[House Report 113-481]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


113th Congress  }                                           {    Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session     }                                           {   113-481

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       DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2015

                                _______
                                

 June 19, 2014.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              state of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

      Mr. Carter of Texas, from the Committee on Appropriations, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                             together with

                            ADDITIONAL VIEWS

                        [To accompany H.R. 4903]

    The Committee on Appropriations submits the following 
report in explanation of the accompanying bill making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2015.

                        INDEX TO BILL AND REPORT

                                                            Page number

                                                            Bill Report
TITLE I--DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS
        Office of the Secretary and Executive Management...     2
                                                                      7
        Office of the Under Secretary for Management.......     3
                                                                     19
        DHS Headquarters Consolidation.....................    --
                                                                     22
        Office of the Chief Financial Officer..............     4
                                                                     23
        Office of the Chief Information Officer............     4
                                                                     27
        Analysis and Operations............................     5
                                                                     29
        Office of Inspector General........................     5
                                                                     30
TITLE II--SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS
        U.S. Customs and Border Protection.................     6
                                                                     32
                Salaries and Expenses......................     6
                                                                     34
                Automation Modernization...................     7
                                                                     43
                Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, 
                    and Technology.........................     8
                                                                     43
                Air and Marine Operations..................     8
                                                                     45
                Construction and Facilities Management.....     9
                                                                     48
        U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...........    10
                                                                     49
                Salaries and Expenses......................    10
                                                                     50
                Automation Modernization...................    13
                                                                     59
                Construction...............................    --
                                                                     59
        Transportation Security Administration.............    13
                                                                     60
                Aviation Security..........................    13
                                                                     60
                Surface Transportation Security............    18
                                                                     70
                Intelligence and Vetting...................    18
                                                                     71
                Transportation Security Support............    18
                                                                     73
                Federal Air Marshals.......................    18
                                                                     74
        Coast Guard........................................    20
                                                                     74
                Operating Expenses.........................    20
                                                                     74
                Environmental Compliance and Restoration...    22
                                                                     77
                Reserve Training...........................    22
                                                                     77
                Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements    22
                                                                     78
                Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation    27
                                                                     82
                Medicare Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund 
                    Contribution...........................    --
                                                                     82
                Retired Pay................................    28
                                                                     82
        United States Secret Service.......................    28
                                                                     83
                Salaries and Expenses......................    28
                                                                     83
                Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, 
                    and Related Expenses...................    32
                                                                     86
TITLE III--PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY
        National Protection and Programs Directorate.......    33
                                                                     87
                Management and Administration..............    33
                                                                     87
                Infrastructure Protection and Information 
                    Security...............................    33
                                                                     88
                Federal Protective Service.................    33
                                                                     94
                Office of Biometric Identity Management....    34
                                                                     95
        Office of Health Affairs...........................    34
                                                                     96
        Federal Emergency Management Agency................    35
                                                                     98
                Salaries and Expenses......................    35
                                                                     98
                State and Local Programs...................    36
                                                                    100
                Firefighter Assistance Grants..............    39
                                                                    103
                Emergency Management Performance Grants....    39
                                                                    104
                Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program    40
                                                                    104
                United States Fire Administration..........    40
                                                                    104
                Disaster Relief Fund.......................    41
                                                                    105
                Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis.....    46
                                                                    107
                National Flood Insurance Fund..............    46
                                                                    108
                National Predisaster Mitigation Fund.......    48
                                                                    109
                Emergency Food and Shelter.................    48
                                                                    110
TITLE IV--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES
        United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.    49
                                                                    110
        Federal Law Enforcement Training Center............    50
                                                                    113
                Salaries and Expenses......................    50
                                                                    113
                Acquisitions, Construction, Improvements, 
                    and Related Expenses...................    51
                                                                    113
        Science and Technology.............................    52
                                                                    114
                Management and Administration..............    52
                                                                    114
                Research, Development, Acquisition, and 
                    Operations.............................    52
                                                                    114
        Domestic Nuclear Detection Office..................    53
                                                                    119
                Management and Administration..............    53
                                                                    119
                Research, Development, and Operations......    54
                                                                    119
                Systems Acquisition........................    54
                                                                    120
TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
        This Act...........................................     0
                                                                    121
                Compliance with House Rules................     0
                                                                    132
                Tables.....................................     0
                                                                    152
                Summary of the Total Bill..................     0
                                                                     00

    The accompanying bill contains recommendations for new 
budget (obligational) authority for fiscal year 2015 for the 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The following table 
summarizes these recommendations and reflects comparisons with 
the budget, as amended, and with amounts appropriated to date 
for fiscal year 2014:

                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                      Budget                            House compared with
                                    New budget     estimates of                  -------------------------------
                                  (obligational)        new
              Title                 authority,    (obligational)  Recommended by    New budget        Budget
                                    fiscal year     authority,       the House      authority,       estimate,
                                       2014         fiscal year                     fiscal year     fiscal year
                                                       2015                            2014            2015
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Title I: Departmental Management      $1,037,448      $1,171,749        $966,727        -$70,721       -$205,022
 and Operations.................
Title II: Security, Enforcement,      32,336,840      31,404,277      32,540,463        +203,623      +1,261,560
 and Investigations.............
Title III: Protection,                11,578,190      12,048,420      12,340,236        +762,046        +291,816
 Preparedness, Response, and
 Recovery.......................
Title IV: Research, Development,       1,878,086       1,770,591       1,801,308         -76,778         +30,717
 Training, and Services.........
Title V: General Provisions.....        -474,178         -49,000        -540,315         -66,137        -491,315
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Grand Total.................      46,356,386      46,346,037      47,108,419        +752,033        +887,756
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Net Discretionary....     $39,270,000     $38,332,244     $39,220,000        -$50,000      +$887,756
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Note: The above amounts are discretionary only and do not include OCO/GWOT funding.

                               References

    The Committee report refers to the Implementing 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, Public Law 
110-53, as the 9/11 Act. References to the ``Committees'' 
refers to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, unless otherwise noted. The 
Committee also refers to ``full-time equivalent'' positions as 
``FTE''; ``Program, Project, Activity'' line items as ``PPA''; 
the ``Office of Management and Budget'' as ``OMB''; and the 
``Government Accountability Office'' as ``GAO''.

              Summary of Major Recommendations in the Bill

    The Committee recommends $39,220,000,000 in discretionary 
funding for DHS for fiscal year 2015, +$887,756,000, or +2.32 
percent, above the amount requested and -$50,000,000, or -0.13 
percent, below fiscal year 2014 enacted levels (when excluding 
requested, but unauthorized increases to fee collections). 
Funding for the Coast Guard's support of the Global War on 
Terrorism/Overseas Contingency Operations is not included in 
the bill nor is it addressed in any way by the Committee in 
this report since the President has yet to submit a request for 
such funds. The Committee does not include requested funding 
for increases to civilian pay; should the President provide a 
civilian pay increase for 2015, it is assumed that the cost of 
such a pay increase will be absorbed within other amounts 
appropriated for fiscal year 2015.

 The President's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request for the Department of 
                           Homeland Security

    As proposed to Congress, the President's budget request for 
fiscal year 2015 would result in the following reductions as 
compared to fiscal year 2014 enacted levels:
           A reduction of -3,461 detention beds, or a 
        -10.2 percent reduction to U.S. Immigration and Customs 
        Enforcement's (ICE) detention capacity;
           A -2 percent reduction to ICE's 
        investigative capacity;
           A nearly -18 percent reduction to ICE's 
        transportation capacity;
           A reduction of -12 percent to U.S. Customs 
        and Border Protection's (CBP) Air and Marine 
        Operations, including a more than -30 percent reduction 
        to flight hours;
           A reduction of approximately -483 Coast 
        Guard military billets; multiple, accelerated 
        decommissionings of operational assets; and an 
        estimated -27 percent reduction in Coast Guard 
        recapitalization programs;
           A reduction of -$294.5 million, or -13.2 
        percent, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's 
        (FEMA) first responder grants; and
           An abrupt end to the Department's support 
        for investigations into missing and exploited children.
    Beyond these proposed resource reductions, further analysis 
reveals that the President's fiscal year 2015 budget request 
for DHS would have the following performance impacts:
           The lowest level of drug interdiction 
        effectiveness in the past five years;
           The inability of the Coast Guard to fulfill 
        its patrol boat mission requirements;
           A substantial reduction in operating 
        capabilities of CBP aviation assets along our borders 
        and coastlines;
           An inability of ICE to sustain detention 
        capacity, which also prevents ICE from fully complying 
        with statutory mandates to detain criminal immigration 
        law violators and detaining all other aliens in removal 
        proceedings who are likely to abscond or pose threats 
        to community safety;
           A significant deterioration of ICE's 
        capacity to investigate severe transnational crimes, 
        such as illegal weapons exportation, narcotics 
        trafficking, human trafficking and smuggling, 
        intellectual property theft, and cyber crime, including 
        child exploitation;
           No explicitly requested resources to address 
        the dramatic increase of unaccompanied alien children 
        (UACs) transiting the Southwest border (which, 
        according to both DHS and the Department of Health and 
        Human Services, is up ten-fold since 2011 and is 
        estimated to exceed 66,000 children in fiscal year 2014 
        and 145,000 children in fiscal year 2015); and
           No investigative or financial support to 
        long-standing, authorized programs that address missing 
        and exploited children.
    In sum, the fiscal year 2015 budget request for DHS 
proposes to not only reduce the current resources of the 
Department's most critical frontline components, but also to 
substantially and perhaps irreparably diminish the long-term 
security and enforcement capabilities of our Nation.
    For the fourth consecutive year, the Committee 
categorically rejects yet another flawed DHS budget request 
from the current Administration.

                         Priorities in the Bill

    This fiscal year 2015 appropriations bill for DHS 
reallocates scarce funding towards our Nation's security 
priorities and rectifies the President's ill-considered and 
imbalanced budget proposal for the Department. The funding 
recommendations and oversight requirements contained in this 
bill and report are intended to prioritize operations and 
frontline staffing to rectify the Administration's repeated, 
proposed reductions to border security, border enforcement, 
immigration enforcement, maritime security, state and local 
preparedness, and counternarcotics capabilities. Therefore, the 
bill is constructed upon four principles:
           Providing sufficient resources to support 
        essential mission requirements;
           Compelling fiscal discipline and efficiency;
           Administering greater oversight and 
        accountability; and
           Instilling long overdue reforms.
    In particular, the bill includes targeted increases 
directly related to current threats, including recent domestic 
and international security events. These increases above the 
request include:
           A more than +$471 million enhancement to ICE 
        resources to overcome proposed, but unjustified, 
        reductions and enable the agency to fulfill its mission 
        of enforcing our Nation's customs and immigration laws, 
        including increases above the request to the following: 
        fugitive operations, visa overstay investigations and 
        enforcement, detention capacity, investigative 
        operations, 287(g) training, legal proceedings, and 
        necessary transportation capabilities related to 
        detainees and unaccompanied alien children;
           A more than +$297.5 million increase to 
        Coast Guard operations and recapitalization resources 
        to enable the agency to adequately perform its 
        statutory missions and substantially address unfunded 
        priorities. This increase above the request is 
        primarily targeted at restoring the Coast Guard's 
        counternarcotics and interdiction capabilities;
           A +$50 million increase in border security 
        technology for immediate, substantial enhancement of 
        situational awareness along the Southwest border, 
        primarily targeted toward areas associated with the 
        greatest threats and highest number of border 
        incursions;
           A +$79.2 million increase to CBP's Office of 
        Air and Marine to provide immediate enhancements in 
        support of the Border Patrol's border security and 
        interdiction operations; and
           Restoration of $294.5 million to FEMA's 
        first responder grants to sustain the amount provided 
        in fiscal year 2014.
    In addition, the bill further supports essential security 
activities by:
           Highlighting the critical, cross-cutting 
        functionality of the Air and Marine Operations Center 
        (AMOC);
           Restoring the proposed reductions to the 
        Secret Service's investigative operations, including 
        the investigations of cyber crimes and support for the 
        prevention of child exploitation;
           Adding $5.0 million for additional 
        Transportation Security Administration (TSA) canine 
        enforcement teams, fully funding the training pipeline 
        for canine teams through fiscal year 2016;
           Fully funding all viable cybersecurity 
        activities, including federal network security and 
        deployment;
           Fully funding the Department's efforts to 
        consolidate and categorize disparate classified and 
        unclassified data to maximize information sharing while 
        ensuring appropriate access controls and privacy 
        protections;
           Continuing to fully fund E-Verify; and
           Fully funding the completion of the National 
        Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF).

                           FISCAL DISCIPLINE

    The Committee rejects any false ``tradeoff'' between 
security and spending restraint. The Committee's 
recommendations are intended to require the Department to make 
informed investment decisions with scarce resources and limited 
overhead, which will ultimately deliver better capabilities and 
improved security results. The Committee will not tolerate 
programs that are underperforming or failing to achieve 
required outcomes, which is why the bill makes responsible and 
targeted reductions to programs that are not producing results.
    Moreover, the Committee makes recommendations to instill 
fiscal discipline at DHS over the long term by rejecting poorly 
justified aspects of the budget request; substantially reducing 
bureaucratic overhead through no less than a 15 percent 
reduction in the Department's administrative offices; and 
requiring the Department to revisit costly acquisitions to 
ensure better value to taxpayers. The bill also compels the 
Department to more clearly link funding requests to mission 
requirements and to provide a better accounting of results 
before seeking additional funding for programs with a 
questionable or deficient track record.

                               OVERSIGHT

    The bill includes decisive action to improve 
accountability, including the explicit reduction of funds from 
the Department's managerial and administrative offices due to 
the submittal of deficient budget justification materials and 
the failure of the Department's leadership to submit all 
statutorily required reports due at the time of the President's 
fiscal year 2015 budget proposal. The Department has been 
repeatedly late in responding to congressional direction and 
the Committee can no longer tolerate such poor responsiveness 
and failure to comply with the law. The investment plans, 
obligation and expenditure plans, reports, and justifications 
outlined by the Committee are essential for supporting the 
Department's mission and living up to the exacting standards of 
fiscal responsibility demanded by the taxpayers. By flouting 
congressional requirements, the Department is effectively 
disregarding the taxpayers' right to see whether their scarce 
dollars are spent wisely. Additional reductions to Departmental 
components are recommended to demonstrate the seriousness of 
compliance and to compel DHS leadership to develop greater 
responsiveness to statutory requirements and congressional 
requests.
    For fiscal year 2015, the Committee recommends continuation 
of major reforms put in place since fiscal year 2012, and also 
recommends new actions to streamline and strengthen the 
Department. The bill rejects the unauthorized reform proposal 
for FEMA's first responder grants submitted in the budget, and 
instead the Committee recommends continuing existing reforms 
and placing emphasis upon federal dollars being allocated to 
states and localities facing the greatest risks. The Committee 
maintains its stringent oversight of FEMA's Disaster Relief 
Fund by continuing annual and monthly reporting and information 
dissemination requirements. The Committee continues to press 
reform of inefficient budgeting for Coast Guard acquisitions by 
aligning funding to requirements based on the fiscal year of 
need. Furthermore, the Committee recommends better alignment 
between mission and budget for specific Department functions, 
such as CBP's flight hour program, rationalization of pay for 
ICE Enforcement and Removal Officers performing similar 
functions, and continued reform of biometric identity 
management efforts, including compliance with statutory 
requirements on biometric exit.

                               CONCLUSION

    The Committee's intention with this bill, in contrast to 
the wholly inadequate budget request, is to prioritize funding 
for frontline security operations. Therefore, the Committee 
designed the bill to enable DHS to rapidly and aggressively 
address current threats; support the rapid, but responsible 
acquisition of much needed operational capabilities; address 
long-standing federal computer network security 
vulnerabilities; compel the Department to set clear and well-
reasoned priorities that align to stated mission requirements; 
and require the Department to practice sound financial and 
program management that aligns resources to missions and 
results in improved security. The Committee remains deeply 
committed to helping the Department confront long-standing and 
emergent homeland security threats, and sincerely appreciates 
the hard work and dedication of the thousands of agents, 
officers, Coast Guard military personnel, watchstanders, and 
mission support staff who make it their business every day to 
enforce federal laws, work to keep the Nation safe from 
terrorist threats, and improve the Nation's resiliency to 
disasters.

            TITLE I--DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS


            Office of the Secretary and Executive Management

 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $122,350,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       128,769,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       100,493,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       -21,857,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       -28,276,000
                                Mission

    The mission of the Office of the Secretary and Executive 
Management (OSEM) is to provide efficient leadership and 
services to DHS and to support the Department's efforts to 
achieve its strategic goals, as outlined in the Quadrennial 
Homeland Security Review.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $100,493,000 for OSEM, $28,276,000 
below the amount requested and $21,857,000 below the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014. This includes no more than 
$40,000 for official representation and reception allowances, 
$5,000 below the request.
    Unless otherwise noted, funding recommendations include 
reductions needed to offset significant shortfalls in the 
President's budget request for DHS due to: (1) assumed 
increases in aviation passenger fee collections that have yet 
to be authorized and that are not under the jurisdiction of the 
Committee on Appropriations; (2) detrimental, unjustified 
proposals to severely reduce the Department's essential 
frontline operations; and (3) the repeated failure to comply 
with statutory requirements. In addition, the reductions 
reflect Committee dissatisfaction with inconsistent or 
incomplete responses by the Department to the Committee's 
requests for factual information, as specifically noted 
elsewhere in this report.
    Due to the Department's chronic, unacceptable delays in 
submitting statutorily required reports and plans, the 
Committee recommends none of the requested restorations to 
prior year reductions, specifically recommends no funding for 
the Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA), and recommends 
constraining the entire appropriation to below current levels. 
The Committee notes that as of 60 days after the submission of 
the President's budget request, the Department still has not 
submitted several statutorily required reports and plans that 
were due with the submission of the budget proposal. The 
Committee will not tolerate the Department's repeated failures 
to comply with the law and will not reconsider reductions to 
OSEM, or a restoration for funding to support OLA, until the 
Department complies with all statutory requirements and submits 
a responsible budget proposal that adequately supports 
essential mission requirements for frontline operations.
    The Committee recommends the following funding levels for 
each sub-office as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Budget Estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Immediate Office of the Secretary.         $3,950,000         $3,583,000
Immediate Office of the Deputy              1,751,000          1,583,000
 Secretary........................
Office of the Chief of Staff......          2,112,000          1,875,000
Executive Secretary...............          7,719,000          6,510,000
Office of Policy..................         38,470,000         26,998,000
Office of Public Affairs..........          8,741,000          7,640,000
Office of Legislative Affairs.....          5,583,000              - - -
Office of Intergovernmental                 2,429,000          1,904,000
 Affairs..........................
Office of General Counsel.........         21,310,000         16,726,000
Office for Civil Rights and Civil          22,003,000         22,000,000
 Liberties........................
Citizenship and Immigration                 6,428,000          4,662,000
 Services Ombudsman...............
Privacy Officer...................          8,273,000          7,012,000
                                   -------------------------------------
    Total.........................       $128,769,000       $100,493,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                            Office of Policy

    The Committee recommends $26,998,000 for the Office of 
Policy, $11,472,000 below the amount requested and $9,502,000 
below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The Committee 
expects the Office of Policy to serve as the Department's 
central location for establishing, tracking progress of, and 
implementing DHS strategic planning and policy guidance across 
the entire spectrum of homeland security missions. Regrettably, 
it is apparent to the Committee that the Office of Policy, as 
it is currently configured, is failing to meet such a standard. 
Information recently provided to the Committee from the Office 
of Policy regarding border security, enforcement activities, 
and human smuggling and trafficking has failed to meet the 
Committee's requirements for timeliness, accuracy, and 
completeness. Therefore, in addition to other specified 
reductions noted above, the budget for the Office of Policy is 
reduced below the request by $3,000,000. This reduction shall 
be proportionally applied to the Office of International 
Affairs (OIA) and the Office of Policy Integration and 
Implementation.
    The Committee understands the Department is conducting a 
review of the Office of Policy's structure and attempting to 
implement reforms to enable the office to be more mission-
oriented and responsive. The Committee strongly supports these 
internal oversight efforts and believes they may correct the 
deficiencies noted in the preceding paragraph. The Department 
is directed to keep the Committee informed of its reform 
efforts for the Office of Policy and to provide an updated 
expenditure plan for the current fiscal year should the Office 
be re-organized prior to the end of fiscal year 2015.
    The Office of Policy shall submit its fiscal year 2016 plan 
for obligation and expenditure in accordance with the 
requirement for a Department-wide plan for obligation and 
expenditure contained within Title V of this Act. This 
obligation and expenditure plan shall include and clearly 
display the $3,000,000 reduction directed above. In addition, 
to improve oversight of operations and priorities of the Office 
of Policy, the Committee directs the Department to report not 
later than December 1, 2014, on fiscal year 2014 travel by 
political employees of the Office of Policy, listing the 
following information per trip: dates, destinations, purpose, 
costs, mode of travel, and the purpose and total number of 
government personnel accompanying the political appointees.
    The Committee directs the Department to ensure that the 
Office of Policy is a full participant in interagency 
discussions on visa policy matters, consistent with DHS 
authorities.

                    Office of International Affairs

    The Committee directs OIA to continue to include explicit 
costs and locations of all DHS secondment positions within the 
annual budget request and denies the use of funding for any 
further secondment positions in fiscal year 2015. This funding 
restriction is not meant to hamper best practice exchanges.

                        Office of Public Affairs

    The Committee directs the Office of Public Affairs to 
clearly post on the DHS website all Departmental activities 
related to the ''If You See Something, Say 
Something''TM campaign. This posting shall include 
the associated costs of all such activities.

              Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

    The Committee recommends $22,000,000 for the Office for 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (OCRCL), of which $2,394,000 
is for necessary oversight of Secure Communities and the 287(g) 
program. OCRCL shall submit its plan for obligation and 
expenditure in accordance with the requirement for a 
Department-wide plan for obligation and expenditure contained 
within Title V of this Act and, within that plan, shall 
document its planned expenses related to funding specified for 
oversight of Secure Communities and the 287(g) program. OCRCL 
shall provide to the Committee, upon request, copies of 
memoranda or other reports making recommendations to DHS 
components. OCRCL shall ensure that all individuals whose 
complaints are investigated by OCRCL receive information, as 
appropriate, regarding the outcome of their complaints, 
including findings of fact, findings of law, and remedies 
available, within 30 days of completion of the investigation.
    In fiscal year 2014, the Congress directed OCRCL, in 
conjunction with the DHS Privacy Officer, to conduct a joint 
review of CBP efforts to ensure the use of unmanned aircraft 
systems complies with all existing laws and applicable privacy 
and civil liberty standards. The Committee is disappointed by 
the failure to submit this report as directed. The Department 
shall provide the required report not later than July 15, 2014.

                      Unaccompanied Alien Children

    The Committee is extremely concerned about the escalating 
and seemingly uncontrollable phenomenon of UACs transiting the 
Southwest border. According to data provided by CBP and ICE, 
DHS encountered approximately 6,600 UACs along the Southwest 
border in fiscal year 2011. In fiscal year 2014, the number of 
UACs transiting the border is expected to surpass 66,000, and 
the projection for fiscal year 2015 is more than 145,000 
unaccompanied children. The Committee believes this issue 
demands vigorous Department-wide engagement by all relevant 
operational components and the Office of Policy, as well as a 
whole-of-government approach given the necessary diplomatic 
involvement of the Department of State and the legal 
obligations of the Office of Refugee Resettlement within the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-ORR) to care for 
these children and reunite them with their families. 
Regrettably, the Committee has found the Administration, and 
notably the DHS Office of Policy, to be unwilling or unable to 
fully acknowledge both the resource requirements and the causal 
factors surrounding these skyrocketing UAC encounters. Not only 
does this growth suggest an enormously profitable enterprise 
for transnational criminal organizations that are facilitating 
the smuggling of UACs, it also represents a true humanitarian 
crisis whose victims are among the most vulnerable of 
populations. To make matters worse, CBP and ICE personnel are 
being increasingly obliged to divert their attention away from 
their ongoing border enforcement and investigative duties to 
transport UACs to HHS-ORR locations and to care for these 
children until such transportation can be arranged.
    On May 14, 2014, the Secretary declared a Level IV 
condition of readiness, which means the current flows of UAC 
border crossings on the Southwest border has exceeded CBP's and 
ICE's ability to effectively manage such flows with current 
fiscal year 2014 resources. This declaration was not preceded 
by a request for the reprogramming of funds to enable the 
direction of more resources to the problem, as permitted by 
section 503 of Division F of Public Law 113-76, nor the use of 
the immigration emergency funding authority contained within 
section 548 of Division F of Public Law 113-76. Furthermore, 
the Secretary's announcement did not include a budget amendment 
or other strategy to correct the glaring funding deficiencies 
within the ICE and CBP budget proposals to address the 
anticipated additional expansion of UAC flows for fiscal year 
2015.
    The Committee notes that the Administration failed to 
properly budget for the expected costs of caring for UACs 
crossing the Southwest border during fiscal year 2015. The 
challenge was made more difficult by the untimely submission of 
a letter by OMB identifying significant additional UAC funding 
requirements for the coming year, including $166 million 
required for the Department above the budget request. The OMB 
letter, which came two days after Subcommittee consideration of 
the bill, provided no analytical justification and offered no 
recommendations for offsets within the budget request. As a 
result, the Committee was forced to find additional reductions 
throughout the Subcommittee reported bill to help offset the 
additional funding requirement for UACs.
    To sufficiently address the resources necessary to manage 
the estimated flows of UACs in fiscal year 2015, the 
Subcommittee reported bill recommended $76,900,000 above the 
request for ICE's transportation costs. However, given the 
updated information presented to the Committee, the Committee 
recommends modifying the Subcommittee reported bill, as 
detailed in the following table, to fully account for the 
current estimate of necessary costs incurred by both CBP and 
ICE associated with UACs.

                            Fiscal Year 2015 Shortfall for Costs Associated With UACs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CBP costs..............................................  .................        $76,942,000  .................
ICE costs..............................................  .................          87,605,00  .................
                                                                           -------------------
    Total estimated shortfall as of May 30, 2014 (as     .................        164,547,000  .................
     provided by DHS OCFO).............................
UAC funding included in Subcommittee-reported bill       .................         76,900,000  .................
 (ICE, Transportation).................................
Remaining shortfall (total estimated shortfall less      .................         87,647,000  .................
 funding currently included in bill)...................
Recommended Offsets (relative to Subcommittee-reported
 funding levels)
                                                            Subcommittee       Recommended          Revised
                                                           Reported Level        Offsets         Recommendation
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
Office of the Secretary and Executive Management.......        110,493,000        -10,000,000        100,493,000
Under Secretary for Management, Office of the Chief             21,007,000         -2,000,000         19,007,000
 Human Capital Officer.................................
Under Secretary for Management, Human Resources                  7,800,000         -7,800,000              - - -
 Information Technology................................
Under Secretary for Management, Office of the Chief             29,066,000         -2,000,000         27,066,000
 Readiness Support Officer.............................
Under Secretary for Management, Nebraska Avenue Complex          4,400,000         -4,400,000              - - -
 (NAC).................................................
DHS Office of the Chief Financial Officer..............         44,306,000         -5,000,000         39,306,000
CBP, Headquarters, Management, and Administration......      1,165,613,000         -5,000,000      1,160,613,000
ICE, Headquarters, Management, and Administration......        340,430,000         -5,000,000        335,430,000
DHS Financial Systems Modernization....................         39,500,000         -9,500,000         30,000,000
Recission, FEMA Disaster Relief Fund...................       -351,564,000        -36,947,000       -388,511,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal, recommended offsets......................  .................       -$87,647,000  .................
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    The Committee asserts that OMB and the Department must 
approach the spiraling growth of UACs transiting the border 
holistically and forthrightly in terms of necessary actions to 
better manage and deter the growing influx as well as the 
associated costs of such actions. The Committee also believes 
the Department must improve its budget estimates for known and 
projected operations and includes a new provision in Title V of 
this Act requiring DHS to incorporate all projected costs 
associated with UACs within the budget justification documents 
that accompany the annual DHS budget request. Finally, the 
Committee directs the Department to use existing budgetary 
tools and authorities, as necessary, to sufficiently address 
this issue in the current fiscal year. The Department shall 
keep the Committee informed of changes to its UAC inflow 
estimates and associated costs.

                             ICE Detainers

    The Committee is troubled by the number of jurisdictions 
that are not honoring ICE detainers, particularly those 
refusing to honor detainers on aliens who have been convicted 
of aggravated felonies or two or more felonies (Level I 
criminal aliens) and detainers on aliens who have been 
convicted of at least one felony or three or more misdemeanors 
(Level II criminal aliens). Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Department shall disseminate 
to all federal law enforcement agencies and federal grant 
making entities within DHS and the Department of Justice (DOJ) 
all relevant data regarding state and local jurisdictions that 
are not honoring ICE detainers.

                            Joint Operations

    The Committee is aware of efforts by the new Departmental 
leadership to examine and reform joint operations within DHS 
and with other federal agencies to better leverage security and 
enforcement capabilities as well as reduce costs. The Committee 
strongly supports such efforts and believes such joint activity 
to be one of the fundamental pillars on which DHS was 
established. The Department is directed to keep the Committee 
informed on such efforts and to clearly display efficiencies 
and budgetary savings achieved from any joint operations, as 
applicable, within required obligation and expenditure plans 
and budget justification materials.

              Joint Requirements and Aviation Commonality

    Currently, the Department's Aviation Governance Board is 
developing a database for both CBP and Coast Guard that 
consolidates their respective inventories and data on 
operations and maintenance for the purpose of determining the 
viability of whether: (1) similar mission requirements should 
drive the acquisition of common airframes; and (2) forfeiture 
or transfer of assets should be treated as acquisitions, 
subject to the same oversight processes as purchased aircraft--
to include programs with existing waivers from acquisition 
documentation required in Management Directive 102-01. Building 
on this initiative, the Committee directs DHS to review joint 
requirements and the potential to leverage depot level 
maintenance facilities for use across the Department. Further, 
the Committee directs the Department to develop a common flying 
hour program for the Coast Guard and CBP that leverages 
existing capabilities and models, includes the number of hours 
and associated costs by asset type and model to attain and 
maintain readiness and achieve definable mission requirements, 
and justifies the need for additional assets based on 
utilization of existing aircraft and potential maintenance 
issues. The Department shall brief the Committee not later than 
July 15, 2015, on the status of the joint requirement review 
and development of a common flying hour program, including 
timelines for implementation.

              Operational Resources in the U.S. Caribbean

    The Committee remains concerned about vulnerabilities in 
border control and high levels of violent crime occurring in 
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Committee is 
especially concerned with the pervasively high homicide rates 
occurring in the U.S. Caribbean and that such crime is directly 
linked to the smuggling of illegal narcotics and goods into 
United States Territories. The Committee recognizes the 
successes to date of Operation Caribbean Resilience, which is a 
joint initiative of the Department's component agencies 
launched in 2012 and expanded in 2013 to disrupt and dismantle 
criminal organizations in and around Puerto Rico. This 
initiative entailed a short-term, temporary surge of additional 
Departmental resources and personnel to Puerto Rico to augment 
local law enforcement efforts, with the principal contributions 
coming from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The 
Committee believes such surge operations should be replicated, 
as necessary, to stem the flow of contraband into the United 
States, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 
to counter the reach and growth of organized criminal 
enterprises throughout the Caribbean basin. The Committee 
directs the Secretary to report to the Committee not later than 
December 31, 2014, on the Department's plans to address 
operational needs in the source and transit zones and 
throughout the Caribbean basin, specifically in and around 
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, either as part of 
surge operations or on a more permanent basis. The Committee 
robustly addresses resource needs for counternarcotics and 
security operations in the source and transit zones in the CBP, 
ICE, and Coast Guard sections of this bill and report.

             State and Local Surge Operations on the Border

    The Committee recognizes the notable efforts by the Texas 
Department of Public Safety to surge state public safety and 
law enforcement assets to and near the U.S. border regions of 
Texas to mitigate illegal border incursions and criminal 
activity. The Committee understands that the show of force 
provided by state law enforcement officers made a discernable 
difference in the flow of illegal border incursions. The Office 
for State and Local Law Enforcement, within the DHS Office of 
Policy, serves as the primary liaison between DHS and non-
federal law enforcement agencies and is encouraged to work with 
Southwest border states to address the applicability of similar 
efforts in their states.

            Situational Awareness of Illegal Border Activity

    A common operating picture that provides full and 
persistent situational awareness of illegal activity between 
ports of entry along the Southwest border and in the associated 
maritime environment is required to accurately determine the 
effectiveness of border security operations, and will require 
collaboration among CBP, AMOC, ICE, and Coast Guard. Because 
technology can be a critical force multiplier and enabler in 
gaining this capability, CBP, ICE, and Coast Guard are directed 
to consult with the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) to 
fully develop a strategy and plan for attaining a common 
operating picture that is based on full and persistent 
situational awareness.
    In addition, the Committee directs CBP, AMOC, ICE, Coast 
Guard, and S&T to carry out a review of how current border 
situational awareness can be enhanced; technical capabilities 
planned for acquisition by CBP, AMOC, ICE, or Coast Guard; and 
other technologies, resources, and capabilities that will be 
needed in the future for maintaining and improving full and 
persistent situational awareness. The Secretary, in conjunction 
with CBP, AMOC, ICE, Coast Guard, and S&T, is directed to 
submit to the Committee, within 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the results of the technical review, and 
a draft plan for developing situational awareness using a 
common operating picture.

                       Cross-Border Working Group

    The Department continues to face difficult challenges in 
securing the Southwest border while also facilitating the 
efficient flow of commerce between the United States and 
Mexico. The Committee believes that efforts to address these 
challenges could be strengthened through a more formal 
engagement between the Department and appropriate Mexican 
authorities to develop common or complementary approaches in 
areas of mutual interest, including border infrastructure; 
immigration enforcement; facilitating the flow of low-risk 
cargo and passengers; and cross-border violence and criminal 
networks. The Committee encourages the Department, in 
cooperation with the Department of State, to explore new 
opportunities for cooperation with Mexican authorities, such as 
through a cross-border working group.

          Coastal Surveillance System Pilot with S&T and AMOC

    Increasingly, criminals are using small vessels to smuggle 
illicit materials into the United States. These vessels, 
including go-fasts, pangas, and self-propelled semi-submersible 
and fully submersible vessels, are purposely built for stealth 
by transnational criminal organizations and provide an ideal 
platform for smuggling. The vessels are difficult to detect 
with existing sensors, and it is very challenging to 
distinguish between the bad actors and those engaged in 
legitimate pleasure and commercial boating.
    Another challenge for the agencies responsible for guarding 
our maritime borders is how to effectively patrol the vast 
maritime approaches to the U.S. using limited resources (ships, 
boats, planes, helicopters). The only way to do this 
effectively and efficiently is to dramatically increase 
situational awareness in the maritime domain to provide 
actionable information that helps leverage the use of our 
limited interdiction assets.
    The Committee is encouraged by S&T's development of a 
Coastal Surveillance System (CSS), which is designed to 
integrate information from existing and new data sources and 
sensors to improve maritime domain awareness by tracking 
vessels in real time to facilitate the interdiction of vessels 
through the identification of anomalous or suspicious behavior. 
After its initial introduction at AMOC in 2012 for a 
preliminary technical evaluation, S&T and AMOC entered a pilot 
phase of evaluation in November 2013. The Committee directs S&T 
and component agencies to brief the Committee within 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act on the CSS pilot; 
current and new data feeds to be tested; planned installations 
of additional CSS nodes for CBP and Coast Guard platforms; and 
planned service upgrades.

                          Weapons Commonality

    The Committee is concerned that there is no apparent 
overarching Departmental leadership or strategy for procuring 
weapons, including firearms and non-lethal weapons. To address 
this concern, the Secretary shall review current and specific 
weapons requirements to ensure the Department is creating joint 
requirements, as appropriate, and maximizing DHS's buying 
power. Further, as required by a new provision contained within 
Title V, the Secretary shall provide a report with the 
submission of the fiscal year 2016 budget on the quantity of 
weapons in inventory by type and model at the end of the 
preceding fiscal year; the number of weapons planned for 
procurement in fiscal years 2015 and 2016; a description of how 
such quantity and purchases align to each component's mission 
requirements; and details on all contracting practices applied 
by the Department, including comparative details for other 
contracting options.

                Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime

    The Committee has been closely monitoring the Department's 
application of administratively uncontrollable overtime (AUO) 
and was pleased to see the internal memorandum from the Deputy 
Secretary dated May 23, 2014, regarding improvements to AUO 
administration throughout DHS. The Committee assertively 
addresses AUO under CBP and NPPD in this report, and has 
reduced certain accounts due to expected budgetary savings from 
improvements to AUO oversight and management. The Committee 
directs DHS to submit to the congressional committees of 
jurisdiction, not later than 15 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the results of the DHS Office of General 
Counsel's AUO review and the results of the Office of Special 
Counsel's investigations, as applicable. Furthermore, the 
Committee directs DHS to report to the congressional committees 
of jurisdiction, not later than 15 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, on the compliance plans and internal 
controls and safeguards developed pursuant to the Deputy 
Secretary's AUO memorandum.

                              S&T Reforms

    The Committee is pleased that DHS and S&T have developed a 
definition of research and development (R&D), but continues to 
be concerned about the lack of a comprehensive strategy for R&D 
conducted by the Department. There is still no formal process 
or guidance across the Department for setting R&D priorities, 
defining R&D requirements, or setting R&D goals and milestones. 
In order to ensure that effective R&D guidance is established 
and maintained, the Department is directed to issue a 
management directive, not later than 180 days following 
enactment of this Act, that includes: a process for ensuring 
the Department's resources are allocated to projects that 
address its highest priorities; the definition of R&D a 
process for identifying capability gaps; the methodology for 
determining when R&D is an appropriate response to such gaps; 
and an outline of the requisite steps for performing R&D. The 
directive shall also include a Department-wide policy for 
regular, comprehensive reviews by S&T of component technical 
plans to assure that the plans are technically achievable and 
complement, but do not overlap with other S&T or component 
activities. S&T shall submit a report to the Committee within 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act on S&T's 
assessment as to the technical achievability of the component 
plans, recommended changes to improve the performance of the 
plans, and a detailed overview of how the plans complement 
ongoing S&T activities.
    The Committee has also expressed concerns regarding the 
lack of permanent mechanisms for S&T to regularly solicit input 
and receive constructive feedback from each component. To 
facilitate such communication, S&T is encouraged to increase 
opportunities for its staff to gain first-hand understanding of 
DHS operations through the establishment of a liaison program 
that embeds S&T technical subject matter experts in the field 
with the operational elements of DHS components. S&T should 
also explore the utility of placing detailees from the field-
elements of the components within S&T to enrich the 
requirements generation process. The Department is directed to 
include, as part of the required management directive, guidance 
requiring each component to establish a permanent mechanism for 
interaction with S&T. Such mechanism should ensure that 
components are routinely apprised of the Directorate's ongoing 
development of technology and knowledge products, and should 
enable the components to effectively communicate their needs 
and capability gaps to S&T.

                   Developmental Test and Evaluation

    The Secretary, working with the Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology, is directed to establish policies and 
procedures to coordinate and monitor test and evaluation (T&E) 
activities across the DHS acquisition framework through S&T's 
Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E) function. The 
Committee remains concerned that acquisition programs continue 
to falter across the Department and that S&T is not as engaged 
as it should be across the spectrum of T&E activities. It is 
the Committee's expectation that S&T be involved in all aspects 
of T&E, including setting policy and guidance for and 
overseeing DT&E, approving the DT&E plan supporting decisions 
to begin initial production, and integrating DT&E with 
operational T&E.

    Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) Process 
                              Improvements

    The Committee is encouraged by the efforts of DHS 
leadership to improve the rigor of its PPBE process. In 
particular, the Committee commends the Department's efforts to 
create a more robust strategy for the requirements planning 
process that ensures acquisitions and other investment 
decisions directly link to mission and performance outcomes. 
This linkage is vital to ensuring program executability and 
affordability in the near-term, in the intermediate performance 
period outlined in the Future Years Homeland Security Program 
(FYHSP), and in the long-term for major capital asset 
acquisitions. To that end, DHS is directed to brief the 
Committee on the requirements process that is being implemented 
by July 15, 2014, and regularly thereafter. The briefing shall 
include, as applicable, lessons learned from using the new 
processes in formulating the President's fiscal year 2016 
budget request and changes that will be incorporated into the 
process for developing the President's fiscal year 2017 
request.

                                 Travel

    The Committee commends the Department for reducing 
executive travel costs over the past few fiscal years. Travel 
by Department leadership and senior staff is necessary when it 
supports critical DHS missions, advances national policy 
interests, or serves fundamental oversight and management 
purposes. However, as noted by the Committee over the past 
several years, some travel by Department officials has failed 
to meet the test of being both necessary and efficient.
    The Committee directs the Department to provide a quarterly 
travel report to the Committee not later than 30 days after the 
end of each fiscal quarter, beginning with the end of the first 
quarter after the date of enactment of this Act. The report 
shall detail all costs of official and nonofficial travel by 
the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary (both direct and 
indirect), delineated by each trip for that quarter within all 
DHS appropriations.

                     Bonuses and Performance Awards

    The Department is directed to include within the 
President's budget request for fiscal year 2016 the amounts 
estimated, by component, for bonuses and performance awards for 
fiscal year 2016 and the standards and criteria that will be 
applied to the use of such awards and bonuses.

