[Senate Report 118-85]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


                                                      Calendar No. 188
118th Congress      }                                    {      Report
                                 SENATE
 1st Session        }                                    {      118-85

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       DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2024
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                 July 27, 2023.--Ordered to be printed

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           Mr. Murphy, from the Committee on Appropriations, 
                        submitted the following

                                 REPORT

                         [To accompany S. 2625]

     The Committee on Appropriations reports an original bill 
(S. 2625) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for 
other purposes, reports favorably thereon and recommends that 
the bill do pass.  




Total obligational authority, fiscal year 2024

Total of bill as reported to the Senate................. $82,784,244,000
Amount of 2023 appropriations...........................  89,605,164,000
Amount of 2024 budget estimate..........................  81,807,777,000
Bill as recommended to Senate compared to--
    2023 appropriations.................................  -6,820,920,000
    2024 budget estimate................................    +976,467,000 
    













                                CONTENTS

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                                                                   Page
Overview and Summary of the Bill.................................     4
References.......................................................     6
Title I:
    Departmental Management, Operations, Intelligence, and 
      Oversight:
        Office of the Secretary and Executive Management.........     7
            Operations and Support...............................     7
            Federal Assistance...................................    18
        Management Directorate...................................    18
            Operations and Support...............................    19
            Procurement, Construction, and Improvements..........    22
            Federal Protective Service...........................    23
        Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Awareness........    23
            Operations and Support...............................    23
            Procurement, Construction, and Improvements..........    24
        Office of Inspector General..............................    25
            Operations and Support...............................    25
    Title I: Administrative Provisions--This Act.................    26
Title II:
    Security, Enforcement, and Investigations:
        U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
            Operations and Support...............................    29
            Procurement, Construction, and Improvements..........    44
        U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement:
            Operations and Support...............................    49
            Procurement, Construction, and Improvements..........    65
        Transportation Security Administration:
            Operations and Support...............................    66
            Procurement, Construction, and Improvements..........    69
            Research and Development.............................    70
        Coast Guard:
            Operations and Support...............................    70
            Procurement, Construction, and Improvements..........    75
            Research and Development.............................    77
            Health Care Fund Contribution........................    77
            Retired Pay..........................................    78
        United States Secret Service:
            Operations and Support...............................    79
            Procurement, Construction, and Improvements..........    80
            Research and Development.............................    80
    Title II: Administrative Provisions..........................    80
Title III:
    Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery:
        Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency:
            Operations and Support...............................    83
            Procurement, Construction, and Improvements..........    88
            Research and Development.............................    88
        Federal Emergency Management Agency:
            Operations and Support...............................    89
            Procurement, Construction, and Improvements..........    94
            Federal Assistance...................................    94
            Disaster Relief Fund.................................    98
            National Flood Insurance Fund........................    99
    Title III: Administrative Provisions.........................    99
Title IV:
    Research and Development, Training, and Services:
        United States Citizenship and Immigration Services:
            Operations and Support...............................   101
        Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers:
            Operations and Support...............................   108
            Procurement, Construction, and Improvements..........   109
        Science and Technology:
            Operations and Support...............................   110
            Procurement, Construction, and Improvements..........   111
            Research and Development.............................   112
        Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office:
            Operations and Support...............................   117
            Procurement, Construction, and Improvements..........   117
            Research and Development.............................   118
            Federal Assistance...................................   119
    Title IV: Administrative Provisions--This Act................   119
Title V: General Provisions......................................   120
Program, Project, and Activity...................................   123
Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the 
  Senate.........................................................   124
Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 
  of the Senate..................................................   125
Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................   125
Budgetary Impact of Bill.........................................   129
Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items............   130
Comparative Statement of New Budget Authority....................   135

                    OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY OF THE BILL

    Fiscal year 2024 represents the 21st annual appropriations 
cycle for the Department of Homeland Security. The Department 
continues to mature and prove its value to our Nation during 
periods of calm and adversity, and the Committee recognizes the 
Department's efforts to maintain our overall national security 
posture, especially in light of developing challenges and 
threats, without forsaking the mission to safeguard the 
American people and that of our homeland.
    The Committee acknowledges the success in executing the 
Department's substantial missions is primarily due to the 
dedication of Department personnel and the Committee is 
grateful to the thousands of personnel across the Department 
for their commitment to public service and recognizes the 
contributions and sacrifices of their families.
    The Committee continues to emphasize initiatives to connect 
and integrate programs across the homeland security enterprise 
in order to meaningfully quantify the value of new investments 
in improving operational capabilities and achieving performance 
improvements. This type of work must become common practice and 
not isolated exceptions. Future requests for investments should 
be informed by workload analyses and predictive analytics to 
clearly detail anticipated requirements and the costs relating 
to those requirements and the Committee directs the Department 
to actively examine new, innovative capabilities to 
successfully meet mission goals. The Committee calls on the 
Department to incorporate into future budget submissions the 
data resulting from modeling efforts and other analytics that 
directly speak to future workload impacts and operational 
requirements. The Committee expects the Department to continue 
gaining management and cost efficiencies by consolidating 
cross-component efforts while allowing components a reasonable 
flexibility necessary to respond quickly to changing or 
emergent threats.
    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$81,637,000,000 for the Department of Homeland Security for 
fiscal year 2024. Of this amount, $61,376,000,000 is for 
discretionary programs and $20,261,000,000 is for the Disaster 
Relief Fund designated by the Congress as disaster relief 
pursuant to Public Law 112-25. This recommended level and the 
accompanying direction in the bill and report advance key, 
bipartisan priorities across the Department, including: (1) 
investments that encourage modern and realistic approaches to 
immigration processing including reducing backlogs for 
workforce authorizations; (2) resources to manage border 
requirements while also pressing to accelerate innovative 
capabilities (such as leveraging artificial intelligence to 
transform how vehicles and cargo are scanned when entering the 
U.S.); (3) funding to help safeguard against, and enable the 
recovery from, natural and manmade disasters; (4) enhancing 
capabilities to detect and respond to growing numbers of 
cybersecurity threats from around the world, including threats 
to both the Federal Government, as well as non-Federal critical 
infrastructure and services; and (5) modernizing Coast Guard's 
surface and air fleets, enhancing our Nation's maritime safety 
and security capabilities and protecting our interests.
    In addition, this bill makes unprecedented investments to 
protect American families against fentanyl. The Committee 
provides $824,385,000 to Customs and Border Protection [CBP] 
and Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] for a range of 
critical investments in the fight to stem the flow of fentanyl 
and other synthetic narcotics into the U.S. Such funds will 
also extend the fight beyond the border, and support and expand 
efforts to disrupt and dismantle transnational criminal 
organizations that operate on a business model involving an 
endless cycle of narcotics, firearms, and human trafficking 
which threatens lives at home and abroad. Of this amount, 
$719,385,000 is provided to CBP for improving the detection and 
seizure of fentanyl at ports of entry with investments in 
equipment, labs, and personnel for both inbound and outbound 
operations. For inbound operations, this level of funding is 
expected to result in an increase from 40 percent to 65 percent 
of passenger vehicles scanned entering the U.S. For outbound 
operations, this level of funding will triple the number of 
ports of entry on the southwest border with dedicated outbound 
capabilities to stop the flow of currency, firearms, 
ammunition, and other contraband being trafficked across the 
southern border to Mexico in connection with the sale of 
fentanyl. Of this amount, $105,000,000 is provided to Homeland 
Security Investigations [HSI] to support the expansion of task 
forces, such as the successful Fentanyl Abatement and 
Suppression Team in San Diego, CA, for new agents near the 
border to support the work to dismantle and disrupt fentanyl 
trafficking, to expand the successful Transnational Criminal 
Investigative Units [TCIUs] abroad to further support work to 
stem fentanyl from ever reaching the United States to begin 
with, and to support HSI's physical presence abroad.
    Fiscal year 2024 funding levels cited in this explanatory 
statement reflect the enacted amounts in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-103), adjusted for 
comparability where noted, and do not include supplemental 
appropriations.

                                             BILL FUNDING PRIORITIES
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                     Fiscal year 2023     Fiscal year 2024        Committee
                                                         enacted              Request           recommendation
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Title I--Departmental Management Operations......            2,984,718            3,373,326            2,672,277
Title II--Security, Enforcement, and                        45,819,765           46,118,234           48,828,506
 Investigations..................................
Title III--Protection, Preparedness, Response,              28,321,562           28,665,542           28,269,927
 and Recovery....................................
Title IV--Research, Development, Training, and               2,006,041            2,559,622            1,933,351
 Services........................................
Title V--General Provisions......................            1,514,914             (56,191)             (67,061)
                                                  --------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, new budget (obligational authority).           80,647,000           80,660,533           81,637,000
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                               References

    Any reference in this explanatory statement to the 
Secretary shall be interpreted to mean the Secretary of 
Homeland Security.
    Any reference to the Department shall be interpreted to 
mean the Department of Homeland Security.
    Any reference to a departmental component shall be 
interpreted to mean offices, components, directorates, or other 
organizations within the Department of Homeland Security.
    Any reference to the budget request or the request shall be 
interpreted to mean the budget of the U.S. Government, fiscal 
year 2024.
    Any reference to FTE shall mean full-time equivalents.
    Any reference to PPA shall mean program, project, and 
activity.
    Any reference to GAO shall mean the Government 
Accountability Office.
    Any reference to OIG shall mean the Office of the Inspector 
General of the Department of Homeland Security.
    Any reference to IT shall mean information technology.
    Any reference to SLTT shall mean State, Local, Tribal, and 
Territorial.

                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

                                TITLE I

    DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, INTELLIGENCE, AND OVERSIGHT

            Office of the Secretary and Executive Management

    The Office of the Secretary and Executive Management [OSEM] 
supports the Department by providing direction, management, and 
policy guidance to operating components. The programs, 
projects, and activities funded by this appropriation include: 
the Office of the Secretary [OE]; the Office of Policy [OPE]; 
the Office of Public Affairs [OPA]; the Office of Legislative 
Affairs [OLA]; the Office of Partnership and Engagement [OPE]; 
the Office of General Counsel [OGC]; the Office for Civil 
Rights and Civil Liberties [OCRCL]; the Office of the 
Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman [CIS Ombudsman]; 
the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman [OIDO]; and 
the Privacy Office [PRIV].

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $319,463,000 for OSEM, which is 
$8,592,000 below the budget request amount and $65,331,000 
below the fiscal year 2023 enacted level. The following table 
summarizes the Committee's recommendation as compared to the 
fiscal year 2023 enacted and budget request levels:

            Office of the Secretary and Executive Management

                                OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
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Management and Oversight..................................           155,690           132,096           127,569
Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans.....................            84,979            76,153            76,153
Operations and Engagement.................................            96,077            84,806            82,841
Procurement, Construction and Improvement.................             8,048  ................  ................
Federal Assistance (Transfer out).........................            40,000            35,000            32,900
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total, Office of Secretary and Executive Management...           344,794           293,055           286,563
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                         OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2023....................................    $336,746,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................     293,055,000
Committee recommendation................................     286,563,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $286,563,000 for Operations and 
Support [O&S], which is $6,492,000 below the budget request 
amount and $50,183,000 below the fiscal year 2023 enacted 
level.
    Access to High-Quality Affordable Childcare for Federal 
Employees.--Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this 
act, and semi-annually thereafter, the Department is directed 
to provide a report on access to high-quality affordable 
childcare for children of Department employees. The report 
shall detail all current programs or efforts that assist 
Federal employees with childcare, identify programs, including 
recruitment and retention programs, that would assist with 
childcare, and detail all associated costs, even if such costs 
are projections. Additionally, the Department shall survey 
employees to capture interest in such programs or efforts and 
identify to the Committee the level of interest and provide the 
number of employees using such programs. Where possible, the 
Department shall identify whether access to childcare hinders 
recruitment or retention efforts, provide the geographical 
locations where such hindrance occurs, and identify targeted 
programs for such cases.
    Alternative Work Arrangements.--The Committee is evaluating 
the impact of alternative work arrangements, including 
telework, on productivity and office space and other resource 
needs. The Committee directs the Department, on a component-by-
component basis, to provide a report within 120 days of 
enactment of this act providing data on the number and 
percentage of employees who are permitted to use alternative 
work arrangements; the average number of days per month 
employees used telework in FY 2023; and how alternative work 
arrangements have impacted productivity, including comparisons 
of productivity metrics for employees who telework versus 
report to a Department facility. Further, the Committee directs 
the Department, on a component-by-component basis, to provide a 
report detailing any policies, whether formal or informal, 
governing alternative work arrangements and safeguards designed 
to ensure that employees are fully productive while taking 
advantage of an alternative work arrangement.
    Biometric Exit and Visa Overstay.--The Department is 
directed to provide a spend plan for H-1B and L-1 fee revenues 
and any other resources being applied to biometric exit 
implementation not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this act. The Committee further directs the 
Department to brief the Committee within 180 days of the date 
of enactment of this act, to detail ongoing efforts to address 
entry and exit data collection and exchange in the land border 
environment. Further, pursuant to section 1376 of title 8, 
United States Code, the Department is required to collect data 
on nonimmigrants who have overstayed their visas and to report 
annual estimates to Congress. The Committee expects that the 
Department will provide the report on an annual basis. As 
previously required, the Department shall submit an updated 
report outlining its comprehensive strategy for overstay 
enforcement and deterrence not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this act. The report shall detail the 
ongoing actions to identify individuals who have overstayed 
their visas, including those necessary to improve the 
capabilities to report such information; notify individuals of 
their required departure dates in advance; track such overstays 
for enforcement action; refuse or revoke current and future 
visas and travel authorization; and otherwise deter violations 
or take enforcement action.
    Charging Document Backlog.--The Committee is dismayed at 
the Department's complete disregard for last year's requirement 
to brief on a plan to address the charging document backlog. 
The Department has had more than 18 months to address this 
issue. Its failure to do so has left hundreds of thousands of 
noncitizens in limbo, unable to start the formal removal 
process. As such, within 30 days of the date of enactment of 
this act and monthly thereafter, the Department is directed to 
report to the Committee on progress made to address the 
charging document backlog. The monthly report shall not only 
provide detailed data on the number of charging documents 
issued and the outstanding backlog, but it shall also detail 
what actions both CBP and ICE have taken to address the 
charging document backlog and to ensure that it will not grow. 
The report shall also include resources in the form of FTE and 
funding dedicated to closing the backlog.
    Correct Addresses for Noncitizen Final Destination.--The 
Committee is concerned that some noncitizens leaving the 
physical custody of the Department do not have the correct 
mailing address on their release paperwork which includes their 
actual final destination, but rather have physical addresses of 
local organizations. The failure to include the correct mailing 
address makes it significantly harder for the noncitizen to 
receive information from the Department, preventing the 
noncitizen from fully complying with all immigration processes. 
The Department is encouraged to examine the current policies 
and procedures relating to the collection of mailing addresses 
for those noncitizens who come into the physical custody or are 
otherwise encountered by the Department and is discouraged from 
supplying addresses where the noncitizen cannot provide.
    Consolidation of Detention Inspections.--The Committee 
believes that an aggressive, and well-funded, internal and 
external inspection program is essential to ensure that 
individuals in the physical custody of the Department reside in 
safe, secure and humane environments. The Office of the 
Immigration Detention Ombudsman [OIDO] was created to help 
facilitate additional oversight of detention facilities, 
however, after the Ombudsman's creation, other Departmental 
components continue to also conduct detention inspections, 
resulting in multiple, overlapping efforts and resource 
competition. The Committee notes that the Department has failed 
to submit the report as required by the report accompanying the 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 117-328. Within 
30 days of enactment of this act, the Department shall provide 
the Committee with the report as directed in the explanatory 
statement accompanying Public Law 117-328.
    Border-Related Data and Transparency.--In addition to the 
reporting requirements found in the National Defense 
Authorization Act of 2017 (Public Law 114-328), the Committee 
continues its requirement that the Department submit quarterly 
Border Security Status reports and data on the deportation, or 
removal, of the parents of citizen children semiannually.
    DATA Act Reporting.--The Committee expects the Department 
to submit timely, accurate, and complete financial and award 
information under existing Department of the Treasury reporting 
obligations in accordance with established management guidance, 
reporting processes, and data standards established under the 
requirements of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act 
(Public Law 113-101).
    Colocation of Department Components.--Within 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the subcommittee a report on 
department efforts to colocate Department components and 
activities into regional operating locations or campuses, 
including to enhance operations and access to secure 
facilities.
    Countering-Unmanned Aerial Systems [UAS].--The Committee 
remains concerned about the increasing threat that Unmanned 
Aerial Systems [UAS] pose to our National security and to the 
safety of the public and the Federal workforce, including their 
use in facilitating illicit activity at the southern border. 
The Secretary, in conjunction with the Office of Intelligence 
and Analysis [I&A], and CBP. shall provide a report to the 
Committee not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this act detailing the current threats posed by the use of 
drones by transnational criminal organizations along the 
Southern border, the Department's ability to address this 
threat through counter-UAS activities, and any authorities that 
would allow the Department to better interdict and deter UAS.
    Department's Mission in Rural Areas.--The Office of 
Partnership and Engagement is directed to provide a briefing to 
the Committee not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this act on its outreach efforts to rural 
communities and Tribes in their efforts to support the homeland 
security mission.
    Efficacy of Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation.--
Within 180 days of the date of enactment of this act, the 
Department shall produce a report that identifies all 
additional authority the Department would acquire if drug 
cartels were formally designated as Foreign Terrorist 
Organizations by the Secretary of State.
    Ending Online Child Exploitation.--The Committee directs 
the Department to brief the Committee semiannually on all of 
the required data pertaining to Department-wide efforts to 
combat human trafficking and child exploitation and provide the 
appropriate committees of jurisdiction with an updated 
comprehensive study on human trafficking as required in the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110-457). The briefing shall include steps the 
Department has taken to respond to the recent media reports 
concerning the safety and well-being of vulnerable 
unaccompanied children.
    Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting.--The 
President issued Executive Order 14019 on March 7, 2021, 
entitled ``Promoting Access to Voting.'' Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this act, the Department shall 
provide a brief on any plans developed and actions taken with 
respect to Executive Order 14019.
    Family Reunification.--The Committee expects that the 
Department will, consistent with assessments that it is in the 
best interest of the child, and whenever possible, ensure that 
separated family units are reunited prior to removal or 
deportation, released from CBP or Bureau of Prisons custody, or 
remain together upon transfer to ICE or ORR custody. The 
Committee expects the Department to ensure that individuals 
transferred from CBP to ICE custody, currently in ICE custody, 
or under ICE supervision, have opportunities to report family 
separation incidents; to verify the status, location, and 
disposition of family members; and to regularly communicate by 
telephone with one another. The Department shall also ensure 
that agents and officers are properly trained in child welfare 
screening for child victims of trafficking, in accordance with 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110-457).
    Family Separation from Parents and Legal Guardians.--The 
Committee remains concerned about the lasting traumatic harm 
inflicted on children when they are separated from their 
parents and legal guardians. The Committee strongly discourages 
any such family separations, absent a specific and documented 
determination by an OHS-hired, State-licensed child welfare 
professional that such separation is in the best interests of a 
child. When making such a determination, the Committee reminds 
the Department that general criminal convictions unrelated to 
the health, safety or welfare of the child, are irrelevant for 
the purposes of making a recommendation to separate a child 
from their parent or legal guardian. The Department is directed 
to provide the Committee with a monthly report, which will be 
made public on the Department's website, documenting when and 
where all family separations occur, whether a State-licensed 
child welfare professional determined that those separations 
were in the best interests of the child; the ages of all 
children separated from their family units; the nature of 
administrative or criminal charges filed against the adult 
family members; and the frequency of instances where family 
units are removed or deported separately.
    Future Goods and Services for Homeland Security Feasibility 
Report.--The Secretary, in conjunction with Federal Emergency 
Management Agency [FEMA] and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency [CISA], as well as relevant departmental 
components and other Federal agencies and departments, shall 
provide a report to the Committee not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this act on the feasibility of 
producing an annual projection of needs for goods and services 
regarding response to and recovery from nationwide events. The 
feasibility report shall detail the ways in which sourcing 
domestic and foreign supplies affects response and recovery 
preparedness and shall include the potential impact of the 
development of a program that communicates anticipated national 
needs on the reliability of the supply chain.
    Joint Requirements Council [JRC].--The Department is 
directed to continue to provide quarterly briefings on the JRC, 
which, at a minimum, shall include specific identification of 
accomplishments for the preceding quarter, particularly those 
that have resulted in any resource alignment, produced any cost 
savings or resulted in any other efficiency. Furthermore, the 
Department is directed to brief the Committee on alternative 
methods to improve the Department's operational effectiveness 
while ensuring DHS components possess the maximum degree of 
flexibility to address mission critical challenges
    Limited English Proficient Communities.--Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this act, and annually 
thereafter, the Department is directed to provide a detailed 
report to the Committee covering the Department's annual 
advertising expenditures by component. The report shall 
identify expenditures that relate to limited English proficient 
communities and shall delineate between forms of advertising 
such as television, radio, or Internet.
    Norther Border Coordination Center.--Within 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the subcommittee a report on 
how a northern border coordination center would impact the 
implementation of the Northern Border Strategy.
    Parole Quarterly Report.--The Department is reminded of the 
instruction in Public Law 117-103 to produce a quarterly report 
on its use of parole authority, including the number of parole 
requests received and granted, and for those granted, the 
rational for each grant and its duration.
    Quarterly Obligation Reports.--The Department shall 
continue to submit quarterly obligation reports to the 
Committee for all reception and representation expenses as 
required in prior years. The Department shall refrain from 
using funds available for reception and representation expenses 
to purchase unnecessary collectibles or memorabilia.
    Recalcitrant Countries.--Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this act, the Department shall, in 
consultation with the Department of State and other relevant 
agencies, submit a report on efforts to remove noncitizens 
encountered from countries who currently refuse to accept 
returns. The report shall be submitted in unclassified form but 
may contain a classified annex.
    Report on Public Health Authorities in Title 8.--Within 180 
days of the date of enactment of this act, the Department shall 
examine whether Title 8 should be amended to include a 
provision addressing immigration processing during a public 
health emergency since Title 42 is an authority for the 
Department of Health and Human Services.
    Records Management.--The Committee expects the Department 
to maintain records and respond to records requests, consistent 
with the requirements of section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code, for information related to all detainees in the custody 
of the Department, regardless of whether such detainees are 
housed in a Federal or non-Federal detention facility. The 
Committee further notes that the Department should not withhold 
records from disclosure unless the Department reasonably 
foresees that disclosure would harm an interest protected by an 
exemption described in section 552(b) of title 5, United States 
Code or is otherwise prohibited by law.
    Separation of Family Units.--The Committee remains 
concerned about the separation of children from other family 
members who may not be the parent or legal guardian, including 
children who arrive with an adult sibling, grandparent, or 
other family kinship unit. The Committee notes that the 
Department has initiated a program, in coordination with the 
Department of Health and Human Services [HHS], to process these 
family units while maintaining family unity, without a change 
in the law. The Department is directed to provide the Committee 
with monthly updates on this program, including but not limited 
to the number of children and/or family units processed by the 
program, the number of successful sponsorships facilitated at 
the border by the program, any instances of fraud, trafficking, 
false family claims, or other unsuccessful disenrollments of 
the program, and efforts by the Department to ensure the safety 
and welfare of children. The Committee is also aware that some 
children arriving with other family members, are sometimes 
classified as ``accompanied'' children or otherwise deprived of 
statutory protections provided for unaccompanied children in 
existing law when they are expelled or not processed as an 
unaccompanied child. The Committee is concerned that the 
Department lacks unified definitions, polices, and field 
guidance, informed by child welfare experts, reflecting a more 
accurate definition of family unit. The Committee directs the 
Department to develop consistent policy addressing these family 
units in collaboration with other Federal agencies that work 
with unaccompanied children and informed by child welfare 
principles. The policy shall seek to maintain family unity for 
children arriving without a parent or legal guardian, preserve 
the child's right to seek humanitarian protection and/or be 
released from the Department's custody pursuant to Federal law, 
and facilitate and expedite necessary processing to place or 
release the child with the arriving individual consistent with 
existing law and policy regarding unaccompanied child sponsors. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act, 
the Department shall brief the Committee on any changes 
resulting from this direction to policy.
    State Police and Crime Labs.--The work of CBP, ICE, the 
Coast Guard, and the Secret Service includes investigations and 
operations in communities throughout the United States. As a 
result, the Department often shares capabilities and relies 
upon cooperation with SLTT and foreign law enforcement 
agencies, including State police crime labs. These labs provide 
the Department with a number of critical capabilities, 
including fingerprint, drug, and cellular telephone analysis. 
Likewise, these capabilities are the same services shared among 
SLTT and foreign law enforcement agencies. Coordination among 
these agencies not only ensures efficient use of resources, it 
also improves public safety outcomes. To that end, the 
Department should continue to work with State crime labs where 
available, particularly in areas not adequately served by 
Department labs or other Federal facilities. The Department 
should also continue to provide any assistance that is 
appropriate to State police crime labs to ensure Federal 
requirements do not burden State resources. Moreover, in areas 
where the Department frequently relies on State crime labs, 
additional support may be appropriate to prevent the 
accumulation of backlogs that can slow investigations. The 
Department shall report on its use of and partnerships with 
State crime labs, including funds associated with such 
partnerships, and should fully reimburse State crime labs for 
the service they provide to the Department.
    Study of Costs Absorbed by Components and Funding 
Alignment.--The Committee is aware that for many years 
challenges have existed in aligning funding across multiple 
components' function, capabilities, and activities at the 
border. Additionally, the Committee is aware that many of the 
prior solutions are drastically outdated and do not account for 
the increased costs associated with 2023 realities, such as the 
2011 agreement for medical costs associated with individuals in 
CBP custody, and transportation challenges from the border for 
noncitizens. Within 180 days of the date of enactment of this 
act, the Committee directs the Secretary to examine the funding 
sources and agreements between all components with a permanent 
presence at the border to determine whether funding sources 
should be realigned or agreements updated or terminated and 
shall make such recommendations to the Committee in its fiscal 
year 2025 Budget Request, including any proposed language 
changes. Such examination shall include, at a minimum, health 
and medical costs for all noncitizens, regardless of which 
component has legal custody, transportation-related expenses, 
and housing and custody costs. The review shall properly 
examine downstream costs on components if one component engages 
in a significant policy change, such as release of noncitizens 
without proper processing, and make recommendations on the 
proper alignment of funding.
    Tribal Consultation.--Department personnel interact with 
Tribes and thousands of Tribal members every day. Some 
Department personnel do not have training on Tribal issues, 
which may lead to misunderstandings that negatively impact 
Tribes, Tribal members, and ultimately, the Department. The 
Committee recognizes that the Department is required under 
Executive Order 13175 to consult and coordinate with Tribal 
governments. Within 180 days of the date of enactment of this 
act, the Department shall consult and work with Tribes to 
improve the mandatory base level training course for Department 
personnel, including but not limited to FTE, part time 
employees, and contractors, who have regular interactions with 
Tribal members or are likely to encounter Tribal members at 
their duty station.
    Women in Law Enforcement.--Within 90 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, the Department shall brief the Committee 
on current Department-wide efforts to recruit and retain women 
in law enforcement. At a minimum, the briefing shall include 
information of all law enforcement components detailing: an 
overview of current recruitment and retention efforts of women 
by component; with base funding for such efforts; success of 
current efforts including identification of the metrics of 
success by fiscal year; and the current percentage of women in 
law enforcement and their seniority per component. The briefing 
shall also identify planned recruitment and retention efforts 
by component for the next fiscal year, any funding requirements 
to improve the recruitment and retention of women in law 
enforcement fields by component with comparisons of similar 
efforts by other Federal law enforcement agencies, including 
the Department of Justice, and provide recommendations by 
component for new programs or efforts that would further 
support the recruitment and retention of women in law 
enforcement.
    Terrorism Watch List.--The Department shall notify Congress 
within 7 days if an individual on the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation's Terrorist Screening Data Set is encountered by 
the Department at or between a port of entry.
    Parole Report.--The Department is reminded of the 
instruction in Public Law 117-103 to produce a report on its 
use of parole authority, including the number of parole 
requests received and granted, and for those granted, the 
rationale for each grant and its duration. The report shall now 
be required on a monthly basis and shall be released at the 
same time as CBP releases its monthly operation statistics 
update.
    Countering Domestic Terrorism.--The Committee is concerned 
about the Department's consultation and coordination with non-
governmental organizations to identify what constitutes 
``extremism'' and ``extremist organizations''. Therefore, 
within 90 days of enactment of this act, the Secretary shall 
brief the Committees and make publicly available a report 
regarding the ways in which the Department consults with and 
utilizes non-government organizations and non-profit entities 
to track allegedly ``extremist'' groups operating in the United 
States.

                 OFFICE OF STRATEGY, POLICY, AND PLANS

    Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships.--The 
Committee directs the Department to coordinate with the 
Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and 
key public safety officials across the Nation to promote 
information sharing and ensure an effective, responsive, and 
organized joint effort to combat domestic terrorism. The 
Committee further directs the Department to review the anti-
terrorism training and resource programs that the Department 
provides to Federal and SLTT law enforcement agencies and 
ensure that such programs include training and resources to 
assist SLTT law enforcement agencies in understanding, 
detecting, deterring, and investigating acts of domestic 
terrorism and extremists' activities targeting infiltration of 
law enforcement agencies. The Committee also directs the 
Department to report to the Committee within 90 days of the 
date of enactment of this act on the Department's assessment of 
the domestic terrorism threat, including extremists' activities 
targeting infiltration of Federal and SLTT law enforcement 
agencies. Such report shall also include an analysis of 
incidents or attempted incidents of domestic terrorism that 
occurred in the United States during the preceding fiscal year. 
Within 180 days of the date of enactment of this act, the 
Department shall produce a report that provides a description 
of all procedural and substantive privacy, civil rights, and 
civil liberties protections applicable to CP3 programs, whether 
administered directly by the Department, through grant 
recipients, or by other third parties, and a detailed 
description of how CP3 monitors grant recipient compliance with 
Federal civil rights laws pursuant to 44 C.F.R. Part 7, as well 
as of any other applicable statutory or regulatory provisions.
    Policy on Legal Orientation and Access Within all 
Department Facilities.--The Committee is concerned that 
noncitizens do not have a sufficient understanding of their 
rights, obligations, and responsibilities within the 
immigration system. The Committee is aware that immigration-
benefit request outcomes and the pace of processing can be 
substantially different when all parties are represented by 
competent counsel. Within 180 days of the date of enactment of 
this act, the Department in cooperation with the OCRCL, shall 
brief the Committee on the benefits, challenges and the 
potential overall impact on the immigration system, if legal 
orientation and access programs were required or permitted in 
all custody and detention facilities. The briefing shall 
discuss the specific changes necessary to facilitate legal 
orientation and meaningful access if conducted in facilities 
where the right to counsel does not presently exist and 
identify the necessary funding requirements.
    Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems [sUAS] Procurement.--The 
Committee remains concerned about the threat of foreign-made 
sUAS collecting intelligence on U.S. national security 
facilities and critical infrastructure. For the purposes of 
securing and protecting infrastructure critical to national 
security, requirements for purchases of American-made UAS 
should be implemented as soon as practicable. Until such 
requirements are in place, for any acquisition using funds in 
this act, including those by Federal grant recipients, the 
Department shall require certification of review of the 
industry alert, and any subsequent UAS guidance, and completion 
of a risk assessment that considers the proposed use of the 
foreign-made UAS. The Committee directs the Department to 
conduct a review of domestically produced alternatives and 
update guidance, as appropriate.

              OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES

    Language Access Programs.--Within 180 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, OCRCL shall conduct an analysis of 
existing language access plans for the Department. The report 
shall include but not be limited to: (1) an assessment of 
current language access plans; (2) whether existing language 
access plans meet applicable requirements; and (3) whether any 
legal rights orientations are provided in the appropriate 
language for migrants participating in agency programs. Any 
recommendations developed after review of the existing plans 
shall utilize the four-factor analysis identified in Section 4 
of the Department's Master Language Access plan.
    287(g) Agreements.--OCRCL shall conduct an assessment of 
every jurisdiction delegated law enforcement authority under 
section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1357(g)). The office is directed to issue and publish online, 
with redactions only as required by the Freedom of Information 
Act [FOIA], an annual report for each participating 
jurisdiction including: (1) assessment of whether the terms of 
the delegation of authority are being followed, including 
whether participating jurisdictions are engaged in immigration 
enforcement activities outside the terms or scope of the 
agreement; (2) assessment of compliance with steering committee 
requirements including frequency of steering committee 
meetings, number of participants, and record of attendance at 
such meetings by ICE; (3) data and information related to 
individuals placed into removal proceedings by 287(g)-
designated officers that would be necessary or useful in 
identifying patterns of racial profiling or other 
unconstitutional police practices, including nationality, race, 
gender, and criminal charges or convictions; (4) documentation 
of any alleged civil rights and liberty violations committed by 
the participating jurisdiction; (5) any plans for future 
expansion of or changes to the program in that participating 
jurisdiction; and, (6) any reports to the OIG or Secretary as 
to whether the terms of the agreement governing the delegation 
of authority have been materially violated and/or whether the 
participating jurisdiction has any alleged or reported pattern 
or practice of civil rights violations.

                       OFFICE OF HEALTH SECURITY

    Child Welfare Professionals.--Within 60 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, the Department shall provide a report to 
the Committee detailing the status and plan of fully onboarding 
previously funded licensed child welfare professionals. The 
report shall identify how many licensed child welfare 
professionals have been hired, how many additional 
professionals the Department intends to hire, where such 
professionals are or will be assigned, and how the Department 
is utilizing or intends to utilize such professionals.

                             PRIVACY OFFICE

    Collected Personal Information.--Within 180 days of the 
date of enactment of this act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee, a report detailing the collection and use of 
personal information by all components of the Department. The 
report shall include information about the collection of 
personally identifiable data of U.S. and non-U.S. persons by 
all components of the Department, including data reflecting 
expressive or associational activities, and including but not 
limited to collection from social media platforms, data 
brokers, electronic devices, applications for services and 
accreditations provided by components, encounters at ports of 
entry, and other travel information. It shall also include how 
the data is stored and shared, or accessed, which internal 
components it is shared with, which external partners inside 
and outside the Federal Government, including but not limited 
to local, State and Tribal law enforcement, foreign 
governments, and private businesses it is shared with, the 
legal basis for its collection, and all civil rights, civil 
liberties and privacy mechanisms that are used to protect the 
rights of individuals whose data is accessed, stored, or 
shared. Finally, the report shall address any mechanisms that 
allow individuals to seek redress if they believe that they are 
erroneously included in any of the lists maintained by the 
Department or erroneously subjected to additional screening, 
scrutiny, or surveillance as a result of a Department risk 
assessment process. The report shall be provided in an 
unclassified manner that can be shared with the public to the 
greatest extent possible and with a classified annex as 
necessary.

                    IMMIGRATION DETENTION OMBUDSMAN

    Report on Ombudsman Independence.--The Committee is 
concerned that the Ombudsman Office is not truly independent of 
the Department, which necessarily impacts the Ombudsman's 
ability to be impartial, fair, maintain confidentiality, and 
engage in a credible review process of complaints and concerns 
brought to the Ombudsman by employees, the public, or 
individuals in the physical custody of the Department. The 
Committee would like to see the Ombudsman truly become an 
independent entity that rests outside of the Department, 
similar to the independent nature of the Department OIG. Until 
such time as the Ombudsman can be moved from the Department, 
the Ombudsman is directed to report to the Committee, no less 
than monthly, any instances where the Ombudsman's independence, 
impartiality, confidentiality, or fairness are impeded due to 
the organizational structure of the Ombudsman.

                           FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

    The committee recommends $32,900,000 for Federal 
Assistance, which shall be transferred to the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency for evidence-based targeted violence and 
terrorism prevention grants and the Alternatives to Detention 
[ATD] Case Management Pilot Program.

Appropriations, 2023....................................     $40,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................      35,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      32,900,000

                         Management Directorate

    The Management Directorate has responsibility for oversight 
of the management and operations of the Department. The 
specific activities funded by this appropriation include the 
Immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Management [IOUSM], 
the Office of the Chief Readiness Support Officer [CRSO], the 
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer [CHCO], the Office of 
the Chief Security Officer [CSO], the Office of the Chief 
Procurement Officer [CPO], the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer [CFO], the Office of the Chief Information [CIO], and 
the Office of Biometric Identity Management [OBIM].

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $1,774,317,000 for the Management 
Directorate, which is $669,328,000 below the budget request 
amount and $294,088,000 below the fiscal year 2023 enacted 
level. The Committee continues to support the Department's 
efforts to provide greater transparency of the cost of 
management operations and to strengthen integration, 
coordination, and performance across components. The following 
table summarizes the Committee's recommendation as compared to 
the fiscal year 2023 enacted and budget request levels:

                                             MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Management....             6,675             6,896             6,652
Office of the Chief Readiness Support Officer.............           275,791           265,218           263,712
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer.................           150,174           156,899           146,084
Office of the Chief Security Officer......................           188,700           203,844           197,056
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer...................            92,940            97,332            97,332
Office of the Chief Financial Officer.....................           114,213           119,004           118,856
Office of the Chief Information Officer...................           630,850           626,771           616,599
Office of Program Accountability and Risk Management......            18,245            19,842            17,054
Office of Biometric Identity Management...................           265,572           237,607           237,607
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total, Operations and Support.........................         1,743,160         1,733,413         1,700,952
                                                           =====================================================
Construction and Facility Improvements....................           188,000           526,474  ................
Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure.................           116,293           173,758            63,365
Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology..................            20,952            10,000            10,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total, Procurement, Construction, and Improvements....           325,245           710,232            73,365
                                                           =====================================================
    Total, Management Directorate.........................         2,068,405         2,443,645         1,774,317
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                         OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2023....................................  $1,743,160,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................   1,733,413,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,700,952,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $1,700,952,000 for Operations and 
Support [O&S], which is $32,461,000 below the budget request 
amount and $42,208,000 below the fiscal year 2023 enacted 
level.
    Component Obligation Plans.--The Department shall continue 
submitting obligation plans in a timely manner to the Committee 
on a quarterly basis, consistent with direction provided in the 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114-113, and 
shall ensure that the obligation plans are connected to 
activity-level details in the budget justification materials.

               OFFICE OF THE CHIEF HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICER

    DHS Cybersecurity Professionals.--Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this act, OCHCO, in coordination 
with OCIO and CISA, shall brief the Committee on the status of 
hiring cybersecurity professionals and proposed solutions to 
develop standardized metrics used to ensure consistency in 
identifying skills and talents of employees across the 
Department. The briefing shall include recommendations on how 
IT-focused jobs can be classified for qualification standards 
that could be updated to meet the Department's needs, and shall 
incorporate the use of the new Cybersecurity Talent Management 
System [CTMS].
    Hiring in Rural Communities.--Departmental components 
continue to face challenges with filling vacant positions and 
providing for public safety in non-contiguous and rural States. 
Challenges in recruiting and retaining Federal employees have 
exacerbated chronic staffing problems at areas critical to 
public safety. The Department is urged to examine how small 
businesses, including Native American, Alaska Native, and 
Native Hawaiian small businesses, could help the Department 
fill its unmet needs in communities and the Department is 
encouraged to explore existing opportunities to fill vacancies 
where possible. Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this act, the Department shall provide a report to 
the Committee on the challenges of recruiting and retaining 
Federal employees in non-contiguous and rural States. The 
report shall include a clear description of the obstacles 
related to using small businesses, information about rates of 
attrition, the number of unfilled positions, and the duration 
of time those positions have remained vacant. The report shall 
also provide an assessment of the effect these vacancies have 
on the ability of components to accomplish their statutory and 
administrative responsibilities and shall specifically describe 
steps the Department has taken to address the identified 
challenges or identify requirements to address the identified 
challenges.

