. We will be 
voting ``no'' on this, but I know at the end of this process we will be 
voting together on this on a ``yes'' bill.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I thought we were here to talk about 
the Homeland Security appropriations bill, and I look forward to having 
further discussion and reviewing these amendments.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. All time for general debate has expired.
  Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the 5-minute rule. The bill shall be considered as read.

                               H.R. 4367

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of 
     Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2024, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

   DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INTELLIGENCE, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND 
                               OVERSIGHT

            Office of the Secretary and Executive Management

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary and 
     for executive management for operations and support, 
     $279,606,000; of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That $5,000,000 shall be 
     withheld from obligation until the Secretary submits, to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate, responses to all questions for the record for 
     each hearing on the fiscal year 2025 budget submission for 
     the Department of Homeland Security held by such Committees 
     prior to July 1:  Provided further, That $25,000,000 shall be 
     withheld from obligation until the Secretary submits the 
     reports required by subsection (g) of section 1092 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (6 
     U.S.C. 223) and subsection (b) of section 386 of the Illegal 
     Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
     (8 U.S.C. 1368).

                         Management Directorate

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for 
     operations and support, $1,695,326,000:  Provided, That not 
     to exceed $2,000 shall be for official reception and 
     representation expenses.

              procurement, construction, and improvements

       For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for 
     procurement, construction, and improvements, $127,758,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2026.

                       federal protective service

       The revenues and collections of security fees credited to 
     this account shall be available until expended for necessary 
     expenses related to the protection of federally owned and 
     leased buildings and for the operations of the Federal 
     Protective Service.

           Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Awareness

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and 
     Analysis and the Office of Homeland Security Situational 
     Awareness for operations and support, $348,736,000, of which 
     $105,701,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025: 
      Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official 
     reception and representation expenses and not to exceed 
     $2,000,000 is available for facility needs associated with 
     secure space at fusion centers, including improvements to 
     buildings.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     for operations and support, $228,371,000:  Provided, That not 
     to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain confidential 
     operational expenses, including the payment of informants, to 
     be expended at the direction of the Inspector General.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 101. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
     submit a report not later than October 15, 2024, to the 
     Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security 
     listing all grants and contracts awarded by any means other 
     than full and open competition during fiscal years 2023 or 
     2024.
       (b) The Inspector General shall review the report required 
     by subsection (a) to assess departmental compliance with 
     applicable laws and regulations and report the results of 
     that review to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate not later than February 15, 
     2025.
       Sec. 102.  Not later than 30 days after the last day of 
     each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of 
     Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     a monthly budget and staffing report that includes total 
     obligations of the Department for that month and for the 
     fiscal year at the appropriation and program, project, and 
     activity levels, by the source year of the appropriation.
       Sec. 103. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate of any proposed transfers of 
     funds available under section 9705(g)(4)(B) of title 31, 
     United States Code, from the Department of the Treasury 
     Forfeiture Fund to any agency within the Department of 
     Homeland Security.
       (b) None of the funds identified for such a transfer may be 
     obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate are notified of the 
     proposed transfer.
       Sec. 104.  All official costs associated with the use of 
     Government aircraft by Department of Homeland Security 
     personnel to support official travel of the Secretary and the 
     Deputy Secretary shall be paid from amounts made available 
     for the Office of the Secretary.
       Sec. 105. (a) The Under Secretary for Management shall 
     brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate not later than 45 days after 
     the end of each fiscal quarter on all Level 1 and Level 2 
     acquisition programs on the Master Acquisition Oversight list 
     between Acquisition Decision Event and Full Operational 
     Capability, including programs that have been removed from 
     such list during the preceding quarter.
       (b) For each such program, the briefing described in 
     subsection (a) shall include--
       (1) a description of the purpose of the program, including 
     the capabilities being acquired and the component(s) 
     sponsoring the acquisition;
       (2) the total number of units, as appropriate, to be 
     acquired annually until procurement is complete under the 
     current acquisition program baseline;
       (3) the Acquisition Review Board status, including--
       (A) the current acquisition phase by increment, as 
     applicable;
       (B) the date of the most recent review; and
       (C) whether the program has been paused or is in breach 
     status;
       (4) a comparison between the initial Department-approved 
     acquisition program baseline cost, schedule, and performance 
     thresholds and objectives and the program's current such 
     thresholds and objectives, if applicable;
       (5) the lifecycle cost estimate, adjusted for comparison to 
     the Future Years Homeland Security Program, including--
       (A) the confidence level for the estimate;

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       (B) the fiscal years included in the estimate;
       (C) a breakout of the estimate for the prior five years, 
     the current year, and the budget year;
       (D) a breakout of the estimate by appropriation account or 
     other funding source; and
       (E) a description of and rationale for any changes to the 
     estimate as compared to the previously approved baseline, as 
     applicable, and during the prior fiscal year;
       (6) a summary of the findings of any independent 
     verification and validation of the items to be acquired or an 
     explanation for why no such verification and validation has 
     been performed;
       (7) a table displaying the obligation of all program funds 
     by prior fiscal year, the estimated obligation of funds for 
     the current fiscal year, and an estimate for the planned 
     carryover of funds into the subsequent fiscal year;
       (8) a listing of prime contractors and major 
     subcontractors; and
       (9) narrative descriptions of risks to cost, schedule, or 
     performance that could result in a program breach if not 
     successfully mitigated.
       (c) The Under Secretary for Management shall submit each 
     approved Acquisition Decision Memorandum for programs 
     described in this section to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 
     five business days after the date of approval of such 
     memorandum by the Under Secretary for Management or the 
     designee of the Under Secretary.
       Sec. 106. (a) None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Homeland Security in this Act or prior 
     appropriations Acts may be obligated for any new pilot or 
     demonstration unless the component or office carrying out 
     such pilot or demonstration has documented the information 
     described in subsection (c).
       (b) Prior to the obligation of any such funds made 
     available for ``Operations and Support'' for a new pilot or 
     demonstration, the Under Secretary for Management shall 
     provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate on the information 
     described in subsection (c).
       (c) The information required under subsections (a) and (b) 
     for a pilot or demonstration shall include the following--
       (1) documented objectives that are well-defined and 
     measurable;
       (2) an assessment methodology that details--
       (A) the type and source of assessment data;
       (B) the methods for, and frequency of, collecting such 
     data; and
       (C) how such data will be analyzed; and
       (3) an implementation plan, including milestones, cost 
     estimates, and implementation schedules, including a 
     projected end date.
       (d) Not later than 90 days after the date of completion of 
     a pilot or demonstration described in subsection (e) the 
     Under Secretary for Management shall provide a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate detailing lessons learned, actual costs, any 
     planned expansion or continuation of the pilot or 
     demonstration, and any planned transition of such pilot or 
     demonstration into an enduring program or operation.
       (e) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or 
     demonstration program is a study, demonstration, experimental 
     program, or trial that--
       (1) is a small-scale, short-term experiment conducted in 
     order to evaluate feasibility, duration, costs, or adverse 
     events, and improve upon the design of an effort prior to 
     implementation of a larger scale effort; and
       (2) uses more than 10 full-time equivalents or obligates, 
     or proposes to obligate, $5,000,000 or more, but does not 
     include congressionally directed programs or enhancements and 
     does not include programs that were in operation as of 
     December 29, 2022.
       (f) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or 
     demonstration does not include any testing, evaluation, or 
     initial deployment phase executed under a procurement 
     contract for the acquisition of information technology 
     services or systems, or any pilot or demonstration carried 
     out by a non-federal recipient under any financial assistance 
     agreement funded by the Department.

                                TITLE II

               SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS

                   U.S. Customs and Border Protection

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection for operations and support, including the 
     transportation of unaccompanied alien minors; the provision 
     of air and marine support to Federal, State, local, and 
     international agencies in the enforcement or administration 
     of laws enforced by the Department of Homeland Security; at 
     the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
     provision of such support to Federal, State, and local 
     agencies in other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian 
     efforts; the purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for 
     replacement only) police-type vehicles; the purchase, 
     maintenance, or operation of marine vessels, aircraft, and 
     unmanned aerial systems; and contracting with individuals for 
     personal services abroad; $16,241,678,000; of which 
     $3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
     Fund for administrative expenses related to the collection of 
     the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant to section 9505(c)(3) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and 
     notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security 
     Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which $700,000,000 shall 
     be available until September 30, 2025; and of which such sums 
     as become available in the Customs User Fee Account, except 
     sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated 
     Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
     58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account:  Provided, 
     That not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official reception 
     and representation expenses:  Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for rental 
     space in connection with preclearance operations:  Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be for awards of 
     compensation to informants, to be accounted for solely under 
     the certificate of the Secretary of Homeland Security.

              procurement, construction, and improvements

       For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
     including procurement of physical barriers, marine vessels, 
     aircraft, and unmanned aerial systems, $2,965,653,000, of 
     which $741,885,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2026; and of which $2,223,768,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2028.

                U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement for operations and support, including the 
     purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement 
     only) police-type vehicles; overseas vetted units, including 
     stipends for members of such units; and maintenance, minor 
     construction, and minor leasehold improvements at owned and 
     leased facilities; $9,758,297,000; of which not less than 
     $6,000,000 shall remain available until expended for efforts 
     to enforce laws against forced child labor; of which 
     $46,696,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025; 
     of which not less than $2,000,000 is for paid apprenticeships 
     for participants in the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative 
     Child-Rescue Corps; of which not less than $15,000,000 shall 
     be available for investigation of intellectual property 
     rights violations, including operation of the National 
     Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; and of 
     which not less than $5,310,547,000 shall be for enforcement, 
     detention, and removal operations, including transportation 
     of unaccompanied alien minors:  Provided, That not to exceed 
     $11,475 shall be for official reception and representation 
     expenses:  Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 
     shall be available until expended for conducting special 
     operations under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act 
     of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081):  Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to 
     informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate 
     of the Secretary of Homeland Security:  Provided further, 
     That not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund or 
     reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs associated 
     with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled 
     aliens unlawfully present in the United States:  Provided 
     further, That not less than $2,000,000 shall be for entering 
     into new agreements for the delegation of law enforcement 
     authority authorized under section 287(g) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act:  Provided further, That funding made 
     available under this heading shall maintain a level of not 
     less than 41,500 detention beds through September 30, 2024.

              procurement, construction, and improvements

       For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
     $50,520,000, of which $35,420,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2026, and of which $15,100,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2028.

                 Transportation Security Administration

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
     Administration for operations and support, $10,118,131,000, 
     of which $600,000,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 2025:  Provided, That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for 
     official reception and representation expenses:  Provided 
     further, That security service fees authorized under section 
     44940 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to 
     this appropriation as offsetting collections and shall be 
     available only for aviation security:  Provided further, That 
     the sum appropriated under this heading from the general fund 
     shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such 
     offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2024 
     so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the 
     general fund estimated at not more than $7,498,131,000.

              procurement, construction, and improvements

       For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
     Administration for procurement, construction, and 
     improvements, $130,340,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2026.

                        research and development

       For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
     Administration for research

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     and development, $33,532,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2025.

                              Coast Guard

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for operations 
     and support including the Coast Guard Reserve; purchase or 
     lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, which 
     shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease of small 
     boats for contingent and emergent requirements (at a unit 
     cost of not more than $700,000) and repairs and service-life 
     replacements, not to exceed a total of $31,000,000; purchase, 
     lease, or improvements of boats necessary for overseas 
     deployments and activities; payments pursuant to section 156 
     of Public Law 97-377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and 
     recreation and welfare; $10,222,488,000, of which 
     $530,000,000 shall be for defense-related activities; of 
     which $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill 
     Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 
     1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
     2712(a)(5)); of which $20,000,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2026; of which $24,717,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2028, for environmental 
     compliance and restoration; and of which $100,000,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2025, which shall only 
     be available for vessel depot level maintenance:  Provided, 
     That not to exceed $23,000 shall be for official reception 
     and representation expenses.

              procurement, construction, and improvements

       For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for procurement, 
     construction, and improvements, including aids to navigation, 
     shore facilities (including facilities at Department of 
     Defense installations used by the Coast Guard), and vessels 
     and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, 
     $1,981,194,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028; 
     of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill 
     Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 
     1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
     2712(a)(5)).

                        research and development

       For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for research and 
     development; and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and 
     operation of facilities and equipment; $7,476,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2026, of which $500,000 shall 
     be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry 
     out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution 
     Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)):  Provided, That there may 
     be credited to and used for the purposes of this 
     appropriation funds received from State and local 
     governments, other public authorities, private sources, and 
     foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, 
     development, testing, and evaluation.