                Reception and Representation Allowances

    Within OSEM, the Committee recommends no more than $40,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, $5,000 
below the amount requested. Within this total, not more than 
$15,000 shall be for international programs within the Office 
of Policy and necessary activities related to the Visa Waiver 
Program. The Department is directed to track its reception and 
representation expenses in enough detail to explain how these 
funds were used as the Committee conducts its oversight efforts 
next year. The Committee expects the Department to review 
representation allowances for all DHS agencies to ensure the 
equitable alignment of funds with responsibilities, and to 
submit any proposed changes as part of the fiscal year 2016 
budget request.

                     Conferences and Special Events

    For fiscal years 2013 and 2014, Congress mandated new, 
strict oversight requirements for conferences and special 
events. The Committee continues this stringent oversight and 
expects DHS to fully comply with such statutory requirements 
for fiscal year 2015.
    Furthermore, not later than 30 days after the end of fiscal 
year 2015, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) shall report 
to the Committee on the Department's event-related spending, 
including an assessment of whether DHS is in compliance with 
all applicable laws and regulations and describing in detail 
the total costs to the government associated with events. In 
addition, the report shall include the number of conferences 
held, the amount of funds obligated, and expenses by 
appropriation or other source of funding, including costs by 
budget account and subaccount.

                   Over-Classification of Information

    The Committee is concerned with the number of reports, 
briefings, and responses to requests for information that are 
designated by the Department as ``For Official Use Only'' 
(FOUO), often without a consistent and appropriate review as to 
why information requires such a classification. As a 
consequence, both the Committee and the Department have wasted 
substantial staff resources deliberating over what information 
can and could be publicly disclosed. The Committee directs that 
all reports, briefings, or responses to requests for 
information provided to the Committee that are classified as 
FOUO include the name(s) and title(s) of the personnel that 
made the designation and the specific reasons for the 
classification based on requirements detailed in DHS Management 
Directive 11042.1, which provides guidance for safeguarding 
sensitive but unclassified FOUO information.

                Employee Morale and Workforce Innovation

    The Committee is very concerned with recent, persistent 
findings of low morale and a weak environment for innovation 
across the Department. Not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Department is directed to update the 
relevant committees of jurisdiction on its corrective action 
plan to address and improve low employee morale and the poor 
climate for workplace innovation. This update must examine root 
causes and establish metrics of success within the action plan 
that are clear and measurable.

                       Universal Complaint System

    The Committee directs DHS to assess the feasibility, cost, 
and benefits of implementing a universal complaint system to 
operate across the Department that ensures all complaints are 
addressed, promptly responded to, and that results inform 
future training and policy, by: (a) developing one online 
multilingual portal to file any DHS complaint; (b) creating a 
Department-wide toll-free number to allow individuals to file 
complaints; and, (c) displaying in multiple languages both the 
web address and phone number at all detention facilities, ports 
of entry, and interior checkpoints. DHS is directed to report 
to the Committee on its assessment within six months of the 
date of enactment of this Act.

                          Wildlife Trafficking

    The Committee is aware that illegal wildlife trafficking is 
one of the largest international criminal enterprises and is 
deeply concerned by the growing evidence that wildlife poaching 
and trafficking, particularly of African elephant ivory, is 
being used as a source of funding by terrorist organizations, 
extremist militias, and transnational criminal organizations. 
The Committee is also aware that the National Strategy for 
Combating Wildlife Trafficking states the Administration's 
intent to ensure that U.S. intelligence activities are 
appropriately integrated with domestic and international 
enforcement efforts. The Committee supports this goal and, to 
the extent practicable, encourages the Department to work with 
U.S. and international law enforcement and partner countries to 
share information and analysis on illegal wildlife trafficking.

              Office of the Under Secretary for Management

 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $196,015,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       195,286,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       175,124,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       -20,891,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       -20,162,000
                                Mission

    The Office of the Under Secretary for Management's (USM) 
primary mission is to deliver quality administrative support 
services for human resources; manage facilities, property, 
equipment, and other material resources; ensure safety, health, 
and environmental protection; and identify and track 
performance measurements relating to the responsibilities of 
the Department. This office is also charged with implementing a 
mission support structure for DHS administrative services, 
while eliminating redundancies and reducing support costs.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $175,124,000 for USM, $20,162,000 
below the amount requested and $20,891,000 below the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014*. Within the amount provided, no 
more than $2,000 is for official reception and representation 
expenses.
    Unless otherwise noted, recommendations include reductions 
to offset significant shortfalls in the President's budget 
request for DHS due to: (1) assumed increases in aviation 
passenger fee collections that have yet to be authorized and 
that are not under the jurisdiction of the Committee on 
Appropriations; (2) detrimental, unjustified proposals to 
severely reduce the Department's essential frontline 
operations; and (3) the repeated failure to comply with 
statutory requirements.
    The Committee recommends the following funding levels for 
individual offices within USM:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Budget estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Immediate Office of the Under              $2,757,000         $2,683,000
 Secretary for Management*........
Office of the Chief Security               63,597,000         63,033,000
 Officer..........................
Office of the Chief Procurement            64,036,000         63,335,000
 Officer..........................
Office of the Chief Human Capital
 Officer:
    Salaries and Expenses.........         21,253,000         19,007,000
    Human Resources Information             9,878,000              - - -
     Technology...................
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal..................         31,131,000         19,007,000
Office of the Chief Readiness
 Support Officer:
    Salaries and Expenses.........         29,272,000         27,066,000
    Nebraska Avenue Complex.......          4,493,000              - - -
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal..................         33,765,000         27,066,000
                                   =====================================
            Total.................       $195,286,000      $175,124,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*The recommendation and comparisons reported here exclude the
  headquarters consolidation project at St. Elizabeths.

         Immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Management

    The Committee recommends $2,683,000 for the Immediate 
Office of the Under Secretary for Management, $74,000 below the 
amount requested and $17,000 below the amount provided in 
fiscal year 2014. The Committee directs this office to resume 
its efforts to compel the Department to adopt a zero-based 
budgeting approach to formulate its annual budget request and 
present its budget justification documents.

                Office of the Chief Procurement Officer

    The Committee recommends $63,335,000 for the Office of the 
Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO), $701,000 below the amount 
requested and $1,665,000 below the amount provided in fiscal 
year 2014. The Committee continues statutory language in the 
corresponding section of the bill requiring the submittal of a 
Comprehensive Acquisition Status Report (CASR) and subsequent 
quarterly updates, and expects the Department to comply with 
those requirements in terms of both content and schedule. In 
addition to the information currently included in the report, 
the Department shall include all level 1, 2, and 3 programs 
with a breakout by appropriation and PPA. Further, the report 
shall be provided to Congress and published on the Department's 
public-facing website (with the exception of specific sensitive 
but unclassified information).

                           Contract Closeout

    The closeout of complex contracts is a labor intensive and 
time consuming effort for the Department. The CPO has briefed 
the Committee that a backlog of contracts exists, awaiting 
final closeout and disposition. Meticulous attention to detail 
is required in this task to ensure the government satisfies its 
liabilities to its contractors and, in turn, that the 
contractors do not in some way take advantage of the 
government. Beginning in fiscal year 2010, the Department of 
Defense (DoD) commenced a pilot program, in conjunction with 
the Ability One Services program, in which wounded veterans 
were trained and utilized to conduct this task. Thus far, 
millions of dollars have been recouped and thousands of 
contracts have successfully been closed out. Conservative 
estimates from DoD show that the program may achieve a 10:1 
return on investment as a result of the deobligation of funds. 
The Committee is extremely supportive of this initiative and 
strongly encourages the CPO to review the applicability of this 
program within DHS.

               Program Accountability and Risk Management

    With the submission of the fiscal year 2016 budget request, 
proposed funding for the Office of Program Accountability and 
Risk Management (PARM) shall be identified through a distinct 
PPA under USM in lieu of the current practice of including 
PARM's funding within the PPA for the OCPO. Because PARM is a 
direct report to the Chief Acquisition Officer (CAO) as the 
CAO's Executive Agent for overseeing acquisition program 
management, a distinct PPA for PARM better aligns funding to 
mission.

                Enterprise-wide Talent Management System

    The Committee denies the request for $1,143,000 to fund the 
Enterprise-wide Talent Management System. The Committee regrets 
that funding for this type of human capital initiative is 
simply unavailable when Congress is presented with such a 
flawed budget request that includes glaring, irresponsible gaps 
in necessary financial support for frontline operations. The 
Committee believes essential operations must be sufficiently 
supported and prioritized before additional funding can be 
considered for such administrative initiatives.

                        Unit End Item Definition

    The Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Office of 
the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) and the OCPO, is directed to 
develop definitions of ``expense item'' and ``investment 
items'' that mirror the definitions used by other federal 
agencies, including DoD.

          Procurement of Secure Document Products and Services

    The Committee notes there is an ongoing Government 
Accountability Office (GAO) study regarding the production of 
secure credentials across the government. Prior to the 
completion of the GAO study, the Committee seeks additional 
information to understand how DHS procures secure document 
services. To that end, the Committee directs OCPO to notify the 
Committee in writing 15 days prior to contracting with a 
private entity or signing an agreement with a government agency 
to requisition secure document services or secure document 
component services. If DHS procures secure documents from a 
government source the agency is to provide justification for 
that decision and an analysis showing how the security of the 
products or services will be equal to or greater than that of 
products that could be procured from private industry at a 
substantially similar cost, as part of the 15 day notice.

                           Document Security

    The Committee remains concerned over the need to protect 
classified information, especially as to methods used to secure 
paper forms, which can be scanned, faxed, copied, or otherwise 
stolen or compromised. Existing, off-the-shelf commercial 
technologies can be used to monitor document access and alert 
security personnel when sensitive documents are at-risk. The 
Committee directs the Department to report to the relevant 
committees of jurisdiction, within 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, on the measures currently being used to 
ensure hard copy document security.

   First Responder Land Mobile Radio Communications Interoperability

    DHS has encouraged the development of multi-band handheld 
land mobile radio (LMR) systems that can operate on more than 
one of the public safety LMR communications bands. Further, DHS 
has subsidized multi-band LMR technology development through 
grant funding, conducted multi-band technology pilot programs, 
and published the results of these pilot programs. The 
Committee expects logical, measured, and cost-effective steps 
to complement the actions DHS has already undertaken to advance 
first responder communications interoperability. Accordingly, 
the Committee directs DHS to take steps to enhance 
communications interoperability among local, state, and federal 
first responders.
    The Committee specifically notes the findings of the 
Department's 2012 Multi-Band Radio Pilot Assessment that: (a) 
multi-band radios are a valuable tool in bridging the 
communications interoperability gap between local, state, and 
federal agencies regardless of the radio band in use; (b) 
multiple manufacturers offer dual-band and multi-band radios; 
and (c) the cost of a multi-band radio is now comparable to the 
cost of a similar high end, single-band radio. The Committee 
directs DHS, within 120 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, to brief the Committee on the steps it will take to: 
(a) transition DHS component agencies to multi-band LMRs in 
future procurements unless their mission does not require full 
local, state, and federal interoperability; (b) issue guidance 
to non-DHS federal law enforcement agencies on transitioning to 
multi-band LMRs, as appropriate; and (c) issue guidance for DHS 
grant programs that support state and local interoperable 
communications to make interoperability an important criterion 
for grant-funded LMR procurements.

                     DHS Headquarters Consolidation

 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014*......................       $35,000,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................        73,000,000
Recommended in the bill...............................             - - -
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       -35,000,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................      -73,000,000*Provided in sec. 544 of Public Law 113-76.

                             Recommendation

    Given the constraints of the current budget environment and 
the flawed and unjustified reductions to the Department's 
operational components and frontline personnel within the 
President's fiscal year 2015 budget request for DHS, no funding 
is included for further development of the headquarters 
consolidation project or for associated mission support of the 
project. The Chief Readiness Support Officer is directed to 
update the Committee not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act on the plan for obligation and 
expenditure of prior year appropriations for this project and 
provide an updated analysis of alternatives for the project 
that fully considers the costs and benefits of its scope within 
a fiscal environment that is substantially constrained.
    The Committee understands that the Department, through USM, 
is actively exploring options to modify or consolidate current 
leases, with the expectation that a permanent headquarters 
construction site will be significantly delayed or amended. The 
Committee encourages the Department to continue this effort and 
to inform the Committee of its progress not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, including revised 
schedules and cost estimates.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................       $46,000,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015*.....................        94,626,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        39,306,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        -6,694,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................      -55,320,000*Includes funding for Financial Systems Modernization efforts.

                                Mission

    The primary responsibilities and functions of OCFO include 
budget execution and oversight; performance analysis and 
evaluation; oversight of the Department's financial management 
system; oversight of the Department's business and financial 
management systems across all agencies and directorates; and 
oversight of credit card programs and audit liaisons.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $39,306,000 for OCFO, $55,320,000 
below the amount requested and $6,694,000 below the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014. Funding for the Financial Systems 
Modernization (FSM) program is not recommended under this 
heading and is instead addressed within Title V of this bill 
and report. As noted above, reductions to the core offices of 
OCFO are made to offset the severe flaws of the budget request, 
including reliance upon unauthorized fee increases and the 
proposed, but unjustified, reductions to the Department's 
operational components. The recommended reduction is also due 
to the Department's chronic inability to comply with statutory 
reporting requirements.

            Unrealistic Budgeting Practices and Assumptions

    As in prior years, the President's budget unjustifiably 
assumes that new revenue will be authorized for the coming 
fiscal year. In this case, the budget request was built upon 
the assumption that $570,000,000 in new aviation security fee 
revenue will be authorized in fiscal year 2015. Furthermore, 
the President's budget proposal relies upon proposed, but 
unauthorized, fee increases under CBP to offset increased costs 
of operations and fund 2,000 additional CBP officers. However, 
as in the past, such proposals depend on enactment of new 
legislative authority that is outside the jurisdiction of the 
Committee. As this Committee has underscored repeatedly over 
the past several Congresses, such an approach to budgeting is 
unrealistic and requires the Committee to take drastic measures 
to offset the inflicted gaps in funding needed to adequately 
support frontline operations. The Committee reiterates its 
message and wholly rejects such budgetary gaucherie. The 
consequences, in terms of pervasive reductions to the 
Department's requests, are therefore evident throughout this 
bill.
    If and when such proposals are enacted into law, the 
Committee will take them into account as it drafts legislation, 
and the Department should keep the Committee informed of any 
progress in this regard. However, until such actions occur, 
these unauthorized proposals cannot be treated as relevant to 
the Committee's appropriation work. While the Administration is 
certainly free to propose new sources of revenue as part of its 
budget, future budget requests should not be constructed on the 
assumption that such offsetting revenue will be forthcoming.

            Department-Wide Common Appropriations Structure

    The Committee recognizes that DHS components have disparate 
appropriation structures, which hinders the Department's 
ability to carry out mission planning, programming, budgeting, 
execution, and performance measurement in an integrated 
fashion. This has occurred as a result of legacy appropriation 
structures that components brought with them when DHS was 
formed and differences across appropriation structures for 
components created even after DHS was established. In order to 
provide the Department and the Committees increased visibility, 
comparability, and information on which to base resource 
allocation decisions, particularly in the current fiscal 
climate, the Committee believes DHS would benefit from the 
implementation of a common appropriation structure across the 
Department. OCFO is directed to work with the components, OMB, 
and the Committee to develop a common appropriation structure 
for the President's fiscal year 2017 budget request.
    In the interim, OCFO is directed to provide a report to 
accompany the President's budget request for fiscal year 2016 
that outlines a notional framework for a common appropriation 
structure, contains appropriation crosswalks for each component 
demonstrating the format of the new structure and comparisons 
with the current structure, and details any assumptions, 
particularly regarding proposed changes to reprogramming 
authorities, that would be required to make the new structure 
work efficiently. In order to ensure this new structure is 
ready for implementation in the fiscal year 2017 budget cycle, 
it is critical that this project remain on schedule. To that 
end, OCFO is directed to brief the Committee on the status of 
this project by July 15, 2014, and regularly thereafter.

                    Obligation and Expenditure Plans

    In prior appropriations Acts and reports, the Committee has 
directed the submission of obligation and expenditure plans for 
various programs on an ad hoc basis. To formalize this process 
across the Department, the Committee includes a new general 
provision that directs the submission of reports for specified 
programs detailing the planned obligation and expenditure of 
funds. The reports shall reflect enacted appropriations; 
include the allocation of undistributed appropriations among 
and within PPAs; and incorporate completed reprogramming 
actions (pursuant to section 503 of this Act and previous 
appropriations Acts for DHS), including funds that have been 
reprogrammed below the reprogramming notification threshold.
    Funding in the reports shall be broken out according to PPA 
and cost code by quarter, and shall include the amount of funds 
planned to be carried over into the next fiscal year. For 
multi-year appropriations, the reports shall detail the status 
of each appropriation by source year. In addition, the reports 
shall identify the current numbers of onboard personnel by PPA, 
along with delineations of the numbers of personnel newly hired 
or lost to attrition since the beginning of the fiscal year or 
since the most recent report, as appropriate. These reports 
shall be provided 45 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act. Certain additional reports shall be submitted on a 
quarterly basis after these initial reports to compare actual 
obligations against the initial plans.

                Timely Obligation of Appropriated Funds

    The Committee is increasingly concerned with the slow rate 
of obligation and languishing balances in multi-year 
appropriation accounts. With fiscally constrained budget 
toplines, the Committee cannot afford to appropriate funding 
that will not be obligated in a timely fashion or could be 
appropriated in future budgets. Funds should only be requested 
that are anticipated to be obligated in the first year of an 
appropriation, with the exception of legal requirements such as 
antecedent liabilities. Understanding that delays do occur, it 
is the expectation of the Committee that at least 80 percent of 
the funds requested in multi-year accounts should be obligated 
in the first year of an appropriation. When programs fail to 
obligate funds, it is an indication to the Committee that they 
might be falling behind schedule or may not be able to 
effectively utilize allotted budget authority. The Department 
is directed to provide budget guidance to components that their 
budget submissions request only the funds that have a bona fide 
need during the first year of an appropriation.
    For single year accounts, the Committee is troubled with 
the practice of obligating a significant portion of funds in 
the last quarter of a fiscal year. Other Departments and 
agencies have statutory language limiting to less than 20 
percent the amount available for obligation in the last two 
months of a fiscal year. Not only do fourth quarter obligations 
overwhelm contracting staff, it can be argued that funds that 
do not obligate until the fourth quarter could just as easily 
be slipped into the next fiscal year for funding. The Committee 
urges the Department to address this situation.

                  Congressional Budget Justifications

    The Committee directs the Department to submit all of its 
fiscal year 2016 budget justifications on the first Monday in 
February, 2015, concurrent with the official submission of the 
President's budget to Congress as mandated by law. The detail 
contained within the justification documents should reflect the 
requirements set forth under this heading in the explanatory 
statement accompanying Public Law 113-76, with the exception 
that the references to prior year funding information should 
relate to fiscal years 2014 and 2015, as applicable. The 
Committee further directs the Department to make appropriate 
and necessary preparations for an overhaul of the format of its 
budget justification documents to be included with the fiscal 
year 2016 budget request. This reformatting should include a 
presentation of financial data that is similar to the CASR, but 
shall also include financial detail per PPA and include far 
less narrative and superfluous content than the current 
justification documents. OCFO is directed to meet regularly 
with the Committee, as necessary, to carry out this 
reformatting in preparation for the submittal of the fiscal 
year 2016 budget request.
    Further, for each DHS component, the fiscal year 2016 
budget justification material shall be submitted for all DHS 
investment items over $250,000 per investment item, including 
research and development and capital assets such as real 
property and equipment. By appropriation and PPA, the material 
and supporting documentation shall include a project 
description, justification, and scope to include the 
capabilities to be fielded; key events for the prior year, 
current year, and budget year; funding delineated by year of 
appropriation (prior year; current year; budget year; budget 
year plus one; budget year plus two; budget year plus three; 
budget year plus four and beyond); total cost; the actual or 
estimated appropriations, obligations, unobligated authority, 
planned expenditures, and planned increment and/or units to be 
procured; available funding budget plan (projected obligations 
by year appropriated) broken out by cost category; and contract 
information and status. The justification material shall be 
displayed in the same format as the CASR. Consistent with 
section 874 of Public law 107-296, the Department shall submit 
a FYHSP as part of the fiscal year 2016 budget justification, 
reflecting anticipated spending for fiscal years 2016 through 
2020. It shall be in unclassified form so as to be accessible 
to the public.
    The Committee also directs that the Department ensure, for 
all appropriations requested in fiscal year 2016 and for which 
a proposal is made to increase or decrease funding for an 
activity within a PPA category, that it informs the Committee 
of the base funding level for such activity--and not simply the 
total activity or PPA funding level.

                     Monthly Reporting Requirements

    The Committee continues bill language requiring a Monthly 
Budget Execution and Staffing report within 30 days after the 
close of each month. The Committee directs the Department to 
modify this report to include the amounts of unobligated and 
unexpended balances of appropriations by source year and to 
display the status of balances at both the appropriations 
account level and the PPA level where the latter are reflected 
in the explanatory statement accompanying enacted 
appropriations. The source year and other information required 
in the modified report will assist the Committee in better 
evaluating program implementation and budget execution by the 
agencies. The unobligated balances for the Disaster Relief Fund 
are exempt from the requirement to show the source year of 
appropriations.

                          Working Capital Fund

    As in prior years, the Committee directs the Department to 
include a separate justification for the Working Capital Fund 
(WCF) in the fiscal year 2016 budget request. This should 
include a description of each activity funded by the WCF; the 
basis (including a sufficient business case analysis) for 
pricing; the number of full-time federal employees funded in 
each activity; a list of each Departmental organization that is 
allocating funds to the activity; and the funding each 
organization is providing in fiscal years 2014 and 2015, and 
what is estimated to be provided in 2016. If a project 
contained in the WCF is a multi-year activity with a defined 
cost, scope, and schedule, the estimated costs and schedule 
shall be clearly delineated.
    As directed in the explanatory statement accompanying 
Public Law 113-76, the Department is directed to base inclusion 
or exclusion of an activity in the WCF on a thorough business 
case that justifies the efficiency or effectiveness of such 
inclusion or exclusion; the Department is not required to 
formally provide justifications to the Committees identifying 
initiatives or activities that are not included in the WCF. 
Consistent with fiscal year 2014, section 504 of this Act does 
not include a requirement from prior years that the WCF be 
subject to the reprogramming requirements contained in section 
503 of this Act, but instead directs quarterly reporting on 
obligations, expenditures, and the projected annual operating 
level for each WCF activity. In addition, the Department shall 
notify the Committees when an initiative or activity is added 
to or removed from the WCF. This approach provides increased 
flexibility for the Department while also providing the 
Committees with insight into the real-time operations of the 
WCF that is necessary to conduct robust oversight.
    The Department shall not fund any activities through the 
WCF that the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations have 
disapproved either in report language or in their responses to 
reprogramming requests.

           Notification of Structural Pay Reform Initiatives

    The Committee expects to be kept informed of the 
Department's structural pay reform initiatives. Therefore, the 
Committee includes a new provision in Title V of this Act 
requiring an official and comprehensive notification at least 
30 days prior to implementation of any such initiatives.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $257,156,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       256,343,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       257,068,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................           -88,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................          +725,000
                                Mission

    The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) has 
oversight of information technology (IT) projects in the 
Department and is responsible for implementing the programs 
necessary to align DHS's IT personnel, resources, and assets, 
including all systems and infrastructure, to support 
Department-wide missions and activities. OCIO provides DHS and 
its partners with the IT services required to lead a unified 
national effort to prevent and deter terrorist attacks as well 
as protect against and respond to threats and hazards.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $257,068,000 for OCIO, $725,000 
above the amount requested and $88,000 below the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014, including an increase of 
$6,976,000 for Sharing and Safeguarding Classified Information, 
as requested. At this funding level, DHS will be able to 
continue to improve information security while also providing 
necessary protections across the Department's classified 
networks. The activities associated with Sharing and 
Safeguarding Classified Information will protect DHS data and 
resources from unauthorized disclosures and preserve the 
ability of all users of DHS classified systems to access 
classified resources from partner departments and agencies in 
all classified domains. Unless otherwise noted, the 
recommendation reflects reductions to partially offset 
significant shortfalls in the President's budget request for 
DHS due to: (1) assumed increases in aviation passenger fee 
collections that have yet to be authorized and that are not in 
the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations; (2) 
unjustified reductions to essential frontline operations; and 
(3) the repeated failure of the Department to comply with 
statutory requirements.
    OCIO is directed to brief the Committee, not later than 90 
days after enactment of this Act, on the cost and schedule 
details of all large or multi-agency projects such as the 
Homeland Secure Data Network (HSDN) and the Identity, 
Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) program, as well as 
other steps being taken to safeguard classified information.
    A comparison of the budget request to the Committee 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Budget Estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Salaries and Expenses.............        $95,444,000        $93,169,000
Information Technology Activities.         38,627,000         40,627,000
Infrastructure and Security                52,140,000         53,140,000
 Activities.......................
Homeland Secure Data Network......         70,132,000         70,132,000
                                   -------------------------------------
    Total, Chief Information             $256,343,000       $257,068,000
     Officer......................
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                   Information Technology Activities

    The Committee recommends $40,627,000 for Information 
Technology Activities, $2,000,000 above the amount requested 
and $6,627,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014, 
including an increase of $2,000,000 to support the DHS Data 
Framework.

                 Infrastructure and Security Activities

    The Committee recommends $53,140,000 for Infrastructure and 
Security Activities, $1,000,000 above the amount requested and 
$8,140,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The 
increase of $1,000,000 is to be applied for cyber remediation 
tools. OCIO is directed to update the Committees--in 
coordination with other Departmental components, as necessary--
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act 
on Department-wide efforts to combat ``insider threats'' in the 
cyber domain, including, but not limited to, an overview of: 
(1) the extent of the Department's ability to monitor the 
unauthorized removal of sensitive, unclassified and classified 
material from DHS information systems; (2) any new restrictions 
on access to DHS information systems and databases, both 
internally and for external stakeholders; (3) any recent 
restrictions placed on DHS users by external, interagency 
stakeholders on access to certain databases and an assessment 
of the operational impact of such restrictions; and (4) plans 
to improve the DHS information security architecture and 
policies to preclude breaches at DHS.

                         Data Center Migration

    The Committee continues the requirement to be briefed 
quarterly on the status, cost, and schedule of its data center 
migration efforts and all relevant details associated with this 
activity.

                        Analysis and Operations

 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $300,490,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       302,268,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       274,343,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       -26,147,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       -27,925,000
                                Mission

    Analysis and Operations houses the Office of Intelligence 
and Analysis and the Office of Operations Coordination and 
Planning, which together collect, evaluate, and disseminate 
intelligence information, as well as provide incident 
management and operational coordination.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $274,343,000 for Analysis and 
Operations, $27,925,000 below the amount requested and 
$26,147,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014.
    The Committee reduces funding for the Office of Operations 
Coordination and Planning, primarily due to an inadequate 
justification and the inability to clearly align the budget 
request and management-intensive billet structure to mission 
requirements. This reduction is also recommended to offset 
severe flaws within the Department's budget request for 
frontline operations and enforcement. The Committee expects the 
Department to reform the Office of Operations Coordination and 
Planning such that its budget and staffing requirements clearly 
and justifiably align to mission requirements and strategic 
goals.
    The Committee also denies the requested decrease to the 
Border Intelligence Fusion Section (BIFS) and restores funding 
for this function. Additional direction on funding for this 
appropriation is included within the classified annex 
accompanying this report.

                         DHS Operations Centers

    The Department is required to submit to the Committee not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act a 
comprehensive inventory of all operations centers across DHS. 
This inventory shall be subdivided by Departmental component 
and shall include: the mission of each operations center; the 
staffing associated with each operations center; the annual 
operating costs of each operations center; any other relevant 
details pertaining to resources for each operations center; and 
an explanation of connectivity of each operations center to 
other Departmental and federal operations centers, as 
applicable, and including the DHS National Operations Center.

                          Classified Programs

    Recommended adjustments to classified programs and more 
detailed oversight of funding for the Office of Intelligence 
and Analysis are addressed in the classified annex accompanying 
this report.

                      Office of Inspector General

 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014*......................      $139,437,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015*.....................       145,457,000
Recommended in the bill*..............................       144,393,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        +4,956,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       -1,064,000*Includes a directed transfer of $24,000,000 from the FEMA Disaster
  Relief Fund.

                                Mission

    The Homeland Security Act of 2002 established an OIG in DHS 
by amendment to the Inspector General Act of 1978. This office 
was established to provide an objective and independent 
organization that would be effective in: (1) preventing and 
detecting fraud, waste, and abuse in Departmental programs and 
operations; (2) providing a means for keeping the Secretary and 
the Congress fully and currently informed of problems and 
deficiencies in the administration of programs and operations; 
(3) fulfilling statutory responsibilities for the annual audit 
of the Department's financial statements; (4) ensuring the 
security of DHS information technology pursuant to the Federal 
Information Security Management Act; and (5) reviewing and 
making recommendations regarding existing and proposed 
legislation and regulations to the Department's programs and 
operational components. According to the authorizing 
legislation, the Inspector General is to report dually to the 
Secretary of Homeland Security and to the Congress.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends a total of $144,393,000 for OIG, 
$1,064,000 below the budget request and $4,956,000 above the 
amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The Committee continues 
the practice in fiscal year 2015 of transferring $24,000,000 
from the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) to the OIG for 
disaster-related audits and investigations. This recommendation 
includes $3,552,000 to fully fund the requested workforce 
development initiative, and also supports the request for a net 
adjustment of +44 FTE for increased oversight capability.
    The OIG is directed to submit a plan for obligation and 
expenditure as per the direction contained within Title V of 
this bill and report. This plan shall include all DRF transfers 
(which shall satisfy the requirements for notification of DRF 
transfers under section 503 of this Act). Furthermore, the OIG 
is directed to clearly display the distribution of all FTE, 
including the additional +44 FTE supported by the recommended 
funding level and the workforce development initiative training 
efforts within the required plan for obligation and 
expenditure.

                    Border Corruption Investigations

    The Committee remains concerned about the efficacy of OIG 
communications with the Committee regarding border corruption 
investigations, particularly related to the coordination of 
these investigations with ICE and CBP. The Committee directs 
the OIG to include within the plan for obligation and 
expenditure, noted above and required within Title V of this 
bill and report, an explicit plan for all fiscal year 2015 
obligations and expenditures for integrity oversight in 
coordination with CBP and ICE.

                  Management and Efficiency Oversight

    The Committee strongly supports efforts by the OIG to 
identify and correct instances of fraud and waste affecting 
Departmental activities, and therefore directs the OIG to 
provide a semi-annual briefing to the Committees on 
Appropriations regarding such efforts, with particular focus on 
procurement, grant administration, and travel.

                     Conferences and Special Events

    As noted in the OSEM section of this report, the Committee 
continues the requirement for the OIG to report to the 
Committees not later than 30 days after the end of fiscal year 
2015 on DHS spending on conferences, ceremonies, and similar 
events, based on quarterly reporting to the OIG. The report 
shall substantiate DHS compliance with all applicable laws and 
regulations and describe in detail the total costs to the 
government associated with events. It shall include the number 
of conferences held, the amount of funds obligated, and 
expenses by appropriation or other source of funding, including 
budget accounts and subaccounts used to pay for events.

                   287(g) Material Violation Appeals

    Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act, and in 
regard to the tenth proviso in the bill under ICE, Salaries and 
Expenses, the OIG shall establish an appeal process for 
jurisdictions found to be in material violation of the terms of 
a 287(g) agreement with ICE.

          TITLE II--SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS


                   U.S. Customs and Border Protection


                                Mission

    The mission of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is to 
enforce laws regarding the admission of foreign-born persons 
into the United States, to facilitate the flow of legitimate 
trade and travel, and to ensure all persons and cargo enter the 
U.S. legally and safely through official checkpoints at ports 
of entry
    Given this critical mission, the Committee's recommendation 
supports the goals of: securing and managing the borders; 
preventing terrorism and enhancing security by screening, 
targeting, and vetting cargo and passengers; developing a 
structured, integrated network to reduce transnational crime 
and terrorism; enforcing immigration laws with effective 
deterrence; and developing a process linking mission 
requirements to the budget request.

                      Unaccompanied Alien Children

    Glaringly absent from the President's budget proposal are 
funds required to cope with skyrocketing numbers of children 
crossing the borders alone. Though only 6,000 unaccompanied 
children crossed the border illegally in fiscal year 2011, CBP 
projects at least 66,000 children will do so in fiscal year 
2014 and as many as 145,000 in fiscal year 2015. More 
distressing is the fact that these numbers reflect only the 
known cases. The number of children who do not make it to the 
U.S. border because they were killed, died of deprivation 
during the journey, or were abused and sold into slavery, 
remains unknown.
    The Committee understands that many of these children are 
confronted with conflict, discord, and economic strife in their 
home countries, and that it is difficult to separate the 
decision to migrate from the dangers and economic crises they 
face at home. While a partial explanation, the Committee also 
understands that immigration enforcement policies, like 
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the Morton 
Memos, that emphasize the application of immigration laws to 
criminal aliens illegally present in the United States, are 
also part of the problem. As noted by the CBP Commissioner 
during hearing testimony, a likely contributing factor to the 
current rise of unaccompanied alien children (UACs) crossing 
the Southwest border is that illegally present parents or 
guardians feel secure enough to send for the children left 
behind when they entered the U.S. years earlier. More 
disturbing to the Committee is the sure knowledge that these 
children are smuggled through Mexico to the U.S. border by the 
Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) that effectively 
control the Mexican side of the border, and that are also 
engaged in the trafficking of drugs, other contraband, and 
people. Beyond any concerns about the integrity of U.S. 
immigration law, this is an unacceptably dangerous situation 
for these children, and no one--including the parents or 
guardians of these children--should consider it to be a safe or 
acceptable option.
    Once the children reach the U.S. border and are encountered 
by CBP, the humanitarian crisis also becomes a law enforcement 
nightmare with real costs to American taxpayers. Children are 
held at CBP facilities until they can be transported to the 
Office of Refugee Resettlement in the Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS-ORR), which has the legal responsibility to 
care for them. Rather than carrying out their regular duties, 
CBP officers and U.S. Border Patrol agents are put into the 
position of providing basic child care despite having no 
training and little guidance in how to meet the immediate 
health needs of UACs. Complicating the situation is the fact 
that CBP facilities are not meant to house children, and CBP is 
not the appropriate organization to provide nutritious meals 
and assist with basic hygiene.
    In fiscal year 2013, CBP estimates that the unfunded costs 
of the children's food, toiletries, and incidentals reached 
almost $342,000. Additional contributions came from the pockets 
and good hearts of CBP employees. OMB submitted updated 
budgetary estimates to the Committee on June 3, 2014, two days 
after the Subcommittee unanimously reported out the fiscal year 
2015 bill. According to the new estimates, CBP estimates it 
will absorb $225,277,000 in UAC costs in fiscal year 2014, and 
that the fiscal year 2015 requirement will escalate to 
$506,202,000, of which only $429,260,000 is included in the 
budget request.
    Despite awareness of the human and monetary costs, the 
Administration did not include funds for dealing with the 
situation in the fiscal year 2015 budget request, a result that 
is indefensible and irresponsible. Consequently, the Committee 
directs CBP to immediately submit estimates of the fiscal year 
2015 costs related to UACs and also to include such costs in 
future budget requests. Furthermore, CBP is directed to work 
with ICE and HHS-ORR, to ensure that UACs held in CBP short-
term custody are processed and transferred to ICE for 
transportation to HHS-ORR custody (or transferred directly from 
CBP to HHS-ORR) in a humane manner and well within the 72 hour 
mandate.
    CBP shall work with HHS-ORR to identify whether local child 
welfare organizations or other appropriate organizations can 
assist in screening children for sexual assault, trafficking, 
exploitation, or other mistreatment. Interagency protocols 
defining roles and responsibilities should be established so 
that UACs in CBP custody have necessary medical care; 
appropriate clothing and shoes; basic personal hygiene and 
sanitary products; a pillow, linens, and sufficient blankets; 
adequate nutrition; and are allowed access to consular 
officials. Finally, CBP shall provide quarterly briefings to 
the Committee on the progress of implementing the interagency 
protocols, the average number of hours children stay in CBP 
custody by sector and field office, and the costs associated 
with UAC apprehensions.

                            Reports Required

    Listed below are reports or briefings the Committee directs 
CBP to present. Additional explanation is included at the 
appropriate place in the report or in Title V of the bill.
           Annual year of execution obligation and 
        expenditure plans and quarterly updates that include 
        current staffing levels and unobligated balances;
           Budget justification material for all 
        acquisitions over $250,000;
           Semi-annual briefings on the status of 
        innovations to improve wait times at ports of entry, 
        implementation and execution of pilots authorized under 
        section 560 of Public Law 113-6 and section 559 of 
        Public Law 113-76, and other business transformation 
        initiatives;
           Monthly updates on the number of UACs 
        encountered, the length of time before notifying HHS-
        ORR of the child's presence, the time elapsed between 
        notification and transfer to HHS-ORR, and the estimated 
        costs to CBP of caring for the child; and
           Annual State of the Border briefing, not 
        later than 15 days after the budget is submitted, that 
        integrates equipment requirements and gaps related to 
        attaining situational awareness at the border.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................    $8,145,568,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................     8,326,386,000
Recommended in the bill...............................     8,367,450,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................      +221,882,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       +41,064,000
                                Mission

    The Salaries and Expenses appropriation provides funds for 
border security, immigration, customs, agriculture inspections, 
regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting 
import duties, and enforcing U.S. trade laws. In addition to 
appropriations, fee collections are authorized to cover CBP 
operations.

                             Recommendation

    For fiscal year 2015, the Committee recommends 
$8,367,450,000 for Salaries and Expenses, $41,064,000 above the 
amount requested and $221,882,000 above the amount provided in 
fiscal year 2014. Included in the total is $3,274,000 derived 
from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. The recommendation 
promotes strong border security, expands efforts to facilitate 
trade and travel, and builds CBP's targeting capabilities.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Budget estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Headquarters, Management, and
 Administration:
    Commissioner..................        $27,245,000        $21,606,000
    Chief Counsel.................         45,663,000         44,570,000
    Congressional Affairs.........          2,514,000          2,454,000
    Internal Affairs..............        140,141,000        136,690,000
    Public Affairs................         13,064,000         12,748,000
    Training and Development......         71,926,000         70,146,000
    Technology, Innovation and             25,374,000         24,770,000
     Acquisition..................
    Intelligence/Investigative             61,512,000         61,005,000
     Liaison......................
    Administration................        386,793,000        377,134,000
    Rent..........................        409,490,000        409,490,000
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Headquarters,         1,183,722,000      1,160,613,000
         Management, and
         Administration...........
Border Security Inspections and
 Trade Facilitation:
    Inspections, Trade, and Travel      2,830,872,000      2,853,024,000
     Facilitation at Ports of
     Entry........................
    Harbor Maintenance Fee                  3,274,000          3,274,000
     Collection (Trust Fund)......
    International Cargo Screening.         69,173,000         68,902,000
    Other International Programs..         25,706,000         25,548,000
    Customs-Trade Partnership              40,841,000         40,619,000
     Against Terrorism............
    Trusted Traveler Programs.....          5,811,000          5,811,000
    Inspection and Detection              123,866,000        126,811,000
     Technology Investments.......
    National Targeting Center.....         70,592,000         79,123,000
    Training......................         33,906,000         33,880,000
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Border Security       3,204,041,000      3,236,992,000
         Inspections and Trade
         Facilitation.............
Border Security and Control
 between Ports of Entry:
    Border Security and Control...      3,882,015,000      3,913,454,000
    Training......................         56,608,000         56,391,000
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Border Security       3,938,623,000      3,969,845,000
         and Control between POEs.
                                   =====================================
            TOTAL, Salaries and        $8,326,386,000     $8,367,450,000
             Expenses.............
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              Headquarters, Management, and Administration

    The Headquarters, Management, and Administration (HMA) PPA 
funds the development of critical policy and operational 
guidance, and provides mission support to CBP's operational 
components, among other activities. To support these 
requirements, the Committee recommends $1,160,613,000 for HMA, 
$23,109,000 below the amount requested and $38,317,000 below 
the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. A decrease of 
$20,484,000 is applied to this account in order to partially 
offset shortfalls in operational accounts inexplicably 
underfunded or caused by unauthorized fee collections proposed 
in the President's request. An increase of $1,000,000 is 
included for the Office of Intelligence and Investigative 
Liaison (OIIL) for six additional OIIL analysts for the purpose 
of assisting the Office of Air and Marine operations.
    CBP is commended for developing a leadership development 
framework that emphasizes the continual professional growth of 
the workforce. The next step is to institutionalize the 
framework for all levels of employees, culminating in a 
capstone-like training program for the Senior Executive 
Service.
    The Committee is aware that CBP is engaged in discussions 
with the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) related 
to disagreements about the use of customs fees collected by CBP 
on behalf of USVI, and encourages CBP to work diligently to 
amicably resolve these disagreements.

           Border Security Inspections and Trade Facilitation

    Border Security Inspections and Trade Facilitation is the 
appropriation which funds CBP's activities at the Nation's 
ports of entry. Customs and Border Protection officers (CBPOs) 
are fundamental to these activities as the law enforcement 
component responsible for preventing terrorists and contraband 
from entering the United States; enforcing customs, 
immigration, and agriculture laws and regulations; and securing 
and facilitating international trade and travel at 329 ports of 
entry and 16 preclearance locations.
    For the Border Security Inspections and Trade Facilitation 
account, the Committee recommends $3,236,992,000, an increase 
of $32,951,000 above the amount requested and $21,148,000 above 
the amount provided in fiscal year 2014.