                 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Justification.--The CFO is directed 
to ensure that fiscal year 2025 budget justification materials 
for classified and unclassified budgets of all components are 
submitted, concurrent with the President's budget submission to 
the Congress.
    The justifications shall continue to include:
  --Detailed data and explanatory descriptions for each request 
        and for each PPA, including offices that have been 
        identified as PPAs, reflected in the table at the end 
        of this explanatory statement. Information should be 
        presented in quantifiable terms with specific 
        breakdowns of the funding.
  --Tables that compare prior year actual appropriations and 
        obligations, estimates of current year appropriations 
        and obligations, and the projected budget year 
        appropriations and obligations for all PPAs, sub-PPAs, 
        and FTE, including identifying each adjustment to base, 
        transfer, program increase, program decrease, and 
        staffing change proposed in fiscal year 2025.
  --Year-to-year changes described in terms that are clear and 
        unambiguous, excluding nonspecific terms such as 
        ``technical adjustment'' or ``administrative change'' 
        unless accompanied by a detailed explanation. 
        Explanations of adjustments to base funding, whether 
        increases or decreases, should be specific and compared 
        to prior year activity level, not just the entire PPA 
        level. All requested increases shall be justified with 
        measurable outcomes above the current baseline of 
        activity. If the Department does not have a current 
        measure of such baseline activity, the Department shall 
        establish one before requesting an increase.
  --For each operations and support PPA or sub-PPA reflected in 
        the table at the end of this explanatory statement, a 
        breakdown, for fiscal year 2024 enacted amounts and 
        fiscal year 2025 requested amounts, of pay and non-pay 
        amounts.
  --For investment end items with severable unit costs in 
        excess of $250,000 or a lifecycle cost in excess of 
        $300,000,000 the project description, justification, 
        total cost, and scope; key acquisition milestones from 
        the prior year, year of execution, and budget year; the 
        funding history by fiscal year, to include prior 
        enacted appropriations, obligations, and expenditures; 
        contract information to include contract number, 
        contractor, type, award date, start date, end date, 
        earned value management potential in the contract, and 
        total contract value; and significant changes to the 
        prior year enacted budget, project schedule, and 
        estimated time to completion.
  --For severable end items, the quantity of each item by prior 
        years, current year, budget year, and out-year; the 
        quantity of units delivered on contract, funded but not 
        yet on contract, and planned but unfunded; and the 
        delivery schedule by quarter for the end item, 
        delineated by fiscal year funding.
  --Information by appropriation and PPA on all reimbursable 
        agreements and significant uses of the Economy Act 
        (Public Law 73-2) for each fiscal year.
  --An accurate, detailed table identifying the last year that 
        authorizing legislation was enacted into law for each 
        appropriation, including the amount of the 
        authorization, when the authorization expires, and the 
        appropriation in the last year of authorization.
  --The text and citation of all Department appropriations 
        provisions enacted to date that are permanent law.
  --Explanations and justifications for all proposed 
        legislative changes, whether they are new or amend 
        existing law and whether they are substantive or 
        technical in nature, with an annotated comparison of 
        proposed versus existing language.
  --A report on the status of overdue Committee-required 
        reports, plans, or briefings for each of fiscal years 
        2023 and 2024.
    Additionally, the CFO, working with component agencies, 
shall ensure that output from predictive models used by 
agencies to inform likely impacts to future workloads are 
incorporated into the Department's fiscal year 2025 budget 
justification materials. For each relevant program area, budget 
materials shall clearly describe and quantify the projections 
used to inform resource requests, indicate the agencies 
impacted by the projections, and confirm whether the budget 
requests for those agencies were developed using the same 
assumptions. While the Committee recognizes that deviations in 
spend plans are likely in program implementation, the 
Department is directed to notify the Committee when 
significant, policy related changes are made to spend plans. 
Any significant new activity that has not been explicitly 
justified to the Committee or for which funds have not been 
provided in appropriations acts requires the submission of a 
reprogramming or transfer request.

                OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

    Technology Modernization Fund [TMF] Reporting.--The 
Committee supports the Department's efforts to leverage the TMF 
to improve the delivery of mission critical services. The 
Committee directs the Department to provide notice to the 
Committee when the Department, or a component agency, submits 
an initial project proposal to the Technology Modernization 
Board. If a proposal from the Department or component agency is 
accepted, the Department shall provide the Committee a briefing 
on the project and the plan for paying back the TMF, e.g., 
identify projected cost savings immediately thereafter.

                OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER

    Domestic Supply Chain Report.--Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this act, the Secretary shall 
provide a report to the Committee with recommendations on how 
the Department may procure additional items from domestic 
sources and bolster the domestic supply chain for items related 
to national security. The report shall include a status of the 
compliance of the Department with the requirements under 
section 604 of title VI of division A of the American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (6 U.S.C. 453b) to buy certain 
items related to national security interests from sources in 
the United States.

                OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

    Briefings on the Homeland Security Advanced Recognition 
Technology [HART].--The Committee remains concerned with the 
continuing delays and cost overruns for HART and directs the 
Department to continue to provide disclosure of technologies, 
data collection mechanisms, and sharing agreements among 
Department agencies, other Federal, State, local, and foreign 
law enforcement agencies, and fusion centers as it relates to 
the development of the HART biometric database. In cases where 
the Department relies on information obtained through the HART 
database or through the State Department foreign intelligence 
sharing, to separate a minor child from a parent, primary 
caregiver, or close relative who is caring for or traveling 
with that child, the Department shall report this incident to 
the OIG and OCRCL within 24 hours of the separation.
    Quarterly Briefings.--OBIM is directed to continue briefing 
the Committee on a quarterly basis on its workload, service 
levels, staffing, modernization efforts, and other operations. 
These briefings shall further detail how much support OBIM is 
providing by Departmental component.

              PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2023....................................    $325,245,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................     710,232,000
Committee recommendation................................      73,365,000

                       FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

    The Federal Protective Service [FPS] is responsible for: 
the security and protection of Federal property under the 
control of the General Services Administration [GSA]; the 
enforcement of laws pertaining to the protection of persons and 
designated property; the prevention of breaches of peace; and 
enforcement of any rules and regulations made and promulgated 
by the GSA Administrator or the Secretary. The FPS authority 
can also be extended by agreement to any area with a 
significant Federal interest. The FPS account provides funds 
for the salaries, benefits, travel, training, and other 
expenses of the program.
    The following table summarizes the Committee's 
recommendation as compared to the fiscal year 2023 enacted and 
fiscal year 2024 budget request levels:

                                           FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FPS Operations............................................           457,300           466,777           466,777
Countermeasures...........................................         1,656,179         1,737,610         1,737,610
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal, Federal Protective Service..................         2,113,479         2,204,387         2,204,387
                                                           =====================================================
Offsetting fee collections................................        -2,113,479        -2,204,387        -2,204,387
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                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $2,204,387,000 for FPS, as 
requested, and these amounts are offset by collections paid by 
GSA tenants and credited to the account.


Appropriations, 2023....................................  $2,113,479,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................   2,204,387,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,204,387,000

           INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

    The Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Awareness 
appropriation supports activities to improve the analysis and 
sharing of threat information and includes activities of the 
Office of Intelligence and Analysis [I&A] and the Office of 
Situational Awareness [OSA]. The following table summarizes the 
Committee's recommendation as compared to the fiscal year 2023 
enacted and fiscal year 2024 budget request levels:

                                INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operations and Support....................................           316,640           349,424           341,497
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements...............  ................            23,831  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal, Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational                316,640           373,255           341,497
     Awareness............................................
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                         OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2023....................................    $316,640,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................     349,424,000
Committee recommendation................................     341,497,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $341,497,000 for Operations and 
Support [O&S], $7,927,000 below the budget request amount, and 
$24,857,000 above the fiscal year 2023 enacted level.
    Intelligence Data Environment for Analytics [IDEA].--The 
recommendation does not include the requested $688,000 for the 
IDEA.
    Other Reductions.--The recommendation includes other 
reductions totaling $7,239,000 below the budget request amount 
for O&S.
    Annual Budget Justification Materials.--The fiscal year 
2025 budget justification materials for the classified budget 
shall include the same level of detail required for other 
appropriations and PPAs.
    Caribbean Threat Assessment.--The Committee is concerned 
about increased criminal activity and investment by foreign 
adversaries in the Caribbean and appreciates the Department's 
prior work on the issue. However, the Committee notes that past 
assessments have not been solely dedicated to this region and 
have not contained sufficient specificity to assist lawmakers 
to the fullest extent. The Committee recognizes the need for an 
in-depth threat assessment by the Department pertaining to 
threats emerging from criminal activity and investment by 
foreign adversaries in the Caribbean. Thus, within 90 days of 
the date of enactment of this act, the Department is directed 
to conduct an in-depth threat assessment as it relates to 
threats posed to the United States homeland by increased 
criminal activity, including drug, weapons, and human 
trafficking, and investment by countries identified by the 
United States as foreign adversaries in the Caribbean. The 
assessment may also contain resource allocation and policy 
recommendations for combatting such threats.
    Intelligence Expenditure Plan.--The Department's Chief 
Intelligence Officer is directed to brief the Committee on the 
fiscal year 2024 expenditure plan for the Office of 
Intelligence and Analysis within 30 days of the date of 
enactment of this act. The plan shall include the following:
    (1)  fiscal year 2024 expenditures and staffing allotted 
for each program as compared to fiscal years 2020 through 2023;
    (2)  all funded versus on-board positions, including FTE, 
contractors, and reimbursable and non-reimbursable detailees;
    (3)  a plan for all programs and investments, including 
dates or timeframes for achieving key milestones;
    (4)  allocations of funding within each PPA for individual 
programs and a description of the desired outcomes for fiscal 
year 2024; and
    (5)  items outlined in the classified annex accompanying 
the fiscal year 2022 explanatory statement, updated for fiscal 
year 2024.
    Continuation of Fiscal Year 2022 Requirements.--The 
Department is directed to continue providing in fiscal year 
2024 any briefing and report as outlined in the classified 
annex accompanying the fiscal year 2022 explanatory statement.

              PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2023....................................................
Budget estimate, 2024...................................     $23,831,000
Committee recommendation................................................

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $0 for Procurement, Construction, 
and Improvements [PC&I], $23,831,000 below the budget request 
amount, and the same as the fiscal year 2023 enacted level.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    The Office of Inspector General [OIG] conducts audits, 
inspections, investigations, and other reviews of the 
Department's programs and operations with the goal of 
preventing and detecting fraud, waste, and abuse.

                         OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2023....................................    $214,879,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................     228,371,000
Committee recommendation................................     237,000,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $237,000,000 for Operations and 
Support [O&S], which is $8,629,000 above the budget request and 
$22,121,000 above the fiscal year 2023 enacted level.

                                             OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
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Operations and Support....................................       214,879,000       228,371,000       237,000,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total, Office of Inspector General....................       214,879,000       228,371,000       237,000,000
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    Inspectors General across the government, including the 
Department's OIG, perform a critical function on behalf of the 
Congress and the American public. Between fiscal years 2018 and 
2022, OIG estimates that its work to deter waste, fraud, and 
abuse saves the Department $14.85 for every $1.00 obligated in 
support of OIG operations.
    Custody Operations Reporting.--OIG shall continue its 
program of unannounced inspections of immigration detention 
facilities. OIG shall publish its final report regarding the 
inspections within 180 days of the date of enactment of this 
act. The Secretary shall ensure that the results of the 
inspections, and other reports and notifications related to 
custody operations activities, are posted on a publicly 
available website.
    Denial of OIG Access to Records and Information.--The 
Committee is concerned about denials and delayed responses by 
Department component agencies to OIG requests that are properly 
scoped. The OIG shall provide a monthly report to the Committee 
concerning efforts of components to prevent or impede OIG 
access to such records, documents, or other materials. The 
report shall include at a minimum, a summary of the OIG 
request, including the justification or legal rationale for the 
request, a description of the component response to the 
request, and any other information the OIG determines is 
appropriate.
    Quarterly Budget and Staffing Briefings.--The OIG shall 
continue to provide the Committee quarterly budget and staffing 
briefings which shall include all available funding sources, 
contracts, and contract staffing.

                   TITLE I--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    Section 101. The Committee continues a provision regarding 
grants or contracts awarded by means other than full and open 
competition and requires OIG to review them and report the 
results to the Committee.
    Section 102. The Committee continues a provision requiring 
the Chief Financial Officer to submit monthly budget execution 
and staffing reports within 30 days after the close of each 
month.
    Section 103. The Committee continues a provision requiring 
the Secretary, in conjunction with the Secretary of Treasury, 
to notify the Committee of any proposed transfers from the 
Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to any agency at the 
Department.
    Section 104. The Committee continues a provision related to 
official travel costs of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary.
    Section 105. The Committee continues a provision related to 
acquisition reporting.
    Section 106. The Committee continues a modified provision 
related to pilot projects undertaken by the Department.

                                TITLE II

               SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS

                   U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection [CBP] is responsible for 
enforcing laws regarding the admission of foreign-born persons 
into the United States and for ensuring that all goods and 
persons entering and exiting the United States do so legally.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $18,092,605,000 for CBP, which is 
$1,646,543,000 above the budget request amount and $65,210,000 
above the fiscal year 2023 enacted level when adding in 
$1,563,143,000 provided in fiscal year 2023 border management 
funding.
    The following table summarizes the Committee's 
recommendation as compared to the fiscal year 2023 enacted and 
fiscal year 2024 budget request levels:

                                       U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
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Operations and Support....................................        15,590,694        15,384,921        16,598,076
Small Airport User Fee....................................            12,000            27,000            17,000
Columbia Free Trade Collections...........................           280,000           325,000           325,000
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements...............           581,558           719,141         1,152,529
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total, Customs and Border Protection..................        16,464,252        16,446,062        18,092,605
                                                           =====================================================
    Total, CBP with FY23 Title V Border Management Funding        18,027,395        16,456,062        18,092,605
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Estimated fee collections:
    Immigration inspection user fee.......................           642,788           823,034           823,034
    Immigration enforcement fines.........................               237               841               841
    ESTA..................................................            50,684            58,005            58,005
    Land border inspection fee............................            62,537            81,907            81,907
    COBRA fee.............................................           532,102           723,085           723,085
    APHIS inspection fee..................................           417,000           577,500           577,500
    Puerto Rico Trust Fund................................           224,931           323,174           323,174
    Virgin Island fee.....................................            11,649            11,754            11,754
    Customs Unclaimed Goods...............................             2,519             4,120             4,120
    9/11 Response and Biometric Account...................            46,540            61,000            61,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total, Estimated fee collections....................         1,990,987         2,664,420         2,664,420
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Reimbursable Preclearance.................................            39,000            39,000            39,000
Global entry user fee.....................................           174,000           346,000           346,000
Transfer Out..............................................          -800,000  ................          -752,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, available          17,868,239        19,505,482        20,390,025
     funding..............................................
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    Combatting Fentanyl, Opioids, and Other Synthetic Narcotics 
and Disrupting and Dismantling Transnational Criminal 
Organizations [TCOs].--The Committee provides $824,385,000 to 
CBP and ICE for a range of critical and unprecedented 
investments in the fight to stem the flow of fentanyl and other 
synthetic narcotics into the U.S. Such funds will also extend 
the fight beyond the border, and support and expand efforts to 
disrupt and dismantle the TCOs' business model abroad involving 
an endless cycle of narcotics, firearms, and human trafficking 
which threatens lives at home and abroad. Of this amount, 
$719,385,000 is provided to CBP for improving the detection and 
seizure of fentanyl at ports of entry with investments in 
equipment, labs, and personnel for both inbound and outbound 
operations. For inbound operations, this level of funding is 
expected to result in an increase from 40 percent to 65 percent 
of passenger vehicles scanned entering the U.S. with 
$199,485,000 for non-intrusive inspection [NII] equipment, 
$24,300,000 to expand existing capabilities at 16 labs and new 
labs at 8 ports of entry, $8,100,000 for a new Joint Fentanyl 
Signature Lab in El Paso with the DEA and FDA, and $75,000,000 
for 500 new CBP officers and mission support staff.
    For outbound operations, this level of funding will triple 
the number of ports of entry on the southwest border with 
dedicated outbound capabilities to stop the flow of currency, 
firearms, ammunition, and other contraband being trafficked 
across the southern border to Mexico in connection with the 
sale of fentanyl. Building from three locations funded from 
fiscal year 2023 funding to a total of nine locations with 
$70,000,000 for NII and $30,000,000 for 200 new CBP officers 
and mission support staff. Additionally, $312,500,000 is 
funded, as requested, for fully deploying previously funded NII 
and development of new algorithms and other technology 
improvements.
    Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this act, CBP 
shall provide the Committee a spend plan with timeframes for 
the execution of these funds and projected performance impacts 
to operational capabilities as a result of these funds. CBP 
shall update the Committee on a monthly basis on the use of 
these funds and provide actual performance impacts against 
projections.
    Integrating Budget Requests.--The Committee receives 
individual requests for funding for personnel, technology, 
equipment, infrastructure, and services for CBP operations that 
do not take into account how funding in one area impacts 
another. To date, the Committee must assess and fund these 
requests as stand-alone budget proposals, potentially resulting 
in funding imbalances across CBP programs and minimizing the 
value of investments. To make more informed budget decisions, 
CBP must provide the Committee with appropriate data that 
describes and quantifies the relationships between investments. 
The Committee continues its direction to CBP to include with 
any requests for new funds a description of other programs the 
investment is expected to impact and a description of the 
anticipated impact. This should apply to both internal CBP 
impacts and to impacts across other DHS components. The 
Committee directs CBP to provide a plan and a briefing within 
60 days of the date of enactment of this act on how the agency 
will comply with this requirement, to include how CBP plans to 
adjust internal planning and budgeting processes in order to be 
able to capture the data necessary to fully comply with this 
requirement.
    Developing and Using Predictive Analytics.--The Committee 
has a long history of funding analytic and modeling 
capabilities across CBP, from the Advanced Trade Analytics 
Platform to tools that project future flow of travel and trade 
to the U.S. The development and use of the output from these 
investments brings a critical understanding of future workload 
and the optimal requirements to meet that workload in a more 
cost effective manner. Unfortunately, much of the data 
resulting from these investments are not provided to the 
Committee through budget justifications and reporting 
requirements. The Committee directs CBP to provide within 45 
days of the date of enactment of this act, a list of all 
analytic and modeling capabilities at the agency, a description 
of the data provided by those capabilities, how CBP currently 
uses that data, and any plans to expand that use. Further, CBP 
shall provide a briefing within the same time period to the 
Committee with a plan to incorporate the data output from 
analytic and modeling investments into reporting requirements 
in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and budget justifications for 
fiscal year 2026.
    Prioritizing the Acquisition of Innovative and Emerging 
Technologies and Capabilities.--The Commissioner shall ensure 
that all funding provided in this act for the acquisition of 
operational or administrative technology, equipment, and 
services focuses on innovative and emerging capabilities. 
Agency policies should prioritize the testing and, when testing 
results support a sound business case, their acquisition and 
operationalization. New technologies, including artificial 
intelligence [AI]/machine learning [ML] tools and autonomous 
capabilities, are critical for improving mission performance 
and personnel effectiveness. Within 60 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, CBP shall provide a briefing to the 
Committee on a plan to better prioritize innovative and 
emerging technologies and autonomous capabilities into the 
agency's internal planning, budgeting, and programming 
processes.

                         OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $15,590,694,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................  15,384,921,000
Committee recommendation................................  16,598,076,000

    The CBP Operations and Support [O&S] appropriation provides 
funds for border security, immigration, customs, agricultural 
inspections, the regulation and facilitation of international 
trade, the collection of import duties, and the enforcement of 
U.S. trade laws. In addition to directly-appropriated 
resources, fee collections ranging from immigration, cargo, and 
agriculture inspections; public-private partnership 
reimbursements, travel authorizations; registered traveler 
programs; and other programs are available for the operations 
of CBP.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $16,598,076,000 for O&S, which is 
$1,213,155,000 above the budget request amount and $555,761,000 
below the fiscal year 2023 enacted level when adding in 
$1,563,143,000 provided in fiscal year 2023 border management 
funding. This total includes $3,274,000 from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund.
    Resource Prioritization.--The Committee directs CBP to 
brief the Committee bimonthly on efforts to evaluate CBP-wide 
workload, capabilities, assets, and human resource gaps, 
describe how those gaps impact mission performance, and to use 
the results of the ongoing analyses to support the fiscal year 
2025 budget request.
    Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention.--Within 90 days of the 
date of enactment of this act, CBP shall brief the Committee on 
its efforts to improve hiring and retention at all of its law 
enforcement components, including existing and planned 
strategies and initiatives to accomplish this goal. Given 
hiring and retention challenges, CBP shall prioritize and 
continue efforts to use available incentives to recruit and 
retain employees in rural and remote areas and explore other 
strategies, such as innovative pilot programs that include 
successful strategies from the private sector, career path 
enhancements, alternative schedules, and workforce support 
programs for employees who are willing to choose such 
locations. Further, CBP shall ensure that those strategies and 
initiatives include women and other traditionally under-
represented population groups and that appropriate anti-
harassment protocols are in place. CBP shall ensure that staff 
are trained on recognizing signs of trauma exposure, 
understanding common behaviors of people exposed to trauma and 
trauma-informed practices. The Committee encourages CBP to 
review the Department's Memorandum of Understanding with the 
Department of Defense [DoD] for potential participation in the 
DoD Skill Bridge program as an opportunity to identify, 
recruit, and train highly qualified applicants from the 
population of service members who are transitioning from active 
duty in order to address staff shortages across the agency and 
potentially reduce the personnel costs associated with training 
new employees. As CBP continues working to improve hiring and 
retention at all of its law enforcement components, the 
Committee reminds the agency to use valid, competency-based 
assessments, rather than self-assessments, to determine whether 
a candidate is qualified for a particular position. To reduce 
the number of unqualified candidates being considered for CBP 
positions, and to improve time-to-hire and other hiring 
outcomes, the Committee directs CBP to review existing Federal 
assessment programs, such as USA Hire, for use within the 
agency.
    Law Enforcement Suitability Analysis.--The Committee 
understands that CBP has fully implemented a new test supported 
by the National Center for Credibility Assessment [NCCA] as 
appropriate for use by CBP to inform law enforcement 
suitability for new hires. The Committee directs CBP to submit 
a report on the effectiveness of polygraph tests within 120 
days of the date of enactment of this act. The report shall 
again include data comparing CBP's failure rates to those of 
other Federal law enforcement agencies; a list of admissions 
elicited during polygraph tests since CBP implemented a 
mandatory polygraph test requirement; details regarding the 
total and annualized number of such admissions and types of 
admissions; and an assessment of this test compared to the Law 
Enforcement Pre-Employment Test certified by the National 
Center for Credibility Assessment.
    Northern Border Strategy Implementation Plan.--The 
Committee recognizes that importance of ensuring USBP and OFO 
are properly resourced to effectively manage operations along 
the more than five thousand miles of border between the United 
States and Canada. Within 60 days of the date of enactment of 
this act, and quarterly thereafter, USBP and OFO are directed 
to brief the Committee on northern border operations. At a 
minimum, the brief shall include information on staffing levels 
at each sector. For USBP, the brief shall include border 
security technology investments made and planned, to include 
increased reliance on autonomous systems. For OFO, the brief 
shall include data on any changes in hours of ports of entry, 
to include an explanation for why those hours were changed and 
how OFO assesses future changes. Finally, the Committee 
continues the requirement for CBP to notify the Committee 
should CBP determine that it is necessary to divert more than 
10 percent of staffing in any sector and field office along the 
northern border to other assignments along the southwest border 
or other ports of entry. The notification shall occur within 15 
days of deployment and include the number and location of the 
personnel diverted, the duration of the diversion, and when the 
personnel shall return to their posts.
    Separation of Children From Parents and Legal Guardians.--
The Committee strongly discourages the separation of children 
from their parents or legal guardians, absent a specific 
documented determination by a State-licensed child welfare 
professional. The Committee reminds CBP that criminal 
convictions, and the mental or physical health, of a parent/
legal guardian unrelated to the child's health, safety, or 
welfare, alone are an insufficient basis to separate families. 
The Committee reminds CBP of its obligation to thoroughly 
document all such separations as previously described.

                       BORDER SECURITY OPERATIONS

    The Committee recommends $7,082,267,000 for Border Security 
Operations, which is $1,346,465,000 above the budget request 
amount and $692,686,000 above the fiscal year 2023 enacted 
level.
    Workload Staffing Model for Between the Ports.--The 
Committee has provided significant resources toward border 
security across all resource types, ranging from personnel, 
infrastructure, equipment, and aircraft, as well as ground, 
air, and marine surveillance capabilities. To understand how 
these investments impact requirements for Border Patrol agents, 
Processing Coordinators, and other mission support staff, the 
Committee, again, reiterates its request for CBP to develop a 
comprehensive workload staffing model that takes into account 
how these investments inform the operational requirement for 
agents, coordinators, and support staff. Within 30 days of the 
date of enactment of this act, CBP shall provide a briefing to 
the Committee on Border Patrol's Mission Advantage Program and 
how that work demonstrates the impact, with data, that existing 
and potential resources are expected to have on personnel 
needs. Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this act, CBP 
shall provide a report to the Committee detailing the model and 
the process that CBP used to create and validate the model. The 
report shall include descriptions of: (1) steps and associated 
timelines taken to create the model and resources used to 
develop it; (2) data sources and methodology used to generate 
the model; (3) actions taken to independently verify the model, 
including on the following dimensions: data source analysis and 
findings; variables and assumptions; processes, information, 
distribution, and reporting; advanced analytics; and 
probability and risk analysis; (4) an inventory of Border 
Patrol technology assets, and how those assets and their 
capabilities inform workload staffing requirements; and (5) a 
plan for periodically updating and improving upon the model, 
including a plan for incorporating planned technological 
investments and associated force multiplier effects into the 
model, including changes in programs and processes, air and 
marine assets, and deployment of additional surveillance 
technologies.
    Border Patrol Hiring.--The Committee provides $11,000,000 
to hire an additional 145 Border Patrol agents, bringing the 
funded level to 20,000 agents. The Committee directs CBP to 
provide, within 90 days of the date of enactment of this act, 
the following: (1) a plan with a timeframe for bringing on 
board the additional agents and reaching the funded level of 
agents; (2) how additional agents hired will impact the total 
number of agents on the northern border as an increasing number 
of agents have been re-deployed from the northern border to the 
southwest border; and (3) how CBP is responding to and altering 
policies to ensure appropriate oversight and execution of 
recommendations in response to investigations of Border Patrol 
activities. In light of the Border Patrol's ongoing recruitment 
and attrition challenges, funding that is unable to be executed 
for new hiring in fiscal year 2024 is available for additional 
targeted Border Patrol Agent hiring and retention efforts; 
hiring processing coordinators and professional staff that 
relieve agents of administrative duties; and for morale 
efforts, to include increasing the uniform allowance. CBP is 
directed to brief the Committee on any alternative use of these 
funds prior to implementation.
    Border Security Technology Gaps.--The Committee notes the 
requirement in Public Law 116-260, the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act of 2021, for CBP to examine technology gaps 
along the southwest border-both at ports of entry and between 
ports of entry. This critical analysis should guide CBP 
decisions on improving its technology development and 
acquisition. Within 180 days of the date of enactment of this 
act, CBP shall brief the Committee on its efforts to improve 
border security technology development and acquisition based on 
the analysis required by this law.
    Border Barrier Reporting.--The Committee directs CBP to 
provide within 60 days of the date of enactment of this act, 
and quarterly thereafter, a report on the status and plans 
during fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025 for the 
unobligated balances for border barrier system previously 
funded in Public Law 116-93 and Public Law 116-260. The report 
shall include: (1) total funds obligated since January 2021 by 
project and Border Patrol sector; and (2) total funds planned 
for obligation by project and Border Patrol sector. 
Additionally, the report shall provide a description of the 
type of project, to include, at a minimum, the amounts 
obligated and outcomes for each of the following: construction 
of new barriers, replacement of existing barriers, closure of 
gaps; installation of gates; linear ground detection 
capabilities; and remediation activities necessary to address 
life, safety, environmental and remediation requirements.
    Border Management Requirements.--The Committee provides 
$750,000,000 above the request for soft-sided facilities along 
the southwest border. Within 45 days of the date of enactment 
of this act, CBP shall provide the Committee a briefing on how 
CBP monitors and assesses the need to maintain such facilities 
and the measures employed to determine when the agency will 
decommission a temporary facility.
    Border Barriers Environmental Remediation.--Within 90 days 
of the date of enactment of this act, the Commissioner of CBP 
shall provide an update to the Committee on CBP's work with the 
appropriate agencies at the Department of the Interior and the 
Department of Agriculture to convene a multi-agency process to 
identify harm inflicted by construction of border barriers on 
private land, Tribal land, flood-prone areas, and wildlife 
corridors, as well as recommended remediation measures. The 
multi-agency process shall include consultation with local, 
State, and Tribal governments, landowners, and non-governmental 
organizations with environmental and cultural preservation 
expertise. The Commissioner shall detail a data-driven plan to 
develop mitigation strategies in response to border barrier 
related construction. This strategy shall ensure that any 
actions taken maintain security along the border.
    Shelter and Services Program [SSP].--The Committee provides 
$752,000,000 for SSP to provide temporary shelter and other 
services to noncitizens released from DHS custody, helping to 
facilitate the safe, orderly, and humane release of asylum 
seekers and families. These funds shall be transferred to FEMA 
for administration. Not less than quarterly, CBP shall provide 
operational data to FEMA to help inform decisions on where 
funding should be provided to shelters along the southwest 
border and in the interior of the U.S. to support CBP's border 
security mission. At a minimum, this data shall include 
historical data and future projections of encounters of 
families and single adults, by POE and Border Patrol sector.
    Operational Costs for Border Technology.--The Committee is 
dismayed the President's Budget request did not include funding 
to operate border technology previously funded by Congress. The 
recommendation rejects proposed cuts in order to fully deploy 
and operate existing capabilities.
    Body-Worn Cameras.--Within 90 days of the date of enactment 
of this act, CBP shall provide the Committee an execution plan 
with an implementation schedule to deploy body-worn cameras.
    Operating Video Monitoring.--The Commissioner shall ensure 
that any non-working closed caption television and associated 
recording or storage equipment in a facility that holds non-
citizens must be repaired or replaced within 24 hours. 
Instances of equipment that remain non-working after 24 hours 
must be reported to the Office of Professional Responsibility. 
Outage and repair status reporting shall be updated weekly and 
CBP shall provide the Committee a monthly update on the 
operational status of all such video capabilities.
    Prison Rape Elimination Act [PREA].--The Committee directs 
CBP to post on its website within 60 days of the date of 
enactment of this act a schedule for achieving 100 percent 
compliance with PREA requirements. In addition, the Committee 
requests CBP examine options to provide PREA training to 
relevant agency staff and personnel during their onboarding 
process and to maintain annual training.
    Transportation Checks and Roving Enforcement.--The 
Committee directs CBP to continue to collect and semiannually 
report to the Committee data pertaining to Border Patrol 
transportation and immigration checkpoints. The report shall 
exclude law enforcement sensitive information and include 
necessary redactions of all personal and identifying 
information about specific individuals. The report shall 
include, at a minimum, the total number of patrol stops made by 
CBP personnel during transportation checks and a description of 
the boarding of public conveyances by CBP personnel at air, 
maritime, and land environments, including ports and terminals. 
Additionally, the report shall include the following 
information when an arrest is made: the total number of arrests 
by location; the total number of use-of-force incidents during 
an arrest by location; the citizenship status of any individual 
arrested; and the total amount of drugs, currency, and firearms 
seized as a result of transportation checks. The report shall 
also include the following information pertaining to 
immigration checkpoints: the location of all tactical and 
permanent checkpoints that were in operation for any period of 
time; the total number of arrests by location; the total number 
of use-of-force incidents during an arrest by location; the 
citizenship status of subjects stopped or arrested following 
secondary inspection at checkpoints; and the total amount of 
drugs, currency, and firearms seized at checkpoints.
    Reporting Requirements for Deaths in Custody.--CBP shall 
continue to provide the data required in House Report 116-80 
regarding deaths of noncitizens.
    Short Term Detention.--The Committee is sympathetic to the 
operational needs of CBP which can fluctuate greatly, with 
surges to the border resulting in overcrowding in facilities 
presenting safety and health risks to individuals in custody, 
particularly children, as well as to CBP personnel. CBP shall 
continue to follow the directives in the explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 116-260 related to Holding Facility 
Length of Stay and Short-Term Detention, as well as the 
directives in House Report 116-458 on Initial Health 
Screenings, High-Priority Populations, Medical Equipment and 
Personnel, Access to Water and Food, Holding Facility 
Standards, Consumables, Child Welfare Professionals, Families 
in Custody, Personnel Training, Migrant Property, and Migrants-
Safety. However, the Committee's expectations should not be 
construed to interfere with the rights obtained, or obligations 
owed, by any Federal consent decree. Additionally, within 90 
days of the date of enactment of this act, the Commissioner 
shall provide a report to the Committee on infrastructure 
changes, training protocols, and other investments to ensure 
the safe, humane, and orderly processing and prompt release or 
transfer of single adults, families, and unaccompanied children 
in CBP custody, in compliance with the CBP National Standards 
on Transport, Escort, Detention, and Search as well as the 
Flores Settlement. As part of the report, the Department shall 
solicit and include feedback and suggestions from non-
governmental, non-profit organizations with a focus on 
immigration and civil rights to improve stakeholder monitoring 
and access policy at CBP facilities. The Committee reminds CBP 
that per 8 USC 1232 it is prohibited from holding unaccompanied 
or accompanied noncitizen children in custody for more than 72 
hours.
    Emergency Driving and Vehicular Pursuits.--Due to concerns 
over serious injuries and fatalities associated with CBP 
emergency driving and vehicular pursuits, the Committee directs 
CBP to provide a report within 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this act, on the following: (1) the number of 
vehicular pursuits over the last three fiscal years, 
disaggregated by component, reason for pursuit initiation, 
reason for pursuit termination, pursuit disposition, location, 
duration, distance, maximum speed, use of force, involvement of 
other agency/organization, injuries, and fatalities; (2) a 
detailed description of all training curriculum and materials 
relating to CBP Directive No. 4510-026A, any updates or 
modifications thereto, and statistics on the training of 
personnel to date; (3) a detailed description of the Vehicular 
Pursuits Review Committee(s) including membership, frequency of 
meetings, number of incident reports reviewed to date 
disaggregated by fiscal year, and outcomes of the reviews; and 
(4) a detailed description of review and compliance assessments 
by the National Use of Force Review Board and Local Use of 
Force Review Boards regarding vehicular pursuit incident 
reports, including the number of incident reports reviewed in 
the previous fiscal year and outcomes of the reviews. The 
Committee further directs CBP to provide copies prospectively 
of: (1) any and all annual Law Enforcement Safety and 
Compliance [LESC] Directorate vehicular pursuit reports 
documenting and analyzing pursuits from the previous fiscal 
year; and (2) any and all final reports of investigation by the 
CBP Office of Professional Responsibility relating to emergency 
driving and/or vehicular pursuits. Each of these records shall 
be made available to the public with appropriate redactions no 
later than 90 days after the date of submission to the 
Committee.
    Non-Mission Duties.--The Committee is aware that CBP 
personnel are carrying out the duties of other Federal agencies 
or components, known as ``non-mission duties.'' Not later than 
30 days after the date of enactment of this act, CBP shall 
submit to the Committee a detailed report which shall include: 
(1) the total number of CBP agents or officers carrying out 
non-mission duties; (2) identification of the funding source 
associated with non-mission duties; (3) the rationale for CBP 
personnel to perform non-mission duties and the duration they 
are expected to perform those duties; (4) a detailed 
description of all required training for CBP agents and 
officers in order to carry out the non-mission duties; and (5) 
identification of any impacts to CBP's mission due to agents 
and officers carrying out non-mission duties. The report does 
not need to include CBP personnel on temporary duty (TDY) 
assignment within CBP but shall include TDY assignments to 
other DHS components and executive branch departments.
    Assessing Commercial Satellite Radio Frequency [RF].--The 
Committee notes recent efforts and pilot programs to evaluate 
the utility of incorporating commercial satellite RF 
collections to improve situational awareness around the land 
borders of the United States. CBP should continue these 
efforts, which will allow for further evaluation of how RF 
collection fits into existing surveillance and reconnaissance 
architectures.
    Data on ``Got Aways''.--Within 30 days of the date of 
enactment of this act and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary, 
in consultation with other appropriate Federal officials, shall 
submit to the Committee a report that details the situational 
awareness of the southwest border that includes data related to 
the number of ``got away'' individuals and monthly apprehension 
rate data by sector. For the purposes of this reporting 
requirement, the Department shall use the definitions provided 
in section 223 of title 6, United States Code. Further, CBP has 
long described their process at arriving at estimates for ``got 
away'' individuals as more of ``art than science,'' and has 
cautioned attributing a false precision to the data. To assess 
options for improving the existing process, the Committee 
directs CBP to ensure a review by third party statistical 
experts on the current process, assumptions, and formulas used 
to derive the ``got away'' estimates and any proposed changes 
to improve such estimates, including proposed changes to 
statutory definitions, if applicable.