                              retired pay

       For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
     otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this 
     purpose, payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family 
     Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for career 
     status bonuses, payment of continuation pay under section 356 
     of title 37, United States Code, concurrent receipts, combat-
     related special compensation, and payments for medical care 
     of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of 
     title 10, United States Code, $1,147,244,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                      United States Secret Service

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service 
     for operations and support, including purchase of not to 
     exceed 652 vehicles for police-type use; hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the United 
     States; hire of aircraft; rental of buildings in the District 
     of Columbia; fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other 
     facilities on private or other property not in Government 
     ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform 
     protective functions; conduct of and participation in 
     firearms matches; presentation of awards; conduct of 
     behavioral research in support of protective intelligence and 
     operations; payment in advance for commercial accommodations 
     as may be necessary to perform protective functions; and 
     payment, without regard to section 5702 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of subsistence expenses of employees who are on 
     protective missions, whether at or away from their duty 
     stations; $2,949,463,000; of which $114,599,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2025, and of which $6,000,000 
     shall be for a grant for activities related to investigations 
     of missing and exploited children; and of which up to 
     $30,000,000 may be for calendar year 2023 premium pay in 
     excess of the annual equivalent of the limitation on the rate 
     of pay contained in section 5547(a) of title 5, United States 
     Code, pursuant to section 2 of the Overtime Pay for 
     Protective Services Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as last 
     amended by Public Law 116-269:  Provided, That not to exceed 
     $19,125 shall be for official reception and representation 
     expenses:  Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 
     shall be to provide technical assistance and equipment to 
     foreign law enforcement organizations in criminal 
     investigations within the jurisdiction of the United States 
     Secret Service.

              procurement, construction, and improvements

       For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service 
     for procurement, construction, and improvements, $61,098,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2026.

                        research and development

       For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service 
     for research and development, $4,217,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2025.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 201.  Section 201 of the Department of Homeland 
     Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public Law 
     115-141), related to overtime compensation limitations, shall 
     apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in the 
     same manner as such section applied to funds made available 
     in that Act, except that ``fiscal year 2024'' shall be 
     substituted for ``fiscal year 2018''.
       Sec. 202.  Funding made available under the headings ``U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection--Operations and Support'' and 
     ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Procurement, 
     Construction, and Improvements'' shall be available for 
     customs expenses when necessary to maintain operations and 
     prevent adverse personnel actions in Puerto Rico and the U.S. 
     Virgin Islands, in addition to funding provided by sections 
     740 and 1406i of title 48, United States Code.
       Sec. 203.  As authorized by section 601(b) of the United 
     States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act 
     (Public Law 112-42), fees collected from passengers arriving 
     from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent island pursuant to 
     section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be 
     available until expended.
       Sec. 204. (a) For an additional amount for ``U.S. Customs 
     and Border Protection--Operations and Support'', $31,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts 
     collected and credited to this appropriation in fiscal year 
     2024 from amounts authorized to be collected by section 
     286(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8311), and section 817 of 
     the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 
     (Public Law 114-125), or other such authorizing language.
       (b) To the extent that amounts realized from such 
     collections exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess of 
     $31,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation, to 
     remain available until expended.
       Sec. 205.  None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used to prevent an 
     individual not in the business of importing a prescription 
     drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) of the Federal 
     Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from importing a prescription 
     drug from Canada that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, 
     and Cosmetic Act:  Provided, That this section shall apply 
     only to individuals transporting on their person a personal-
     use quantity of the prescription drug, not to exceed a 90-day 
     supply:  Provided further, That the prescription drug may not 
     be--
       (1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of 
     the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); or
       (2) a biological product, as defined in section 351 of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262).
       Sec. 206. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     none of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be 
     used to approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel-
     inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, 
     United States Code, for the transportation of crude oil 
     distributed from and to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until 
     the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with 
     the Secretaries of the Departments of Energy and 
     Transportation and representatives from the United States 
     flag maritime industry, takes adequate measures to ensure the 
     use of United States flag vessels.
       (b) The Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
     the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation of the Senate within 2 business 
     days of any request for waivers of navigation and vessel-
     inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, 
     United States Code, with respect to such transportation, and 
     the disposition of such requests.
       Sec. 207. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not--
       (1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any new border 
     crossing fee on individuals crossing the Southern border or 
     the Northern border at a land port of entry; or
       (2) conduct any study relating to the imposition of a 
     border crossing fee.
       (b) In this section, the term ``border crossing fee'' means 
     a fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and 
     passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay for 
     the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the Northern 
     border at a land port of entry.
       Sec. 208. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
     Border Protection shall submit an expenditure plan for any 
     amounts made available for ``U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection--Procurement, Construction, and Improvements'' in 
     this Act and prior Acts to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
       (b) No such amounts provided in this Act may be obligated 
     prior to the submission of such plan.

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       Sec. 209.  Section 211 of the Department of Homeland 
     Security Appropriations Act, 2021 (division F of Public Law 
     116-260), prohibiting the use of funds for the construction 
     of fencing in certain areas, shall apply with respect to 
     funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such 
     section applied to funds made available in that Act.
       Sec. 210. (a) Funds made available in this Act may be used 
     to alter operations within the National Targeting Center of 
     U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
       (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided by 
     previous appropriations Acts that remain available for 
     obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided 
     from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
     derived by the collection of fees available to the components 
     funded by this Act, may be used to reduce anticipated or 
     planned vetting operations at existing locations unless 
     specifically authorized by a statute enacted after the date 
     of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 211. (a) Of the total amount made available under 
     ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Procurement, 
     Construction, and Improvements'', $2,965,653,000 shall be 
     available only as follows:
       (1) $2,104,000,000 for the acquisition and deployment of 
     physical barriers;
       (2) $276,000,000 for the acquisition and deployment of 
     border security technologies;
       (3) $305,400,000 for trade and travel assets and 
     infrastructure;
       (4) $119,768,000 for facility construction and 
     improvements;
       (5) $123,232,000 for integrated operations assets and 
     infrastructure; and
       (6) $37,253,000 for mission support and infrastructure.
       (b) None of the funds allocated for pedestrian physical 
     barriers may be made available for any purpose other than the 
     construction of steel bollard pedestrian barrier built at 
     least 18 to 30 feet in effective height and augmented with 
     anti-climb and anti-dig features.
       (c) None of the funds allocated for pedestrian physical 
     barriers may be made available for any purpose other than 
     construction of pedestrian barriers consistent with the 
     description in subsection (b) at locations identified in the 
     Border Security Improvement Plan submitted to Congress on 
     August 1, 2020.  
       (d) The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
     may reprioritize the construction of physical barriers 
     outlined in the Border Security Improvement Plan and, with 
     prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate, add additional miles 
     of pedestrian physical barriers where no such barriers exist, 
     prioritized by operational requirements developed in 
     coordination with U.S. Border Patrol leadership.
       (e) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall begin to 
     obligate amounts for physical barrier construction no later 
     than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
       (f) For purposes of this section, the term ``effective 
     height'' refers to the height above the level of the adjacent 
     terrain features.
       Sec. 212.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be obligated, expended, or 
     transferred to another Federal agency, board, or commission 
     to be used to dismantle, demolish, remove, or damage existing 
     United States-Mexico physical barriers at any location where 
     such barriers have been constructed as of the date of 
     enactment of this Act unless such barrier is simultaneously 
     being repaired or replaced.
       Sec. 213.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to utilize the 
     U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP One Application, or 
     any successor application, to facilitate the parole of any 
     alien into the United States.
       Sec. 214.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to reduce 
     participation in or substantively diminish the delegation of 
     law enforcement authority authorized under section 287(g) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act, except as provided in 
     section 215 of this Act.
       Sec. 215.  None of the funds provided under the heading 
     ``U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Operations and 
     Support'' may be used to continue a delegation of law 
     enforcement authority authorized under section 287(g) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the 
     Department of Homeland Security Inspector General determines 
     that the terms of the agreement governing the delegation of 
     authority have been materially violated.
       Sec. 216. (a) None of the funds provided under the heading 
     ``U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Operations and 
     Support'' may be used to continue any contract for the 
     provision of detention services if the two most recent 
     overall performance evaluations received by the contracted 
     facility are less than ``adequate'' or the equivalent median 
     score in any subsequent performance evaluation system.
       (b) The performance evaluations referenced in subsection 
     (a) shall be conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement Office of Professional Responsibility.
       Sec. 217.  Without regard to the limitation as to time and 
     condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary may 
     reprogram within and transfer funds to ``U.S. Immigration and 
     Customs Enforcement--Operations and Support'' as necessary to 
     ensure the detention of aliens prioritized for removal.
       Sec. 218.  The reports required to be submitted under 
     section 216 of the Department of Homeland Security 
     Appropriations Act, 2021 (division F of Public Law 116-260) 
     shall continue to be submitted semimonthly and each matter 
     required to be included in such reports by such section 216 
     shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent during 
     the period described in such section 216.
       Sec. 219.  The terms and conditions of section 217 of the 
     Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 
     (division D of Public Law 116-93) shall apply to this Act.
       Sec. 220.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to implement, 
     administer, or otherwise carry out the activities and 
     policies described in the memorandum issued by the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security on September 30, 2021, entitled 
     ``Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law'' 
     or described in the memorandum issued by Kerry Doyle, 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement Principal Legal Advisor 
     on April 3, 2022, entitled ``Guidance to OPLA Attorneys 
     Regarding the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Laws and the 
     Exercise of Prosecutorial Discretion'' or any successor or 
     similar memorandum or policy.
       Sec. 221. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be made available to transport 
     aliens unlawfully present in, paroled into, or inadmissible 
     to the United States into the interior of the United States 
     for purposes other than enforcement of the immigration laws 
     (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)).
       (b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply 
     with respect to amounts made available to transport 
     unaccompanied alien children (as such term is defined in 
     section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
     279)).
       Sec. 222. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act for ``U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement'' may be used to pay for or facilitate an 
     abortion, except where the life of the mother would be 
     endangered if the fetus would be carried to term, or in the 
     case of rape or incest.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act for ``U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement'' may be used to require any person to perform, 
     or facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion.
       Sec. 223.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to administer 
     hormone therapy medication or perform or facilitate any 
     surgery for any person in custody of U.S. Immigration and 
     Customs Enforcement for the purpose of gender-affirming care.
       Sec. 224.  The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
     allocate amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
     under the heading ``U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement--Operations and Support'' by this Act in order 
     to--
       (1) prioritize detention by using such amounts to ensure 
     that the average daily population of detainees is maintained 
     at the full capacity funded by this Act throughout the fiscal 
     year; and
       (2) ensure that every alien on the non-detained docket is 
     enrolled into the Alternatives to Detention Program with 
     mandatory GPS monitoring throughout the duration of all 
     applicable immigration proceedings (including any appeals) 
     and until removal, if ordered removed.
       Sec. 225.  Members of the United States House of 
     Representatives and the United States Senate, including the 
     leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and commissions, 
     including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, 
     and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of Homeland 
     Security; the United States Attorney General, Deputy Attorney 
     General, Assistant Attorneys General, and the United States 
     Attorneys; and senior members of the Executive Office of the 
     President, including the Director of the Office of Management 
     and Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and 
     baggage screening.
       Sec. 226.  Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 
     United States Code, for fiscal year 2024, any funds in the 
     Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section 
     44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used for the 
     procurement and installation of explosives detection systems 
     or for the issuance of other transaction agreements for the 
     purpose of funding projects described in section 44923(a) of 
     such title.
       Sec. 227.  Not later than 45 days after the submission of 
     the President's budget proposal, the Administrator of the 
     Transportation Security Administration shall submit to the 
     Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Security in the 
     House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations 
     and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 
     single report that fulfills the following requirements:
       (1) a Capital Investment Plan, both constrained and 
     unconstrained, that includes a plan for continuous and 
     sustained capital investment in new, and the replacement of 
     aged, transportation security equipment;
       (2) the 5-year technology investment plan as required by 
     section 1611 of title XVI of the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002, as amended by section 3 of the Transportation Security 
     Acquisition Reform Act (Public Law 113-245); and
       (3) the Advanced Integrated Passenger Screening 
     Technologies report as required by the Senate Report 
     accompanying the Department of Homeland Security 
     Appropriations Act, 2019 (Senate Report 115-283).