     Inspections, Trade, and Travel Facilitation at Ports of Entry

    A total of $2,853,024,000 is for Inspections, Trade, and 
Travel Facilitation at Ports of Entry, $22,152,000 above the 
amount requested and $3,549,000 below the amount provided in 
fiscal year 2014. As proposed by the President, the 
recommendation includes funds sufficient to support a base of 
23,775 CBPOs, which includes the costs associated with the 
2,000 CBPOs added in fiscal year 2014; $8,300,000 for the CBP 
Mobile Program; and $11,800,000 to develop and expand the 
Arrival and Departure Information System. In addition, 
$42,000,000 is included to offset the reduction caused by the 
Congressional Budget Office's re-estimate of Consolidated 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) fee receipts 
collected under the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion 
Agreement Implementation Act of 2011.
    Citing the findings of the CBP Workload Staffing Model, 
which projects more than 472 million land, sea, and air 
passengers traveling to the U.S. in 2015, and trade volumes 
exceeding more than 24,000,000 cargo containers, the President 
proposed adding a second installment of 2,000 CBPOs in fiscal 
year 2015. To pay for the accompanying costs, the President 
assumed an increase of $2.00 to both COBRA commercial aircraft 
and vessel fees and the Immigration User Fee.
    Though cognizant that increasing the number of CBPOs would 
mitigate congestion and lengthy passenger wait times at major 
ports of entry caused by increasing trade and travel volumes 
and stacked airline arrivals schedules, the Committee has not 
adopted the President's proposal for the following reasons. 
First, increasing immigration fees requires the passage of 
legislation to amend the underlying statute, an action which is 
outside the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations. 
Second, because CBP is already engaged in a two-year initiative 
to hire 2,000 new CBPOs funded in fiscal year 2014, the agency 
has made clear that it would be unable to begin another hiring 
initiative until 2016, at the earliest. Third, timesaving 
innovations like automated passport control kiosks, pre-travel 
authorizations like the Electronic System for Travel 
Authorization, automation of customs forms like the I-94 and I-
418, and Trusted Traveler/Trade Programs, have not been fully 
deployed and could reduce future CBP staffing requirements.
    Moreover, CBP has yet to develop and publish performance 
metrics and airport operations plans, as required in fiscal 
year 2014, that would enable the Committee to determine whether 
additional officers are having the desired effect of reducing 
wait times. Until that evidence is presented, the Committee 
believes it is prudent to wait on funding more CBPOs until 
performance metrics are established, and data proves 
categorically that the recommendations of the Workload Staffing 
Model result in a better travel experience.
    In addition, the Committee expects CBP to continue to 
reassess and improve its staffing model to ensure that it 
fairly and efficiently allocates CBPOs to ports, including 
those currently without a full time CBPO presence, based on the 
full panoply of workload factors, and that it appropriately 
takes into account seasonal variation, the percentage of non-
U.S. citizens entering the country, secondary screening rates, 
and other dynamic workload conditions.
    The Committee is aware that legislation related to CBP 
preclearance operations is under review by the House Committee 
on Homeland Security. Pending action by the Committee on 
Homeland Security in this area, Title V of the bill continues a 
provision, identical to section 564 of the Fiscal Year 2014 
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, that places 
limitations on CBP's ability to establish additional 
preclearance operations. The Committee directs CBP to submit an 
official report--in classified and unclassified form--to the 
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Homeland 
Security, with results of current preclearance operations, 
including information about national security benefits to the 
United States and, as appropriate, consult with the Department 
of Transportation on how to fully assess the travel benefits to 
passengers and the economic impacts on the U.S. airline 
industry. The unclassified version of the report shall be 
published on DHS's website.
    CBP is directed to provide to the Committee and the 
Committee on Homeland Security, a report on all non-staff 
innovative technologies that CBP has employed to improve 
customs processing times, including the effectiveness of those 
innovations, the locations where they have been implemented, 
and locations CBP would prioritize for additional systems.
    The recommendation includes funds for continuing Western 
Hemisphere Travel Initiative/Land Border Integration efforts, 
including the expansion of innovative technologies and 
processes at the land border. These investments both reduce 
inspection time and enhance security by increasing CBP's 
ability to vet travelers through national security and law 
enforcement databases.
    Resources included in the recommendation are sufficient for 
CBP to exercise necessary oversight of the U.S. Foreign Trade 
Zone's new Alternative Site Framework.
    Instances of transshipment and other forms of customs duty 
evasion continue to cost U.S. companies and the U.S. Treasury 
billions of dollars each year. The Committee strongly 
encourages CBP to implement a process to open, pursue, and 
close investigations regarding transshipment and duty evasion 
in a timely way, with the goal of eliminating these forms of 
unfair trade practices.
    Finally, CBP is directed to maintain textile transshipment 
enforcement activities at levels consistent with, or greater 
than, recent years, and to provide an update on these 
activities not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act.
    The Committee directs the Commissioner to post the National 
Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline email address, text 
messaging number, and website information at all U.S. ports of 
entry in English and in Spanish.
    Illegal wildlife trafficking has become one of the largest 
illicit trades in the world with links to organized crime and 
terrorism. Consistent with the National Strategy for Combating 
Wildlife Trafficking, the Committee encourages CBP to give 
greater priority to enforcing federal law related to wildlife 
trafficking and, where practicable, support the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, and other law enforcement agencies to better 
investigate, arrest, and prosecute offenders.
    The Committee is pleased with the manner in which CBP is 
supporting the Beyond the Border Action Plan to identify 
threats as early as possible while facilitating the legitimate 
movement of people, goods, and services across the shared 
border between the U.S. and Canada. Two phases of the Cargo 
Pre-Inspection pilot have been developed and are being tested 
in three locations. The Committee directs CBP to provide a 
report on how the initiative is reducing wait times and 
streamlining the flow of cross-border trade that is vital to 
both countries' economies by not later than December 1, 2014.

                     International Cargo Screening

    A total of $68,902,000 is recommended for International 
Cargo Screening, $271,000 below the amount requested and 
$1,441,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014.
    Recently, the Secretary extended by two years a waiver on 
implementing the 9/11 Act requirement to scan 100 percent of 
maritime cargo originating in foreign ports prior to lading. 
The waiver extension reflects the continued technological, 
financial, and operational challenges involved in achieving 
this important homeland security capability, and the related 
difficulty in balancing security with the facilitation of 
commerce. Unfortunately, it appears unlikely that the 100 
percent scanning requirement will be met within the timeframe 
of the current waiver, and potentially not even during 
subsequent waiver iterations.
    Rather than continuing with a maritime cargo security 
requirement that cannot feasibly be met in the near term, the 
Committee expects the Department to propose to Congress 
aggressive, alternative requirements that build on the layered 
security capabilities achieved to date and which could be 
realistically achieved within the next two years. In addition, 
the Department should propose medium- and long-term goals, 
including the expansion of scanning capability at high-risk 
foreign ports, along with a plan for achieving those goals.
    The Committee is concerned about the risks associated with 
cargo theft and counterfeiting. To mitigate these risks, the 
Committee urges the Department to continue to evaluate the 
overall benefits of utilizing electronic cargo security and 
tracking technologies, to include those which track, trace, and 
verify in real time the location and chain of custody of cargo 
moving throughout the global supply chain, from point of origin 
to destination and via intermodal transport.

              Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism

    The Committee recommends $40,619,000 for the Customs-Trade 
Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), $222,000 below the 
amount requested and $293,000 below the amount provided in 
fiscal year 2014.
    CBP employs a multi-layered approach to maritime cargo 
security, including the screening of maritime cargo and the 
targeting of high-risk cargo for scanning and inspection 
through the Container Security Initiative. In addition, through 
the C-TPAT program, CBP has certified more than 10,000 shipping 
and manufacturing partners that adhere to supply chain security 
requirements and are the source of more than 50 percent of the 
total value of imports to the U.S.
    As initially conceived in 2002, CBP's flagship customs-
business partnership program was aimed at safeguarding the 
world's trade industry from terrorists and weapons of mass 
effect while expediting the flow of legitimate trade into the 
United States. Since its creation in 2002, the program has 
expanded to include importer safety compliance through an 
Importer Self-Assessment. Despite having made significant 
headway, the Committee believes more can be done, especially 
with cargo subject to safety inspections required by other 
agencies. Consequently, CBP is directed to continue its work 
with other agencies, such as the U.S. Food and Drug 
Administration and the Consumer Products Safety Commission, to 
provide the trade community with clear guidelines for what 
constitutes low-risk shippers and shipments, including the 
possibility of a certified importer program. Any new pilot 
project or program to promote efficient movement of trade must 
include a rigorous compliance review component, including 
regular audits. CBP is directed to brief the Committee on its 
efforts not later than December 1, 2014.

                       Trusted Traveler Programs

    The Committee recommends $5,811,000 for Trusted Traveler 
Programs as requested, which is the same as the amount provided 
in fiscal year 2014.
    CBP is commended for the success of the Global Entry 
Program, which is responsible for reducing the time to process 
international passengers arriving in the United States. Greater 
benefits can be achieved by expanding the program within the 
U.S. and at international airports in countries willing to 
enter into reciprocal agreements. CBP, in consultation with the 
Department of State, is directed to brief the Committee not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on 
the Department's efforts to expand international enrollment, 
including potential impediments to these efforts.

            Inspection and Detection Technology Investments

    A total of $126,811,000 is for Inspection and Detection 
Technology Investments, $2,945,000 above the amount requested 
and $14,807,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 
As requested by the President, the recommendation includes 
funds sufficient to recapitalize aging large and small scale 
Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) systems and to maintain the 
existing assets deployed in the field. The Committee directs 
CBP to provide an update to the Committee not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act on the 
effectiveness of NII technology at ports of entry, including 
any seizures resulting from NII exams, and to provide the 
anticipated schedule for updating and replacing the NII 
technology as it approaches the end of its useful life.
    In addition to the request, the Committee recommends 
$3,000,000 to support the deployment of a Biometric Exit Mobile 
application at two airports in 2015 as part of a demonstration 
project. This ground-breaking application should enable 
tactical CBPO teams to collect biometrics using handheld 
devices from a statistically significant sample of foreign 
nationals departing the United States in the airport jet 
bridge. Deploying the targeted solution will allow CBP to 
augment current outbound hotlist operations, measure 
effectiveness of biometric exit systems, and create a deterrent 
for overstays, criminals, and imposters. More importantly, the 
project will provide significant data to CBP's on-going 
biometric research and development efforts, and could result in 
an earlier deployment of biometric exit capability.

                       National Targeting Center

    The Committee recommends $79,123,000 for the National 
Targeting Center (NTC), $8,531,000 above the amount requested 
and $14,017,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014.
    TCOs continue to pose a real threat to our national 
security, border security, public safety, and lawful trade and 
travel. A more refined and comprehensive approach to defeating 
these illicit networks is required to stop them from exploiting 
the seams inherent in the world's commercial flows of trade and 
travel. Consequently, the Committee recommends $9,000,000 for 
an advanced analysis and visualization tool to support counter-
network cells at the NTC and border security efforts in the 
field. This increase supports three elements: a focused 
analytics office for data science and intelligence analysis; an 
advanced analytic tools suite to better understand and define 
TCO networks; and hardware and visualization systems to enable 
collaborative multi-agency projects to target priority threats.

                                Training

    For Training, the Committee recommends $33,880,000, which 
is $26,000 below the amount requested and $6,823,000 below the 
amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The Committee expects 
CBPOs and Border Patrol agents to act with the utmost 
professionalism with the public, and training is critical to 
success. Consequently, the Commissioner is instructed to review 
training manuals and coursework, incident reporting and 
auditing, and complaint review processes to ensure that staff 
is trained to perform at the highest levels of professionalism 
when working with and responding to the public and local 
communities. Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, CBP shall provide an update to the Committee on 
the findings of this review.

           Border Security and Control Between Ports of Entry

    The Border Security and Control Between Ports of Entry PPA 
provides the funds necessary to enable the Border Patrol to 
secure America's borders. This responsibility is accomplished 
by preventing terrorists and terrorist weapons, people, and 
contraband from entering the U.S. illegally between the ports 
of entry, and by disrupting and degrading the activities of 
TCOs.
    The Committee recommends $3,969,845,000 for Border Security 
and Control between Ports of Entry, $31,222,000 above the 
amount requested and $239,051,000 above the amount provided in 
fiscal year 2014. The amount supports a Border Patrol force of 
21,370 agents and the enablers necessary to support their 
frontline missions.
    The ``risk'' of illegal border incursions is a critical 
indicator of assessing border security. To measure risk, the 
Border Patrol has developed a methodology that utilizes three 
key data sets: intelligence community estimates, risk 
indicators and metrics, and situational awareness. The data 
gathered is linked to the interdiction effectiveness rate, 
which measures the percent of detected illegal entrants who are 
apprehended or turned back after illegally entering the U.S. 
between ports of entry. After assigning the level of risk to a 
region, the Border Patrol is able to make decisions to deploy, 
redeploy, or surge resources as threats migrate to other areas.
    These decisions inform the Border Patrol's budget 
requirements more intelligently. Though refinements to this 
methodology continue, the Committee directs CBP to provide a 
State of the Border briefing not later than 15 days after the 
submission of the President's budget request.

                      Border Security and Control

    The Committee recommends $3,913,454,000 for Border Security 
and Control, $31,439,000 above the amount requested and 
$238,218,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The 
recommendation, which is almost entirely pay and compensation, 
includes a $15,000,000 decrease due to better management and 
oversight of the use of administratively uncontrollable 
overtime. As requested, $11,000,000 is included to develop 
organic capability to develop and operate the National Border 
Geo-Intelligence Strategy, which will enhance situational 
awareness of the border. CBP is directed to report to the 
Committee not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act on how the data collected from this project assists 
CBP, which DoD organizations participate in the program, and 
whether future efforts will include other government 
organizations. In addition to the request, $499,000 is included 
for a Horse Patrol Unit to be targeted at border areas with 
significant border activity.
    The Committee directs the Department to continue issuing 
statistics on the number of individuals held in custody by CBP, 
including all Border Patrol stations, checkpoints, and short-
term custody facilities (defined as facilities used to hold 
individuals for 72 hours or less). For all individuals detained 
at any of the facilities used for short-term custody, these 
statistics shall consist of country of origin, age, sex, 
detention duration, and the circumstances of release or 
transfer from custody, including whether a detainee died in CBP 
custody. The Committee directs the Department to publish these 
statistics in its annual statistical yearbook. Additionally, 
the Committee directs CBP to update the Committee not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act on the 
standards governing the conditions of custody and the oversight 
mechanisms CBP employs to monitor short-term detention 
conditions and lengths of detention. The Committee also directs 
CBP to work with ICE to establish efficient procedures for 
processing and transferring individuals from short-term custody 
to ICE detention.
    The Committee directs CBP to report to the Committee within 
14 days of the death of any individual in CBP custody or the 
death of any individual subsequent to the use of force by CBP 
personnel, including relevant details regarding the 
circumstances of the fatality. In addition, CBP shall report 
annually on the status or results of ongoing investigations 
related to such deaths, with the first report due not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    Recognizing that repatriation agreements are bi-lateral in 
nature, the Committee expects DHS to repatriate removable 
individuals in a manner that ensures their safety. For 
instance, CBP and ICE should repatriate incapacitated persons, 
unaccompanied minors, pregnant women, and other vulnerable 
individuals only during daylight hours, make reasonable efforts 
to inform Mexican authorities in advance of repatriating 
vulnerable individuals, avoid removing individuals via entry/
exit points on the U.S.-Mexico border where their safety could 
be threatened, and, to the extent practicable, avoid separating 
family members during the deportation process. The Committee 
directs the Department to review its current repatriation 
practices and policies, and brief the Committee not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act on the results 
of that review, including the need for any additional measures 
to ensure that deportations are conducted safely.
    The Committee directs the Border Patrol to assure Border 
Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue personnel have resources 
sufficient to provide necessary medical aid and to reduce the 
incidence of deaths. The Committee recommends that CBP work 
with civil society organizations in the region to conduct 
rescue operations, and construct and maintain rescue beacons to 
identify and locate persons in remote areas.
    The Committee is aware of concerns about the use of force 
by Border Patrol agents and CBPOs. In late 2012, CBP initiated 
an internal review of use of force incidents and an external 
review of use of force policies by the Police Executive 
Research Forum (PERF). Earlier this year, the Department made 
public its use of force policies and the Border Patrol 
distributed a directive to agents on the use of safe tactics 
and techniques with regard to use of force. In addition, the 
OIG released a report in September 2013 on CBP's use of force 
incidents and policies. The Committee directs CBP, not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to update 
the Committee on its progress in implementing recommendations 
from the internal, PERF, and OIG reports.
    The Committee notes that, unlike many law enforcement 
agencies, CBP officers and Border Patrol agents do not use 
dashboard and officer mounted video cameras, such as lapel 
video recording devices, to record encounters with the public. 
Such recording devices can be useful in discouraging 
inappropriate conduct by law enforcement officers and have also 
exonerated officers accused of wrongdoing. The Committee is 
encouraged by CBP's plans to conduct a pilot program to 
evaluate the use of these technologies and directs CBP to 
report to the Committee on its findings within 60 days of the 
completion of the pilot.

                        AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $816,523,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       812,410,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       810,169,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        -6,354,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................        -2,241,000
                                Mission

    The Automation Modernization appropriation provides funds 
for information technology support to CBP frontline personnel.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $810,169,000 for Automation 
Modernization, $2,241,000 below the amount requested and 
$6,354,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The 
recommendation sustains funds necessary to maintain information 
technology and targeting systems critical to CBP's mission. The 
Committee directs semi-annual briefings on the modernization of 
TECS and ACE.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Budget estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Information Technology............       $365,700,000       $363,594,000
Automated Targeting Systems.......        109,273,000        109,230,000
Automated Commercial Environment          141,061,000        140,970,000
 (ACE)/International Trade Data
 System (ITDS)....................
Current Operations Protection and         196,376,000        196,375,000
 Processing Support (COPPS).......
                                   -------------------------------------
    Total.........................       $812,410,000       $810,169,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

        BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $351,454,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       362,466,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       412,466,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       +61,012,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       +50,000,000
                                Mission

    The Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology 
(BSFIT) account funds technology and tactical infrastructure 
solutions to enhance CBP's situational awareness of the borders 
and its ability to respond to and resolve illegal activity.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $412,466,000 for BSFIT, 
$50,000,000 above the amount requested and $61,012,000 above 
the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. This recommendation 
reflects the Committee's strong support of deploying border 
security technology that is operationally appropriate, agile, 
and cost-effective.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Budget estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Development and Deployment........       $110,594,000       $138,094,000
Operations and Maintenance........        251,872,000        274,372,000
                                   -------------------------------------
    Total.........................       $362,466,000       $412,466,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       Development and Deployment

    The recommendation includes $138,094,000 for Development 
and Deployment, $27,500,000 above the amount requested and 
$22,341,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. As 
requested, the recommendation includes $90,000,000 for Mobile 
and Remote Video Surveillance Systems (MVSS and RVSS), and the 
following increases above the request: $7,500,000 for logistics 
support for 22 MVSSs; $10,000,000 to plan and make 
infrastructure improvements necessary to any deployment of 
upgraded RVSS technology; and $10,000,000 for Unattended Ground 
Sensors (UGS)/Imaging Sensors, a Cross Border Tunnel Threat 
analysis of alternatives, and a communications study. UGS are a 
key component of our border security strategy. In September 
2012, the Border Patrol proposed a communications study to 
assess and resolve frequency saturation issues as well as 
infrastructure and communications backhaul issues. The study 
was placed on hold due to budgetary constraints. This increase 
provides the resources necessary to resume this study to inform 
the future state of the UGS program.
    CBP is directed to continue providing weekly notifications 
on procurement actions related to technology investments until 
all initial contract awards have been made.

                       Operations and Maintenance

    For Operations and Maintenance, the Committee recommends 
$274,372,000, which is $22,500,000 above the request and 
$83,353,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 
Included in the recommendation are funds sufficient to maintain 
tethered aerostats. CBP is directed to ensure that any data 
gathered by the fleet is transmitted to AMOC so it can be used 
to provide situational awareness and to support the timely 
interdiction of illegal crossings.
    In addition to the request, the Committee recommends 
$20,000,000 for re-purposed DoD equipment or capabilities, 
including various aerostat systems. As part of the obligation 
and expenditure plan mandated in Title V, CBP is directed to: 
1) describe how the funds will be used; 2) focus on 
technologies in areas of the border with the most critical 
needs for the technology; and 3) notify Congress within 10 days 
of any changes to the obligation and expenditure plan. In 
addition, $2,500,000 is recommended to support the increased 
operations and maintenance costs of the MVSS fleet.
    Ultra-Light Aircraft Detection (ULAD) is a non-
developmental radar system that can detect small, low flying 
aircraft. It covers gaps where traditional radars might not 
detect threats like ultralights or small, low flying aircraft. 
The Committee encourages CBP to retain this one-of-a-kind 
system because it provides CBP and DHS with a unique detection 
capability against an elusive threat.

                       AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $805,068,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       708,685,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       787,849,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       -17,219,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       +79,164,000
                                Mission

    CBP's Office of Air and Marine (OAM) provides integrated 
air and marine forces for air and marine interdiction, law 
enforcement, and national border domain security.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $787,849,000 for Air and Marine 
Operations, $79,164,000 above the amount requested and 
$17,219,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 
OAM's mission is critical to the operational success of DHS. 
Therefore, the cuts proposed by the President strain credulity 
and undermine the Administration's representations that they 
have fully funded operational needs. Two areas cause 
considerable concern for the Committee.
    First, it is inconceivable that OAM operates without a 
valid flying hour program and an effective logistics 
maintenance system. In a March operations update, OAM revealed 
these capability gaps, stating that it would not execute the 
107,000 hours for which funds were appropriated in fiscal year 
2014. The reasons for the operational slide include: 
temporarily grounding three types of aircraft because of 
unexpected mechanical failures, bad weather, maintenance, and 
supply problems; operating under the uncertainty of a 
continuing resolution; and stacking up aircraft for routine 
maintenance. Many of these problems could have been averted 
with appropriate systems, controls, and training.
    To reiterate, OAM's mission is critical to the success of 
DHS; consequently, the organization must be resourced and 
managed with all necessary tools to be a professional and 
operational air support unit. For these reasons, the Committee 
directs OAM to work with Under Secretary for Management to 
develop a comprehensive flying hour program that enables OAM to 
calculate, track, and establish readiness rates for each type 
of aircraft in the inventory. The program should be based on 
operational requirements and include training and logistics 
maintenance strategies that are supported in the budget 
request. To the degree appropriate, existing Coast Guard 
programs should be used as models to leverage lessons learned 
and assure DHS and Congress are able to compare budget 
assumptions, requests, and availability/readiness rates.
    Second, the Committee considers AMOC to be an asset, 
critical to fulfilling the national imperative for an air and 
marine domain awareness node that is capable of sharing and 
synchronizing information across DHS components, the government 
writ large, and appropriate foreign partners. For reasons 
rooted in DHS's history, AMOC has been minimalized to such a 
point that its budget is not even reflected in CBP's voluminous 
and rhetoric-filled budget justifications. To increase the 
visibility of AMOC's mission and budget requirements, the 
Committee establishes a separate AMOC PPA. Additional guidance 
can be found later in this report.
    Currently, CBP's UAS fleet utilizes multiple, costly air 
and ground assets to meet Federal Aviation Administration 
guidance to detect and track all airspace users so a pilot can 
perform self-separation maneuvers to remain well clear of other 
aircraft and avoid collisions. The Committee recommends that 
OAM review whether less costly sense and avoid options can be 
incorporated onto the UAS, including commercial-off-the-shelf 
products.
    In November 2012, the Government Accountability Office 
issued a report (GAO-13-56) regarding the circumstances under 
which DHS could integrate the Civil Air Patrol into homeland 
security missions and objectives, particularly those related to 
border security support. DHS's assessment is long overdue. 
Consequently, the Committee directs DHS to complete the report 
and provide it to the Committee not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
    The Committee is aware of concerns about encounters between 
CBP personnel and general aviation pilots, and is encouraged by 
CBP's decision to conduct a comprehensive review of law 
enforcement activity related to general aviation flights. CBP 
shall brief the Committee on the results of the review upon its 
completion. The Committee encourages CBP to continue to work 
cooperatively with general aviation stakeholders to ensure open 
communication with efforts involving general aviation law 
enforcement activities.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

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                                     Budget estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Salaries and Expenses*............       $293,016,000       $275,838,000
Operations and Maintenance*.......        362,669,000        393,243,000
Procurement.......................         53,000,000         75,020,000
AMOC..............................              - - -         43,748,000
                                   -------------------------------------
    Total.........................       $708,685,000      $787,849,000
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*Includes fiscal year 2014 enacted and fiscal year 2015 request for
  AMOC.

                         Salaries and Expenses

    The Committee recommends $275,838,000 for Salaries and 
Expenses, $17,178,000 below the amount requested and 
$10,980,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 
Changes to the request include an increase of $3,000,000 for 
costs associated with flying additional hours and an 
$18,062,000 transfer to the new AMOC PPA. DHS is directed to 
provide an analysis of personnel requirements to ensure AMOC is 
fully staffed by not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.

                       Operations and Maintenance

    The Committee recommends $393,243,000 for Operations and 
Maintenance, $30,574,000 above the amount requested and 
$1,243,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. To 
fill gaps in the President's request, the recommendation 
includes: $24,550,000 to increase flight hours from 73,474 to 
95,000; $3,000,000 for Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft (MEA) 
spare parts; $5,200,000 to support Minotaur systems; $2,360,000 
for riverine vessel EO-IR cameras; $2,300,000 for 14 riverine 
shallow draft vessels; $4,800,000 for aircraft down-link relay 
stations; $2,000,000 to upgrade UAS Ground Control Stations; 
$3,000,000 to upgrade Mongoose aircraft; and $1,750,000 to 
upgrade UAS facilities. A total of $10,386,000 is transferred 
to the new AMOC PPA, and $8,000,000 is rescinded from prior 
year appropriations due to under-execution of flying hours.
    The Committee notes that training is critical for all UAS 
operators, and urges OAM to review the existing training 
program for any gaps.

                              Procurement

    The Committee recommends $75,020,000 for Procurement, 
$22,020,000 above the request and $51,230,000 below the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014. As requested, $43,700,000 is 
included for two King Air 350CER MEA and $9,300,000 for various 
sensor upgrades. In addition to the request, the Committee 
recommends a $3,000,000 increase for two C206 Night Owls; 
$15,200,000 for 14 additional aircraft sensors; $1,700,000 for 
analysts and 100 sensor nodes to enable AMOC to connect to 
Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF-S) in order to meet 
DHS's domestic aviation requirements; and $2,120,000 to outfit 
23 riverine vessels with forward looking infrared radar (FLIR).
    Before accepting additional UH-60s from the U.S. Army, DHS 
and OAM are directed to conduct a business case analysis that 
includes a life-cycle cost estimate and an analysis of 
alternatives.
    Despite initial concerns that the President's request 
failed to provide funds needed to complete the buyout of the P-
3 service life extension program, the Committee is assured that 
the upgrades on the last two aircraft will be completed with 
prior year appropriations. OAM is directed to update the 
Committee on progress toward completing this program.

                    Air and Marine Operations Center

    The Committee recommends $43,748,000 for AMOC, $15,300,000 
above the amount requested. Increases include: $5,900,000 to 
boost air surveillance operations from 60 percent to 95 
percent; $7,000,000 for necessary communication system upgrades 
that will ensure AMOC can connect with OAM air and marine 
assets; $1,100,000 for upgrades to and maintenance of various 
surveillance systems, circuits, and equipment, including the 
Air and Marine Operations Surveillance System (AMOSS); and 
$1,300,000 for PED Cell and AMOSS enhancements. This 
recommendation also fills a critical and surprising capability 
gap for SIPRnet hardware to enable AMOC to receive classified 
feeds and air tracks from other governmental organizations.
    Using advanced technologies and surveillance capabilities, 
AMOC unifies data from state of the art law enforcement radars 
into a common operating picture of the air, land, and maritime 
domains that can be shared with federal, state, and local law 
enforcement organizations. As such, AMOC is truly a national 
asset and, if properly resourced and empowered, can provide 
actionable intelligence and information to a range of partners 
across the U.S. government and overseas.
    For years, AMOC's charter has languished in unnecessary DHS 
bureaucracy. Despite its critical mission to establish 
comprehensive domain awareness, AMOC has been chronically 
under-funded and its mission remains unchartered. Currently, a 
proposed charter institutionalizing AMOC's missions and 
establishing its roles and responsibilities is in the 
Secretary's office waiting for a final decision. If the charter 
is not signed within 60 days of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary is directed to provide a report to the Committee that 
describes viable options with the same level of capability of 
the AMOC, the associated costs of the options, and the length 
of time it will take to study and implement them. The report 
shall be provided to the Committee not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act.

                 CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $456,278,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       482,205,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       484,487,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       +28,209,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................        +2,282,000
                                Mission

    The Construction and Facilities Management account provides 
resources for critical facilities associated with 
infrastructure and personnel, including Border Patrol stations, 
checkpoints, temporary detention facilities, mission support 
facilities, training facilities, and CBP-owned ports of entry.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $484,487,000 for Construction and 
Facilities Management, $2,282,000 above the amount requested 
and $28,209,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014.
    The Committee encourages CBP to work with real estate and 
finance experts before releasing its plan for moving forward 
with public-private partnership projects by not later than July 
16, 2014.
    On an annual basis, CBP is directed to submit an inventory 
of real property describing the physical condition of each 
facility and recapitalization plans. As a component of the 
budget justifications, CBP is directed to provide a description 
of each actual or planned construction and major renovation 
project, a cost estimate of the initiatives, a description of 
existing conditions and how the project will eliminate or 
ameliorate them, and the estimated costs of routine 
maintenance. To the extent practicable, CBP is urged to 
consider recommendations about construction design from 
existing, border-proximate businesses. Finally, CBP is directed 
to work with the General Services Administration (GSA) to 
prioritize funds for projects critical to improving border 
security and facilitating trade and travel into and out of the 
United States.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

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                                     Budget estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Facilities Construction and              $385,137,000       $388,700,000
 Sustainment......................
Program Oversight and Management..         97,068,000         95,787,000
                                   -------------------------------------
    Total.........................       $482,205,000       $484,487,000
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                U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement


                             Recommendation

    The Committee's recommendation promotes the goals of: 
enforcing immigration and customs laws; investigating and 
dismantling transnational criminal organizations, including 
those that traffic and smuggle narcotics, weapons, people--
especially children, and other contraband into the United 
States; ascertaining facts about the composition of the 
detained and non-detained alien population, their legal claims, 
and the length of time required to resolve their immigration 
cases; screening 100 percent of visa applications; right-sizing 
the investigative and enforcement workforces; and encouraging 
the development of an effective deterrence program.

                       Reports Required Annually

    The Committee directs ICE to provide the following reports. 
Additional explanation of the required contents of each 
submission can be found at the appropriate place in the report 
or in Title V of the bill.
           Annual obligation and expenditure plans and 
        quarterly updates;
           Budget justification material for all 
        acquisitions over $250,000;
           Comprehensive quarterly updates on 
        investigative and enforcement operations, to include 
        the following information and providing for each 
        category a comparison of current year-to-date activity 
        with year-end totals and year-to-date activity from the 
        prior year:
                   Arrests, indictments, and 
                convictions, including prior removal cases (8 
                U.S.C. 1326); and removals and returns;
                   Worksite enforcement activity, 
                indictments, I-9 inspections, final orders, and 
                fines collected;
                   Seizures of narcotics, weapons, 
                ammunition, currency, and of goods in violation 
                of intellectual property rights (IPR);
                   Indictments and convictions for 
                narcotics smuggling, IPR violations, and 
                harboring illegal aliens;
                   Visa overstays by country and visa 
                type, including the number identified and 
                targeted for enforcement as posing a public 
                safety and/or national security threat;
                   Demographic information on the 
                detained, Alternatives to Detention (ATD), 
                fugitive, and non-detained populations of 
                aliens in removal proceedings, including a 
                description of the level of criminality (Level 
                I, II, or III) or non-criminal enforcement 
                priority category, and average length of time 
                in each form of detention or non-detention;
                   ATD compliance rates segmented by 
                full service and electronic monitoring; and
                   Removals of parents of U.S. citizen 
                minors;
           A quarterly update on jurisdictions that 
        fail to honor ICE detainers, the number of detainers 
        not honored by each such jurisdiction during the 
        quarter, and the level of criminality or non-criminal 
        enforcement priority category of the resulting 
        fugitives;
           Monthly reports on the average daily 
        population in detention and ATD, including detail 
        regarding the level of criminality or non-criminal 
        enforcement priority;
           Immediate notification of any death of an 
        individual in ICE custody, including details regarding 
        the circumstances of the death; and
           Notifications when individuals are released 
        from detention due to budgetary reasons.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................    $5,229,461,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................     4,988,065,000
Recommended in the bill...............................     5,454,826,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................      +225,365,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................      +466,761,000
                                Mission

    ICE is responsible for enforcing immigration and customs 
laws by investigating, detaining, and prosecuting criminals and 
aliens who violate customs or immigration laws and pose a risk 
to national security and public safety.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $5,454,826,000 for Salaries and 
Expenses, $466,761,000 above the amount requested and 
$225,365,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The 
recommendation restores funds for activities related to a 
continued requirement in the bill to maintain a level not less 
than 34,000 detention beds, rectifies a longstanding disparity 
in workforce pay that has gone unaddressed since ICE was formed 
by the merger of Immigration and Naturalization Service and 
Treasury staff, and starts to rebalance the ratio of special 
agents to investigative support staff.
    In 2013, 36,007 aliens with criminal records were released 
from ICE detention and placed on bond, order of recognizance, 
order of supervision, ATD, or parole. These releases were 
either at the discretion of ICE officers based on assessments 
of flight risk and risk to public safety; as a result of an 
order from an immigration judge from the Executive Office for 
Immigration Review at DOJ; or because a release was required 
under the Zadvydas Supreme Court decision, which applies to 
long-term detainees with removal orders for whom ICE can find 
no country willing to accept them.
    Despite numerous congressional inquiries, however, ICE has 
still not been able to provide details regarding the specific 
circumstances of each of these releases from detention.
    ICE is directed to expeditiously provide a report of its 
official findings regarding the circumstances of each of these 
releases from detention and to post the findings on its public-
facing website. The Committee also directs ICE to immediately 
evaluate its oversight mechanisms for release determinations to 
ensure that ICE uses its discretion to release criminal aliens 
from detention only under appropriate legal and policy 
circumstances, and that such releases pose no significant risks 
to the community. In addition, DHS is directed to work with DOJ 
to develop a means of publishing the results of their 
respective dispositions and making them available to the 
public, and to provide a joint briefing on progress within 60 
days of enactment of this Act.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

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                                     Budget estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Headquarters Management and
 Administration
    Personnel Compensation and           $198,602,000       $188,030,000
     Benefits, Services, and Other
     Costs........................
    Headquarters Managed IT               150,927,000        147,400,000
     Investment...................
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Headquarters            349,529,000        335,430,000
         Management and
         Administration...........
Legal Proceedings.................        214,731,000        216,393,000
Investigations
    Domestic Investigations.......      1,644,552,000      1,720,000,000
    International Investigations
        International Operations..        101,228,000        105,545,000
        Visa Security Program.....         31,854,000         59,228,000
                                   -------------------------------------
            Subtotal,                     133,082,000        164,773,000
             International
             Investigations.......
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Investigations..      1,777,634,000      1,884,773,000
Intelligence......................         77,045,000         76,479,000
Enforcement and Removal Operations
    Custody Operations............      1,791,913,000      2,006,036,000
    Fugitive Operations...........        131,591,000        154,462,000
    Criminal Alien Program........        322,407,000        364,892,000
    Alternatives to Detention.....         94,106,000         94,477,000
    Transportation and Removal            229,109,000        321,884,000
     Program......................
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Enforcement and       2,569,126,000      2,941,751,000
         Removal Operations.......
                                   -------------------------------------
            Total, Salaries and        $4,988,065,000     $5,454,826,000
             Expenses.............
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               Headquarters Management and Administration

    The Committee recommends $335,430,000 for ICE Headquarters 
Management and Administration, $14,099,000 below the amount 
requested and $287,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 
2014. A reduction of $6,991,000 is recommended to partially 
offset significant shortfalls in the President's budget request 
caused by unauthorized increases in various fees accounts, 
unjustified reductions to essential frontline operations, and 
repeated failures to comply with statutory requirements.

                           Legal Proceedings

    The Committee recommends $216,393,000 for Legal 
Proceedings, $1,662,000 above the amount requested and 
$10,809,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. As 
requested, the recommendation includes funds to hire 12 full-
time personnel to process the current and projected workload 
associated with Freedom of Information Act requests. The 
recommendation also increases the PPA by $3,500,000 above the 
request to hire 26 additional attorneys to help expedite the 
immigration court docket.

                             Investigations

    The Committee recommends $1,884,773,000 for Investigations, 
$107,139,000 above the request and $81,271,000 above fiscal 
year 2014.

                        Domestic Investigations

    Domestic Investigations enforces trade and immigration laws 
by investigating activities, persons, and events that may pose 
a threat to the safety or security of the United States and its 
people. The program also investigates illegal trafficking in 
weapons (including weapons of mass destruction), the smuggling 
of narcotics and other contraband, human smuggling and 
trafficking, money laundering and other financial crimes, 
fraudulent trade practices, identity and benefit fraud, child 
exploitation, and health and public safety dangers.
    The Committee recommends $1,720,000,000 for Domestic 
Investigations, $75,448,000 above the request and $47,780,000 
above fiscal year 2014. The increase includes $5,750,000 to 
annualize the costs of the congressionally mandated increase to 
HSI for fiscal year 2014 and $82,139,000 to stem current 
personnel attrition rates and begin re-balancing the ratio of 
investigators to investigative support staff.
    During testimony on the fiscal year 2015 budget request, 
ICE officials reported that personnel attrition since fiscal 
year 2013 has resulted in lower overall investigative hours, 
and that the trend is expected to continue because of repeated 
failures by the Administration to annualize prior year funding 
increases for additional agents and support staff, and by ICE's 
hesitance to enhance staffing levels when the budget request 
for the coming year does not support annualizing new personnel 
costs. The Committee reminds ICE, DHS, and OMB that failure to 
spend funds in the manner and for the purpose appropriated by 
Congress is a de facto impoundment, prohibited by law. Future 
failures to meet legal obligations will result in severe 
consequences. To that end, ICE is directed to submit a fiscal 
year 2016 budget request that includes funds sufficient to 
annualize the cost of prior year enhancements.
    The recommended appropriation level will result in an 
estimated 328,556 more investigative hours and 2,366 additional 
enforcement actions. Critical mission areas like child 
exploitation, human trafficking, counter-proliferation, and 
gang enforcement will receive increased attention and, though 
enforcement outcomes cannot be accurately projected, criminal 
arrests, indictments, and/or convictions should increase 
significantly. ICE is directed to develop a workforce model to 
better inform requirements for agents and mission support.
    Within the increase recommended, ICE shall allocate not 
less than $20,000,000 above the current levels for child 
exploitation investigation activities at ICE's Cyber Crime 
Center, including the Victim Identification Program and the 
Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) Child-Rescue Corps, 
and for the Angel Watch program. The Committee directs ICE to 
provide a plan for expenditure of these funds in accordance 
with the requirement for a Department-wide plan for obligation 
and expenditure contained within Title V of this Act.
    To support the Committee's goals of eradicating human 
smugglers and traffickers, especially those who trade in 
children, ICE is directed to continue to implement its Illicit 
Pathway Attack Strategy to combat networks facilitating these 
heinous crimes. ICE should focus on organizations and networks 
that present the greatest risk to national security, including 
criminal organizations that smuggle special interest aliens and 
vulnerable populations.
    Not less than $15,000,000 is provided for the National 
Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (NIPRCC). The 
Committee notes and commends the enforcement work by ICE and 
the NIPRCC to crack down on the illegal sale and distribution 
of counterfeit goods and unauthorized copyrighted content on 
the internet. CBP and ICE are directed to jointly brief the 
Committees about ongoing efforts to improve commercial trade 
enforcement and protect IPR through the work of the NIPRCC.
    The Committee directs the ICE Director to work jointly with 
the Attorney General to assess cross-border violence and 
performance measures collected by inter-agency task forces, 
particularly along the Southwest border. Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, ICE is directed to 
brief the Committee on the findings of this assessment and 
provide recommendations for additional resources needed to 
track and investigate cross-border violence.
    ICE is directed to maintain textile transshipment 
enforcement activities at levels consistent with, or greater 
than, recent years, and to provide an update on these 
activities not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act.