      TRADE AND TRAVEL OPERATIONS-OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS [OFO]

    The Committee recommends $5,096,566,000 for OFO, which is 
$94,189,000 below the request and $113,534,000 above the fiscal 
year 2023 enacted level.
    OFO Workload Staffing Model.--Within 90 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, the Committee directs CBP to report on a 
workload staffing model to mitigate the impacts of vehicular 
wait times at the busiest land ports of entry, including loss 
of economic output and jobs. The Committee encourages CBP to 
ensure appropriate staffing levels are maintained at the top 10 
U.S. air ports of entry, as determined by passenger 
enplanements as measured by the Federal Aviation 
Administration.
    Immigration and Customs Inspection Fees and Funding for OFO 
Personnel.--Since fiscal year 2021, Congress has provided 
$1,819,000,000 to CBP to offset the impacts of reduced fees 
collected as a result of COVID-19 impacts to international 
travel. The CBP CFO shall continue to manage and oversee CBP 
fee funding to ensure current year operational requirements are 
balanced against the continuing requirement to build and 
maximize a carryover balance. If fee collections during fiscal 
year 2024 exceed current projections and carryover 
requirements, CBP shall refrain from obligating those available 
funds until it briefs the Committee on options for the use of 
those funds to include for hiring additional CBP officers and 
mission support staff.
    CBP One Mobile Application.--Within 180 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, the Committee directs CBP to provide the 
following information on the use of the CBP One mobile 
application: (1) plans to address accessibility and technical 
problems (including problems with facial recognition 
technology); (2) the number of incidents in which asylum 
seekers were unable to schedule an appointment through CBP One 
because of lack of access to a smart phone or problems with the 
system since implementation of the application; (3) the number 
of incidents in which an individual is turned back when they 
present themselves at a POE because they did not have an 
appointment through CBP One; (4) the number of appointments 
that CBP makes available monthly, broken down daily by 
location, through the CBP One application; and (5) the number 
and nature of complaints filed by individuals or on behalf of 
individuals who report on problems getting an appointment, 
accessibility issues, and misidentification. Additionally, CBP 
shall provide the Committee a deployment plan for the CBP 
mobile application, including the user rate for each service 
available on the mobile application as of the date of enactment 
of this act, and a description of additional services and 
features that will be implemented by the end of fiscal year 
2024. CBP's deployment plan shall include data specific to the 
use of the mobile application by individuals seeking exemptions 
from travel restrictions for humanitarian purposes, 
availability of appointments through the application and 
availability of group appointments in the case of families, an 
accessibility assessment that takes into account reported 
barriers to the application's use, functionality, privacy, and 
reliability, and any expansion plans for this service.
    Enhancement of Supply Chain Security.--The Committee 
believes that improving interoperability will be an important 
step to modernize trade operations while strengthening supply 
chain security. Within 180 days of the date of enactment of 
this act, CBP shall provide a briefing with recommendations on 
how innovative capabilities, including blockchain-based 
platforms, may improve trade operations between the United 
States and Central and South American countries, including 
potential opportunities for partnership with non-profit and 
private partners and with Central and South American Customs 
Agencies.
    Combatting Transportation of Firearms and Illicit Funds.--
The Committee is concerned that illicit monetary instruments 
and firearms continue to be smuggled from the United States 
into Mexico, fueling transnational criminal organization 
activities, including drug trafficking and violent crime. The 
Committee encourages CBP to continue to collaborate with 
domestic and international partners to disrupt the flow of 
finances that support these activities and report to the 
Committee any additional authorities or resources needed to 
stymie the flow.
    International Mail and Express Consignment Facilities.--
CBP's continued collaboration with the U.S. Postal Service and 
the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] at International Mail 
and Express Consignment Facilities is key to reducing the entry 
of scheduled narcotics and other illicit and restricted drugs 
(and their precursor materials) through these facilities. The 
Committee recognizes that illicit substances are often smuggled 
or mailed in small amounts, making it challenging for CBP to 
detect. Previously provided funds, and funds provided in this 
act, shall be made available for facility improvements; 
detection and testing equipment upgrades; increased capacity 
for testing and storing illegal and regulated substances; 
interoperability improvements with FDA detection equipment; and 
innovative technologies that apply advanced analytics and 
machine learning capabilities.
    Identifying Fentanyl Analogues and Related Substances at 
the Southwest Border.--The Committee commends CBP on ongoing 
efforts to interdict fentanyl, fentanyl-related substances, and 
fentanyl analogues along the southwest border. CBP shall 
identify the specific types of fentanyl analogues and fentanyl-
related substances, as defined by Public Law 116-114, it 
encounters at ports of entry. The Commissioner shall include 
the totals of fentanyl analogues and fentanyl-related 
substances, in addition to the other controlled substances for 
which it reports data in its drug seizure statistics, and make 
such information publicly available not less than monthly.
    Maritime Ports of Entry.--The Committee continues to 
support robust staffing at the Nation's cargo and passenger 
maritime POEs. Within the funds provided for O&S, CBP shall 
ensure adequate staffing at new and expanded maritime POEs in 
order to meet peak passenger wait time goals.
    Border Security Deployment Program [BSDP].--The Committee 
commends CBP on its work in executing BSDP as the program 
provides CBP with a comprehensive, integrated, and continuous 
surveillance and intrusion detection system at LPOEs. BSDP 
improves the safety and security of CBP officers, Border Patrol 
agents, and the traveling public and facilitates cross-border 
trade. The program provides a valuable contribution to the 
prevention and detection of potential corruption among CBP 
officers by allowing for court admissible video and audio 
recordings. BSDP provides critical real-time surveillance by 
using over 15,000 sensors across all LPOEs; such sensors are 
utilized at 24-hour operating and non-24-hour operating U.S. 
POEs. Such sensors allow for a better allocation of resources 
and manpower by acting as a significant force multiplier. CBP 
shall provide the Committee a briefing within 120 days of the 
date of enactment of this act on the agency's plan to expand 
BSDP at LPOEs.
    Agricultural Inspections.--The Committee recognizes that 
agricultural specialists are crucial for ensuring trade and 
travel safety; preventing the introduction of harmful exotic 
plant pests and foreign animal diseases, including from Asian 
pork products; and averting potential agricultural and bio-
terrorism in the United States. Currently, many POEs are 
understaffed relative to CBP's Workload Staffing Model, as well 
as the Agriculture Resource Allocation Model. CBP shall 
continue working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to 
better leverage existing staff in addressing the agricultural 
inspection workload, such as through the authorization of 
additional work hours or dual certification.
    Land Ports of Entry Hours of Operation.--The Committee 
recognizes the importance of maintaining 24-hour staffing at 
remote land ports of entry to prevent negative impacts to local 
communities and regional economic activity and directs CBP to 
consult with elected officials at all levels, community 
members, and industry prior to making changes. CBP shall 
refrain from reducing the hours of operation at any land port 
of entry unless CBP can demonstrate that the reduction in hours 
will not impede local or regional commerce or unduly impede 
local resident traffic. Further, not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this act, CBP shall provide a report 
to this Committee detailing operating hours at all northern 
border ports of entry, and describing how CBP plans to improve 
the recruitment and retention of CBP personnel at remote 
northern border ports of entry to sustain those operating 
hours. Additionally, to assist with the challenges relating to 
operating hours, the Committee directs CBP to establish a pilot 
program for the co-location of CBP and Canada Border Services 
Agency border agents at remote LPOEs to maintain border 
security and reduce costs.
    Reimbursable Services Programs.--The Committee notes that 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), 
directed CBP to provide each air, land, and sea port operator, 
including cruise terminals, with information on baseline 
service levels and report to the Committee quarterly on its 
adherence to these baseline levels. To date, the Committee has 
not received the first quarterly report. The Committee directs 
CBP to provide the aforementioned report no later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this act, and to provide future 
reports on a semi-annual basis. Further, the Committee reminds 
CBP that the report shall address staffing shortages, 
requirements for facility and security upgrades, and plans for 
technology recapitalization; the process used to decide how 
initiatives are funded; a justification for the scope of the 
requests; and how CBP will negotiate with port operators and 
incorporate their feedback into the development of plans to 
address future facility and security needs. CBP is encouraged 
to defer all current and future seaport facility agreements 
until it has provided details on baseline service levels to 
each port operator and provided the Committee with estimates 
for future facility and security requirement improvements and 
associated federally mandated technology. CBP is expected to 
work in partnership with seaports and refrain from imposing 
requirements on seaports in a unilateral fashion.
    Locality Payscale Flexibility.--The Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), directed CBP to 
provide a report, in coordination with the Office of Personnel 
Management, on: (1) an analysis of local pay scales and how 
those pay brackets impact recruitment and retention; (2) an 
overview of agency authorities for adjusting pay; and (3) 
recommendations to better align local pay with the costs of 
living to improve recruitment and retention. The Committee is 
disappointed that CBP has not completed this report. The 
Committee directs CBP to complete the aforementioned report no 
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this act.
    Preclearance.--The Committee notes the continued success of 
the Preclearance program in expediting the security process for 
passengers traveling to the United States, while simultaneously 
enforcing procedures that deter and detect national security 
threats from individuals, groups, or cargo attempting to enter 
the United States. Fees collected for this program shall be 
used in a targeted, risk-based fashion and shall prioritize the 
expansion of preclearance operations as outlined in the 
Department's Beyond the Border Action Plan between the United 
States and Canada for land, marine, rail, and air POEs. The 
Committee appreciates progress on efforts to establish 
preclearance for the mutually agreed upon sites of Billy Bishop 
Toronto City Airport, Quebec City Jean Lesage International 
Airport, Montreal Rail, and Rocky Mountaineer and reiterates 
that such expansion is contingent upon each site meeting all 
terms and conditions of the agreement. The Committee encourages 
CBP to meet the objectives for preclearance activities, 
including obligations in advance of reimbursement, authorized 
by the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 
(Public Law 114-125), and provides necessary funding to collect 
and expend reimbursements, including anticipated reimbursements 
for preclearance activities. As Canada has adopted companion 
legislation, the Committee expects CBP to make progress in 
negotiations with the Canada Border Services Agency, Transport 
Canada, and Public Safety Canada on expanding preclearance 
activities in Canada. The Committee also encourages CBP to 
consider the significant economic impact that the expansion of 
preclearance activities in Canada will have for U.S. 
communities that neighbor the northern border when prioritizing 
preclearance expansion projects. The Committee urges CBP to 
reengage in negotiations with international airports on 
expansions to the existing preclearance program by prioritizing 
airports that were previously identified for possible 
preclearance locations in 2015 and 2016 and that have the 
highest number of travelers arriving in the U.S. each year. The 
Committee supports CBP meeting the expansion of the 
preclearance program as the opportunity for increased traveler 
volume, increased revenue, and new flight routes are dependent 
on the success of the program.
    Data on Asylum Seekers.--The Committee directs OFO to 
continue to produce a monthly report detailing for each 
preceding month: the POEs along the southwest border at which 
queue management or metering practices have been employed; the 
number of asylum seekers processed at each such POE; and the 
number of asylum seekers turned away from each such POE due to 
queue management or metering practices. The Committee also 
requests the report include: CBP's rationale for queue 
management or metering practices at POEs; capacity and resource 
constraints leading to or requiring the implementation of queue 
management or metering practices at POEs; recommendations for 
alleviating such capacity and resource constraints at POEs; and 
any agreements or arrangements between CBP, or the Federal 
Government, and Government of Mexico authorities involving 
efforts to restrict the number of potential asylum seekers that 
can access a POE prior to entering the United States. While the 
Committee acknowledges that CBP has provided some of the data 
requested, the data is incomplete and not fully responsive to 
the Committee's prior requests for information. Further, the 
Committee directs CBP to include within its monthly southwest 
migration reports data detailing the number of individuals 
claiming fear, or attempting to claim a fear of return to their 
home country, in addition to, and separate from, its monthly 
apprehension and inadmissible statistics. The data should 
include individuals presenting at both POEs and between POEs, 
claiming credible fear as a separate, distinct category from 
either the monthly ``apprehensions'' or ``inadmissibles'' 
statistics. The Committee acknowledges that CBP has provided 
annual statistics on the number of ``credible fear 
apprehensions'' and ``credible fear inadmissibles,'' but 
directs CBP to disaggregate this data such that individuals 
claiming credible fear are not included within or counted 
towards either the ``apprehensions'' or ``inadmissibles'' 
statistics and do so on a monthly basis.
    Assessing Options for Fishing Vessels Crew.--The Committee 
is aware of the workforce requirements and challenges that are 
unique to the federally managed longline fishing fleet based 
out of Hawaii and the impacts that are the result of denying 
U.S. vessel owners and operators the ability to facilitate the 
employment of foreign crewmen through commercial air travel. 
The restriction of these crewmen to fishing vessels allows for 
consideration of a process to permit entry for the immediate 
transfer of crewmen to onboard vessels on which they reside and 
are employed to fish exclusively for tuna and other highly 
migratory species. To mitigate the impacts from restricting 
crewmen entry, as well as countering illegal, under-reported, 
and unregulated fishing by foreign fleets including China, the 
Committee directs CBP to assess options for a limited or 
temporary use of authority to allow for the entry of designated 
crewman via air travel and transfer to their place of 
employment onboard Hawaii-based longline fishing vessels.
    Border Searches and Electronics.--The Committee continues 
to require CBP to publish annually and make publicly available 
on its website data pertaining to searches of electronic 
devices. This data should include: the total number of U.S. 
persons for which a Governmental entity obtained access to the 
digital contents of electronic equipment belonging to or in the 
possession of the U.S. person at the border; the total number 
and nationality of non-citizens for which a Governmental entity 
obtained access to the digital contents of electronic 
equipment; aggregate data regarding the race and ethnicity of 
individuals for whom a Governmental entity obtained access to 
the digital contents of electronic equipment belonging to or in 
the possession of an individual at the border; and the number 
of times CBP searched an electronic device at the request of a 
Federal, State, local or foreign governmental entity, including 
another component of the Department, or disclosed to such 
entity information from any searched device.
    Environmental Crimes Enforcement.--Within 120 days of the 
date of enactment of this act, CBP shall provide a briefing to 
the Committee on the activities and resources applied towards 
the enforcement of the Lacey Act amendments of 2008, which help 
address international deforestation and combat the trade of 
illegal wildlife and timber products. Additionally, the 
briefing shall include efforts by CBP to assist the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service with the electronic collection of data as well as 
continued consultations with trading partners, importers, 
exporters, and other interested groups as the provisions of the 
act are fully implemented.
    Advanced Electronic Data [AED].--The Synthetics Trafficking 
and Overdose Prevention Act [STOP Act] required that all 
packages coming into the United States from foreign countries 
use Advanced Electronic Data by January 1, 2021. Within 180 
days of the date of enactment of this act, the Committee 
directs CBP, in coordination with the United States Postal 
Service, to issue a report with a detailed plan for how the 
Postal Service can scan every package or letter entering the 
United States that could contain an illegal opioid. 
Furthermore, within 180 days of the date of enactment of this 
act, CBP shall provide a report to the Committee on the 
implementation of the AED initiative. This report must include: 
(1) total volume received by USPS and volume containing AED; 
(2) the volume received by country containing AED; (3) number 
of packages CBP requests to screen and the number actually 
tendered by the USPS; (4) reports on the number of goods seized 
during blitzes on Mail Facilities; and (5) volume received from 
countries exempted from AED by CBP.
    Prevent Abduction Program.--The Committee recognizes that 
Federal law prohibits any one parent from removing a child from 
the United States with intent to obstruct another parent's 
custodial rights. The Committee further recognizes that the 
International Child Prevention and Abduction Prevention and 
Return Act (Public Law 113-150) required CBP, in coordination 
with other Federal agencies, to establish a program to ensure 
children were not unlawfully removed from the United States in 
violation of a valid State court order. The Committee 
appreciates CBP's efforts to establish the Prevent Abduction 
Program to meet this statutory requirement and protect the 
rights of parents and children and further appreciates recent 
updates on the public facing website about the program. The 
Committee recognizes that CBP officers have many 
responsibilities, but officers are sometimes the last 
opportunity to prevent an unlawful international parental 
abduction. Within 180 days of the date of enactment of this 
act, CBP is directed to report to the Committee on the status 
of the Prevent Abduction Program, which shall include: (1) the 
total hours of training CBP officers receive on the issue of 
international parental child abduction; (2) the accumulative 
number of children enrolled in the program and the number of 
children enrolled in the preceding fiscal year; (3) the number 
of children enrolled in the program who, despite their 
enrollment in the program, were removed at an air POE, if any; 
and (4) identification of resources CBP might need to ensure 
children are not removed from the United States in violation of 
a valid State court order.

              TRADE AND TRAVEL OPERATIONS-OFFICE OF TRADE

    Within the total funding recommended for Trade and Travel 
Operations, including OFO and Office of Trade, the Committee 
recommends $414,200,000 for the Office of Trade, which is 
$1,147,000 above the budget request amount and $21,410,000 
above the fiscal year 2023 enacted level.
    Combatting Forced Labor.--Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) prohibits the importation of merchandise 
mined, produced or manufactured, wholly or in part, in any 
foreign country by forced labor-including forced or indentured 
child labor. Such merchandise is subject to exclusion and/or 
seizure to prevent those items from entering the U.S. economy. 
The Committee commends CBP's Office of Trade for their 
increased efforts to identify and prevent entry of such 
merchandise.
    The Committee recommendation rejects the proposed 
$10,000,000 reduction to CBP's forced labor enforcement 
capabilities and continues to support implementation of the 
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and supports additional 
personnel, technological capability, training, and other 
activities to faithfully implement the law and protect U.S. 
consumers from products tainted by forced labor, and reduce 
unintended impacts on supply chains. The Committee strongly 
urges CBP to combat forced labor through additional enforcement 
personnel, technology, training, strategy, and outreach.
    Forced Labor.--Within 60 days of the date of enactment of 
this act, CBP shall provide a briefing to the Committee on 
implementation of the UFLPA, including an update on addressing 
the challenge of transshipment of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
Region-related goods, the tools and technology CBP deploys to 
enhance enforcement of the law, steps to coordinate 
international engagement to prevent bifurcated supply chains or 
dumping grounds for the products of forced labor, and the 
obstacles to enforcing UFLPA in cases of rail, road, and air 
transportation.
    Trade Enforcement.--The Committee continues to support a 
range of trade enforcement activities pertaining to 
intellectual property rights and online anti-counterfeiting. 
The Committee directs CBP to expand its partnership with the 
U.S. Postal Service to provide advance electronic data to 
identify counterfeit goods and to enhance communication with 
rights holders through sharing specific detention information 
and images, as recommended in the March 2021 Commercial Customs 
Operations Advisory Committee background paper. Within 90 days 
of the date of enactment of this act, CBP shall provide a 
report to the Committee detailing implementation of this 
directive.
    Combatting Transshipment.--The Committee is aware of the 
continued efforts by some foreign traders to circumvent U.S. 
trade laws and evade duty payments by transshipping products 
through third party countries. Therefore, the Committee 
continues to direct CBP to modify targeting criteria and make 
additional changes necessary to provide CBP with the 
administrative flexibility required to identify transshipped 
products.
    Distributed Ledger Technology.--The Committee continues 
support testing blockchain and distributed ledger technologies 
to improve trade operations, including enhancement of supply 
chain security, single window and sharing Customs Trade 
Partnership Against Terrorism data in cooperation with foreign 
Customs Agencies, using a blockchain based solution and 
leveraging existing platforms as appropriate. The Committee 
believes that leveraging technologies such as blockchain and 
distributive ledger technologies can lead to significant trade 
efficiencies and improve interoperability.

                         INTEGRATED OPERATIONS

    Office of International Affairs.--The Committee directs CBP 
to provide a briefing within 60 days of the date of enactment 
of this act on recommendations to, in conjunction with the 
Department of State, expand information campaigns in El 
Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras through social and behavior 
change communication advertising the dangers of irregular 
migration to the United States and educating citizens of those 
countries about legal pathways.
    Persistent Maritime Domain Awareness [MDA] Demonstration.--
The Committee recognizes there are benefits and efficiencies to 
be gained by deploying uncrewed surface vehicles [USVs] for 
homeland security missions, specifically interdiction related 
efforts. Therefore, the Committee directs Air and Marine 
Operations [AMO] to work with CBP's INVNT program to examine 
opportunities to work with industry partners to conduct a 
persistent, long duration MDA demonstration in an area where 
illicit maritime activity is known to be concentrated.
    Tactical Maritime Surveillance System.--The Committee 
provides $10,000,000 for tactical maritime surveillance systems 
to support a transition from the pilot phase to deploy long 
duration unmanned surface vehicles [USV] in maritime domain 
awareness configuration. Within 60 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, AMO shall brief the Committee on its 
plan for the use of these funds to include the duration of the 
contract and the number of USV it plans to deploy.

                            MISSION SUPPORT

    Medical Care along the Southwest Border.--The Committee 
continues support for CBP's medical support contract activities 
to provide care for noncitizens in CBP custody, including at 
Border Patrol Stations, Central Processing Centers, other 
forward deployed locations, and any temporary facilities CBP 
has stood up. The funding shall address medical concerns and 
provide first aid and triage and low acuity treatment. The 
scope of services includes administrative requirements, 
logistical support, medical screening, evaluation and 
treatment, reporting tasks, and program management support. 
Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this act, CBP shall 
provide to the Committee a briefing on the number of 
noncitizens this level of funding allows them to support along 
with a detailed breakout of the types of care provided.

                          ENTERPRISE SERVICES

    Mission Support Contracting.--The Committee repeats its 
request for CBP to provide, within 120 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, an inventory of all Enterprise Services 
contracts organized by category, to identify opportunities to 
save costs with a plan to reduce current duplication, and to 
consolidate to leverage economies of scale. To promote more 
efficient and effective use of these resources, CBP shall apply 
advanced analytics and machine learning tools to develop an 
inventory and identify opportunities to save costs.
    Caregivers, Child Care Services and Employee Resiliency.--
The Committee continues support for suicide prevention 
clinicians, child care services, and human resources resilience 
activities.

              PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2023....................................    $581,558,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................     719,141,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,152,529,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $1,152,529,000 for Procurement, 
Construction, and Improvements [PC&I], which is $433,388,000 
above the budget request amount and $570,941,000 above the 
fiscal year 2023 enacted level.
    Identifying Impact of Border Security Investments.--The 
Committee is committed to providing funding to strengthen the 
security of U.S. borders in a smart, data-driven manner that is 
informed by robust, cost-benefit analysis that incorporates all 
types of border security assets and is tied to identified 
capability gaps.
    Border Security Technology.--The recommendation includes 
$263,300,000, or $33,732,000 above the request, for border 
security technology. The Committee directs CBP to reallocate 
funding as appropriate to ensure technology is deployed at the 
locations where it will have the greatest impact on CBP's 
ability to identify and interdict illicit activity. The 
Commissioner is directed to prioritize procurement of the most 
cost-effective technologies based on lifecycle costs, system 
availability, reduced requirements for personnel, and input 
from sector leadership. The Committee directs CBP to ensure 
that the appropriate amount of technology is piloted, tested, 
and deployed along the northern border, in addition to the 
southern border. Of this amount:
    (1)  $86,000,000 is for integrated surveillance towers, 
including autonomous capabilities to reduce reliance on Border 
Patrol to manually operate equipment;
    (2)  $41,500,000 is for mobile surveillance capabilities to 
include mobile video surveillance systems, replacing obsolete 
mobile surveillance equipment, counter-UAS, and small unmanned 
aerial systems. The Committee recommends re-using components of 
the existing Mobile Surveillance Capability systems where 
practical to reduce procurement costs;
    (3)  $25,000,000 is for subterranean detection investments 
to include cross-border tunnel detection capabilities and 
linear ground detection system capabilities;
    (4)  $7,500,000 is for seamless integrated communications 
to extend connectivity for agents where there is no commercial 
cellular service;
    (5)  $26,453,000, as requested, is for the Border 
Enforcement Coordination Network;
    (6)  $20,000,000 is for CBP's INVNT Program, of which not 
more than $5,000,000 shall be available for each specific 
technology project; and
    (7)  $2,000,000 is for CAMdex to establish an advanced 
drone forensics capability within DHS.
    Transitioning Innovative Technologies and Equipment Into 
CBP Operations.--The Committee applauds the work of CBP's 
Innovation Team and the progress the agency has made in regards 
to identifying, piloting, and evaluating innovative 
capabilities that likely would have previously gone 
undiscovered. Key to the success of this program is the ability 
of the agency to transition successful pilots into operations. 
The Committee directs CBP to provide a briefing within 90 days 
of the date of enactment of this act and quarterly thereafter 
on: the current rate of pilots that have transitioned to 
operations; the performance impact to operations as a result of 
the transition; a plan to evaluate whether there are common 
indicators for unsuccessful pilots; and recommendations to 
incentivize CBP programs to participate and ultimately execute 
promising capabilities.
    Non-Intrusive Inspection [NII] at Ports of Entry.--CBP 
shall continue to provide monthly updates to the Committee on 
the obligation of funds for NII equipment along with actual and 
projected performance gains as a result of deployments for NII 
funded in this or prior appropriations. Those updates shall 
include progress on incorporating AI/ML capabilities to aid in 
faster detection of anomalies. Within 90 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, CBP shall provide a briefing to the 
Committee on the status of NII coverage in pre-primary lanes 
along the southwest border and to report on whether the 
increase in pre-primary screening will create additional alarms 
at POEs, impacting current secondary inspection capacity and 
possibly the workflow of other Federal agencies that may not 
have sufficient opportunity to plan for additional resource 
needs.
    The Committee is concerned that CBP's current plans for NII 
passenger vehicle screening units do not take into account the 
need to examine a vehicle's undercarriage through a ground-up 
transmission and backscatter system. Systems being deployed 
with a top-down only x-ray system may have difficulty 
identifying narcotics concealed in the under-vehicle. CBP shall 
provide a briefing no later than 45 days after the date of 
enactment of this act on what risk assessment was conducted and 
used to inform current plans, how current plans address this 
risk, the performance levels of existing passenger vehicle 
scanning system's drug detection capabilities, potential x-ray 
exposure, and current or future ability to use AI. The briefing 
shall include officer feedback, anticipated impact to CBP's 
ability to seize illicit items without a ground-up transmission 
and backscatter system, and a cost estimate to add a ground-up 
transmission and backscatter capability to POEs lacking this 
capability.
    The Committee encourages CBP, in coordination with S&T and 
private sector partners, to conduct research and development 
activities to enhance existing equipment and develop advanced 
mobile NII equipment for large-scale cargo and other items 
requiring screening. Such activities should include an 
examination of how enhanced mobile systems could contribute to 
saving taxpayer dollars. No later than 180 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, CBP shall provide a report on the 
current status of mobile NII technology and proposals for 
enhancing it.
    Deterring Illicit Substances.--The Committee is aware of 
CBP's ongoing testing of innovative technologies, including 
recent testing of radiation-free passive cargo scanning 
technology, and encourages CBP's efforts to leverage evolving 
and advanced capabilities to accelerate progress in achieving 
screening goals to detect, interdict, and deter the flow of 
illicit drugs and other contraband at the POEs. The Committee 
seeks to ensure CBP dedicates the necessary resources to 
procuring technologies, including NII and passive radiation 
scanning, as well as X-ray/Gamma-ray imaging of cargo and 
conveyances, that detect, interdict, and deter the flow of 
illicit drugs, including fentanyl, carfentanil, and heroin. The 
dramatic influx of fentanyl into the United States, including 
through the mail, is contributing substantially to the opioid 
epidemic. The Committee supports CBP's continued efforts to 
combat this influx through the acquisition of portable chemical 
screening capabilities necessary to determine the presence of 
fentanyl and other narcotics, including lab equipment, 
decontamination solutions, personal protective equipment, and 
other consumables, and increasing the number of scientists at 
POEs and consignment facilities to rapidly interpret screening 
test results.
    Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft [MEA] and Light Enforcement 
Helicopter [LEH].--The Committee provides $29,000,000 above the 
request for an additional MEA to expand CBP's ability to 
conduct maritime, air, and land surveillance at our Nation's 
borders. With this funding, a total of 31 MEAs out of an 
operational requirement of 38 aircraft are supported. The 
Committee also recommends $13,000,000, as requested, for 
aircraft sensor upgrades, $2,700,000 for law enforcement radio 
installation integration, and provides $45,000,000, above the 
request for 5 additional LEH.
    Land Ports of Entry.--CBP shall provide to the Committee 
its annual report prioritizing facility needs at LPOEs with the 
annual budget submission. CBP shall continue to work with GSA 
and the Office of Management and Budget on this 5-year strategy 
to modernize POEs. Specific attention shall be paid to the 
health, safety, and welfare needs of CBP officers. Special 
consideration shall also be considered for facilities where 
reconfiguration or upgrades will improve the flow of local 
traffic and allow local residents to move freely in their own 
communities. Additionally, CBP shall provide a detailed report 
and timeline within 90 days of the date of enactment of this 
act outlining completion of the Blue Water Bridge Plaza 
expansion project and any steps taken in the last fiscal year 
toward project completion. The report shall align with the 
annual LPOE priority list, outline projected CBP costs, and 
should explain how CBP will engage with State and local 
entities and the specific milestones and timeline for the 
project's completion. Within 120 days of the date of enactment 
of this act, CBP, working with GSA, shall provide the Committee 
with a briefing on plans to execute the funds provided in the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 and whether 
there are any significant changes involving the 26 LPOE 
projects supported in that act. As part of this briefing, CBP 
shall also provide the Committee an update on steps to 
``rebuild'' the annual 5-year LPOE plan.
    Construction and Facility Improvements.--The Committee 
provides $69,654,000 for Border Patrol and AMO facility 
improvements. Of this amount, $66,000,000, as requested, is for 
the Houlton, Maine Border Patrol station, and $3,654,000 is for 
the Tucson Air Branch.
    Additionally, not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this act, CBP shall submit a report to the 
Committee that includes:
    (1)  the details of the design and construction process for 
new or renovated Border Patrol facilities, including stations, 
processing centers, and checkpoints;
    (2)  detailed requirements for each facility currently 
funded or proposed for funding, including buildings, parking 
facilities, sally ports, vehicle maintenance facilities, 
fueling stations, temporary detainee holding facilities, and 
kennels;
    (3)  for each currently funded facility:
        (a)  the total amount funded, obligated, and expended, 
        by fiscal year; and
        (b)  if funds were obligated to an outside agency 
        (e.g., General Services Administration and U.S. Army 
        Corps of Engineers), the obligation and expenditure 
        status of those funds;
    (4)  for each currently funded facility and for proposed 
facilities, a construction schedule and associated expenditure 
plan broken out by quarter (to include funds appropriated 
through other agencies);
    (5)  For each requirement described in (2):
        (a)  the severability of each requirement that is 
        specific to the location;
        (b)  confirmation that each requirement is an 
        independently awardable option for all contracts 
        currently funded;
        (c)  the requirements for facilities that are unfunded; 
        and
        (d)  the requirements for facilities described in (2) 
        that are unfunded; and
    (6)  the number of personnel to be assigned at each 
location, with confirmation the design is scoped to address 
current and anticipated future staffing needs.
    The report shall also include a detailed plan to improve 
CBP's cost estimating capability for these facilities.
    Advanced Training Center [ATC].--The Committee continues to 
support the investments made at the ATC's construction of the 
Instructional Design Center/Distance Learning Center. Within 90 
days of the date of enactment of this act, CBP shall brief the 
Committee on progress made with the use of previously 
appropriated funds.
    PC&I Spend Plan.--The Committee remains frustrated with 
CBP's lack of engagement during the year of execution when 
making changes to the PC&I spend plan privilege not a right, 
and lack of proactive engagement with the Committee on its PC&I 
requirements during the year of execution may result in changes 
to current flexibilities.

                U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] is the 
principal investigative agency within the Department of 
Homeland Security. ICE is responsible for securing the Nation's 
borders, enforcing U.S. immigration laws, and safeguarding 
cyberspace through the enforcement of Federal laws that govern 
trade and travel, including but not limited to narcotics 
enforcement, financial crimes, child exploitation, and human 
smuggling.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends total appropriations of 
$8,886,363,000 for ICE, which is $554,824,000 above the budget 
request amount and $127,403,000 above the fiscal year 2023 
enacted level when adding in $339,658,000 provided in fiscal 
year 2023 border management funding. This amount is in addition 
to estimated fee collections of $379,610,000.
    The following table summarizes the Committee's 
recommendation as compared to the fiscal year 2023 enacted and 
fiscal year 2024 budget request levels:

                                       IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
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Operations and Support....................................         8,396,305         8,281,019         8,836,263
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements...............            22,997            50,520            50,100
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total, Immigration and Customs Enforcement............         8,419,302         8,331,539         8,886,363
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                         OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2023....................................  $8,396,305,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................   8,281,019,000
Committee recommendation................................   8,836,263,000

    The ICE Operations and Support [O&S] appropriation provides 
for the enforcement of immigration and customs laws, related 
intelligence activities, and the detention and removal of 
illicit people and goods. In addition to directly appropriated 
resources, funding is derived from the following existing 
offsetting collections:
    Immigration Inspection User Fee.--ICE derives funds from 
user fees to support the costs of detention and removals in 
connection with international inspection activities at airports 
and seaports, as authorized by the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1356).
    Student Exchange Visitor Program Fee.--ICE collects fees 
from foreign students, exchange visitors, schools, and 
universities to certify, monitor, and audit participating 
exchange programs.
    Immigration Breached Bond/Detention Fund.--ICE derives 
funds from the recovery of breached cash and surety bonds in 
excess of $8,000,000, as authorized by the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356), and from a portion of fees 
charged under section 245(i) of that act to support the cost of 
the detention of aliens.
    Detention and Removal Office Fee.--ICE collects fees from 
bonds filed by noncitizens arriving at an air or sea port of 
entry where the noncitizen is needed to testify in the 
prosecution of a person for violating a State or Federal law. 
These fees cover the costs incurred during the stay of removal, 
if granted. The collections are also used to fund some Custody 
Operations non-bed general expenses [GE].

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    Access to Oversight.--The Committee recognizes the 
important role that the OIG, OIDO, and others play in ensuring 
that detention centers are safe and healthy for individuals in 
custody and for staff. ICE is directed to ensure that 
individuals in custody have the opportunity to confidentially 
contact such entities without retaliation, at no cost to the 
individual in custody. The Committee is concerned about 
recently deployed technological investments, such as tablets, 
that identify when a person in custody reaches out to oversight 
entities. Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this act, 
ICE shall brief the Committee on the facility-specific level 
existing method of outreach to oversight entities and whether 
such outreach is monitored by ICE or contractors. Additionally, 
ICE shall provide a summary of efforts in place to deter 
retaliation should outreach occur. ICE is discouraged from 
limiting access to oversight entities in any fashion that would 
only permit the individual in custody to go through ICE or a 
contractor to reach oversight entities.
    Additional Funding.--The recommendation includes an 
additional $686,000,000, which is intended for the following 
purposes: $86,000,000 is for Homeland Security Investigations 
[HSI], $555,000,000 is for Enforcement and Removal Operations, 
$35,000,000 is for Mission Support, $10,000,000 is for the 
Office of Principal Legal Advisor. Of the amounts made 
available to HSI, $24,000,000 is to support and expand 
taskforces relating to fentanyl; $26,000,000 is to expand the 
footprint of the Transnational Criminal Investigative Units 
[TCIUs] abroad, especially into areas where fentanyl or its 
precursors have a significant presence; $10,000,000 is to 
expand the presence of HSI abroad; $4,000,000 is to ensure HSI 
presence at the Gordie Howe International Bridge; and 
$22,000,000 is for the National Academy for Advanced Training 
and Leadership. Of the amounts made available to Enforcement 
and Removal Operations, none of the funding shall be for 
detention or to expand detention operations; $250,000,000 shall 
be for transportation, including transportation from the 
border; $169,000,000 shall be for medical bills for individuals 
in CBP custody; $125,000,000 shall be to support the work on 
the non-detained docket, but does not include funding for 
additional ICE officers, and $11,000,000 shall be for support 
staff to help ensure that noncitizens receive timely and 
accurate NTAs, among other reasons.
    Annual ICE Report.--Not later than December 31, ICE shall 
submit to the Committee its annual report for the previous 
fiscal year. At a minimum, the Annual Report shall compare the 
current fiscal year data to the prior five fiscal years.
    Facilities Backlog.--The Committee recognizes the 
significant facilities backlog ICE has for both owned and 
leased facilities. As such, within 30 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, and quarterly thereafter, ICE is 
directed to brief the Committee on its annual facilities plan. 
At a minimum the initial plan should include a facility-by-
facility project list for the current fiscal year and the 
following two fiscal years. Quarterly updates should include 
execution against the initial plan and changes to the current 
fiscal year plan and outyear plans.
    Language Access.--The Committee directs ICE to ensure that 
language access is available and services are high quality and 
accurate. ICE shall ensure that translation services to 
facilitate language access is available at no cost to 
individuals in custody. Within 90 days of the date of enactment 
of this act, ICE shall brief the Committee on all existing 
language access contracts, efforts, or plans and identify the 
costs and challenges associated with improving and expanding 
language access to ensure that individuals in custody 
understand their rights and obligations, have access to 
competent counsel, and understand ICE staff while in custody.
    Legal Access for Noncitizens.--$10,000,000 is provided 
above the request to support expanded legal access to detention 
facilities, including for improvements to existing law 
libraries by updating legal materials and providing online 
legal access, expanding video attorney visitation, and 
facilitating the exchange of legal documents between 
noncitizens in the physical custody of ICE and their counsel. 
Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this act, ICE shall 
provide a spend plan and brief the Committee on the plan. 
Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this act, ICE shall 
publicly release the location of legal access investments, so 
that the public can view where such expanded services may be 
offered. The Committee reminds ICE that funding is provided to 
help noncitizens access and communicate with counsel 
confidentially and to educate themselves through updated law 
libraries, which helps the immigration system move more 
efficiently.
    Name, Image, and Likeness [NIL].--Within 180 days of the 
enactment of this act, the Department of Homeland Security 
shall issue a report that examines whether guidance and 
rulemaking process clarifying the ability of current college 
athletes on student F-1 visas to engage in activities related 
to the use of their name, image, and likeness [NIL] would be 
permissible absent a statutory change. The report shall examine 
students on all types of visas.
    Realignment of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.--
The bill includes a new provision prohibiting the use of funds 
for performance awards to certain members of the senior 
executive service until ICE submits and implements a plan to 
realign its Office of the Chief Financial Officer to report 
directly to the Director or the Deputy Director. ICE continues 
to demonstrate challenges with operating within the funds 
appropriated by Congress, as evidenced by its ongoing 
challenges in accurately forecasting costs for items such as 
detention beds, transportation of noncitizens, and payroll. 
While the Committee recognizes that unforeseen changes in 
policy and operational postures occasionally require additional 
resources, ICE has not provided a baseline for requirements 
that enables the Committee to understand the resource 
implications of such changes in policies and operations. The 
Committee does not believe that the current placement of the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer enables the incumbent to 
effectively address these challenges, advise ICE leadership on 
the overall financial health of the organization, or to be a 
critical decision-maker with respect to ICE's resources. By 
realigning the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and 
establishing a direct line of communication with the Director, 
the Committee expects ICE will be able to more effectively 
manage its resources.
    Realignment of the Appropriations Liaison Position.--While 
the Committee recognizes the progress made by the Office of 
Congressional Relations in closing out the backlog of reports 
and briefs, the Committee notes that the nature of the 
Committee's request are more appropriately geared towards the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, consistent with other 
components. As such, within 90 days of the date of enactment of 
this act, the Committee directs ICE to establish an 
appropriations liaison position within the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer to better ensure responses are timely, 
accurate, and address the budgetary and resource elements of 
the Committee's inquiries. Moreover, the Committee believes 
that the realignment of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer will produce a more streamlined engagement with the 
Committee.
    Recreation in Segregation.--ICE shall ensure that all 
persons in custody have access to recreation space and 
nutrition options outside of regular meal times, as 
appropriate, including for persons in any form of segregation. 
Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this act, ICE shall 
publicly report the number of persons in segregated housing 
placements by facility on a monthly basis and shall ensure that 
all privacy laws are adhered to. Additionally, ICE shall brief 
the Committee on its compliance with GAO-23-105366.
    Monthly Reporting Requirements.--The Committee is concerned 
about ICE not providing full-year plans for the budget and 
hiring at the start of the fiscal year. While ICE has made some 
gains in how it provides execution and hiring data to the 
Committee, this information is not used in a strategic way by 
ICE leadership nor does it provide a clear picture of ICE's 
overall financial health or hiring posture. Therefore, ICE 
shall provide the Committee monthly budget and staffing 
briefings beginning not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this act. The briefings shall include any source 
of funding available to ICE for obligation; align projected and 
executed budgetary obligations and on-board staffing data to 
program areas within each PPA; and delineate pay and non-pay 
obligations. The brief shall include full-year projections for 
funding, costs, and hiring. Each subsequent report shall 
provide actuals against projections and updated projections for 
the remainder of the fiscal year. The bill includes a new 
provision requiring this report to be provided by the 10th day 
of each month and rescinds $100,000 from the Executive 
Oversight and Leadership PPA for each day the report is not 
provided.
    Tactical Communications.--The Committee is concerned that 
the current capacity of Tactical Communications [TACCOM] 
systems are insufficient to accommodate the majority of ICE's 
Law Enforcement Officers [LEOs]. Many of the legacy systems are 
overdue for upgrade and do not provide sufficient capacity or 
coverage to support the mission-critical operations undertaken 
by ICE. Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this act, 
ICE shall submit a detailed plan for initiating and completing 
additional TACCOM site expansion projects. The plan shall 
include regional modernization priorities, budget projections, 
and a timeline for initiating and completing these site 
expansion priorities.
    Wrongful Removals.--The Committee recommends the creation 
of an Office of Removal Order Review [OROR] as an independent 
unit charged with the task of reviewing applications from 
individuals who are seeking to return to the United States 
after removal and/or review of their final orders of removal. 
The Committee is concerned that current procedures and 
mechanisms to allow individuals to seek lawful return to the 
U.S. following removal, and/or challenge their removal order, 
are unduly burdensome, inaccessible to most individuals without 
legal counsel, and granted only in rare cases. This is the case 
even for individuals who have a claim to lawful status and/or 
arguments regarding material concerns with the underlying 
removal order. OROR shall utilize all mechanisms provided by 
current law to facilitate the return of those individuals whose 
removal orders were contrary to law or justice, including the 
use of humanitarian parole, joinder in a respondent's motion to 
reopen, and stipulation to relief from removal. Individuals 
previously removed and those with final removal orders shall 
still prepare a motion to reopen their final order of removal 
as required under current regulations and/or prepare and submit 
a humanitarian parole application; but, they would begin their 
process by submission to the OROR instead of a specific 
immigration court. Applications shall include the motion and 
any additional paperwork supporting relief or the full 
humanitarian parole application. OROR shall consult Executive 
Office of Immigration Review [EOIR] staff to develop a 
centralized review process through which OROR handles all 
requests to the Department for returns and review of final 
removal orders. OROR shall ensure that its process for 
receiving applications is efficient, clear, and accessible for 
those applying, including those without legal counsel and with 
limited access to technology. OROR shall announce the process 
publicly and through a public-facing website. OROR shall 
facilitate transparency of its process by reporting to Congress 
and the public the number of applications received and 
reviewed, the number granted, and the number of individuals 
actually returned.