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       Sec. 228.  None of the funds made available under the 
     heading ``Transportation Security Administration--Operations 
     and Support'' may be made available for the purpose of 
     implementation of any structural pay reform that would alter 
     the pay structure in place as of October 1, 2022, for any 
     employee that is not a Transportation Security Officer.
       Sec. 229. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     under the heading ``Coast Guard--Operations and Support'' 
     shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels under 
     section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, except to the 
     extent fees are collected from owners of yachts and credited 
     to the appropriation made available by this Act under the 
     heading ``Coast Guard--Operations and Support''.
       (b) To the extent such fees are insufficient to pay 
     expenses of recreational vessel documentation under such 
     section 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel 
     applications, personnel performing non-recreational vessel 
     documentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 121 of 
     title 46, United States Code, may perform documentation under 
     section 12114.
       Sec. 230.  Without regard to the limitation as to time and 
     condition of section 503(d) of this Act, after June 30, in 
     accordance with the notification requirement described in 
     subsection (b) of such section, up to the following amounts 
     may be reprogrammed within ``Coast Guard--Operations and 
     Support''--
       (1) $10,000,000 to or from the ``Military Personnel'' 
     funding category; and
       (2) $10,000,000 between the ``Field Operations'' funding 
     subcategories.
       Sec. 231.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate a future-years capital investment plan as described in 
     the second proviso under the heading ``Coast Guard--
     Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements'' in the 
     Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 
     (Public Law 114-4), which shall be subject to the 
     requirements in the third and fourth provisos under such 
     heading.
       Sec. 232.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
     reduce the Coast Guard's legacy Operations Systems Center 
     mission or its government-employed or contract staff levels.
       Sec. 233.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a 
     competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-
     76 for activities performed with respect to the Coast Guard 
     National Vessel Documentation Center.
       Sec. 234.  Funds made available in this Act may be used to 
     alter operations within the Civil Engineering Program of the 
     Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engineering units, 
     facilities design and construction centers, maintenance and 
     logistics commands, and the Coast Guard Academy, except that 
     none of the funds provided in this Act may be used to reduce 
     operations within any civil engineering unit unless 
     specifically authorized by a statute enacted after the date 
     of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 235.  Amounts deposited into the Coast Guard Housing 
     Fund in fiscal year 2024 shall be available until expended to 
     carry out the purposes of section 2946 of title 14, United 
     States Code, and shall be in addition to funds otherwise 
     available for such purposes.
       Sec. 236. (a) Notwithstanding section 2110 of title 46, 
     United States Code, none of the funds made available in this 
     Act shall be used to charge a fee for an inspection of a 
     towing vessel, as defined in 46 CFR 136.110, that utilizes 
     the Towing Safety Management System option for a Certificate 
     of Inspection issued under subchapter M of title 46, Code of 
     Federal Regulations.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply after the date the 
     Commandant of the Coast Guard makes a determination under 
     section 815(a) of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard 
     Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-282) and, as 
     necessary based on such determination, carries out the 
     requirements of section 815(b) of such Act.
       Sec. 237.  The United States Secret Service is authorized 
     to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from 
     executive agencies, as defined in section 105 of title 5, 
     United States Code, for personnel receiving training 
     sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Center, except that 
     total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not 
     exceed total budgetary resources available under the heading 
     ``United States Secret Service--Operations and Support'' at 
     the end of the fiscal year.
       Sec. 238. (a) None of the funds made available to the 
     United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous 
     appropriations Acts may be made available for the protection 
     of the head of a Federal agency other than the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security.
       (b) The Director of the United States Secret Service may 
     enter into agreements to provide such protection on a fully 
     reimbursable basis.
       Sec. 239.  For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this Act, 
     up to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within ``United States 
     Secret Service--Operations and Support''.
       Sec. 240.  Funding made available in this Act for ``United 
     States Secret Service--Operations and Support'' is available 
     for travel of United States Secret Service employees on 
     protective missions without regard to the limitations on such 
     expenditures in this or any other Act if the Director of the 
     United States Secret Service or a designee notifies the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate 10 or more days in advance, or as early as 
     practicable, prior to such expenditures.
       Sec. 241.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to implement, 
     administer, or otherwise carry out the policies described in 
     the directive issued by the Acting Commissioner of U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection on January 10, 2023, entitled 
     ``Emergency Driving and Vehicular Pursuits'', or any 
     successor or similar directive or policy.
       Sec. 242.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to admit an alien 
     into the United States based on a Department of Homeland 
     Security Form I-20 (Certificate of Eligibility for 
     Nonimmigrant Student Status) issued by a college, university, 
     or other institution of higher education that is not 
     accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or 
     association recognized by the Secretary of Education pursuant 
     to part H of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 1099a et seq.).
       Sec. 243.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to parole into 
     the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, for the 
     purpose of temporary visit for business or pleasure without a 
     visa, an alien who is a national of the People's Republic of 
     China.
       Sec. 244.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act or previous appropriations Acts under 
     the heading ``Coast Guard--Procurement, Construction, and 
     Improvements'' that remain available for obligation in fiscal 
     year 2024 within the Waterways Commerce Cutter Program may be 
     used to enter into or carry out a procurement contract with 
     any entity deemed not eligible for an award from a size 
     standpoint by the Small Business Administration.

                               TITLE III

            PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY

            Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and 
     Infrastructure Security Agency for operations and support, 
     $2,370,963,000, of which $24,424,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That not to exceed 
     $3,825 shall be for official reception and representation 
     expenses: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be withheld 
     from obligation until the reports and briefings directed 
     under this heading in the explanatory statement accompanying 
     Public Law 117-103 have been submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate.

              procurement, construction, and improvements

       For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and 
     Infrastructure Security Agency for procurement, construction, 
     and improvements, $553,537,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2026.

                        research and development

       For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and 
     Infrastructure Security Agency for research and development, 
     $1,791,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency for operations and support, $1,521,248,000:  Provided, 
     That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and 
     representation expenses.

              procurement, construction, and improvements

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
     $119,137,000, of which $81,637,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2026, and of which $37,500,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2028.

                           federal assistance

       For activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
     for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, cooperative 
     agreements, and other activities, $3,742,460,342, which shall 
     be allocated as follows:
       (1) $530,000,000 for the State Homeland Security Grant 
     Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which $100,000,000 shall be for 
     Operation Stonegarden and $15,000,000 shall be for Tribal 
     Homeland Security Grants under section 2005 of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 606):  Provided, That 
     notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for 
     fiscal year 2024, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make 
     available to local and tribal governments amounts provided to 
     the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in 
     accordance with subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004.
       (2) $615,000,000 for the Urban Area Security Initiative 
     under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
     U.S.C. 604).
       (3) $315,000,000 for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program 
     under section 2009 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
     U.S.C. 609a), of which $157,500,000 is for eligible 
     recipients located in high-risk urban areas that receive 
     funding under section 2003 of such Act and $157,500,000 is 
     for eligible recipients that are located outside such areas:  
     Provided, That eligible recipients are those described in 
     section 2009(b) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 609a(b)) or are an 
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     recipient at risk of a terrorist or other extremist attack.
       (4) $105,000,000 for Public Transportation Security 
     Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and Over-the-Road 
     Bus Security Assistance under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 
     of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
     Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which 
     $10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security and $2,000,000 shall 
     be for Over-the-Road Bus Security:  Provided, That such 
     public transportation security assistance shall be provided 
     directly to public transportation agencies.
       (5) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in accordance 
     with section 70107 of title 46, United States Code.
       (6) $720,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2025, of which $360,000,000 shall be for Assistance to 
     Firefighter Grants and $360,000,000 shall be for Staffing for 
     Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants under sections 33 
     and 34 respectively of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
     Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 2229a).
       (7) $355,000,000 for emergency management performance 
     grants under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
     U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
     and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake 
     Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), section 762 
     of title 6, United States Code, and Reorganization Plan No. 3 
     of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
       (8) $312,750,000 for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard 
     Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addition to and to supplement 
     any other sums appropriated under the National Flood 
     Insurance Fund, and such additional sums as may be provided 
     by States or other political subdivisions for cost-shared 
     mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the National 
     Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain 
     available until expended.
       (9) $12,000,000 for Regional Catastrophic Preparedness 
     Grants.
       (10) $130,000,000 for the emergency food and shelter 
     program under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), to remain available until 
     September 30, 2025:  Provided, That not to exceed 3.5 percent 
     shall be for total administrative costs.
       (11) $40,000,000 for the Next Generation Warning System.
       (12) $181,223,342 for Community Project Funding grants, 
     which shall be for the purposes, and the amounts, specified 
     in the table entitled ``Homeland Security--Community Project 
     Funding'' in the report accompanying this Act, of which--
       (A) $65,627,263, in addition to amounts otherwise made 
     available for such purpose, is for emergency operations 
     center grants under section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     5196c); and
       (B) $115,596,079, in addition to amounts otherwise made 
     available for such purpose, is for pre-disaster mitigation 
     grants under section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(e), 
     notwithstanding subsections (f), (g), and (l) of that section 
     (42 U.S.C. 5133(f), (g), (l)).
       (13) $326,487,000 to sustain current operations for 
     training, exercises, technical assistance, and other 
     programs.

                          disaster relief fund

       For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $20,406,341,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which $20,261,000,000 shall be for major 
     disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
     et seq.) and is designated by the Congress as being for 
     disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                     national flood insurance fund

       For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 
     1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protection 
     Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert-Waters 
     Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-141, 126 
     Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability 
     Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-89; 128 Stat. 1020), 
     $239,983,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
     which shall be derived from offsetting amounts collected 
     under section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
     1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which $18,917,000 shall be 
     available for mission support associated with flood 
     management; and of which $221,066,000 shall be available for 
     flood plain management and flood mapping:  Provided, That any 
     additional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the 
     National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) 
     shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account, 
     to be available for flood plain management and flood mapping: 
      Provided further, That in fiscal year 2024, no funds shall 
     be available from the National Flood Insurance Fund under 
     section 1310 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
     U.S.C. 4017) in excess of--
       (1) $230,504,000 for operating expenses and salaries and 
     expenses associated with flood insurance operations;
       (2) $1,300,000,000 for commissions and taxes of agents;
       (3) such sums as are necessary for interest on Treasury 
     borrowings; and
       (4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available until 
     expended, for flood mitigation actions and for flood 
     mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the National 
     Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c), 
     notwithstanding sections 1366(e) and 1310(a)(7) of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017):
       Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 
     102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
     4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance 
     Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e)), shall be deposited in the 
     National Flood Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts 
     specified as available for section 1366 of the National Flood 
     Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding section 102(f)(8), 
     section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 
     and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 1367(b) of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(1)-(3)):  Provided 
     further, That total administrative costs shall not exceed 4 
     percent of the total appropriation:  Provided further, That 
     up to $5,000,000 is available to carry out section 24 of the 
     Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (42 
     U.S.C. 4033).

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 301. (a) The Director of the Cybersecurity and 
     Infrastructure Security Agency (or the Director's designee) 
     shall provide the briefings to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     described under the heading ``Quarterly Budget and Staffing 
     Briefings'' in the explanatory statement for division F of 
     Public Law 117-103 described in section 4 in the matter 
     preceding division A of such Public Law--
       (1) with respect to the first quarter of fiscal year 2024, 
     not later than the later of 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act or January 30, 2024; and
       (2) with respect to each subsequent fiscal quarter in 
     fiscal year 2024, not later than 21 days after the end of 
     each such quarter.
       (b) In the event that any such briefing required during 
     this fiscal year under subsection (a) is not provided, the 
     amount made available in title III to the Cybersecurity and 
     Infrastructure Security Agency under the heading ``Operations 
     and Support'' shall be reduced by $50,000 for each day of 
     noncompliance with subsection (a), and the amount made 
     available under such heading and specified in the detailed 
     funding table in the report accompanying this Act for Mission 
     Support shall be correspondingly reduced by an equivalent 
     amount.
       Sec. 302. (a) Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) of the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(12)) or any 
     other provision of law, not more than 5 percent of the amount 
     of a grant made available in paragraphs (1) through (5) under 
     ``Federal Emergency Management Agency--Federal Assistance'', 
     may be used by the recipient for expenses directly related to 
     administration of the grant.
       (b) The authority provided in subsection (a) shall also 
     apply to a state recipient for the administration of a grant 
     under such paragraph (3).
       Sec. 303.  Applications for grants under the heading 
     ``Federal Emergency Management Agency--Federal Assistance'', 
     for paragraphs (1) through (5), shall be made available to 
     eligible applicants not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, eligible applicants shall submit 
     applications not later than 80 days after the grant 
     announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency shall act within 65 days after the receipt 
     of an application.
       Sec. 304. (a) Under the heading ``Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency--Federal Assistance'', for grants under 
     paragraphs (1) through (5) and (9), the Administrator of the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency shall brief the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate 5 full business days in advance of announcing 
     publicly the intention of making an award.
       (b) If any such public announcement is made before 5 full 
     business days have elapsed following such briefing, 
     $1,000,000 of amounts appropriated by this Act for ``Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency--Operations and Support'' shall 
     be rescinded.
       Sec. 305.  Under the heading ``Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency--Federal Assistance'', for grants under paragraphs (1) 
     and (2), the installation of communications towers is not 
     considered construction of a building or other physical 
     facility.
       Sec. 306.  The reporting requirements in paragraphs (1) and 
     (2) under the heading ``Federal Emergency Management Agency--
     Disaster Relief Fund'' in the Department of Homeland Security 
     Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114-4), related to 
     reporting on the Disaster Relief Fund, shall be applied in 
     fiscal year 2024 with respect to budget year 2025 and current 
     fiscal year 2024, respectively--
       (1) in paragraph (1) by substituting ``fiscal year 2025'' 
     for ``fiscal year 2016''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ``business'' after 
     ``fifth''.
       Sec. 307.  In making grants under the heading ``Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency--Federal Assistance'', for 
     Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grants, the 
     Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may 
     grant waivers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), 
     (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 
     34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 
     U.S.C. 2229a).
       Sec. 308. (a) The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal 
     year 2024, as authorized in title III of the Departments of 
     Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development,

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     and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 
     5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the amounts 
     anticipated by the Department of Homeland Security to be 
     necessary for its Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program 
     for the next fiscal year.
       (b) The methodology for assessment and collection of fees 
     shall be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of 
     providing such services, including administrative costs of 
     collecting such fees.
       (c) Such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological 
     Emergency Preparedness Program account as offsetting 
     collections and will become available for authorized purposes 
     on October 1, 2024, and remain available until expended.
       Sec. 309.  In making grants under the heading ``Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency--Federal Assistance'', for 
     Assistance to Firefighter Grants, the Administrator of the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency may waive subsection (k) 
     of section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
     of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229).