                      International Investigations

    The Office of International Affairs (OIA) represents the 
Department's largest investigative law enforcement presence 
abroad and helps protect the Nation beyond its borders with 75 
offices in 48 countries. Through International Investigations 
and the Visa Security Program (VSP), OIA works with foreign 
counterparts to identify and combat criminal organizations 
before they can adversely impact the United States.
    The Committee recommends $164,773,000 for International 
Investigations, $31,691,000 above the request and $33,491,000 
above fiscal year 2014. Within the PPA, $105,545,000 is for 
International Operations and $59,228,000 is for VSP. To cover a 
shortfall caused by an increase in State Department service 
fees, the recommendation includes an additional $7,113,000. 
Additionally, $24,000,000 is included to expand the VSP to 12 
high threat countries and $3,500,000 is included to support 
deployment of the PATRIOT system for visa vetting.
    The VSP protects the U.S. against terrorists and criminal 
organizations by preventing foreign nationals who pose a threat 
to national security from entering or residing within the 
United States. Using the PATRIOT system to screen every visa 
application, ICE agents identify and close vulnerabilities in 
existing immigration and customs processes. Current resources 
only cover screening for one million of the approximately 12.5 
million visa applications submitted annually. The 
recommendation will increase the number of visas screened to an 
estimated 2.5 million, with the goal of eventually screening 
100 percent of all visa applications.

                              Intelligence

    The Committee recommends $76,479,000 for the Office of 
Intelligence, $566,000 less than the amount requested and 
$2,181,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014.

                   Enforcement and Removal Operations

    Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) is responsible for 
enforcing our Nation's immigration laws by identifying, 
apprehending, detaining, and removing aliens who have been 
adjudicated or otherwise determined to be removable from the 
United States.
    The Committee recommends $2,941,751,000 for ERO, 
$372,625,000 above the amount requested and $156,655,000 above 
the amount provided in fiscal year 2014.
    Included in the recommendation is an additional $61,558,000 
to support a unified career path and pay parity in the ERO 
workforce for frontline law enforcement positions.

                           Custody Operations

    The Committee recommends $2,006,036,000 for Custody 
Operations, $214,123,000 above the request and $12,266,000 
above fiscal year 2014. As requested, the recommendation 
includes $1,400,000 above fiscal year 2014 to allow ICE to 
continue training and stakeholder outreach related to the 
Prison Rape Elimination Act and implementation of the 2011 
Performance Based National Detention Standards. An increase of 
$171,000,000 is included to support ICE's statutory obligation 
to maintain 34,000 detention beds at an estimated daily cost of 
$121.38 per bed. ICE is encouraged to utilize facilities in 
locations that have a cost per detainee that is below the 
average of the previous fiscal year and that have made 
modifications and improvements based on ICE guidance. ICE 
should refrain from developing additional facilities until the 
current inventory of available detention beds is filled. 
Finally, ICE is directed to notify the Committee prior to 
releasing any illegal immigrants in custody due to budgetary 
reasons, including an explanation of the rationale for such 
release.
    Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act 
authorizes ICE to enter into memoranda of understanding (MOUs) 
with state and local law enforcement entities, through which 
ICE delegates limited federal authority to enforce immigration 
laws within their jurisdictions under ICE's direct supervision. 
Currently, ICE supports 287(g) MOUs with 37 jails around the 
country. These agreements serve as an extension of the ICE 
Criminal Alien Program (CAP) by directly supporting ICE's 
efforts to determine the immigration status of individuals 
taken into custody by local law enforcement in the course of 
their normal law enforcement duties.
    Included in the recommendation is full funding to support 
all existing 287(g) MOUs. At this time, only 12 of these 
locations have on-site ICE program managers. Funds are included 
under CAP to support ten additional program managers and 
unfunded training requirements for 287(g) officers.
    Unfortunately, the 287(g) program has become a lightning 
rod for stakeholders on both sides of the immigration debate, 
who often do not have a full appreciation for both the value 
and the limits of the program. Consequently, the program's 
primary goal--to leverage local law enforcement to provide 
limited but important support to ICE in enforcing immigration 
law, particularly with regard to serious criminal offenders--
has been lost in the rhetoric. The Committee encourages ICE to 
consider how the program can be improved and potentially 
expanded to better meet its mission, taking into consideration 
the need for substantial training, careful legal guidance, and 
strong oversight.

                          Fugitive Operations

    The Committee recommends $154,462,000 for Fugitive 
Operations, $22,871,000 above the request and $25,660,000 above 
fiscal year 2014. In addition to the request, $22,100,000 is 
provided for additional officers to focus on reducing the 
fugitive alien backlog of 471,329 fugitives, including criminal 
aliens, and to re-apprehend violent offenders released from 
jurisdictions that do not honor ICE detainers.
    Gaps exist between the CBP system that tracks visa 
overstays and ICE's system to target fugitive operations. 
Bridging this gap is an imperative for the Committee. In the 
fiscal year 2016 budget request, ICE is directed to include a 
proposal and cost estimate to develop an interface between 
CBP's Automated Targeting System and ICE's Enforcement 
Integrated Database.

                         Criminal Alien Program

    The Committee recommends $364,892,000 for CAP, $42,485,000 
above the amount requested and $70,737,000 above the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014. As requested, this amount 
reflects the transfer of Secure Communities to CAP and 
enhancements to improve the process for data-sharing between 
the U.S. and international law enforcement partners through the 
Criminal History Information Sharing program.
    The Committee is alarmed that more and more state and local 
law enforcement organizations, as detailed in the table below, 
are choosing not to honor ICE detainers, resulting in the 
release of violent criminals that are otherwise deportable from 
the United States. The Committee recommends an increase of 
$15,000,000 to mitigate this potential public safety concern. 
In addition, ICE is directed to develop a means of segmenting 
the released population by level of criminality and make it 
available on its website so communities are aware when 
deportable criminals with violent criminal histories are 
released onto the streets by local law enforcement 
organizations.

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                                       Date       Criteria for Honoring
        Jurisdiction (AOR)           Enacted            Detainer
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Denver County, Colorado (Denver).       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer unless
                                                 accompanied by a
                                                 criminal warrant or
                                                 some other form that
                                                 gives legal authority
                                                 to hold the individual.
Grand County, Colorado (Denver)..       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer.
Jefferson County, Colorado              4/2014   Will not honor
 (Denver).                                       ICE detainer.
Routt County, Colorado (Denver)..       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer.
Mesa County, Colorado (Denver)...       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer unless
                                                 criminal charges are
                                                 pending.
San Miguel County, Colorado             4/2014   Will not honor
 (Denver).                                       ICE detainer unless ICE
                                                 files an arrest warrant
                                                 signed by a federal
                                                 magistrate explaining
                                                 why an individual
                                                 should be held.
Boulder County, Colorado (Denver)       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer unless ICE
                                                 has an arrest warrant
                                                 for an individual.
Thurston County, Washington             4/2014   Will not honor
 (Seattle).                                      ICE detainer.
Kitsap County, Washington               4/2014   Kitsap County
 (Seattle).                                      Jail will not honor ICE
                                                 detainer unless shown
                                                 an order of deportation
                                                 signed by a judge.
Walla Walla County, Washington          4/2014   Will not honor
 (Seattle).                                      ICE detainer.
Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore)..       4/2014   Baltimore City
                                                 Detention Center will
                                                 honor detainers when an
                                                 individual:
                                                   0 Has a prior felony
                                                    conviction or has
                                                    been charged with a
                                                    felony offense.
                                                   0 Has three or more
                                                    prior misdemeanor
                                                    convictions.
                                                   0 Has a prior
                                                    misdemeanor
                                                    conviction or has
                                                    been charged with a
                                                    misdemeanor for an
                                                    offense that
                                                    involves violence,
                                                    threats, or
                                                    assaults; sexual
                                                    abuse or
                                                    exploitation;
                                                    driving under the
                                                    influence of alcohol
                                                    or a controlled
                                                    substance; among
                                                    other crimes.
                                                   0 Otherwise poses a
                                                    significant risk to
                                                    national security,
                                                    border security, or
                                                    public safety.
                                                   0 Has an order of
                                                    deportation or
                                                    removal from the
                                                    United States.
Wallowa County, Oregon (Seattle).       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Curry County, Oregon (Seattle)...       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Yamhill County, Oregon (Seattle).       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Union County, Oregon (Seattle)...       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Tillamook County, Oregon                4/2014   Will not honor
 (Seattle).                                      ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Malheur County, Oregon (Seattle).       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Linn County, Oregon (Seattle)....       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Jefferson County, Oregon                4/2014   Will not honor
 (Seattle).                                      ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Josephine County, Oregon                4/2014   Will not honor
 (Seattle).                                      ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Grant County, Oregon (Seattle)...       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Douglas County, Oregon (Seattle).       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Coos County, Oregon (Seattle)....       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Umatilla County, Oregon (Seattle)       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Springfield Police Department,          4/2014   Will not honor
 Oregon (Seattle).                               ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Polk County, Oregon (Seattle)....       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Lincoln County, Oregon (Seattle).       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Lane County, Oregon (Seattle)....       4/2014   Lane County
                                                 Jail will not honor ICE
                                                 detainer without a
                                                 court order or warrant.
Jackson County, Oregon (Seattle).       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Douglas County, Oregon (Seattle).       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Crook County, Oregon (Seattle)...       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Wheeler County, Oregon (Seattle).       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainers for
                                                 individuals in Northern
                                                 Oregon Regional
                                                 Corrections Facility
                                                 (NORCOR) which has
                                                 decided to no longer
                                                 honor detainers.
Sherman County, Oregon (Seattle).       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainers for
                                                 individuals in NORCOR
                                                 which has decided to no
                                                 longer honor detainers.
Gilliam County, Oregon (Seattle).       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainers for
                                                 individuals NORCOR
                                                 which has decided to no
                                                 longer honor detainers.
Wasco County, Oregon (Seattle)...       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainers for
                                                 individuals in NORCOR
                                                 which has decided to no
                                                 longer honor detainers.
Hood River County, Oregon               4/2014   Will not honor
 (Seattle).                                      ICE detainers for
                                                 individuals in NORCOR
                                                 which has decided to no
                                                 longer honor detainers.
Marion County, Oregon (Seattle)..       4/2014   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Deschutes County, Oregon                4/2014   Will not honor
 (Seattle).                                      ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Clackamas County, Oregon                4/2014   Will not honor
 (Seattle).                                      ICE detainer unless
                                                 there is probable cause
                                                 for such detention.
Washington County, Oregon               4/2014   Will not honor
 (Seattle).                                      ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant
                                                 Sheriff's office will
                                                 now only send a daily
                                                 roster of foreign-born
                                                 individuals in county
                                                 custody instead of
                                                 notifying ICE of each
                                                 person individually.
Multnomah County, Oregon                4/2014   Will not honor
 (Seattle).                                      ICE detainer without
                                                 court order or warrant.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania              4/2014   Has a prior
 (Philadelphia).                                 conviction for a first
                                                 or second degree felony
                                                 offense involving
                                                 violence and the
                                                 detainer is accompanied
                                                 by a judicial arrest
                                                 warrant.
                                                 Order also
                                                 prohibits notice to ICE
                                                 of the pending release
                                                 of subjects of interest
                                                 to ICE unless the above
                                                 criteria is met.
Alameda County, California (San        January   Is in line with
 Francisco).                              2014   AB 4's criteria.
Miami-Dade County, Florida            December   Require
 (Miami).                                 2013   agreement from ICE
                                                 reimbursing costs in
                                                 honoring detainer; and
                                                   0 Convicted of
                                                    Forcible Felony, as
                                                    defined in Florida
                                                    state statute; or
                                                   0 Is in jail pending
                                                    a charge of a non-
                                                    bondable offense.
Kings County, Washington              December   Convicted of a
 (Seattle).                               2013   homicide at any time in
                                                 the past.
                                                 Convicted of a
                                                 violent, serious, sex,
                                                 or serious traffic
                                                 offense within the past
                                                 10 years.
                                                 Released from
                                                 prison after serving
                                                 sentence for violent,
                                                 serious, sex, or
                                                 serious traffic offense
                                                 conviction, among other
                                                 criteria.
San Francisco, California (San        November   Convicted of a
 Francisco).                              2013   violent felony within
                                                 seven years of request;
                                                 and
                                                   0 Determined by
                                                    magistrate that
                                                    there is probable
                                                    cause to believe the
                                                    individual is guilty
                                                    of a violent felony
                                                    and magistrate
                                                    ordered the
                                                    individual to
                                                    answer.
                                                 Law enforcement
                                                 has discretion based on
                                                 evidence of
                                                 individual's
                                                 rehabilitation and
                                                 evaluation of public
                                                 safety risk.
Orleans Parish, Louisiana (New     August 2013   Charged with
 Orleans).                                       first or second degree
                                                 murder, aggravated
                                                 rape, aggravated
                                                 kidnapping, treason, or
                                                 armed robbery with the
                                                 use of a firearm.
Newark, New Jersey (Newark)......    July 2013   Will not honor
                                                 ICE detainer requests.
New York City, New York (New York     May 2013   Convicted of a
 City).                                          covered crime which is
                                                 a misdemeanor or felony
                                                 charge except when such
                                                 charge relates to the
                                                 patronizing of a
                                                 prostitute or certain
                                                 vehicle and traffic
                                                 laws.
                                                 Is a defendant
                                                 in a pending covered
                                                 criminal case which is
                                                 a felony or misdemeanor
                                                 charge involving a
                                                 firearm, among other
                                                 criteria.
                                                 Has an
                                                 outstanding criminal
                                                 warrant.
                                                 Identified as
                                                 known gang member.
                                                 Is a match in
                                                 the terrorist screening
                                                 database.
Los Angeles, California (Los          December   Arrested for
 Angeles).                                2012   felony crimes and other
                                                 serious offenses.
                                                 Has a prior
                                                 conviction for a felony
                                                 offense.
                                                 Identified as
                                                 known gang member
Berkley, California (San               October   Arrested for a
 Francisco).                              2012   serious or violent
                                                 felony.
                                                 Convicted of a
                                                 homicide crime or a
                                                 serious or violent
                                                 felony within 10 years
                                                 of the request.
                                                 Released after
                                                 having served a
                                                 sentence for a serious
                                                 or violent felony
                                                 within five years of
                                                 the request.
Washington, DC (Washington DC)...    July 2012   Require written
                                                 agreement from ICE
                                                 reimbursing costs in
                                                 honoring detainer; and
                                                   0 Convicted of a
                                                    dangerous crime;
                                                   0 Convicted of a
                                                    crime of violence
                                                    within the last 10
                                                    years;
                                                   0 Convicted of a
                                                    homicide; or
                                                 Released in the
                                                 past five years for
                                                 these crimes.
Chicago, Illinois (Chicago)......    July 2012   Has an
                                                 outstanding criminal
                                                 warrant.
                                                 Convicted of a
                                                 felony.
                                                 Is a defendant
                                                 in a criminal case
                                                 where a judgment has
                                                 not been entered and a
                                                 felony charge is
                                                 pending.
                                                 Identified as
                                                 known gang member.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Chicago)...    June 2012   Convicted of at
                                                 least one felony or two
                                                 non-traffic misdemeanor
                                                 offenses.
                                                 Convicted or
                                                 charged with any
                                                 domestic violence
                                                 offense or any
                                                 violation of a
                                                 protective order.
                                                 Convicted or
                                                 charged with
                                                 intoxicated use of a
                                                 vehicle.
                                                 Is a defendant
                                                 in a pending criminal
                                                 case.
                                                 Has an
                                                 outstanding criminal
                                                 warrant.
                                                 Identified as
                                                 known gang member.
                                                 Is a possible
                                                 match on the US
                                                 terrorist watch list.
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*Source: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: ``Information on
  Jurisdictions That Have Implemented Detainer Policies Limiting
  Cooperation with ICE''

                       Alternatives to Detention

    The ATD program places low-risk aliens under various forms 
of intensive supervision or electronic monitoring, in lieu of 
detention, to ensure their appearance for immigration hearings 
and for removal.
    The Committee recommends $94,477,000 for ATD, $371,000 
above the amount requested and $3,033,000 above the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014.
    ICE operates two forms of ATD: an intensive case management 
program and an electronic monitoring program. The Committee 
supports the use of effective alternatives to detention for 
appropriate detainee populations. However, better data on the 
composition of the ATD population and compliance rates for each 
program are needed to ensure the program is being appropriately 
managed. ICE is directed to report on compliance rates of both 
ATD programs not later than 30 days after the end of the fiscal 
year.

                   Transportation and Removal Program

    The Transportation and Removal Program (TRP) provides for 
safe, secure transportation of aliens in ICE custody and 
removal of aliens from the United States.
    The Committee recommends $321,884,000 for TRP, $92,775,000 
above the amount requested and $44,959,000 above the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014. Included in the recommendation is 
an increase of $26,000,000 to support the requirement to 
maintain 34,000 detention beds, and funds to expedite the 
transfer of CBP-apprehended and detained individuals in high-
volume areas along the border.
    Also included in the recommendation is an increase of 
$66,831,000 to fund transportation costs associated with the 
145,000 UACs that are projected to enter the United States 
illegally in fiscal year 2015. In addition to the humanitarian 
concerns for the skyrocketing number of UACs being smuggled 
across the border, the Committee is concerned about the impact 
this escalating crisis has on ICE's ability to conduct its 
critical enforcement duties, as thousands of agent hours are 
diverted from investigating crimes to transporting children to 
the nearest available HHS-ORR facility--often hundreds or 
thousands of miles from the point of apprehension. To address 
this significant and growing problem, ICE is directed to 
contract for the transportation services required to transfer 
UACs to HHS-ORR custody. ICE and CBP are directed to work 
collaboratively with HHS to develop a joint plan to ensure the 
HHS-ORR shelter care locations are optimally located near the 
areas of highest need--currently along the Southwest border--
and to brief the Committee on this plan not later than 15 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
    The Committee expects DHS to repatriate removable 
individuals in a manner that ensures their safety. CBP and ICE 
should make every effort to repatriate incapacitated persons, 
unaccompanied minors, pregnant women, and other vulnerable 
individuals during daylight hours, make reasonable efforts to 
inform Mexican authorities in advance of repatriating 
vulnerable individuals, avoid removing individuals via entry/
exit points on the U.S.-Mexico border where their safety could 
be threatened, and, to the extent practicable, avoid separating 
family membersduring the deportation process. The Committee 
directs the Department to review its current repatriation 
practices and policies and brief the Committee within 180 days 
of enactment of this Act on the results of that review, 
including the need for any additional measures to ensure that 
deportations are conducted safely.

                        AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................       $34,900,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................        26,000,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        31,100,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        -3,800,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................        +5,100,000
                                Mission

    The Automation Modernization account funds major 
information technology projects and operations for ICE.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $31,100,000 for Automation 
Modernization, $5,100,000 above the amount requested and 
$3,800,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. An 
increase of $5,100,000 is recommended for planning and cleaning 
up financial data in preparation for ICE's planned transition 
to a consolidated financial management solution.

                           TECS Modernization

    The Committee directs CBP and ICE to continue semi-annual 
briefings on TECS modernization efforts.

                              CONSTRUCTION
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014................               $5,000,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015...............                    - - -
Recommended in the bill........................                    - - -
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014............               -5,000,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015...........                    - - -
                                Mission

    The Construction account supports maintenance of ICE's 
owned and directly leased facilities.

                             Recommendation

    As requested, the Committee recommends no funding for 
Construction, $5,000,000 below fiscal year 2014. ICE should use 
available balances to perform critical repairs and alterations 
to maintain ICE-owned facilities.

                 Transportation Security Administration


                           AVIATION SECURITY
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014*......................    $4,982,735,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015**....................     5,683,304,000
Recommended in the bill**.............................     5,462,240,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................      +479,505,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................     -221,064,000*The Federal Air Marshals appropriation was funded as a separate
  account, outside of Aviation Security, in fiscal year 2014.
**Includes the realignment of the Federal Air Marshals appropriation
  into a single PPA within the Aviation Security appropriation in fiscal
  year 2015.

                                Mission

    Aviation Security is focused on protecting the air 
transportation system against terrorist threats, sabotage, and 
other acts of violence through deployment of passenger and 
baggage screeners; detection systems for explosives, weapons, 
and other contraband; and other, effective security 
technologies.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $5,462,240,000 for Aviation 
Security, $221,064,000 below the amount requested and 
$479,505,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014, 
after accepting TSA's proposal to realign the Federal Air 
Marshal Service (FAMS) appropriation into a single PPA within 
TSA's Aviation Security appropriation. The recommendation 
includes the following reductions to the President's budget 
request: $26,328,000 from Screener Personnel, Compensation, and 
Benefits, including the realignment of $3,618,000 to Privatized 
Screening to support the Screener Partnership Program (SPP); 
$6,491,000 from Airport Management and Support; and 
$200,214,000 from FAMS. Funds within the Aviation Security 
account are partially offset through the collection of security 
user fees paid by aviation travelers.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Budget Estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aviation Security:
    Privatized Screening..........       $154,572,000       $160,000,000
    Screener Personnel,                 2,952,868,000      2,926,540,000
     Compensation and Benefits....
    Screener Training and Other...        226,290,000        224,969,000
    Checkpoint Support............        103,469,000        103,402,000
    EDS Procurement and                    84,075,000         83,933,000
     Installation.................
    Screening Technology                  294,509,000        294,509,000
     Maintenance..................
    Aviation Regulation and Other         348,653,000        352,571,000
     Enforcement..................
    Airport Management and Support        591,734,000        585,243,000
    Federal Flight Deck Officer &          20,000,000         24,730,000
     Flight Crew Training.........
    Air Cargo.....................        106,920,000        106,343,000
    Federal Air Marshals..........        800,214,000        600,000,000
    [Mandatory Aviation Security        [250,000,000]      [250,000,000]
     Capital Fund\1\].............
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Aviation             $5,683,304,000     $5,462,240,000
         Security.................
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\1\The Aviation Security Capital Fund is not included in the Subtotal
  for Aviation Security because its budget authority is not provided
  through annual appropriations and its resources come entirely from
  user fees.

                         Aviation Security Fees

    For fiscal year 2015, the Committee applies the CBO 
estimate for the collection of $2,080,000,000 in aviation 
security user fees, $570,000,000 below the amount proposed in 
the budget request, and $40,000,000 below the fiscal year 2014 
collection estimate. These fees will be collected from aviation 
passengers and will partially offset or supplement the annual 
appropriation for Aviation Security. The Committee estimate 
does not reflect implementation of the Administration's 
proposed increase in aviation security fees, which represented 
$570,000,000 in illusory offsets in the budget request, because 
necessary new authorization legislation has not been enacted--
legislation that is not under the jurisdiction of the 
Committee. Because of the Administration's chronic reliance 
upon fee revenue that is unlikely to be authorized, the 
Committee has again been forced to reduce the funding for 
management and administrative offices across Departmental 
functions. While the Administration is free to propose new 
sources of revenue as part of its budget, future budget 
requests should not be constructed on the assumption that such 
offsetting revenue will be forthcoming.
    The Committee is aware of the aviation industry's concerns 
regarding TSA's implementation and collection of the Passenger 
Civil Aviation Security Service Fees (September 11th Security 
Fees). Public Law 113-67 simplified the structure of the 
September 11th Security Fees by requiring that airline 
passengers be charged on a per-one-way trip basis rather than a 
per-enplanement basis and it required that changes be 
implemented by July 1, 2014. The Committee notes that this 
legislation did not originate within the Committee nor was it 
enacted via an appropriations bill. Furthermore, any new 
authorization legislation related to the September 11th 
Security Fees is outside the jurisdiction of the Committee. The 
Committee expects TSA to engage its stakeholders and work with 
the appropriate authorizing committees before implementing 
these changes.

                          Privatized Screening

    The Committee recommends $160,000,000 for privatized 
screening, $5,428,000 above the amount requested and $1,810,000 
above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The Committee 
has increased funding to ensure adequate resources are 
available for the SPP and to encourage TSA to make greater use 
of the valuable program. Private contract screeners play an 
important part in TSA's mission to protect the Nation's 
transportation systems and the Committee continues to believe 
that TSA has not utilized the SPP to the extent Congress 
directed. The Committee expects TSA to more proactively utilize 
the SPP and to expeditiously approve applications of airports 
seeking to participate in the SPP that meet legislatively 
mandated criteria. The time taken by TSA to approve 
applications, issue contract solicitations, and make contract 
awards is unacceptable. Accordingly, TSA is directed to award 
applicable SPP contracts not later than 12 months from the date 
of receipt of such airport applications. Further, the Committee 
remains concerned with TSA's use, as it is currently construed, 
of a Federal Cost Estimate (FCE). Using a FCE that utilizes 
faulty methodology and ignores significant costs to the federal 
government is unacceptable. The Committee expects TSA to 
implement generally accepted accounting methodologies for cost 
and performance comparisons, as described in Public Law 113-76, 
which includes, but is not limited to, proper, comprehensive, 
and accurate comparisons of federal employee retirement costs 
and the administrative overhead associated with federal 
screening services. TSA is directed to continue providing the 
Committees semi-annual reports on its execution of the SPP and 
processing of applications for participation.

             Screener Personnel, Compensation, and Benefits

    The Committee recommends $2,926,540,000 for Screener 
Personnel, Compensation, and Benefits (Screener PC&B), 
$26,328,000 below the budget request, and $106,986,000 below 
fiscal year 2014; because of efficiencies associated with risk-
based screening, the amount provided is sufficient to sustain 
the current services level.
    The Committee continues to support dedicated TSA screener 
personnel as they strive to ensure the safety of the traveling 
public and our civil aviation system. The Committee is pleased 
that TSA has complied with the Committee's direction and 
included within the budget request for Screener PC&B a 
reduction of $85,896,000 from the fiscal year 2014 funding 
level, as a result of savings related to risk-based security 
measures, and a reduction of $21,910,000 from savings related 
to the installation of new in-line baggage screening systems. 
The Committee commends TSA for successfully implementing these 
congressionally-directed efforts to better focus its resources, 
improve the passenger experience, and reduce staffing 
requirements through risk-based security measures. Growth in 
staffing for checkpoint and related security operations has 
been effectively tempered by the use of improved technology and 
more rational, risk-based approaches. As such, a long-standing 
provision is continued in the bill to limit screener staffing, 
but is adjusted downward to reflect the staffing efficiencies 
reflected in the budget request. The Committee encourages TSA 
and the Department to continue optimizing the balance between 
technology, risk-based passenger management techniques, and 
screener personnel.
    The Committee was disappointed to learn that the 
Administrator recently made a decision to pursue structural pay 
reform within the Screener PC&B PPA before notifying the 
Committee. The cost associated with this structural reform is 
estimated by TSA to be approximately $20,000,000 in fiscal year 
2014, with a projected annual cost of $76,000,000 in fiscal 
year 2015 and each year beyond. TSA believes that these amounts 
can be accommodated within the base resources for fiscal year 
2014 and the requested appropriation for fiscal year 2015 
through cost efficiencies related to risk-based security 
measures and expedited screening processes. While the Committee 
credits TSA for achieving efficiencies in fiscal year 2014, it 
is unclear how savings can be accurately projected for a fiscal 
year 2015 funding level that has not yet been appropriated. The 
Committee expects the agency to submit a technical correction 
to the budget justification reflecting such efficiencies and 
articulating their impact on the budget request.
    Accordingly, and to account for carryover anticipated from 
fiscal year 2014 resulting from risk-based security measures, 
the Committee rescinds $20,000,000 from Screener PC&B from 
fiscal year 2014 funds and withholds an additional $76,000,000 
from obligation for Screener PC&B in fiscal year 2015, until 
the Administrator submits, not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the following to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House and the Senate: a post hoc 
technical correction to the fiscal year 2015 budget 
justification with revised justification for Screener PC&B 
which includes greater visibility on the total estimated 
savings associated with risk-based security measures; the 
metrics and analytics used to measure and tabulate such 
savings; and a proper and comprehensive explanation of the 
proposed structural pay reform, including revised FTE 
calculations and a total accounting of the anticipated costs 
associated with structural pay reform within the Screener PC&B 
PPA in fiscal year 2015 and the following three fiscal years. 
The Committee emphasizes that the rescission of fiscal year 
2014 PC&B funds will not be reconsidered until the above 
withholding conditions are fulfilled.
    The Committee notes that reductions to Screener PC&B are in 
part offset by increases to the SPP program, reflecting the 
Committee's belief that there must be a better balance between 
public and private capabilities.

                               Exit Lanes

    Public Law 113-67 provided that TSA is responsible for 
monitoring passenger exit points from the sterile areas of 
airports at which TSA provided such monitoring as of December 
1, 2013. A general provision is included in the bill to affirm 
this requirement, stating that no funds may be used to require 
airport operators to provide airport-financed staffing to 
monitor exit points from the sterile area of any airport at 
which TSA provided such monitoring as of December 1, 2013.
    Further, TSA is directed to work closely with its airport 
stakeholders to actively examine new technologies that provide 
lower-cost solutions for exit lane security.

                      Screener Training and Other

    The Committee recommends $224,969,000 for Screener Training 
and Other, $1,321,000 below the amount requested and $1,888,000 
below fiscal year 2014. As the Committee has noted before, 
given the known threats to aviation security, the Committee 
expects TSA's Office of Inspection and the DHS OIG to enhance 
their periodic red team investigations to better emulate the 
latest threats and identify vulnerabilities to improve screener 
training and the use of screening technology. TSA must ensure 
its screeners are trained against the most current threats, and 
therefore, training should be calibrated to measurably reduce 
operational and technological vulnerabilities identified by red 
teams and improve the productivity of screener operations 
overall. Within the Screener Training and Other PPA, the 
Committee provides $98,400,000 for Transportation Security 
Officer Training, $1,200,000 below the budget request and 
$3,200,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014, 
reflecting a reduction for Behavior Detection Officer (BDO) 
Training.

                      Behavior Detection Officers

    The Committee believes that questions remain over the value 
of the BDO program, which has not been sufficiently validated 
and for which few measures have been developed to prove its 
intrinsic value to the aviation security environment. In 
November 2013, GAO recommended that Congress limit future 
funding for the BDO program, concluding, among other things, 
that available evidence does not support whether the behavioral 
indicators used in TSA's Screening of Passengers by Observation 
Techniques (SPOT) program can be used to identify persons who 
may pose a risk to aviation security. Accordingly, to help 
ensure that security-related funding is directed to programs 
that have demonstrated their effectiveness, the bill withholds 
$25,000,000 from obligation for Headquarters Administration 
until TSA submits to the Committee, not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, a report providing 
evidence demonstrating that behavioral indicators can be used 
to identify passengers who may pose a threat to aviation 
security and the plans TSA will put into place to collect 
additional performance data.

                          Passenger Screening

    The Committee is aware that parents and guardians traveling 
with young children present a unique challenge to TSA when a 
personal search is required of either adults or their minor 
children. It is particularly important that TSA, while carrying 
out any pre-boarding inspections of passengers, not separate 
children from their parents or guardians. The Committee directs 
TSA to respect the civil rights and privacy of individuals, 
with particular sensitivity to children traveling with their 
parents and guardians.

                                Uniforms

    The Committee directs TSA to provide a report not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act describing 
in detail how it is complying with the Buy American Act, 
including what measures it is taking to ensure compliance and 
the total number of uniforms and screener consumables purchased 
in fiscal year 2013 and fiscal year 2014.

                           Checkpoint Support

    The Committee recommends $103,402,000 for Checkpoint 
Support, $67,000 below the amount requested and $93,000 above 
the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The Committee notes 
that since its inception, TSA has struggled to deploy 
technologies at passenger screening checkpoints in an effective 
and efficient manner. In the case of TSA's Advanced Imaging 
Technology (AIT) systems, GAO reported in January 2012 that TSA 
did not fully follow DHS acquisition policies when acquiring 
AIT, which resulted in DHS approving AIT deployment without 
full knowledge of TSA's revised specifications for the 
equipment (GAO-12-644T). On March 31, 2014, GAO published a 
follow-up report, in which it recommended that TSA not purchase 
next-generation AIT machines until it, among other things, 
develops a realistic performance schedule, conducts additional 
testing and data analysis, better measures system 
effectiveness, and clarifies which office is responsible for 
overseeing the IED screening checkpoint drills operational 
directive (GAO-14-357).
    The Committee is concerned that GAO continues to find 
significant flaws in TSA's AIT program. The Committee notes 
that H.R. 2719, the Transportation Security Acquisition Reform 
Act, which passed the House of Representatives on December 3, 
2013, would require TSA to implement acquisition best 
practices, increase industry engagement, and improve 
transparency with regard to TSA technology acquisition programs 
such as AIT. The fiscal year 2015 bill prohibits funds from 
being used to procure AIT systems and withholds $25,000,000 
from obligation for Headquarters Administration until TSA 
submits to the Committee, not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, a report addressing each of the 
recommendations outlined in GAO's March 2014 report and 
describing the steps TSA is taking to implement acquisition 
best practices, increase industry engagement, and improve 
transparency with regard to TSA technology acquisition 
programs.

       Explosives Detection Systems Procurement and Installation

    The Committee recommends $83,933,000 for Explosives 
Detection Systems (EDS) Procurement and Installation, $142,000 
below the budget request and $10,088,000 above the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014. The Committee retains bill 
language added in fiscal year 2012 to permit funds in the 
Aviation Security Capital Fund to be used for acquisition of 
new and replacement EDS. The Committee expects TSA will ensure 
there are sufficient balances in the Aviation Security Capital 
Fund to support currently known and validated needs for 
facility build out. Including the existing mandatory Aviation 
Security Capital Fund of $250,000,000, the total amount 
available (both mandatory and discretionary) for the 
procurement and installation of EDS is $333,933,000 for fiscal 
year 2015.
    The Committee is aware of TSA's work with airports on the 
optimization of electronic baggage screening systems to enhance 
safety and security, improve performance, increase efficiency, 
and reduce costs associated with in-line EDS, and understands 
the potential for significant cost savings from the next 
generation of high-speed EDS. In previous years, the Committee 
has encouraged TSA to utilize industry best practices and 
processes and to consider incorporating next generation high-
speed EDS that are achieving certain milestones into multi-year 
design plans, when it is proven to enhance security and reduce 
long-term costs in the aviation sector. However, the 
prohibition TSA put in place in August 2013 prevents funding 
for the design and construction of checked baggage inspection 
systems using EDS equipment not yet on TSA's Qualified Products 
List. The Committee directs TSA to lift this prohibition for 
airports that are more than 12 months from construction and are 
able to demonstrate, through a cost benefit analysis, that 
high-speed EDS would be more efficient and result in long term 
cost savings compared to medium-speed systems.
    The Committee also encourages TSA to pursue the development 
and deployment of systems that will increase security at the 
checkpoint while offering passengers the benefit of reduced 
divestment, including the development of better EDS and more 
capable AIT systems with lower false alarm rates, more 
effective resolution, improved privacy protections, and a means 
to simultaneously scan shoes for threats. TSA shall ensure all 
such technology fully complies with applicable laws pertaining 
to privacy and civil rights.
    The Committee is aware that while TSA must prioritize its 
EDS funding for installation and recapitalization, there remain 
claims from 18 airports for reimbursement for previously 
incurred eligible costs associated with the construction and 
deployment of in-line baggage screening systems. The Committee 
understands some local airports, as a result of not receiving 
reimbursements, have delayed further security investments, 
which could be a source of risk in the aviation security 
environment.
    The Committee is disappointed that TSA's recent report to 
the Committees, ``Reimbursement for Costs Associated with In-
line Baggage Systems,'' did not outline any specific steps 
being taken to resolve such claims, as was directed in the 
explanatory statement that accompanied Public Law 113-76. 
Reimbursable costs must be prioritized to meet unpaid 
obligations represented in Letters of Intent and Other 
Transaction Agreements. The Committee directs TSA to address 
this issue by establishing a process to resolve such claims 
expeditiously.

 Air Cargo, Checkpoint Support, and Explosive Detection Equipment Plans

    The Committee continues bill language requiring TSA to 
provide detailed obligation and expenditure plans, not later 
than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, for 
fiscal year 2015 for air cargo; checkpoint security; and EDS 
refurbishment, procurement, and installations on an airport-by-
airport basis. As described in previous years, the plans shall 
include specific technologies for purchase; program schedules 
and major milestones; a schedule for obligation of the funds; 
recapitalization priorities; the status of operational testing 
for each passenger screening technology under development; and 
a table detailing actual versus anticipated unobligated 
balances at the close of the fiscal year.

               Aviation Regulation and Other Enforcement

    The Committee recommends $352,571,000 for Aviation 
Regulation and Other Enforcement, $3,918,000 above the budget 
request and $1,866,000 below fiscal year 2014. To increase 
operational efficiency and effectiveness, the Committee accepts 
TSA's proposal to consolidate all canine assets under the 
Aviation Regulation PPA and deploy them as multi-modal 
explosives detection canine teams. This will allow TSA maximum 
flexibility to utilize the teams in any transportation 
environment in response to changes in intelligence or 
capability requirements. Therefore, in recognition of the 
effectiveness of canine operations to detect materials and 
explosives that threaten aviation security, the recommendation 
includes $132,400,000 for the National Explosives Detection 
Canine Team Program, $5,000,000 above the budget request and 
$6,052,000 above fiscal year 2014, to support multi-modal 
explosives detection canine teams and to effectively maximize 
canine capacity at TSA through fiscal year 2016. It is the 
Committee's expectation that this enhancement will permit TSA 
to build up its current rate of deployment and training and 
move closer to higher screening percentages and more effective 
screening operations.
    State and local law enforcement agencies play a critical 
role in security at airports throughout the Nation. They are 
the primary law enforcement authorities to respond to any 
incident within the airport perimeter, including TSA security 
checkpoints. While airport law enforcement officer staffing 
levels have remained constant, the amount TSA reimburses 
airports for law enforcement support has steadily declined. The 
recommendation includes $70,800,000 for Airport Law Enforcement 
Assessments, $500,000 above the budget request and $1,000,000 
above fiscal year 2014. TSA is directed to maximize the use of 
available program funds to more fully reimburse participating 
airports for law enforcement hours.

                     Airport Management and Support

    The Committee recommends $585,243,000 for Airport 
Management and Support, $6,491,000 below the budget request and 
$1,757,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. This 
recommendation reflects a reduction of $3,900,000 to Federal 
Security Directors Staff and Headquarters, which is intended to 
partially offset the shortfall created by the inclusion of 
unauthorized aviation security fees in the budget.

                      Federal Flight Deck Officers

    The Committee recommends $24,730,000 for the Federal Flight 
Deck Officer and Flight Crew Training (FFDO) program, 
$4,730,000 above the budget request and the same amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014. The Committee supports the FFDO 
program and believes that the presence of armed and trained 
pilots and flight crew complement other security measures in 
the aviation security domain and represent a true last-line-of-
defense aboard an aircraft.
    The Committee directs TSA to provide a briefing not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act detailing 
the recertification process for FFDOs, including the number of 
FFDOs enrolled; the latest data on recertification; an 
assessment describing whether the program is meeting demand for 
participation; and an overview of how TSA is ensuring that 
training is available in a sufficient number of locations.

                               Air Cargo

    The Committee recommends $106,343,000 for Air Cargo, 
$577,000 below the request and $15,989,000 below the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014. This reduction reflects the 
proposed realignment of $24,593,000 to the Aviation Regulation 
and Other Enforcement PPA to consolidate canine funding. 
Funding is provided to increase inspections and compliance 
efforts to transition Air Cargo Advance Screening from the 
pilot stage to an operational program.

                      Federal Air Marshal Service

    FAMS provides security for the Nation's civil aviation 
system through the deployment of armed federal agents to 
detect, deter, and defeat hostile acts targeting U.S. air 
carriers, airports, passengers, and crews. The Committee 
recommends $600,000,000 for FAMS, $200,214,000 below the amount 
requested and $218,607,000 below the amount provided in fiscal 
year 2014. Of the total funding provided, $500,000,000 is for 
Management and Administration and $100,000,000 is for Travel 
and Training. Due to the Administration's unjustified 
reductions to essential frontline operations, the Committee was 
forced to make programmatic reductions, and to reallocate 
scarce funding towards our Nation's most imperative security 
priorities. Over several years, TSA has taken steps to further 
enhance its layered approach to security through new state-of-
the-art technologies, expanded use of existing and proven 
technologies, better passenger identification techniques, and 
other developments that continue to strengthen the agency's 
capabilities to keep terrorists off commercial aircraft. 
Concurrently, Air Marshals have been assigned as Assistant 
Federal Security Directors to many airports; begun staffing 
several positions at different agencies and departments; and 
are being distributed among other law enforcement and homeland 
security liaison assignments. The Committee is unconvinced that 
this is the best use of taxpayer dollars. By making targeted 
reductions to the agency's management and administrative 
functions, the Committee envisions a leaner, more capable, 
risk-based, intelligence-driven, strategy from FAMS, consistent 
with the measures adopted by TSA in recent years. The 
recommendation includes a realignment of funding from the FAMS 
appropriation into a single PPA under the Aviation Security 
appropriation. This consolidation better reflects TSA's 
organization and management structure and will enable TSA to 
more rapidly apply its law enforcement and related resources to 
meet emerging threats.
    The Committee has expressed its frustration with FAMS in 
the past, specifically FAMS's inability to provide sufficient 
budget justification for the requested resources to ensure 
coverage of high-risk international and domestic flights. 
Further, the Committee was deeply disappointed by recent 
allegations of unethical activity involving firearms 
transactions within FAMS, including the alleged role of the 
incumbent Director. If proven true, such actions would 
represent an abuse of taxpayer dollars and would be unbecoming 
of any official entrusted with the duty to protect the American 
public. The bill withholds $25,000,000 from obligation for 
Headquarters Administration until TSA submits to the Committee, 
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
a report outlining specific actions it will take to prevent the 
possibility that FAMS officials use the agency's federal 
firearms license, and their relationships with private vendors, 
to obtain discounted or free firearms for agency officials' 
personal use.
    The Committee notes that there are additional resources to 
complement the presence of FAMS. This includes FFDOs and the 
large number of federal law enforcement officers and agents who 
are passengers on commercial flights, offering a significant 
potential to leverage the FAMS operation. Therefore, the 
Committee continues to encourage TSA to consider additional 
options for leveraging the federal law enforcement population 
to supplement FAMS resources. The Committee expects FAMS 
staffing levels and deployment patterns to optimize coverage of 
flights to address known threats, minimize risk, and complement 
the full range of security resources available to TSA. It 
remains essential that TSA provide the Committee information 
about the analysis underpinning FAMS staffing, scheduling, and 
resource requirements. The Committee directs TSA to brief the 
Committees on Appropriations, not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, on the optimal mix of FAMS 
personnel and the types and frequency of flights for which FAMS 
coverage should be provided. The Committee directs TSA to 
continue to submit quarterly reports on mission coverage, 
staffing levels, and hiring rates.
    Additional detail is included in the classified annex of 
this report.