                    HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS

    Advanced Analytics.--Within 90 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, HSI is directed to brief the Committee 
on its advanced analytics capabilities, to include the various 
tools it utilizes, how those tools are integrated with each 
other, and how these tools help HSI investigations, 
particularly as it relates to counterproliferation.
    Agent Resiliency Programs for Personnel Exposed to Child 
Sexual Abuse Material [CSAM].--The Committee recognizes the 
challenges presented by working on child exploitation 
investigations where personnel are often exposed to child 
sexual abuse material [CSAM]. The Committee supports the goals 
of the Awareness and Resilience Mentoring for Operational 
Readiness [ARMOR] Program to prevent negative consequences 
associated with exposure to CSAM. Within 90 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, the Committee directs the Child 
Exploitation Investigations Unit [CEIU] to examine whether 
current resiliency programs are sufficient to adequately 
support CEIU and field staff and to provide a briefing to the 
Committee on the results of such examination. The briefing 
shall include projected costs to expand or create additional 
programs to support agents in the field.
    Child Exploitation.--The recommendation continues 
enhancements provided in prior fiscal years, for the Child 
Exploitation Investigations Unit at the Cyber Crimes Center. 
The recommendation includes $5,000,000 to continue ICE's 
implementation of International Megan's Law. For fiscal year 
2023, the Angel Watch Center is on pace to send approximately 
3,050 referrals to more than 100 countries with approximately 
825 denials of entry, and to refer over 1,300 registered child 
sex offenders to the Department of State for passport 
endorsements, which prohibit child sexual predators from 
exploiting children in foreign countries.
    Combatting Fentanyl, Opioids, and other Synthetic 
Narcotics, and Disrupting and Dismantling Transnational 
Criminal Organizations [TCOs].--The Committee provides 
$824,285,000 to CBP and ICE for a range of critical and 
unprecedented investments in the fight to stem the flow of 
fentanyl and other synthetic narcotics into the United States. 
Such funds will also extend the fight beyond the border, and 
support and expand efforts to disrupt and dismantle the 
transnational criminal organizational business model abroad 
involving an endless cycle of narcotics, firearms, and human 
trafficking, which threatens lives at home and abroad. Of this 
amount, $105,000,000 is provided to HSI to support the 
expansion of task forces, such as the successful Fentanyl 
Abatement and Response Team in San Diego, CA, for new agents 
near the border to support the work to dismantle and disrupt 
fentanyl trafficking, to expand the successful Transnational 
Criminal Investigative Units [TCIUs] abroad to further support 
work to stem fentanyl from ever reaching the United States to 
begin with, and to support HSI's physical presence abroad. 
Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this act, HSI shall 
provide the Committee a spend plan, which shall include 
timeframes for the execution of these funds, the locations for 
TCIU expansion, and metrics associated with the planned impacts 
of such funds. Additionally, within 90 days of expending such 
funds, HSI shall brief the Committee on the impact of the funds 
and how such impacts compare against the planned impacts.
    Cross Border Illicit Finance Center.--Within 30 days of the 
date of enactment of this act, HSI shall provide a report to 
the Committee that examines the costs associated with 
establishing a formal Cross Border Illicit Finance Center which 
would formalize and centralize efforts around illicit cross 
border financial activity into the interior of the United 
States. Ideally, the center would leverage public-private 
partnerships, coordinate training for best practices, develop 
metrics, and support the lawful seizure of proceeds with a 
cross border nexus. The Center would also work and coordinate 
with other Federal law enforcement partners, but would be 
focused on criminal cross border conduct.
    Full Title 21 Authority for HSI.--Within 180 days of 
enactment of this act, HSI is directed to provide the Committee 
with a report detailing how the lack of full Title 21 authority 
hinders HSI's ability to combat the fentanyl importation and 
the transnational criminal organizations who profit from the 
importation of fentanyl and other synthetic substances. The 
report shall specifically identify instances in the last five 
fiscal years where the lack of such authority hindered HSI's 
ability to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle fentanyl 
importation and transnational criminal organizations. The 
report shall also detail the number of federal agents with 
existing Title 21 authority; the number of federal agents that 
lack such authority; and shall highlight the limitations of 
HSI's existing authority and ability to temporarily use Title 
21 authority compared to that of other federal law enforcement, 
including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and 
Explosives (ATF) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 
among others with full Title 21 authority.
    Forced Child Labor and Human Trafficking.--The Committee is 
concerned with recent reports of forced child labor and human 
trafficking, particularly with respect to unaccompanied 
noncitizens. The Committee applauds HSI's efforts to 
investigate and combat these crimes and understands that 
continued efforts in this area necessitate coordination with 
other Department and agencies across the Federal Government. 
Within 90 days of enactment of this act, DHS, in coordination 
with the Department of Labor, shall brief the Committee on how 
they are working together to combat forced child labor and 
provide recommendations for improved coordination. 
Additionally, within 90 days of enactment of this act and 
quarterly thereafter, DHS shall submit a report on the number 
of referrals from the Health and Human Services related to 
possible instances of forced child labor and human trafficking.
    Forced Labor Violations.--The recommendation includes not 
less than $15,500,000 for investigations and other activities 
related to forced labor law violations, to include forced child 
labor. Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this act, ICE 
shall submit to the Committee a spend plan, including the 
baseline funding, an annual report on the expenditures, and 
performance metrics associated with forced labor law 
enforcement activities.
    Gordie Howe International Bridge.--$4,000,000 above the 
request is provided for positions for three new investigative 
groups, facilities, and equipment to conduct investigations 
tied to the Gordie Howe International Bridge when it becomes 
operational. The funding will support the new groups' efforts 
to conduct investigations related to the trafficking of 
fentanyl, methamphetamine, and related opioids.
    Human Exploitation Rescue Operative [HERO].--The Committee 
continues to support the HERO Child-Rescue Corps, a partnership 
between HSI, U.S. Special Operations Command, and the National 
Association to Protect Children. The Committee directs ICE to 
sustain prior year enhancements for dedicated personnel and 
funding for the HERO program and related computer forensic 
analyst positions focused on child exploitation investigations. 
The Committee continues to support the concept of the paid HERO 
apprenticeship and directs ICE to brief the Committee not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this act on the 
status of the program, which shall include an analysis about 
the long term viability of the program within HSI, any resource 
challenges, or other challenges that face graduates of the 
program as identified by HSI.
    Human Rights Violators.--The Committee is aware of recent 
HSI efforts to investigate human rights violators, including 
the arrest of an individual alleged to have committed serious 
human rights violations and the removal of a Nazi war criminal. 
The Committee directs ICE to continue its efforts to 
investigate, remove, and prosecute individuals who have 
committed human rights abuses, including persecution, genocide, 
severe violations of religious freedom, torture, extrajudicial 
killing, use or recruitment of child soldiers, crimes against 
humanity, or war crimes. ICE shall report to the Committee 
within 180 days after the date of enactment of this act on the 
following: the total number of prosecutions and investigations 
of human rights offenses and other offenses committed and their 
outcomes, delineated by serious human rights violators within 
each of the last five fiscal years; the efforts of ICE to 
increase the number of human rights investigations and 
prosecutions; and any organizational, resource, or legal 
impediment to investigating and prosecuting more human rights 
violators, including whether the identified amount above is 
sufficient to support the Unit. ICE shall also update the 
Committee on base funding for this effort.
    Mobile Computer Forensic Vehicles [MCFV].--MCFV provide the 
ability to conduct on-site examinations of mobile devices which 
allows for the immediate start to victim identification in 
child exploitation cases, which is critical to the timelines of 
these investigations. The Committee recommends $500,000 above 
the request to support the procurement of additional mobile 
computer forensic vehicles.
    National Academy for Advanced Training and Leadership 
[NAATL].--An additional $22,000,000 above the request is 
provided for the NAATL. The Committee recognizes the importance 
of providing cutting-edge training and leadership opportunities 
for criminal investigators in a rapidly evolving environment. 
Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this act, and 
quarterly thereafter, HSI shall provide to the Committee a plan 
for how the funds will be used and how the training provided at 
the NAATL will better enable HSI and its partners, both 
domestically and internationally, to combat fentanyl.
    Opioid Investigations.--The Committee encourages ICE to 
finalize its monthly budget briefings, with congressional 
priorities clearly delineated, and continues to support 
enhancing HSI opioid enforcement activities in fiscal year 2024 
by sustaining over 340 personnel, including investigators, 
intelligence analysts, and necessary support staff. HSI has 
enhanced its ability to conduct increased investigations 
focusing on the identification of entire supply chains.
    Protecting Vulnerable Children.--Within 90 days of 
enactment of this act, ICE shall submit a report the Committee 
detailing the costs associated with expanding the Mutual 
Agreement between Government and Employers [IMAGE], the 
voluntary employer program, to industries or businesses with a 
documented history of hiring children in violation of state 
child labor laws, federal wage and hour rules, or children 
without lawful permission to work. The report shall include 
details about how such children would be connected with 
trafficking victim support or other victim services, as 
appropriate.
    Repository for Analytics in a Virtual Environment 
[RAVEn].--The Committee is concerned about the shifting 
justifications and expanding requests for RAVEn funding. The 
Committee is also concerned about ICE's plans to integrate 
artificial intelligence into RAVEn with seemingly limited 
guardrails, lack of oversight, and public accountability. The 
Committee strongly encourages HSI to update all required 
Privacy notices, and to identify, develop and monitor potential 
violations of civil rights and civil liberties as further 
development occurs. As such, within 90 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, ICE shall brief the Committee on 
privacy-related issues, intended implementation of artificial 
intelligence use, guardrails that ICE has in place to ensure 
that RAVEn is not being used to enforce civil immigration law, 
and existing testing metrics. ICE shall provide quarterly 
updates thereafter.
    Wildlife Trafficking Unit.--The Committee continues to 
remain concerned about the pervasive connection between 
wildlife trafficking and other criminal conduct, such as 
organized crime relating to narcotics, human smuggling, and 
financial crimes. As such, the Committee provides $10,000,000 
over the request to support the ongoing work of the Wildlife 
Trafficking Unit. The Committee encourages HSI to work towards 
ensuring that the next generation of specialized wildlife 
trafficking investigators are trained in this field. The 
Committee expects HSI to continue its work in partnership with 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to improve efforts to better 
address wildlife trafficking. The Committee directs HSI to 
continue to produce the report identified in Public Law 116-
125. The report shall include options for making this 
information available in a routine and public manner annually.

                   ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL OPERATIONS

    Access to Legal Counsel.--Within 90 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, ICE is directed to provide a report to 
the committees of jurisdiction on overall access for attorney 
and detainee representatives at ICE facilities. The report 
shall include the number of legal visits that were denied or 
not facilitated and the number of facilities that do not meet 
the ICE National Detention Standards for attorney/client 
communications. ICE is directed to make detention facility 
contact information and facility legal accommodations available 
on the ICE public website. The Committee remains concerned 
about the lack of meaningful access to counsel for individuals 
in the physical custody of ICE. Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this act, in every facility where a 
noncitizen is subject to the physical custody of ICE, 
regardless of the duration of such custody, that the Director 
ensure: that attorneys, BIA accredited representatives, and 
paralegals be able to request, schedule, and hold free, 
confidential, and unmonitored telephone calls and video 
teleconference appointments, of at least 60 minutes in duration 
that allow for third party interpretation with their clients, 
with at least 24 hours' notice to the facility; that attorneys 
and noncitizens are able to exchange legal documents via an 
electronic means; that facility staff will not read such 
documents; delivery of legal documents to noncitizens within 24 
hours of receipt by the facility; that each facility provide a 
mail dropbox for attorneys to send confidential legal 
correspondence to their clients and that delivery of such legal 
correspondence to detainees occur within 24 hours of receipt by 
the facility; and that facility staff will open such mail only 
in the presence of the noncitizen to whom the legal mail is 
addressed; and finally, that all facilities permit attorneys to 
bring in computers and cellular phones for attorney-client 
meetings.
    Alternatives to Detention.--ICE shall continue to brief the 
Committee on any ATD contracts it awards under this program, 
including contracts involving the ``Know Your Rights'' [KYR] 
program for new participants. Within 60 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, ICE shall begin providing monthly 
reports on the number of noncitizens participating in the ATD 
program, by technology type, cost by technology type, as well 
as the number of participants who attend a portion of or all of 
their immigration court hearings. The ATD program shall 
continue the type of case management services provided under 
the Family Case Management Program [FCMP]. The Committee 
directs ICE to continue to publish annually the following 
policies and data relating to ATD: guidance for referral, 
placement, escalation, and de-escalation decisions; enrollment 
by Field Office; information on the length of enrollment broken 
down by type of ATD; and a breakdown of enrollment by type and 
point of apprehension.
    ATD Referrals.--The Committee directs ICE to consider 
enrollment referrals from NGOs and community partners that are 
actively implementing ICE's ATD programs that utilize case 
management. ICE shall establish, with the consultation of 
relevant NGO and local community partners, at ICE's discretion, 
criteria for such referrals, guidelines for submission, and 
criteria for how ICE will consider any such referrals for 
enrollment in ATD programs. ICE shall submit a report to the 
Committee on progress regarding these guidelines within 60 days 
of the date of enactment of this act and quarterly thereafter 
until the guidelines are finalized. ICE shall submit an annual 
report on the number of NGO referrals that are submitted and 
the number of such referrals accepted into ATD programs that 
utilize case management programs.
    ATD Metrics Reporting.--Within 30 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, and monthly thereafter, ICE shall 
provide to the Committee standardized data on all ATD programs, 
compliance with court hearing attendance, compliance with final 
order of removal, number of removals of ATD participants, 
number of individuals removed from ATD prior to termination of 
proceedings, number of ATD program violations for enrolled 
participants in each program that occurred in the prior month, 
whether the individual was subject to an enforcement action 
upon such program violation, number of recent border entrants 
enrolled in ATD without electronic monitoring, total size of 
the non-detained docket, compliance data of noncitizens on the 
non-detained docket not enrolled in an ATD program 
disaggregating noncitizens previously enrolled in ATD and those 
that were never enrolled.
    Coordination with Third Parties.--Within 180 days of the 
date of enactment of this act, ICE shall develop a standard 
policy concerning the coordination of ICE releases to NGOs. The 
policy, which shall be implemented across the agency, shall 
specifically detail how Field Office Directors, and others, 
should coordinate with NGOs in advance of the release of 
noncitizens to any NGO custody and include protections for any 
personally identifiable information. Specifically, the policy 
shall formalize communication concerning the total number of 
arriving persons, including whether any such persons are 
children, and identify whether any individual is in need of 
special services by the NGO, at least 24 hours in advance of 
release, where practicable.
    Custody Operations.--The Committee funds an average daily 
population [ADP] of 34,000.
    Detention Facility Contractor Hiring.--The Committee is 
concerned that ICE has unused contract beds, which costs the 
American taxpayers millions of dollars annually. The Committee 
recognizes that one of the major challenges ICE continues to 
face is the backlog of clearances to hire contract personnel to 
provide the requisite staffing levels to utilize existing beds 
at its facilities. Within 60 days of the date of enactment of 
this act and monthly thereafter, ICE is directed to provide to 
the Committee the number of detention facility contractor staff 
in the hiring pipeline, including the number of staff cleared 
and the number of contract staff new to the pipeline. ICE is 
also directed to provide the average length of time to clear 
contract staff. The first data set shall also include a plan to 
address the hiring pipeline, and what challenges ICE faces with 
addressing the hiring pipeline, including those that are within 
and outside of ICE's control.
    Detention and Solitary Confinement of Special 
Populations.--The Committee is concerned about the use of 
involuntary segregation in isolation, solitary confinement, and 
protective custody of vulnerable, or special populations, 
including persons who identify as transgender, and remains 
concerned about the impact of prolonged detention on these 
populations. The Committee strongly encourages ICE to utilize 
ATD for this population, absent extraordinary circumstance or 
Federal law requiring detention. The Committee directs ICE to 
publicly report on a quarterly basis the number of individuals 
who identify as transgender who were, or are, in their physical 
custody for the preceding quarter. The report shall include, at 
a minimum, the number of consecutive and cumulative days such 
individuals were in detention or involuntary segregation, 
through isolation, solitary confinement, or protective custody, 
and include the basis for their involuntary segregation. ICE 
shall reevaluate their custody level periodically, no less than 
30 days, or sooner, where required by other State or Federal 
law, to determine whether continued involuntary segregation is 
appropriate. Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this 
act, ICE shall ensure that all such persons who identify as 
transgender, are only placed in a facility that meets the 
principles and standards outlined in the 2015 ICE Memo 
entitled, ``Further Guidance Regarding the Care of Transgender 
Individuals.'' Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this 
act, and annually thereafter, ICE shall report to the Committee 
the number of facilities that meet the 2015 principles and 
standards, their location, the number of available beds for 
vulnerable or special populations, including those who identify 
as transgender, whether those beds are in a form of involuntary 
segregation, and whether such facilities need additional 
resources to ensure the health and safety of such persons in 
their care and custody.
    Detention Standards and Inspections.--The Committee 
reiterates direction provided in the Joint Explanatory 
Statement accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2017 (Public Law 115-31) regarding detention standards. The 
Committee directs ICE to develop a timeline detailing steps the 
agency will take to recruit additional contracting personnel 
required for negotiating detention contracts and to brief the 
Committee on its plan not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this act. The Committee further directs ICE to 
post on its website within 60 days of the date of enactment of 
this act a schedule for achieving 100 percent compliance with 
PREA requirements; PBNDS 2011, as revised in 2016 and which 
were in effect on January 1, 2017; and the most recent National 
Detention Standards for all detainees. The Committee further 
directs ICE to post on its website within 60 days of the date 
of enactment of this act the results of completed PREA audits, 
an assessment of whether the standards are effective in 
protecting vulnerable populations, and all reports to the 
Committee required under the Joint Explanatory Statement 
accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, 
regarding contracting and detention standards. ICE shall also 
identify the resource requirements needed to achieve PREA 
compliance for the facilities that are currently not PREA 
compliant but have PBNDS 2011, Standard 2.11, or PBNDS 2008 
protections and shall identify the standard used in each 
facility in the publicly available website. ICE is directed to 
brief the Committee within 60 days of the date of enactment of 
this act on a comprehensive plan to improve and increase the 
number of inspections and provide the Committee with cost 
projections to increase and improve inspections.
    Enforcement and Removal Assistants [ERAs].--$11,000,000 is 
for ERO to hire 145 additional ERAs to support the management 
of the non-detained docket, including to assist the juvenile 
division. Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this act, 
and quarterly thereafter, ERO shall brief the Committee on 
progress made against the hiring of these ERAs, including 
location of ERAs and job function.
    Expedited Removal.--Within 60 days of the date of enactment 
of this act, and monthly thereafter, the Committee directs ICE 
to report on the number of noncitizens processed for expedited 
removal, the Nationalities of such noncitizens processed for 
expedited removal, and the percent of executed removal orders 
of such noncitizens processed for expedited removal. The 
initial report shall include similar data dating back 10 fiscal 
years.
    Hunger Strikes.--Within 90 days of the date of enactment of 
this act, ICE is directed to make public the following data 
quarterly: (1) the number of individuals known to be presently 
on a hunger strike (as defined by the 2011 Performance Based 
National Detention Standards); and (2) the number of 
individuals who have participated in a hunger strike who were 
also subject to force feeding, hydration or forced urinary 
catheterization or involuntary blood draws. Additionally, ICE 
shall provide the Committee with the projected costs associated 
with hunger strikes per fiscal year, which shall include costs 
for equipment, additional medical supplies, and transportation, 
as applicable.
    Intensive Supervision Appearance Program [ISAP] 
Utilization.--Within 30 days of the date of the enactment of 
this act, ICE shall provide the Committee a report that 
examines the alternatives to detention program. The report 
shall identify all consequences for noncompliance options 
currently available within the ATD program, identify how many 
individuals remain on ATD through the duration of their 
immigration court proceedings, provide the associated costs to 
provide ATD services for the duration of such immigration 
proceedings, identify how many times in the prior fiscal year a 
form of de-escalation was utilized in the program and whether 
such de-escalation was in accordance with existing policy, and 
whether any such individuals who are determined to be 
noncompliant are escalated to a higher level of supervision, 
which shall include the basis for such escalation and the 
noncompliant act.
     Juvenile and Family Management Division [JFMD].--Within 60 
days of the date of enactment of this act, and quarterly 
thereafter, JMFD shall brief the Committee on the status of the 
programs relating to regional juvenile coordinators and young 
adults in the ICE system. The briefing shall include, at a 
minimum, current staffing levels, requirements, challenges, and 
success for both programs. Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this act, JMFD shall conduct the training 
for the Committee that is required under the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act [TVPRA].
    Law Enforcement Support Center [LESC].--The Committee 
directs ICE to ensure that current operations performed by the 
LESC remain centralized at the LESC facility in Williston, 
Vermont, and that these operations are not unnecessarily 
duplicated elsewhere. The Department is also directed to submit 
for Committee approval the reallocation of any resources 
currently intended for LESC operations. It is expected that no 
such reallocation will be made without Committee concurrence.
    Minors.--Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this 
act and monthly thereafter, the Secretary shall provide the 
Committee with a report which shall include the number of 
individuals currently in ICE's custody who were transferred to 
ICE by the Office of Refugee Resettlement and a breakdown, 
delineated by ICE area of responsibility, the type of placement 
and accompanying justification for such placement.
    Mobile Policy Application.--Current ICE ERO guidance, 
policies, and standard operating procedures are dispersed on 
several outdated platforms or sent via email broadcasts with 
non-existent or insufficient data tags making it nearly 
impossible for employees to effectively and efficiently search 
for guidance pertinent to their essential job functions. 
Accessibility of information is further complicated by 
frequently changing laws and policies, and litigation outcomes 
that may differ by locality. ERO officers in the field and 
other employees need access to up-to-date, relevant, and 
reliable resources to perform their job functions effectively, 
safely, and in a manner that furthers public trust in the 
agency. Therefore, the recommendation directs ICE to allocate 
not less than $4,000,000 within Custody Operations to create a 
functional and advanced technology accessible via desktop and 
mobile device to contain and maintain guidance, policies, and 
procedures in an intuitive and reliable manner for ERO 
employees to use for their essential job functions. ERO and the 
Office of the Chief Information Officer shall provide quarterly 
progress updates to the Committee.
    Parental Interests Directive.--Within 60 days of the date 
of enactment of this act, ICE shall brief the Committee on the 
implementation of ICE Directive 11064.3, Parental Interest of 
Noncitizen Parents and Legal Guardians of Minor Children or 
Incapacitated Adults, including the implementation of Section 
5.12 of Directive 11064.3 requiring ICE Enforcement and Removal 
Operations [ERO] to ensure the centralized tracking of and 
reporting on noncitizen parents and legal guardians in ERO 
custody. To the extent possible, while maintaining the privacy 
rights of individuals involved, ICE is directed to make such 
data publicly available, including, but not limited to, the 
number of covered individuals involved in enforcement actions, 
detained, or subject to transfer between detention facilities 
or where ICE facilitated communication pursuant to such 
directive.
    Pregnant, Postpartum, and Lactating Women.--The Committee 
supports the National policy to discourage the detention or 
arrest of known pregnant, postpartum, or lactating women. For 
any known pregnant, postpartum, or lactating woman whose 
detention is required pursuant to law or documented exceptional 
circumstance, ICE shall, not less than monthly, evaluate 
whether such continued custody is necessary or required by law. 
During this custody redetermination, ICE shall presume that the 
continued custodial detention of pregnant, postpartum, or 
lactating women is not appropriate absent exceptional 
circumstances or where required by law. The Committee continues 
the requirement to provide semiannual reports on the total 
number of pregnant, postpartum, or lactating women in ICE 
custody, including detailed justification of the circumstances 
warranting each pregnant, postpartum, or lactating woman's 
continued detention and the time in custody. These anonymized 
reports should be made publicly available on the ICE website.
    Removal of Parents of U.S. Citizen Children.--The Committee 
continues its requirement that the Department submit data on 
the removal of parents of U.S. citizen children semiannually.
    Reporting Requirements.--ICE shall continue to provide 
results of detention inspections on a public facing website 
within 60 days of each inspection in a similar fashion as 
required of inspection reports in fiscal year 2021. ICE is 
directed to make public all final detention facility inspection 
reports within 60 days of inspection; complete and make public 
an initial report regarding any in-custody death within 30 days 
of such death, with subsequent reporting to be completed and 
released within 60 days of the initial report unless additional 
time is required for redacting personally identifiable 
information; make public a full list, updated monthly, of all 
facilities in use for detention of adults or children, 
including the average daily population, the type of contract, 
the governing detention standards, and the complement of on-
board medical and mental health personnel; ensure that non-
governmental organizations are provided with independent and 
timely access to all facilities for the purpose of providing 
representation, legal education, and programming, and for 
purposes of monitoring and visitation; and update detainee 
location information in the ICE Detainee Online Locator system 
within 48 hours of detention and 24 hours of completion of any 
transfer.
    Sensitive Locations and Protected Areas.--The Committee 
continues a requirement to provide its officers with guidance 
and training for engaging with victims and witnesses of crime, 
and to strengthen policy guidance on enforcement actions in or 
near sensitive locations, including courthouses, in order to 
minimize any effect that immigration enforcement may have on 
the willingness and ability of victims and witnesses to pursue 
justice. Within 180 days of the date of enactment of this act, 
ICE shall brief the Committee about any steps taken to minimize 
the effect of immigration enforcement activity on victims and 
witnesses of crime. ICE shall also continue to provide monthly 
notifications to the Committee on enforcement actions that take 
place in or near sensitive locations, including courthouses, 
and placements for unaccompanied children. ICE shall consider 
evacuation centers, shelters, and similar facilities operating 
in response to an emergency or major disaster, as well as non-
Federal Government facilities servicing individuals and 
families, and the curtilage of all such facilities, to be 
sensitive locations.
    Sex Offender Release Notifications.--The Committee 
understands that ICE is currently notifying law enforcement 
authorities and State regulatory organizations through the Sex 
Offender Registration and Notification Act (Public Law 109-248) 
exchange portal when ICE releases into their jurisdictions 
individuals who have a registration requirement. The Committee 
recommends continued funding to identify any potential 
information gaps within this system and to address these gaps 
in a manner that ensures that data on ICE detainees with sex or 
violent offender records are provided in real time to 
jurisdictions where such detainees will reside.
    Stateless Individuals.--Within 30 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, and monthly thereafter, ICE is directed 
to make the number of stateless individuals in custody publicly 
available on its website by facility location. Additionally, 
ICE is directed to provide the Committee its definition of 
statelessness within 30 days of the date of enactment of this 
act.
    Third Party Medical Costs.--The Committee remains concerned 
about the growing medical costs for persons in CBP custody, 
which ICE continues to be responsible for. As such, the 
recommendation includes $169,000,000 for third party medical 
bills. Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this act, 
ICE, in coordination, with CBP, shall brief the Committee on 
its methodology for forecasting third party medical costs and 
demonstrate how CBP and ICE work together to ensure there is no 
duplicative payments.
    Transportation and Removal Program [TRP].--The Committee 
recognizes that there has been a significant increase in the 
costs associated with the TRP mission but remains concerned 
about ICE's planning for these costs and continued reliance on 
reprogrammings and transfers to solve the challenges. TRP 
provides the safe and secure transportation of noncitizens who 
are subject to final orders of removal or who require transfer 
within the United States, which may ultimately include 
transportation to the noncitizen's final destination if ICE 
determines in its discretion that such transportation is 
necessary. For purposes of TRP, the Committee believes that 
expeditiously moving noncitizens from crowded facilities at the 
border, avoiding a situation where noncitizens are left at 
public places, and to reduce downstream inefficiencies in the 
immigration process, such as initially not calendaring cases in 
the noncitizens' final destination, are legitimate agency needs 
and necessary at times.
    Transfers of Noncitizens in Custody.--Within 90 days of the 
date of enactment of this act, ICE shall develop a method of 
publicly reporting transfers of noncitizens in custody for 
purposes of data sharing and accountability. Such reporting 
shall include the basis for the transfer and the sending and 
receiving institution and shall ensure that all personally 
identifiable information is protected.
    Transportation Management Office [TMO] and the Juvenile and 
Family Management Division [JFMD] Transportation and Compliance 
Unit [TCU].--Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this 
act, and quarterly thereafter, TMO and TCU shall jointly brief 
the Committee on the existing transportation contracts, 
including transportation to/from facilities, and all air, 
ground and sea transportation contracts for all noncitizens, 
including children and families. The briefing shall include a 
description of the current contract's total capacity, capacity 
per type of transportation, contract options, where applicable, 
contract costs, including daily, and weekly and monthly actual 
costs and projections. The briefing shall also compare 
projections against actuals for the preceding quarter.
    Transparency in Contracting.--Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this act, and quarterly thereafter, 
ICE shall publish on a publicly accessible website a 
consolidated compilation of all contracts and agreements for 
each of the facilities it uses for immigration detention 
purposes, including the most current and complete contract 
modification or addendum, any subcontracts, and all bid 
solicitation requests. ICE shall update its public archive of 
detention contracts on a quarterly basis and publish the 
records on its FOIA Library webpage.
    Voluntary Work Program.--Within 120 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, ERO is directed to brief the Committee 
on the costs associated with the voluntary work program, to 
include five fiscal years, worth of data, and an analysis of 
costs that would be incurred by paying the prevailing or 
minimum wage at a State-by-state level.
    287(g) Agreements.--The Committee directs ICE to publish 
applications for new or renewed 287(g) agreements on its 
website 8 weeks prior to entering into any such agreement. ICE 
shall ensure thorough vetting of 287(g) applicants in an effort 
to minimize detention conditions that do not fully comply with 
the PBNDS and PREA standards. As of January 2021, the 
Department issued monthly reports on high-profile criminal 
noncitizens encountered through this program. ICE is directed 
to report to the Committee on the effectiveness, and accuracy, 
of prior efforts to publicly disclose personally identifiable 
information about noncitizens encountered through the 287(g) 
program within 60 days of the date of enactment of this act. 
Before renewing or initiating any 287(g) agreement, the 
Director of ICE shall make a formal determination, that 
explains: (1) Why ICE is unable to perform the delegated duties 
itself; (2) What measures ICE is taking to assume those 
responsibilities itself in the future; and, (3) An estimate of 
how long it will take until ICE no longer requires the 
agreement because it has internally addressed the covered 
jurisdiction's needs.

                            MISSION SUPPORT

    Fleet Backlog.--The recommendation includes $25,000,000 to 
address the fleet backlog. Within 90 days of the date of 
enactment of this act and quarterly thereafter, ICE shall 
provide the Committee with a plan for how these funds will be 
used.
    OHC Hiring Support.--The recommendation includes 
$10,000,000 to ICE's Office of Human Capital to provide support 
for ICE's ability to hire. Within 90 days of the date of 
enactment of this act and quarterly thereafter, ICE shall 
provide the Committee with a plan for how these funds will be 
used.

                 OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL LEGAL ADVISOR

    Office of the Principal Legal Advisor [OPLA].--The 
Committee is concerned that the request for OPLA is only 
funding for attorneys and not support personnel. Within 90 days 
of the date of enactment of this act, ICE is directed to 
provide the Committee a hiring plan which contains details for 
how these positions will be filled, where they will be located, 
and provide the appropriate balance of support staff to 
attorney hire ratio.
    Administrative Closures.--Within 60 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, and quarterly thereafter, OPLA shall 
provide a report to the Committee that includes the total 
number of administrative closures (known as `ad closes') per 
OPLA Field Office for the preceding quarter.
    OPLA Caseloads.--The Committee is concerned about the 
caseload sizes for OPLA attorneys, which may create large 
workloads resulting in overworked personnel, possibly 
increasing the likelihood of extended case processing times, 
stress-related burnout, turnover, or other errors. Within 90 
days of the date of enactment of this act, OPLA shall provide 
the Committee with the average caseload sizes and caseload size 
goals per attorney.
    OPLA Hiring.--The Committee recommends $10,000,000 above 
the request for OPLA hiring, to include attorneys and the 
necessary support staff.

              PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2023....................................     $22,997,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................      50,520,000
Committee recommendation................................      50,100,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    Construction and Facility Improvements.--The recommendation 
includes $15,100,000 for critical repair requirements, as 
requested. The Committee recognizes that the costs of 
constructed new facilities and making major refurbishments to 
existing ones changes over time. As such, the Committee directs 
ICE to provide a detailed spend plan for each project within 30 
days of the date of enactment of this act and update the 
Committee quarterly thereafter. Subsequent briefs are to 
include changes to cost estimates.
    RAVEn.--The Committee recommends $35,000,000 for RAVEn. 
Funds are provided to build out the system's ability to 
leverage data for the purposes of investigations related to 
fentanyl. ICE shall provide a plan on the use of these funds 
within 90 days of enactment of this act.

                 Transportation Security Administration

    The Transportation Security Administration [TSA] is charged 
with ensuring security across U.S. transportation systems, 
including aviation, railways, highways, pipelines, and 
waterways; and safeguarding the freedom of movement of people 
and commerce.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends a gross discretionary total of 
$10,890,668,000 and a net of $7,414,668,000 for TSA, which is 
$407,723,000 less (total)/$1,152,277,000 more than the request 
and $1,061,128,000 above/$931,128,000 above the fiscal year 
2023 enacted level.
    The following table summarizes the Committee's 
recommendation as compared to the fiscal year 2023 enacted and 
fiscal year 2024 budget request levels:

                                     TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operations and Support....................................         8,798,363        10,331,752        10,020,729
Aviation Passenger Security Fees..........................        -2,490,000        -4,180,000        -2,620,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal, Operations and Support (net)................         6,308,363         6,151,752         7,400,729
                                                           =====================================================
 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements...............           141,645            81,357            13,939
Research and Development..................................            35,532            29,282  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total, Transportation Security Administration (net)...         6,483,540         6,262,391         7,414,668
                                                           =====================================================
    Total, Transportation Security Administration (gross).         9,829,540        11,298,391        10,890,668
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                         OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2023....................................  $6,308,363,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................   6,151,752,000
Committee recommendation................................   7,400,729,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$10,020,729,000 for Operations and Support [O&S], which is 
$311,023,000 below the budget request amount and $1,222,366,000 
above the fiscal year 2023 enacted level. This amount is 
partially offset by $2,620,000,000 in estimated aviation 
security fee collections that are credited to this 
appropriation, as authorized, resulting in a net discretionary 
appropriation of $7,400,729,000. The budget request erroneously 
assumed that an additional $1,520,000,000 of aviation security 
fees could be diverted to O&S PPAs instead of deficit reduction 
payments required by statute. The Committee reminds the 
Department and TSA that Section 534 of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act of 2023 (Public Law 117-103) requires the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, within 60 days of any budget 
submission for the Department that assumes revenues or proposes 
a reduction from the previous year based on user fees proposals 
that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of 
the budget, to provide the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives specific reductions in 
proposed discretionary budget authority commensurate with the 
revenues assumed in such proposals in the event that they are 
not enacted prior to October 1, 2023.
    The Committee lauds TSA's continued efforts to achieve pay 
equity for its workforce, especially in improving pay for 
frontline transportation security officers. The Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $5,111,550,000 in the TSA 
Screener Personnel, Compensation, and Benefits account to 
achieve pay equity and annualize the fiscal year 2023 pay 
raise. This is to ensure TSA is staffed and funded in order to 
allocate the appropriate number of officers at airports to 
avoid long lines and excessive wait times and ready to meet the 
needs across the enterprise as passenger volumes increase at 
security checkpoints.
    Staffing and Workload Report.--Within 90 days of the date 
of enactment of this act and monthly thereafter, TSA shall 
continue to provide to the Committee a report on staffing 
levels by major personnel categories along with the travel 
volumes during the same time period. The report shall display 
the following for each personnel category: onboard and FTE 
levels at the end of the previous fiscal year; positions and 
FTE levels funded through enacted appropriations for the 
current fiscal year; and onboard positions and FTE at the end 
of the month being reported. Additionally, the report shall 
include key TSA performance measures, such as travel volumes 
and wait times at checkpoints, as well as incorporate 
deployment of new equipment to identify how changes in 
personnel and assets impact TSA's operational capabilities.

                     AVIATION SCREENING OPERATIONS

    Aviation Worker Screening.--The Committee recognizes TSA's 
authority to deter and detect threats to airport security. The 
Committee is concerned that the recently issued National 
Amendment on Aviation Worker Screening (TSA-NA-23-02) that 
requires airports to significantly increase airport-performed 
physical screening of employees may be implemented in a manner 
that imposes undue burdens on airport operators. Further, the 
Committee is concerned that the National Amendment will be 
implemented prior to a thorough cost benefit analysis or risk 
assessment to justify the change. Furthermore, the National 
Amendment may place requirements on non-TSA security screeners 
that exceed their legal authority. The Committee urges TSA to 
delay the implementation of the National Amendment for no less 
than 1 year and to reassess the amendment's implementation, 
including through soliciting a formal round of notice and 
comment to examine the benefits to aviation security and the 
full financial and operational impacts of this proposal on 
airports.
    Registered Traveler [RT] Program.--The RT Program is a 
passenger convenience service that allows private entities to 
provide front-of-line access to the TSA Travel Document Checker 
[TDC]. RT participants are not considered to be low risk, and 
do not undergo Federal background checks. The Committee is 
aware of recent incidents involving the RT Program and directs 
TSA to notify the Committee within 30 days of security 
incidents involving RT service providers. Within 30 days of the 
date of enactment of this act, TSA shall provide a report 
detailing their plan to address vulnerabilities created by RT 
service providers. Further, the Committee strongly encourages 
TSA to verify the identity of all passengers enplaning at TSA-
regulated airports, including passengers enrolled in and 
escorted by RT service providers. The Committee also supports 
efforts to ensure passengers using PreCheck and standard 
security screening lanes are not unduly troubled by identity 
verification of RT participants.
    Facial Recognition Technology.--The Committee directs TSA 
to ensure passengers are informed of their option to forgo the 
use of facial recognition or facial matching technology in 
airports, via spoken announcements and other methods, where 
Credential Authentication Technology [CAT] is deployed at 
individual security checkpoints or kiosks for identity 
verification. The Committee is disappointed with TSA's 
communications plan to the general public for the roll-out of 
this new technology, as optional participation is not always 
immediately apparent via existing signage and its placement. 
TSA shall consult with the Committee on the format and 
presentation of the signage, including signage accessible to 
individuals with visual disabilities. Within 90 days of the 
enactment of this act, TSA shall report to Congress detailing 
how the use of facial recognition technology by TSA does not 
infringe on constitutional and statutory protections for due 
process, nondiscrimination, privacy, and freedom of speech and 
association.
    Screening Workforce Pay Strategy.--The Committee recognizes 
TSA's continued work to improve efforts to retain, hire, and 
train Transportation Security Officers [TSO] through pay reform 
initiatives. The screener workforce is critical to identifying 
and mitigating aviation security threats and these initiatives 
are key to increase workforce retention; provide opportunities 
for employees to develop, grow, and enhance their careers; and 
improve the Nation's overall aviation security posture. The 
Committee directs TSA to continue to provide a quarterly report 
on pay reform efforts and the subsequent effect on TSO 
retention levels. Additionally, TSA shall provide a report to 
the Committee within 180 days of the date of enactment of this 
act detailing the number of TSOs hired and corresponding 
retention levels since fiscal year 2016, delineated by fiscal 
year. As part of this report, TSA shall include a plan for 
continuous and sustained human capital investment that also 
incorporates the impact of new technologies and equipment that 
bring more capabilities to the workforce.
    Screening Partnership Program [SPP].--The recommendation 
maintains necessary funds for security at airports where 
private screening contracts are in place. The Committee finds 
that small and rural airports play a critical role in the 
security of our National Airspace System as the first point of 
entry for millions of travelers every year. Therefore, the 
Committee encourages TSA to work with local airport authorities 
and stakeholders to ensure that appropriate security screening 
services are deployed to any public use airport with regularly 
scheduled commercial air service.
    Credential Authentication Technology [CAT].--Within 90 days 
of the date of enactment of this act and quarterly thereafter, 
TSA shall provide a report to the Committee detailing airports 
at which CAT is currently deployed, airports at which CAT is 
not currently deployed, and a plan for the full procurement and 
deployment of CAT systems at all of the Nation's airports.
    Passenger Volume Growth.--TSA shall ensure that future 
budget requests include a robust forecast of passenger volume 
in relation to funded staffing levels and the projected 
improvements in operational capabilities as a result of the 
continued deployment of new technologies.
    Hiring in Rural Communities.--Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this act, TSA shall brief the 
Committee on the challenges of recruiting and retaining Federal 
employees in non-contiguous and rural States. At a minimum, the 
brief should include how TSA is addressing these challenges and 
the resources so identified for this purpose. TSA is strongly 
encouraged to consult with the Committee prior to the brief to 
ensure the requisite data needs are addressed and captured in 
this briefing.