                                TITLE IV

             RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES

               U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
     Services for operations and support of the E-Verify Program, 
     $111,865,000:  Provided, That such amounts shall be in 
     addition to any other amounts made available for such 
     purposes, and shall not be construed to require any reduction 
     of any fee described in section 286(m) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)).

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Centers for operations and support, including the 
     purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use 
     and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as 
     authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
     $361,398,000, of which $66,665,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That not to exceed 
     $7,180 shall be for official reception and representation 
     expenses.

              procurement, construction, and improvements

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Centers for procurement, construction, and 
     improvements, $20,100,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2028, for acquisition of necessary additional 
     real property and facilities, construction and ongoing 
     maintenance, facility improvements and related expenses of 
     the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.

                   Science and Technology Directorate

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology 
     Directorate for operations and support, including the 
     purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $333,632,000, 
     of which $206,548,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 2025:  Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 shall be for 
     official reception and representation expenses.

              procurement, construction, and improvements

       For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology 
     Directorate for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
     $58,466,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028.

                        research and development

       For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology 
     Directorate for research and development, $444,545,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2026.

             Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass 
     Destruction Office for operations and support, $164,315,000, 
     of which $69,364,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 2025:  Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for 
     official reception and representation expenses.

              procurement, construction, and improvements

       For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass 
     Destruction Office for procurement, construction, and 
     improvements, $42,338,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2026.

                        research and development

       For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass 
     Destruction Office for research and development, $64,201,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2026.

                           federal assistance

       For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass 
     Destruction Office for Federal assistance through grants, 
     contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities, 
     $142,885,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 401. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship and 
     Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate, equip, 
     and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for replacement only, for 
     areas where the Administrator of General Services does not 
     provide vehicles for lease.
       (b) The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
     Services may authorize employees who are assigned to those 
     areas to use such vehicles to travel between the employees' 
     residences and places of employment.
       Sec. 402.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used to process or approve a competition under Office of 
     Management and Budget Circular A-76 for services provided by 
     employees (including employees serving on a temporary or term 
     basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the 
     Department of Homeland Security who are known as Immigration 
     Information Officers, Immigration Service Analysts, Contact 
     Representatives, Investigative Assistants, or Immigration 
     Services Officers.
       Sec. 403.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     Federal funds made available to U.S. Citizenship and 
     Immigration Services may be used for the collection and use 
     of biometrics taken at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
     Services Application Support Center that is overseen 
     virtually by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
     personnel using appropriate technology.
       Sec. 404.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to implement, 
     administer, or enforce the rule entitled ``Procedures or 
     Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, 
     Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum 
     Officers'' (87 Fed. Reg. 18078).
       Sec. 405.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to issue any 
     employment authorization document or similar document to any 
     alien whose application for asylum in the United States has 
     been denied, or who is convicted of a Federal or State crime 
     while his or her application for asylum in the United States 
     is pending.
       Sec. 406. (a) Section 214(g)(9)(A) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(9)(A)) is amended to read 
     as follows: ``(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), an 
     alien shall be considered a returning worker and shall not 
     again be counted toward the numerical limitation of paragraph 
     (1)(B) during fiscal year 2024 if such alien has already been 
     counted toward such numerical limitation during any of the 3 
     preceding fiscal years.''.
       (b) The amendment made by this section shall apply on and 
     after October 1, 2023.
       Sec. 407.  In fiscal year 2024, nonimmigrants shall be 
     admitted to the United States under section 
     101(a)(l5)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)) to perform agricultural 
     labor or services, without regard to whether such labor is, 
     or services are, of a temporary or seasonal nature.
       Sec. 408.  Notwithstanding section 286(n) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(n)), the 
     Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may use 
     not more than $5,000 of the amounts deposited in the 
     Immigration Examinations Fee Account for official reception 
     and representation expenses in fiscal year 2024.
       Sec. 409.  The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds to Federal 
     law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred participating 
     in training accreditation.
       Sec. 410.  The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
     Accreditation Board, including representatives from the 
     Federal law enforcement community and non-Federal 
     accreditation experts involved in law enforcement training, 
     shall lead the Federal law enforcement training accreditation 
     process to continue the implementation of measuring and 
     assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law 
     enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
       Sec. 411. (a) The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Centers may accept transfers to its ``Procurement, 
     Construction, and Improvements'' account from Government 
     agencies requesting the construction of special use 
     facilities, as authorized by the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 
     1535(b)).
       (b) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers shall 
     maintain administrative control and ownership upon completion 
     of such facilities.
       Sec. 412.  The functions of the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified as 
     inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal 
     Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note).

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                    (including rescissions of funds)

       Sec. 501.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 502.  Subject to the requirements of section 503 of 
     this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
     provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to 
     appropriation accounts for such activities established 
     pursuant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the 
     applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be 
     accounted for as one fund for the same time period as 
     originally enacted.
       Sec. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
     provided by previous appropriations Acts to the components in 
     or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security that 
     remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 
     2024, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
     United States derived by the collection of fees available to 
     the components funded by this Act, shall be available for 
     obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
     that--

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       (1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or activity, 
     or increases funds for any program, project, or activity for 
     which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress;
       (2) contracts out any function or activity presently 
     performed by Federal employees or any new function or 
     activity proposed to be performed by Federal employees in the 
     President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2024 for the 
     Department of Homeland Security;
       (3) augments funding for existing programs, projects, or 
     activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
     is less;
       (4) reduces funding for any program, project, or activity, 
     or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent or more; or
       (5) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
     personnel that would result in a change in funding levels for 
     programs, projects, or activities as approved by the 
     Congress.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     are notified at least 15 days in advance of such 
     reprogramming.
       (c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made available for 
     the current fiscal year for the Department of Homeland 
     Security by this Act or provided by previous appropriations 
     Acts may be transferred between such appropriations if the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate are notified at least 30 days in advance of 
     such transfer, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 
     specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 
     percent by such transfer.
       (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no funds 
     shall be reprogrammed within or transferred between 
     appropriations based upon an initial notification provided 
     after June 30, except in extraordinary circumstances that 
     imminently threaten the safety of human life or the 
     protection of property.
       (e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in 
     subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to any use of 
     deobligated balances of funds provided in previous Department 
     of Homeland Security Appropriations Acts that remain 
     available for obligation in the current year.
       (f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established by 8 
     U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations 
     available to the Department of Homeland Security: Provided, 
     That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     at least 5 days in advance of such transfer.
       Sec. 504. (a) Section 504 of the Department of Homeland 
     Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of Public Law 
     115-31), related to the operations of a working capital fund, 
     shall apply with respect to funds made available in this Act 
     in the same manner as such section applied to funds made 
     available in that Act.
       (b) Funds from such working capital fund may be obligated 
     and expended in anticipation of reimbursements from 
     components of the Department of Homeland Security.
       Sec. 505. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
     law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
     remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2024, as 
     recorded in the financial records at the time of a 
     reprogramming notification, but not later than June 30, 2025, 
     from appropriations for ``Operations and Support'' for fiscal 
     year 2024 in this Act shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2025, in the account and for the purposes for 
     which the appropriations were provided.
       (b) Prior to the obligation of such funds, a notification 
     shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate in accordance with 
     section 503 of this Act.
       Sec. 506. (a) Funds made available by this Act for 
     intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
     authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 
     year 2024 until the enactment of an Act authorizing 
     intelligence activities for fiscal year 2024.
       (b) Amounts described in subsection (a) made available for 
     ``Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Awareness--
     Operations and Support'' that exceed the amounts in such 
     authorization for such account shall be transferred to and 
     merged with amounts made available under the heading 
     ``Management Directorate--Operations and Support''.
       (c) Prior to the obligation of any funds transferred under 
     subsection (b), the Management Directorate shall brief the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate on a plan for the use of such funds.
       Sec. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, or the 
     designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     at least 3 full business days in advance of--
       (1) making or awarding a grant allocation or grant in 
     excess of $1,000,000;
       (2) making or awarding a contract, other transaction 
     agreement, or task or delivery order on a multiple award 
     contract, or to issue a letter of intent totaling in excess 
     of $4,000,000;
       (3) awarding a task or delivery order requiring an 
     obligation of funds in an amount greater than $10,000,000 
     from multi-year funds;
       (4) making a sole-source grant award; or
       (5) announcing publicly the intention to make or award 
     items under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4), including a 
     contract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
       (b) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that 
     compliance with this section would pose a substantial risk to 
     human life, health, or safety, an award may be made without 
     notification, and the Secretary shall notify the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate not later than 5 full business days after such an 
     award is made or letter issued.
       (c) A notification under this section--
       (1) may not involve funds that are not available for 
     obligation; and
       (2) shall include the amount of the award; the fiscal year 
     for which the funds for the award were appropriated; the type 
     of contract; and the account from which the funds are being 
     drawn.
       Sec. 508.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional 
     facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 
     locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal 
     law enforcement training without advance notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate, except that the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Centers is authorized to obtain the temporary use of 
     additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement 
     for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Centers' 
     facilities.
       Sec. 509.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for expenses for any 
     construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project for 
     which a prospectus otherwise required under chapter 33 of 
     title 40, United States Code, has not been approved, except 
     that necessary funds may be expended for each project for 
     required expenses for the development of a proposed 
     prospectus.
       Sec. 510.  Sections 522 and 530 of the Department of 
     Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division E of 
     Public Law 110-161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall apply with 
     respect to funds made available in this Act in the same 
     manner as such sections applied to funds made available in 
     that Act.
       Sec. 511. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used in contravention of the applicable provisions of 
     the Buy American Act.
       (b) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ``Buy American 
     Act'' means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
       Sec. 512.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to amend the oath of allegiance required by section 
     337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448).
       Sec. 513.  None of the funds provided or otherwise made 
     available in this Act shall be available to carry out section 
     872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452) 
     unless explicitly authorized by the Congress.
       Sec. 514.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a 
     national identification card.
       Sec. 515.  Any official that is required by this Act to 
     report or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate may not delegate 
     such authority to perform that act unless specifically 
     authorized herein.
       Sec. 516.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for first-class travel by the employees of agencies 
     funded by this Act in contravention of sections 301-10.122 
     through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 517.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)).
       Sec. 518.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
     this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for 
     contractor performance that has been judged to be below 
     satisfactory performance or performance that does not meet 
     the basic requirements of a contract.
       Sec. 519. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
     unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and 
     exchanging of pornography.
       (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
     necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, territorial, or 
     local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 
     criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication 
     activities.
       Sec. 520.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate 
     the transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if the 
     Federal law enforcement officer knows or suspects that the 
     individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless law 
     enforcement personnel of the United States continuously 
     monitor or control the firearm at all times.
       Sec. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 
     than 50 employees of a single component of the Department of 
     Homeland Security, who are stationed in the United States, at 
     a single international conference unless the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, or a designee, determines that such 
     attendance is in the national interest and notifies the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate within at least 10 days of that determination 
     and the basis for that determination.