              Risk-Based Approaches to Passenger Screening

    The Committee is encouraged to see that TSA is actively 
pursuing efforts to better focus its resources and improve the 
passenger experience by applying risk-based security measures 
to its screening procedures. PreCheck, a ``trusted traveler'' 
program that allows low-risk travelers to experience expedited 
security screening at U.S. airport checkpoints, is currently 
being utilized at a number of airports where participants, who 
have voluntarily submitted to a security threat assessment and 
criminal history background check, are eligible for expedited 
screening. TSA has expanded the program and is implementing 
adjustments in its protocols for generally lower-risk 
populations. While PreCheck offers great promise, a critical 
mass of participants is required for the program to achieve its 
objectives of enhanced security and efficiency.
    Therefore, the Committee directs TSA to continue to 
accelerate PreCheck enrollment, and to work directly with 
airports, which have a long history of facilitating 
participation in trusted traveler programs, to help facilitate 
program expansion through community-based, airport-centric 
enrollment approaches. Further, the Committee encourages TSA to 
establish the security standards and technical specifications 
necessary to allow airports to enroll individuals into a TSA-
approved system for vetting and program participation; to use 
its existing statutory authority to continue to develop, test, 
and expand the PreCheck program for U.S. citizens, including 
through a possible review of biometric data, in accordance with 
applicable privacy laws and standards; and, to consider the 
potential of enrolling other low-risk populations.
    The Committee continues the statutory requirement that TSA 
provide the Committees with semi-annual reports on the resource 
implications of expedited passenger screening associated with 
risk-based security initiatives, such as PreCheck, including a 
new requirement to enumerate the total number and percentage of 
passengers using PreCheck lanes who: (1) have enrolled in 
PreCheck since TSA enrollment centers were established; (2) 
enrolled using TSA's PreCheck application website; (3) were 
enrolled as frequent flyers of a participating airline; (4) 
utilized PreCheck as a result of a CBP trusted traveler program 
(Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI); and (5) were selectively 
identified to participate in expedited screening through the 
use of TSA's Managed Inclusion.
    The Committee is aware that CBP has begun unifying its 
trusted traveler programs and, in many instances, applicants 
for one program may enroll in another program's enrollment 
center. Further, the Committee is aware that CBP and TSA have 
worked extensively to coordinate trusted traveler programs and 
intend to launch a joint enrollment center in 2014. Although 
PreCheck and Global Entry serve different purposes, there is 
considerable participant overlap and the Committee believes 
that bringing these programs under one unified communications 
effort would help travelers better understand the programs, as 
well as create efficiencies within DHS. As such, to improve 
traveler education and to facilitate enrollment, the Committee 
directs the Secretary to establish one unified platform to 
market DHS's trusted traveler programs and to report back to 
Congress, not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, on the progress made to establish such a platform. 
To expand enrollment and public awareness of the program best 
suited for specific travel communities, the Committee 
encourages DHS to develop and implement a strategic 
communications campaign, in consultation with the travel 
community and Brand USA.

                           Perimeter Security

    The imperative of perimeter security at airports was again 
underscored by the recent breach of a perimeter fence at San 
Jose International Airport, through which a juvenile was able 
to directly access a commercial aircraft. The Committee is 
aware that some airports are employing technological solutions 
to detect security breaches of perimeter fences and access 
points, and therefore strongly encourages TSA to work with 
airport authorities to explore technology options to improve 
perimeter security; validate promising technological solutions; 
and update airport security plans, as appropriate, to improve 
the perimeter security posture of airports.

                    SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $108,618,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       127,637,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       121,303,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       +12,685,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................        -6,334,000
                                Mission

    Surface Transportation Security is responsible for 
protecting the surface transportation system and ensuring the 
freedom of movement and security of people and commerce by 
optimizing resources through a risk-based approach to security 
and ensuring compliance with established regulations and 
policies.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $121,303,000 for Surface 
Transportation Security, $6,334,000 below the amount requested 
and $12,685,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 
Within this total, $92,073,000 is for Surface Inspectors and 
Enforcement, which reflects the realignment of canine program 
funding to the Aviation Security appropriation; the 
consolidation of all Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response 
(VIPR) funding into the Surface Inspectors and Enforcement PPA 
within the Surface Transportation Security appropriation; and a 
reduction of $5,446,000 below the budget request and 
$16,339,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014 to 
reduce the number of VIPR teams from 37 to 31. The 
consolidation of VIPR funding into one appropriation will 
facilitate analysis and reporting, and will result in more 
efficient management and assignment of VIPR capability across 
all modes of transportation, as all teams are multi-modal and 
can be deployed in aviation or surface transportation venues.

               Transport of Security-Sensitive Materials

    The Committee has repeatedly urged TSA to implement 
programs required by and authorized pursuant to section 1554 of 
the 9/11 Act as a part of its mission to improve the security 
of surface transportation modes. TSA recently completed a study 
that satisfies its obligation under section 1554 to evaluate 
cost and technology factors in developing a program to track 
motor carrier shipments of Tier 1 highway security-sensitive 
materials (HSSM). The study concluded that implementation of a 
shipment tracking program would unlock sizable security 
benefits at relatively low cost and recommended that TSA move 
forward on a priority basis to develop an emergency-ready 
shipment tracking system which provides the capability to 
quickly inject tighter security control in the hazmat supply 
chain if needed. Unfortunately, TSA has not made suitable 
progress in this important mission, as research and development 
efforts focused on a Tier 1 HSSM emergency-ready shipment 
tracking system have been delayed for over a year.
    The Committee directs TSA to move forward with the 
development of an interim emergency-ready system to provide 
basic shipment tracking/visibility and shipment chain-of-
custody control, and urges the agency to engage in the research 
and development efforts required to fully develop the Tier 1 
HSSM emergency-ready tracking system in the near future. The 
Committee further directs TSA to provide semi-annual updates on 
the implementation of an interim program and plans for a fully 
developed program including progress on research and 
development activities.

                        INTELLIGENCE AND VETTING
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014*......................      $176,489,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015**....................       232,526,000
Recommended in the bill**.............................       231,866,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       +55,377,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................         -660,000*In fiscal year 2014, the Intelligence PPA was funded within the
  Transportation Security Support appropriation.
**Includes the realignment of the Intelligence PPA from the
  Transportation Security Support appropriation into a single PPA within
  TSA's Intelligence and Vetting appropriation.

                                Mission

    The mission of the Intelligence and Vetting appropriation 
(formerly known as Transportation Threat Assessment and 
Credentialing) is to reduce the probability of a successful 
terrorist or other criminal attack to the transportation system 
through application of intelligence and threat assessment 
methodologies which are intended to identify known or suspected 
terrorist threats working in or seeking access to the Nation's 
transportation system.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends a direct appropriation of 
$231,866,000 for Intelligence and Vetting, $660,000 below the 
budget request and $55,377,000 above the amount provided in 
fiscal year 2014, reflecting the realignment of the Office of 
Intelligence from the Transportation Security Support 
appropriation to the renamed Intelligence and Vetting 
appropriation. In addition, the Committee anticipates TSA will 
collect $79,605,000 in related offsetting fees.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee's 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

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                                     Budget estimate      Recommended
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Direct Appropriation:
    Intelligence..................        $51,801,000        $51,545,000
    Secure Flight.................        112,543,000        112,269,000
    Other Vetting Programs........         68,182,000         68,052,000
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, direct                  232,526,000        231,866,000
         appropriations...........
Fee Collections:
    Transportation Worker                  34,832,000         34,832,000
     Identification Credential Fee
    Hazardous Material Fee........         12,000,000         12,000,000
    General Aviation at DCA Fee...            350,000            350,000
    Commercial Aviation and                 6,500,000          6,500,000
     Airport Fee..................
    Other Security Threat                      50,000             50,000
     Assessments Fee..............
    Air Cargo/Certified Cargo               7,173,000          7,173,000
     Screening Program Fee........
    TSA PreCheck Application               13,700,000         13,700,000
     Program Fee..................
    Alien Flight School Fee.......          5,000,000          5,000,000
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, fee collections.        $79,605,000        $79,605,000
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                             Secure Flight

    The Committee recommends $112,269,000 for Secure Flight, 
$274,000 below the amount requested and $19,067,000 above the 
amount provided in fiscal year 2014, including $12,717,000 to 
support vetting the Large Aircraft and Charter Screening 
Program population comprised of passengers who fly on large 
aircraft and charter air transportation. Secure Flight 
strengthens the security of commercial aircraft travelling 
into, out of, within, and across the United States through 
improved watch list matching using risk-based security 
measures.

                         Other Vetting Programs

    The Committee recommends $68,052,000 for Other Vetting 
Programs, $130,000 below the amount requested and $15,235,000 
below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The 
recommendation includes $38,300,000 for Technology 
Infrastructure Modernization (TIM), which will provide a state-
of-the-art vetting system, while eliminating multiple, costly, 
and aging vetting systems and practices. To facilitate its 
oversight, the Committee directs TSA to brief the Committee on 
the status of TIM not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    Within the increase recommended, ICE shall allocate not 
less than $20,000,000 above the current levels for child 
exploitation investigation activities at ICE's Cyber Crime 
Center, including the Victim Identification Program and the 
Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) Child-Rescue Corps, 
and for the Angel Watch program. The Committee directs ICE to 
provide a plan for expenditure of these funds in accordance 
with the requirement for a Department-wide plan for obligation 
and expenditure contained within Title V of this Act.

                    TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $962,061,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       932,026,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       892,840,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       -69,221,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       -39,186,000
                                Mission

    The Transportation Security Support account includes 
financial and human resources support; information technology 
support; policy development and oversight; performance 
management and e-government; communications; public information 
and legislative affairs; training and quality performance; 
internal conduct and audit; legal advice; and overall 
headquarters administration.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $892,840,000 for Transportation 
Security Support, $39,186,000 below the amount requested and 
$69,221,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. As 
in fiscal year 2014, a portion of the reduction for 
Transportation Security Support is required to partially offset 
significant shortfalls in the President's budget request for 
DHS due to: (1) assumed increases in aviation passenger fee 
collections that have yet to be authorized and that are not in 
the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations; (2) 
unjustified reductions to essential frontline operations; and 
(3) the repeated failure of the Department to comply with 
statutory requirements.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

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                                     Budget estimate      Recommended
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Headquarters Administration.......       $275,891,000       $263,583,000
Human Capital Services............        204,215,000        195,765,000
Information Technology............        451,920,000        433,492,000
                                   -------------------------------------
    Subtotal, Transportation             $932,026,000       $892,840,000
     Security Support.............
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                      Headquarters Administration

    The Committee recommends $263,583,000 for Headquarters 
Administration, $12,308,000 below the budget request, and 
$8,667,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. As 
previously described, the Committee withholds $75,000,000 from 
obligation until TSA submits reports to the Committee, not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
which provide evidence demonstrating that behavioral indicators 
can be used to identify passengers who may pose a threat to 
aviation security; outline specific actions TSA will take to 
address recent allegations of unethical activity involving 
firearms within FAMS; and address GAO's concerns with TSA's AIT 
program.

                         Human Capital Services

    The Committee recommends $195,765,000 for Human Capital 
Services, $8,450,000 below the budget request, and $8,485,000 
below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The reduction, 
which is necessary to help offset the budgetary shortfall due 
to reliance on unauthorized aviation security fees, among other 
reasons, may come from advisory and assistance services.

                          FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $818,607,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................             - - -
Recommended in the bill...............................             - - -
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................      -818,607,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................             - - -
                             Recommendation

    The recommendation includes a realignment of funding from 
the FAMS appropriation into a single PPA under the Aviation 
Security appropriation.

                              Coast Guard


                           OPERATING EXPENSES
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014\1\....................    $6,784,807,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2015.....................     6,749,733,000
Recommended in the bill...............................     6,864,443,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       +79,636,000
    Budget estimate, fiscal year 2015.................     +114,710,000\1\Does not include funding for the Global War on Terrorism/Overseas
  Contingency Operations.

                                Mission

    The Coast Guard is the principal federal agency charged 
with maritime safety, security, and stewardship. The Operating 
Expenses appropriation provides funding for the operation and 
maintenance of multipurpose vessels, aircraft, and shore units 
strategically located along the coasts and inland waterways of 
the United States and in selected areas overseas. This is the 
primary appropriation financing the operational activities of 
the Coast Guard.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$6,864,443,000 for Operating Expenses. The recommended funding 
level is $114,710,000 above the amount requested and 
$79,636,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014.
    The Committee recommends a 0.8 percent increase to the 
proposed military pay raise, consistent with the increase to 
military pay included in the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015 (H.R. 4435) and the recommended increase 
to military pay by the House Subcommittee on Defense 
Appropriations. The Committee also recommends the following 
increases above the budget request: $15,047,000 to restore 
operations hours, a five percent increase above the request; 
$4,200,000 for counterdrug surge operations; $14,904,000 to 
prevent the proposed decommissioning of two High Endurance 
Cutters, restoring over 6,600 annualized cutter hours in source 
and transit zones; $73,264,000 for backlogged depot 
maintenance, which will significantly increase mission 
capability rates; $2,195,000 to restore a Bravo Zero response 
capability for search and rescue fixed winged assets; 
$7,500,000 to restore unjustified cuts to special pays; 
$1,355,000 to restore cuts to vessel boarding teams; and 
$5,000,000 to restore cuts to information technology programs.
    The Committee recommends a reduction of $3,900,000 to 
partially offset significant shortfalls in the President's 
budget request for DHS due to: (1) assumed increases in 
aviation passenger fee collections that have yet to be 
authorized and that are not in the jurisdiction of the 
Committee on Appropriations; (2) unjustified reductions to 
essential frontline operations; and (3) the repeated failure of 
the Department to comply with statutory requirements.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

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                                     Budget estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Military Pay and Allowances.......     $3,433,594,000     $3,469,045,000
Civilian Pay and Benefits.........        787,372,000        781,517,000
Training and Recruiting...........        197,800,000        198,004,000
Operating Funds and Unit Level            991,919,000        995,513,000
 Maintenance......................
Centrally Managed Accounts........        335,262,000        335,837,000
Depot Level Maintenance...........      1,003,786,000      1,084,527,000
                                   -------------------------------------
    Total, Operating Expenses.....     $6,749,733,000     $6,864,443,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                           Cuts to Operations

    The Committee is dismayed with the continued cuts to 
operations by this Administration. The budget as requested 
leads to the lowest level of drug interdiction in five years 
and forces untenable cuts in operations. The Committee rejects 
this flawed proposal--adding $123,465,000 to restore the 
proposed reductions and also providing additional capability. 
The Committee specifically adds funds to address the growing 
demand for assets in the source and transit zones.

                      Air Marine Operations Center

    As noted under CBP, the Committee considers AMOC to be a 
national asset, critical to fulfilling the imperative for an 
air and marine domain awareness node capable of sharing and 
synchronizing information across DHS components. Using advanced 
technologies and surveillance capabilities, AMOC unifies the 
data into a common operating picture of the air, land, and 
maritime domains that can be synchronized and shared with 
federal, state, and local law enforcement organizations. As 
such, AMOC is truly a national asset and, if appropriately 
resourced and empowered, can provide valuable domain awareness 
and tactical information to a range of partners across the U.S. 
government and overseas. Accordingly, the Committee directs the 
Coast Guard to share all applicable radar feeds and to utilize 
AMOC to the maximum extent possible. Further, the Committee 
directs the Coast Guard to fully implement the Maritime 
Operations Coordination Plan which was signed in June 2011.

                Enhancements to Depot Level Maintenance

    The Committee recommends an additional $73,264,000 above 
the amount requested for enhancements to critical depot level 
maintenance programs. Additional funds are intended to 
replenish repair parts and execute backlogged and deferred 
critical depot level maintenance for assets and shore 
facilities. The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall brief the 
Committees five days prior to obligation on the plans for the 
increase.

                        Mission Needs Statement

    The Committee directs the Commandant to conduct a new 
mission needs statement (MNS), to be submitted with the fiscal 
year 2016 budget, which takes into account the funding proposed 
in the five-year Capital Investment Plan (CIP) submitted for 
that fiscal year. The MNS shall describe which missions the 
Coast Guard will not be able to achieve for any year in which a 
gap exists between the mission hour targets and projected 
mission hours for new and legacy assets based on the proposed 
CIP.

                             Sexual Assault

    The Committee is concerned about sexual assault within the 
Coast Guard. The Committee directs the Coast Guard, not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to report 
the number of requests for expedited transfer by victims of 
sexual assault, the number of applications denied, and, for 
each application denied, a description of the reasons why such 
application was denied. Additionally, the Committee directs the 
Coast Guard to report on the number of service members served 
by its Special Victims Counsel program in the previous fiscal 
year.

                        Fishing Safety Training

    The Committee encourages the Coast Guard to carry out 
section 604 of the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act of 2010, 
which authorizes competitive grants for a Coast Guard-certified 
Fishing Safety Training Grants Program. When implemented, this 
program will provide important, hands-on safety training to 
commercial fisherman to prevent injuries and fatalities.

                        Columbia River Crossing

    The Committee recognizes the many concerns regarding the 
permitting process for a new Columbia River Crossing bridge 
between Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. The Coast 
Guard is directed to be open and transparent with all Members 
of Congress and private citizens who seek information regarding 
the permitting process and to communicate with them in a timely 
manner.

                ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................       $13,164,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................        13,214,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        13,214,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................          + 50,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................             - - -
                                Mission

    The Environmental Compliance and Restoration appropriation 
assists in bringing Coast Guard facilities into compliance with 
applicable federal and state environmental regulations, 
preparing and testing facility response plans, developing 
pollution and hazardous waste minimization strategies, 
conducting environmental assessments, and furnishing necessary 
program support. These funds permit the continuation of a 
service-wide program to correct environmental problems, such as 
major improvements of storage tanks containing petroleum and 
regulated substances. The program focuses mainly on Coast Guard 
facilities, but also includes third party sites where Coast 
Guard activities have contributed to environmental problems.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $13,214,000 for Environmental 
Compliance and Restoration, the same as the amount requested 
and $50,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014.

                            RESERVE TRAINING
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $120,000,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       109,605,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       114,605,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        -5,395,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       + 5,000,000
                                Mission

    This appropriation provides for the training of qualified 
individuals who are available for active duty in time of war or 
national emergency, or for the augmentation of regular Coast 
Guard forces in the performance of peacetime missions. Program 
activities fall into the following categories:
        Initial training.--the direct costs of initial training 
        for three categories of non-prior service trainees;
        Continued training.--the training of officers and 
        enlisted personnel;
        Operation and maintenance of training facilities.--the 
        day-to-day operation and maintenance of reserve 
        training facilities; and
        Administration.--all administrative costs of the 
        reserve forces program.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $114,605,000 for Reserve Training, 
$5,000,000 above the amount requested and $5,395,000 below the 
amount provided in fiscal year 2014. This partially restores 
funding to prevent the reduction of full-time support personnel 
and the transfer of Reservists to the Inactive Ready Reserve.

              ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................    $1,375,635,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................     1,084,193,000
Recommended in the bill...............................     1,287,040,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       -88,595,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................      +202,847,000
                                Mission

    The Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements 
appropriation finances the acquisition of new capital assets, 
construction of new facilities, and physical improvements to 
existing facilities and assets. The appropriation covers Coast 
Guard-owned and operated vessels, aircraft, shore facilities, 
and other equipment such as computer systems, as well as the 
personnel needed to manage acquisition activities.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $1,287,040,000 for Acquisition, 
Construction, and Improvements (AC&I), $202,847,000 above the 
amount requested and $88,595,000 below the amount provided in 
fiscal year 2014.
    The Committee recommends significant restructuring of 
numerous programs to align funding with requirements in the 
fiscal year of need. Further, the recommendation includes 
funding for programs that have a proven track record, are low-
risk, have known costs, and provide increased capability.
    The Committee recommends the following decreases: a net 
reduction of $13,953,000 requested for the National Security 
Cutter (NSC) for contract savings based on the contract for NSC 
7 and items that will not execute in the budget year; 
$10,000,000 from the Offshore Patrol Cutter program due to 
schedule delays; and $6,000,000 from the polar icebreaker 
program due to excessive carryover of funding from prior years.
    The Committee recommends the following rescissions in Title 
V of this bill from prior year accounts: $2,550,000 from funds 
provided in fiscal year 2011; $4,095,000 from funds provided in 
fiscal year 2012; $16,892,000 from funds provided in fiscal 
year 2013; and $52,905,000 from funds provided in fiscal year 
2014.
    The Committee recommends the following increases above the 
amount requested: $10,000,000 for In-service Vessel 
Sustainment; $95,000,000 for two additional Fast Response 
Cutters; $12,000,000 for the replacement costs of one HH-60 
helicopter; $2,500,000 to maintain the schedule for the 
Logistics Information Management System; $12,000,000 for spares 
for C-27J aircraft; $95,000,000 for one missionized Long Range 
Surveillance Aircraft; and $6,300,000 for one complete small-
UAS system for the NSC.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Budget estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vessels:
    Survey and Design--Vessels and           $500,000           $500,000
     Boats........................
    In-service Vessel Sustainment.         24,500,000         34,500,000
    Cutter Small Boats............          4,000,000          4,000,000
    National Security Cutter (NSC)        638,000,000        630,347,000
    Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC)..         20,000,000         10,000,000
    Fast Response Cutter (FRC)....        110,000,000        205,000,000
    Polar Ice Breaking Vessel.....          6,000,000              - - -
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Vessels.........        803,000,000        884,347,000
Aircraft:
    HH-60 Airframe Replacement....              - - -         12,000,000
    HC-144 Conversion/Sustainment.         15,000,000         15,000,000
    HC-27J Conversion/Sustainment.         15,000,000         27,000,000
    HC-130J Acquisition/Conversion/         8,000,000        103,000,000
     Sustainment..................
    HH-65 Acquisition/Conversion/          30,000,000         30,000,000
     Sustainment..................
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Aircraft........         68,000,000        187,000,000
Other Acquisition Programs:
    Program Oversight Management..         18,000,000         18,000,000
    C4ISR.........................         36,300,000         36,300,000
    CG-LIMS.......................          3,000,000          5,500,000
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Other Acqusition         57,300,000         59,800,000
         Programs.................
Shore Facilities and Aids to
 Navigation:
    Major/Minor construction;              19,580,000         19,580,000
     Housing; ATON; and Survey &
     Design.......................
    Major Acquisition Systems              16,000,000         16,000,000
     Infrastructure...............
    Minor Shore...................          5,000,000          5,000,000
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Shore Facilities         40,580,000         40,580,000
         and Aids to Navigation...
Personnel and Related Support:
    Direct Personnel Costs........        115,313,000        115,313,000
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Personnel and           115,313,000        115,313,000
         Related Support..........
                                   =====================================
            Total, Acquisition,        $1,084,193,000     $1,287,040,000
             Construction, and
             Improvements.........
------------------------------------------------------------------------

     Quarterly Reports on Acquisition Projects and Mission Emphasis

    The Commandant is directed to continue to brief the 
Committee quarterly on all major acquisitions, consistent with 
the direction in the conference report accompanying Public Law 
112-74 and Senate Report 113-77.

                        Capital Investment Plan

    The Coast Guard is directed to submit a five-year CIP, in 
accordance with the specified requirements listed in the bill, 
in conjunction with the budget submission for fiscal year 2016. 
The Committee is concerned by the Coast Guard's repeated 
noncompliance with the requirement in annual appropriations 
Acts to submit a CIP to Congress with the submission of the 
budget. To address these concerns, and consistent with prior 
years, the Committee withholds $150,000,000 from Coast Guard 
Headquarters offices until the fiscal year 2016 CIP is 
submitted. Additionally, the Committee includes bill language 
limiting the time OMB is permitted to review the CIP. The 
Committee continues to believe the CIP serves as the primary 
means of oversight for tracking the Coast Guard's 
recapitalization efforts and therefore must be submitted in 
accordance with mandated timelines. The failure of the Coast 
Guard to submit the required information in a timely manner 
hinders the Committee's oversight responsibility and forces 
budgetary decisions to be made with limited program 
information.

                        National Security Cutter

    The Committee recommends $630,347,000 for the NSC program, 
a decrease of $7,653,000 below the amount requested, but 
$1,347,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The 
recommendation includes a decrease of $10,000,000 for 
unjustified cost growth on the production price of NSC 8 and 
$3,953,000 for activities requested ahead of need. The 
recommendation also defers $42,362,000 through a rescission for 
contract savings on NSC 7 and because post-delivery activities 
for NSC 8 are requested unnecessarily ahead of need. An 
increase of $6,300,000 is included for a small-UAS to provide 
persistent tactical surveillance in counterdrug operations.

                          Fast Response Cutter

    The Committee recommends $205,000,000 for the acquisition 
of four Fast Response Cutters (FRCs), $95,000,000 above the 
amount requested and $105,000,000 below the amount provided in 
fiscal year 2014. The recommendation defers $20,080,000 through 
a rescission for post-delivery activities that are requested 
ahead of need.
    For the third year in a row, the budget request included 
funding for only two FRCs. Due to economies of scale, limiting 
procurement to two FRCs per year drives up the unit cost and 
results in the loss of $15,000,000 in savings compared to an 
order of four FRCs per year and a loss of almost $30,000,000 in 
savings compared to an order of six FRCs per year. In addition, 
the proposed procurement rate significantly delays the delivery 
of much needed capability.
    This serves as clear evidence of the fiscal and operational 
shortsightedness of proposing unrealistically low AC&I budgets. 
It is unclear how the Department plans to close the various 
gaps in needed capability if it continues to make such 
ineffective and inadequate requests.

                         Offshore Patrol Cutter

    The Committee recommends $10,000,000 for the Offshore 
Patrol Cutter program, a decrease of $10,000,000 from the 
request and $13,000,000 below the amount provided in fiscal 
year 2014. The reduction is a result of significant unobligated 
balances within the program and delays in excess of nine months 
in the program schedule over the last year. Although the fiscal 
year 2014 budget planned for a contract award in September 
2013, the award did not occur until mid-February 2014 and was 
again delayed due to a protest which was resolved just this 
month. The recommended funds, combined with funds previously 
appropriated, are sufficient to sustain the program through 
fiscal year 2015.

                        Polar Ice Breaker Vessel

    The Committee recommends no additional funding for the 
polar icebreaker program, a decrease of $6,000,000 from the 
request, and $2,000,000 below the amount provided in fiscal 
year 2014. The Committee has long sought a solution to address 
this much needed capability. However, since the polar 
icebreaker effort was initiated in fiscal year 2013, the Coast 
Guard has obligated merely $1,700,000 of the $10,000,000 that 
has been appropriated over the last two fiscal years. Based on 
the current obligation rate, the program can continue without 
delay through fiscal year 2015 with the funds that have been 
previously appropriated.
    To date, this Administration has failed repeatedly to 
present a viable acquisition program for a new icebreaker. 
Previous CIPs have alluded to an incrementally funded 
acquisition within the existing Coast Guard AC&I topline 
funding level--a topline that has apparently been set 
arbitrarily with no relation to Coast Guard requirements. These 
proposals may partially fund an icebreaker, but only at the 
expense of existing, validated Coast Guard recapitalization 
programs. This type of artifice is needless and it senselessly 
jeopardizes the future of the Coast Guard.
    It would also be unreasonable for the Administration to 
impose the entire cost of an icebreaker on the Coast Guard 
because its mission, in part, is tied to the missions and 
requirements of other executive branch agencies, and these 
requirements will add significantly to the total cost of the 
asset. The Committee believes that for a national asset of this 
type, shared funding among stakeholder agencies is a more 
appropriate and fair method of funding--allowing for continued 
recapitalization of the Coast Guard while at the same time 
acquiring a long needed icebreaking capability.

                         HC-27J Aircraft Spares

    The Committee recommends $27,000,000 for the C-27J aircraft 
program, an increase of $12,000,000 above the request and 
$2,100,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The 
Coast Guard shall use the additional funds to procure needed 
spares for the program.

                            HH-60 Helicopter

    The Committee recommends $12,000,000 for one HH-60 
helicopter, an increase of $12,000,000 above the request and 
$12,000,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The 
Coast Guard continues to successfully modify former Navy 
Seahawk helicopters, which provide greater capability at a 
lower cost compared to other options.

                            HC-130J Aircraft

    The Committee recommends $103,000,000 for long range 
surveillance aircraft, an increase of $95,000,000 above the 
request and $26,210,000 below the amount provided in fiscal 
year 2014. Additional funding shall be used to acquire one 
fully missionized HC-130J aircraft.

          Coast Guard Logistics Information Management System

    The Committee recommends $5,500,000 for the Coast Guard 
Logistics Information Management System, $2,500,000 above the 
amount requested and $4,000,000 above the amount provided in 
fiscal year 2014.

              RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................       $19,200,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................        17,947,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        10,947,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        -8,253,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................        -7,000,000
                                Mission

    Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation allows the 
Coast Guard to maintain its non-homeland security research and 
development capability, while also partnering with DHS and DoD 
to leverage beneficial initiatives.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $10,947,000 for Research, 
Development, Test, and Evaluation, $7,000,000 below the amount 
requested and $8,253,000 below the amount provided in fiscal 
year 2014 due to unjustified carryover.

       MEDICARE ELIGIBLE RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUND CONTRIBUTION\1\
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $201,000,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       176,970,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       176,970,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       -24,030,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................             - - -1This account is a permanent indefinite discretionary budgetary activity
  and is not carried in the bill.

                                Mission

    The Medicare-eligible retiree health care fund contribution 
provides funding for the DoD Medicare-eligible health care fund 
for the health benefits of future Medicare-eligible retirees 
currently serving on active duty in the Coast Guard, retiree 
dependents, and their potential survivors. The authority for 
the Coast Guard to make this payment on an annual basis was 
provided in the Fiscal Year 2005 Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act.

                             Recommendation

    While this account requires no annual action by Congress, 
the Committee affirms the expenditure of $176,970,000 for the 
Medicare-eligible retiree health care fund contribution, the 
same as the amount requested and $24,030,000 below the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014.

                              RETIRED PAY
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................    $1,460,000,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................     1,450,626,000
Recommended in the bill...............................     1,450,626,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        -9,374,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................             - - -
                                Mission

    This appropriation provides for the retired pay of Coast 
Guard military personnel and Coast Guard Reserve personnel, as 
well as career status bonuses for active duty personnel. 
Additionally, it provides payments to members of the former 
Lighthouse Service and beneficiaries pursuant to the retired 
serviceman's family protection plan and survivor benefit plan, 
as well as payments for medical care of retired personnel and 
their dependents under the Dependents' Medical Care Act.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $1,450,626,000 for Retired Pay, 
the same as the amount requested and $9,374,000 below the 
amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The Committee includes 
bill language that allows funds to remain available until 
expended. The Coast Guard's Retired Pay appropriation is a 
mandatory budgetary activity.

                      United States Secret Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................    $1,533,497,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................     1,585,970,000
Recommended in the bill...............................     1,587,087,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       +53,590,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................        +1,117,000
                                Mission

    The United States Secret Service has statutory authority to 
carry out two primary missions: protection of the Nation's 
leaders and investigation of financial and electronic crimes. 
The Secret Service protects and investigates threats against 
the President and Vice President, their families, visiting 
heads of State, and other designated individuals; protects the 
White House, Vice President's Residence, foreign missions, and 
other buildings within Washington, D.C.; and manages the 
security at National Special Security Events (NSSEs). The 
Secret Service investigates violations of laws relating to 
counterfeiting of obligations and securities of the United 
States; financial crimes that include, but are not limited to, 
access device fraud, financial institution fraud, identity 
theft, and computer fraud; and computer-based attacks on 
financial, banking, and telecommunications infrastructure. The 
agency also provides support for investigations related to 
missing and exploited children.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $1,587,087,000 for Salaries and 
Expenses, $1,117,000 above the amount requested and $53,590,000 
above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Within the 
total, $965,221,000 is for costs associated with the core 
protective missions, $7,898,000 below the amount requested and 
$45,293,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014, 
including an increase of $25,500,000 for the 2016 Presidential 
Campaign costs that the Secret Service will incur in fiscal 
year 2015. The recommendation includes $380,856,000 for 
Investigations, $14,100,000 above the request and $12,388,000 
above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014, sustaining 
forensic support and grant assistance for investigations of 
missing and exploited children, and supporting electronic 
crimes investigations and training at the National Computer 
Forensics Institute (NCFI).
    The recommendation includes $4,500,000, as requested, for 
contingencies associated with NSSEs in fiscal year 2015.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended levels, by budget activity, is as follows under the 
current PPA structure:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Budget estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Protection
    Protection of Persons and            $874,885,000       $867,685,000
     Facilities...................
    Protective Intelligence                68,234,000         67,536,000
     Activities...................
    National Special Security               4,500,000          4,500,000
     Event fund...................
    Presidential Candidate Nominee         25,500,000         25,500,000
     Protection...................
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Protection......        973,119,000        965,221,000
Investigations
    Domestic Field Operations.....        332,395,000        338,295,000
    International Field Office             34,361,000         34,195,000
     Administration, Operations,
     and Training.................
    Support for Missing and                     - - -          8,366,000
     Exploited Children...........
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Investigations..        366,756,000        380,856,000Headquarters, Management and              189,191,000        184,596,000
 Administration...................
Rowley Training Center............         55,868,000         55,378,000
Information Integration and                 1,036,000          1,036,000
 Technology Transformation........
                                   -------------------------------------
    Total, Salaries and Expenses..     $1,585,970,000     $1,587,087,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Domestic Field Operations, Electronic Crimes Investigations, and State 
                     and Local Cybercrime Training

    The Secret Service's Electronic Crimes Special Agent 
Program (ECSAP), and its network of Electronic Crimes Task 
Forces (ECTFs) comprised of federal, state, and local law 
enforcement partners, financial and information technology 
industries, and academic and research communities, have proven 
highly productive and deserve strong support. Recognizing that 
the Secret Service is a ``frontline'' operational agency, the 
Committee's focus is on the integration of new technology into 
the agency's operations. The Committee supports the 
investigative efforts of the Secret Service and the 
investigation of cyber crimes, which requires highly technical 
training in computer forensics. Therefore, the Committee 
recommends $338,295,000 for Domestic Field Operations, 
$5,900,000 above the amount requested and $9,004,000 above the 
amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Included in the 
recommendation is $12,000,000 to enhance current Secret Service 
investigative initiatives, support the ECSAP and ECTF missions, 
and support efforts for basic and advanced computer forensics 
training, $8,500,000 above the amount requested and $4,500,000 
above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014.
    While ECSAP/ECTF no longer has separate reporting and 
reprogramming lines, the Committee expects: (1) to receive 
periodic briefings on the status of investigations; (2) the 
funding and programmatic efforts to be sustained; and (3) the 
associated funding and personnel resources to continue to be 
identified in future budgets.

                     Missing and Exploited Children

    The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 
(NCMEC) was created in 1984 to serve as the Nation's resource 
on the issues of missing and sexually exploited children. The 
organization provides information and resources to law 
enforcement, parents, and children, including child victims, as 
well as other professionals. Under the provisions of the 
Violent Crime Control Act of 1994, Congress directed the Secret 
Service to provide forensic and technical assistance to NCMEC 
and other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in 
matters involving missing and exploited children. NCMEC has 
been the historical recipient of grant funding related to 
missing and exploited children, and the Secret Service 
currently provides investigative assistance and liaison to 
NCMEC headquarters through the Secret Service Forensic Services 
Division. The Committee supports continuing efforts in this 
area and therefore recommends sustaining the fiscal year 2014 
funding level of $2,366,000 for forensic and investigative 
support related to missing and exploited children and 
$6,000,000 for grants related to investigations of missing and 
exploited children.

                    National Special Security Events

    The Committee recommends $4,500,000, as requested, to 
defray costs specific to Secret Service execution of its 
statutory responsibilities to direct the planning and 
coordination of NSSEs. The Committee continues a general 
provision in the Act prohibiting the use of funds to reimburse 
any federal department or agency for its participation in an 
NSSE.
    The Committee directs the Secret Service to provide 
periodic updates on NSSEs planned for fiscal year 2015 prior to 
and following each event.

                   International Field Investigations

    The Secret Service continues to show significant results 
from its efforts to stop the counterfeiting of U.S. currency, 
in concert with its counterparts in the Government of Colombia, 
and is building on this effort in its field offices. The 
Committee directs the Secret Service, in conjunction with the 
DHS Office of Policy, to keep it informed of developments in 
international investigative missions.

                         Technology Activities

    The Committee recommends $1,036,000 for Information 
Integration and Technology Transformation activities of the 
Secret Service, and directs the agency to brief the Committee 
on all Secret Service information technology activities and to 
submit a multi-year investment plan.

                      Mission Support Restoration

    To ensure the protection of our Nation's leaders and the 
investigation of financial and electronic crimes, the Committee 
recommends $35,994,000, as requested, to restore critical 
mission support functions such as vehicle replacement and 
maintenance, fuel purchasing, mission-critical travel, and 
permanent change-of-station moves to a level that supports the 
Secret Service's current operational pace. Funding for these 
costs is consistent with historically required levels and 
prevents degradation of Secret Service assets. The Committee 
directs the Secret Service to provide a strategic human capital 
plan, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, for fiscal years 2015 through 2019 that addresses how 
mission requirements will be met with current resources and 
delineates between protective and investigative missions.

              Professionalism Reinforcement Working Group

    The Committee is deeply disappointed by recurring 
allegations of misconduct within the Secret Service, including 
recent allegations of improper behavior by Secret Service 
agents in the Netherlands. The Committee expects the Secret 
Service to take all steps necessary to ensure that it has in 
place the proper training and protocols to prevent similar 
incidents and to hold violators accountable for their actions. 
Accordingly, the bill withholds $20,000,000 from obligation for 
Headquarters, Management and Administration until the Secret 
Service submits to the Committee, not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, a report providing evidence 
that the Secret Service has sufficiently reviewed its 
professional standards of conduct; issued new guidance for the 
procedures and conduct of employees when engaged in overseas 
operations and protective missions; and instituted a zero-
tolerance policy consistent with the agency's critical missions 
and unique position of public trust.

     ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED EXPENSES
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................       $51,775,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................        49,935,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        49,935,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        -1,840,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................             - - -
                                Mission

    This account supports the acquisition, construction, 
improvement, equipment, furnishing, and related costs for 
maintenance and support of Secret Service facilities, including 
the Secret Service Memorial Headquarters Building and the James 
J. Rowley Training Center (JJRTC). It also provides for ongoing 
costs and investment for critical Information Integration and 
Technology Transformation (IITT), a program to sustain the 
information technology capabilities needed to support the 
Secret Service protective and investigative missions.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $49,935,000, the same amount as 
requested in the budget and $1,840,000 below the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014. Of the total provided, $5,380,000 
is for facility-related expenses for the JJRTC and $44,555,000 
is for IITT programs. The Secret Service is directed to submit 
a multi-year IITT investment and management plan for fiscal 
years 2015 through 2018.

      TITLE III--PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY


              National Protection and Programs Directorate


                     MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................       $56,499,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................        65,910,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        64,247,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        +7,748,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................        -1,663,000
                                Mission

    The National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) is 
focused on the security of the Nation's physical and cyber 
infrastructure and interoperable communications systems. The 
Management and Administration account funds the immediate 
office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and 
Programs; provides for administrative overhead costs such as IT 
support and shared services; and includes a national planning 
office for development of standard doctrine and policy for 
infrastructure protection and cybersecurity.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $64,247,000 for Management and 
Administration, $1,663,000 below the amount requested and 
$7,748,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The 
Committee recognizes that over the last five years NPPD's 
federal workforce has grown considerably to accommodate its 
increasing operational mission, but that NPPD's Management and 
Administration resources have not grown accordingly to manage 
and serve this growing workforce. The budget request and the 
Committee recommendation reflect this need for additional 
management resources to oversee NPPD field activities. However, 
the recommendation reflects a reduction to partially offset 
significant shortfalls in the President's budget request for 
DHS due to: (1) assumed increases in aviation passenger fee 
collections that have yet to be authorized and that are not in 
the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations; (2) 
unjustified reductions to essential frontline operations; and 
(3) the repeated failure of the Department to comply with 
statutory requirements.
    The Committee notes that rather than devoting its time and 
resources on changing the agency's name, it is imperative NPPD 
continue to focus on the security of the Nation's physical, 
cyber, and communications infrastructure, including the steps 
it will take to better align critical infrastructure protection 
activities across cyber, physical, and human risks.

           INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION SECURITY
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................    $1,187,000,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................     1,197,566,000
Recommended in the bill...............................     1,139,499,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       -47,501,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       -58,067,000
                                Mission

    Infrastructure Protection and Information Security (IPIS) 
supports efforts to reduce the vulnerability of the Nation's 
critical infrastructure, key resources, information technology 
networks, and telecommunications systems to terrorist attacks 
and natural disasters. IPIS also supports efforts to maintain 
effective telecommunications for government users in national 
emergencies and establish policies and promote solutions for 
interoperable communications at the federal, state, and local 
level.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $1,139,499,000 for IPIS, 
$58,067,000 below the amount requested and $47,501,000 below 
the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Because the PPAs under 
the IPIS appropriation are categorized as a National Defense 
Budget Function (050), this reduction is a reflection of the 
constraints placed upon the Committee by Public Law 113-67, 
which set binding caps on discretionary defense spending in 
fiscal year 2015. Within the total, the Committee recommends 
$262,594,000 for Infrastructure Protection, $8,551,000 below 
the amount requested and $652,000 below the amount provided in 
fiscal year 2014. This decrease reflects the Committee's 
concern with the pervasive misuse of overtime pay within the 
Infrastructure Security Compliance PPA and Regional Field 
Operations PPA.
    The Committee recommends $745,527,000 for Cybersecurity, 
$917,000 below the amount requested and $46,764,000 below the 
amount provided in fiscal year 2014, and recommends 
$131,378,000 for Communications, $48,599,000 below the amount 
requested and $85,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 
2014.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended level is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      Budget request     Recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Infrastructure Protection:
    Infrastructure Analysis &             $63,999,000        $60,854,000
     Planning.....................
    Sector Management & Governance         63,136,000         64,961,000
    Regional Field Operations.....         57,034,000         53,453,000
    Infrastructure Security                86,976,000         83,326,000
     Compliance...................
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Infrastructure          271,145,000        262,594,000
         Protection...............
Cybersecurity and Communications:
    Cybersecurity:
        Cybersecurity Coordination          4,330,000          4,311,000
        US-Computer Emergency              98,794,000         98,573,000
         Readiness Team Operations
        Federal Network Security..        171,500,000        171,418,000
        Network Security                  377,690,000        377,500,000
         Deployment...............
        Global Cybersecurity               17,613,000         17,593,000
         Management...............
        Critical Infrastructure            70,963,000         70,608,000
         Cyber Protection &
         Awareness................
        Business Operations.......          5,554,000          5,524,000
                                   -------------------------------------
            Subtotal,                     746,444,000        745,527,000
             Cybersecurity........
Communications:
    Office of Emergency                    36,480,000         36,401,000
     Communications...............
    Priority Telecommunications            53,381,000         53,324,000
     Services.....................
    Next Generation Networks......         69,571,000         21,158,000
    Programs to Study and Enhance          10,106,000         10,092,000
     Telecommunications...........
    Critical Infrastructure                10,439,000         10,403,000
     Protection Programs..........
                                   -------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Communications..        179,977,000        131,378,000
                                   -------------------------------------
            Subtotal,                     926,421,000        876,905,000
             Cybersecurity and
             Communications.......
                                   =====================================
    Total, Infrastructure              $1,197,566,000     $1,139,499,000
     Protection and Information
     Security.....................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                  Infrastructure Analysis and Planning

    The Committee recommends $60,854,000 for Infrastructure 
Analysis and Planning, $3,145,000 below the amount requested 
and $2,280,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 
The recommendation includes $21,187,000 for Infrastructure 
Sector Analysis, as requested, and includes not less than 
$15,650,000 for the National Infrastructure Simulation and 
Analysis Center (NISAC) to conduct critical modeling, 
simulation, and analysis for steady-state products, including 
in-depth studies on critical infrastructure dependencies and 
interdependencies. The recommendation includes $13,945,000 for 
Vulnerability Analysis, a reduction of $3,061,000, to partially 
offset significant shortfalls in the President's budget 
request.
    The Committee recognizes that our Nation's highly 
integrated electrical grid is vulnerable to cyber-attacks and 
natural disasters, and it is imperative that we fully 
understand the complexity of this situation. Further, recent 
small-scale attacks on the Nation's critical infrastructure 
have shown the important interdependencies among information 
technology, operational technology, and physical security. In 
this environment, NPPD's programs to strengthen the security 
and resilience of the Nation's critical infrastructure against 
cyber, physical, and human risks must be closely coordinated, 
and the agency must work with critical infrastructure owners 
and operators to holistically address these risks and develop 
comprehensive mitigation strategies. The Committee directs NPPD 
to provide a report, not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, with the following:
          1. NPPD's plans to better understand and respond to 
        the full range of critical infrastructure risk through 
        enhanced engagement with private sector owners and 
        operators of such infrastructure.
          2. Recommendations to provide consideration to owners 
        of critical infrastructure for services and hardware 
        incurred in the act of information sharing, analyzing, 
        or exercising with any DHS agency or instrument 
        regarding critical infrastructure protection as 
        referenced in this paragraph.
          3. A description of all current and planned 
        collaborative ventures between NPPD and universities, 
        industry, and government labs to address critical 
        infrastructure risk, including a recommendation on the 
        feasibility and merit of establishing a large-scale 
        test-bed to facilitate research, test new concepts, and 
        train personnel to improve readiness and respond to 
        natural disasters and cyber-physical attacks on the 
        electrical grid.
          4. An assessment of the need for a revised 
        organizational structure to better align the agency's 
        critical infrastructure protection activities across 
        cyber, physical, and human risks, including those 
        protecting government facilities and networks.

                    Sector Management and Governance

    The Committee recommends $64,961,000 for Sector Management 
and Governance, $1,825,000 above the amount requested and 
$2,399,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. NPPD 
must expand its efforts to help strengthen the ability of all 
levels of government and private sector critical infrastructure 
partners to assess risks, coordinate programs and processes, 
and execute risk management programs and activities. 
Accordingly, the recommendation includes $2,000,000 above the 
request to define agency needs, identify requirements for 
community level critical infrastructure protection and 
resilience, and rapidly develop, test, and transition to use 
technologies that address these needs and requirements.

                       Regional Field Operations

    The Committee recommends $53,453,000 for Regional Field 
Operations, $3,581,000 below the amount requested and 
$3,097,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The 
recommendation includes a decrease of $2,297,000, reflecting 
the Committee's concern with the pervasive misuse of AUO 
payments for Protective Security Advisors within Regional Field 
Operations. Funds requested for this PPA are further reduced by 
$1,136,000 to partially offset significant shortfalls in the 
President's budget request.

                   Infrastructure Security Compliance

    The Committee recommends $83,326,000 for Infrastructure 
Security Compliance (ISC), $3,650,000 below the amount 
requested and $2,326,000 above the amount provided in fiscal 
year 2014. The recommendation includes a decrease of 
$2,601,000, reflecting the Committee's concern with the 
pervasive misuse of AUO payments for Chemical Security 
Inspectors. ISC was established in response to section 550 of 
Public Law 109-295, which directed DHS to develop and adopt a 
regulatory framework to address the security of chemical 
facilities that the Department determines pose high levels of 
risk. Specifically, section 550(a) of the Act authorized DHS to 
regulate security at high-risk chemical plants and other 
locations that maintain large quantities of potentially 
dangerous chemicals. Since that time, and in spite of ample 
appropriations provided by Congress, DHS has only recently 
begun to make considerable progress in carrying out its 
regulatory responsibilities under the Chemical Facility Anti-
Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program. The recommendation 
includes an increase of $2,620,000 to enhance CFATS 
implementation, $800,000 below the amount requested. This 
funding will enhance critical efforts related to compliance 
with CFATS, including developing an automated process for 
identification of CFATS outliers, addressing concerns raised by 
GAO regarding the risk-tiering methodology, and fulfilling 
other requirements.
    As described, section 550 requires DHS to establish risk-
based performance standards for high-risk chemical facilities. 
The CFATS Personnel Surety Program (PSP) requires high-risk 
chemical facilities to conduct appropriate background checks on 
and ensure appropriate credentials for facility personnel and, 
as appropriate, for unescorted visitors with access to 
restricted areas or critical assets, including through measures 
designed to verify and validate identity; check criminal 
history; verify and validate legal authorization to work; and 
identify people with terrorist ties.
    It is imperative that NPPD and DHS effectively and 
consistently engage with industry partners on PSP requirements. 
The Committee is determined to see NPPD establish a functional 
and efficient PSP, but remains concerned with the Department's 
proposal for personnel surety. DHS should not mandate how a 
covered chemical facility meets the personnel surety standard 
if the facility has already adopted a rigorous process to 
verify and validate identity, check criminal history, verify 
and validate legal authorization to work, and identify 
individuals with terrorist ties by utilizing a federal vetting 
program. Accordingly, the bill includes a provision prohibiting 
funds made available by this Act from being used be to dictate 
the use of a particular personnel surety process if the 
facility has adopted personnel security measures that meet 
performance-based requirements. Specifically, the bill 
clarifies that a chemical facility may satisfy its obligation 
to identify individuals with terrorist ties by utilizing any 
federal screening program that periodically vets individuals 
for terrorism ties. The Committee directs the Under Secretary 
of NPPD to provide a report to the Committees on a semi-annual 
basis, not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, on the implementation of the CFATS program.
    The Committee is aware of concerns that storage and transit 
cargo containers used by the chemical industry may rely on 
outdated mechanical sealing technologies. The Committee 
encourages DHS to work with the Chemical Sector Coordinating 
Council to disseminate information about proven next generation 
sealing technologies to the chemical sector, including through 
the Chemical Sector Supply Chain Good Practices Guide.

            US-Computer Emergency Readiness Team Operations

    The Committee recommends $98,573,000 for US-Computer 
Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) Operations, $221,000 below 
the amount requested and $3,427,000 below the amount provided 
in fiscal year 2014. US-CERT is the operational arm of the 
Office of Cybersecurity and Communications and the Committee 
supports its primary functions, which include analyzing and 
reducing cyber threats and vulnerabilities, disseminating cyber 
threat information to public and private sector partners, 
coordinating with government and industry partners to achieve 
shared cyber situational awareness, and providing response and 
recovery support for national assets.

                        Federal Network Security

    The Committee recommends $171,418,000 for Federal Network 
Security, $82,000 below the amount requested and $28,307,000 
below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The U.S. 
government remains the target of a massive cyber espionage 
campaign which threatens and endangers national security. The 
Committee has consistently recognized this threat and provided 
the requested funding to NPPD to protect our civilian 
departments and agencies from cyber intrusions. Federal Network 
Security manages activities designed to enable civilian 
departments and agencies to secure their systems and networks, 
including the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) 
program, and it provides a single, accountable focal point for 
achieving cyber infrastructure security and compliance 
throughout the federal enterprise. The recommendation includes 
a reduction of $25,421,000 below the fiscal year 2014 level, as 
requested, to align the budget with the planned acquisition 
profile for CDM.
    Diagnostic software procured by these funds shall operate 
in accordance with all applicable privacy laws and related 
agency restrictions regarding personally identifiable 
information and sensitive data or content. This program must, 
therefore, ensure both the security and network integrity of 
federal government systems, as neither can be compromised. The 
Committee includes a general provision directing the DHS CFO, 
in conjunction with NPPD, to submit a report detailing the 
obligation and expenditure of funds not later than 45 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and quarterly 
thereafter to the Committees on Appropriations.

                      Network Security Deployment

    The Committee recommends $377,500,000 for Network Security 
Deployment, $190,000 below the amount requested and $4,752,000 
below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Network Security 
Deployment manages the National Cybersecurity Protection System 
(NCPS), operationally known as EINSTEIN, which is an integrated 
intrusion detection, analytics, information sharing, and 
intrusion prevention system utilizing hardware, software, and 
other components to support DHS cybersecurity responsibilities.
    Funds are included to continue the planned procurement of 
the third generation of the NCPS (also known as EINSTEIN 3 or 
E\3\A), which will expand current capabilities by enabling DHS 
to assume a more active role in securing civilian .gov network 
traffic and reducing the threat vectors available to malicious 
actors seeking to harm federal networks. Once fully deployed, 
E\3\A will apply in-line protection measures to a wide set of 
federal network traffic protocols; alert on a cyber threat; and 
act on that threat to stop malicious traffic. However, the 
Committee is increasingly concerned with the planned 
acquisition schedule for NCPS, which has experienced delays, 
and the overall efficacy of signature-based systems for the 
protection of networks. DHS's strategy relies on Internet 
Service Providers (ISPs) to deliver this capability but, to 
date, only one ISP has delivered the capability, putting the 
program in jeopardy. For this program to be successfully 
implemented, it is imperative that DHS move hastily to 
establish effective working relationships with each of the Tier 
1 ISPs. Given its prominent role, as delegated by OMB, in 
securing .gov network traffic, DHS must also improve its 
relationships with the departments and agencies participating 
in this program and better prepare those customers for the 
deployment of E\3\A. Further, DHS must explore new capabilities 
for the detection of malicious traffic, such as behavioral 
analysis and the identification of zero-day threats.
    The recommendation includes a reduction of $7,515,000, as 
requested, to align the budget with the revised acquisition 
profile for NCPS. NPPD is directed to brief the Committee, not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, on 
the specific steps it is taking to engage the private sector 
and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers to better 
understand the state-of-technology, and the challenges, threats 
to, and opportunities for E\3\A and NCPS. This briefing shall 
outline NPPD's plans to introduce new behavioral-based 
detection and zero-day threat discovery tools into NCPS; its 
strategy for integrating capabilities between the NCPS and CDM 
programs; the mechanisms DHS is considering to more effectively 
compel participation in these programs; and an updated 
acquisition profile for NCPS. Software procured with these 
funds shall operate in accordance with all applicable privacy 
laws and related agency restrictions regarding personally 
identifiable information and sensitive data or content.
    Funds were provided in fiscal year 2014 to continue 
supporting information sharing efforts aimed at protecting 
federal and private sector critical infrastructure. This 
mission is imperative and the recommendation includes funding 
for NPPD's voluntary Enhanced Cybersecurity Services program, 
allowing DHS to share security information with owners and 
operators of critical infrastructure through qualified 
Commercial Service Providers. With this funding, NPPD is 
directed to deploy advanced technologies to expand the broader 
cybersecurity community's access to DHS threat information and 
analysis.
    The Committee includes a general provision directing the 
CFO, in conjunction with NPPD, to submit a report detailing the 
obligation and expenditure of funds not later than 45 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and quarterly 
thereafter, to the Committees on Appropriations.

                             Communications

    The Committee recommends $131,378,000 for communications 
programs, $48,599,000 below the amount requested and $85,000 
below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Of the total 
amount recommended, $36,401,000 is for the Office of Emergency 
Communications; $53,324,000 is for Priority Telecommunications 
Services; $10,092,000 is for Programs to Study and Enhance 
Telecommunications; $10,403,000 is for Critical Infrastructure 
Protection Programs; and $21,158,000 is for Next Generation 
Networks, equal to the fiscal year 2014 level but $48,413,000 
below the amount requested, reflecting the constraints placed 
upon the Committee by Public Law 113-67, which set binding caps 
on discretionary defense spending in fiscal year 2015.

                       SLTT Cybersecurity Support

    The fiscal year 2015 request proposes to reduce support for 
the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-
ISAC), which provides critical cybersecurity services to state, 
local, tribal and territorial governments (SLTTs), and 
aggregates and analyzes cyber threat and vulnerability 
information from SLTTs to help NPPD protect our collective 
cyberspace. The funding reduction is premised on an expectation 
that MS-ISAC's SLTT customers would provide cost sharing in 
fiscal year 2015 equal to the amount of the federal funding 
reduction. The Committee expects reductions in federal support 
for MS-ISAC to be coordinated with the replacement of federal 
funding by support from SLTT customers, and directs NPPD to 
update the Committee on its plans for transitioning to SLTT 
cost-sharing and how NPPD is ensuring that cybersecurity 
support for SLTTs is not diminished.

      National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center

    The recommendation fully supports the efforts of the 
National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center 
(NCCIC), which is a focal point within the federal government 
for cybersecurity with responsibilities that include the 
protection of federal systems and nonfederal critical 
information systems as well as the coordination of national 
incident response. As such, the NCCIC serves as a centralized 
location where operational elements involved in cybersecurity 
and communications reliance are coordinated and integrated. To 
operate at the intersection of the private sector, civilian, 
law enforcement, intelligence, and defense communities, the 
NCCIC effectively partners with all federal departments and 
agencies; SLTTs; the private sector; and international 
entities. Funds are provided to continue the NCCIC's efforts to 
apply unique analytic perspectives, ensure shared situational 
awareness, and synchronize response efforts while protecting 
the privacy rights of Americans in both the cybersecurity and 
communications domains. The U.S. continues to be the target of 
massive cyber attacks which threaten the country's economic 
competitiveness and the security of our Nation. DHS and NPPD 
lead the effort to protect the Nation's critical 
infrastructure, to protect our civilian government networks, 
and to collaborate with the private sector to enhance 
cybersecurity. The NCCIC stands at the forefront of this 
mission.

                       FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................    $1,301,824,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................     1,342,606,000
Recommended in the bill...............................     1,342,606,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       +40,782,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................             - - -
                                Mission

    The Federal Protective Service (FPS) is responsible for the 
protection of federally owned and leased buildings and 
properties, particularly those under the charge and control of 
GSA. Funding for FPS is provided through a security fee charged 
to all GSA building tenants in FPS-protected buildings. FPS has 
three major law enforcement initiatives: protection services to 
all federal facilities throughout the United States and its 
territories; expanded intelligence and anti-terrorism 
capabilities; and Special Programs, including weapons of mass 
destruction detection, hazardous material detection and 
response, and canine programs.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $1,342,606,000 for FPS, the same 
as the amount requested and $40,782,000 above the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014. This amount is fully offset by 
fees collected from FPS customer agencies.
    A provision is included in the bill requiring the Secretary 
and the Director of OMB to certify that FPS will collect 
sufficient fee revenue to fully fund operations, as requested 
in the budget. Should sufficient revenue not be collected to 
fully fund operations, an expenditure plan is required 
describing how security risks will be adequately addressed. 
Within this recommended funding level, FPS shall align staffing 
resources with mission requirements. A provision is included in 
the bill requiring FPS to include with the submission of the 
fiscal year 2016 budget request a strategic human capital plan 
which aligns fee collections to personnel requirements based on 
a current threat assessment.

                OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $227,108,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       251,584,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       250,359,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       +23,251,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................        -1,225,000
                                Mission

    The Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) is the 
lead entity within DHS for biometric identity management 
services. OBIM matches, stores, shares, and analyzes biometric 
identity information with federal, state, local, and tribal law 
enforcement, the Intelligence Community, and strategic foreign 
partners.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$250,359,000 for OBIM, $1,225,000 below the amount requested 
and $23,251,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 
Funds requested for OBIM are reduced by $1,000,000 to partially 
offset significant shortfalls in the President's budget request 
for DHS due to: (1) assumed increases in aviation passenger fee 
collections that have yet to be authorized and that are not in 
the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations; (2) 
unjustified reductions to essential frontline operations; and 
(3) the repeated failure of the Department to comply with 
statutory requirements.

           Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT)

    The recommendation includes the amount requested for IDENT 
system improvements, building on the investments funded in 
fiscal year 2014. These improvements will enable the system to 
meet current requirements and provide some capability 
enhancements which can be leveraged and reused in a future 
replacement system.
    However, the Committee recognizes these improvements are a 
stopgap and do not address the architectural limitations of the 
aging IDENT system, which is rapidly approaching the end of its 
lifespan. The Committee directs OBIM to submit a plan for the 
replacement of IDENT, including the estimated costs and 
schedule for replacement, not later than 120 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. OBIM shall include in the plan 
the IDENT requirements for supporting the implementation of a 
biometric exit system by CBP, as mandated in Title I of the 
bill.

                            Unique Identity

    OBIM is directed to continue semi-annual briefings on 
interagency coordination among the Departments of Homeland 
Security, Justice, State, and Defense, and progress towards 
integrating the various biometric systems, including Unique 
Identity.

                        Office of Health Affairs

 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $126,763,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       125,767,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       127,958,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        +1,195,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................        +2,191,000
                                Mission

    The Office of Health Affairs (OHA) serves as the Department 
of Homeland Security's principal agent for all medical and 
public health matters, and has the lead DHS role in chemical 
and biological defense activities to ensure the health and 
medical security of our Nation.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $127,958,000 for OHA, $2,191,000 
above the amount requested and $1,195,000 above the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014. The Committee denies the 
Administration's proposed PPA restructuring and maintains the 
appropriation structure as enacted in fiscal year 2014.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Budget Estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BioWatch..........................        $84,651,000        $86,891,000
National Biosurveillence                    8,000,000          9,100,000
 Integration System...............
Chemical Defense Program..........            824,000            824,000
Planning and Coordination.........          4,995,000          4,995,000
Salaries and Expenses.............         27,297,000         26,148,000
                                   -------------------------------------
    Total, Office of Health              $125,767,000       $127,958,000
     Affairs......................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       Biosurveillance Activities

    The Committee recommends $86,891,000 for the BioWatch 
program, $2,240,000 above the amount requested and $1,614,000 
above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014.
    The equipment necessary to operate the current BioWatch 
system is nearing the end of its estimated lifecycle and will 
require recapitalization or replacement to prevent system 
failures. In light of the Department's formal cancellation of 
the Generation 3 acquisition, the Committee recommends 
$2,240,000 above the request to begin replacing aging equipment 
to ensure the biodetection capabilities of the current BioWatch 
program are maintained.
    The Committee supports continued efforts to pursue the next 
generation biodetection capabilities and is aware that OHA and 
S&T are developing a plan for the continued research, 
development, and acquisition for future technologies. OHA and 
S&T are directed to brief the Committee on the path forward for 
BioWatch and biosurveillance programs, including efforts to 
upgrade systems currently deployed and plans to explore 
potential technologies for future development and deployment.
    Because clinical biosurveillance can provide important 
context for BioWatch actionable results, the Committee believes 
OHA should accelerate efforts to integrate BioWatch with the 
clinical biosurveillance capabilities being developed by the 
National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC), including 
those developed through successful pilots. OHA shall report to 
the Committee, not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, on its progress and plans related to 
integrating BioWatch with NBIC biosurveillance capabilities.

              National Biosurveillance Integration Center

    The Committee recommends $9,100,000 for NBIC, $1,100,000 
above the amount requested and $900,000 below the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014.
    The Committee is concerned that OHA's budget request for 
operationalization of successful NBIC pilot programs may be 
insufficient to fully leverage prior year investments in 
potential biosurveillance solutions. As a result, the Committee 
recommends a total of $2,000,000 for operationalization of 
successful pilots funded in prior years, $1,100,000 above the 
budget request. Prior to obligation of this funding, OHA shall 
brief the Committee on its evaluation of the NBIC pilot 
projects and its proposal for operationalization of successful 
pilots, including the resulting capability enhancements and the 
funding requirements for those activities in fiscal year 2015 
and future years.

               Anthrax Vaccinations for First Responders

    Following a multi-year, interagency effort, DHS issued 
guidance in 2012 on protecting responders' health following a 
wide-area aerosol anthrax attack. Since that time, OHA has 
continued to conduct extensive research and stakeholder 
engagement on the feasibility of developing an anthrax 
vaccination program for first responders. Given the interest 
from the first responder community, and the availability of 
expiring doses of the vaccine in the strategic national 
stockpile that will otherwise go to waste, the Committee 
supports OHA's continued efforts to develop and implement an 
anthrax vaccination pilot program. OHA is directed to brief the 
Committee not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act on an implementation plan for an anthrax vaccination 
pilot program, including anticipated costs and schedule; 
appropriate education, training, and other efforts to inform 
and prepare participants; and criteria to evaluate the 
effectiveness of a pilot and the viability and requirements of 
expanding to a full-scale program.

                         Salaries and Expenses

    The Committee recommends $26,148,000 for Salaries and 
Expenses, $1,149,000 below the amount requested and $481,000 
above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Funds requested 
for Salaries and Expenses are reduced by $1,000,000 to 
partially offset significant shortfalls in the President's 
budget request for DHS due to: (1) assumed increases in 
aviation passenger fee collections that have yet to be 
authorized and that are not in the jurisdiction of the 
Committee on Appropriations; (2) unjustified reductions to 
essential frontline operations; and (3) the repeated failure of 
the Department to comply with statutory requirements.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $946,982,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       924,664,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       913,120,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       -33,862,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       -11,544,000
                                Mission

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) manages and 
coordinates the federal response to major domestic disasters 
and emergencies of all types in accordance with the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. It 
supports the effectiveness of emergency response providers at 
all levels of government in responding to terrorist attacks, 
major disasters, and other emergencies. FEMA also administers 
public assistance and hazard mitigation programs to prevent or 
reduce the risk to life and property from floods and other 
hazards. Finally, FEMA leads all federal incident management 
preparedness and response planning through a comprehensive 
National Incident Management System that involves federal, 
state, tribal, and local government personnel, agencies, and 
regional authorities.
    FEMA provides for the development and maintenance of an 
integrated, nationwide capability to prepare for, mitigate 
against, respond to, and recover from the consequences of major 
disasters and emergencies of all types in partnership with 
other federal agencies, state, local and tribal governments, 
volunteer organizations, and the private sector. Salaries and 
Expenses supports all of FEMA's programs by coordinating all 
policy, managerial, resource, and administrative actions 
between headquarters and regional offices.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $913,120,000 for Salaries and 
Expenses, $11,544,000 below the amount requested and 
$33,862,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The 
recommendation combines the Response and Recovery PPA's, as 
requested. Further, the recommendation includes a reduction of 
$4,900,000 due to: (1) assumed increases in aviation passenger 
fee collections that have yet to be authorized and that are not 
under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations; (2) 
detrimental, unjustified proposals to severely reduce the 
Department's essential frontline operations; and (3) the 
repeated failure to comply with statutory requirements.
    The following table summarizes the Committee's 
recommendation:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      Budget Request      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrative and Regional              $245,218,000       $239,283,000
 Offices..........................
Preparedness and Protection.......        185,000,000        184,659,000
Response..........................        167,376,000              - - -
Recovery..........................         56,030,000              - - -
Response and Recovery.............              - - -        222,675,000
Mitigation........................         25,782,000         25,738,000
Mission Support...................        141,809,000        137,316,000
Centrally Managed Accounts........        103,449,000        103,449,000
                                   -------------------------------------
    Total, Salaries and Expenses..       $924,664,000       $913,120,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                     Budget Justification Material

    FEMA shall provide in the budget justification for fiscal 
year 2016 a breakout by PPA that includes the actual funding 
from the prior fiscal year, proposed funding for the budget 
year, and deviations between the two years. For each year, FEMA 
shall also include the number of positions, the number of FTE, 
the amount for salaries and benefits, and the amount for each 
program, showing all sources of funding. Specific information 
regarding the transfer of funding from other appropriations 
should be included, with the same level of detail currently 
provided to the Committee.

               Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center

    The Committee recommends $29,862,000 for the Mount Weather 
Emergency Operations Center facility, $4,000,000 below the 
amount requested and $862,000 above the amount provided in 
fiscal year 2014. Due to contract delays, this bill 
reprioritizes scarce funding towards operations and frontline 
staffing.

                        Urban Search and Rescue

    The Committee recommends $27,513,000 for Urban Search and 
Rescue from within the amount provided for Salaries and 
Expenses, the same as the amount requested and $7,667,000 below 
the amount provided in fiscal year 2014.

                      FEMA and Tribal Interactions

    The Committee is aware that FEMA is in the process of 
finalizing a proposed Tribal Consultation Policy; is engaged in 
ongoing consultations with tribal stakeholders related to the 
Tribal Declarations Pilot guidance; recently established a 
permanent National Tribal Affairs Advisor position within 
External Affairs to replace the temporary Special Advisor for 
National Tribal Affairs position; and that three positions on 
FEMA's National Advisory Council are reserved for tribal 
representatives. The Committee encourages FEMA to continue to 
coordinate closely with tribes on issues related to Stafford 
Act declarations and with regard to protection, response, 
recovery, and mitigation capabilities.

                   Hazard Mitigation Unified Guidance

    The Committee is encouraged by the Hazard Mitigation 
Unified Guidance FEMA issued in fiscal year 2013, and believes 
this is a commendable first step in helping applicants and sub-
applicants navigate the bureaucracy of the application process 
and ensure that proposed projects comply with existing federal 
regulations and statutes. The Committee directs FEMA, working 
with the Flood Insurance Advocate, to widely disseminate this 
information to states, territories, tribal governments, and 
local governments. In addition, the Committee encourages FEMA 
to highlight the availability of mitigation funds to 
homeowners, along with the potential of mitigation actions to 
reduce insurance premiums. The Committee notes that compliance 
with environmental and historic preservation laws can be 
complicated, and directs FEMA to provide relevant guidance to 
homeowners in these areas.

                        Rolling Grant Deadlines

    The Committee encourages FEMA to consider allowing Hazard 
Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant programs to operate on a 
rolling basis to facilitate greater flexibility for applicants 
seeking assistance for community mitigation plans and pre-
disaster mitigation, and to better accommodate the needs of 
applicants following an intervening disaster. FEMA is directed 
to report on the viability of a rolling deadline for HMA grants 
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

                        STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014\1\....................    $1,500,000,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2015\1\..................     2,225,469,000
Recommended in the bill\2\............................     1,500,000,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................             - - -
    Budget estimate, fiscal year 2015.................     -725,469,000\1\The budget request proposed moving Emergency Management Performance
  Grants and Firefighter Assistance Grants under State and Local
  Programs. In fiscal year 2014, these grant programs had separate
  appropriations totaling $1,030,000,000 within FEMA, not within this
  program.
\2\The bill funds Emergency Management Performance Grants and
  Firefighter Assistance Grants under separate appropriations totaling
  $1,030,000,000 within FEMA, not within this program.

                                Mission

    State and Local Programs help build and sustain the 
preparedness and response capabilities of the first responder 
community. These programs include support for various grant and 
training programs.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $1,500,000,000 for State and Local 
Programs, $725,469,000 below the amount requested and the same 
as the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. As part of the 
budget request, the Administration proposed including 
Firefighter Assistance Grants and Emergency Management 
Performance Grants under this account. The Committee again 
denies this proposal and provides funding for both of these 
grant programs as separate appropriations, consistent with 
prior years.
    A comparison of the President's budget proposal to the 
Committee recommended level by budget activity is as follow:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Budget Estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
State Homeland Security Grant                   - - -       $466,346,000
 Program..........................
    Operation Stonegarden.........              - - -       (55,000,000)
Urban Area Security Initiative....              - - -        600,000,000
    Nonprofit Security Grants.....              - - -       (13,000,000)
Public Transportation Security                  - - -        100,000,000
 Assistance and Railroad Security
 Assistance.......................
    Amtrak Security...............              - - -       (10,000,000)
    Over-Road-Bus Security........              - - -        (5,000,000)
Port Security Grants..............              - - -        100,000,000
Education, Training, and Exercises              - - -        233,654,000
    Emergency Management Institute              - - -       (20,569,000)
    Center for Domestic                         - - -       (64,991,000)
     Preparedness.................
    National Domestic Preparedness              - - -       (98,000,000)
     Consortium...................
    National Exercise Program.....              - - -       (21,094,000)
    Continuing Training...........              - - -       (29,000,000)
National Preparedness Grant            $1,043,200,000              - - -
 Program..........................
First Responder Assistance Program              - - -
Emergency Management Performance          350,000,000              - - -
 Grants\1\........................
Fire Grants\1\....................        335,000,000              - - -
Staffing for Adequate Fire and            335,000,000              - - -
 Emergency Response (SAFER) Act
 Grants\1\........................
Training Partnership Grants.......         60,000,000              - - -
Education, Training and Exercises.        102,269,000              - - -
                                   -------------------------------------
    Total State and Local Programs     $2,225,469,000    $1,500,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\The budget recommends funding Emergency Management Performance Grants
  and Firefighter Assistance Grants under separate approbations totaling
  $1,030,000,000.

    For the third year in a row, FEMA proposed a new National 
Preparedness Grant Program under State and Local Programs. This 
proposal is denied due to the lack of congressional 
authorization and the lack of necessary detail required for the 
initiation of a new program, to include grant guidance and 
implementation plans.
    Within the funds available, the Committee recommends 
$55,000,000 for Operation Stonegarden. All awards under 
Operation Stonegarden shall be made on a competitive basis to 
tribal governments and units of local government, including 
towns, cities, and counties along the borders of the United 
States, to enhance the coordination between local and federal 
law enforcement agencies in the furtherance of the Nation's 
border security. Eligible program costs include, but shall not 
necessarily be limited to: overtime; vehicle maintenance; 
vehicle and equipment rental costs; reimbursement for mileage; 
fuel costs; equipment replacement costs; and travel costs for 
law enforcement entities assisting other local jurisdictions in 
law enforcement activities. The Committee directs that only CBP 
and FEMA make award decisions. No administrative costs shall be 
deducted by states from Operation Stonegarden awards.
    The Committee recommends $233,654,000 to sustain Education, 
Training, and Exercises at the same funding levels and for the 
same purposes as provided in fiscal year 2014. The Committee is 
aware of the unique capabilities of regional training centers, 
which provide initial training to first responders and 
additional training related to new techniques and technologies. 
The Committee encourages the Department to include continued 
support for regional training centers in future funding 
requests. Within the funds recommended for National Programs, 
the Committee includes $29,000,000 for Continuing Training and 
directs FEMA to prioritize funding of not less than $5,000,000, 
to be competitively awarded, for FEMA-certified rural training 
in crisis management for school-based incidents; mass fatality 
planning and response; the development of emergency operation 
plans; rail car safety; media engagement strategies for first 
responders; agro-terrorism; food and animal safety; and 
hazardous materials. Special emphasis should be given to the 
gaps in rural training identified in the National Needs 
Assessment currently being conducted.
    The Committee continues bill language mandating timeframes 
for the application process for certain grants to ensure that 
funds do not languish at DHS and limits to not more than five 
percent the amount a grantee may allocate for expenses directly 
related to administration of a grant. The Committee continues 
bill language allowing for the construction of communication 
towers and requiring grantees to provide reports on their use 
of funds. In accordance with the 9/11 Act, at least 25 percent 
of funds allocated to the State Homeland Security Grant Program 
and Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) shall be used for Law 
Enforcement Terrorism Prevention activities. In addition, each 
state and Puerto Rico shall pass on not less than 80 percent of 
their grant funding to local units of government within 45 days 
of receiving the funds.
    For the fiscal year 2014 grant cycle, the Department 
appeared to take a step backward in efforts to prioritize UASI 
funding to the highest risk urban areas by significantly 
expanding the number of awardees, which diverted funding away 
from high-risk urban areas while only marginally addressing 
incremental urban area risk. The explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 113-76 directed the Department to 
explicitly focus UASI grants on urban areas that are subject to 
the greatest risk, and to continue to allocate funding in 
proportion to risk. The Committee continues to believe the 
Department should avoid a wide dispersal of funding that 
dilutes the program's impact on the highest-risk areas and 
strays from UASI's original intent. Because most of the 
cumulative national risk to urban areas is focused on a 
relatively small number of cities, the Committee directs the 
Department to limit UASI funding to urban areas representing up 
to 80 percent of the cumulative urban area risk.
    The Committee directs that future grant guidance for all 
homeland security grant programs shall inform recipients that 
any training, programs, presentations, or speakers supported 
with grant funding that provide information related to violent 
extremism, homegrown violent extremism, or domestic violent 
extremism must be consistent with applicable laws with respect 
to racial, ethnic, and religious profiling.
    The Committee is aware that only three federally-recognized 
tribes currently issue tribal identification (ID) cards that 
are compliant with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative 
(WHTI), which facilitate the entry of individuals into the 
United States from contiguous territory or adjacent islands at 
land and sea ports of entry. Because many tribal governments 
face financial challenges in transitioning to WHTI-compliant ID 
cards, the Committee urges the Secretary to take into 
consideration the needs of tribes in this area when determining 
an appropriate allocation for the Tribal Security Grant Program 
for fiscal year 2015.

                     FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $680,000,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................             - - -
Recommended in the bill...............................       680,000,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................             - - -
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................      +680,000,000
                                Mission

    Firefighter Assistance Grants are provided to local fire 
departments for the purpose of protecting the health and safety 
of the public and protecting firefighting personnel, including 
volunteers and emergency medical service personnel, against 
fire and fire-related hazards.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $680,000,000 for Firefighter 
Assistance Grants, $680,000,000 above the amount requested and 
the same as the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The budget 
request did not include a separate appropriation for 
Firefighter Assistance Grants, but instead proposed 
$670,000,000 for this activity within State and Local Programs. 
Within the total, the Committee recommends $340,000,000 for the 
Assistance to Firefighters Grant program (AFG), which provides 
grants for firefighter equipment, training, vehicles, and other 
resources. The Committee also recommends $340,000,000 for 
firefighter jobs under the Staffing for Adequate Emergency 
Response (SAFER) program. FEMA shall continue to administer the 
Fire Grant programs as directed in prior year Committee 
reports. The Committee encourages FEMA to ensure that the 
formulas used for equipment accurately reflect the current cost 
of equipment.

                             SAFER Waivers

    The Committee continues a statutory provision providing the 
Secretary with broad authority to waive certain provisions of 
15 U.S.C. 2229a related to SAFER grants. This annual waiver 
authority has been available since fiscal year 2009 in response 
to the fiscal challenges faced by many fire departments in 
recent years. The reauthorization of the SAFER program by the 
112th Congress (Public Law 112-239) provided FEMA with 
permanent authority to waive certain matching and non-
supplantation requirements for grantees based on a 
determination that a grantee meets economic hardship criteria. 
The Committee is aware that FEMA has been working with 
stakeholders to develop these criteria and that the agency 
hopes to soon be able to implement this new waiver authority. 
As a result, the Committee expects that fiscal year 2015 should 
be the last instance in which annual waiver authority will be 
provided and any waivers in future fiscal years will be limited 
to the authorization provided in Public Law 112-239.

                EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $350,000,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................             - - -
Recommended in the bill...............................       350,000,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................             - - -
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................      +350,000,000
                                Mission

    Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) funds are 
used to support comprehensive emergency management at the state 
and local levels and to encourage the improvement of 
mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities 
for all hazards.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $350,000,000 for EMPG, 
$350,000,000 above the amount requested and the same as the 
amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The request did not 
include a separate appropriation for EMPG but instead proposed 
$350,000,000 for this activity within State and Local Programs. 
Consistent with past years, the Committee does not agree to 
transfer EMPG to State and Local Programs, continuing instead 
to fund the EMPG program as a separate appropriation.

              RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................       -$1,272,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................        -1,815,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        -1,815,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................          -543,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................             - - -
                                Mission

    The Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (REPP) 
ensures that the health and safety of citizens living near 
commercial nuclear power plants will be adequately protected in 
the event of a nuclear power station incident. In addition, the 
program informs and educates the public about radiological 
emergency preparedness. REPP provides funding only for 
emergency preparedness activities of state and local 
governments that take place beyond nuclear power plant 
boundaries.

                   UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................       $44,000,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................        41,407,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        44,000,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................             - - -
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................        +2,593,000
                                Mission

    The mission of the United States Fire Administration (USFA) 
is to reduce economic losses and loss of life due to fire and 
related emergencies through leadership, coordination, and 
support. USFA trains the Nation's first responder and health 
care leaders to evaluate and minimize community risk, enhance 
the security of critical infrastructure, and better prepare 
communities to react to emergencies of all kinds.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $44,000,000 for USFA, $2,593,000 
above the amount requested and the same as the amount provided 
in fiscal year 2014.

                          DISASTER RELIEF FUND
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014\1\....................    $6,220,908,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015\2\...................     7,033,465,000
Recommended in the bill\2\............................     7,033,465,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................      +812,557,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................            - - -\1\Includes $5,626,386,000 designated for major disasters pursuant to
  251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
  of 1985.
\2\Includes $6,437,793,000 designated for major disasters pursuant to
  251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
  of 1985.

                                Mission

    FEMA is responsible for administering disaster assistance 
programs and coordinating the federal response following 
presidential disaster declarations. Major activities under the 
Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) include: providing aid to families 
and individuals; supporting the efforts of state and local 
governments to take emergency protective measures, clear 
debris, and repair infrastructure; mitigating the effects of 
future disasters; and helping states and local communities 
manage disaster response, including through the assistance of 
disaster field office staff and automated data processing 
support.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends a total of $7,033,465,000 for the 
DRF. Of the funds provided, $6,437,793,000 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. Of the funding not so designated, 
$24,000,000 shall be transferred to the DHS OIG for audits and 
investigations related to disasters.
    A general provision is included in Title V of this Act that 
rescinds $388,511,000 from amounts provided for non-major 
disaster programs in prior years due to the significant 
balances anticipated to be carried over from fiscal year 2014 
into fiscal year 2015 and amounts recovered from previous 
disasters during project closeouts. The remaining balances, 
combined with the amount appropriated in this bill, fully fund 
all known requirements, to include recovery from Hurricane 
Sandy, the Colorado wildfires, the Oklahoma tornadoes, and 
other previous disasters, as well as relief efforts for future 
disasters.
    A provision is continued in the bill stating the 
information and timeframes in which FEMA must report to the 
Committees on the DRF. A report on the obligation of funds for 
disaster readiness and support, including quarterly updates, is 
required in Title V of this Act. The Committee continues 
statutory requirements for annual and monthly DRF reporting as 
originally directed in Public Law 112-74 and Public Law 113-2. 
The request proposed to eliminate these requirements even 
though the reports are used extensively within the 
Administration and within Congress. The Committee is perplexed 
that an Administration that prides itself on transparency would 
propose to delete such vital oversight tools.
    The Committee is aware of concerns that under current FEMA 
policy, assistance to communities following snow storms is 
limited to instances of ``record or near record snowstorms as 
established by official government records,'' and that 
cumulative snowfall over an entire winter season may not be 
fully considered in making determinations related to federal 
assistance. Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, FEMA shall update the Committee on its policies 
and practices for evaluating whether multiple recent disasters, 
including multiple weather events, have sufficiently diminished 
the response capability of state and local governments to 
warrant FEMA assistance.