                    OTHER OPERATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT

    Federal Air Marshal Service [FAMS].--The recommendation 
includes $857,828,000 for the FAMS, and includes funding to 
continue protection of the air transportation system against 
terrorist threats, sabotage, or other acts of violence. The 
Committee directs TSA to submit semiannual reports on FAMS 
mission coverage, staffing levels, and hiring rates as it has 
done in prior years.
    Federal Flight Deck Officer [FFDO] and Flight Crew Training 
Programs.--The Committee recommends $26,553,000, which is 
$244,000 less than the request, for the FFDO and Flight Crew 
Training programs. Within 60 days of the date of enactment of 
this act, TSA shall brief the Committee on the FFDO Program. 
The brief shall, at a minimum, include current backlogs of 
candidates awaiting initial training, utilization numbers for 
FFDO recurrent training, FFDO firearms recertification 
training, plans to address the backlog, and plans to expand the 
program.

              PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2023....................................    $141,645,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................      81,357,000
Committee recommendation................................      13,939,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $13,939,000 for Procurement, 
Construction, and Improvements [PC&I], which is $67,418,000 
below the budget request amount and $127,706,000 below the 
fiscal year 2023 enacted level.
    In-Line Baggage Handling and Screening Systems.--The 
recommendation of $13,939,000 supports outstanding 
reimbursement for costs associated with In-line Baggage and 
Screening System. The Committee recognizes the safety benefits 
of the In-Line Baggage Handling and Screening Systems to 
improve the security screening of checked baggage. The 
Committee encourages TSA to continue to support expansion of 
Explosive Detection Systems [EDS] at small airports to enhance 
security across the airport system and offer improved 
capabilities such as: greater ability to differentiate threats 
using the standalone EDS, reduced processing time for the 
baggage being screened, and reduction of manual screening to 
exceptions identified by the EDS.

                        RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Appropriations, 2023....................................     $33,532,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................      29,282,000
Committee recommendation................................................

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $0 for Research and Development 
[R&D], which is $29,282,000 below the budget request amount and 
$33,535,000 below the fiscal year 2023 enacted level.

                              Coast Guard

    The primary responsibilities of the Coast Guard include: 
enforcement of all applicable Federal laws on the high seas and 
other waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; 
promotion of safety of life and property at sea; assistance to 
navigation; protection of the marine environment; and 
maintenance of a State of readiness to function as a 
specialized service of the Navy in time of war, as authorized 
by sections 1 and 2 of title 14, United States Code. The 
Commandant of the Coast Guard reports directly to the Secretary 
of Homeland Security.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $12,605,769,000 for the Coast 
Guard, which is $599,939,000 below the budget request amount 
and $1,069,136,000 below the fiscal year 2023 enacted level.
    The following table summarizes the Committee's 
recommendation as compared to the fiscal year 2023 enacted and 
fiscal year 2024 budget request levels:

                                                   COAST GUARD
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operations and Support....................................         9,700,478        10,223,988        10,063,203
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements...............         1,669,650         1,550,000         1,118,322
Research and Development..................................             7,476             7,476  ................
Health Care Fund Contribution (Permanent Indefinite                  252,887           277,000           277,000
 Appropriations)..........................................
Retired Pay...............................................         2,044,414         1,147,244         1,147,244
Administrative Provisions.................................  ................  ................  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total, Coast Guard....................................        13,674,905        13,205,708        12,605,769
                                                           =====================================================
    (Defense).............................................           530,000           530,000           530,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                         OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2023....................................  $9,700,478,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................  10,223,988,000
Committee recommendation................................  10,063,203,000

    The Operations and Support [O&S] appropriation provides 
funds for the salaries and benefits of both military and 
civilian personnel and 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. The program activities 
of this appropriation include: search and rescue; aids to 
navigation; marine safety; marine environmental protection; 
enforcement of laws and treaties; Arctic and Antarctic 
operations; and defense readiness.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $10,063,203,000 for O&S, which is 
$160,785,000 below the budget request amount and $362,725,000 
above the fiscal year 2023 enacted level. The recommendation 
includes an increase above the budget request of $1,000,000 for 
the Cetacean Desk for Puget Sound Region, and $6,000,000 for 
fishing grants; and decreases below the budget request amount 
of $3,364,000 for acquisition support personnel, $14,989,000 
for data for decision advantage, $133,000 to decommission 
Island Class Patrol Boats, $50,000 to decommission Reliance 
Class Medium Endurance Cutters, $2,157,000 for Fast Response 
Cutter [FRC] follow-on, $3,843,000 for HC-27J follow-on, 
$42,716,000 for enterprise IT follow-on, $2,300,000 for 
financial systems modernization, $5,541,000 for medical 
readiness, $582,000 for shore facility follow-on, $6,054,000 
for software follow-on, $500,000 in unallocated Operations and 
Support account funding, $1,148,000 for Waterways Commerce 
Cutter [WCC] follow-on, $6,894,000 for WLB crew reconstitution, 
$11,978,000 for workforce recruiting and accessions, 
$15,453,000 for workforce support, and $50,083,000 for other 
reductions. The total includes $24,500,000 from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund and $530,000,000 for Coast Guard defense-
related activities. For the fiscal year 2025 budget 
justification, the Committee expects the request to contain the 
same sub-PPA level of detail.
    Cetacean Desk for Puget Sound Region.--The Committee 
provides $1,000,000 for implementation of the Cetacean Desk for 
Puget Sound Region, as authorized in the 2023 James M. Inhofe 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 
Law 117-263).
    Child Care Costs Study.--The child care sector has 
struggled to rebound after the pandemic and child care workers 
are among the lowest paid workers in the country. The Committee 
directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a study 
for each geographic area in which the Secretary operates a 
Coast Guard child development center. The study should (A) 
compare the total compensation (including all pay and benefits) 
of child development center employees of each Coast Guard child 
development center in such geographic area, to the total 
compensation of similarly credentialed employees of public 
elementary schools in such geographic area; and (B) estimate 
the difference in average pay and the difference in average 
benefits between such child development center employees and 
such employees of public elementary schools. The Secretary is 
directed to submit a report summarizing the studies to the 
Committee within 180 days of the date of enactment of this act.
    Child Care Subsidy.--The Committee recognizes the unique 
barriers service members at remote and small duty stations 
experience with respect to securing adequate child care. The 
Committee provides not less than $25,000,000, as requested, for 
Fee Assistance, child care subsidies, and related child care 
provisions authorized by the Don Young Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2022.
    Coast Guard Yard.--The Committee recognizes the unique 
importance of the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland to 
the readiness of our country's naval assets and urges the 
Administration to include a request for funding for Coast Guard 
Yard Shoreside Infrastructure and Facilities and Coast Guard 
Resilient Infrastructure and Construction in its fiscal year 
2025 budget justification as authorized in sections 
11105(a)(2), 11106 and 11204 in the 2023 James M. Inhofe 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 
Law 117-263).
    Combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated [IUU] 
Fishing.--The Committee recognizes the importance of bolstering 
the maritime domain awareness of partner island nations through 
the Coast Guard's Shiprider program, specifically in the Indo-
Pacific region. The Department is encouraged to use amounts 
appropriated for Operations and Strategy Development to improve 
security cooperation with island States on IUU fishing. Within 
180 days of the date of enactment of this act, the Coast Guard 
shall brief the Committee on an operational-level plan 
(including cost projections) for such improved security 
cooperation, and the most impactful island States to be 
targeted.
    Diesel Outboard Motors.--The Committee is aware that 
reliable diesel-fueled alternatives to traditional outboard 
marine motors are now readily available for government use. The 
Committee is also aware that several diesel-fueled outboard 
marine motors have been tested and evaluated by the United 
States Navy in its ongoing effort to comply with Department of 
Defense [DOD] Directive No. 4140.43, which requires the 
Department of Defense to phase-out light gasoline-fueled 
outboard marine motors with diesel-fueled outboard marine 
motors meeting military specifications.
    The Committee is encouraged by reports that diesel-fueled 
outboard motors may provide government entities with reduced 
life-cycle costs due to increased fuel efficiency, reduced 
maintenance, and simplified logistics. Further, the elimination 
of gasoline transported on board aircraft and larger ships for 
the use in outboard marine motors decreases the likelihood of 
catastrophic fire and explosion.
    Therefore, Committee directs the Coast Guard, to establish 
standards and specifications for the test and evaluation of 
diesel-fueled outboard marine motors within 270 days of the 
date of enactment of this act.
    Environmental Compliance and Remediation.--The fiscal year 
2023 appropriation included $15,928,000 for site investigations 
and remediation activities at 30 Coast Guard locations for the 
cleanup of hazardous substances and pollutants. The Coast Guard 
is encouraged to continue its progress on these studies and to 
include any known funding needs related to such remediation 
work in the annual President's Budget.
    Fishing Safety Grants.--The Committee provides $6,000,000 
above the budget request amount for Fishing Safety Training and 
Research grants. The Committee supports an agreement between 
the Coast Guard and the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health [NIOSH] to efficiently administer the Fishing 
Safety Training and Fishing Safety Research Grant Programs in 
fiscal year 2024. The Coast Guard is directed to provide a 
briefing to the Committee not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this act on the execution of the Fishing Safety 
Training and Fishing Safety Research Grant Programs since the 
start of the programs. If the Administration believes funding 
for this activity should be provided directly to NIOSH in 
fiscal year 2025, the brief shall provide that justification 
and such a change should be articulated in the next budget 
request.
    The Committee recognizes the economic hardships experienced 
by fishing communities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 
The Committee encourages the Coast Guard to provide a temporary 
administrative waiver of the cost-share cited in Subsection (i) 
of section 4502 of title 46, U.S. code for the Fishing Safety 
Training and Research Grants Programs.
    Great Lakes Center of Expertise for Oil Spill Preparedness 
and Response.--The Committee recognizes the importance of 
examining the impacts of oil spills in freshwater environments 
and helping develop effective responses, and continues its 
support of the Coast Guard's work as a co-host of the Great 
Lakes Center of Expertise for Oil Spill Preparedness and 
Response.
    International Port Security Enforcement.--No funds provided 
by this act shall be used to assess the effectiveness of the 
antiterrorism measures maintained at any port controlled by a 
foreign government that is a State sponsor of terrorism or a 
foreign terrorist organization. Any such port described above 
shall be deemed by the Secretary of Homeland Security as not 
having effective antiterrorism measures for the purposes of 46 
U.S.C. 70108 and 70109, and the Secretary shall immediately 
take the actions described in 46 U.S.C. 70110(a). Within 90 
days of the date of enactment of this act, the Commandant shall 
provide a briefing to the Committee on any such actions taken 
to date and shall provide updates to the Committee within 30 
days of any such future actions.
    Merchant Mariner Credential Processing.--The Committee is 
concerned about the turnaround time for Merchant Mariner 
Credentials [MMC]. The Coast Guard reports no significant 
delays in credentialing; however, mariners and maritime 
transportation employees report delays up to 6 months between 
submitting applications and receipt of their MMC. Within 90 
days of the date of enactment of this act, the National 
Maritime Center shall provide a report to the Committee 
reviewing the system for evaluating and approving Merchant 
Mariner Credentials. The report should identify any existing 
performance gaps and suggest changes to address such gaps, 
including those related to system performance and extended 
application turnaround times.
    Minor Shore Infrastructure.--The bill includes long-
established language to allow funds for operations to be used 
for the sustainment, repair, replacement, and maintenance of 
shore infrastructure projects, including projects to correct 
deficiencies in code compliance or to mitigate against threats 
to life, health, or safety, with costs not exceeding 75 percent 
of a building's or structure's replacement value. Additionally, 
O&S funds can be used for contingent, emergent, or other 
unspecified minor construction projects which include new 
construction, procurement, development, conversion, rebuilding, 
improvement, or extension of any facility not exceeding 
$2,000,000 in total cost at any location for planned or 
unplanned operational needs.
    Obstruction of Safe Navigation in U.S. Territorial 
Waters.--The Committee is concerned that proposals to protect 
the North Atlantic Right Whale and Rice's Whale which restrict 
navigation for recreational and commercial vessels and could 
have severe detrimental impacts to the ability of commercial 
vessels to approach major harbors on the Atlantic Seaboard and 
in the Gulf of Mexico and recreational vessels to safely 
navigate. Further, the Committee directs the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard to follow the requirements of the Administrative 
Procedure Act (Public Law 79-404), as amended, regarding all 
public comments filed for such proposals, as appropriate.
    Operation Fouled Anchor.--The Committee is deeply concerned 
and angered by the incidents and allegations of sexual abuse, 
sexual violence, and the subsequent cover-up of these incidents 
at the United States Coast Guard Academy detailed in the 
``Operation Fouled Anchor'' investigation. If accurate, the 
Committee is further disturbed by the decision by Coast Guard 
senior leadership to withhold the results of this years-long 
investigation from Congress, only reaching out to Congress when 
it became apparent that a media story regarding the 
investigation was to be published. Therefore, the Commandant 
shall provide a report to the Committee within 90 days of the 
date of enactment of this act, which includes a detailed 
timeline of all approvals correspondence regarding the 
``Operation Fouled Anchor'' report. The report shall also 
include a detailed accounting of when and why the decision was 
made to withhold information regarding the investigation from 
Congress, the Coast Guard personnel involved in such decision 
and their respective roles in such decision, and shall include 
all memoranda, reports, and other correspondence and materials 
related to incidents and alleged incidents of sexual abuse and 
sexual violence at the Coast Guard Academy that have not 
previously been disclosed to Congress. Further, the Commandant 
shall direct that all uninvestigated allegations of sexual 
assault and sexual violence from 2006 to the date of enactment 
of this act be investigated by the Coast Guard Investigative 
Service [CGIS] and that any results of any previous 
investigations of sexual assault and sexual violence covering 
the same time period are reviewed to determine whether they 
were appropriately handled. Finally, the Commandant shall 
transmit the results of each subsequent investigation and 
review to Congress within one business day of their approval by 
Coast Guard leadership.
    Tracking Dark Vessels in Remote Maritime Regions.--The 
Committee notes Coast Guard's efforts to integrate commercial 
space-based radio frequency data into operational workflows, 
and understands these efforts may be scalable to improve 
maritime domain awareness in remote maritime regions. Within 
180 days of the date of enactment of this act, Coast Guard 
shall brief the Committee on these efforts and any plans for 
further integration, including an analysis on the potential 
impacts on Coast Guard's effectiveness in the maritime 
environment.
    U.S. Coast Guard C5I Service Center.--The U.S. Coast Guard 
C5I Service Center (previously known as the Operations Systems 
Center) supports the 11 Coast Guard statutory mission areas by 
housing and maintaining all of the Coast Guard's IT systems and 
computer servers, as well as by providing operational watches 
worldwide through the Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System. 
The Committee appreciates the Coast Guard's continued 
commitment to advancing the work of the C5I Service Center.
    Unfunded Priorities List [UPL].--The Committee directs the 
Coast Guard to provide to the Committee at the time of the 
fiscal year 2025 budget request submission a list of approved 
but unfunded Coast Guard priorities and the funding needs for 
each priority.

              PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2023....................................  $1,669,650,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................   1,550,000,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,118,322,000

    The Procurement, Construction, and Improvements [PC&I] 
appropriation provides funds for vessels, aircraft, information 
management resources, shore facilities, aids to navigation, and 
military housing required to execute the Coast Guard's missions 
and achieve its performance goals.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $1,118,322,000 for PC&I, which is 
$431,678,000 below the budget request amount and $551,328,000 
below the fiscal year 2023 enacted level. The total includes 
$20,000,000 from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.
    Fleet Mix Analysis.--The Committee continues to be 
interested in the Fleet Mix Analysis required in the Joint 
Explanatory Statement accompanying Public Law 117-103, and 
appreciates the Coast Guard's periodic status updates. The 
Committee reiterates its expectation, as stated in the 
requirement, that the analysis be truly comprehensive and 
include all classes of vessels, even those whose mission might 
not have a direct bearing on the workload of other vessel 
classes.
    Full-Funding Policy.--The Committee again directs an 
exception to the current acquisition policy that requires the 
Coast Guard to attain the total acquisition cost for a vessel, 
including long lead time materials [LLTM], production costs, 
and post-production costs, before a production contract can be 
awarded. This policy has the potential to make shipbuilding 
less efficient, to force delayed obligation of production 
funds, and to require post-production funds far in advance of 
when they will be used. The Department should position itself 
to acquire vessels in the most efficient manner within the 
guidelines of strict governance measures.
    Funded Projects.--The Committee expects that when it funds 
specific projects, those projects shall be executed 
expeditiously and responsibly. The Coast Guard shall be 
transparent with respect to cost increases, executability 
concerns, and any other issues that may increase the risk 
profile of a project, and shall provide the Committee 
sufficient time to consider the issue and respond in an 
appropriate manner.

                                VESSELS

    National Security Cutter [NSC].--No funding is provided for 
the NSC acquisition program.
    Offshore Patrol Cutter [OPC].--The Committee provides the 
requested amount of $579,000,000 for the construction of the 
sixth OPC and LLTM for the seventh OPC. While the Committee 
supports OPC procurements, the Committee remains concerned 
about costs for the program and continues the requirement for 
the Coast Guard to brief the Committee within one week prior to 
taking any procurement actions impacting estimated costs for 
the OPC program.
    Fast Response Cutter [FRC].--No funding is provided for the 
FRC program.
    Cutter Boats.--The Coast Guard's 52-foot motor lifeboats 
are past their operational service life and have suffered 
serious maintenance issues. The Coast Guard removed the 52's 
from service in October of 2020 due to these challenges, 
causing an operational capability gap. The recommendation 
includes $10,000,000 above the request to support costs related 
to the 52-foot Heavy Weather Boat [SPC-HWX] acquisition 
program.
    Waterways Commerce Cutter [WCC].--No funding is provided to 
the WCC program.
    Polar Security Cutter [PSC].--No funding is provided to the 
PSC program. The Committee remains concerned with the progress 
of the PSC program, but is hopeful that the Coast Guard will 
show progress towards a design and a plan for future 
construction. Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this 
act, the Coast Guard shall brief the Committee on the program's 
progress, and shall provide a timeline for the completion of a 
detailed design and the construction of PSC 1.
    Great Lakes Icebreaker [GLIB].--The Committee provides 
$55,000,000, as requested, for the procurement of a new GLIB 
that is at least as capable as the USCG MACKINAW.
    Commercially Available Polar Icebreaker.--The Committee 
provides $125,000,000 for the acquisition of a commercially 
available polar icebreaker, as requested.

                                AIRCRAFT

    HC-27J Conversion and Sustainment.--No funding is provided 
for the HC-27J Conversion and Sustainment program.
    HC-130J Acquisition, Conversion, and Sustainment.--No 
funding is provided for the HC-130J Acquisition, Conversion, 
and Sustainment program.
    MH-60T.--The Coast Guard's MH-60T helicopters perform a 
critical and often life-saving role on a daily basis. The 
Committee is aware that the current fleet of MH-60T helicopters 
is rapidly accumulating flight hours and is nearing the end of 
its service life. Efforts to extend the service life of these 
aircraft, including the development and integration of electric 
braking systems are strongly supported by the Committee. The 
recommendation includes $56,500,000 above the budget request to 
outfit and assemble two MH-60T aircraft to accelerate the 
rotary wing fleet transition.
    Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems [sUAS].--The recommendation 
includes $178,000 below the budget request for the sUAS 
program.

                       OTHER ACQUISITION PROGRAMS

    No funding is provided for Other Acquisition Programs.

                SHORE FACILITIES AND AIDS TO NAVIGATION

    Major Construction, Housing, Aids to Navigation [AtoN], and 
Survey and Design.--No funding is provided to the Major 
Construction; Housing; AtoN; and Survey and Design program.
    Major Acquisition Systems Infrastructure [MASI].--The 
Committee recommends $130,000,000 above the request for the top 
MASI priority on the Unfunded Priorities List [UPL] to prepare 
for PSC homeporting, $25,000,000 for FRC Homeport Seward, and 
$64,000,000 below the request level for other MASI projects.
    Minor Shore.--No funding is provided for the Minor Shore 
program.

                        RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Appropriations, 2023....................................      $7,476,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................       7,476,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Coast Guard's Research and Development [R&D] 
appropriation provides funds to develop techniques, methods, 
hardware, and systems that contribute directly to increasing 
the productivity and effectiveness of the Coast Guard's 
operational missions. This appropriation also provides funds to 
operate and maintain the Coast Guard Research and Development 
Center.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $0 for R&D, which is $7,476,000 
below the budget request amount, and $7,476,000 below the 
fiscal year 2023 enacted level.
    Basket and Litter Stabilization Technology.--The Coast 
Guard is encouraged to consider the feasibility of 
incorporating rescue basket and litter stabilization technology 
to enhance safety during search and rescue missions.
    3D Printing Technologies.--The Coast Guard is also 
encouraged to explore onboard 3D printing technologies to keep 
pace with maintenance, repair and overhaul requirements.
    Enhancing Search and Rescue.--The Committee encourages the 
Coast Guard to develop and integrate fully autonomous 
technologies, such as artificial intelligence and human-machine 
collaboration, for use in Coast Guard search and rescue 
operations during extreme weather events to improve efficiency 
and de-risk rescue personnel.

                     HEALTH CARE FUND CONTRIBUTION

Appropriations, 2023....................................    $252,887,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................     277,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     277,000,000

    According to estimates by the Congressional Budget Office, 
the Coast Guard will pay $277,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 to 
the Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund for the costs of 
military Medicare-eligible health benefits earned by its 
uniformed service members. The contribution is funded by 
permanent indefinite discretionary authority pursuant to Public 
Law 108-375.

                              RETIRED PAY

Appropriations, 2023....................................  $2,044,414,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................   1,147,244,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,147,244,000

    The Retired Pay account provides for: the pay of retired 
military personnel of the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Reserve, and 
members of the former Lighthouse Service; annuities payable to 
beneficiaries of retired military personnel under the retired 
serviceman's family protection plan pursuant to sections 1431-
1446 of title 10, United States Code and survivor benefit plan 
pursuant to sections 1447-1455 of title 10, United States Code; 
payments for career status bonuses under the National Defense 
Authorization Act (Public Law 115-232); continuation pay; and 
payments for medical care of retired personnel and their 
dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C., 
ch. 55).

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $1,147,244,000 for Retired Pay, as 
requested, and $897,170,000 below the fiscal year 2023 enacted 
level.

                      United States Secret Service

    The United States Secret Service's [USSS] appropriation 
provides funds for: the protection of the President, the Vice 
President, and other dignitaries and designated individuals; 
enforcement of laws relating to obligations and securities of 
the United States; enforcement of laws and investigations 
relating to financial crimes that include, but are not limited 
to, access device fraud, financial institution fraud, identity 
theft, and computer fraud; mitigation against computer-based 
attacks on financial, banking, and telecommunications 
infrastructure; and protection of the White House and other 
buildings within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The 
agency also provides support for investigations related to 
missing and exploited children and for digital forensics 
investigative training for State and local cybersecurity task 
forces.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $2,976,345,000 for USSS, which is 
$33,433,000 below the budget request amount and $154,165,000 
above the fiscal year 2023 enacted level. The Committee 
recognizes that work remains to ensure the agency is properly 
staffed and encourages adequate staffing to reduce the reliance 
on overtime that continues to strain the agency's budget and 
personnel, which limits investments in other areas.

                                          UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operations and Support....................................         2,734,267         2,944,463         2,903,030
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements...............            83,888            61,098            69,098
Research and Development..................................             4,025             4,217             4,217
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total, USSS...........................................         2,822,180         3,009,778         2,976,345
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                         OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2023....................................  $2,734,267,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................   2,944,463,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,903,030,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

                         PROTECTIVE OPERATIONS

    Presidential Campaigns and NSSE.--The Committee directs the 
USSS to provide semiannual briefings to the Committee on the 
use of these funds, with the first briefing to occur not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this act.

                            FIELD OPERATIONS

    Domestic and International Field Operations.--The Committee 
recommends $775,696,000 for Domestic and International Field 
Operations.
    Cyber Fraud Task Forces.--Not later than 120 days after the 
date of enactment of this act, the Committee directs USSS to 
provide a briefing on the efforts of its over 40 Cyber Fraud 
Task Forces, including the current state of the program, 
productivity by location, and any future needs to ensure these 
task forces are keeping up with evolving cyber-threats.
    Support for Missing and Exploited Children Investigations 
[NCMEC].--The recommendation includes $6,000,000 for grants in 
support of missing and exploited children. NCMEC was created in 
1984 to serve as a national resource on missing and exploited 
children. NCMEC provides assistance to law enforcement for 
long-term missing persons cases; identification of signs of 
facial reconstruction procedures; outreach and prevention 
programs for children, their families, and the public; and 
assistance to victims of child sex trafficking and child sexual 
exploitation.
    Support for Computer Forensics Training.--The Committee 
recommends $47,746,000 to continue training in computer 
forensics, academic certification efforts, and to expand in 
response to unmet training needs. The Committee recommends not 
less than $2,500,000 to maintain academic certification 
efforts. NCFI shall continue to prioritize the training needs 
of SLTT law enforcement, and legal and judicial professionals, 
in computer forensics and cyber investigations. Not later than 
120 days after the date of enactment of this act, the Committee 
directs USSS to provide a briefing on the construction efforts 
to repurpose and renovate existing NCFI facilities.

                            MISSION SUPPORT

    Operational Mission Support.--The Committee directs the 
USSS to provide the Committee with annual updates on the 
contract progress for this acquisition and to detail progress 
made to meet agreed upon delivery deadlines.
    Strategic Human Capital Plan.--The Committee continues to 
be concerned with the prolonged workforce effects stemming from 
reliance on overtime pay to fill personnel gaps. The Committee 
directs the USSS, in coordination with the Department's Chief 
Human Capital Officer, to ensure the annual evaluation of the 
5-year plan in order to meet all benchmarks and goals as 
identified. The Committee further directs the USSS to brief the 
Committee, not less than bi-annually, on the status of the 
plan.
    Secret Service Overtime.--Not less than bi-annually and in 
conjunction with future budget submissions, the USSS shall 
continue to provide the Committee a report on the use of 
overtime which shall include the following data: a list of all 
persons who received supermax pay disaggregated by position, 
title and pay grade, gender, years of Federal service at USSS 
and years of service with the Federal Government in total, as 
well as include all salary, with breakouts for overtime and 
supermax, and the sum of their total salary. USSS shall ensure 
that all privacy-related laws are followed as a part of this 
data reporting requirement.

              PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2023....................................     $83,888,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................      61,098,000
Committee recommendation................................      69,098,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    White House Training Facility.--Once again, the request did 
not include funding for the White House Training Facility, 
which the Committee supports. The Committee is hopeful that 
future budget requests include funding for this necessary 
facility. Despite the failure to request funding, USSS shall 
update the committee quarterly on the status of the White House 
Training Facility construction and projected project costs.

                        RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Appropriations, 2023....................................      $4,025,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................       4,217,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,217,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $4,217,000 for Research and 
Development [R&D] this fiscal year due to budget constraints.

                  TITLE II--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    Section 201. The Committee continues a provision regarding 
overtime compensation.
    Section 202. The Committee continues a provision allowing 
CBP to sustain or increase operations in Puerto Rico and the 
U.S. Virgin Islands with appropriated funds.
    Section 203. The Committee continues a provision regarding 
the availability of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-272) fee revenue.
    Section 204. The Committee continues a provision allowing 
CBP access to certain reimbursements for preclearance 
activities.
    Section 205. The Committee continues a provision regarding 
the importation of prescription drugs by an individual for 
personal use.
    Section 206. The Committee continues a provision regarding 
waivers of the Jones Act (Public Law 66-261).
    Section 207. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting the establishment of a new border crossing fee.
    Section 208. The Committee continues a provision requiring 
an expenditure plan for CBP's Procurement, Construction, and 
Improvements account.
    Section 209. The Committee continues a provision limiting 
construction in specific areas.
    Section 210. The Committee continues a provision on vetting 
operations at existing locations.
    Section 211. The Committee continues a provision detailing 
CBP's Procurement, Construction, and Improvements funding 
levels.
    Section 212. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting the use of funds provided under the heading ``U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Operations and Support'' 
for a 287(g) program agreement if the terms of the agreement 
governing the delegation of authority have been materially 
violated.
    Section 213. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting the use of funds provided under the heading ``U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Operations and Support'' to 
contract for detention services provided by a facility that 
receives less than ``adequate'' ratings in two consecutive 
performance evaluations.
    Section 214. The Committee continues provisions requiring 
the public reporting of data.
    Section 215. The Committee continues prohibitions on the 
use of funds to take enforcement actions against sponsors of 
unaccompanied children and continues reporting requirements for 
ICE.
    Section 216. The Committee includes a new provision to 
withhold performance awards for certain ICE Senior Executive 
Service members until the position of the Chief Financial 
Officer is realigned.
    Section 217. The Committee includes a new provision on 
``Monthly Reporting Requirements.''
    Section 218. The Committee continues a provision clarifying 
that certain elected and appointed officials are not exempt 
from Federal passenger and baggage screening.
    Section 219. The Committee continues a provision 
authorizing TSA to use funds from the Aviation Security Capital 
Fund for the procurement and installation of EDS or for other 
purposes authorized by law.
    Section 220. The Committee includes a provision requiring 
investment plans and reports.
    Section 221. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting the use of funds made available by this act under 
the heading ``Coast Guard-Operations and Support'' for 
recreational vessel expenses, except to the extent fees are 
collected from owners of yachts and credited to this 
appropriation.
    Section 222. The Committee continues a provision allowing 
reprogrammings of up to $10,000,000 to or from Military 
Personnel, and $10,000,000 between Field Operations funding 
subcategories, within ``Coast Guard-Operations and Support''.
    Section 223. The Committee continues a provision requiring 
the Coast Guard submit a future years capital investment plan.
    Section 224. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting funds from being used to reduce the staff or 
mission at the Coast Guard's legacy Operations Systems Center.
    Section 225. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting the Coast Guard from performing an Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A-76 study at the Coast Guard 
National Vessel Documentation Center.
    Section 226. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting the Coast Guard from reducing operations within the 
Civil Engineering program.
    Section 227. The Committee continues a provision making 
available certain Coast Guard housing receipts.
    Section 228. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting certain inspection fees absent a determination by 
the Commandant of the Coast Guard.
    Section 229. The Committee continues a provision allowing 
USSS to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursement to 
personnel receiving training.
    Section 230. The Committee continues a provision 
prohibiting the use of funds made available to USSS for the 
protection of the head of a Federal agency other than the 
Department of Homeland Security, unless the Director has 
entered into a reimbursable agreement for such protection 
services.
    Section 231. The Committee continues a provision allowing 
for funds made available for ``United States Secret Service-
Operations and Support'' without regard to limitations on such 
expenditures in this or any other act after notification to the 
Committee.
    Section 232. The Committee continues a provision providing 
flexibility to address travel anomalies as a result of 
protective travel.

                               TITLE III

            PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY

            Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency [CISA] 
aims to foster better integration of national approaches among 
strategic homeland security programs, facilitate infrastructure 
protection, and ensure broad emergency communications 
capabilities.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends a total program level of 
$3,007,086,000 for CISA, which is $49,200,000 below the budget 
request amount and $99,948,000 above the fiscal year 2023 
enacted level. The following table summarizes the Committee's 
recommendation as compared to the fiscal year 2023 enacted and 
fiscal year 2024 budget request levels:

                                CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operations and Support....................................         2,350,559         2,466,359         2,401,752
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements...............           549,148           585,996           605,334
Research and Development..................................             7,431             3,931  ................
Cyber Response and Recovery Fund..........................  ................  ................  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security               2,907,138         3,056,286         3,007,086
     Agency...............................................
                                                           =====================================================
 
(Defense).................................................         2,735,460         2,789,796         2,866,804
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                         OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2023....................................  $2,350,559,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................   2,466,359,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,401,752,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $2,401,752,000 for Operations and 
Support [O&S], which is $64,607,000 below the budget request 
amount and $51,193,000 above the fiscal year 2023 enacted 
level. The recommendation includes increases above the budget 
request of $4,971,000 for attack surface management, $3,000,000 
for non-traditional training providers grants, $300,000 for 
Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative [JCDC] assistance for Health 
Information Sharing and Analysis Center [H-ISAC], $15,986,000 
for the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial [SLTT] 
Information Sharing and Analysis Center [ISAC] (currently 
awarded to the Multi-State ISAC [MS-ISAC]), $3,564,000 for the 
school safety program, $8,000,000 for the public gathering 
security program, $1,000,000 for additional elections 
infrastructure exercises, $2,520,000 for the infrastructure 
assessments and analysis program/assessment, $7,400,000 for 
bombing prevention, $126,000 for the Bomb-making Materials 
Awareness Program [BMAP], $2,000,000 for bomb disposal 
technician training and technology training events, $6,530,000 
for CR-911 ecosystem, $4,689,000 for Next Generation Networks 
Priority Services, $7,216,000 for chemical security inspectors, 
and $1,000,000 for the sector risk management agency program 
for the election infrastructure subsector; and decreases below 
the budget request of $53,677,000 for the reinstatement of 
fiscal year 2023 payroll underburn, $5,900,000 for protective 
email system, $3,153,000 for accreditation of third-party 
cybersecurity service providers, $2,500,000 for cyber threat 
intelligence as a service, $3,722,000 for financial system 
modernization, $1,075,000 for program evaluation and evidence, 
$2,165,000 for security and threat management, $13,998,000 for 
St. Elizabeths, $20,916,000 for zero trust architecture, and 
$25,803,000 for other reductions. The recommendation does not 
accept the proposed Enterprise-wide Service Solutions [EWSS] 
Consolidation.

                             CYBERSECURITY

    Assistance for Health Information Sharing and Analysis 
Center [H-ISAC].--The Committee recognizes the importance of 
securing healthcare infrastructure from cyberattacks. The 
Committee urges CISA to mature and expand CISA's existing 
relationship with the Health Information Sharing and Analysis 
Center [H-ISAC] and related entities that help mitigate risk to 
our healthcare infrastructure. The Committee additionally urges 
CISA to increase its outreach and public education to small and 
medium-sized hospitals.
    Attack Surface Management Capability.--As asset visibility 
and vulnerability detection remains an increasingly critical 
capability throughout the Federal Civilian Executive Branch 
[FCEB] and across critical infrastructure and State, local, 
Tribal, and territorial [SLTT] networks, CISA is directed to 
continue enhancing its ability to centrally verify and manage 
asset and vulnerability data on Internet-facing cyber terrain 
for Federal, critical infrastructure, and SLTT partner 
networks. In addition, CISA shall sustain efforts funded in 
fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for attack surface management. 
Within 180 days of the date of enactment of this act, CISA 
shall brief the Committee on progress made deploying its attack 
surface management capabilities. The brief shall include a 
detailed description of fiscal year 2022 and 2023 funds 
execution and deliverables provided; a plan and milestones for 
execution of fiscal year 2024 funds; a demonstration of asset 
and vulnerability identification capability currently deployed, 
and a discussion of how CISA uses this capability to verify and 
manage Federal, critical infrastructure, and SLTT asset and 
vulnerability data and help these partners prioritize and 
remediate critical vulnerabilities.
    Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Shared Services Pilot 
Program.--The recommendation includes $15,000,000, as 
requested, for the continuation of the Critical Infrastructure 
Cybersecurity Shared Services pilot program to make available 
scalable commercial cybersecurity shared services that critical 
infrastructure entities can utilize to detect and prevent 
cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities. Not later than 120 
days after the date of enactment of this act, CISA shall brief 
the Committee on the implementation of the pilot program, to 
include services offered through the pilot to address specific 
cybersecurity risks facing critical infrastructure and how the 
pilot aligns with the current approved National Cyber Strategy.
    Cyber Career Pathway Challenges.--The funding level 
includes $2,500,000, as requested, for the continuation of 
Cyber Career Pathway Challenges.
    Data Security Vulnerability Improvements.--The Committee is 
increasingly concerned with the ability of adversaries to 
circumvent and utilize existing cybersecurity and information 
technology solutions to gain access to critical systems and 
data. The Committee directs the Secretary of Homeland Security 
to submit a report within 180 days of the date of enactment of 
this act that examines existing security vulnerabilities of 
Federal Civilian Executive Branch [FCEB] government IT systems. 
The report shall include an examination of emerging 
technologies that could improve the government's data security 
and protection, such as data shielding and immutable logging of 
suspect activity, instant threat and anomaly detection 
mechanisms, and user behavior analytics.
    Federal Cyber Skilling Academy.--The Committee acknowledges 
the need to grow the pipeline of qualified cybersecurity 
professionals within the Federal Government at a large scale, 
given the massive need. The Committee believes we need to 
continue to both ``upskill'' and ``reskill'' the current 
Federal cybersecurity workforce to address the shortage of 
qualified cybersecurity professionals, including through the 
Federal Cyber Skilling Academy. Within 270 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, CISA is directed to provide a briefing 
on the steps taken to meet these goals and the progress made.
    Federal Network Security Reporting.--The Committee directs 
CISA to provide a progress report, within 180 days of the date 
of enactment of this act, on the success of each Federal agency 
and department to implement the established program goals. The 
report shall also include an accounting of non-CISA resources 
that lent to implementation in order to provide needed context 
on the entire effort. Finally, the report shall include a 
description of implementation through fiscal year 2026, 
including desired target completion goals, methods for updating 
lifecycle costs, acquisition program schedules, and details on 
how innovation and evolving technology such as end point 
detection could improve Federal network and data security. This 
report may be submitted in a classified format if necessary 
along with an unclassified summary that provides a summary of 
progress.
    State Court Electronic Data.--The Committee is concerned 
with potential cyber-attacks on State court electronic data 
systems. More than 96 percent of the annual caseload of the 
United States is handled by State courts. State and Federal 
agencies, including all law enforcement communities, rely on 
the determinations reflected in these State court data systems. 
It is important to ensure the integrity and reliability of the 
approximately three billion records held by State courts in 
their systems and often shared with other justice system 
agencies.
    The Committee directs CISA to expand outreach to the State 
courts through national level associations to drive 
participation and understanding of services available to 
prevent, protect against, and response to cyber-attacks on 
State court electronic data systems.
    Zero Trust Architecture Implementation.--The Committee 
directs the Department in conjunction with the Office of 
Management and Budget [OMB] to, within 180 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, provide a report on the implementation 
of the last three fiscal years' zero-trust architecture 
implementation plans agencies must submit to OMB and CISA per 
the OMB Memorandum, M-22-09, Moving the U.S. Government Toward 
Zero Trust Cybersecurity Principles.