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       (b) For purposes of this section the term ``international 
     conference'' shall mean a conference occurring outside of the 
     United States attended by representatives of the United 
     States Government and of foreign governments, international 
     organizations, or nongovernmental organizations.
       (c) The total cost to the Department of Homeland Security 
     of any such conference shall not exceed $500,000.
       (d) Employees who attend a conference virtually without 
     travel away from their permanent duty station within the 
     United States shall not be counted for purposes of this 
     section, and the prohibition contained in this section shall 
     not apply to payments for the costs of attendance for such 
     employees.
       Sec. 522.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to reimburse any Federal department or agency for its 
     participation in a National Special Security Event.
       Sec. 523. (a) None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Homeland Security by this or any other Act may 
     be obligated for the implementation of any structural pay 
     reform or the introduction of any new position classification 
     that will affect more than 100 full-time positions or costs 
     more than $5,000,000 in a single year before the end of the 
     30-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security submits to Congress a notification that 
     includes--
       (1) the number of full-time positions affected by such 
     change;
       (2) funding required for such change for the current fiscal 
     year and through the Future Years Homeland Security Program;
       (3) justification for such change; and
       (4) for a structural pay reform, an analysis of 
     compensation alternatives to such change that were considered 
     by the Department.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to such change if--
       (1) it was proposed in the President's budget proposal for 
     the fiscal year funded by this Act; and
       (2) funds for such change have not been explicitly denied 
     or restricted in this Act.
       Sec. 524. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
     this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on 
     the public website of that agency any report required to be 
     submitted by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate in this Act, upon the 
     determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve 
     the national interest.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
       (1) the public posting of the report compromises homeland 
     or national security; or
       (2) the report contains proprietary information.
       (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
     only after such report has been made available to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate for not less than 45 days except as otherwise 
     specified in law.
       Sec. 525. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ``Operations 
     and Support'' may be used for minor procurement, 
     construction, and improvements.
       (b) For purposes of subsection (a), ``minor'' refers to end 
     items with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for personal 
     property, and $2,000,000 or less for real property.
       Sec. 526.  The authority provided by section 532 of the 
     Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 
     (Public Law 115-141) regarding primary and secondary 
     schooling of dependents shall continue in effect during 
     fiscal year 2024.
       Sec. 527. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available to the Department of Homeland Security by this 
     Act may be used to prevent any of the following persons from 
     entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any 
     facility operated by or for the Department of Homeland 
     Security used to detain or otherwise house aliens, or to make 
     any temporary modification at any such facility that in any 
     way alters what is observed by a visiting Member of Congress 
     or such designated employee, compared to what would be 
     observed in the absence of such modification:
       (1) A Member of Congress.
       (2) An employee of the United States House of 
     Representatives or the United States Senate designated by 
     such a Member for the purposes of this section.
       (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to require a 
     Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the intent to 
     enter a facility described in subsection (a) for the purpose 
     of conducting oversight.
       (c) With respect to individuals described in subsection 
     (a)(2), the Department of Homeland Security may require that 
     a request be made at least 24 hours in advance of an intent 
     to enter a facility described in subsection (a).
       Sec. 528. (a) For an additional amount for ``Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency--Federal Assistance'', 
     $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
     exclusively for providing reimbursement of extraordinary law 
     enforcement or other emergency personnel costs for protection 
     activities directly and demonstrably associated with any 
     residence of the President that is designated or identified 
     to be secured by the United States Secret Service.
       (b) Subsections (b) through (f) of section 534 of the 
     Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 
     (Public Law 115-141), shall be applied with respect to 
     amounts made available by subsection (a) of this section by 
     substituting ``October 1, 2024'' for ``October 1, 2018'' and 
     ``October 1, 2023'' for ``October 1, 2017''.
       Sec. 529. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
     the funds made available in this Act may be used to place 
     restraints on a woman in the custody of the Department of 
     Homeland Security (including during transport, in a detention 
     facility, or at an outside medical facility) who is pregnant 
     or in post-delivery recuperation.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
     pregnant woman if--
       (1) an appropriate official of the Department of Homeland 
     Security makes an individualized determination that the 
     woman--
       (A) is a serious flight risk, and such risk cannot be 
     prevented by other means; or
       (B) poses an immediate and serious threat to harm herself 
     or others that cannot be prevented by other means; or
       (2) a medical professional responsible for the care of the 
     pregnant woman determines that the use of therapeutic 
     restraints is appropriate for the medical safety of the 
     woman.
       (c) If a pregnant woman is restrained pursuant to 
     subsection (b), only the safest and least restrictive 
     restraints, as determined by the appropriate medical 
     professional treating the woman, may be used. In no case may 
     restraints be used on a woman who is in active labor or 
     delivery, and in no case may a pregnant woman be restrained 
     in a face-down position with four-point restraints, on her 
     back, or in a restraint belt that constricts the area of the 
     pregnancy. A pregnant woman who is immobilized by restraints 
     shall be positioned, to the maximum extent feasible, on her 
     left side.
       Sec. 530. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to destroy any document, recording, or other 
     record pertaining to any--
       (1) death of,
       (2) potential sexual assault or abuse perpetrated against, 
     or
       (3) allegation of abuse, criminal activity, or disruption 
     committed by
     an individual held in the custody of the Department of 
     Homeland Security.
       (b) The records referred to in subsection (a) shall be made 
     available, in accordance with applicable laws and 
     regulations, and Federal rules governing disclosure in 
     litigation, to an individual who has been charged with a 
     crime, been placed into segregation, or otherwise punished as 
     a result of an allegation described in paragraph (3), upon 
     the request of such individual.
       Sec. 531.  Section 519 of division F of Public Law 114-113, 
     regarding a prohibition on funding for any position 
     designated as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply with 
     respect to any Federal funds in the same manner as such 
     section applied to funds made available in that Act.
       Sec. 532. (a) Not later than 10 days after the date on 
     which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is 
     submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 
     31, United States Code, the Under Secretary for Management of 
     Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     a report on the unfunded priorities, for the Department of 
     Homeland Security and separately for each departmental 
     component, for which discretionary funding would be 
     classified as budget function 050.
       (b) Each report under this section shall specify, for each 
     such unfunded priority--
       (1) a summary description, including the objectives to be 
     achieved if such priority is funded (whether in whole or in 
     part);
       (2) the description, including the objectives to be 
     achieved if such priority is funded (whether in whole or in 
     part);
       (3) account information, including the following (as 
     applicable):
       (A) appropriation account; and
       (B) program, project, or activity name; and
       (4) the additional number of full-time or part-time 
     positions to be funded as part of such priority.
       (c) In this section, the term ``unfunded priority'', in the 
     case of a fiscal year, means a requirement that--
       (1) is not funded in the budget referred to in subsection 
     (a);
       (2) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associated with 
     an operational or contingency plan for the Department; and
       (3) would have been recommended for funding through the 
     budget referred to in subsection (a) if--
       (A) additional resources had been available for the budget 
     to fund the requirement;
       (B) the requirement has emerged since the budget was 
     formulated; or
       (C) the requirement is necessary to sustain prior-year 
     investments.
       Sec. 533. (a) Not later than 10 days after a determination 
     is made by the President to evaluate and initiate protection 
     under any authority for a former or retired Government 
     official or employee, or for an individual who, during the 
     duration of the directed protection, will become a former or 
     retired Government official or employee (referred to in this 
     section as a ``covered individual''), the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security shall submit a notification to 
     congressional leadership and the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the 
     Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
     House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives 
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     section as the ``appropriate congressional committees'').
       (b) Such notification may be submitted in classified form, 
     if necessary, and in consultation with the Director of 
     National Intelligence or the Director of the Federal Bureau 
     of Investigation, as appropriate, and shall include the 
     threat assessment, scope of the protection, and the 
     anticipated cost and duration of such protection.
       (c) Not later than 15 days before extending, or 30 days 
     before terminating, protection for a covered individual, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a notification 
     regarding the extension or termination and any change to the 
     threat assessment to the congressional leadership and the 
     appropriate congressional committees.
       (d) Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary shall 
     submit a report to the congressional leadership and the 
     appropriate congressional committees, which may be submitted 
     in classified form, if necessary, detailing each covered 
     individual, and the scope and associated cost of protection.
       Sec. 534. (a) None of the funds provided to the Department 
     of Homeland Security in this or any prior Act may be used by 
     an agency to submit an initial project proposal to the 
     Technology Modernization Fund (as authorized by section 1078 
     of subtitle G of title X of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91)) 
     unless, concurrent with the submission of an initial project 
     proposal to the Technology Modernization Board, the head of 
     the agency--
       (1) notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate of the proposed submission 
     of the project proposal;
       (2) submits to the Committees on Appropriations a copy of 
     the project proposal; and
       (3) provides a detailed analysis of how the proposed 
     project funding would supplement or supplant funding 
     requested as part of the Department's most recent budget 
     submission.
       (b) None of the funds provided to the Department of 
     Homeland Security by the Technology Modernization Fund shall 
     be available for obligation until 15 days after a report on 
     such funds has been transmitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate.
       (c) The report described in subsection (b) shall include--
       (1) the full project proposal submitted to and approved by 
     the Fund's Technology Modernization Board;
       (2) the finalized interagency agreement between the 
     Department and the Fund including the project's deliverables 
     and repayment terms, as applicable;
       (3) a detailed analysis of how the project will supplement 
     or supplant existing funding available to the Department for 
     similar activities;
       (4) a plan for how the Department will repay the Fund, 
     including specific planned funding sources, as applicable; 
     and
       (5) other information as determined by the Secretary.
       Sec. 535.  Within 60 days of any budget submission for the 
     Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2025 that 
     assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from the previous 
     year based on user fees proposals that have not been enacted 
     into law prior to the submission of the budget, the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security shall provide the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     specific reductions in proposed discretionary budget 
     authority commensurate with the revenues assumed in such 
     proposals in the event that they are not enacted prior to 
     October 1, 2024.
       Sec. 536.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty 
     until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for 
     the Treaty.
       Sec. 537.  No Federal funds made available to the 
     Department of Homeland Security may be used to enter into a 
     procurement contract, memorandum of understanding, or 
     cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a 
     loan or guarantee to, any entity identified under section 
     1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) 
     or any subsidiary of such entity.
       Sec. 538.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, 
     release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within 
     the United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid 
     Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who--
       (1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed 
     Forces of the United States; and
       (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United 
     States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department 
     of Defense.
       Sec. 539. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security (in this 
     section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall, on a 
     bimonthly basis beginning immediately after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, develop estimates of the number of 
     migrants anticipated to arrive at the southwest border of the 
     United States.
       (b) The Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum, the 
     estimates developed pursuant to subsection (a)--
       (1) cover the current fiscal year and the following fiscal 
     year;
       (2) include a breakout by demographics, to include single 
     adults, family units, and unaccompanied children;
       (3) undergo an independent validation and verification 
     review;
       (4) are used to inform policy planning and budgeting 
     processes within the Department of Homeland Security; and
       (5) are included in the budget materials submitted to 
     Congress in support of the President's annual budget request 
     pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for 
     each fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of 
     this Act and, for such budget materials shall include--
       (A) the most recent bimonthly estimates developed pursuant 
     to subsection (a);
       (B) a description and quantification of the estimates used 
     to justify funding requests for Department programs related 
     to border security, immigration enforcement, and immigration 
     services;
       (C) a description and quantification of the anticipated 
     workload and requirements resulting from such estimates; and
       (D) a confirmation as to whether the budget requests for 
     impacted agencies were developed using the same estimates.
       (c) The Secretary shall share the bimonthly estimates 
     developed pursuant to subsection (a) with the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the 
     Secretary of State, and the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate.
       Sec. 540.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to establish or 
     support the activities of:
       (1) a Disinformation Governance Board at the Department of 
     Homeland Security, or any other entity carrying out similar 
     activities relating to mis-, dis-, or mal-information in a 
     similar manner or to a similar extent to such a Board; or
       (2) any entity responsible, directly or indirectly, under 
     color of countering mis-, dis-, or mal-information or 
     otherwise, for instructing, influencing, directing, or 
     recommending that private companies censor, prohibit, or 
     obstruct lawful and constitutionally protected speech of 
     United States persons on social media platforms, including 
     by--
       (A) terminating speakers' accounts;
       (B) temporarily suspending accounts;
       (C) imposing warnings or strikes against accounts to stop 
     future speech;
       (D) ``shadowbanning'' speakers;
       (E) demonetizing content or speakers;
       (F) adjusting algorithms to suppress or deemphasize 
     speakers or messages;
       (G) deboosting speakers or content;
       (H) promoting or demoting content;
       (I) placing warning labels or explanatory notes on content;
       (J) suppressing content in other users' feeds;
       (K) promoting negative comments on disfavored content;
       (L) requiring additional click-through(s) to access 
     content; or
       (M) any other such methods.
       Sec. 541.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to require an 
     employee of the Department of Homeland Security to receive a 
     vaccination against COVID-19.
       Sec. 542.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to administer, 
     implement, or enforce the rules entitled ``Amended Order 
     Implementing Presidential Proclamation on Advancing the Safe 
     Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic'' 
     (87 Fed. Reg. 20405 et seq.) or ``Notification of Temporary 
     Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and 
     Ferries Service Between the United States and Mexico'' (87 
     Fed. Reg. 24041) (or any successor rules).
       Sec. 543. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be made available to:
       (1) classify or facilitate the classification of any 
     communications by a United States person as mis-, dis-, or 
     mal-information; or
       (2) partner with or fund nonprofit or other organizations 
     that in any way instruct, influence, direct, or recommend 
     that private companies in any way censor, prohibit, or 
     obstruct lawful and constitutionally protected speech of 
     United States persons on social media platforms, including 
     by--
       (A) terminating speakers' accounts;
       (B) temporarily suspending accounts;
       (C) imposing warnings or strikes against accounts to stop 
     future speech;
       (D) ``shadowbanning'' speakers;
       (E) demonetizing content or speakers;
       (F) adjusting algorithms to suppress or deemphasize 
     speakers or messages;
       (G) deboosting speakers or content;
       (H) promoting or demoting content;
       (I) placing warning labels or explanatory notes on content;
       (J) suppressing content in other users' feeds;
       (K) promoting negative comments on disfavored content;
       (L) requiring additional click-through(s) to access 
     content; or
       (M) any other such methods.
       (b) Any officer or employee of the Federal Government whose 
     salary is funded by this Act and who conducts any activity 
     described in subsections (a)(1) or (a)(2) shall be removed 
     from the Federal service.
       Sec. 544.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to implement, 
     administer, or enforce the rule related to ``Circumvention of 
     Lawful Pathways'' (88 Fed. Reg. 11704).
       Sec. 545.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to implement, 
     administer, apply, enforce, or carry out the Equity Action 
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     Security, or Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 
     Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to advancing racial equity and 
     support for under-served communities through the federal 
     government), Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. 
     Reg. 34593, relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and 
     accessibility in the federal workforce), Executive Order 
     14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825 relating to 
     further advancing racial equity and support for underserved 
     communities through the federal government) or any program, 
     project, or activity that promotes or advances Critical Race 
     Theory or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory.
       Sec. 546.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act under the heading ``Office of the 
     Secretary and Executive Management--Operations and Support'' 
     may be made available for the purpose of paying counsel 
     outside the Federal Government--
       (1) before the date on which all funds provided in section 
     211(a)(1) of this Act are obligated; and
       (2) to prepare for or defend against impeachment.
       Sec. 547. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be made available to be used 
     to purchase, maintain, or continue to operate any Unmanned 
     Aircraft Systems that are manufactured in the People's 
     Republic of China or a country identified as a foreign 
     adversary in the Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. 
     Intelligence Community or by an entity domiciled in the 
     People's Republic of China or a country identified as a 
     foreign adversary in the most recent Annual Threat Assessment 
     of the U.S. Intelligence Community.
       (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
     for counterintelligence, research and development, test and 
     evaluation, or counter Unmanned Aircraft System mitigation 
     efforts, including the activities of the Coast Guard 
     authorized by section 8414 of Public Law 116-283 (14 U.S.C. 
     1156 note).
       Sec. 548. (a) Section 538 of the Department of Homeland 
     Security Appropriations Act, 2022 (division F of Public Law 
     117-103) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``may'' and inserting 
     ``shall''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
       ``(d) Amounts in the Fund may not be obligated until after 
     the date on which the Act making full-year appropriations for 
     the Department of Homeland Security for the applicable fiscal 
     year is enacted into law, subject to subsection (e).
       ``(e) The Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate shall be notified at least 15 
     days in advance of the planned use of funds.''.
       (b) The amendments made by this section shall apply to 
     amounts transferred under such section 538 on or after the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 549. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act or any other Act shall be used to 
     execute an inspection of any detention facility that is in a 
     contractual agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement for the provision of detention services within 
     six months of a previous inspection of such facility.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to 
     inspections executed by the Office of Inspector General.
       Sec. 550. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act or any other Act shall be used to 
     execute an inspection of any detention facility that is in a 
     contractual agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement for the provision of detention services, except 
     solely for compliance with the terms, conditions, and 
     standards found within the National Detention Standards 2019 
     for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall take effect for detention 
     facilities operating under existing contracts, as of the date 
     of enactment of this Act, not later than 180 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 551.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act shall be used to admit an alien, who is 
     a national of the Republic of Chile, under section 217 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), until the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security verifies that the Republic of 
     Chile provides access to appropriate criminal databases and 
     the Department of Homeland Security screens Chilean nationals 
     against such criminal databases.
       Sec. 552. (a) In general.--Notwithstanding section 7 of 
     title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 28, 
     United States Code, or any other provision of law, none of 
     the funds provided by this Act, or previous appropriations 
     Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take any 
     discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially, 
     on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance 
     with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral conviction, 
     that marriage is, or should be recognized as, a union of one 
     man and one woman.
       (b) Discriminatory action defined.--As used in subsection 
     (a), a discriminatory action means any action taken by the 
     Federal Government to--
       (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment of, or cause 
     any tax, penalty, or payment to be assessed against, or deny, 
     delay, or revoke an exemption from taxation under section 
     501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person 
     referred to in subsection (a);
       (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax purposes of any 
     charitable contribution made to or by such person;
       (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, exclude, 
     terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, any Federal 
     grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, 
     guarantee, loan, scholarship, license, certification, 
     accreditation, employment, or other similar position or 
     status from or to such person;
       (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 
     unavailable or deny, any entitlement or benefit under a 
     Federal benefit program, including admission to, equal 
     treatment in, or eligibility for a degree from an educational 
     program, from or to such person; or
       (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 
     unavailable or deny access or an entitlement to Federal 
     property, facilities, educational institutions, speech fora 
     (including traditional, limited, and nonpublic fora), or 
     charitable fundraising campaigns from or to such person.
       (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.--The Federal 
     Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or certified 
     for purposes of Federal law any person that would be 
     accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for such 
     purposes but for a determination against such person wholly 
     or partially on the basis that the person speaks, or acts, in 
     accordance with a sincerely held religious belief or moral 
     conviction described in subsection (a).