                           Localized Impacts

    Although FEMA may consider the localized impacts of a 
disaster when recommending a disaster declaration to the 
President, the Committee is aware of concerns that, in 
practice, FEMA primarily relies on the state-wide damage 
threshold, which will be higher for more populous states even 
if the local impacts of a disaster may be relatively severe. To 
address these concerns, the Committee directs FEMA to review 
its disaster declaration recommendation process, including a 
review of how to more deliberately incorporate into the process 
the ``localized impacts'' factor outlined under Title 44, Part 
206.48 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

                     Sandy Recovery Improvement Act

    The Committee commends FEMA for its efforts to implement 
its new authorities under section 428 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189f), 
which was enacted as a provision of the Sandy Recovery 
Improvement Act on January 29, 2013 (Public Law 113-2, Division 
B). Section 428 authorizes the Administrator to establish a 
Public Assistance Alternative Procedures Program and explicitly 
lays out the goals of the alternative procedures: (1) reducing 
the costs to the federal government; (2) increasing flexibility 
in the administration of such assistance; (3) expediting the 
provision of such assistance; and (4) providing financial 
incentives and disincentives for the timely and cost-effective 
completion of projects.
    The Committee directs the Administrator to submit quarterly 
reports, commencing 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, to the Committee and to the House Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure detailing and describing the 
projects proceeding under the Public Assistance Alternative 
Procedures Program. Each report shall include the following:
          (1) A financial summary of the projects under the 
        section 428 alternative procedures for permanent work, 
        including planned and anticipated projects, and their 
        anticipated obligation and expenditure dates;
          (2) A brief description of each section 428 project 
        in excess of $50,000,000, a description of how each of 
        these projects is expected to meet the four stated 
        goals for the Program, and a summary of how the section 
        428 projects below that threshold are cumulatively 
        addressing each of those goals;
          (3) An overview of the use of sections 406, 422, and 
        428, including the eligible scope of work and costs of 
        such projects; the eligibility and costs of section 406 
        mitigation funds, project timetables administrative 
        costs; and other relevant information determined by the 
        Administrator;
          (4) A summary of the projects under alternative 
        procedures for debris removal; and
          (5) An identification of challenges and 
        recommendations, including proposed authority 
        modifications, to better enable the Program to achieve 
        the four stated goals.

                     HMGP Administrative Cost Limit

    FEMA limits use of Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) 
funds for administrative costs to 4.81 percent. It has been 
called to the Committee's attention that this restriction often 
proves inadequate for supporting state implementation of HMGP, 
especially during smaller disasters. These funds are made 
available from the DRF to support hazard mitigation activities 
following a disaster declaration. FEMA is directed to research 
the administrative expense needs of states, consult with 
states, examine the current limit in light of those findings, 
and recommend any needed adjustment.

                 FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................       $95,202,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................        84,403,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        94,403,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................          -799,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       +10,000,000
                                Mission

    The mission of the Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis 
fund is to modernize, maintain, and digitize the inventory of 
maps and develop a more integrated process of identifying, 
assessing, communicating, and mitigating flood related risks. 
This information is used to determine appropriate risk-based 
premium rates for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), 
complete hazard determinations required for the Nation's 
lending institutions, and develop appropriate mitigation and 
disaster response plans for federal, state, and local emergency 
management personnel.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $94,403,000 for Flood Hazard 
Mapping and Risk Analysis, $10,000,000 above the amount 
requested and $799,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 
2014. The Committee notes that an additional $155,535,000 is 
available for flood plain management and mapping activities 
within the National Flood Insurance Fund (NFIF).

                           Mapping Priorities

    The Committee notes that many flood risk maps have not yet 
been updated with new engineering and hydrologic data, there 
are still too many areas which have never been mapped, and 
there are paper maps reflecting data that is 15 to 40 years 
old. Because funds to support mapping are necessarily limited, 
the Committee urges that priority be given to the production of 
maps with current data and completion of the job of modernizing 
the entire Nation's inventory of existing flood maps. The 
Committee is concerned that the cost of tracking mitigation 
actions is being disproportionately incurred by mapping funds, 
and encourages FEMA to assess its current approach to 
allocating tracking costs among related programs.

                     NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $176,300,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       179,294,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       179,294,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        +2,994,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................             - - -
                                Mission

    NFIF, which was established in the Treasury by the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, is a fee-generated fund that 
supports the NFIP. The Act, as amended, authorizes the federal 
government to provide flood insurance on a national basis.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee includes bill language providing up to 
$23,759,000 for salaries and expenses to administer the NFIF, 
the same as the amount requested and $1,759,000 above the 
amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Consistent with the budget 
request, the Committee provides $150,000,000 for flood-related 
grants. In addition, not less than $155,535,000 is available 
for flood plain management and flood mapping. Flood mitigation 
funds are available until September 30, 2016, and funding is 
offset by premium collections. FEMA is directed to complete the 
NFIP affordability study as soon as possible.

                   Technical Mapping Advisory Council

    The Committee is aware of concerns that homeowners can 
incur significant costs when challenging the accuracy of 
updated flood maps. The Committee urges FEMA to continue to 
work with the Army Corps of Engineers and the Technical Mapping 
Advisory Council to ensure the highest quality data and 
information is included in maps that are reliable and useful.

                         Endangered Species Act

    The Committee is aware that communities sometimes face new 
limitations on development in floodplain areas related to 
Endangered Species Act requirements. The Committee encourages 
FEMA to help educate communities participating in the NFIP 
about such limitations and work with local governments to help 
determine how they can successfully adapt to such requirements.

                        Flood Insurance Advocate

    The Committee supports the establishment of a Flood 
Insurance Advocate, and directs FEMA to allocate funds 
necessary under this heading to enable the Advocate to carry 
out his or her statutory responsibilities. The Committee also 
recommends that the Advocate coordinate directly with relevant 
staff in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 
along with State Emergency Management Officers, State Hazard 
Mitigation Officers, and State Floodplain Managers, to ensure 
communities and policyholders are receiving up-to-date 
information on NFIP program changes, as well as information on 
existing federal grant programs to assist in hazard mitigation.

                        Agent Training Materials

    The Committee directs the NFIP to include in its 
statutorily required agent training materials information on 
FEMA's HMA programs that are available to assist communities 
and homeowners with disaster mitigation activities. 
Additionally, the Committee directs the NFIP, through its 
public communications and outreach initiatives, to increase 
public awareness of its HMA programs in order to better educate 
all relevant stakeholders on ways to make their communities and 
homes safer and more disaster-resilient, lower their insurance 
premiums, and help ensure the long-term financial soundness of 
the NFIP.

               Resources for the Community Rating System

    The Community Rating System (CRS) within the NFIP is a 
means to encourage and acknowledge community actions to educate 
citizens about hazard mitigation options, to facilitate 
property owner mitigation actions and to take steps as a 
community to reduce losses due to flooding. By joining the CRS 
program and taking various actions on a rating scale, 
communities can earn discounts between 5 percent and 45 percent 
on flood insurance premiums for their citizens. The Committee 
encourages FEMA to promote more extensive use of CRS nationwide 
and ensure that adequate resources are provided to implement 
the program in a robust and timely manner.

                  NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................       $25,000,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................             - - -
Recommended in the bill...............................        25,000,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................             - - -
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       +25,000,000
                                Mission

    The National Predisaster Mitigation Fund (PDM) provides 
technical assistance and grants to state, local, and tribal 
governments, and to universities to reduce the risks associated 
with disasters. Resources support the development and 
enhancement of hazard mitigation plans, as well as the 
implementation of disaster mitigation projects.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $25,000,000 for the PDM, 
$25,000,000 above the amount requested and the same as the 
amount provided in fiscal year 2014. The Committee rejects the 
proposed termination of this program. PDM grants are one of the 
only sources of mitigation funding to communities prior to a 
disaster. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that these types 
of investments lead to significant savings by significantly 
mitigating risks and reducing damage from future disasters.

                       EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $120,000,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       100,000,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       120,000,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................             - - -
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       +20,000,000
                                Mission

    The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program was 
created in 1983 to supplement the work of local social service 
organizations within the United States, both private and 
governmental, to help people in need of emergency assistance. 
The program provides funds to local communities for homeless 
programs, including soup kitchens, food banks, shelters, and 
homeless prevention services.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $120,000,000 for the Emergency 
Food and Shelter Program (EFSP), $20,000,000 above the amount 
requested and the same as the amount provided in fiscal year 
2014. The bill does not include the requested statutory 
authority to transfer funding and administrative responsibility 
for EFSP to HUD. Prior to considering a change in the agency 
administering EFSP, the Committee expects FEMA and HUD to 
jointly brief the Committee on the rationale for the proposed 
change; efforts by both agencies to engage stakeholders on the 
proposal; and a plan for transitioning the program to HUD, 
including a strategy for preserving EFSP's unique, local 
decision-making structure and an assessment of how the 
transition to HUD would affect the current EFSP funding 
distribution to local jurisdictions.

        TITLE IV--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES


           United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $113,889,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       134,755,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       124,755,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       +10,866,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       -10,000,000
                                Mission

    The mission of United States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services (USCIS) is to adjudicate and grant immigration and 
citizenship benefits, provide accurate and useful information 
to its customers, and promote an awareness and understanding of 
citizenship in support of immigrant integration, while 
protecting the integrity of the Nation's immigration system. 
Funded primarily through fees, the only discretionary spending 
is for the E-Verify program, which is an information technology 
system that enables an employer to determine the eligibility to 
work in the United States of an employee or job applicant.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $124,755,000 for USCIS, 
$10,000,000 below the President's request and $10,866,000 above 
the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. As requested, the 
recommendation includes full funding for E-Verify, including 
the requested amount to continue the development of a review 
process for E-Verify final non-confirmations.
    Due to continued failures by the Office of Congressional 
Affairs to provide timely and informative assistance to 
congressional offices regarding normal case work, the Committee 
approves the use of $3,050,630,000 in estimated fee collections 
rather than $3,070,630,000 as proposed. USCIS shall continue to 
provide quarterly briefings on fee revenue and obligations. 
Within the total fees collected, the Committee directs USCIS to 
provide not less than $29,000,000 to continue conversion of 
immigration records to digital format.
    Although the proposed $10,000,000 in discretionary funds 
for Immigrant Integration Grants is not provided, a general 
provision is included in Title V of the bill to permit USCIS to 
spend not more than $10,000,000 in user fees to support such 
grants to benefit individuals who are lawfully admitted into 
the United States.
    Pay raises for USCIS employees are not supported with 
discretionary appropriations, but rather through fee revenue. 
The bill does not prohibit the use of fee revenue to support 
the proposed pay raise for USCIS but, for purposes of 
consistency with the treatment of other DHS components, makes 
potential savings derived from foregoing the pay raise 
available for E-Verify program enhancements.
    Although the Committee appreciates the impetus behind the 
President's request to support the establishment of a 
Citizenship Foundation, the bill does not provide authority to 
use fee revenue for that purpose, but encourages USCIS to work 
with the appropriate authorizing committees to further develop 
and justify the proposal.

                                E-Verify

    E-Verify was established in the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. The internet-based 
program enables an employer to verify that an employee or job 
applicant is eligible to work in the United States by comparing 
the employee's Form I-9 against DHS and Social Security 
Administration data. More than 500,000 employers are enrolled 
in the program currently, and it continues to grow by 
approximately 1,500 new employers per week. More than six 
million queries had been run by the end of the first quarter of 
fiscal year 2014.
    Despite increasing acceptance, additional improvements are 
necessary to reduce the number of final non-confirmations 
issued in error and to reduce the enrollment burden on 
employers. These enhancements are especially important as the 
system continues to expand, particularly if it becomes 
mandatory for employers in the future. USCIS is directed to 
provide semi-annual reports to the Committee on progress in 
implementing the Verification Information System modernization 
initiative, which is being rolled out over the next two years, 
with a particular focus on reducing erroneous non-confirmations 
and improving ease of use for employers.
    The Committee also supports efforts to ensure that 
employers comply with program requirements, and directs USCIS 
to update the Committee, not later than 30 days of enactment, 
on the oversight activities of the Monitoring and Compliance 
Division related to E-Verify.

                 Fraud Detection and National Security

    Individuals or organizations filing for immigration 
benefits can sometimes pose a threat to national security, 
public safety, or the integrity of the nation's legal 
immigration system. In these limited circumstances, it is 
critical for the USCIS Office of Fraud Detection and National 
Security to be able to submit expedited, name-based and 
fingerprint-based queries to the FBI's criminal history record 
systems. The Committee intends to review existing practices 
related to such queries and consider whether improvements are 
needed to avoid unnecessary delays that are deleterious to 
national security, law enforcement, or immigration enforcement.

                       Naturalization Ceremonies

    Again, the Committee directs USCIS to work with local 
public and private groups to hold naturalization and oath of 
allegiance ceremonies, and encourages the agency to review 
policies that limit the use of fee revenue to make small grants 
and to provide agency employee support to local community 
groups that are financially unable to host such ceremonies.
    The Committee supports authorized efforts by DHS to enhance 
opportunities for highly-skilled immigrants to work and remain 
in the United States to support U.S. businesses. These 
specially-trained foreign workers maintain global U.S. economic 
competitiveness, and ensure the Nation's ability to address 
complex and evolving security threats and vulnerabilities. DHS 
is encouraged to move with alacrity through the current, 
related rulemaking process in order to expeditiously implement 
the new regulations.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $227,845,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       231,754,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       229,797,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        +1,952,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................        -1,957,000
                                Mission

    The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) serves 
as an interagency law enforcement training organization for 
over 90 federal agencies and numerous state, local, tribal, and 
international law enforcement agencies.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $229,797,000 for FLETC, $1,957,000 
below the amount requested and $1,952,000 above the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014. The amount includes the funds 
requested to train the remaining 1,200 of the 2,000 new CBP 
officers funded in fiscal year 2014. Funds requested for 
Management and Administration are reduced by $1,000,000 to 
partially offset significant shortfalls in the President's 
budget request for DHS due to: (1) assumed increases in 
aviation passenger fee collections that have yet to be 
authorized and that are not in the jurisdiction of the 
Committee on Appropriations; (2) unjustified reductions to 
essential frontline operations; and (3) the repeated failure of 
the Department to comply with statutory requirements.
    FLETC delivers training to personnel across all levels of 
law enforcement in a collaborative environment, ensuring 
consistent instruction and uniform understanding of tactics, 
techniques, and procedures. This consolidated approach also 
offers fiscal advantages, leveraging economies of scale and 
shared resources. The Committee supports continued and expanded 
training efforts at FLETC to leverage the center's unique 
capabilities, as appropriate for the mission of its law 
enforcement training participants, instead of less cost-
effective alternatives.
    FLETC is directed to conduct a review of the 
classification, pay, and fringe benefits of its workforce and 
recommend to the Committee on Appropriations and Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform any legislative changes, 
including changes to the compensation of FLETC personnel, 
deemed necessary to recruit and retain workers with the skills 
and experience required to effectively support FLETC's mission.

     ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED EXPENSES
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................       $30,885,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................        27,841,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        27,841,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        -3,044,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................             - - -
                                Mission

    This account provides for the acquisition, construction, 
improvements, equipment, furnishings, and related costs for 
expansion and maintenance of FLETC facilities.

                             Recommendation

    As requested, the Committee recommends $27,841,000 for 
Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses, 
$3,044,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014.

                         Science and Technology


                     MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $129,000,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       130,147,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       126,955,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        -2,045,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................        -3,192,000
                                Mission

    The mission of the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) 
is to develop and deploy technologies and capabilities to 
secure the United States homeland. The Directorate conducts, 
simulates, and enables research, development, testing, 
evaluation, and the timely transition of homeland security 
capabilities to federal, state, and local operational end 
users. This activity includes investments in both evolutionary 
and revolutionary capabilities with high-payoff potential; 
early deployment of off-the-shelf, proven technologies to 
provide for initial defense capability; near-term utilization 
of emerging technologies to counter current terrorist threats; 
and development of new capabilities to thwart future and 
emerging threats.

                             Recommendation

    The Management and Administration appropriation provides 
for the salaries and expenses of S&T. The Committee recommends 
$126,955,000 for Management and Administration, $3,192,000 
below the amount requested, and $2,045,000 below the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014. Funds requested for Management 
and Administration are reduced by $2,600,000 to partially 
offset significant shortfalls in the President's budget request 
for DHS due to: (1) assumed increases in aviation passenger fee 
collections that have yet to be authorized and that are not in 
the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations; (2) 
unjustified reductions to essential frontline operations; and 
(3) the repeated failure of the Department to comply with 
statutory requirements.

           RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................    $1,091,212,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       941,671,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       979,692,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................      -111,520,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................       +38,021,000
                                Mission

    The mission of the S&T Directorate is to develop and deploy 
technologies and capabilities to secure the U.S. homeland. The 
Directorate conducts, stimulates, and enables research, 
development, testing, evaluation, and the timely transition of 
homeland security capabilities to federal, state, and local 
operational end users. This activity includes investments in 
both evolutionary and revolutionary capabilities with high-
payoff potential; early deployment of of-the-shelf, proven 
technologies to provide for initial defense capabilities; near-
term utilization of emerging technologies to counter current 
terrorist threats; and development of new capabilities to 
thwart future and emerging threats.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $979,692,000 for Research, 
Development, Acquisition, and Operations (RDA&O), $38,021,000 
above the amount requested and $111,520,000 below the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2014.
    The Under Secretary for S&T is responsible for carrying out 
the R&D agenda of the Department, including reducing 
duplication among R&D efforts and identifying capability gaps. 
The Committee is concerned that without the ability to easily 
review and compare detailed information on all S&T projects and 
activities, the Under Secretary cannot effectively carry out 
those responsibilities. Accordingly, the Committee directs S&T 
to develop a method or system for tracking all S&T-funded 
projects not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act. Information on each project should include: a unique 
project number, project name, project description, name of 
project manager, capability gap addressed, project 
performer(s), estimated return on investment, and transition 
success. The Under Secretary is directed to brief the Committee 
on progress made on this tracking system not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
    The Committee has repeatedly expressed concerns about S&T's 
prioritization of projects. In House Report 113-91, the 
Committee requested a report to explain how R&D priorities are 
developed; however, the report did not adequately address the 
Committee's concerns. The Committee directs S&T to establish 
written criteria for project prioritization; institute a 
documented, reproducible process to ensure the criteria for 
project prioritization and funding are followed; and brief the 
Committee by October 1, 2014, on the prioritization process 
developed. Documentation on the review and prioritization of 
each S&T-funded project shall be maintained and provided to the 
Committee via quarterly reports that identify newly funded 
projects, including documentation of how each project meets the 
prioritization and funding criteria. Furthermore, S&T is 
directed to brief the Committee on the results of any portfolio 
reviews conducted in fiscal year 2015 and the assessment of 
results not later than 30 days after completion of the review.
    The Committee is aware that modeling and simulation tools 
can provide powerful and cost-effective planning, training, and 
response tools for DHS. The Department, under budgetary 
constraints and increasing threats to domestic security, should 
further utilize modeling and simulation for training, threat 
prediction and avoidance, emergency response management, and 
other vital homeland security obligations.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Budget estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Research, Development, and               $433,788,000       $462,000,000
 Innovation.......................
Acquisition and Operations Support         41,703,000         41,703,000
Laboratory Facilities.............        435,180,000        434,989,000
University Programs...............         31,000,000         41,000,000
                                   -------------------------------------
    Total RDA&O...................       $941,671,000       $979,692,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                 Research, Development, and Innovation

    For fiscal year 2015, the Committee recommends $462,000,000 
for Research, Development, and Innovation (RD&I). This is the 
same as the amount provided in fiscal year 2014 and $28,212,000 
above the amount requested. To provide the new Under Secretary 
for S&T flexibility to shift resources within the RD&I PPA, the 
Committee provides the funds for RD&I without breakouts for 
specific thrust areas. The Committee directs the Under 
Secretary to provide an updated breakout of RD&I funds across 
activities based on the Department's and S&T's priorities not 
later than August 15, 2014.

                  International Research Opportunities

    The Committee is aware of the ongoing cooperative R&D 
activities of the Department with the State of Israel. The 
Committee encourages the Department to continue these 
activities and to further explore opportunities regarding 
aviation security, explosive detection, and emergency services.

                             Hosted Sensors

    The Committee encourages S&T to review the viability of the 
use of sensors hosted on commercial satellites to improve early 
warning of fires, tornadoes, and other natural disasters.

                                APEX R&D

    Congress is pleased with the results of S&T's APEX Research 
and Development program, which is focused on high-priority and 
high-value projects that address the capability gaps of DHS 
components. Unlike other S&T research initiatives, APEX 
projects are collaborative efforts between DHS component heads 
and the Under Secretary for S&T. The Committee urges S&T to 
expand the APEX concept to other areas of S&T work, which will 
require the adaption of the APEX model into a more nimble 
framework. This ``APEX-lite'' approach should maintain a multi-
disciplinary, team approach that focuses on complex operational 
issues of strategic importance to leadership; increases 
emphasis on cross-cutting, multi-component efforts that advance 
the state-of-the-art for the Department; and focuses on final 
product delivery in less than five years, with scheduled 
interim deliverables. S&T is directed to brief the Committee 
not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act 
on the APEX-lite funding allocation by project and progress 
made to field improved technologies based on this new approach.

            Prize Authority and Other Transaction Authority

    S&T is encouraged to expand the use of Other Transaction 
Authority (OTA) to gain access to unique technology providers 
that are not available through traditional avenues. The 
Committee is pleased prize authority has been delegated to S&T 
because competitions have proven to generate unique solutions 
for other agencies. It is essential that S&T realize the 
potential for acquiring novel technologies through this 
mechanism. DHS should fully support the use of innovative ways 
to bring new technology into the Department as a means to 
improve capability and efficiency. S&T is encouraged to hold at 
least one competition using its prize authority delegation 
during fiscal year 2015.

                         Laboratory Facilities

    The Committee recommends $434,989,000 for Laboratory 
Facilities, $191,000 below the amount requested and 
$112,796,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. 
This includes $300,000,000 for construction of the National 
Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas. 
Together with funding provided in prior years, this amount is 
sufficient to ensure the completion of the facility. The 
Committee directs S&T to submit a detailed update of its NBAF 
construction plan and schedule, to include an updated plan for 
the obligation of funds, not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act.
    The Committee understands that, until NBAF is operational, 
the Nation will continue to rely on the Plum Island Animal 
Disease Center (PIADC) in New York to provide research on 
biological threats that may impact America's food and livestock 
industries. The Committee recommends $43,801,000 for high 
priority projects at PIADC.

             University Programs and Centers of Excellence

    The Committee recommends $41,000,000 for University 
Programs and Centers of Excellence (COE), $10,000,000 above the 
request and $1,276,000 above fiscal year 2014. This funding 
level will allow S&T to continue support for all existing COEs, 
including the new COE to be competitively awarded in the 
current year. The Committee directs the Department to report on 
and define the key metrics used to make COE awards.

                 Cybersecurity Research and Development

    The Committee recognizes that cyber vulnerabilities 
represent a significant risk to the Nation's electric grid and 
other control systems vital to our security and economy. In 
order to address this challenge, the Committee encourages S&T, 
in collaboration with NPPD, to establish operational 
cybersecurity research initiatives. These initiatives should 
involve collaboration among academic institutions, existing 
federal research and development organizations, and the private 
sector. The Committee urges the Department to address research, 
testing, and education as part of this initiative.
    The Committee understands that strategic investments in 
cybersecurity research and development through information 
assurance programs are necessary to develop the next generation 
of cybersecurity experts and strengthen information protection 
for mobile devices. The DHS Scholarship Program is a vital 
component in preparing the workforce to combat cyber crimes and 
ensure the integrity of information contained on mobile 
devices. The Committee recommends the DHS Scholarship Program 
provide additional scholarships to students on mobile device 
information assurance education tracks.
    The Committee directs the Secretary to report, not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, on the 
current level of cooperation between DHS and DoD, or the 
possible benefits of cooperation, regarding the development of 
new and innovative software that improves national capabilities 
to counter cybersecurity threats. The report should also 
address the possible use of initiatives at the secondary and 
post-secondary level; identify the available FTE time of 
existing cyber experts currently employed by, or contracted 
with, DoD and DHS; and assess opportunities for the recruitment 
of veterans into such software development programs.

              Prophylactic Radiation Protection Capability

    The Committee directs the Secretary to report, not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, on 
cooperation between DoD's Chemical Biological Medical Systems 
Directorate and the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research 
Institute regarding a mature prophylactic radiation protection 
capability for America's military. The report should include an 
assessment of how that capability might be developed to include 
rapid distribution to the civilian population in the event of a 
nuclear or radiological incident.

                        First Responder Networks

    The Committee supports the efforts of S&T's First 
Responders Group to develop a national network through which 
agencies and organizations can access and share information 
across disciplines, jurisdictions, and information types in a 
timely fashion.
    When applicable, federal funding for first responder 
communications equipment should be compliant with common system 
standards for digital public safety radio communications 
(Project 25 standards) to ensure interoperability. S&T, in 
conjunction with the Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, shall continue assessing the 
compliance of first responder communications equipment with 
Project 25 standards.

                           Chemical Security

    The Committee is concerned that the chemical industry's 
product options for the security of storage and transit cargo 
containers are based on legacy mechanical sealing technologies. 
The recent advent of Reusable Electronic Conveyance Security 
(RECONS) solutions creates a potential opportunity to 
dramatically upgrade security solutions for critical, 
hazardous, and/or sensitive materials that are either 
prepositioned or immediately acquired for a disaster event. To 
ensure the evaluation of this new class of security devices, 
the Committee strongly encourages the Department to consider 
piloting the use of commercially available RECONS that 
integrate physical security mechanisms with wireless tracking 
and security systems.

               Public Access to Federally Funded Research

    The Committee is aware that major federal research agencies 
are in the process of drafting and implementing plans to enable 
public access to federally funded research findings in 
accordance with guidance the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy issued in February 2013, and directs S&T to update the 
Committee on its progress in developing a public access policy 
not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

                   Domestic Nuclear Detection Office


                     MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................       $37,353,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................        37,494,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        36,339,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        -1,014,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................        -1,155,000
                                Mission

    The Management and Administration appropriation provides 
for the salaries and expenses of Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office (DNDO) employees.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $36,339,000 for Management and 
Administration, $1,155,000 below the amount requested and 
$1,014,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014. Funds 
requested for Management and Administration are reduced by 
$1,000,000 to partially offset significant shortfalls in the 
President's budget request for DHS due to: (1) assumed 
increases in aviation passenger fee collections that have yet 
to be authorized and that are not in the jurisdiction of the 
Committee on Appropriations; (2) unjustified reductions to 
essential frontline operations; and (3) the repeated failure of 
the Department to comply with statutory requirements.

                 Research, Development, and Operations

 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................      $205,302,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................       199,068,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       201,068,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................        -4,234,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................        +2,000,000
                                Mission

    The Research, Development, and Operations appropriation 
funds all DHS nuclear detection research, development, test, 
evaluation, and operational support activities, and the 
integration and advancement of U.S. nuclear forensics 
capabilities.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $201,068,000 for Research, 
Development, and Operations, $2,000,000 above the amount 
requested, and $4,234,000 below the amount provided in fiscal 
year 2014.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Budget Estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Systems Engineering and                   $17,924,000        $17,924,000
 Architecture.....................
Systems Development...............         22,000,000         22,000,000
Transformational Research and              69,500,000         69,500,000
 Development......................
Assessments.......................         38,079,000         38,079,000
Operations Support................         31,565,000         31,565,000
National Technical Nuclear                 20,000,000         22,000,000
 Forensics Center.................
                                   -------------------------------------
    Total.........................       $199,068,000       $201,068,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

        National Nuclear Forensics Expertise Development Program

    DNDO oversees the National Nuclear Forensics Expertise 
Development Program (NNFEDP) on behalf of the U.S. Government, 
a comprehensive effort aimed at developing and sustaining the 
technical expertise essential to maintaining and improving the 
Nation's nuclear forensics capabilities. The Committee 
recommends an increase of $2,000,000 above the request for the 
NNFEDP to restore proposed cuts to graduate and post-doctoral 
fellowships, junior faculty and university education awards, 
and graduate mentoring efforts, and ensure a stable workforce 
pipeline in the field of nuclear forensics.

                   Advanced Technology Demonstrations

    The Committee is aware of several advanced active and 
passive detection technologies currently being tested by DNDO 
as part of a Nuclear Radiation Imaging Platform (NRIP) project 
within DNDO's Advanced Technology Demonstrations Program. 
Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, DNDO shall update the 
Committee on the status of the NRIP project, including an 
updated schedule for completing the project. In addition, DNDO, 
in cooperation with CBP, shall brief the Committee on the 
viability of proceeding with operational testing of NRIP 
technologies that meet DNDO's and CBP's detection requirements.

                          SYSTEMS ACQUISITION
 Appropriation, fiscal year 2014.......................       $42,600,000
Budget request, fiscal year 2015......................        67,861,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        74,861,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 2014...................       +32,261,000
    Budget request, fiscal year 2015..................        +7,000,000
                                Mission

    The Systems Acquisition appropriation provides for 
acquisition of radiation and nuclear detection equipment for 
DHS components and supports state, local, and tribal 
authorities in the development of nuclear detection 
capabilities for high-threat, high-density urban areas.

                             Recommendation

    The Committee recommends $74,861,000 for Systems 
Acquisition, $7,000,000 above the amount requested, and 
$32,261,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2014.
    A comparison of the budget estimate to the Committee 
recommended level by budget activity is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Budget Estimate      Recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Radiation Portal Monitor Program..         $5,000,000         $5,000,000
Securing the Cities...............         12,000,000         19,000,000
Human Portable Radiation Detection         50,861,000         50,861,000
 Systems..........................
                                   -------------------------------------
    Total.........................        $67,861,000        $74,861,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          Securing the Cities

    The Committee recommends $19,000,000 for the Securing the 
Cities (STC) Program, $7,000,000 above the amount requested and 
$3,000,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 2014, to 
support ongoing efforts in current STC cities and the risk-
based expansion to new cities. As planned, DNDO is beginning to 
transition fully mature STC programs to a sustainment phase, 
continuing to provide indirect support such as training, 
equipment testing, and subject matter expertise. The Committee 
expects the Department to work with stakeholders in each region 
to develop a coordinated plan prior to transitioning from 
direct support to sustainment, ensuring a process for 
considering STC sustainment requirements when determining 
preparedness grant allocations. DNDO shall continue to provide 
periodic updates on the program, including the status of 
implementation in current urban areas, the schedule for the 
progression of cities through program phases, and a timeline 
for deploying the program to additional cities.

               Human Portable Radiation Detection Systems

    The Committee recommendation includes the funds requested 
for the Human Portable Radiation Detection Systems program to 
support the procurement of basic and handheld radiation 
detection equipment for CBP.

                 TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT


             (INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

    Section 501. The Committee continues a provision providing 
that no part of any appropriation shall remain available for 
obligation beyond the current year unless expressly provided.
    Section 502. The Committee continues a provision providing 
that unexpended balances of prior appropriations may be merged 
with new appropriation accounts and used for the same purpose, 
subject to reprogramming guidelines.
    Section 503. The Committee continues a provision providing 
reprogramming authority for funds within an account and not to 
exceed five percent transfer authority between appropriations 
accounts with the requirement for a 15-day advance 
congressional notification. A detailed funding table 
identifying each congressional control level for reprogramming 
purposes is included at the end of this report. These 
reprogramming guidelines shall be complied with by all agencies 
funded by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2015.
    The Department shall submit reprogramming requests on a 
timely basis and provide complete explanations of the 
reallocations proposed, including detailed justifications of 
the increases and offsets, and any specific impact the proposed 
changes will have on the budget request for the following 
fiscal year and future-year appropriations requirements. Each 
request submitted to the Committees on Appropriations should 
include a detailed table showing the proposed revisions at the 
account, program, project, and activity level to the funding 
and staffing (FTE position) levels for the current fiscal year 
and to the levels requested in the President's budget for the 
following fiscal year.
    The Department shall manage its programs and activities 
within the levels appropriated. The Department should only 
submit reprogramming or transfer requests in the case of an 
unforeseeable emergency or situation that could not have been 
predicted when formulating the budget request for the current 
fiscal year. When the Department submits a reprogramming or 
transfer request to the Committees on Appropriations and does 
not receive identical responses from the House and the Senate, 
it is the responsibility of the Department to reconcile the 
House and the Senate differences before proceeding, and if 
reconciliation is not possible, to consider the reprogramming 
or transfer request not approved.
    The Department is not to submit a reprogramming or transfer 
of funds after June 30 except in extraordinary circumstances 
which imminently threaten the safety of human life or the 
protection of property. If a reprogramming or transfer is 
needed after June 30, the notice should contain sufficient 
documentation as to why it meets this statutory exception.
    Deobligated funds are also subject to the reprogramming and 
transfer guidelines and requirements set forth in this section.
    Section 504. The Committee continues a provision that 
prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
Department to make payment to the Department's Working Capital 
Fund, except for activities and amounts allowed in the 
President's fiscal year 2015 request. Funds provided to the WCF 
are available until expended. The Department can only charge 
components for direct usage of the WCF, and these funds may be 
used only for the purposes consistent with the contributing 
component. Any funds paid in advance or reimbursed must reflect 
the full cost of each service. The WCF shall be subject to the 
requirements of section 503 of this Act.
    Section 505. The Committee continues a provision providing 
that not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining 
at the end of fiscal year 2015 from appropriations made for 
salaries and expenses shall remain available through fiscal 
year 2016 subject to section 503 reprogramming guidelines.
    Section 506. The Committee continues a provision providing 
that funds for intelligence activities are deemed to be 
specifically authorized during fiscal year 2015 until the 
enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence activities for 
fiscal year 2015.
    Section 507. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision requiring notification of the Committees on 
Appropriations three days before grant allocations, grant 
awards, contract awards, other transactional agreements, 
letters of intent, or task or delivery order on a multiple 
contract award totaling $1,000,000 or more, or a task order 
greater than $10,000,000 from multi-year funds, is announced by 
the Department, including contracts covered by the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation. The Department is required to brief the 
Committees on Appropriations five full business days prior to 
announcing the intention to make a grant under State and Local 
Programs. Notification shall include a description of the 
project or projects to be funded, including city, county, and 
state.
    Section 508. The Committee continues a provision providing 
that no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease additional 
facilities for federal law enforcement training without advance 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
    Section 509. The Committee continues a provision providing 
that none of the funds may be used for any construction, 
repair, alteration, or acquisition project for which a 
prospectus, if required under chapter 33 of title 40, United 
States Code, has not been approved.
    Section 510. The Committee continues a provision that 
consolidates by reference prior year statutory bill language 
into one provision. These provisions relate to contracting 
officer's technical representative training; sensitive security 
information, as modified; and the use of funds in conformance 
with section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
    Section 511. The Committee continues a provision that none 
of the funds may be used in contravention of the Buy American 
Act.
    Section 512. The Committee continues a provision on 
reporting requirements of the DHS Privacy Officer.
    Section 513. The Committee continues a provision regarding 
the oath of allegiance required by section 337 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act.
    Section 514. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision requiring the Chief Financial Officer to submit 
monthly budget execution and staffing reports within 30 days 
after the close of each month. The Committee modifies the 
provision to include a requirement for source years for all 
unobligated balances in multi-year appropriations, with the 
exception of FEMA DRF. The Committee further modifies the 
provision to require a detailed obligation and expenditure plan 
for specified Departmental components, including quarterly 
updates for certain programs.
    Section 515. The Committee continues a provision that 
directs that any funds appropriated or transferred to TSA 
``Aviation Security'', ``Administration'', and ``Transportation 
Security Support'' in fiscal years 2004 and 2005, which are 
recovered or deobligated, shall be available only for 
procurement and installation of explosive detection systems for 
air cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject 
to notification. The Committee also requires quarterly reports 
on recovered or deobligated funds.
    Section 516. The Committee continues a provision requiring 
any funds appropriated to the Coast Guard's 110-123 foot patrol 
boat conversion that are recovered, collected, or otherwise 
received as a result of negotiation, mediation, or litigation, 
shall be available until expended for the Fast Response Cutter 
program.
    Section 517. The Committee continues a provision 
classifying the functions of the instructor staff at the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center as inherently 
governmental for purposes of the Federal Activities Inventory 
Reform Act.
    Section 518. The Committee modifies a provision regarding 
grants or contracts awarded by any means other than full and 
open competition. The Inspector General is required to review 
Departmental contracts awarded noncompetitively and report on 
the results to the Committees.
    Section 519. The Committee continues a provision that 
prohibits funding for any position designated as a Principal 
Federal Official during a Stafford Act declared disaster or 
emergency.
    Section 520. The Committee continues a provision that 
precludes DHS from using funds in this Act to carry out 
reorganization authority. This prohibition is not intended to 
prevent the Department from carrying out routine or small 
reallocations of personnel or functions within components, 
subject to Section 503 of this Act. This language prevents 
large scale reorganization of the Department, which the 
Committee believes should be acted on statutorily by the 
relevant Congressional committees of jurisdiction.
    Section 521. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting funding to grant an immigration benefit to any 
individual unless the results of background checks required in 
statute, to be completed prior to the granting of the benefit, 
have been received by DHS.
    Section 522. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision relating to other transactional authority of DHS 
through fiscal year 2015.
    Section 523. The Committee continues a provision that 
requires the Secretary to link all contracts that provide award 
fees to successful acquisition outcomes.
    Section 524. The Committee continues a provision requiring 
the Secretary to notify the Congress within 2 business days of 
any request for a waiver, not solely waivers requested to 
transport oil released from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
    Section 525. The Committee continues a provision related to 
prescription drugs.
    Section 526. The Committee continues a provision requiring 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the 
Secretary of Treasury, to notify the Committees of any proposed 
transfers from the Department of Treasury Forfeiture Fund to 
any agency within the Department of Homeland Security. No funds 
may be obligated until the Subcommittees approve the proposed 
transfers.
    Section 527. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting funds for planning, testing, piloting, or 
developing a national identification card.
    Section 528. The Committee continues a provision regarding 
FEMA's public notice of damage assessment information used to 
determine disaster declarations.
    Section 529. The Committee continues a provision directing 
that any official required by this Act to report or certify to 
the Committees on Appropriations may not delegate any authority 
unless expressly authorized to do so in this Act.
    Section 530. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision that extends the date of the chemical facilities 
security program.
    Section 531. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting the use of funds for the transfer or release of 
individuals detained at the United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    Section 532. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting funds in this Act to be used for first-class 
travel.
    Section 533. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting funds to be used to employ illegal workers as 
described in Section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act.
    Section 534. The Committee continues a provision on the 
proper disposal of personal information collected through the 
Registered Traveler program. A report on procedures and status 
is required to be submitted not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
    Section 535. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act to pay for award or incentive fees for contractors 
with below satisfactory performance or performance that fails 
to meet the basic requirements of the contract.
    Section 536. The Committee continues a provision that 
requires any new processes developed to screen aviation 
passengers and crews for transportation or national security to 
consider privacy and civil liberties, consistent with 
applicable laws, regulations, and guidance.
    Section 537. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision that makes deposits into the Immigration Examinations 
Fee Account available to USCIS for the purposes of immigrant 
integration grants, not to exceed $10,000,000, in fiscal year 
2015. Grants may not be used to provide services to aliens who 
have not been lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
    Section 538. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act from being used to enter into federal contracts unless 
in accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act or the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless 
otherwise authorized by statute.
    Section 539. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision providing $30,000,000 for Financial Systems 
Modernization (FSM) efforts across the Department. The 
Committee strongly supports the reform and improvement of the 
Department's financial systems and recommends funding to align 
to the revised acquisition profile. CFO is directed to keep the 
Committee informed on FSM efforts, including the transfer and 
application of the funds made available by this section, as per 
the transfer guidelines prescribed in the bill, and any major 
deviations from the current acquisition profile.
    Section 540. The Committee continues a provision permitting 
the Secretary to transfer up to $20,000,000 to address 
immigration emergencies notwithstanding section 503 of this 
Act.
    Section 541. The Committee continues a provision regarding 
disposal of Service Processing Centers or other ICE owned 
detention facilities.
    Section 542. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision requiring a multi-year investment and management 
plan.
    Section 543. The Committee continues a provision requiring 
the Secretary to enforce all existing immigration laws.
    Section 544. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision regarding federal network security.
    Section 545. The Committee continues a provision regarding 
restrictions on electronic access to pornography, except for 
necessary law enforcement purposes.
    Section 546. The Committee continues a provision regarding 
the transfer of firearms by federal law enforcement personnel.
    Section 547. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting funds from being obligated to implement the 
National Preparedness Grant Program or any other successor 
grant program unless specifically authorized by Congress.
    Section 548. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision prohibiting funds for the position of Public Advocate 
or a successor position within ICE.
    Section 549. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision permitting CBP to conduct a pilot program in 
accordance with section 559 of division F of Public Law 113-76 
that permits CBP to enter into partnerships with the private 
sector at ports of entry and to except certain donations.
    Section 550. The Committee continues a provision regarding 
funding restrictions and reporting requirements regarding 
conferences occurring outside of the United States.
    Section 551. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision limiting the use of funds to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, 
make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, 
corporations convicted of a felony criminal violation of 
federal law within the preceding 24 months.
    Section 552. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision limiting the use of funds to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, 
make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, 
corporations with certain unpaid Federal tax liabilities.
    Section 553. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting the reimbursement of funds to any federal 
department or agency for its participation in a NSSE.
    Section 554. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting new preclearance locations unless specified 
conditions are met.
    Section 555. The Committee includes a new provision 
prohibiting any funds from this or any other Act to be used to 
require airport operators to provide airport-financed staffing 
to monitor exit points from the sterile area of any airport at 
which TSA provided such monitoring as of December 1, 2013.
    Section 556. The Committee includes a new provision 
prohibiting any funds from this Act from being used to require 
a chemical facility to employ or not employ a particular 
security measure for personnel surety if the facility has 
adopted the appropriate personnel measures.
    Section 557. The Committee continues a provision that 
permits the Secretary to grant waivers from specified 
requirements of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974.
    Section 558. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting the establishment of a land border crossing fee or 
to conduct a study relating to the imposition of such a fee.
    Section 559. The Committee continues a provision regarding 
the availability of COBRA fee revenue.
    Section 560. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision requiring the Secretary to report on the Department's 
requirements for and usage of ammunition.
    Section 561. The Committee includes a new provision 
requiring the Secretary to report on the Department's 
requirements for and usage of weapons.
    Section 562. The Committee includes a new provision 
prohibiting funds from being used for environmental remediation 
of a specified location.
    Section 563. The Committee includes a new provision 
directing the inclusion of budget justification for any 
structural pay reform that affects more than 100 FTE positions 
or costs more than $5,000,000.
    Section 564. The Committee includes a new provision 
directing the inclusion of budget justification for 
acquisitions and directs the development of the definition for 
expense items and investment items.
    Section 565. The Committee includes a new provision making 
a Transportation Security Officer employed by TSA who died in 
the line of duty at the Los Angeles International Airport a 
public safety officer, for the purpose of affording the 
standard public safety officer benefits available under the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to the 
Officer's widow and children.
    Section 566. The Committee includes a new provision that 
prohibits the use of funds by ICE to pay for an abortion, 
except in the case of rape or to preserve the life of the 
mother.
    Section 567. The Committee includes a new provision that 
prohibits the use of funds by ICE to require any person to 
perform or facilitate the performance of an abortion.
    Section 568. The Committee includes a new provision that 
establishes the obligation of the Assistant Secretary of 
Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
to provide escort services to an inmate receiving an abortion 
outside of a Federal facility, except where this obligation 
conflicts with the preceding section.
    Section 569. The Committee includes a new provision 
requiring that OMB and DHS ensure the congressional budget 
justifications accompanying the President's budget proposal for 
DHS, include estimates of the number of unaccompanied alien 
children anticipated to be apprehended in the budget year; the 
number of agent or officer hours required to care for such 
children; all other associated costs for each Departmental 
component; and, all costs associated with transporting such 
children from one Departmental component to another component 
or Federal agency.
    Section 570. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision rescinding unobligated balances from specified 
programs.
    Section 571. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision rescinding specified funds from the Treasury 
Forfeiture Fund.
    Section 572. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision rescinding unobligated balances from legacy programs.
    Section 573. The Committee continues and modifies a 
provision rescinding unobligated balances from FEMA DRF.
    Section 574. The Committee continues a provision that 
prohibits new budget authority from exceeding budget allocation 
in fiscal year 2015.