                        INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY

    Bomb Disposal Technician Training and Technology Events 
[TTEs].--The Committee remains concerned with the threat of 
Improvised Explosive Devices both internationally and 
domestically. To keep pace with evolving threats and ever-
advancing technology development, CISA shall utilize the 
restored fiscal year 2023 enhancements to the Office of Bombing 
Prevention to hold a minimum of four technician TTEs across the 
Nation to bring together Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and 
Territorial agencies and industry. These events would provide a 
unique opportunity for training the Nation's bomb technicians. 
Within 120 days of the date of enactment of this act, CISA 
shall brief the Committee on efforts to conduct these annual 
TTEs across the Nation. This briefing will include schedules to 
conduct at a minimum four TTEs and total program cost.
    Elections Infrastructure Exercises.--The Committee provides 
$1,000,000 above the budget request to increase the number of 
elections infrastructure exercises conducted in fiscal year 
2024. Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this act, CISA 
shall provide a briefing outlining the number of elections 
infrastructure exercises to be conducted, the goals of each 
planned exercise, and how lessons learned from previous 
exercises are to be incorporated into the fiscal year 2024 
exercises.

                        EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS

    First Responder Emergency Medical Communications.--The 
Committee recognizes the need for reliable communications 
capabilities during emergencies that leave normal 
communications networks inoperable or overwhelmed. The 
recommendation restores fiscal year 2023 funding for this 
program.

                         INTEGRATED OPERATIONS

    State Cybersecurity Coordinators.--The Committee is aware 
of increasing cyber threats to State, local and Tribal 
governments and thus directs CISA to report within 60 days of 
the date of enactment of this act a plan to hire all remaining 
vacant State cybersecurity coordinator positions.

                       RISK MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS

    National Risk Management Center [NRMC] Strategic 
Engagement.--Within 180 days of the date of enactment of this 
act, CISA shall provide a briefing on the NRMC's strategic 
engagement with election stakeholders, including engagement 
progress to date, future engagement plans and priorities, and 
information regarding any identified election security risks 
and shortfalls that should be mitigated in the near-, mid-, and 
long-terms.

                STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND REQUIREMENTS

    Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure 
[CIRCIA] Act Requirements.--The recommendation includes the 
requested amounts in all PPAs to prepare for and implement 
CISA's requirements under the CIRCIA Act of 2023 (Division Y of 
Public Law 117-103). As a part of the briefing requirements of 
section 302 of the bill, CISA shall brief the Committee on its 
spend plan for all CIRCIA-dedicated funding and the statutory 
requirements supported.
    Sector Risk Management Agency [SRMA] for the Election 
Infrastructure Subsector.--The recommendation includes 
$1,000,000 above the budget request for two or more additional 
staff and non-pay resources in direct support of CISA's role as 
the SRMA for the Election Infrastructure Subsector. Within 90 
days of the date of enactment of this act, CISA shall brief the 
Committee on the number of positions to be created, the title 
and grade of each new position, and the roles and 
responsibilities of each new position.
    Strengthening National Positioning, Navigation, and Timing 
Service Resilience.--Executive Order [E.O.] 13905, 
Strengthening National Resilience through Responsible Use of 
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services [PNT], was signed 
in February 2020, which directs the federal government and 
critical infrastructure owners and operators to take actions to 
identify and promote the responsible use of PNT services. The 
Committee remains concerned about continued delays in issue 
guidance on the implementation of E.O. 13905. Within 90 days of 
the date of enactment of this act, CISA shall brief the 
Committee on coordination efforts with the Sector Risk 
Management Agencies [SRMA] to assess known PNT vulnerabilities 
and risks by sector, and an update by sector describing 
vulnerability testing execution efforts.

                            MISSION SUPPORT

    EWSS Consolidation.--The recommendation does not accept the 
proposed EWSS Consolidation into Mission Support for fiscal 
year 2024. If this proposal is included as part of the 
President's Request for fiscal year 2025, CISA shall clearly 
identify any funding categorized as defense funding that would 
be consolidated into another PPA or PPAs, and indicate whether 
such funding would retain its defense funding categorization, 
following any such consolidation.
    Quarterly Budget and Staffing Briefings.--The agreement 
continues a provision to require that the Director of CISA (or 
the Director's designee) provide the Committee quarterly 
expenditure plan, budget execution, and staffing briefings 
consistent with the requirement in the explanatory statement 
accompanying the fiscal year 2023 funding act (Public Law 117-
328). The provision reduces the amounts for CISA Operations and 
Support by $50,000 for each day after the respective due dates 
that the briefings for the first three quarters have not been 
provided to the Committee; and directs that any such reductions 
come from the Mission Support PPA's management and business 
activities.

              PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2023....................................    $549,148,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................     585,996,000
Committee recommendation................................     605,334,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends a total program level of 
$605,334,000 for Procurement, Construction, and Improvements 
[PC&I], which is $19,338,000 above the budget request amount 
and $56,186,000 above the fiscal year 2023 enacted level.

                             CYBERSECURITY

    Endpoint Detection and Response [EDR].--The Committee 
continues to encourage CISA to deploy EDR across FCEB Agencies 
as required by the May 2021 E.O. 14028 on Improving the 
Nation's Cybersecurity. The E.O. made clear that all Federal 
agencies were required to implement EDR solutions to better 
protect the FCEB. In addition, CISA is required to brief the 
Committee within 90 days of the date of enactment of this act 
to demonstrate a plan for full deployment and coverage of 
threat detection solutions, which incorporate the existing EDR 
platforms across the FCEB, including on how it will cover 
additional endpoints such as cloud and mobile devices and to 
include the list of Federal agencies who have not deployed 
mature EDR solutions.
    Threat Hunting.--The recommendation includes the requested 
amount for Cyber Defense Operations, including CyberSentry. 
CISA is directed to brief the Committee within 90 days of the 
date of enactment of this act on the additional CyberSentry 
capacity it will achieve in fiscal year 2024.

           EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ASSETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

    Next Generation Networks Priority Services.--The 
recommendation includes $19,338,000 above the budget request 
amount for CISA to accelerate the deployment of Next Generation 
Networks Priority Services in sync with the next release of 
general network upgrades being implemented by each of the 
contracted communications service providers. As a part of the 
briefing requirements of section 302 of the bill, CISA shall 
brief the Committee on its spend plan for Next Generation 
Networks Priority Services funding, including additional 
progress that will be achieved with the additional funding 
provided.

                        RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Appropriations, 2023....................................      $7,431,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................       3,931,000
Committee recommendation................................................

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $0 for Research and Development 
[R&D], which is $3,931,000 below the budget request amount, and 
$7,431,000 below the fiscal year 2023 enacted level.

                    CYBER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY FUND

Appropriations, 2023....................................................
Budget estimate, 2024...................................................
Committee recommendation................................................

    Cyber Response and Recovery Fund Plan.--The Committee 
continues to look forward to receiving the overdue Cyber 
Response and Recovery Fund [CRRF] Plan required under this 
heading in the explanatory statement accompanying the fiscal 
year 2022 appropriation (Public Law 117-103). CISA shall 
provide a briefing on the final CRRF plan within 10 days of 
submission of the completed plan to the Committee.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

    The primary mission of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency [FEMA] is to reduce the loss of life and property and to 
protect the United States from all hazards, including natural 
disasters, acts of terror, and other manmade disasters, through 
a risk-based, comprehensive emergency management system of 
preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $25,536,824,000 for FEMA, which is 
$346,415,000 below the budget request amount and $136,230,000 
below the fiscal year 2023 enacted level. The following table 
summarizes the Committee's recommendation as compared to the 
fiscal year 2023 enacted and fiscal year 2024 budget request 
levels:

                                       FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operations and Support....................................         1,379,680         1,519,421         1,434,306
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements...............           207,730           119,137           100,420
Federal Assistance........................................         3,882,014         3,564,357         3,467,115
Disaster Relief Fund (regular):
    Disaster Relief Fund..................................        19,945,000        20,406,341        20,261,000
    Disaster Relief Base..................................  ................           145,341  ................
    Disaster Relief Category..............................        19,945,000        20,261,000        20,261,000
National Flood Insurance Fund.............................           225,000           239,983           239,983
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program...............            33,630            34,000            34,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total, Federal Emergency Management Agency............        25,673,054        25,883,239        25,536,824
                                                           =====================================================
 
Offsetting Fee Collections................................          -258,630          -273,983          -273,983
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                         OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2023....................................  $1,379,680,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................   1,519,421,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,434,306,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $1,434,306,000 for Operations and 
Support [O&S], which is $85,115,000 below the budget request 
amount and $54,626,000 below the fiscal year 2023 enacted 
level. The recommended increase includes $17,013,000 above the 
budget request to restore enhancements from the fiscal year 
2023 funding Act, including $3,200,000 for Congressionally 
Directed Spending/Community Projects Grant Administration, 
$350,000 for Detention Case Management Administration, $370,000 
for Certified Emergency Manager Program Administration, 
$305,000 for Emergency Management Accreditation Program, 
$614,000 for strategic program investments, $290,000 for 
continuity communications equipment, $290,000 for deployable 
cellular communication system, $581,000 for [NCP] readiness 
implementation, $1,013,000 for Integrated and Public Warning 
System [IPAWS], $1,000,000 for NextGen Warning System 
administration, $1,500,000 for FEMA Operations Center, and 
$7,500,000 for Insular Areas Act; increases above the budget 
request amount of $893,000 for operational costs of existing 
disaster facilities, and $54,000 for the privacy program 
support initiative; and decreases below the budget request 
amount of $1,101,000 for building climate resilience, 
$1,779,000 for regions cloud implementation, $1,101,000 for 
building code strategy, $32,712,000 for grants management 
modernization, $27,000 for climate adaptation office, 
$1,799,000 for Evidence Act and evaluation, $1,200,000 for 
logic model and technical assistance, $1,489,000 for disaster 
workforce readiness, $2,150,000 for contract workforce support 
services, $3,146,000 for enterprise cloud authentication, 
$15,822,000 for enterprise cloud services support, $906,000 for 
financial management support, $1,028,000 for labor-employee 
relations attorney support, $994,000 for medical and mental 
health capabilities, $4,270,000 for Region VIII facility lease 
consolidation, $2,291,000 for support for the IM workforce, 
$591,000 for customer experience, $1,810,000 for regional 
facilities, and $28,859,000 for other reductions.
    Equal Treatment.--The Committee commends FEMA's continued 
effort to serve all communities in responding to disasters and 
otherwise executing its diverse mission, including its ongoing 
efforts to review existing policies to make sure they are not 
posing unjustified burdens on survivors, while still ensuring 
proper controls against fraud and abuse remain in place. The 
Committee will monitor FEMA's expansion of this mission in 
furtherance of the requirements put forward in Executive Order 
13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved 
Communities Through the Federal Government. As such, within 60 
days of the date of enactment of this act, FEMA shall brief the 
Committee on the continued implementation of its efforts in 
support of Executive Order 13985, and the measurable outcomes 
related to such implementation.
    Resilience.--Section 1235(d) of the Disaster Recovery 
Reform Act of 2018 [DRRA] requires FEMA, in consultation with 
other Federal agencies, to issue a final rulemaking by April 5, 
2020, to define the terms ``resilient'' and ``resiliency.'' 
More than 3 years after this deadline has passed, FEMA has yet 
to initiate a rulemaking to define these terms. FEMA shall 
provide a written update to the Committee within 30 days of the 
date of enactment of this act on the status of any rulemaking 
process related to the implementation of section 1235(d). In 
addition, FEMA is directed to update the Committee on a 
quarterly basis on implementation of ``Road to Resilience'' and 
to continue to incorporate stakeholder input on the initiative.

                               MITIGATION

    Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities [BRIC].--
The Committee continues its interest in the implementation of 
BRIC program and the need for mitigation and resiliency for a 
disaster-ready Nation. Accordingly, within 60 days of the date 
of enactment of this act and quarterly thereafter, FEMA shall 
brief the Committee on the status of BRIC implementation, 
including projected funding levels. Recognizing the importance 
of stakeholder input, the briefing shall include a description 
of how stakeholder views are incorporated, including the needs 
of local governments. Further, the Committee is concerned that 
many communities may be disadvantaged during the technical 
scoring process due to FEMA's lack of consideration of the 
unique circumstances of many local municipalities. For example, 
certain applicants may be disadvantaged due to State building 
code laws outside of their control, such as those stating they 
may not be responsible for enforcing building codes, even where 
a project takes place in an area that has high building code 
enforcement standards. In addition, the Committee is concerned 
regarding the perceived lack of feedback from FEMA in response 
to unsuccessful applications, as well as the lack of geographic 
distribution of BRIC awards to date. Accordingly, within 180 
days of the date of enactment of this act, FEMA is directed to 
brief the Committee on the steps it has taken to address these 
concerns.
    Flexible Mitigation.--The Committee encourages the Flood 
Mitigation Assistance Program and the Hazard Mitigation Grant 
Program to provide States with flexible funding prior to a 
disaster for the purposes of property acquisition or elevation 
when the risk of repetitive losses due to extreme weather is 
identified.
    Hazard Mitigation Plans.--The Committee recognizes the 
importance of hazard mitigation plans. The Committee encourages 
counties to develop FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plans to 
protect their communities and public and private assets. The 
Committee also encourages this to increase the number of 
communities in rural areas that are eligible for hazard 
mitigation dollars in the future.
    National Inventory of Dams.--The Committee is concerned 
about the state of dams across the country, many of which were 
built before 1970 and have either reached or are about to reach 
the end of their useful lives. There is a strong demand for 
fast, reliable, cost-effective and national decision support 
tools to generate flood inundation maps and other products to 
support the goals of dam safety. As such, FEMA is directed to 
ensure the maintenance and operations of current web-based 
support systems.
    Urban Flood Mapping Pilot Program.--The Committee is 
concerned about the Federal Emergency Management Agency's lack 
of implementation of the previously enacted $1,200,000 pilot 
program included in Public Law 116-93. Within 60 days of the 
date of enactment of this act, FEMA shall brief the Committee 
on its progress in developing this program.
    Urban Flooding.--The Committee encourages FEMA to explore 
opportunities to improve coordination across agencies that have 
a role in managing small or large urban floods. This should 
include both vertical coordination (i.e., Federal, State, and 
local government entities) and horizontal coordination (i.e., 
local agencies responsible for storm water systems, flood 
control, and removal of damaged property; and Federal agencies 
responsible for severe storm warnings, evacuation, and 
community redevelopment and flood mitigation in urban areas). 
The Committee urges FEMA to employ geospatial indicators, such 
as the Social Vulnerability Index, to quantify and map social 
vulnerability using census demographic data to allow for more 
efficient allocation of resources for flood disaster mitigation 
and recovery.
    FEMA has established methods for analyzing several types of 
flood hazards, including riverine and coastal flood hazards. To 
assist in the prevention and mitigation of urban flooding, the 
Committee encourages FEMA to include, in its analyses of flood 
hazards, methods that incorporate capacity of storm water 
systems, small topographic variations or local drainage 
patterns, and site-specific structural designs that drive the 
granular nature of urban flood impacts.

                      PREPAREDNESS AND PROTECTION

    Disaster Coordination for Homeless Populations.--A recent 
Government Accountability Office [GAO] Report (GAO-23-105379) 
found that FEMA and the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development [HUD] do not regularly coordinate on issues related 
to disaster sheltering and housing assistance provided to 
homeless populations, and noted the importance of having 
established relationships between emergency management and 
homelessness stakeholders to effectively collaborate to assist 
the homeless population. The Committee directs FEMA to work in 
coordination with HUD and the United States Interagency Council 
on Homelessness [USICH] to advance the recommendations made by 
GAO.

                         RESPONSE AND RECOVERY

    Coordinated Information Dissemination.--The Committee is 
concerned with the time and strain on families to jump-start 
their recovery from a major disaster. We also remain concerned 
with the overwhelming amount of information families and 
individuals need to comb through to begin recovery. Therefore, 
we recommend that FEMA--in coordination with other relevant 
Federal and State agencies--evaluate how post-disaster and 
recovery information is disbursed to individuals, communities, 
and community leadership and consider opportunities to simplify 
and improve dissemination of such information.
    Emergency Management Assistance Compact [EMAC].--The 
Committee recognizes the important value of EMAC as a cost-
effective solution to requesting and deploying assets; 
conducting planning, training, and exercises; and completing 
and implementing lessons learned. As natural disasters continue 
to increase in both number and intensity, the Committee 
anticipates reliance on EMAC will also grow. Therefore, the 
Committee directs FEMA to allocate not less than $2,500,000 to 
EMAC to strengthen state EMAC capacity and readiness and ensure 
States are better prepared to respond to natural disasters. The 
Committee also directs FEMA to ensure that the base level of 
funding for EMAC is specified in the President's Budget for 
fiscal year 2025.
    Off-Grid Renewable Energy.--The Committee is aware of small 
off-grid renewable energy capabilities with the potential to 
provide much-needed power solutions in disaster relief 
scenarios. Disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes and 
typhoons, severe storms and temperatures, volcanic eruptions, 
and wildfires can produce dangerous effects and conditions that 
cause significant damage to the electricity grid 
infrastructure. The resulting power outages affect residential, 
commercial, industrial, and other customers' ability to use 
electricity for lighting, heating, cooling, and refrigeration, 
as well as vital communications and transportation systems. 
Existing solutions, such as gas generators, are vital tools but 
are limited in their deployment for a variety of reasons. The 
Committee believes that portable off-grid renewable energy 
solutions could fill a significant gap in disaster relief by 
making emergency power more widely available. Therefore, within 
120 days of the date of enactment of this act, FEMA is directed 
to brief the Committee on portable off-grid renewable energy 
solutions for use in disaster relief operations. The briefing 
shall include, at a minimum, an assessment of current disaster 
relief power solutions, capability gaps, and efforts to procure 
portable renewable energy solutions.
    Planning for Animal Wellness Act Implementation.--The 
Committee is aware of FEMA's additional responsibilities 
pursuant to the enactment of Public Law 117-212 and would like 
to ensure that FEMA has adequate resources to implement this 
act. The Committee recognizes the efforts FEMA has already 
undertaken to implement this act and encourages the agency to 
adhere as closely to the timeframe laid out in the act as 
possible. The Committee further directs FEMA to report to the 
Committee within 90 days of the date of enactment of this act 
on staffing and implementation status, and additional resource 
needs related to its responsibilities under Public Law 117-212.
    Public Assistance Loan Interest Reimbursement.--It is the 
Committee's understanding that local jurisdictions, electric 
co-ops, and other potentially eligible entities often face 
significant difficulties in obtaining reimbursements for the 
interest payments on disaster loans. According to FEMA's latest 
guidance, FEMA is able to make these reimbursements. FEMA is 
encouraged to ensure that it is transparent and responsive to 
entities seeking reimbursements for interest on qualifying 
disaster relief loans pursuant to the Public Assistance Program 
and Policy Guide Version 4. Within 180 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, FEMA shall brief the Committee on such 
public assistance loan interest reimbursements, including 
details on the process through which entities can apply for 
interest reimbursement; how many applications FEMA has received 
for interest reimbursement by State; and how many 
reimbursements FEMA has issued and the total cost for each 
payment by State.
    Temporary Shelters.--The Committee recognizes the vital 
support FEMA provides to communities and disaster survivors in 
the aftermath of major disasters, including housing assistance 
for individuals and families displaced from their homes. The 
Committee encourages FEMA to continue working with potential 
suppliers of temporary shelter solutions to clearly articulate 
the minimum requirements for meeting FEMA's standards.

              PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2023....................................    $207,730,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................     119,137,000
Committee recommendation................................     100,420,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $100,420,000 for Procurement, 
Construction, and Improvements [PC&I], $18,717,000 below the 
budget request amount, and $107,310,000 below the fiscal year 
2023 enacted level.
    Construction and Facilities Improvements.--The 
recommendation includes $18,000,000 above the budget request 
for construction and facilities improvements, including 
$18,000,000 above the budget request for Mt. Weather facility 
projects.
    Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure.--The Committee 
provides $36,717,000 below the budget request for mission 
support assets and infrastructure, including decreases below 
the budget amount of $29,717,000 for enterprise data and 
analytics modernization, and $7,000,000 for IT acquisition 
programs.

                           FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

Appropriations, 2023....................................  $3,882,014,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................   3,564,357,000
Committee recommendation................................   3,467,115,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $3,467,115,000 for Federal 
Assistance, $97,242,000 below the budget request amount and 
$414,899,000 below the fiscal year 2023 enacted level. When 
awarding grants, the Administrator shall consider the needs of 
cybersecurity preparedness and planning, State court 
cybersecurity, 911 call capability, alert and warning 
capabilities, implementation of the REAL ID Act (Public Law 
109-13), and countering targeted violence and terrorism 
prevention programs. A comparison of the budget request to the 
Committee-recommended levels by budget activity is provided in 
the table at the end of this Explanatory Statement.
    Cascadia Subduction Zone Tsunami Hazards.--FEMA is directed 
to provide a briefing, within 120 days of the date of enactment 
of this act, outlining a plan and the resources necessary (by 
State) to assist Tribes and local governments that lack the 
financial resources and capacity to address tsunami 
preparedness and hazard mitigation in the Cascadia Subduction 
Zone coastal States.
    Combatting Domestic Violent Extremism.--The Committee 
directs FEMA to report, within 120 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, on how States and urban areas use State 
Homeland Security Grant Program and Urban Area Security 
Initiative Grant Program funding in support of combating 
domestic violent extremism as part of the National Priority 
Area.
    Congressionally Directed Spending.--See ``Disclosure of 
Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' and the associated 
table at the end of this Explanatory Statement. Not later than 
60 days after the release of the Notice of Funding Opportunity 
for Congressionally Directed Spending, and monthly thereafter, 
FEMA is directed to provide a list of all projects that have 
been deemed ineligible or are at risk of being deemed as such, 
to include amounts for each project.
    Continuing Training Grants.--FEMA shall continue to partner 
with the Federal Aviation Administration Unmanned Aircraft 
Systems [UAS] Center of Excellence, which has expertise in 
disaster response, to conduct a regional training program for 
SLTT responders in utilizing UAS for disaster preparedness and 
response. FEMA shall continue its activities as it relates to 
the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium, which has 
been developing and delivering training in partnership with 
FEMA to help States and communities establish a viable and 
sustainable program to prevent, detect, respond to, and recover 
from cyber-attacks. FEMA is also encouraged to develop and 
implement opportunities to provide emergency response training 
to ensure rural county officials are prepared to respond to 
emergencies.
    Emergency Response Training.--The Committee recognizes the 
importance of FEMA's education, training, and exercise programs 
in improving the Nation's response to extreme weather events 
and natural disasters. Given the unique challenges underserved, 
rural, and remote communities face in training for emergencies, 
the Committee encourages FEMA training programs to support 
initiatives that serve rural and remote communities and help 
them prepare for and respond to extreme weather events.
    Fire Department Needs Report.--The Committee directs FEMA 
through the U.S. Fire Administration in collaboration with 
relevant partner organizations and stakeholders, to provide the 
Committee with a report within 180 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, on the reconstruction and renovation 
needs of career fire departments, combination fire departments, 
and volunteer fire departments across the country and an 
estimated cost for such needs.
    Implementing Technical Mapping Advisory Council 
Recommendations.--The Committee urges FEMA to implement the 
final recommendations and goals of the Technical Mapping 
Advisory Council's Annual Reports, including transitioning to 
current and future condition risk scores, structure-specific 
flood risk analysis, incorporating high-resolution topographic 
data into flood risk maps, and better communicating current and 
future direct and residual flood risk to property owners. FEMA 
should coordinate with State agencies and other experts that 
have developed mapping expertise and models that can be useful 
in FEMA's efforts to consider future conditions, such as sea 
level rise and coastal erosion.
    Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Activities [LETPA] 
Set-Aside for State Homeland Security Program and Urban Area 
Security Initiative.--Prior to setting the LETPA set-aside for 
the State Homeland Security Program and Urban Area Security 
Initiative, FEMA is directed to brief the Committee on the 
threat environment. FEMA is also directed to include in this 
brief a discussion of any stakeholder engagement undertaken up 
to that date. The Committee believes that preventing and 
responding to terrorist activity and targeted violence requires 
a whole-of-community approach. As such, FEMA is strongly 
encouraged to engage with a range stakeholders beyond only law 
enforcement entities to ensure all that entities that play a 
role in preparing for and responding to a terrorist activity 
and targeted violence are given the opportunity to provide 
inputs and feedback.
    Natural Infrastructure Activities.--Within 180 days of the 
date of enactment of this act, FEMA shall provide the 
Committees a report on the number, total requested funding, and 
percentage of fiscal year 2022 BRIC applications for natural 
infrastructure projects, and a comparison of these numbers to 
the fiscal year 2020 and 2021 grant cycles. The report shall be 
disaggregated by successful and unsuccessful applications and 
describe the types of natural infrastructure activities funded.
    FEMA may utilize public/private partnerships, pursuant to 
16 U.S.C. 3701 and 16 U.S.C. 3709, to enhance and leverage 
nature-based infrastructure within the BRIC and pre-disaster 
mitigation programs through one or more pilot projects. Such 
projects should provide additional expedited and streamlined 
opportunities for communities, including disadvantaged 
communities, to utilize funding for enhancing nature-based 
strategies that provide resilience and protection against 
natural threats, including but not limited to coastal and 
inland flooding, wildland fires, and drought.
    Operation Stonegarden.--The Committee believes that the 
State Homeland Security Grant Program [SHSGP] provides funding 
for a range of crucial activities and equipment for States. The 
Committee is also well aware of how vital SHSGP's Operation 
Stonegarden grant funds are for States in partnering with U.S. 
Border Patrol to secure U.S. borders. The Committee is aware 
that apprehensions and activity is increasing along the U.S.-
Canada border, which is the world's largest land border. Many 
areas of this border are remote and properly securing the 
border is a national security priority. Within 180 days of the 
date of enactment of this act, the Committee directs the 
Secretary to submit data from the last three fiscal years 
detailing Operation Stonegarden awards by State and recipient, 
and the process used to determine such awards and recipients. 
Moreover, for fiscal year 2024, the Secretary is directed to 
brief the Committee and provide the data and justifications for 
Operation Stonegarden awards 15 days before such awards are 
publicly announced.
    Nonprofit Security Grant Program [NSGP].--The Committee 
directs FEMA to provide, within 180 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, a report on fiscal year 2021 and 2022 
NSGP funding awards, the number of grant applicants in those 
years, and any quantitative or qualitative results or other 
outcomes related to such awards.
    Presidential Residence Protection Assistance Grant.--The 
Committee commends FEMA for providing funding to State and 
local law enforcement agencies for extraordinary costs incurred 
while protecting any non-governmental residence of the 
President. Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this act, 
FEMA shall provide to the Committee the funding available for 
the Presidential Residence Protection Assistance Grant for 
fiscal year 2024. The Committee urges FEMA to continue 
supporting eligible State and local law enforcement agencies.
    Rail Emergency Response Training.--The events in East 
Palestine, OH, have brought national awareness to the 
importance of training first responders in how to best prevent, 
protect against, respond to, and recover from hazardous 
materials incidents involving railroads. FEMA shall brief the 
Committee within 180 days of the date of enactment of this act 
on any new, existing, and planned trainings to respond to such 
incidents involving flammable liquids, tank cars, or hazardous 
materials.
    Reducing Carcinogen Exposure Among Firefighters.--The 
Committee is concerned about the prevalence of cancer among 
firefighters and urges FEMA to collaborate with fire 
departments to find cost-effective procedures to reduce 
chemical exposure.
    Shelter and Services Program [SSP].--The Committee 
recognizes the need to support shelters and organizations that 
transport and briefly shelter and provide services, including 
legal services, translation services, medical and mental health 
services, to individuals and families released by DHS. The 
Committee further recognizes the importance of these services 
to efficiently and humanely reduce CBP operational burdens. 
Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this act, FEMA and 
CBP shall brief the Committee on the implementation of SSP and 
the lessons learned to inform future iterations of the program, 
including those funded in fiscal year 2024. The briefing shall 
include a description of SSP goals, policies, and program 
structure, its award allocation methodology, outcome and 
performance measures and results related to achieving program 
goals and its procedures for coordination with CBP for 
individuals to be released swiftly and timely to shelters, 
including those funded by SSP. The briefing shall also include 
any potential changes--statutory or otherwise--that would 
maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of this program.
    FEMA should continue to work cooperatively on 
reimbursements with non-governmental organizations and State 
and local governments impacted by the increase of noncitizens 
and asylum seekers at the southwest border. Moreover, the 
Committee is concerned with FEMA's continuing inability to 
provide granular financial execution data by the non-
governmental organizations receiving this funding and funding 
previously provided under the Emergency Food and Shelter 
Program-Humanitarian. Therefore, within 30 days of the date of 
enactment of this act and quarterly thereafter, FEMA shall 
continue to brief the Committee on any previous spending by 
non-governmental organizations from fiscal year 2019 through 
fiscal year 2023, to include details on how much Federal 
funding was awarded to each organization and the lowest level 
of data available from funding recipients and any 
administrative costs incurred by FEMA. These briefs shall also 
include spending-to-date for fiscal year 2024 by non-
governmental organizations.
    United States Fire Administration [USFA].--The 
recommendation includes funding for USFA to fulfill its mission 
of providing training and professional development to the fire 
community. FEMA is directed to continue its traditional funding 
for the congressionally-mandated National Fallen Firefighters 
Memorial. The Committee further directs USFA to provide a 
briefing within 180 days of the date of enactment of this act 
regarding any plans to revise Emergency Support Function [ESF]-
4, Firefighting, to clarify or change USFA's role in responding 
to structural fires and wildland fires that burn into the 
Wildland Urban Interface.
    Urban Area Security Initiative [UASI].--The Committee 
directs FEMA to, within 90 days of the date of enactment of 
this act, provide the current risk and threat assessment 
methodology used for UASI, identify any geographic-related 
factors used to assess the risk of urban areas applying for 
funding, and identify how such geographic-related factors are 
used in developing urban areas' risk and threat assessments.

                          DISASTER RELIEF FUND

Appropriations (regular), 2023.......................... $19,945,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................  20,406,341,000
Committee recommendation................................  20,261,000,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $20,261,000,000 for the Disaster 
Relief Fund [DRF] for the Major Disaster Allocation category. 
No funding is provided for the Base Disaster Relief category.
    BRIC Capability and Capacity Building [C&CB].--The C&CB 
activity shall be funded at no less than $1,500,000 per State 
(as defined by section 102(4) of the Stafford Act) in fiscal 
year 2024.
    BRIC Set-Aside.--The Committee encourages the 
Administration to utilize the full 6 percent set aside as 
authorized for the BRIC program.
    Disaster Cap Adjustment Calculation.--The Committee is 
concerned with the ongoing solvency of the DRF under the 
current disaster cap adjustment calculation. Within 180 days of 
the date of enactment of this act, FEMA shall provide a report 
to the Committee that includes an analysis of the current 
disaster cap calculation, whether such calculation has proven 
to be adequate over the period of time since it was adopted, 
and potential changes to the calculation that would ensure the 
solvency of the DRF into the foreseeable future.
    Disaster Declaration Transparency.--The Committee believes 
more transparency is needed in FEMA's decision process for 
recommending Presidential disaster declarations. Within 180 
days of the date of enactment of this act, FEMA should brief 
the Committee with regard to the factors weighed when reviewing 
and making a recommendation with regard to a request for a 
major disaster declaration, including both Public Assistance 
and Individual Assistance.
    Immediate Needs Funding.--Within 180 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, FEMA shall brief the Committee on its 
use of Immediate Needs Funding [INF]. At a minimum, this brief 
shall include current policies and procedures for when FEMA 
would deploy INF, specifically at what level(s) of DRF balances 
and under what categories of work FEMA would plan to 
discontinue reimbursements of otherwise eligible costs. 
Additionally, the brief shall include an analysis of the 
benefits and costs of utilizing a strategic approach to the 
deployment of INF vice an across-the-board cessation of 
reimbursements.
    Improving Access to BRIC.--Within 90 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, FEMA shall brief the Committee on the 
abilities of States to qualify for access to BRIC. The brief 
should include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the 
ability of States to meet the program's building code 
requirements, States' options outside of this program to assist 
communities with needed pre-disaster mitigation, and other 
challenges in addressing pre-disaster mitigation.

                     NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

Appropriations, 2023....................................    $225,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................     239,983,000
Committee recommendation................................     239,983,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $239,983,000 for National Flood 
Insurance Fund [NFIF] activities related to flood plain 
management, flood mapping and mitigation, and flood insurance 
operations.
    The Committee notes the importance of the long-term 
financial stability of the NFIF and recognizes FEMA's efforts 
to publish a quarterly ``Watermark'' report on the NFIF's 
finances. The Committee encourages FEMA to continue its 
commitment to quarterly reporting on the NFIF in a public and 
transparent manner while complying with other reporting 
requirements in statute.

                  TITLE III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    Section 301. The Committee continues a provision allowing 
for procuring or providing access to cybersecurity threat 
feeds.
    Section 302. The Committee continues a provision on CISA 
``Quarterly Budget and Staffing Briefings.''
    Section 303. The Committee continues a provision limiting 
expenses for the administration of grants.
    Section 304. The Committee continues a provision to remove 
certain FEMA grant amounts from calculations under section 2004 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
    Section 305. The Committee continues a provision specifying 
timeframes for grant applications and awards.
    Section 306. The Committee continues a provision requiring 
five day advance notification for certain grant awards under 
``FEMA-Federal Assistance''.
    Section 307. The Committee continues a provision that 
addresses the availability of certain grant funds for the 
installation of communications towers.
    Section 308. The Committee continues a provision requiring 
a report on the expenditures of the DRF.
    Section 309. The Committee continues a provision regarding 
certain grants.
    Section 310. The Committee continues a provision providing 
for the receipt and expenditure of fees collected for the 
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program, as authorized by 
Public Law 105-276.
    Section 311. The Committee continues a provision regarding 
certain grants.
    Section 312. The Committee includes a provision regarding 
the transfer of unobligated balances under the National 
Predisaster Mitigation Fund.
    Section 313. The Committee includes a provision regarding 
the transfer of unobligated balances under Flood Hazard Mapping 
and Risk Analysis Program.