                         (rescissions of funds)

       Sec. 553.  Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 
     Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby rescinded 
     from the following accounts and programs in the specified 
     amounts:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
     amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
     or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985:
       (1) $800,000 from unobligated balances available in the 
     ``Office of the Secretary and Executive Management--
     Operations and Support'' account (70 23/24 0100).
       (2) $4,100,000 from the unobligated balances available in 
     the ``Management Directorate--Office of the Chief Information 
     Officer and Operations'' account (70 X 0113).
       (3) $1,473,000 from the unobligated balances available in 
     the ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Procurement, 
     Construction, and Improvements'' account (70 X 0532).
       (4) $1,842,000 from the unobligated balances available in 
     the ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Border Security 
     Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology'' account (70 X 
     0533).
       (5) $452,000 from the unobligated balances available in the 
     ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Air and Marine 
     Interdiction, Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement'' 
     account (70 X 0544).
       (6) $1,159,000,000 from the unobligated balances available 
     under the heading ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--
     Procurement, Construction, and Improvements'' of the amounts 
     provided by Public Law 116-93 for the construction of barrier 
     system along the southwest border.
       (7) $945,000,000 from the unobligated balances available 
     under the heading ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--
     Procurement, Construction, and Improvements'' of the amounts 
     provided by Public Law 116-260 for the construction of 
     barrier system along the southwest border.
       (8) $3,000,000 from the unobligated balances available in 
     the ``U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Operations 
     and Support'' account (70 23/24 0540).
       (9) $2,092,841 from the unobligated balances available in 
     the ``U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Operations 
     and Support'' account (70 X 0540).
       (10) $10,439 from the unobligated balances available in the 
     ``U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Automation 
     Modernization'' account (70 X 0543).
       (11) $154,515,000 from the unobligated balances available 
     under the heading ``Transportation Security Administration--
     Operations and Support'' of the amounts provided by Public 
     Law 117-328.
       (12) $22,600,000 from the unobligated balances available in 
     the ``Coast Guard--Acquisition, Construction, and 
     Improvements'' account (70 X 0613).
       (13) $3,500,000 from the unobligated balances available in 
     the ``Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency--
     Procurement, Construction, and Improvements'' account (70 23/
     27 0412).
       (14) $2,000,000 from the unobligated balances available in 
     the ``Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency--
     Research and Development'' account (70 23/24 0805).
       (15) $5,821,000 from the unobligated balances available in 
     the ``Federal Emergency Management Agency--National 
     Predisaster Mitigation Fund'' account (70 X 0716).
       (16) $800,000 from the unobligated balances available in 
     the ``Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers--Procurement, 
     Construction, and Improvements'' account (70 20/24 0510).
       (17) $900,000 from the unobligated balances available in 
     the ``Science and Technology Directorate--Operations and 
     Support'' account (70 X 0800).
       (18) $388,522 from the unobligated balances available in 
     the ``Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office--Research 
     and Development'' account (70 22/24 0860).
       (19) $11,478 from the unobligated balances available in the 
     ``Countering Weapons of

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     Mass Destruction Office--Research and Development'' account 
     (70 X 0860).
       Sec. 554.  Of the unobligated balances of amounts made 
     available under section 70001 of Public Law 117-169, 
     $312,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
       Sec. 555.  Of the unobligated balances of amounts made 
     available in the Department of Homeland Security Nonrecurring 
     Expenses Fund (70 X 1914), $3,800,000 are hereby rescinded.

                       spending reduction account

       Sec. 556.  The amount by which the applicable allocation of 
     new budget authority made by the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives under section 302(b) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 exceeds the amount of 
     proposed new budget authority is $0.
       This division may be cited as the ``Department of Homeland 
     Security Appropriations Act, 2024''.

  The CHAIR. All points of order against provisions in the bill are 
waived.
  No amendment to the bill shall be in order except those printed in 
Part B of House Report 118-216, amendments en bloc described in section 
6 of House Resolution 723, and pro forma amendments described in 
section 13 of that resolution.
  Each amendment printed in the report shall be considered only in the 
order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 
in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any 
time before action thereon, shall not be subject to amendment except as 
provided by section 13 of House Resolution 723, and shall not be 
subject to a demand for division of the question.
  It shall be in order at any time for the chair of the Committee on 
Appropriations or her designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting 
of amendments printed in the report not earlier disposed of. Amendments 
en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees, shall not be 
subject to amendment, except as provided by section 13 of House 
Resolution 723, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of 
the question.
  During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective 
designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point for 
the purpose of debate.


            Amendments En Bloc Offered by Mr. Joyce of Ohio

  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, pursuant to House Resolution 723, I 
offer amendments en bloc.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendments en bloc.
  Amendments en bloc consisting of amendment Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 
14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37 
printed in part B of House Report 118-216, offered by Mr. Joyce of 
Ohio:


          AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MRS. BOEBERT OF COLORADO

       Page 3, line 16, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.
       Page 13, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $3,000,000)''.


           AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MR. BUCHANAN OF FLORIDA

       Page 3, line 16, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.
       Page 56, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $3,000,000)''.


           AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MR. BUCHANAN OF FLORIDA

       Page 3, line 16, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 21, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 21, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.


           AMENDMENT NO. 5 OFFERED BY MR. BUCHANAN OF FLORIDA

       Page 3, line 16, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.
       Page 13, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $3,000,000)''.


         AMENDMENT NO. 7 OFFERED BY MS. LOIS FRANKEL OF FLORIDA

        Page 3, line 16, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.


           AMENDMENT NO. 9 OFFERED BY MRS. WAGNER OF MISSOURI

       Page 3, line 16, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(decreased by $27,500,000)''.
       Page 15, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $24,000,000)''.


           AMENDMENT NO. 12 OFFERED BY MRS. KIM OF CALIFORNIA

       Page 4, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 42, line 7, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.


        AMENDMENT NO. 14 OFFERED BY MR. GOTTHEIMER OF NEW JERSEY

       Page 13, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.


         AMENDMENT NO. 15 OFFERED BY MR. GROTHMAN OF WISCONSIN

       Page 13, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.


            AMENDMENT NO. 16 OFFERED BY MR. PENCE OF INDIANA

       Page 13, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.


          AMENDMENT NO. 17 OFFERED BY MRS. WAGNER OF MISSOURI

       Page 13, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1) (reduced by $1)''.


        AMENDMENT NO. 18 OFFERED BY MRS. TRAHAN OF MASSACHUSETTS

       Page 13, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000)''.


         AMENDMENT NO. 20 OFFERED BY MR. VASQUEZ OF NEW MEXICO

       Page 14, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000)''.


          AMENDMENT NO. 21 OFFERED BY MR. MOLINARO OF NEW YORK

       Page 18, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.


        AMENDMENT NO. 22 OFFERED BY MS. HOULAHAN OF PENNSYLVANIA

       Page 27, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.


         AMENDMENT NO. 30 OFFERED BY MR. MENENDEZ OF NEW JERSEY

       Page 41, line 9, insert after the first dollar amount the 
     following: ``(reduced by $1,000,000, increased by 
     $1,000,000)''.


        AMENDMENT NO. 31 OFFERED BY MR. GOTTHEIMER OF NEW JERSEY

       Page 42, line 7, after the first dollar amount insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.


          AMENDMENT NO. 32 OFFERED BY MR. MOLINARO OF NEW YORK

       Page 42, line 7, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000)''.


         AMENDMENT NO. 33 OFFERED BY MR. TONY GONZALES OF TEXAS

       Page 42, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 42, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 42, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 56, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $10,000,000)''.


         AMENDMENT NO. 34 OFFERED BY MR. PASCRELL OF NEW JERSEY

       Page 42, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $20,000,000)''.
       Page 44, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $20,000,000)''.
       Page 44, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 44, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 56, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $20,000,000)''.


         AMENDMENT NO. 35 OFFERED BY MR. PASCRELL OF NEW JERSEY

       Page 42, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $20,000,000)''.
       Page 43, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $20,000,000)''.
       Page 43, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 43, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 56, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $20,000,000)''.