    APPROPRIATIONS CAN BE USED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH MADE

    Title 31 of the United States Code makes clear that 
appropriations can be used only for the purposes for which they 
were appropriated as follows:
    Section 1301. Application.
    (a) Appropriations shall be applied only to the objects for 
which the appropriations were made except as otherwise provided 
by law.

              HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT REQUIREMENTS

    The following items are included in accordance with various 
requirements of the Rules of the House of Representatives.

                          FULL COMMITTEE VOTES

    Pursuant to the provisions of clause 3(b) of rule XIII of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives, the results of each 
roll call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, 
together with the names of those voting for and those voting 
against, are printed below:


         STATEMENT OF GENERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

    Pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following is a statement of 
general performance goals and objectives for which this measure 
authorizes funding:
    The Committee on Appropriations considers program 
performance, including a program's success in developing and 
attaining outcome-related goals and objectives, in developing 
funding recommendations.

                          RESCISSION OF FUNDS

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following table is submitted 
describing the rescissions recommended in the accompanying 
bill:
        Account/Activity                                     Rescissions
Public Law 112-10, Coast Guard, AC&I--Reduction of Unobligated 
    Balances..................................................$2,550,000
Public Law 112-74, Coast Guard, AC&I--Reduction of Unobligated 
    Balances.................................................. 4,095,000
Public Law 113-6, Coast Guard, AC&I--Reduction of Unobligated 
    Balances..................................................16,892,000
Public Law 113-76, CBP, OAM--Reduction of Unobligated Balances 8,000,000
Public Law 113-76, TSA, Aviation Security, Screener PC&B......20,000,000
Public Law 113-76, Coast Guard, AC&I--Reduction of Unobligated 
    Balances..................................................52,905,000
S&T, Research, Development, Acquisition, & Operations (70 
     0800)...........................................14,000,000
Treasury Asset Forfeiture Fund...............................200,000,000
Legacy Balances, CBP, Salaries and Expenses................... 1,362,000
FEMA, Disaster Relief Fund (70-X-0702).......................388,511,000

                           TRANSFER OF FUNDS

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2), rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following is submitted describing 
the transfer of funds provided in the accompanying bill.
    The table shows, by title, department and agency, the 
appropriations affected by such transfers:

            Appropriation Transfers Recommended in the Bill


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Account from which transfer is
    Account to which transfer is to be made         Amount                 to be made                 Amount
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Office of Inspector General...................     $24,000,000  FEMA--Disaster Relief Fund......     $24,000,000
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    DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS

    Neither the bill nor the report contains any congressional 
earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as 
defined in clause 9 of rule XXI.

          Compliance With Rule XIII, Cl. 3(e) (Ramseyer Rule)

    In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by 
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law 
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new 
matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is 
proposed is shown in roman):

  2002 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FURTHER RECOVERY FROM AND 
           RESPONSE TO TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATES


(Public Law 107-206)

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TITLE I--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

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CHAPTER 12--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

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GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER

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    Sec. 1202. (a) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
may, for a period ending not later than [December 31, 2016] 
December 31, 2017, appoint and maintain a cadre of up to 350 
Federal annuitants: (1) without regard to any provision of 
title 5, United States Code, which might otherwise require the 
application of competitive hiring procedures; and (2) who shall 
not be subject to any reduction in pay (for annuity allocable 
to the period of actual employment) under the provisions of 
section 8344 or 8468 of such title 5 or similar provision of 
any other retirement system for employees. A reemployed Federal 
annuitant as to whom a waiver of reduction under paragraph (2) 
applies shall not, for any period during which such waiver is 
in effect, be considered an employee for purposes of subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, 
or such other retirement system (referred to in paragraph (2)) 
as may apply.

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HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002

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TITLE VIII--COORDINATION WITH NONFEDERAL--ENTITIES; INSPECTOR GENERAL; 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS

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                        Subtitle D--Acquisitions

SEC. 831. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

    (a) Authority.--[Until September 30, 2014,] Until September 
30, 2015, and subject to subsection (d), the Secretary may 
carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary may 
exercise the following authorities:
         (1) *  *  *

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    (c) Additional Requirements.--
          (1) In general.--The authority of the Secretary under 
        this section shall terminate [September 30, 2014,] 
        September 30, 2015, unless before that date the 
        Secretary--
                  (A) *  *  *

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2007

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TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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    Sec. 550. (a) *  *  *
    (b) Interim regulations issued under this section shall 
apply until the efftctive date of interim or final regulations 
promulgated under other laws that establish requirements and 
standards referred to in subsection (a) and expressly supersede 
this section: Provided, That the authority provided by this 
section shall terminate [on October 4, 2014] on October 4, 
2015.

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               COMPLIANCE WITH RULE XIII, CL. 3(F)(1)(A)

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee has inserted at the 
appropriate place in the report a description of the effects of 
provisions proposed in the accompanying bill which may be 
considered, under certain circumstances, to change the 
application of existing law, either directly or indirectly.
    The bill provides, in some instances, funding of agencies 
and activities where legislation has not yet been finalized. In 
addition, the bill carries language, in some instances, 
permitting activities not authorized by law. Additionally, the 
Committee includes a number of general provisions.

             TITLE I--DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS


            Office of the Secretary and Executive Management

    The Committee includes language providing funds for the 
Office of the Secretary and Executive Management (OSEM) 
offices, including funds for official reception and 
representation expenses. The Committee requires the Secretary 
submit an implementation plan for biometric exit and specifies 
certain funding levels for aircraft.

              Office of the Under Secretary for Management

    The Committee includes language providing funds for 
reception and representation expenses; for costs necessary to 
consolidate headquarters operations, including tenant 
improvements and relocation costs; and for the human resources 
information technology program. The Committee requires 
submission of a Comprehensive Acquisition Status Report.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

    The Committee includes language providing funds for the 
Chief Financial Officer. The Committee requires submission of a 
Future Years Homeland Security Program concurrent with the 
budget request.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

    The Committee includes language providing funds for the 
Chief Information Officer and for the development and 
acquisition of information technology equipment, software, 
services, and related activities.

                        Analysis and Operations

    The Committee includes language providing funds for 
information analysis and operations coordination activities, 
including funding for official representation expenses.

                      Office of Inspector General

    The Committee includes language providing funds for the 
Office of Inspector General as well as certain confidential 
operational expenses, including the payment of informants.

          TITLE II--SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS


                   U.S. Customs and Border Protection


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
border security, immigration, customs, and agricultural 
inspections and regulatory activities; purchase or lease of 
vehicles; contracting with individuals for personal services; 
Harbor Maintenance Fee collections; official reception and 
representation expenses; Customs User Fee collections; payment 
of rental space in connection with preclearance operations; and 
compensation of informants. The Committee includes language 
regarding overtime compensation and requires Border Patrol to 
maintain an active duty force of 21,370 agents.

                        AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
automated systems.

        BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology.

 AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND PROCUREMENT

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
the operations, maintenance, and procurement of marine vessels, 
aircraft, unmanned aircraft systems, the Air and Marine 
Operations Center, and other equipment; travel; and assistance 
to other law enforcement agencies and humanitarian efforts. The 
Committee includes language prohibiting the transfer of 
aircraft and related equipment out of CBP unless certain 
conditions are met. Language is included allowing CBP to 
increase operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

                 CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
the planning, acquisition, construction, renovating, equipping, 
and maintaining of buildings and facilities.

                U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The Committee includes language making funds available to 
conduct investigations of criminal violations of federal law 
relating to border security, customs and trade, immigration and 
naturalization, and travel and transportation; for the civil 
enforcement of the immigration and customs laws, including the 
detention and removal of immigration status violators; special 
operations; official reception and representation expenses; for 
compensation to informants; promotion of public awareness of 
the child pornography tipline; for enforcement of law against 
forced child labor; for the facilitation of section 287(g); and 
for the reimbursement of other federal agencies for certain 
costs. The Committee includes language regarding overtime 
compensation, a minimum number of detention bed spaces, the 
Visa Security Program, the operations of the National 
Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, for 
transportation of unaccompanied alien children, and for Custody 
Operations. The Committee also includes language that requires 
the Secretary to identify illegal aliens who have been 
convicted of a crime or who pose a serious risk to public 
safety or national security who are eligible for removal. The 
Committee prohibits the delegation of law enforcement authority 
for the 287(g) program if terms of the agreement have been 
materially violated. The Committee prohibits funds to continue 
any contract for detention services if two recent evaluations 
are less than adequate and authorizes the Secretary to 
reprogram and transfer funds within and into this appropriation 
for the purposes of detaining aliens prioritized for removal.

                        AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
automated systems.

                 Transportation Security Administration


                           AVIATION SECURITY

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
civil aviation security, including the availability of funds 
for Screener Compensation and Benefits; provides additional 
funds for multi-modal passenger screening canine teams under 
Aviation Regulation and Other Enforcement; and establishes 
conditions under which security fees are collected and 
credited. The Committee also includes language providing funds 
for reception and representation expenses. The Committee limits 
staffing to 45,000 full-time equivalent screeners, not 
including part-time hires, and requires reports on advanced 
technology and staffing deployment; and expedited screening. 
The Committee withholds funds from Screener Compensation and 
Benefits until the agency submits a post-hoc technical 
correction to the fiscal year 2015 budget justification. 
Finally, the bill includes language clarifying a variety of 
people are not exempt from screening.

                    SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

    The Committee includes language providing funds for surface 
transportation security programs of the Transportation Security 
Administration.

                   INTELLIGENCE AND VETTING PROGRAMS

    The Committee includes language providing funds for 
intelligence and screening programs.

                    TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

    The Committee includes language providing funds for TSA's 
transportation security support programs. The Committee 
withholds funds from Headquarters and Administration until the 
agency submits multiple reports. Additionally, the Committee 
prohibits funds from this Act from being used to purchase 
certain next-generation systems until the agency submits one of 
the reports.

                              Coast Guard


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

    The Committee includes a provision regarding passenger 
motor vehicles, small boats, repairs and service life-
replacements, minor shore construction projects, recreation and 
welfare, and the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. The Committee 
also includes language on reception and representation expenses 
and reprogrammings. The Committee withholds funding for the 
Headquarters Directorate until certain conditions have been met 
and allows for reprogrammings from certain PPA's.

                ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

    The Committee includes language providing funds for 
environmental compliance and restoration of the Coast Guard and 
directs the inclusion of costs associated with backlogged 
projects be included in the annual budget submission.

                            RESERVE TRAINING

    The Committee includes language providing funds for the 
Coast Guard reserve, including maintenance and operation of the 
reserve program, personnel and training costs, equipment and 
services.

              ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS

    The Committee includes language providing for funds for the 
Coast Guard acquisition, construction, renovation, and 
improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, housing, 
vessels, and aircraft as well as for maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease and operations of facilities and 
equipment. The Committee includes provisions clarifying the 
availability of funds for production and post-production costs, 
requiring a capital investment plan for future appropriations 
years with certain conditions and limiting the time for review 
of the capital investment plan by the Office of Management and 
Budget.

              RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

    The Committee includes language providing funds for applied 
scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; and for 
maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities 
and equipment. The Committee includes language allowing funds 
to remain available until September 30, 2016; authorizing funds 
to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; and 
authorizing funds received from State and local governments, 
other public authorities, private sources, and foreign 
countries to be credited to this account and used for certain 
purposes.

                              RETIRED PAY

    The Committee includes language providing funds for retired 
pay and medical care for the Coast Guard's retired personnel 
and their dependents and makes these funds available until 
expended.

                      United States Secret Service


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

    The Committee includes language that provides funds for the 
purchase and replacement of vehicles; the hire of aircraft; 
purchase of motorcycles; services of expert witnesses as may be 
necessary; rental of certain buildings; improvements to 
buildings as may be necessary for protective missions; per diem 
and subsistence allowances; firearms matches; presentation of 
awards; protective travel; research and development; grants for 
behavioral research; official reception and representation 
expenses; technical assistance and equipment to foreign law 
enforcement organizations; advance payment for commercial 
accommodations; and uniforms. The Committee provides for two-
year availability of funds for protective travel. The Committee 
authorizes the obligation of funds in anticipation of 
reimbursements for training, under certain conditions. The 
Committee also restricts the obligation of funds to compensate 
employees for overtime in an annual amount in excess of $35,000 
except under certain conditions. The Committee withholds funds 
from Headquarters and Administration until the agency submits a 
report addressing professional conduct. The Committee includes 
language permitting some funds may be transferred between PPAs. 
Finally the Committee prohibits funds to be available for the 
protection of the head of a Federal agency other than the 
Secretary of Homeland Security unless the Secret Service has 
entered into a reimbursable agreement.

     ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED EXPENSES

    The Committee includes language providing funds for the 
acquisition, construction, improvement, and related expenses of 
Secret Service facilities.

                  TITLE III--PREPAREDNESS AND RECOVERY


              National Protection and Programs Directorate


                     MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

    The Committee includes language providing funds for the 
Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and 
Programs Directorate as well as to support business operations 
and information technology. The Committee also includes 
language providing funds for official reception and 
representation expenses.

           INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION SECURITY

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
cybersecurity activities and infrastructure protection, of 
which certain funds are available until September 30, 2016.

                       FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

    The Committee includes language making funds available 
until expended for the operations of the Federal Protective 
Service. The Committee requires certification that operations 
will be fully funded through the revenues and collection of 
security fees and requires a human capital plan aligning fee 
collections to personnel requirements.

                Office of Biometric Identity Management

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
the Office of Biometric Identity Management.

                        Office of Health Affairs

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
health affairs, biosurveillance, BioWatch, medical readiness 
planning, and chemical defense. The Committee also includes 
language providing funds for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The Committee includes language that provides funds for 
salaries and expenses. The Committee also includes a provision 
providing funds for reception and representation expenses, 
Urban Search and Rescue Response System, Mount Weather 
Emergency Operations Center, and a provision limiting 
administrative costs for Urban Search and Rescue Teams.

                        STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

    The Committee includes language that provides funds for 
grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, other activities, 
including grants to State and local governments for terrorism 
prevention. The Committee also includes a provision identifying 
the amount of funds available for Operation Stonegarden and for 
National Programs. The Committee includes language specifying 
the conditions under which both applications and grants are 
made to certain grants made in the Act. The Committee also 
includes language specifying the conditions for distribution of 
certain grants and provides authority for the procurement of 
land.

                     FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

    The Committee includes language that provides funds for 
grants.

                EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

    The Committee includes language that provides funds for 
grants.

              RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

    The Committee includes a provision regarding charges 
assessed for the radiological emergency preparedness program, 
including conditions and methodology for the assessment and 
collection of fees.

                   UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

    The Committee includes language that provides funds for 
expenses of the U.S. Fire Administration.

                            DISASTER RELIEF

    The Committee includes language making funds available 
until expended and requires a variety of reporting 
requirements.

                 FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
flood hazard mapping, including administrative costs.

                     NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

    The Committee includes language limiting funds available 
for salaries and expenses and language making funds available 
for flood hazard mitigation floodplain management available 
until September 30, 2015. The Committee includes provisions 
limiting operating expenses; for interest on Treasury 
borrowings; for agents' commissions and taxes; for fees 
collected and available for floodplain management; and for 
flood mitigation activities associated with sections of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. The Committee includes 
language permitting additional fees collected be credited as an 
offsetting collection and available for floodplain management, 
The Committee includes language providing that not to exceed 
four percent of the total appropriation is available for 
administrative costs.

                  NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

    The Committee includes language authorizing grant awards to 
be available until expended.

                       EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

    The Committee includes language making funds available 
until expended and limiting total administrative costs to 3.5 
percent of the total appropriation.

       TITLE IV--RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES


           United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
the E-Verify program and permitting replacement of vehicles.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
official representation expenses; purchase of police type 
pursuit vehicles; student athletic and related recreational 
activities; conducting and participating in firearms matches; 
public awareness and community support; room and board; 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; law enforcement 
accreditation; reimbursements for certain mobile phone 
expenses. The Committee includes language authorizing the 
training of certain law enforcement personnel; authorizes the 
use of appropriations and reimbursements for such training and 
establishes a cap on total obligations. The Committee also 
includes language authorizing funds for the compensation of 
accreditation costs for participating agencies; and on the 
scheduling of basic or advanced law enforcement training.

      ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED EXPENSES

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
real property and facilities and authorizes reimbursement from 
government agencies requesting construction of special use 
facilities.

                         Science and Technology


                     MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

    The Committee includes language providing funds for 
management and administration as well as official reception and 
representation expenses.

           RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION AND OPERATIONS

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
research, development, test and evaluation; acquisition; and 
operations. The Committee also includes a provision providing 
funds for the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility.

                   Domestic Nuclear Detection Office


                     MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

    The Committee includes language that provides funds for 
management and administration, including funds for reception 
and representation expenses, and requires a strategic 
investment plan for implementation of DHS responsibilities 
under the domestic component of the global nuclear detection 
architecture.

           RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
nuclear detection research, development, testing, and 
evaluation.

                          SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

    The Committee includes language making funds available for 
the purchase and deployment of radiation detection equipment.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Language limiting the availability of any appropriation for 
obligation beyond the current year unless expressly provided.
    Language permitting unexpended balances of prior 
appropriations to be merged with new appropriation accounts and 
used for the same purpose, subject to reprogramming guidelines.
    Language providing reprogramming authority for funds within 
an account and limiting the percent that can be transferred 
between appropriations accounts with the requirement for a 15-
day advance congressional notification. A detailed funding 
table identifying each congressional control level for 
reprogramming purposes is included at the end of this report. 
These reprogramming guidelines shall be complied with by all 
agencies funded by the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2014, for obligation and deobligation of 
funds.
    Language prohibiting funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department to make payment to the Working 
Capital Fund (WCF), except for activities and amounts allowed 
in the President's fiscal year 2015 request. Funds provided to 
the WCF are available until expended. The Department can only 
charge components for direct usage of the WCF and these funds 
may be used only for the purposes consistent with the 
contributing component. Any funds paid in advance or reimbursed 
must reflect the full cost of each service. The WCF shall be 
subject to the requirements of section 503 of this Act.
    Language providing that not to exceed 50 percent of 
unobligated balances remaining at the end of fiscal year 2015 
from appropriations made for salaries and expenses remain 
available through fiscal year 2016 subject to reprogramming 
guidelines.
    Language providing that funds for intelligence activities 
are deemed to be specifically authorized during fiscal year 
2015 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence 
activities for fiscal year 2015.
    Language requiring notification of the Committees on 
Appropriations three days before grant allocations, grant 
awards, contract awards, other transactional agreements, letter 
of intents, or task or delivery order on a multiple contract 
award totaling $1,000,000 or more, or a task order greater than 
$10,000,000 from multi-year funds, is announced by the 
Department, including contracts covered by the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation or sole source grant award. The 
Department is required to brief the Committees on 
Appropriations five full day business days prior to announcing 
the intention to make a grant under State and Local Programs.
    Language prohibiting any agency from purchasing, 
constructing, or leasing additional facilities for federal law 
enforcement training without advance approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations.
    Language prohibiting funds to be used for any construction, 
repair, alteration, and acquisition project for which a 
prospectus, if required under chapter 33 of title 40, United 
States Code, has not been approved.
    Language consolidating, by reference, prior year statutory 
bill language into one provision. These provisions relate to 
contracting officer's technical representative training; 
sensitive security information; and the use of funds in 
conformance with Section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. 
The language eliminates statutory reporting requirements for 
SSI.
    Language prohibiting funds being used in contravention of 
the Buy American Act.
    Language on reporting requirements for the DHS Privacy 
Officer.
    Language maintaining the use of the oath of allegiance 
required by Section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
    Language requiring the Chief Financial Officer to submit 
monthly budget execution and staffing reports within 45 days 
after the close of each month. The Committee also directs the 
submission of obligation and expenditure plans annually and 
quarterly for specified programs.
    Language directing that any funds appropriated or 
transferred to TSA ``Aviation Security'', ``Administration'', 
and ``Transportation Security Support'' in fiscal years 2004 
and 2005, which are recovered or deobligated, shall be 
available only for procurement and installation of explosive 
detection systems for air cargo, baggage, and checkpoint 
screening systems. The Committee also requires quarterly 
reports on recovered or deobligated funds.
    Language requiring any funds appropriated to the Coast 
Guard's 110-123 foot patrol boat conversion that are recovered, 
collected, or otherwise received as a result of negotiation, 
mediation, or litigation, be available until expended for the 
Fast Response Cutter program.
    Language classifying the functions of the instructor staff 
at FLETC as inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal 
Activities Inventory Reform Act.
    Language requires the Inspector General to review 
Departmental contracts awarded noncompetitively and report on 
the results to the Committees.
    Language prohibiting funding for any position designated as 
a Principal Federal Official during a Stafford Act declared 
disaster or emergency.
    Language precluding DHS from using funds in this Act to 
carry out reorganization authority.
    Language prohibiting funding to grant an immigration 
benefit to any individual unless the results of background 
checks required in statute be completed prior to the grant of 
the benefit have been received by DHS.
    Language relating to the use of transactional authority by 
DHS through fiscal year 2015.
    Language requiring the Secretary to link all contracts that 
provide award fees to successful acquisition outcomes.
    Language is included requiring notification of any request 
for waivers of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant 
to 46 U.S.C. 501(b).
    Language regarding prescription drugs.
    Language requiring the Secretary, in conjunction with the 
Secretary of Treasury, to notify the Committees of any proposed 
transfers from the Department of Treasury Forfeiture Fund to 
any agency within DHS. No funds may be obligated until the 
Subcommittees approve the proposed transfers.
    Language prohibiting funds for the planning, testing, 
piloting or developing a national identification card.
    Language requiring FEMA to publish on its website a report 
summarizing damage assessment information used to determine 
disaster declarations.
    Language directing that any official required by this Act 
to report or certify to the Committees on Appropriations may 
not delegate any authority unless expressly authorized to do so 
in this Act.
    Language extending the date of the chemical security 
program.
    Language prohibiting the use of funds for the transfer or 
release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    Language prohibiting funds in this Act to be used for 
first-class travel.
    Language prohibiting funds to be used to employ illegal 
workers as described in Section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act.
    Language on the proper disposal of personal information 
collected through the Registered Traveler program. A report on 
procedures and status is required to be submitted 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
    Language prohibiting funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act to pay for award or incentive fees for 
contractors with below satisfactory performance or performance 
that fails to meet the basic requirements of the contract.
    Language requiring any new processes developed to screen 
aviation passengers and crews for transportation or national 
security to consider privacy and civil liberties, consistent 
with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance.
    Language making immigration examination fee collections 
explicitly available for immigrant integration grants, not to 
exceed $10,000,000, in fiscal year 2015.
    Language prohibiting funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act from being used to enter into federal 
contracts unless in accordance with the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act or the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation, unless otherwise authorized by statute.
    Language providing $30,000,000 for Financial Systems 
Modernization efforts across the Department.
    Language permitting the Secretary to transfer up to 
$20,000,000 to address immigration emergencies notwithstanding 
section 503 of this Act
    Language regarding disposal of Service Processing Centers 
or other ICE owned detention facilities.
    Language requiring a multi-year investment and management 
plan.
    Language requiring the Secretary to enforce all existing 
immigration laws.
    Language appropriating funds for federal network security.
    Language prohibiting funds made available in this Act from 
being used to establish or maintain computer networks unless 
such networks block pornography.
    Language regarding the transfer of firearms by federal law 
enforcement personnel.
    Language prohibiting funds for the implementation of the 
National Preparedness Grant Program or any successor grant 
program.
    Language prohibiting funds for the position of Public 
Advocate or successor position within ICE.
    Language regarding public private partnership initiatives.
    Language regarding funding restrictions and reporting 
requirements regarding conferences occurring outside of the 
United States.
    Language prohibiting funds made available by this Act from 
being used to enter into a contract or agreement with, or 
provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that was 
convicted of a felony criminal violation within the last 24 
months.
    Language prohibiting funds made from being used to enter 
into a contract or agreement with any corporation that has any 
unpaid federal tax liabilities.
    Language prohibiting the reimbursement of funds to any 
federal department or agency for its participation in a NSSE.
    Language prohibiting pre-clearance locations unless CBP 
meets certain conditions and conducts the necessary analysis 
and reporting.
    Language prohibiting funds from being used to require 
airport operators to provide airport-financed staffing to 
monitor exit points at which TSA provided such monitoring as of 
December 1, 2013.
    Language prohibiting funds from this Act from being used to 
require a chemical facility to employ or not employ a 
particular security measure for personnel surety if the 
facility has adopted the appropriate personnel measures.
    Language requiring DHS to grant waivers to section 34 of 
the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 when making 
grants for Firefighter Assistance Grants.
    Language prohibiting DHS from imposing border crossing fees 
at land ports of entry along the Southern or Northern borders, 
or to conduct any fee study.
    Language regarding the availability of COBRA fee revenue.
    Language requiring the Secretary to report on the 
Department's requirements, inventories, and usage of 
ammunition.
    Language requiring the Secretary to report on the 
Department's requirements for and usage of weapons.
    Language prohibiting funds from being used for 
environmental remediation of a specified location.
    Language directing the inclusion of budget justification 
for any structural pay reform that affects more than 100 FTE 
employee positions or costs more than $5,000,000.
    Language directing the inclusion of budget justification 
for acquisition and directing the development of the definition 
for expense items and investment items.
    Language making a Transportation Security Officer who died 
in the line of duty, a public safety officer, for the purpose 
of affording the standard public safety officer benefits 
available under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 to the Officer's widow and children.
    Language prohibiting ICE from paying for abortions except 
in certain circumstances.
    Language prohibiting ICE from requiring any person to 
perform an abortion.
    Language authorizing ICE to escort female detainees outside 
the detention facilities.
    Language requiring that OMB and DHS include estimates of 
the number of unaccompanied alien children anticipated to be 
apprehended in the budget year; the number of agent or officer 
hours required to care for such children; all other associated 
costs for each Departmental component; and, all costs 
associated with transporting such children from one 
Departmental component to another component or Federal agency.
    Language rescinding unobligated balances from specified 
programs.
    Language permanently rescinding specified funds from the 
Treasury Forfeiture Fund.
    Language rescinding unobligated balances from legacy 
programs.
    Language rescinding unobligated balances from FEMA DRF.
    Language prohibiting new budget authority from exceeding 
the budget allocation in fiscal year 2015.

                  APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following table lists the 
appropriations in the accompanying bill that are not authorized 
by law:

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                   COMPARISON WITH BUDGET RESOLUTION

    Section 308(a)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act 
requires the report accompanying a bill providing new budget 
authority to contain a statement comparing the levels in the 
bill to the suballocations submitted under section 302(b) of 
the Act for the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution 
on the budget for the applicable fiscal year. That information 
is provided in the table headed ``Comparison of Reported Bill 
to Section 302(b) Suballocation.''

                                            [in millions of dollars]
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                                                                  302(b) allocation             This bill
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Budget                    Budget
                                                               Authority     Outlays     Authority     Outlays
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
 to its subcommittees: Subcommittee on Homeland Security:
    General Purpose Discretionary...........................       45,658       44,712       45,658    \1\44,712
    Mandatory...............................................        1,576        1,580        1,576        1,580
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\1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

                      FIVE YEAR OUTLAY PROJECTIONS

    In compliance with section 308(a)(1)(B) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), as 
amended, the following table contains five-year projections 
associated with the budget authority provided in the 
accompanying bill:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Outlays
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Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation:
    2015...................................................    \1\26,737
    2016...................................................        9,666
    2017...................................................        5,917
    2018...................................................        2,820
    2019 and future years..................................        2,009
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\1\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

               ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    In accordance with section 308(a)(1)(C) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), as 
amended, the financial assistance to state and local 
governments is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Budget
                                                 Authority     Outlays
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Financial assistance to State and local               5,847       \1\336
 governments for 2015.........................
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\1\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

                          PROGRAM DUPLICATION

    The bill extends the expiration date for the Chemical 
Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program for the 
duration of fiscal year 2015 to assure no lapse in this program 
pending the reauthorization of the program by the authorization 
committee. To the Committee's knowledge, this program has not 
been included in a report from the Government Accountability 
Office pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-319, the 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance has not identified other 
programs related to the program, and this program does not 
duplicate another Federal program.
    Language making a Transportation Security Officer who died 
in the line of duty, a public safety officer, for the purpose 
of affording the standard public safety officer benefits 
available under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 to the Officer's widow and children.
    Language prohibiting ICE from paying for abortions except 
in certain circumstances.
    Language prohibiting ICE from requiring any person to 
perform an abortion.
    Language authorizing ICE to escort female detainees outside 
the detention facilities.
    Language requiring that OMB and DHS include estimates of 
the number of unaccompanied alien children anticipated to be 
apprehended in the budget year; the number of agent or officer 
hours required to care for such children; all other associated 
costs for each Departmental component; and, all costs 
associated with transporting such children from one 
Departmental component to another component or Federal agency.

                          DIRECTED RULE MAKING

    The bill does not contain any provision that specifically 
directs the promulgation or completion of a rule.

                    DETAILED EXPLANATIONS IN REPORT

    The following table contains detailed funding 
recommendations at the program, project, and activity (PPA) 
level.

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             ADDITIONAL VIEWS OF NITA LOWEY AND DAVID PRICE

    We want to commend the Chairman for leading another open, 
collaborative, and bipartisan process in constructing the 
Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill. We will 
never agree on every issue or funding level, but the Chairman 
and his staff have consistently worked with the minority in 
good faith, and have accommodated us at every opportunity.

                           302(B) ALLOCATION

    At $887,000,000 above the budget request, this bill is 
fortunate to have a healthy allocation relative to the 
Department's operational needs. There is one major exception to 
that characterization, however, related to a $50,000,000 
reduction to the bill's National Defense (Budget Function 050) 
sub-allocation.
    The Homeland Security appropriations bill contains only 
three accounts with funding that is classified as National 
Defense. For both the U.S. Coast Guard's Operating Expenses 
account and the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) 
Salaries and Expenses account, the Congressional Budget Office 
designates a fixed amount as National Defense funding, 
regardless of the total amount appropriated for each account. 
The third account, the National Protection and Program's 
Directorate's Infrastructure Protection and Information 
Security (IPIS) appropriation, falls entirely in the National 
Defense category. As a result, any reduction to the 
subcommittee's Budget Function 050 sub-allocation necessarily 
and arbitrarily results in a cut to IPIS. In the case of the 
fiscal year 2015 bill, the major impact is a $48,400,000 cut 
below the request for Next Generation Networks activities, 
which will result in a significant delay to transitioning 
Priority Telecommunications Services to Internet-based 
technologies. While this may be a reasonable way to absorb such 
a sizeable cut to the IPIS appropriation, it is not without 
consequence.

                           FUNDING PRIORITIES

    The bill addresses several bipartisan and Democratic 
priorities, including maintaining the current funding levels 
for first responder and anti-terrorism grants, Pre-Disaster 
Mitigation grants, flood mapping grants, and for research and 
development activities in support of DHS operations. It 
provides funding for the Office for Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties at the requested level, including $2,394,000 to 
continue oversight of the 287(g) and Secure Communities 
programs. In addition, the bill appropriates the final funding 
increment to construct the National Bio and Agro-defense 
Facility, which will enable significant new research capability 
to help prevent the introduction or spread of the most serious 
animal diseases.
    While providing level funding of $120,000,000 for the 
Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP), the bill omits the 
proposed authority to transfer EFSP to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Instead, the Committee 
makes clear that any future program transfer proposal must be 
premised on consultation with program stakeholders, appropriate 
justification, and a fully developed plan for transition.
    For University Programs, the Committee recommends 
$41,000,000, an increase of $1,276,000 above the current level 
and $10,000,000 above the request. This funding will allow the 
Science and Technology Directorate to continue supporting the 
current number of Centers of Excellence (COE), including the 
new COE funded in fiscal year 2014.
    Importantly, the bill provides increases above the request 
for frontline personnel so that they can continue to conduct 
critical operations along our borders, protect our nation's 
airports, seaports, and land ports of entry, coastal waters, 
and commercial airflights, and respond to natural disasters 
across the country. In addition, the bill increases funding for 
critical Coast Guard and CBP Air and Marine acquisitions to 
recapitalize aging assets while also bringing the latest 
aviation and vessel technologies online to ensure our frontline 
personnel can operate more effectively--improving on the 
Administration's request on each of these fronts.

                        DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

    On the budgeting and acquisition front, we fully endorse 
the Chairman's efforts to push the Department to establish more 
rigorous, consistent, and comprehensive processes to ensure 
that budgets are based on mission requirements and fill 
critical capability gaps; that acquisitions are based on 
careful capability gap assessments and alternatives analyses, 
and are supported by coordinated research, development, testing 
and evaluation efforts; and that budgeting is carried out based 
on a comprehensive, department-wide perspective and 
acquisitions are based on department-wide priorities. Secretary 
Johnson is pushing hard to move the Department in this 
direction, and so the funding and the directives in the bill 
and report will help to greatly facilitate the Secretary's 
efforts while also holding the Department accountable for 
delivering.

                 IMMIGRATION DETENTION AND ENFORCEMENT

    It is often forgotten that ICE detention is not a form of 
punishment for anyone; it is simply a means to ensure the 
removal of individuals who are flight risks or dangers to 
public safety if they are ultimately determined to be 
removable. Therefore, it is unfortunate that the bill once 
again mandates an arbitrary minimum of 34,000 ICE detention 
beds, especially in the current fiscal climate, because it 
denies ICE the flexibility it needs to manage enforcement and 
removal resources in response to changing circumstances and the 
ability to use cheaper, alternative forms of supervision when 
appropriate.
    Except for those subject to mandatory detention, ICE uses a 
formal risk classification assessment to determine which 
individuals in removal proceedings should be detained, placed 
in an Alternative to Detention program, or subjected to some 
other form of non-detention supervision. We should leave ICE 
law enforcement personnel with the discretion to make detention 
determinations that are consistent with legal requirements.
    We are also concerned that increases to some other ICE 
immigration enforcement activities above current levels may be 
excessive when compared to other needs and priorities in the 
bill.

                         UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN

    The bill provides additional resources to help the 
Department manage the influx of unaccompanied children crossing 
the southern border, including increases for ICE and CBP that 
the Committee unanimously adopted as part of a manager's 
amendment. Most of those additional resources were in response 
to a letter the Committee received from OMB two days after the 
Subcommittee reported the bill that identified an additional 
$166,000,000 above the budget request needed to manage the 
influx of unaccompanied children expected next year. While we 
must defend the integrity of our borders, we have always been 
and always will be a nation that welcomes immigrants, embraces 
refugees fleeing violence and persecution, and gives 
humanitarian considerations a high priority. This influx of 
unaccompanied children highlights a tension between these 
values and priorities, and the laws and policies that undergird 
them.

                           IMMIGRATION REFORM

    Members on both sides of the aisle know that our 
immigration system is broken and in dire need of reform, even 
if there are differences about what that reform should entail. 
In any case, the Appropriations Committee cannot resolve the 
immigration reform issue; sooner or later, the House itself 
must address this problem in a comprehensive way. The longer we 
wait, however, the more difficult and expensive the problems 
will become, and the more difficult it will be for the 
Department and this Committee to manage them. For now, we must 
address the resource requirements for the Department of 
Homeland Security for fiscal year 2015, including the 
requirements for managing and caring for unaccompanied children 
and other migrants who cross the border without immigration 
status. This bill addresses those requirements according to the 
best estimates available.

                     DHS HEADQUARTERS CONSOLIDATION

    Unfortunately, this bill provides no funding for the new 
DHS headquarters already under construction on the St. 
Elizabeth's campus, despite $73,000,000 proposed for the 
project in the request. We have been told repeatedly by the 
Administration that deferring these investments will further 
increase the project's costs. In addition, further delays in 
constructing new headquarters facilities will require the 
Department to continue to extend costly leases in more than 50 
locations scattered across the Washington, DC metropolitan 
area. On both fiscal grounds and to improve the cohesiveness of 
DHS operations, we must continue to make progress on the 
headquarters project.

         AVAILABILITY OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES FOR WOMEN

    Over strong Democratic objections, the Full Committee once 
again adopted an unnecessary amendment related to the 
availability of reproductive health services for women detained 
by ICE. The restrictions on the use of federal funds for 
abortion procedures are already applicable to ICE and the 
Department of Homeland Security by President Obama's Executive 
Order 13535, issued on March 24, 2010, and are specifically 
formalized in Part 4.4 of ICE's Detention Standards. While many 
of us believe that those restrictions are excessive, they are a 
settled matter, and so we again fail to see the point of 
interjecting this issue on a Homeland Security funding bill. 
The effect of this amendment is to pick an unnecessary 
political fight--as if we did not already have enough 
controversies to divide the Committee.
    Before a similar amendment was offered two years ago, this 
bill had never touched on the topic of abortion because it is 
not relevant to the Department of Homeland Security and falls 
far outside the lines of jurisdiction of the Subcommittee. We 
will continue to work to remove the amendment's unnecessary 
provisions from the bill.

                               CONCLUSION

    In closing, we want to underscore our appreciation for the 
efforts of the Chairman and his staff to work with the minority 
throughout the development of this bill to sustain our 
frontline homeland security operations. Members of the 
Committee often talk about the need to return to regular order, 
a term which conventionally refers to movement of an 
appropriations bill through each stage of the process, 
resulting in enactment. However, that term can also be 
interpreted as approaching the work of appropriations in a 
bipartisan manner with the best interests of the country as the 
first priority. We are pleased to have participated in such an 
approach for the fiscal year 2015 funding bill for the 
Department of Homeland Security.

                                   Nita M. Lowey.
                                   David E. Price.

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