                                TITLE IV

             RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES

           United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

    United States Citizenship and Immigration Services [USCIS] 
carries out activities necessary for the administration of laws 
and the provision of services related to people seeking to 
enter, reside, work, and naturalize in the United States. In 
addition to directly appropriated resources, fee collections 
are available for the operations of USCIS.
    Immigration Examinations Fees.--USCIS collects fees from 
persons applying for immigration benefits to support the 
adjudication of applications, as authorized by the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356).
    H-1B and L Fraud Prevention and Detection Fees.--USCIS 
collects fees from petitioners seeking a beneficiary's initial 
grant of H-1B or L nonimmigrant classification or those 
petitioners seeking to change a beneficiary's employer within 
those classifications pursuant to Public Law 108-447.
    H-1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Fees.--USCIS collects fees 
from petitioners under the H-1B program pursuant to Public Law 
108-447.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends total appropriations of 
$455,661,000 for USCIS, which is $409,533,000 below the budget 
request amount and $187,680,000 above the fiscal year 2023 
enacted level.
    The following table summarizes the Committee's 
recommendation as compared to the fiscal year 2023 enacted and 
fiscal year 2024 budget request levels:

                               UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operations and Support....................................           242,981           855,194           432,161
Federal Assistance........................................            25,000            10,000            23,500
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total United States Citizenship and Immigration                  267,981           865,194           455,661
     Services.............................................
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                         OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2023....................................    $267,981,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................     865,194,000
Committee recommendation................................     455,661,000

    The Operations and Support [O&S] appropriation provides for 
ongoing operations, mission support, and management and 
administration costs for the Employment Status Verification [E-
Verify] program, which allows businesses to determine the 
eligibility of their employees to work in the United States.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    Additional Funding.--The recommendation includes an 
additional $183,000,000, which is intended for the following 
purposes: $143,000,000 is for the processing of employment 
authorization applications (form I-765), of which $71,500,000 
is to address the existing employment authorization backlog and 
$71,500,000 is to ensure that USCIS can keep pace with newly 
filed work authorization applications to meet all existing 
timelines; and $40,000,000 is for affirmative asylum backlog 
reduction, but not for the implementation of the proposed 
asylum processing rule. Within 60 days of the date of enactment 
of the act, and quarterly thereafter, USCIS is directed to 
brief the Committees on the plan for this funding and to 
include demonstrable evidence that it is being used to reduce 
the processing time, thus enabling applicants to work lawfully 
and employers to hire necessary labor, and to address the 
ongoing affirmative asylum backlog.
    Asylum Officer Rule.--Within 60 days of the date of 
enactment of this act and quarterly thereafter, USCIS is 
directed to brief the Committee on the implementation of the 
Asylum Officer rule. The brief shall include data on the number 
of Asylum Officers, the number of Asylum Merits Interviews 
conducted, outcomes of such interviews, including, but not 
limited to, the number approved, denied, administratively 
closed, and pending, and the Field Office location of such 
interviews. USCIS is directed to publicly report the number of 
individuals referred to immigration proceedings or to ICE or 
CBP for enforcement actions.
    Civil Surgeon Access and Cost.--The Committee is concerned 
about reported delays to access and costs to become a Civil 
Surgeon. Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this act, 
USCIS shall provide a report to the Committee examining whether 
any fees to access or to become a Civil Surgeon can be 
adjusted, reduced, or waived, to ensure that vulnerable 
populations can access a Civil Surgeon and to increase the 
number of available Civil Surgeons. The report shall also 
include an analysis of whether minimum professional experience 
requirements under 8 CFR 232.2 are a hindrance to additional 
Civil Surgeons.
    Cost of Employment-Based Visas.--The Committee is concerned 
about the proposed increase in fees for employment-based visas. 
The Committee recognizes that the Federal law permits USCIS to 
set fees at a level to that ensures recovery of the full costs 
of adjudicating all applications and petitions, which means 
that fee paying customers can be required to offset the costs 
of fee waivers and exemptions. However, the Committee is 
concerned that at some point, costs to seek a lawful 
immigration benefit, irrespective of whether such benefit is in 
the family or employment-based system, may become too cost 
prohibitive. Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this 
act, USCIS shall brief the Committee on a comprehensive plan to 
request Congressional appropriations for certain applications 
and petitions, so that the costs to American businesses and 
families using USCIS services, remain affordable.
    Electronic Processing.--The Committee supports the 
completion and implementation of an electronic filing and 
processing system for immigration benefits at USCIS but remains 
frustrated by the lengthy process required to bring 
applications and petitions fully into e-processing. Within 30 
days of the date of enactment of this act, USCIS shall continue 
to brief the Committee on the efforts to implement an 
electronic filing and processing system for immigration 
benefits, the current technological challenges facing the 
agency's completion and implementation of such a system, and 
the steps and timeline the agency will be using to complete an 
electronic filing and processing system for all immigration 
benefits.
    Employment Authorization Application Deadlines.--The 
Committee directs USCIS to produce a report, not less than 
annually, summarizing all adjudication timelines, the source of 
the timeline, and whether the agency met the timeline for the 
prior fiscal year.
    Fee Waivers and Application and Petition Costs.--The 
Committee directs USCIS to maintain naturalization fees at an 
affordable level and to continue the use of full fee waivers 
for applicants who can demonstrate an inability to pay 
immigration and naturalization benefit application fees. The 
Committee directs USCIS to considering accepting any one of the 
following items as proof of inability to pay an immigration or 
naturalization benefit application fee for the purposes of 
qualifying for a full fee waiver: documentation of receipt of a 
means-tested public benefit; documentation of income that is at 
or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines at the 
time of filing; or documentation of financial hardship, based 
on extraordinary circumstances. To ensure that derivative and 
naturalized citizens can contribute to and participate fully in 
our economy and democracy, the Committee further directs USCIS 
to reduce the costs of obtaining replacement certificates of 
naturalization and certificates of citizenship. The Committee 
recognizes that immigration statutes, regulations, settlement 
agreements, and Administrative priorities require fee waivers 
and fee reductions for people seeking to adjust their status. 
However, this means that USCIS must absorb these costs. 
Therefore, not later than 60 days from the date of enactment of 
this act and quarterly thereafter, USCIS shall provide to the 
Committee a brief on lost revenue as a result of fee waivers. 
This brief shall include historical data from the previous five 
fiscal years.
    Forms Modernization.--Within 180 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, USCIS shall brief the Committee on the 
status of USCIS efforts to comply with the 21st Century 
Integrated Digital Experience Act [IDEA] (Public Law 115-336) 
which requires agencies to digitize paper-based forms.
    H-1B Fraud.--The Committee commends USCIS for its 
recognition of potential fraud within the H-1B program and for 
taking swift action to address it. The Committee shares USCIS' 
concerns as it relates to H-1B fraud. Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this act and quarterly 
thereafter, USCIS shall provide to the Committee detail 
information on its continued efforts to identify and combat H-
1B fraud to include the number of fraudulent applications 
identified and actions taken to hold accountable those who 
perpetrate such fraud.
    H-2B Visas.--The Committee is concerned that the current 
semiannual distribution of H-2B visas on April 1 and October 1 
of each year unduly disadvantages certain employers and 
employees. The Committee directs the Department, in 
consultation with the Department of Labor, to examine the 
impacts of the current H-2B visa semiannual distribution on 
employers, employees, and agency operations and to provide the 
Committee with a briefing on the study not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this act. Further, given the 
ongoing workforce shortage in many parts of the country, the 
Committee directs the Department, in coordination with the U.S. 
Department of Labor and other departments as necessary, to 
provide a report within 180 days of enactment of this act 
providing data on the economic impact of the H-2B visa program 
on a state-by-state and national level; the estimated number of 
H-2B visas that would have been required to meet demand in FY 
2023 on a state-by-state and national level; and any adverse 
economic impact that resulted from the inability to meet such 
demand. Further, given the significant and growing reliance on 
H-2B visas, the Committee directs the Department, in 
coordination with the U.S. Department of Labor [DOL], to 
provide a report within 120 days of the date of enactment of 
this act providing data on the H-2B program, assessing its 
flaws and vulnerabilities, and making recommendations to ensure 
that the integrity of the program is safeguarded and that the 
limited number of H-2B visas are reserved for law-abiding 
employers. In addition to the recommendations and assessment of 
the flaws of the program, the data in the report shall include, 
the number of H-2B visas, including the number of supplemental 
visas, issued in each of the past 3 years to entities and 
individuals who in the past 5 years were found to have 
committed H-2A or H-2B violations, including the number of 
visas allocated to violators who at any point have committed 
egregious H-2A or H-2B violations such as visa fraud and wage 
theft, and indicating the dates of the violations and visa 
issuance; the number of H-2B visas, including the number of 
supplemental visas, issued in each of the past 3 years to 
entities and individuals who in the past 5 years were debarred 
from the H-2A or H-2B program, including the date and reason(s) 
for the debarment, and indicating the date of visa issuance; 
and any other relevant data relating to the flaws of the 
program. Further, the Committee supports the Departments 
efforts to set aside visas for certain nationalities, including 
nationals from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Haiti, 
regardless of whether they are returning workers.
    International Office Closures.--Within 90 days of the date 
of enactment of this act, and semi-annually thereafter, USCIS 
shall provide a report to the Committee that outlines the 
number of existing and planned international offices, along 
with the associated staff. USCIS shall notify the Committee 
within 60 days if USCIS has made a final agency decision to 
close any international office.
    Prevention of Abuses in the H-2A Program.--The Committee is 
concerned about preventing the abuse of workers during 
international recruitment. The Committee notes that one 
possible way to prevent labor trafficking and other forms of 
worker abuse and exploitation, is to ensure transparency of 
information. For instance, the more information available to a 
prospective guest worker, the better such worker is able to 
protect themselves against misrepresentations or abuse by 
unscrupulous actors, including the legitimacy of an offered job 
opportunity, the offered wage, or any other condition of 
employment. In order to help combat worker abuse and 
exploitation in the H-2A program in worker countries of origin, 
the Committee directs USCIS, in consultation with the 
Department of Labor, to timely post public information provided 
by employers on the Form I-129 and associated filings regarding 
recruiters, recruiting agents, or agencies that they plan to 
use. At a minimum, the information posted must identify the 
recruiting entity/individual, the job order/employment 
opportunity for which the recruitment services are being 
provided, and the offered wage. This information shall be 
available online in a manner that is easily accessible to 
potential workers. The Committee also directs USCIS to 
establish a process whereby workers may confirm that they are 
the beneficiaries of H-2A petitions and can receive information 
about their own immigration status, including, their authorized 
period of stay and the status of any requested visa extensions. 
The Committee encourages USCIS to provide the information in 
multiple languages, including Spanish and English.
    Processing Times for Immigration Benefit Requests.--The 
Committee is concerned that processing times for citizenship 
and other applications and petitions continue to increase. The 
Committee expects USCIS to adjudicate citizenship and other 
applications in a timely manner. USCIS is directed to ensure 
that timeliness performance measures for all forms are 
developed, implemented, and routinely assessed. Within 90 days 
of the date of enactment of this act, the Committee directs 
USCIS to report on measures implemented to promptly reduce 
processing delays.
    P3 Refugee Processing.--The Committee directs the 
Department, in collaboration with the State Department, to 
produce a report within 90 days of the date of enactment 
describing steps by the administration to re-examine and 
expedite P-3 processing, such as by reducing lengthy delays in 
USCIS' initial paper review (known as RAVU) of the relationship 
between the anchor relative and overseas family member listed 
on the Affidavit Of Relationship [AOR], and to reduce 
inefficiencies in DNA testing and processing steps that are 
required only for P-3 cases, which can add years to average 
processing times. The report should also detail, as of the 
first day of fiscal year 2023 and each of the six previous 
fiscal years, the number of P-3 refugee applicants who had 
submitted an Affidavit of Relationship and were waiting for an 
initial interview with the resettlement support center [RSC]; 
who had completed the initial RSC interview and whose 
applications were not yet submitted by the Refugee Processing 
Center to the USCIS Refugee Access Verification Unit [RAVU]; 
whose applications were submitted by the Refugee Processing 
Center to RAVU and were pending a decision by RAVU; whose 
applications were decided by RAVU and were pending an RSC pre-
screening interview; who completed an RSC pre-screening 
interview and who were pending USCIS interviews; who had 
completed interviews and were pending security clearance; who 
were ready for departure; and have died or gone missing while 
in the P-3 application process without ever being reunited with 
their families.
    Refugee Admissions and Processing.--The Committee remains 
concerned about the pace of refugee admissions and directs the 
Department to submit to the Committee and make available to the 
public on its website not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this act the following information for each of 
fiscal years 2018 through 2023: the number of USCIS staff 
assigned to the Refugee Corps at the Refugee Affairs Division 
of USCIS; the number of refugee processing circuit rides 
conducted; the number of USCIS Refugee Corps officers assigned 
to each circuit ride; the destination region and country for 
each circuit ride; the number of refugee interviews conducted 
by USCIS; and the number of approvals and denials issued by 
USCIS. The Committee supports the administration's plan to 
permit the use of video and audio teleconferencing to conduct 
refugee interviews and establish the necessary infrastructure 
to do so, pursuant to Executive Order 14013. The Committee 
directs the Department to issue a report within 90 days of the 
date of enactment of this act which shall include the details 
of how many interviews were conducted remotely or by video, 
what infrastructure was created to do so, and what the 
Department needs to expand the use of remote interviews. The 
report should also include challenges and best practices in 
conducting remote interviews and factors that informed the 
Department's decisions around which applicants were eligible 
for a remote interview. The Committee directs the Department to 
re-use biometric information for refugees applying for 
adjustment of status to prevent further delays, that the 
validity period for such biometrics should last at least 24 
months, and to waive USCIS interviews for refugees applying for 
adjustment of status. The Committee directs the Department to 
implement a one-time exception per applicant through the end of 
fiscal year 2024 for all 14-year-old and over applicants for 
refugee resettlement who aged into the requirement to provide 
biometric information including fingerprints. The Committee 
asks that USCIS and U.S. Embassies additionally grant 
permission to other U.S. Government staff in-country to travel 
to collect this biometric data to allow for the expeditious 
progression of refugee resettlement applications.
    Remote Processing.--The Committee supports the use of 
technology to securely increase the processing of applications 
and petitions, including that of refugees. Within 90 days of 
the date of enactment of this act, USCIS shall provide a 
briefing to the Committee outlining compliance with Executive 
Order 14013.
    Report on Visa Usage.--The Committee is concerned about the 
scarcity of non-immigrant, temporary work visas. Within 60 days 
of enactment of this act, the Committee directs USCIS to 
provide a report on the number of H-1B, H-2B, and Legal 
Permanent Resident (LPR) applicants and petitioners who were 
denied a visa due to existing caps. In the case of LPRs, the 
report shall specify whether any LPRs are not eligible due to 
caps based on occupation, age, or industry in the prior fiscal 
year. The report shall be updated semi-annually thereafter.
    Rural Access.--The Committee encourages USCIS to continue 
to expand its efforts to reduce barriers to USCIS services, 
including any geographic, financial and paperwork barriers. 
Such efforts shall include, but not be limited to, additional 
field or satellite offices, reductions in paperwork burdens, 
and an increase and expansion of circuit rides into additional 
areas.
    Special Immigration Juvenile [SIJ] Visas Backlog.--The 
Committee is concerned about the backlog of SIJ applications 
and the impact of these visas counting towards the employment 
based caps. Not later than 90 days after the the date of 
enactment of this act and quarterly thereafter, USCIS shall 
brief the Committee on the backlog. At a minimum, the brief 
shall include: the total cumulative number of SIJ petitions 
pending before USCIS yet to be adjudicated and the length of 
time each case has been pending; the total number of SIJ 
adjudications every month broken down by grant or denial and 
the length of time each case was pending prior to adjudication; 
the total number of Requests for Evidence and Notices of Intent 
to Deny issued each month and the length of time each impacted 
case was pending prior to the issuance of the Request for 
Evidence or Notice of Intent to Deny; and the cumulative 
numbers of such SIJS petitions that have been pending with the 
agency since arrival at an agency lockbox for 30 or fewer days, 
31-60 days, 61-90 days, 91-120 days, 121-179 days, and 180 or 
more days, during each of the preceding 12 months. USCIS shall 
make a copy of each report available to the public.
    Unlawful Presence and Inadmissibility.--Within 60 days of 
the date of enactment of this act, USCIS shall brief the 
Committee on the impact of the recent policy changes in the 
USCIS policy manual concerning inadmissibility determinations 
under section 212(a)(9)(B)(i) of the INA. Within 120 days of 
the date of enactment of this act and semi-annually thereafter, 
USCIS shall provide statistics on the number of noncitizens 
impacted by this change in policy, broken out by those found 
inadmissible on the grounds of 3-year, 10-year, and permanent 
unlawful presence bars.
    USCIS Backlog and Frontlog Reporting.--USCIS shall provide 
the Committee a plan within 60 days of the date of enactment of 
this act to establish a quarterly, public report on all 
backlogs, frontlogs and pending forms, for all form types. Such 
reporting shall include, at a minimum, the number of applicants 
or petitioners in each USCIS backlog, frontlog, or pending 
status, including beneficiaries, where applicable; be 
identified by form type; and shall present the data to the 
public in such a way as to indicate length of time in such 
status, as defined by USCIS. Additionally, within 180 days of 
the date of enactment of this act, USCIS shall develop and 
brief the Committee on a comprehensive Backlog Elimination 
Plan, modeled on prior successful efforts by USCIS to eliminate 
their backlogs in 2004-2006, along with any associated staffing 
models to support such plan. USCIS shall also provide the 
Committee with monthly backlog statistics. In addition to the 
spend plan concerning the affirmative asylum backlog funds, 
within 180 days of enactment of this act, USCIS shall submit a 
report to the Committee detailing the total number of 
affirmative asylum applications filed in the prior fiscal year 
delineated by priority for adjudication, each priority's 
average corresponding time pending in such priority status; the 
total number of affirmative asylum applications filed, and the 
total number of affirmative asylum cases adjudicated to final 
disposition.
    USCIS Quarterly Budget, Staffing and Productivity 
Reporting.--USCIS shall continue to brief the Committee 
quarterly on budget operations, including revenue projections, 
actual spending, and other financial forecasts. At a minimum, 
the briefing shall detail the spending of each directorate and 
office (compared to projections), provide revenue and expenses 
delineated by form type, other agency expenses including 
payments or transfers to other Federal agencies, and carryover 
or reserve fund projections and spending. USCIS shall ensure 
the agency maintains a sufficient carryover balance which is 
intended to provide stability amid fluctuating receipts. 
Additionally, USCIS shall develop productivity measures that 
convey the baseline capacity and capabilities for processing 
applications and petitions and capture the impact of 
investments in personnel, technology, or changes to processes 
and policies on such measures. Updates on USCIS performance 
against these measures shall be included with the quarterly 
budget reporting. USCIS shall also include in this quarterly 
brief to the Committee staffing data, based on the USCIS 
workload staffing model. At a minimum the staffing data should 
include actuals from the state of the Fiscal Year through the 
most recent pay period and projections through the end of the 
Fiscal Year.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers

    The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers [FLETC] serve 
as an interagency law enforcement training organization for 
more than 90 Federal agencies and certain SLTT and 
international law enforcement agencies on a space-available 
basis.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $360,611,000 for FLETC, which is 
$18,587,000 below the request and $45,936,000 below the fiscal 
year 2023 enacted level.
    The following table summarizes the Committee's 
recommendation as compared to the fiscal year 2023 enacted and 
fiscal year 2024 budget request levels:

                                                      FLETC
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operations and Support....................................           354,552           359,098           352,611
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements...............            51,995            20,100             8,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total, FLETC..........................................           406,547           379,198           360,611
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                         OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2023....................................    $354,552,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................     359,098,000
Committee recommendation................................     352,611,000

    Funding is provided to meet basic law enforcement training 
requirements. The Committee expects FLETC to maintain training 
at or near facility capacity before entering into new leases or 
establishing new partnerships with training organizations. To 
that end, the Committee directs FLETC to provide a cost 
analysis detailing, at minimum, each training center's maximum 
instructional capacity by course and measured against its 
annual student occupancy.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    Law Enforcement Training.--Within 180 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, the Director of FLETC shall provide to 
Congress a report on expanding field training, to facilitate 
students applying their training in practical settings.

              PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2023....................................     $51,995,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................      20,100,000
Committee recommendation................................       8,000,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $8,000,000 for Procurement, 
Construction, and Improvements [PC&I], which is $12,100,000 
below the budget request amount and $43,995,000 below the 
fiscal year 2023 enacted level.
    Construction and Facility Improvements.--The Committee 
supports the partnership between the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
and the U.S. Army National Guard to enhance advanced Tribal law 
enforcement training operations. The Committee is aware of the 
need for additional, well-trained Tribal law enforcement, 
particularly in northern Tribal areas. The Committee strongly 
encourages the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers to 
engage in this partnership and identify what facilities, 
infrastructure, and resources are necessary in order to meet 
the growing demand for Tribal law enforcement training.

                         Science and Technology

    The mission of Science and Technology [S&T] is to conduct, 
stimulate, and enable homeland security research, development, 
and testing and to facilitate the timely transition of 
capabilities to the Department's components and, as 
practicable, to other Federal and SLTT end users.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $763,258,000 for S&T, which is 
$123,911,000 below the budget request amount and $137,283,000 
below the fiscal year 2023 enacted level.
    The following table summarizes the Committee's 
recommendation as compared to fiscal year 2023 enacted and 
budget request levels:

                                             SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operations and Support....................................           384,107           372,045           367,183
Procurement, Construction and Improvements................            55,216            78,579            43,579
Research and Development..................................           461,218           436,545           352,496
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total, Science and Technology.........................           900,541           887,169           763,258
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                         OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2023....................................    $384,107,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................     372,045,000
Committee recommendation................................     367,183,000

    The Operations and Support [O&S] appropriation funds the 
management functions necessary to facilitate the research and 
development mission of S&T.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $367,183,000 for O&S, which is 
$4,862,000 below the budget request amount and $16,924,000 the 
fiscal year 2023 enacted level. Of the amount provided, the 
Committee recommends not to exceed $10,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses.

                         LABORATORY FACILITIES

    The recommendation includes $127,838,000 for Laboratory 
Facilities operations, which is $990,000 below the request and 
$16,924,000 below the fiscal year 2023 enacted level.
    This recommendation funds the operations of all of the S&T 
Laboratory Facilities including the Chemical Security Analysis 
Center [CSAC] operations; the National Urban Security 
Technology Laboratory [NUSTL] operations; and the National 
Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center [NBACC] 
operations. This recommendation also ensures that S&T can meet 
its responsibilities for the safe and secure operation of the 
Transportation Security Lab and the Plum Island Animal Disease 
Center [PIADC]. These facilities provide the Homeland Security 
Enterprise with a coordinated and enduring core of productive 
science, technology, and engineering laboratories, 
organizations, and institutions which provide the knowledge and 
technology to secure our Homeland. Additionally, Laboratory 
Facilities deliver long-term capabilities vital to the 
Department's mission by utilizing a coordinated network of S&T 
laboratories and the Department of Energy national 
laboratories.
    Work for Others [WFO].--The Committee fully supports the 
WFO program within NBACC and directs S&T to provide a briefing 
within 90 days of the date of enactment of this act on the 
implementation and execution of the program. The briefing shall 
include a review of the current execution of the program and 
identify whether there is full cost recovery for WFO projects 
or activities.

                  ACQUISITION AND OPERATIONS ANALYSIS

    The Committee recommends $77,720,000 for Acquisition 
Operations and Analysis, which supports the request and is 
$14,655,000 below the fiscal year 2023 enacted level.
    Partnership Intermediary Agreements.--The Committee 
supports the Department's efforts to establish Partnership 
Intermediaries, as defined under section 3715 of title 15, 
United States Code, to support its ability to seek out, assess, 
and engage non-traditional small business vendors for the 
Department's development and acquisition efforts. The Committee 
sustains base funding for Partnership Intermediary Agreements 
to enable components across the Department to engage 
immediately on technology transfer and transition activities.
    Projecting and Planning For Future Flow to U.S. Southwest 
Border.--Within 60 days of the date of enactment of this act, 
S&T and CBP, along with other Department partners, shall 
provide a final report to the Committee on execution of prior 
year funds for this purpose.
    SAFETY Act.--The Committee is encouraged by continued 
efforts from S&T to effectuate the Support Anti-Terrorism by 
Fostering Effective Technologies [SAFETY] Act (Public Law 107-
296) program. This program encourages anti-terrorism 
preparedness and mitigation by providing liability protections 
for technologies or processes the program certifies or 
designates as meeting certain anti-terrorism standards.

              PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2023....................................     $55,216,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................      78,579,000
Committee recommendation................................      43,579,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $43,579,000 for Procurement, 
Construction, and Improvements [PC&I], which is $35,000,000 
below the budget request amount and $11,637,000 below the 
fiscal year 2023 enacted level. Funds provided for PC&I will be 
used for biological decontamination, completing environmental 
regulatory compliance activities, and preserving historic 
assets at the PIADC. The Committee express support for the 
permanent conservation of Plum Island for the protection in 
perpetuity of its natural and cultural resources. The Committee 
requests that the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] provide 
a briefing to the Committee regarding the closure and disposal 
process for the island, the status and schedule of cleanup and 
monitoring, and the procedures needed to ensure that DHS's 
certification that its remedial actions on Plum Island protect 
human health and the environment will remain valid.
    Laboratory Infrastructure.--The Committee includes 
$10,000,000, which is the same as the request, to ensure the 
S&T laboratory infrastructure can address deficiencies and 
substantial capacity shortcomings to meet evolving mission 
requirements. The Committee believes preventative maintenance, 
repair, replacement, and updates to key support systems and 
facilities must be programmed into each fiscal year in order to 
preserve mission critical research capabilities.

                        RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Appropriations, 2021....................................    $461,218,000
Budget estimate, 2023...................................     436,545,000
Committee recommendation................................     352,496,000

    S&T supports the mission of the Department through basic 
and applied research, fabrication of prototypes, research and 
development to mitigate the effects of weapons of mass 
destruction, and acquiring and field testing equipment.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $352,496,000 for Research and 
Development [R&D], which is $84,049,000 below the budget 
request amount and $108,722,000 below the fiscal year 2023 
enacted level.
    The Committee directs S&T to continue to prioritize applied 
research activities that provide innovative solutions to the 
Department, its components, and their most integral 
stakeholders. Despite the inclusion of R&D appropriations for 
each component under the common appropriations structure, S&T 
should be the central component for departmental R&D, including 
R&D for other components. Ensuring that S&T is the principal 
R&D component will contribute to the goal of departmental unity 
of effort, a goal shared by the Committee and the Department. 
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary to notify the 
Committee not less than 60 days in advance of any reduction, 
discontinuation, or transfer from the custody of the 
Undersecretary for Science and Technology of any R&D activity 
that is being conducted by S&T as of the date of enactment of 
this act.
    Transitioning New Capabilities to Operational Components.--
The Committee commends S&T on the ongoing collaboration with 
Department operational components to discover and develop 
innovative equipment and capabilities in support of mission 
critical homeland security programs. To better account for both 
the impact of R&D funding and how those resources improve the 
Department's operational capabilities, S&T shall provide a 
briefing to the Committee within 45 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, on a plan to partner with Department 
agencies to develop key measures that capture that impact and 
quantify a return of investment. Within 60 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, S&T shall provide the Committee examples 
of the impact of three R&D projects.

                 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND INNOVATION

    Port of Entry [POE] Security.--The Committee supports 
continued work to improve the data analytics and visualization 
tools available to CBP and ICE to track and inspect cargo 
entering and exiting the United States, particularly cargo that 
may contain opioids, weapons, or explosives. Improvements to 
automated threat algorithms and visualization tools can 
increase analyst efficiency, better target criminal networks, 
and increase the seizure of illicit goods and materials before 
they enter the United States. The Committee encourages S&T to 
pursue R&D related to emerging analytics and data visualization 
that can enhance tracking from origin to destination of cargo 
and people with advanced interactive visual analytics to better 
identify criminal activity while expediting processing.
    Port of Entry Data Analytic Capability.--The Committee is 
aware of and concurs with Presidential Determination No. 2017-
09, which identifies a critical item shortfall of industrial 
capacity related to secure composite shipping containers. The 
Committee therefore encourages S&T to continue container 
demonstrations to expedite transition of this new secure 
shipping capability into government and commercial shipping 
operations, and to evaluate new scalable container security 
design improvements. Further, the Committee encourages S&T to 
work to develop thermoplastic composite materials that reduce 
costs and improve intrusion sensor integration.
    Data Visualization and Emerging Analytics.--The Committee 
encourages S&T to pursue R&D activities related to Data 
Visualization and Emerging Analytics which supports emerging 
analytics tools, studies, capabilities, and sensors that can 
enhance the tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and 
dissemination of data which is key to the detection and 
disruption of illegal activity found on our borders and POEs.
    Air Domain Awareness.--The Committee understands that Air 
Domain Awareness is a critical component of both countering 
malicious unmanned aircraft and developing a secure air traffic 
control system for unmanned aerial systems [UAS] and encourages 
S&T to continue its Air Domain Awareness evaluation project in 
urban and maritime environments.
    Enabling Unmanned Aerial Systems.--The Committee 
acknowledges the critical value in the establishment of the 
common test site for demonstration and research of UAS and is 
pleased that the site is also available to other Federal, 
State, and local partners. The Committee encourages S&T to 
prioritize the Demonstration Site for the JUSTICE project to 
conduct on-site testing and evaluation for the Department and 
encourages the close collaboration with the FAA UAS Center of 
Excellence.
    Maritime Safety and Security.--The Committee is encouraged 
by S&T's partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard, industry 
performers and academia to conduct research, development, 
testing and evaluation of wind and solar powered unmanned 
maritime vessels with surface and subsurface capabilities that 
can directly enhance the S&T mission and the operational 
partners they serve by improving support to missions such as 
counter-narcotics, search and rescue, aids to navigation, 
marine safety, marine environmental and defense readiness. In 
carrying out this activity, S&T shall consider the ways in 
which UAS could be fully employed and utilized for such 
missions and shall strongly consider the current and future 
operational requirements of the Coast Guard. The Committee also 
recognizes the vast data threat facing the U.S. maritime sector 
and the direct threat this poses against critical 
infrastructure components for mission critical functions. The 
Committee recommends $19,400,000, which is $4,850,000 below the 
request, for the ongoing maritime port resiliency and security 
research testbed to support the design and development of 
tactics, techniques, and procedures for effective threat 
response to critical maritime infrastructure.
    Next Generation Explosive Trace Detection.--The Committee 
is concerned about the significant threat posed by the 
smuggling of narcotics, including opioids/fentanyl, and 
hazardous materials and through POEs and transportation hubs. 
The Committee is aware of the Department's efforts to increase 
the percentage of cargo-containing trucks/tractor trailers 
undergoing primary inspection at POEs. To more effectively 
detect narcotics and hazardous materials in cargo loads at POEs 
and improve the efficiency of screening operations, the 
Committee encourages S&T to pursue additional capabilities to 
improve the detection and interdiction of threats encountered 
by CBP or TSA.
    Opioid and Fentanyl Detection.--The Committee supports 
continued S&T collaboration with ICE Homeland Security 
Investigations [HSI] with the development of opioid-related 
investigative, training, analytical and other capabilities and 
to partner with the Center of Excellence for Criminal 
Investigations and Network Analysis. Additionally, the 
Committee encourages S&T to increase the development of rapid 
scanning technology and directs S&T to provide a report within 
180 days of the date of enactment of this act on any research 
or development to incorporate rapid scanning into screening 
methods for drug interdiction. Further, the Committee 
encourages S&T to pursue the development and testing, in 
consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, of three-
dimensional graphene-based sensors that can detect the presence 
of illicit fentanyl and other harmful substances at the 
international borders of the United States.
    Portable Forensics Chemical Analyzer [PCA].--The Committee 
encourages S&T to pursue the development of research of on-
person portable field chemical analysis systems with suitable 
capability to enable one-minute confirmatory sample 
identification.
    Natural Disaster Resiliency.--The Committee encourages S&T 
to enter into an Educational Partnership Agreement with the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and one or more educational 
institutions with expertise in water infrastructure resilience, 
civil engineering, and material sciences, for the purpose of 
developing capabilities for maintaining and improving the 
integrity of the U.S. levee and dams systems. Furthermore, the 
Committee encourages S&T to research viable alternatives of 
concrete dam design and performance, including characterization 
of structural demands and resistance, assessment of structural 
health and vulnerabilities, and development of repair and 
retrofit technologies including applications of advanced 
materials toward growing the industries and workforce of the 
future to strengthen our National resiliency.
    Bi-National Cooperative Program.--The Committee includes 
$2,000,000 for S&T to continue engagement in the binational 
research and development program. Within 180 days of the date 
of enactment of this act, S&T shall brief the Committee on the 
outcome of each grant awarded through the program and on any 
commercialization or transition to practice that has resulted 
from the program's initiatives.
    Technologies for the Protection of Critical 
Infrastructure.--The Committee understands the valuable role 
that Army research partners can play to advance developing 
military technologies for Soft Target and Crowded Spaces 
applications and encourages S&T to pursue Demonstration of 
technologies, in collaboration with CISA, to work with the 
Army's Engineer Research and Development Center and its 
university partners to address identified technological needs 
and requirements for soft target protection.
    Silicon Valley Innovation Program [SVIP].--The Committee 
continues to be encouraged by S&T's growing partnerships with 
industry through the SVIP and expects this program to continue 
to deliver rapid results. Within 90 days of the date of 
enactment of this act, S&T shall brief the Committee on the 
program's current and projected return on investment, including 
updates on projects that have been implemented into Department 
programs.
    Explosives Threat Assessment.--The Committee is aware of 
S&T's robust and ongoing partnership with the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation's Terrorist Explosive Device Analysis Center to 
better understand and characterize home-made explosives and 
encourages S&T to continue to seek ways to fully utilize and 
expand this important partnership. The Committee is also 
pleased with S&T's outreach to other Federal research 
laboratories, including those operated by the U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers, that have relevant expertise in high performance 
computing, computer-aided and interdisciplinary engineering, 
computer science, and instrumentation systems.
    Detection Canine.--The Committee funds the request for the 
Detection Canine Program. As the variety and number of 
national, State and local threats have increased in recent 
years, detection canines have proven to be an increasingly 
important counterterrorism tool to safeguard national security 
and public safety and are force multipliers across various law 
enforcement units. With support from S&T, the Detective Canine, 
Science, Innovation, Technology, and Education [DCSITE] Program 
is structured to be transdisciplinary and comprehensive of all 
threats, providing a sustained, large-scale, comprehensive 
government and academic effort to advance innovation, 
technology and education in detection canine sciences.
    Cybersecurity Research.--The Committee directs S&T to 
continue its efforts to ensure the effectiveness of cyber 
training for law enforcement and vulnerable populations and 
encourages S&T to continue working with a university partner to 
evaluate cybersecurity training materials and the social and 
behavioral impacts on protecting local law enforcement entities 
and their respective operations. Additionally, S&T shall 
continue to research how to implement routine activity theory 
and other crime control methods on the cyber platforms most 
commonly used by the aging work force, the elderly, small 
businesses, and other vulnerable targets of online criminal 
schemes.
    The Committee recommends S&T engage in university-based 
cybersecurity research and workforce development focused on 
manufacturing environments with high levels of machine tool 
automation/robotics, high performance computing, and additive 
manufacturing.
    Critical Infrastructure and Cyber Attacks.--The Committee 
recognizes the increased threat of cyber-attacks on U.S. 
critical infrastructure and the need to develop and deploy 
timely software quality assurance tools for monitoring and 
timely cyber-attack mitigation. The Committee supports 
university research in partnership with a National Laboratory 
critical infrastructure testbed to develop and demonstrate 
timely hierarchical software quality assurance and timely 
cyber-attack mitigation techniques for hardware in one or more 
of the following Department-designated critical infrastructure 
sectors: Chemical, Information Technology, Critical 
Manufacturing, Water, and Communications.
    Research and Deployment of Internet of Things [IoT] Sensors 
and Whole Community Response Interoperability Platforms for 
Public Safety and National Security Purposes.--The Committee 
encourages S&T to further pursue its IoT sensors and platforms 
research with Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning [AI/ ML] 
and edge computing to support public safety at various types of 
critical infrastructure and address soft target threats in 
order to facilitate all hazard, emergency incident response.
    First Responder Resilient Communications.--The Committee is 
aware of recent challenges first responders faced with gaps in 
critical communication equipment as hurricanes made landfall in 
the continental United States, preventing emergency personnel 
from communicating with each other and residents in potentially 
dangerous situations. The Committee supports the use of highly 
available and resilient deployable and fixed communication 
systems, which include the use of voice, video and high-data 
rate connectivity, to provide first responders with continuous 
emergency communications so they can effectively respond to 
natural disasters and other emergencies to help save lives and 
property.

                          UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

    The recommendation includes $40,830,000 for University 
Programs, of which $36,704,000 is for Centers of Excellence and 
$4,126,000 is for Minority Serving Institutions [MSI], which 
shall continue to leverage partnerships with top research and 
educational institutions. The Committee recognizes the 
importance of the Centers of Excellence program to generate 
basic and applied research that delivers innovative 
technologies to the Homeland Security Enterprise.
    Center of Excellence for Coastal Resilience [CRC].--The 
Committee acknowledges the work of the CRC and encourages S&T 
to continue that effort, including CRC's work in partnership 
with top research and educational institutions to conduct 
research, develop tools, and provide public outreach and 
education in support of the Department's missions in building 
resilient communities, enhancing coastal infrastructure 
resilience, understanding disaster dynamics, and encouraging 
community and individual action to build resiliency.
    Emeritus Centers of Excellence.--The Committee recognizes 
the important work of DHS to identify emerging transboundary 
pathogens and also develop a workforce that is able to meet the 
associated challenges. As federally funded research on foreign 
animal diseases transitions from the PIADC to the National Bio 
and Agro-Defense Facility [NBAF], the S&T Office of National 
Laboratories [ONL] is directed to provide a briefing to the 
Committee within 120 days of the date of enactment of this act, 
describing: (1) how its future funding requests will enhance 
collaboration across the Federal Government to protect the 
Nation's economic vitality and its agriculture, farmers and 
citizens against the threat of animal diseases, and; (2) how 
DHS will work with Emeritus Centers of Excellence to identify 
emerging requirements to support its research.
    Protecting Agriculture from Cyber Vulnerabilities.--The 
Committee encourages S&T and the NCITE COE to pursue research 
into cybersecurity vulnerabilities of U.S. agriculture 
production and development of an Ag Cyber-Physical Security 
Proving Ground.

             Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office

    The Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction [CWMD] Office, 
as established through Public Law 115-387, leads the 
Department's efforts to develop and enhance CWMD programs and 
capabilities that defend against weapons of mass destruction 
and to combat bio-threats and pandemics.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $346,158,000 for the CWMD Office, 
which is $81,903,000 below the budget request amount and 
$84,814,000 below the fiscal year 2023 enacted level.
    The following table summarizes the Committee's 
recommendation as compared to the fiscal year 2023 and budget 
request levels:

                                  COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Fiscal year 2023  Fiscal year 2024      Committee
                                                                 enacted       budget request    recommendations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operations and Support....................................           151,970           164,315           156,946
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements...............            75,204            42,338            15,360
Research and Development..................................            64,615            60,938            48,751
Federal Assistance........................................           139,183           160,470           132,764
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
    Total, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office..           430,972           428,061           353,821
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                         OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2023....................................    $151,970,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................     164,315,000
Committee recommendation................................     156,946,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $156,946,000 for Operations and 
Support [O&S], which is $7,369,000 below the budget request 
amount and $4,976,000 above the fiscal year 2023 enacted level.
    The Committee expects the report regarding research and 
development projects for the last five completed fiscal years 
and a strategic plan for completing, maintaining, or initiating 
new research and development from the CWMD office, as required 
in Senate Report 116-125, be submitted.

              PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2023....................................     $75,204,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................      42,338,000
Committee recommendation................................      15,360,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $15,360,000 for Procurement, 
Construction, and Improvements, which is $26,978,000 below the 
budget request amount and $59,844,000 below the fiscal year 
2023 enacted level.
    Strategic Commercial Seaports [SCS].--The Committee is 
disappointed that CWMD has not provided the Committees a 
briefing on plans to procure and install Radiation Portal 
Monitors [RPM] at SCS locations designated by the U.S. 
Department of Transportation Maritime Administration and the 
U.S. Department of Defense Military Surface Deployment and 
Distribution Command as required in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328). The Committee 
directs CWMD to provide the aforementioned briefing no later 
than 30 days after enactment of this act. Further, the 
Committee reminds CWMD that the briefing shall include the 
Department's recommendation on the appropriate number of 
functioning RPMs for each dedicated ingress/egress gate at each 
SCS, along with the estimated costs, including total 
acquisition, operations, and maintenance costs and associated 
costs for any necessary infrastructure enhancements or 
configuration changes at each Port of Entry; and a proposed 
timeline for procurement, deployment, and installation of the 
RPM technology.

                        RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Appropriations, 2023....................................     $64,615,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................      60,938,000
Committee recommendation................................      48,751,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $48,751,000 for Research and 
Development [R&D], which is $12,817,000 less than the budget 
request amount and $15,864,000 below the fiscal year 2023 
enacted level.
    Biological Detection for the 21st Century.--The Committee 
is concerned that CWMD has yet to implement the Biological 
Detection for the 21st Century [BD21] Program that was 
initiated in 2019. BD21 was funded to evaluate networked 
biological detection and presumptive identification equipment 
for the purposes of informing the next generation detection of 
airborne bio-threats, as well as to recapitalize the BioWatch 
Program. To fulfill these responsibilities, CWMD is developing 
the BD21 Program. Therefore, the committee directs the 
Department to provide a briefing not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this act to discuss actions in recent 
years regarding technology maturation and environmental 
biodetection.
    Transformational Research and Development.--The Committee 
recognizes the catastrophic risks posed by biological threats 
and the critical role played by CWMD in mitigating these 
threats, specifically through the Transformational Research and 
Development programs. Recognizing the inability of existing and 
planned bio-detection capabilities to meet today's threat, the 
Committee directs the prioritization of research and 
development projects specific to countering catastrophic 
biological risks.

                           FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

Appropriations, 2023....................................    $139,183,000
Budget estimate, 2024...................................     160,470,000
Committee recommendation................................     132,764,000

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends $132,764,000 for Federal 
Assistance, which is $27,716,000 below the budget request 
amount and $6,419,000 below the fiscal year 2023 enacted level.
    BioWatch Program.--The Committee directs CWMD to focus on 
significantly increasing the number of detectable bio-agents, 
reducing the time-to-respond, and providing a common operating 
picture at Federal, State, and local levels. The committee 
further directs CWMD to utilize a threat-based approach that 
reduces risk by incorporating the latest advanced technologies, 
while structuring the capability with an infrastructure that 
allows it to evolve as new technologies become available to 
achieve longer-term program objectives. Within 90 days of the 
date of enactment of this act, CWMD is to provide a briefing to 
Congress on a plan to improve biological detection capabilities 
over the next 5 years.