           AMENDMENT NO. 36 OFFERED BY MR. ROSE OF TENNESSEE

       Page 44, line 6, strike ``$2,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$5,000,000''.


          AMENDMENT NO. 37 OFFERED BY MR. BUCHANAN OF FLORIDA

       Page 46, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 723, the gentleman from Ohio 
(Mr. Joyce) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Cuellar) each will 
control 10 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio.
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, this bipartisan en bloc amendment 
before you is comprised of 23 amendments offered by my colleagues on 
both sides of the aisle.
  This en bloc contains proposals that would strengthen the underlying 
bill, and I want to highlight just a few.
  The en bloc will provide additional funding to bolster investigations 
for exploited children with Secret Service and Homeland Security 
Investigations.

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  It will increase the nonintrusive inspection equipment at CBP ports 
of entry to improve detection of fentanyl and other opioids that plague 
communities across our country.
  It would also increase funding for FEMA grant programs, for 
firefighters and other first responders, and for physical security for 
nonprofit organizations at risk of terrorist attack.
  Lastly, I want to highlight a proposal that would strengthen our 
National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.
  I was on the ground in Maui last month and learned firsthand the 
critical role these teams play in saving lives and protecting 
communities in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.
  The base bill includes a modest increase for this program, but I 
strongly support the proposal to further increase funds for this force-
multiplying Federal asset.
  Again, I thank my colleagues for their participation in this process, 
and I urge Members to support this bipartisan en bloc.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I support this en bloc amendment. It contains 
a series of bipartisan amendments in support of the Members' priorities 
on both sides. This is the way we ought to do it--bipartisan. 
Certainly, I have no objection, and I encourage adoption of this 
amendment because it supports shared priorities, including counter 
fentanyl detention, Border Patrol checkpoints and ports of entry, 
investigations for missing and exploited children, and more technology 
for the frontline officers and agents.
  Mr. Chair, I support this en bloc, and I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman 
from Missouri (Mrs. Wagner).
  Mrs. WAGNER. Mr. Chair, I thank the chairman for yielding, and I 
thank the ranking member for his support of this amendment also.
  Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of my amendment, which has been 
included in the bipartisan en bloc for the Department of Homeland 
Security appropriations bill.
  Last year, there were over 32 million reports of online child sexual 
abuse material previously referred to as ``child pornography.''
  That is an 89 percent increase since 2019 and equals over 87,000 
reports per day of images and videos of children being raped and 
sexually exploited spreading across the internet.
  Homeland Security Investigations, or HSI, is on the front lines 
fighting to locate and rescue these vulnerable children and apprehend 
their abusers.
  My amendment would ensure that HSI receives the fully offset $24 
million that they requested to investigate these unconscionable crimes.
  Mr. Chair, Congress must do more to reverse this horrific trend, and 
I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished ranking member of the Financial 
Services and General Government Subcommittee.
  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chair, the chairman has indicated he supports this en 
bloc amendment, and I support that, as well. I do not support the bill.
  I want to speak on the bill, and I rise today to speak against the 
majority's inability or unwillingness to govern--take your pick.
  Republicans have had 9 months to pass all their spending bills. They 
passed one. Now they are struggling to pass the rest 96 hours before 
the government shuts down.
  It is the theater of the absurd. They did not merely sit on their 
hands, they actively slowed down this process with manufactured debt-
limit crises, an illegitimate impeachment inquiry, and the meaningless 
messaging bills that will never become law.
  Wasting our time with these pointless proposals is not just inept, 
irresponsible, and idiotic, it is dangerous. It is costly. It is 
unwarranted.
  This bill is supposed to be about Homeland Security. We can have a 
legitimate debate about that.
  Instead, however, this bill, this entire process makes our Nation 
less secure and for what? A laundry list of far-right poison pills that 
prevent Congress from addressing the challenges at hand.
  How much time is spent on these pointless, negative, and unacceptable 
provisions of these bills, other than what these bills actually are 
supposed to do?
  Do we want to pad the ego of some extreme rightwing Members or pay 
the border agents and servicemembers who protect America?
  Do we indulge in petulant tantrums or uphold our oath of office?
  Do we want to help the partisan fringe secure a segment on Newsmax or 
keep our government functioning for the people?
  A shutdown isn't a cudgel to score political points. It is a 
consequence of failed governance that should be avoided at all costs.
  Republicans, the majority of whom do not want this path to be 
followed, should say no.
  The CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the 
gentleman from Maryland.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chair, I believe the majority of the Republicans don't 
want to go down this path, but I say to the majority of Republicans: 
Shut them up. Let's work in a bipartisan manner. We will have an 
overwhelming vote as we did with the debt limit. Over 300 of us voted 
to do the rational, necessary thing. We could do that again. How sad 
that we are not doing it.
  Republicans ought to have learned by now after shutting down the 
Federal Government for 81 days since 1995, costing the American people 
billions of dollars and the confidence of the American people and our 
allies abroad. I fear they are about to add to that shameful tally.
  The CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has again expired.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the 
gentleman from Maryland.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chair, I urge Republicans to work with us to pass a 
clean continuing resolution just as Mitch McConnell and 26 Republicans 
did yesterday.
  Now, they haven't gotten it to us yet. There is one Republican 
holding it up.
  Stop holding America hostage. Start holding your members accountable.
  Govern as if Americans are depending upon us because they are.
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I believe we are on the bipartisan en 
bloc amendment.
  To that point, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Missouri 
(Mrs. Wagner) for an encore performance on another amendment.
  Mrs. WAGNER. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of my amendment to direct 
Customs and Border Protection to eliminate the serious delay in the 
Trusted Traveler Program application processing time, known as Global 
Entry.
  I have heard from so many frustrated constituents who have paid for 
Global Entry, a $100 up front processing fee that is not cheap only to 
wait months in some cases for CBP to approve them for an interview. 
Those who succeed in getting to that point are finding that there 
simply are no interview slots available.
  Today, Global Entry processing time averages 11 months. This is 
utterly unacceptable.
  My amendment will direct CBP to do its job and get the situation and 
backlog under control.
  I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Florida (Ms. Lois Frankel).
  Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of my 
bipartisan amendment supporting the Department of Homeland Security 
implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security Act, which was passed 
in 2017.
  Relevant to our debate today, that bill recognizes that women bear 
the brunt of harm during disasters, and importantly, they can play an 
essential role in responding and preventing them.
  Whether it is a hurricane, a flood, a fire, a refugee seeking asylum, 
evidence shows that women are more often vulnerable during disasters 
and crises that the Department responds to, and sadly, there is more 
gender-based violence and often more responsibility for care put on 
women to provide for their families.

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  Our amendment ensures that gender perspectives are included in DHS' 
responses to crises to ensure that the needs of women and their 
families are met, they have the resources they need to recover, and 
ensure that DHS is taking steps to prevent these outcomes in the first 
place.
  It also recognizes the impact of women's participation. The amendment 
supports efforts to increase the number of women in law enforcement, 
senior DHS leadership, including staffing, programming, research, and 
department-wide training.
  When women are at the table where decisions are made and on the 
ground to prevent and respond to disasters, outcomes are better for 
women and for their communities.
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from 
New Jersey (Mr. Menendez).

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  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Chair, I rise today to advocate for the Chemical 
Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program, often referred to as CFATS, 
and in support of my amendment included in the en bloc to improve 
training for the facility inspectors who advance this critical work.
  Since 2007, CFATS has helped thousands of sensitive chemical 
facilities strengthen their security posture and reduce onsite risks.
  I am particularly invested in the CFATS program because there are 
four facilities covered by the program in New Jersey's Eighth 
Congressional District, which is also home to what homeland security 
experts call the 2 most dangerous miles in America.
  For my constituents, it is vitally important to ensure that these 
facilities, their workers, and surrounding communities are adequately 
protected.
  Two months ago, this Chamber passed a reauthorization of the CFATS 
program to prevent its lapse at the end of July. Unfortunately, our 
colleagues in the Senate have not advanced this critical national 
security priority, and the CFATS program has lapsed.
  We are no longer able to inspect the more than 3,000 high-risk 
chemical facilities covered by this program, enforce security measures 
at those facilities, or vet individuals who are seeking to access 
dangerous chemicals.
  It is also critical that the CFATS program is fully funded. My 
amendment supports robust CFATS funding, particularly for improved and 
regular training of facility inspectors.
  This amendment builds on my earlier work on the Committee on Homeland 
Security to update the CFATS program and improve training for facility 
inspectors.
  Our facility inspectors deserve our full support so that they can do 
their best work to keep us safe. I will continue to fight for this 
funding as we move forward in the appropriations process.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman).
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Chair, first of all, one comment on the people who 
are more likely to be victims of violence in a natural disaster. Just 
doing a quick Google search, I noticed that 80 percent of the murder 
victims in this country are men. Maybe the men are getting killed when 
the weather is good. I don't know.
  In any event, as chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, 
the Border, and Foreign Affairs, I have had the opportunity to go down 
to the border several times. It amazes me what a good job dogs do at 
detecting drugs coming across our southern border. They are not only 
able to detect drugs. They also detect explosives, money, and even 
human beings being trafficked or smuggled.
  We wonder, if canine units are so effective, why not expand their use 
along the southern border? To find the answer to this question, my 
amendment in this en bloc would express the need for a study on the 
expanded use of canine units along the southern border.
  Mr. Chair, I would appreciate it if that amendment was included.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the distinguished ranking member of 
the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  I rise to express grave concern that the majority has included in the 
Homeland Security appropriations bill a cut to the Nonprofit Security 
Grant Program. In the face of the grave and significant threats against 
nonprofit organizations across this country, rising threats toward 
religious and other nonprofit institutions, these cuts will likely have 
a profound impact on the safety of our community across the country and 
in Florida and our community in particular.
  We strive to foster an open and safe environment in our communities 
and our houses of worship, in line with the core value of welcoming the 
stranger.
  According to the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and the 
CTC, faith-based institutions are more susceptible to attacks by 
violent extremists due to their symbolism, perceived lack of security, 
and accessible locations.
  We are going in the wrong direction in this bill, and the amendment 
to increase the amount of funding provided for nonprofit security 
grants is critical. At a time of increased vulnerability to threats of 
hate-motivated violence by domestic extremists, the House should be 
significantly increasing funding for religious institutions and at-risk 
nonprofit organizations, not cutting them and putting more people at 
risk. Shame on us if we don't increase the bottom-line number for 
nonprofit security grants.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, this is a bipartisan amendment. I support it, 
and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. DesJarlais). The question is on the amendments 
en bloc offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Joyce).
  The en bloc amendments were agreed to.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Chair understands that amendment No. 2 will not 
be offered.
  The Chair understands that amendment No. 6 will not be offered.


                 Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Santos

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 8 
printed in part B of House Report 118-216.
  Mr. SANTOS. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk as the 
designee of Mr. Nehls of Texas.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Page 3, line 16, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(decreased by $39,860,000)''.
       Page 15, line 9, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $34,860,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 723, the gentleman 
from New York (Mr. Santos) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. SANTOS. Mr. Chair, my amendment would reestablish the Victims of 
Immigration Crime Engagement Office, also known as the VOICE office, 
within the Department of Homeland Security.
  In 2017, President Donald J. Trump, the greatest President of my 
lifetime, established the VOICE office. Its mission was to provide 
support for the victims and family members of crimes committed by 
illegal aliens, also known as angel families, and to hold criminal 
illegal aliens accountable for these heinous actions.
  American citizens should never have to pay the consequences of 
Biden's open border policies. Sadly, angel families are becoming far 
too common.
  Just a couple of weeks ago, a criminal illegal alien murdered yet 
another American citizen in the State of Texas. The family of this 
American would have had access to the critical services that the VOICE 
office offered, but by the stroke of a pen, the Biden administration 
converted the VOICE office in 2021 to instead help criminal illegal 
aliens.
  Let me repeat that, Mr. Chair. An office intended to help families 
who had fallen victim to criminal illegal aliens, individuals who 
should have never been here in the first place, is now helping those 
very same criminals.

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  Secretary Mayorkas himself said: ``All people, regardless of their 
immigration status, should be able to access victim services without 
fear,'' at U.S. tax dollar expense.
  What part of America First do Democrats not understand, Mr. Chair?
  When the VOICE office was fully operational, it assisted thousands of 
angel families, connected them to crucial services, and worked to hold 
criminal illegal aliens accountable for their heinous actions.
  It is a shame that the VOICE office must exist, but until the Biden 
border crisis and full-scale release of criminal aliens are stopped, 
angel families need this support.
  To my Democrat colleagues, mark my words: If you haven't already, you 
or someone you know will reap the consequences of an open border, and 
you will wish you had the support offered by the VOICE office.
  Mr. Chair, I hope my colleagues across the aisle will start to put 
America first.
  Mr. Chair, I urge adoption of my amendment, and I reserve the balance 
of my time.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I oppose this amendment.
  There are already avenues for victims of crime to engage with both 
the Department of Homeland Security's Victims Engagement and Services 
Line or the Department of Justice's Office of Victims of Crime. The 
Department of Homeland Security has protection for victims, and the 
Department of Justice also has the Office of Victims of Crime.
  This office would be duplicative of those efforts and would be a 
waste of taxpayer dollars. We are doing that already. Frankly, when you 
say this, you are basically taking the position that crime only occurs 
when you have a migrant.
  The stats do not support this conclusion. In fact, the Department of 
Justice released a study in 2020 and found that undocumented immigrants 
had substantially lower crime rates than native-born citizens and legal 
immigrants across the range of felony offenses.
  I don't care where the attack came from. I want to support the 
victims. I want to support the victims, and that is what the Department 
of Justice's Office of Victims of Crime does. Let's support that office 
and provide it more funding.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. SANTOS. Mr. Chair, as my colleague said, we already have the 
service, and it is supported. The problem that I find is taking this 
office and converting it into a mechanism to support the same people we 
were supposed to give refuge to our victims from.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleague to come clean, come to the table, and 
tell the American people why he opposes funding another office to help 
victims on a very targeted basis instead of funding the office to 
actually go help the people who are causing harm and the purpose of why 
the office was established.
  Mr. Chair, I find it troubling that we can't simply put America first 
when it comes down to discussing it with the other side of the aisle. 
It is a sad day for America, and it is very unfortunate that my 
colleagues on the other side of the aisle don't see the necessity to 
protect angel families.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I oppose this amendment. Again, the 
Department of Justice Office of Victims of Crime supports everybody. 
They don't ask you where the crime came in. They will support you. This 
office would be duplicative of those efforts and would be a waste of 
taxpayer dollars. Let the Victims Engagement and Services Line office 
and the Office of Victims of Crime do their job. Let's make sure that 
they get the support.
  Mr. Chair, I oppose this amendment, and I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Santos).
  The amendment was agreed to.


               Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. McCormick

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 10 
printed in part B of House Report 118-216.
  Mr. McCORMICK. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 723, the gentleman 
from Georgia (Mr. McCormick) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Georgia.
  Mr. McCORMICK. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer amendment No. 10 to H.R. 
4367, the Homeland Security appropriations bill for fiscal year 2024.
  Amendment No. 10 will increase the amount of funds withheld from the 
Office of the Secretary of DHS if it does not submit the ``State of the 
Border'' report and the report on detention facilities by the 
designated time required by law.
  Agencies have a strong and problematic tendency to ignore or loosely 
follow congressionally mandated reports. This amendment would put 
pressure on DHS to provide these reports in a timely manner.
  With the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, it is vital that 
Congress receives accurate and up-to-date information from the 
agencies.
  A cornerstone of any Nation is its boundaries. A border defines where 
one government ends and another begins. It denotes the separation 
between two distinct peoples, cultures, and languages. Without a 
border, we have no nation, no sovereignty.
  In the first half of September alone--that is only 2 weeks--U.S. 
border authorities had more than 142,000 encounters at the U.S.-Mexico 
border. Fentanyl seizures at the border increased 164 percent from 2020 
to 2022. This year, there have been over 21,000 pounds of fentanyl 
confiscated. We have had over 110,000 overdose deaths just this last 
year.
  As an ER doctor who treated overdoses every shift last year, and 
somebody who could not revive four of my patients from an overdose, I 
take this very personally.
  This isn't the only public health consequence of an open border. 
Whether it is tuberculosis, measles, COVID, which many of the members 
from the opposing party seem to be so concerned about, there is no way 
to ensure that those who are crossing the border do not bring these 
diseases into our country. This doesn't even address the chronic 
problems such as congestive heart failure, emphysema, kidney failure, 
cancer, which these patients will come to the ER for and you will wait 
behind them in order to pay their bills.
  The Biden administration has ignored the rule of law and refused to 
secure our border. Not only will President Biden not do what is 
necessary to stop the flow of migrants and drugs but encourages 
problems by using humanitarian parole as a loophole to bring in up to 
30,000 migrants each month from Central and South America.
  Many of those individuals crossing the border are coming to make a 
better life for themselves. However, too many of them have ties to 
terrorist organizations and dangerous criminal cartels.
  Worst yet, the Biden administration has lost count of 85,000 
children. Our open border is giving the child exploitation industry a 
huge boost.
  We must secure the southern border. This is not just a bipartisan 
problem and not just a bicameral problem. It is an American problem.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support amendment No. 10 for 
better accountability of DHS to provide Congress with the information 
needed to make the right decisions for America.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
  I understand what my colleague is talking about. We do want to make 
sure that we address border issues, but we have to make sure that we 
address it in the right way.
  I will talk about the report. In fact, I will be happy to tell you 
that I also get frustrated sometimes when we don't get the reports, and 
I will be happy to work with you and with the chairman to get you that 
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  I will tell you that in the bill already, there is a $25 million hold 
for this report. If you add another $10 million, does that make the 
pain more painful?
  Keep in mind that this account doesn't just fund bureaucracy. It also 
funds suicide prevention efforts and other health security measures. It 
funds child welfare professionals for tender-age kids in DHS custody. 
It funds the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties also.
  I also get frustrated when we don't get the report. If you add 
another $30 million, another $40 million, will that get you there?
  You mentioned the border. Keep in mind that we are concerned, and I 
want to make sure that we control our border. If you want to stop 
drugs, as one of our colleagues said, most drugs will come in through 
ports of entry, but we are not putting the emphasis on ports of entry.

  We need to do a lot more, more canines, more technology. If you want 
to look at the people who are illegally here, I remind everybody that 
the number one violator for visa overstays, which have been millions 
over the years, has been Canada. I don't hear any of you talking about 
putting a wall between the U.S. and Canada. I say that because, again, 
we have to be smart on how we address it.
  I invite you down to the border. I love when people come in and spend 
a few hours. I live there, and I will tell you, I will take the biggest 
cities in your State--I would say if you take Atlanta and, on the 
border, I take Laredo, murder, rape, and assault, we have lower crime 
rates than the city, per 100,000. If you look at the national crime 
rate for murders, the border crime rate is lower.
  We have to look at crime as one issue and then look at migration. I 
am with you. I hate open borders. I want to make sure that we work 
together, but we have to do this in a bipartisan way.
  I feel their frustration. There are some reports I wish we could get 
faster. I will work with them and the chairman to get this report to 
them.
  Mr. Chair, for those reasons, I oppose this amendment, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  Mr. McCORMICK. Mr. Chair, I understand that he would get us the 
report. I want a timely report, an accurate report, and I want it as we 
agreed.
  The one thing we have noticed is that agencies react very well when 
we take away their money when they don't do what they are supposed to 
do.
  We cannot make the right decisions and the right arguments in front 
of the American public unless we have complete and accurate 
information.
  This is just another tool to encourage the agency to do what they are 
already obligated to do for us anyway. That should be a bipartisan 
appeal to do the right thing and to be punished if they do the wrong 
thing.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. McCormick).
  The amendment was agreed to.


               Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Arrington

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 11 
printed in part B of House Report 118-216.
  Mr. ARRINGTON. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 4, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 723, the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. Arrington) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. ARRINGTON. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer an amendment to this 
appropriations for Homeland Security where we would include H. Res. 50, 
which affirms every sovereign State's right to self-defense.
  In the face of this unprecedented and unmitigated humanitarian and 
security crisis, States do not have to be a passive victim of a failed 
Federal Government.
  The Federal Government has failed because our Commander in Chief has 
failed to do his first and most important job, provide for the common 
defense. He has also failed to uphold the laws of the land. In fact, 
title 8 of the U.S. Code says that no other citizen can induce people 
to break the law, says that you can't harbor people who have broken the 
law. In fact, it goes on to say that if you are doing that, you are 
aiding and abetting lawbreaking.
  I believe this administration has aided and abetted what I believe is 
an invasion by drug cartels pushing their poison into our country, my 
State, and our communities, killing our family and friends at hundreds 
per day. It is the leading cause of death in this country.
  We have a President and a Homeland Security Secretary with the 
audacity to say that this border is under operational control of the 
Department of Homeland Security of these great United States.
  Baloney. Nobody believes it.
  I just got back from Eagle Pass. The chaos and lawlessness have never 
burned hotter. The people of those border towns have never felt more 
abandoned.
  It is shameful that a country as great as the United States of 
America would surrender control of our border to paramilitary terrorist 
cartels.
  Here is the good news. Here is the saving grace for Texas and every 
State in this country. They have the constitutional power of self-
defense, and it is explicit and crystal clear in the Constitution.
  The Federal Government didn't create the States. The sovereign States 
created the Federal Government. They made darn sure that in a situation 
like this, when the Federal Government failed in its obligation to 
repel an invasion, they would maintain the authority to defend their 
border and their citizens from this chaos and the criminal elements 
that are just deluging our great Lone Star State.
  Article IV, Section 4, is the obligation of the Federal Government to 
repel an invasion for each and every State. Article I, Section 10, is 
clear: If there is an actual invasion or there is imminent danger such 
that will not permit delay.
  Now, I want my Democrat colleagues to explain to me why the current 
conditions at the southern border, on account of this administration's 
failures, is not imminent danger to the citizens of Texas such that 
will not permit delay.
  I stand with Governor Abbott and State leaders all along the southern 
border and everywhere in this country. Stand up, fill the gap, enforce 
the laws, deport, detain, secure the border, and for God's sake, 
protect the citizens of Texas and all the good people of this country 
and restore law and order.
  We welcome the immigrant who wants a better life. We welcome the 
immigrant who wants a better future for their family, but we will only 
welcome those who respect our laws, our sovereignty, and the safety of 
the American people.
  That is where I stand, Mr. Chair, and I can do no other, say no 
other. I am going to stand on that until we get a change up here in 
Washington or we have all resources deployed to do the job the Federal 
Government just apparently will not do on account, I believe, of a 
President who would rather placate and appease a fringe group in his 
party than prioritize the safety of the American people.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Chair, I rise respectfully in opposition to this 
amendment.
  The U.S. Constitution grants the Federal Government the sole 
authority to control immigration and secure the national borders.
  I would say that if we would do this in partnership, working with the 
State and local government, like we do with the program that we started 
called Stonegarden where we provide funding, that would be the way to 
do it. Unfortunately, there are some States that want to go solo on 
doing certain things.
  Let me give you an explanation. When the Governor from the State of 
Texas put out the buoys, those buoys were less than a quarter of a mile 
for a river that is 1,200 miles. Less than a quarter of a mile for a 
river that is 1,200 miles long is like putting a postage stamp in the 
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field to stop a running back from crossing the 1-yard line.
  The second thing is, when the Governor has talked about stopping 
every truck like he is doing, what he is doing is--he said he is 
inspecting every truck. I used to do the budget for the DPS. The only 
thing they can do is check license plates, driver's licenses, or the 
brakes and windshield wipers. They can't even open the trucks.
  What they are doing is, in Eagle Pass, in El Paso, and other places, 
they are stopping millions and hundreds of millions of dollars of trade 
itself. Again, we want to work with the States, but you just can't go 
solo on this.
  Again, when you say lawlessness at the border, I would say in the 
State of Texas, if you look at the most dangerous cities that we have, 
none of them are on the border. I am not going to name any of my Texas 
cities, but they are the big urban areas, per 100,000, where murder, 
rape, and assault are a lot higher than at the border. Again, the 
border is safe when we talk about crime.
  On the issue of migration, I am with you. We need to have 
repercussions, but we need to put money outside the 1-yard line and put 
it on the 20-yard line and work with other countries.
  In fact, when you look at 2015, when President Obama had the numbers 
go down, it was because Mexico was stopping people. In 2019, when 
President Trump was taking credit for stopping the numbers and having 
the lowest crossings, do you know why? Because we got Mexico to do its 
job on the southern border.
  Again, we can either play defense on the 1-yard line or we can play 
defense on the 20-yard line, and we have to look at this and how we 
address it.
  If you want to talk about crime, look at the big urban cities. Do we 
want to make sure we secure the border? I am with you. We have to have 
repercussions. We have to make sure that we play defense outside the 1-
yard line, but we can't have a State go solo.
  They want to work with us? My brother was a DPS officer for 27 years. 
I want to make sure that they work with us hand in hand, and 
Stonegarden does that where we provide money to the cities, counties, 
and States.
  We are on the same page. We are just looking at this in a very 
different way.
  My good friend from my State of Texas, I am with him. I just oppose 
this particular amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

                              {time}  1630

  Mr. ARRINGTON. Mr. Chair, may I inquire as to how much time is 
remaining.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas has 15 seconds remaining.
  Mr. ARRINGTON. Mr. Chair, I love Henry Cuellar, and I couldn't 
disagree more. More is said than done in this town. Ain't nothing 
getting done on the border.
  Texas, do your job. The Constitution is behind you, and so am I. God 
bless, and go, West Texas.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Arrington).
  The amendment was agreed to.
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
DesJarlais) having assumed the chair, Mr. Murphy, Acting Chair of the 
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that 
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 4367), 
making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, had come 
to no resolution thereon.

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