                  TITLE IV--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    Section 401. The Committee continues a provision allowing 
USCIS to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up to five 
vehicles under certain scenarios.
    Section 402. The Committee continues a provision limiting 
the use of A-76 competitions by USCIS.
    Section 403. The Committee includes a provision to permit 
USCIS to oversee the collection of biometrics virtually.
    Section 404. The Committee continues a provision 
authorizing FLETC to distribute funds for incurred training 
expenses.
    Section 405. The Committee continues a provision directing 
the FLETC Accreditation Board to lead the Federal law 
enforcement training accreditation process to measure and 
assess Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, 
and instructors.
    Section 406. The Committee continues a provision allowing 
for FLETC's acceptance of transfers from government agencies 
into this appropriation.
    Section 407. The Committee continues a provision 
classifying FLETC instructor staff as inherently governmental 
for certain considerations.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

             (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    Section 501. The bill includes a provision stipulating that 
no part of any appropriation shall remain available for 
obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly 
provided.
    Section 502. The bill includes a provision stipulating that 
unexpended balances of prior appropriations may be merged with 
new appropriations accounts and used for the same purpose, 
subject to reprogramming guidelines.
    Section 503. The bill includes a provision that provides 
authority to reprogram appropriations within an account and to 
transfer up to 5 percent between accounts with advance 
notification to the Committee. A detailed funding table 
identifying each congressional control level for reprogramming 
purposes is included at the end of this statement. These 
reprogramming guidelines shall be complied with by all 
departmental components funded by this act.
    The Committee expects the Department to submit 
reprogramming requests on a timely basis and to 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 
Committee should include a detailed table showing the proposed 
revisions at the account, program, project, and activity level 
to the funding and staffing FTE levels for the current fiscal 
year and to the levels required for the following fiscal year.
    The Committee expects the Department to manage its programs 
and activities within the levels appropriated. The Committee 
reminds the Department that reprogramming or transfer requests 
should be submitted only in the case of an unforeseeable 
emergency or a 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 Committee and does not receive identical 
responses from the House and Senate, it is the responsibility 
of the Department to reconcile the House and Senate differences 
before proceeding, and if reconciliation is not possible, to 
consider the reprogramming or transfer request unapproved.
    The Department shall not propose a reprogramming or 
transfer of funds after June 15 unless there are extraordinary 
circumstances that place human lives or property in imminent 
danger. To the extent that any reprogramming proposals are 
required, the Department is strongly encouraged to submit them 
well in advance of the June 15 deadline.
    Section 504. The bill includes a provision relating to the 
Department's Working Capital Fund [WCF] that: extends the 
authority of the WCF in fiscal year 2024; prohibits funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department from 
being used to make payments to the WCF, except for the 
activities and amounts allowed in the budget request; makes WCF 
funds available until expended; ensures departmental components 
are only charged for direct usage of each WCF service; makes 
funds provided to the WCF available only for purposes 
consistent with the contributing component; and requires the 
WCF to be paid in advance or reimbursed at rates that will 
return the full cost of each service. The WCF table included in 
the justification materials accompanying the budget request 
shall serve as the control level for quarterly execution 
reports submitted to the Committee not later than 30 days after 
the end of each quarter. These reports shall identify any 
activity added or removed from the fund.
    Section 505. The bill includes a provision stipulating that 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances recorded not 
later than June 30 from appropriations made for salaries and 
expenses in fiscal year 2024 shall remain available through 
fiscal year 2025, subject to reprogramming.
    Section 506. The bill includes a provision providing that 
funds for intelligence activities are specifically authorized 
during fiscal year 2024 until the enactment of an act 
authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2024.
    Section 507. The bill continues a provision specifying 
Committee notification thresholds related to awards for grants, 
contracts, other transaction agreements, certain task or 
delivery orders, letters of intent, and certain public 
announcements.
    Section 508. The bill includes a provision stipulating that 
no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease additional 
facilities for Federal law enforcement training without the 
advance notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives.
    Section 509. The bill includes a provision stipulating that 
none of the funds provided by this act 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. The bill excludes 
funds that may be required for development of a proposed 
prospectus.
    Section 510. The bill includes a provision that 
consolidates and continues by reference prior-year statutory 
bill language into one provision. These provisions concern 
contracting officers' training and Federal building energy 
performance.
    Section 511. The bill includes a provision stipulating that 
none of the funds provided by this act may be used in 
contravention of the Buy American Act (Public Law 72-428).
    Section 512. The bill includes a provision prohibiting 
funds from being used to amend the oath of allegiance required 
under section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1448).
    Section 513. The bill includes a provision prohibiting 
funds from being used to carry out section 872 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296).
    Section 514. The bill includes a provision prohibiting 
funds from being used to plan, test, pilot, or develop a 
national identification card.
    Section 515. The bill includes a provision directing that 
any official required by this act to report or certify to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives may not delegate such authority unless 
expressly authorized to do so in this act.
    Section 516. The bill includes a provision prohibiting 
funds provided by this act to be used for first-class travel.
    Section 517. The bill includes a provision prohibiting 
funds provided by this act to be used to employ workers in 
contravention of section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act.
    Section 518. The bill includes 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 519. The bill includes a provision regarding 
restrictions on electronic access to pornography.
    Section 520. The bill includes a provision regarding the 
transfer of an operable firearm by a Federal law enforcement 
officer to an agent of a drug cartel.
    Section 521. The bill includes and modifies language 
regarding the number of employees permitted to attend 
international conferences.
    Section 522. The bill includes a provision prohibiting 
funds made available by this act to reimburse any Federal 
department or agency for its participation in an NSSE.
    Section 523. The bill includes a provision on structural 
pay reform that affects more than 100 full-time positions or 
costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year.
    Section 524. The bill includes a provision directing the 
Department to post on a public website reports required by the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives unless public posting compromises homeland or 
national security or contains proprietary information.
    Section 525. The bill continues a provision allowing 
Operations and Support funding to be used for certain 
activities.
    Section 526. The bill includes a provision related to 
schooling for certain overseas dependents.
    Section 527. The bill includes a provision regarding 
congressional visits to detention facilities.
    Section 528. The bill includes a provision prohibiting the 
use of funds to use restraints on pregnant detainees in the 
Department's custody except in certain circumstances.
    Section 529. The bill includes a provision prohibiting the 
use of funds for the destruction of records related to the 
sexual abuse or assault of detainees in custody.
    Section 530. The bill includes a provision regarding 
funding for a Principal Federal Official.
    Section 531. The bill includes a provision regarding a 
report on defense funding.
    Section 532. The bill continues a provision regarding 
protection for a former or retired Government official or 
employee.
    Section 533. The bill includes a provision regarding 
oversight of the Department of Homeland Security's use of the 
Technology Modernization Fund.
    Section 534. The bill continues a provision related to user 
fee proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to 
submission of the budget request.
    Section 535. The bill continues a provision related to the 
Arms Trade Treaty.
    Section 536. The bill includes a provision that prohibits a 
procurement contract, grant, loan, cooperative agreement with 
certain foreign military company.
    Section 537. The bill continues a provision regarding 
detainees held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    Section 538. The bill continues and modifies a provision 
directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop, use, 
and share estimates of arrivals of noncitizens on the southwest 
border.
    Section 539. The bill includes a provision regarding the 
protection of certain facilities and assets and unmanned 
aircraft.
    Section 540. The bill includes a provision regarding the 
designation of emergency funding.
    Section 541. The Committee includes a provision relating to 
the E-Verify program.
    Section 542. The Committee includes a provision relating to 
the Religious Workers program.
    Section 543. The Committee includes a provision relating to 
H-2B visas.
    Section 544. The Committee includes a provision relating to 
the Conrad 30 program.
    Section 545. The bill rescinds unobligated balances from 
prior year appropriations.

                     PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

    In fiscal year 2021, for purposes of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), 
as amended, the following information provides the definition 
of the term ``program, project, and activity'' for the 
components of the Department of Homeland Security under the 
jurisdiction of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the 
Committee on Appropriations. The term ``program, project, and 
activity'' shall include the most specific level of budget 
items identified in the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2024, the House and Senate Committee 
reports, and the conference report and the accompanying Joint 
Explanatory Statement of the managers of the committee of 
conference.
    If a percentage reduction is necessary, in implementing 
that reduction, components of the Department of Homeland 
Security shall apply any percentage reduction required for 
fiscal year 2023 to all items specified in the justifications 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives in support of the fiscal year 2021 
budget estimates, as amended, for such components, as modified 
by congressional action.

  COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports 
accompanying general appropriations bills identify each 
recommended amendment which proposes an item of appropriation 
which is not made to carry out the provisions of an existing 
law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution previously 
passed by the Senate during that session.
    The Committee recommends funding for the following programs 
or activities which currently lack authorization for fiscal 
year 2024:

  --Analysis and Operations: Operations and Support.
  --U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Operations and Support; 
        and Procurement, Construction, and Improvements.
  --U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Operations and 
        Support; and Procurement, Construction, and 
        Improvements.
  --Transportation Security Administration: Operations and 
        Support; Procurement Construction and Improvements; and 
        Research and Development.
  --Coast Guard: Operations and Support; Procurement 
        Construction and Improvements; and Research and 
        Development; and Retired Pay.
  --Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency: 
        Operations and Support; Procurement Construction and 
        Improvements; and Research and Development.
  --Federal Emergency Management Agency: Operations and 
        Support; Procurement, Construction and Improvements; 
        and Federal Assistance Programs.

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(c), RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on July 27, 2023, 
the Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill (S. 
2625) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for 
other purposes, provided that the bill be subject to amendment 
and that the bill be consistent with its budget allocation, and 
provided that the Chairman of the Committee or his designee be 
authorized to offer the substance of the original bill as a 
Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute to the House 
companion measure, by a recorded vote of 24-4, a quorum being 
present. The vote was as follows:
        Yeas                          Nays
Chair Murray                        Mr. Hagerty
Mrs. Feinstein                      Mrs. Britt
Mr. Reed                            Mr. Rubio
Mr. Tester                          Mrs. Fischer
Mrs. Shaheen
Mr. Merkley
Mr. Coons
Mr. Schatz
Ms. Baldwin
Mr. Murphy
Mr. Manchin
Mr. Van Hollen
Mr. Heinrich
Mr. Peters
Ms. Collins
Mr. McConnell
Ms. Murkowski
Mr. Graham
Mr. Moran
Mr. Hoeven
Mr. Boozman
Mrs. Capito
Mr. Kennedy
Mrs. Hyde-Smith

 COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports 
on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute 
or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the statute or 
part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a 
comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution 
making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof 
proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and 
italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical 
devices the omissions and insertions which would be made by the 
bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form recommended by 
the Committee.''
    In compliance with this rule, changes in existing law 
proposed to be made by the bill are shown as follows: existing 
law to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets; new matter is 
printed in italic; and existing law in which no change is 
proposed is shown in roman.

                    TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY


                Chapter 12--Immigration and Nationality


                    Subchapter I--General Provisions


Sec. 1101. Definitions

    (a) As used in this chapter--

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            (27) The term ``special immigrant'' means--

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                    (C) an immigrant, and the immigrant's 
                spouse and children if accompanying or 
                following to join the immigrant, who-

                            (i) for at least 2 years 
                        immediately preceding the time of 
                        application for admission, has been a 
                        member of a religious denomination 
                        having a bona fide nonprofit, religious 
                        organization in the United States;

                            (ii) seeks to enter the United 
                        States--

                                    (I) solely for the purpose 
                                of carrying on the vocation of 
                                a minister of that religious 
                                denomination,

                                    (II) before [September 30, 
                                2015] September 30, 2024, in 
                                order to work for the 
                                organization at the request of 
                                the organization in a 
                                professional capacity in a 
                                religious vocation or 
                                occupation, or

                                    (III) before [September 30, 
                                2015] September 30, 2024, in 
                                order to work for the 
                                organization (or for a bona 
                                fide organization which is 
                                affiliated with the religious 
                                denomination and is exempt from 
                                taxation as an organization 
                                described in section 501(c)(3) 
                                of title 26) at the request of 
                                the organization in a religious 
                                vocation or occupation; and

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                       Subchapter II--Immigration


                 PART VIII--GENERAL PENALTY PROVISIONS

Sec. 1324a. Unlawful employment of aliens

                            Editorial Notes


         Pilot Programs for Employment Eligibility Confirmation


``SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
conduct 3 pilot programs of employment eligibility confirmation 
under this subtitle.

    ``(b) Implementation Deadline; Termination.--The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall implement the pilot programs in a 
manner that permits persons and other entities to have 
elections under section 402 of this division made and in effect 
no later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. Unless the Congress otherwise provides, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall terminate a pilot program on [September 
30, 2015] September 30, 2024.
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 IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT OF 1994, PUBLIC 
                              LAW 103-416


          TITLE II--TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS OF IMMIGRATION LAWS

SEC. 220. WAIVER OF FOREIGN COUNTRY RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT 
                    TO INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES.

    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to aliens admitted to the United States under 
section 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
or acquiring such status after admission to the United States, 
before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act and 
before [September 30, 2015] September 30, 2024.
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           HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002, PUBLIC LAW 107-296


                     TITLE II--INFORMATION ANALYSIS

      Subtitle A--Information and Analysis; Access to Information

SEC. 210G. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AND ASSETS FROM UNMANNED 
                    AIRCRAFT.

    (a) Authority.-- * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    (i) Termination.--The authority to carry out this section 
with respect to a covered facility or asset specified in 
subsection (k)(3) shall terminate on [the date that is 4 years 
after the date of enactment of this section] September 30, 
2024.
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 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015, PUBLIC LAW 
                                 114-4


                               TITLE III


            PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY


                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                          DISASTER RELIEF FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $7,033,464,494, to remain available until 
expended, of which $24,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General for 
audits and investigations related to disasters: Provided, That 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives the following reports, 
including a specific description of the methodology and the 
source data used in developing such reports:
            (1) an estimate of the following amounts shall be 
        submitted for the budget year at the time that the 
        President's budget proposal for [fiscal year 2016] 
        fiscal year 2025 is submitted pursuant to section 
        1105(a) of title 31, United States Code:

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

            (2) an estimate or actual amounts, if available, of 
        the following for the current fiscal year shall be 
        submitted not later than the fifth business day of each 
        month, and shall be published by the Administrator on 
        the Agency's Web site not later than the fifth day of 
        each month:
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                CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018, 
                           PUBLIC LAW 115-141


  DIVISION F--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018


                                TITLE II


               SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS


                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 201. (a) For [fiscal year 2018] fiscal year 2024, the 
overtime limitation prescribed in section 5(c)(1) of the Act of 
February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267(c)(1)) shall be $45,000; and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act shall be available to compensate any 
employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for overtime, 
from whatever source, in an amount that exceeds such 
limitation, except in individual cases determined by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the 
Secretary, to be necessary for national security purposes, to 
prevent excessive costs, or in cases of immigration 
emergencies.
                                ------                                


                        BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL


  PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO PSEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
                                                     AMENDED
                                            [In millions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Budget authority                 Outlays
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Committee    Amount  in     Committee    Amount  in
                                                           allocation       bill       allocation       bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Comparison of amounts in the bill with the subcommittee
 allocation for 2024: Subcommittee on Homeland Security:
    Mandatory...........................................        1,147         1,147         1,147      \1\1,147
    Discretionary.......................................       57,076        81,637        80,606     \1\83,400
        Defense.........................................        3,612         3,612            NA            NA
        Non-defense.....................................       53,464        78,025            NA            NA
Projection of outlays associated with the
 recommendation:
    2024................................................  ............  ............  ............    \2\42,594
    2025................................................  ............  ............  ............       14,765
    2026................................................  ............  ............  ............        8,788
    2027................................................  ............  ............  ............        3,832
    2028 and future years...............................  ............  ............  ............        8,355
Financial assistance to State and local governments for            NA        14,276            NA        \2\915
 P2024..................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
 
NA: Not applicable.
 
NOTE.--Consistent with the funding recommended in the bill for disaster relief and for emergency requirements in
  accordance with subparagraphs (D) and (A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
  the Committee anticipates that the Budget Committee will provide, at the appropriate time, a 302(a) allocation
  for the Committee on Appropriations reflecting a net upward adjustment of $24,561,000,000 in budget authority
  plus the associated outlays.

         DISCLOSURE OF CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS

    The Constitution vests in the Congress the power of the 
purse. The Committee believes strongly that Congress should 
make the decisions on how to allocate the people's money. As 
defined in Rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the 
term ``congressionally directed spending item'' means a 
provision or report language included primarily at the request 
of a Senator, providing, authorizing, or recommending a 
specific amount of discretionary budget authority, credit 
authority, or other spending authority for a contract, loan, 
loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other expenditure 
with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality 
or congressional district, other than through a statutory or 
administrative, formula-driven, or competitive award process.
    For each item, a Member is required to provide a 
certification that neither the Member nor the Member's 
immediate family has a pecuniary interest in such 
congressionally directed spending item. Such certifications are 
available to the public on the website of the Senate Committee 
on Appropriations (https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/
congressionally-directed-spending-requests). Following is a 
list of congressionally directed spending items included in the 
Senate recommendation discussed in this explanatory statement, 
along with the name of each Senator who submitted a request to 
the Committee of jurisdiction for each item so identified. 
Neither the Committee recommendation nor this report contains 
any limited tax benefits or limited tariff benefits as defined 
in rule XLIV.

                                     CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Senator(s)                    Recipient              Project           Amount           Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Baldwin...........................  Menominee Indian      Menominee Indian         845,000  Predisaster
                                     Tribe of Wisconsin.   Tribe of Wisconsin.               Mitigation
Baldwin...........................  St. Croix County....  St. Croix County         412,000  Emergency Operations
                                                           Emergency Operations              Center
                                                           Center.
Baldwin...........................  Wisconsin Emergency   Wisconsin Emergency      525,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Management.           Management State                  Center
                                                           Emergency Operations
                                                           Center (SEOC) Video
                                                           Wall Replacement.
Bennet,Hickenlooper...............  Hinsdale County.....  Hinsdale County        2,000,000  Emergency Operations
                                                           Emergency Operations              Center
                                                           Center.
Bennet,Hickenlooper...............  Ouray County........  Corbett Creek Bridge   1,034,000  Predisaster
                                                           Installation.                     Mitigation
Blumenthal,Murphy.................  City of Hartford....  City of Hartford for   4,500,000  Predisaster
                                                           North Main Street                 Mitigation
                                                           Corridor Drainage
                                                           System.
Booker............................  Neptune Township....  Shark River Living     1,145,000  Predisaster
                                                           Shoreline--Phase II.              Mitigation
Booker,Menendez...................  City of Orange        Orange Centralized     1,312,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Township.             Emergency Services                Center
                                                           Center Project.
Booker,Menendez...................  City of Passaic.....  McDonald Brook           380,000  Predisaster
                                                           Channel and Benson                Mitigation
                                                           Avenue Realignment
                                                           Flood Control
                                                           Project.
Boozman...........................  City of Heber         Heber Springs          4,700,000  Predisaster
                                     Springs.              Stormwater                        Mitigation
                                                           Improvements.
Boozman...........................  City of North Little  North Little Rock      1,000,000  Predisaster
                                     Rock.                 East Bethany Road                 Mitigation
                                                           Drainage
                                                           Improvements.
Boozman...........................  City of North Little  North Little Rock      4,700,000  Predisaster
                                     Rock.                 Magnolia and Olive                Mitigation
                                                           Street Drainage
                                                           Improvements.
Britt.............................  City of Daphne......  City of Daphne Main    5,000,000  Predisaster
                                                           Street Utility                    Mitigation
                                                           Relocation Project.
Britt.............................  HH Health System--    Helen Keller Hospital  2,624,000  Predisaster
                                     Shoals LLC dba        Disaster Resistance.              Mitigation
                                     Helen Keller
                                     Hospital.
Brown.............................  Hamilton County.....  Emergency Operations   1,000,000  Emergency Operations
                                                           Center project.                   Center
Cantwell,Murray...................  Port of Longview....  Portable Backup          272,000  Predisaster
                                                           Generators.                       Mitigation
Capito............................  City of Hinton......  Bellepoint Park          480,000  Predisaster
                                                           Stormwater Drain                  Mitigation
                                                           Replacement.
Capito............................  Saint Albans........  Rams Horn Stormwater   2,873,000  Predisaster
                                                           System Improvements.              Mitigation
Capito............................  West Virginia         State Emergency          660,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Emergency             Operations Center                 Center
                                     Management Division.  Communications &
                                                           Continuity equipment.
Capito,Manchin....................  Town of Hendricks...  Hendricks Stormwater   1,296,000  Predisaster
                                                           Improvement Project.              Mitigation
Cardin,Van Hollen.................  Frederick County....  Frederick County       1,275,000  Predisaster
                                                           Microgrid Project.                Mitigation
Cardin,Van Hollen.................  Town of Cheverly....  Town of Cheverly       1,688,000  Predisaster
                                                           Flood Mitigation                  Mitigation
                                                           Project.
Casey.............................  Redevelopment         Paxton Creek             750,000  Predisaster
                                     Authority of the      Dechannelization                  Mitigation
                                     City of Harrisburg.   Project.
Casey,Fetterman...................  Borough of            Bridgeville              750,000  Predisaster
                                     Bridgeville.          Commercial Street                 Mitigation
                                                           Culvert Replacement.
Cassidy...........................  Morgan City Harbor    Port of Morgan City    2,300,000  Emergency Operations
                                     and Terminal          Emergency Operation               Center
                                     District.             Center Upgrades.
Collins...........................  Town of Greenville..  Greenville Stormwater    975,000  Predisaster
                                                           Management                        Mitigation
                                                           Improvements.
Collins,King......................  Town of Dover-        Town of Dover-         1,455,000  Predisaster
                                     Foxcroft.             Foxcroft--Lincoln St              Mitigation
                                                           Bridge Project.
Cortez Masto,Rosen................  City of Reno........  City of Reno--Swan     2,869,000  Predisaster
                                                           Lake Irrigation                   Mitigation
                                                           Pipeline.
Duckworth.........................  Board of Trustees of  Western Illinois       1,550,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Western Illinois      Emergency Operations              Center
                                     University.           Center (Western EOC).
Durbin............................  Town of Normal......  Storm Water            1,550,000  Predisaster
                                                           Improvements.                     Mitigation
Feinstein.........................  County of San Luis    Arroyo Grande Creek    1,200,000  Predisaster
                                     Obispo.               Levees.                           Mitigation
Feinstein,Padilla.................  City of South Gate..  City of South Gate     1,226,000  Emergency Operations
                                                           Emergency Operations              Center
                                                           Center.
Gillibrand,Schumer................  City of Utica.......  Fire Department:       1,200,000  Emergency Operations
                                                           Joint Emergency                   Center
                                                           Operation Center/
                                                           Fire Station Seven.
Gillibrand,Schumer................  City University of    Emergency Operations   1,000,000  Emergency Operations
                                     New York.             Center.                           Center
Gillibrand,Schumer................  Livingston County...  Livingston County--      250,000  Emergency Operations
                                                           Emergency Operations              Center
                                                           Center Resilient
                                                           Microgrid.
Gillibrand,Schumer................  New York State        New York State           375,000  Predisaster
                                     Thruway Authority.    Thruway Authority                 Mitigation
                                                           Clarkstown Flood
                                                           Mitigation.
Gillibrand,Schumer................  Town of Smithtown...  Expansion and            200,000  Emergency Operations
                                                           Modernization of the              Center
                                                           Town of Smithtown
                                                           Emergency Operations
                                                           Center.
Gillibrand,Schumer................  Wyoming County        Wyoming County            58,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Office of Emergency   Emergency Operations              Center
                                     Services.             Center.
Graham............................  SC Emergency          Dillon County          2,000,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Management Division.  Emergency Opeations               Center
                                                           Center.
Graham............................  SC Emergency          EOC Construction-      1,000,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Management Division.  Cherokee County, SC.              Center
Graham............................  SC Emergency          South Carolina         7,000,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Management Division.  Emergency Management              Center
                                                           Division.
Heinrich..........................  Bernalillo County...  Bernalillo County        750,000  Emergency Operations
                                                           Emergency Operations              Center
                                                           Center.
Heinrich,Lujan....................  Los Alamos County...  Jemez Mountain Fire      450,000  Predisaster
                                                           Mitigation.                       Mitigation
Heinrich,Lujan....................  New Mexico            Bosque Redondo           150,000  Predisaster
                                     Department of         Memorial at Fort                  Mitigation
                                     Cultural Affairs.     Sunmer Historic
                                                           Site--Fire
                                                           Mitigation.
Heinrich,Lujan....................  New Mexico            Fort Stanton Historic    250,000  Predisaster
                                     Department of         Site Fire Mitigation.             Mitigation
                                     Cultural Affairs.
Heinrich,Lujan....................  Town of Estancia....  Town of Estancia       1,040,000  Predisaster
                                                           Flood Mitigation                  Mitigation
                                                           Project.
Hyde-Smith........................  The City of Yazoo...  Yazoo City Community   1,027,000  Predisaster
                                                           Safehouse.                        Mitigation
Hyde-Smith........................  University of         UMMC Electrical        2,215,000  Predisaster
                                     Mississippi Medical   Infrastructure                    Mitigation
                                     Center.               Modernization.
Hyde-Smith,Wicker.................  City of Ridgeland...  Purple Creek Flood     1,000,000  Predisaster
                                                           Mitigation and                    Mitigation
                                                           Restoration.
Hyde-Smith,Wicker.................  Greene County Board   Greene County            750,000  Emergency Operations
                                     of Supervisors.       Emergency Operations              Center
                                                           911 Annex.
Hyde-Smith,Wicker.................  Mississippi           Mississippi College/   5,063,000  Predisaster
                                     Emergency             Hinds County                      Mitigation
                                     Management Agency     Saferoom.
                                     (MEMA).
Kaine,Warner......................  City of Hampton, VA.  Joint Base Langley-    2,000,000  Predisaster
                                                           Eustis (JBLE)--                   Mitigation
                                                           Langley Access
                                                           Protection Project.
Kaine,Warner......................  County of Franklin..  Franklin County          705,000  Predisaster
                                                           Emergency Shelter                 Mitigation
                                                           Generator.
Kelly,Sinema......................  Maricopa County       Maricopa County: New   1,507,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Department of         Emergency Operations              Center
                                     Emergency             Center Technology
                                     Management.           Installation.
Kelly,Sinema......................  Tohono O'odham        Tohono O'odham Nation  1,000,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Nation Western        Western Police &                  Center
                                     Police & Fire         Fire Substation/
                                     Substation/Regional   Regional Emergency
                                     Emergency             Operations Center.
                                     Operations Center.
King..............................  York County Fire/EMS  York County Fire/EMS   1,063,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Office.               Office--Emergency                 Center
                                                           Operations Center
                                                           Construction.
Klobuchar,Smith...................  City of Chaska......  City of Chaska         1,575,000  Emergency Operations
                                                           Emergency Operations              Center
                                                           Center within a new
                                                           joint public safety
                                                           facility (police and
                                                           fire).
Klobuchar,Smith...................  City of New Ulm.....  New Ulm 18th South     1,125,000  Predisaster
                                                           Street Storm Sewer                Mitigation
                                                           Lift Station.
Lujan,Heinrich....................  City of Aztec.......  City of Aztec--Flood     300,000  Predisaster
                                                           Mitigation.                       Mitigation
Manchin...........................  Wetzel County         Wetzel County 911        500,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Commission.           Storage Facility.                 Center
Markey,Warren.....................  Chelmsford Water      Watershed Lane         1,275,000  Predisaster
                                     District.             Culvert Replacement               Mitigation
                                                           Project.
Markey,Warren.....................  City of Boston......  Climate Resilience &   1,150,000  Predisaster
                                                           Equity in Downtown                Mitigation
                                                           Boston for a
                                                           Resilient
                                                           Christopher Columbus
                                                           Park & Long Wharf.
Markey,Warren.....................  City of Chelsea.....  Chelsea Creek            750,000  Predisaster
                                                           Resilience Program.               Mitigation
Menendez..........................  Gloucester County...  Upgrade to Emergency     225,000  Emergency Operations
                                                           Operations Centers                Center
                                                           (EOC)--Clayton and
                                                           West Deptford.
Merkley,Wyden.....................  Central Oregon        CORE3 ECC Project....  1,000,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Intergovernmental                                       Center
                                     Council.
Merkley,Wyden.....................  City of Warrenton...  Iredale Tidegate and   1,087,000  Predisaster
                                                           Culvert Project--                 Mitigation
                                                           City of Warrenton.
Moran.............................  Johnson County        FEMA, 2024 Johnson     1,000,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Division of           County Emergency                  Center
                                     Emergency             Operations Center
                                     Management.           (EOC) Update.
Mullin............................  Oklahoma City Water   Hefner Water           1,000,000  Predisaster
                                     Utilities Trust.      Treatment Plant                   Mitigation
                                                           Emergency Power
                                                           Generation Project.
Murkowski.........................  Haines Borough......  Haines Emergency       1,000,000  Emergency Operations
                                                           Operations Center.                Center
Murkowski.........................  Kenai Peninsula       Seward Bear Creek        655,000  Predisaster
                                     Borough.              Service Area Flood                Mitigation
                                                           Mitigation Projects.
Murkowski.........................  Matanuska-Susitna     Flood Mitigation for   1,250,000  Predisaster
                                     Borough.              Acquisition of High               Mitigation
                                                           Hazard Areas.
Murkowski.........................  Municipality of       Rockslide Mitigation   5,101,000  Predisaster
                                     Skagway.              to Protect Skagway's              Mitigation
                                                           Critical Port
                                                           Economy.
Ossoff............................  Clayton County Board  Clayton County           300,000  Emergency Operations
                                     of Commissioners.     Emergency Operations              Center
                                                           Center.
Ossoff............................  Warren County Board   Warren County          1,406,000  Emergency Operations
                                     of Commissioners.     Emergency Operations              Center
                                                           Center.
Ossoff,Warnock....................  Richmond County.....  Augusta--Emergency     1,500,000  Emergency Operations
                                                           Operations Center.                Center
Peters............................  Charter Township of   Chocolay River Flood     112,000  Predisaster
                                     Chocolay.             Mitigation                        Mitigation
                                                           Feasibility Study.
Peters............................  City of Westland....  Westland Emergency        98,000  Emergency Operations
                                                           Operations Center.                Center
Peters............................  Huron-Clinton         Lake St. Clair         1,420,000  Predisaster
                                     Metropolitan          Metropark Electrical              Mitigation
                                     Authority.            Grid.
Peters,Stabenow...................  Charter Township of   East China Belle         294,000  Predisaster
                                     East China.           River Pump Station                Mitigation
                                                           Flood Mitigation.
Peters,Stabenow...................  Michigan State        Renovation of            750,000  Emergency Operations
                                     University.           Michigan State                    Center
                                                           University's
                                                           Emergency Operations
                                                           Center.
Reed..............................  City of Pawtucket...  The Arc of the           112,000  Predisaster
                                                           Blackstone Valley                 Mitigation
                                                           Generator.
Reed..............................  Town of North         Town Hall Generator..     33,000  Predisaster
                                     Providence.                                             Mitigation
Reed..............................  Town of North         Town of North            639,000  Predisaster
                                     Providence.           Providence for Flood              Mitigation
                                                           Mitigation.
Sanders...........................  Town of Calais......  Renovate Curtis Pond     525,000  Predisaster
                                                           Dam.                              Mitigation
Sanders...........................  Town of St.           St. Johnsbury Armory     585,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Johnsbury.            Redevelopment.                    Center
Sanders...........................  Town of Stowe.......  Stowe Area Emergency     245,000  Emergency Operations
                                                           Operations Center.                Center
Schatz............................  Honolulu Police       Honolulu Police-       1,550,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Department.           Emergency                         Center
                                                           Preparations.
Shaheen...........................  City of Manchester    City of Manchester     1,455,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Fire Department.      EOC Security and ADA              Center
                                                           Compliant Access.
Shaheen...........................  NH Department of      NH SEOC Modernization    247,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Safety.               Project.                          Center
Sinema............................  Coconino County       Coconino County          637,000  Emergency Operations
                                     Emergency             Emergency Management.             Center
                                     Management.
Tuberville........................  City of Demopolis...  Demopolis Storm        2,700,000  Predisaster
                                                           Shelter.                          Mitigation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


  COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
                                                                        YEAR 2024
                                                                [In thousands of dollars]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                        Senate Committee recommendation
                                                                                                                            compared with (+ or -)
                             Item                                     2023         Budget estimate      Committee    -----------------------------------
                                                                  appropriation                      recommendation         2023
                                                                                                                        appropriation    Budget estimate
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
  TITLE I--DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INTELLIGENCE, SITUATIONAL
                   AWARENESS, AND OVERSIGHT
 
       Office of the Secretary and Executive Management
 
Operations and Support:
    Management and Oversight:
        Office of the Secretary...............................           34,032   ................           20,288           -13,744           +20,288
        Office of Public Affairs..............................            9,889   ................           11,242            +1,353           +11,242
        Office of Legislative Affairs.........................            7,296   ................            7,592              +296            +7,592
        Office of General Counsel.............................           28,929   ................           31,922            +2,993           +31,922
        Office of Health Security and Resilience..............           56,577   ................           37,899           -18,678           +37,899
        Privacy Office........................................           18,967   ................           18,626              -341           +18,626
    Management and Oversight..................................  ................          132,096   ................  ................         -132,096
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Management and Oversight....................          155,690           132,096           127,569           -28,121            -4,527
 
    Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans.....................           84,979            76,153            76,153            -8,826   ................
 
    Operations and Engagement:
    Operations and Engagement.................................  ................           84,806   ................  ................          -84,806
        Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties...........           46,636   ................           39,220            -7,416           +39,220
        Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services                9,738   ................           11,725            +1,987           +11,725
         Ombudsman............................................
        Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman.........           27,570   ................           20,607            -6,963           +20,607
        Office of Partnership and Engagement..................           12,133   ................           11,289              -844           +11,289
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Operations and Engagement...................           96,077            84,806            82,841           -13,236            -1,965
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal, Operations and Support..........................          336,746           293,055           286,563           -50,183            -6,492
 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements:
    Medical Information Exchange..............................            8,048   ................  ................           -8,048   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and Improvements.            8,048   ................  ................           -8,048   ................
 
Federal Assistance:
    Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans:
        Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grants.....           20,000            20,000            18,800            -1,200            -1,200
 
    Office of Partnership and Engagement:
        ATD Case Management Grant Program.....................           20,000            15,000            14,100            -5,900              -900
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Federal Assistance......................           40,000            35,000            32,900            -7,100            -2,100
 
        FEMA Assistance Grants (transfer out).................         (-40,000)         (-35,000)         (-32,900)          (+7,100)          (+2,100)
Southwest Border Contingency Fund (emergency).................  ................       (4,700,000)  ................  ................      (-4,700,000)
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Office of the Secretary and Executive Management...          384,794           328,055           319,463           -65,331            -8,592
                                                               =========================================================================================
    (transfer out)............................................          -40,000           -35,000           -32,900            +7,100            +2,100
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Office of the Secretary and Executive Management             344,794           293,055           286,563           -58,231            -6,492
     (with transfer)..........................................
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
                    Management Directorate
 
Operations and Support:
    Immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Management....            6,675             6,896             6,652               -23              -244
    Office of the Chief Readiness Support Officer.............          275,791           265,218           263,712           -12,079            -1,506
    Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer.................          150,174           156,899           146,084            -4,090           -10,815
    Office of the Chief Security Officer......................          188,700           203,844           197,056            +8,356            -6,788
    Office of the Chief Procurement Officer...................           92,940            97,332            97,332            +4,392   ................
    Office of the Chief Financial Officer.....................          114,213           119,004           118,856            +4,643              -148
    Office of the Chief Information Officer...................          630,850           626,771           616,599           -14,251           -10,172
    Office of Program Accountability and Risk Management......           18,245            19,842            17,054            -1,191            -2,788
 
    Office of Biometric Identity Management:
        Identity and Screening Program Operations.............          265,572           237,607           237,607           -27,965   ................
        Unallocated by PPA....................................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Operations and Support..................        1,743,160         1,733,413         1,700,952           -42,208           -32,461
 
                (Defense).....................................           (9,000)  ................  ................          (-9,000)  ................
                (Nondefense)..................................       (1,734,160)       (1,733,413)       (1,700,952)         (-33,208)         (-32,461)
 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements:
    Construction and Facility Improvements....................          188,000           526,474   ................         -188,000          -526,474
    Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure.................          116,293           173,758            10,000          -106,293          -163,758
    Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure (emergency).....  ................  ................           53,365           +53,365           +53,365
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure...          116,293           173,758            63,365           -52,928          -110,393
 
    Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology..................           20,952            10,000   ................          -20,952           -10,000
    Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (emergency)......  ................  ................           10,000           +10,000           +10,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology....           20,952            10,000            10,000           -10,952   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and Improvements.          325,245           710,232            73,365          -251,880          -636,867
 
            (Emergency).......................................  ................  ................          (63,365)         (+63,365)         (+63,365)
 
Federal Protective Service:
    FPS Operations:
        Operating Expenses....................................          457,300           466,777           466,777            +9,477   ................
 
    Countermeasures:
        Protective Security Officers..........................        1,615,695         1,696,479         1,696,479           +80,784   ................
        Technical Countermeasures.............................           40,484            41,131            41,131              +647   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Federal Protective Service (Gross)......        2,113,479         2,204,387         2,204,387           +90,908   ................
 
    Offsetting Collections....................................       -2,113,479        -2,204,387        -2,204,387           -90,908   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Federal Protective Service (Net)........  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Total, Management Directorate.....................        2,068,405         2,443,645         1,774,317          -294,088          -669,328
                                                               =========================================================================================
                (Discretionary Appropriations)................       (4,181,884)       (4,648,032)       (3,978,704)        (-203,180)        (-669,328)
                (Offsetting Collections)......................      (-2,113,479)      (-2,204,387)      (-2,204,387)         (-90,908)  ................
 
       Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Awareness
 
Operations and Support........................................          316,640           349,424           341,497           +24,857            -7,927
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements...................  ................           23,831   ................  ................          -23,831
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Awareness..          316,640           373,255           341,497           +24,857           -31,758
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
                  Office of Inspector General
 
Operations and Support........................................          214,879           228,371           237,000           +22,121            +8,629
 
                   Administrative Provision
 
ARPA Disaster Relief Fund (Sec 108) (transfer out)............         (-14,000)  ................  ................         (+14,000)  ................
Office of Inspector General (Sec 108) (by transfer)...........          (14,000)  ................  ................         (-14,000)  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Title I, Departmental Management, Intelligence,            2,984,718         3,373,326         2,672,277          -312,441          -701,049
     Situational Awareness, and Oversight.....................
                                                               =========================================================================================
        (Discretionary Appropriations)........................       (5,098,197)       (5,577,713)       (4,876,664)        (-221,533)        (-701,049)
            (Defense).........................................           (9,000)  ................  ................          (-9,000)  ................
            (Non-Defense).....................................       (5,089,197)       (5,577,713)       (4,876,664)        (-212,533)        (-701,049)
        (Offsetting Collections)..............................      (-2,113,479)      (-2,204,387)      (-2,204,387)         (-90,908)  ................
    (Transfer out)............................................         (-54,000)         (-35,000)         (-32,900)         (+21,100)          (+2,100)
    (By transfer).............................................          (14,000)  ................  ................         (-14,000)  ................
 
      TITLE II--SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS
 
               US Customs and Border Protection
 
Operations and Support:
    Border Security Operations:
        US Border Patrol:
            Operations........................................        5,434,461         4,899,637         5,415,893           -18,568          +516,256
            Assets and Support................................          836,202           714,829           753,950           -82,252           +39,121
            Assets and Support (emergency)....................  ................  ................          798,762          +798,762          +798,762
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Subtotal, Assets and Support..................          836,202           714,829         1,552,712          +716,510          +837,883
 
        Office of Training and Development....................          118,918           121,336           113,662            -5,256            -7,674
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Subtotal, Border Security Operations..........        6,389,581         5,735,802         7,082,267          +692,686        +1,346,465
 
    Trade and Travel Operations:
        Office of Field Operations:
            Domestic Operations...............................        3,521,172         3,777,171         3,657,088          +135,916          -120,083
            International Operations..........................          158,333           160,081           160,091            +1,758               +10
            Targeting Operations..............................          283,484           279,913           285,797            +2,313            +5,884
            Assets and Support................................        1,020,043           973,590           993,590           -26,453           +20,000
        Office of Trade.......................................          392,790           413,053           414,200           +21,410            +1,147
        Office of Training and Development....................           79,254            78,546            87,306            +8,052            +8,760
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Subtotal, Trade and Travel Operations.........        5,455,076         5,682,354         5,598,072          +142,996           -84,282
 
    Integrated Operations:
        Air and Marine Operations:
            Operations........................................          377,132           395,934           381,314            +4,182           -14,620
            Assets and Support................................          578,117           602,362           602,117           +24,000              -245
            Air and Marine Operations Center..................           51,050            51,385            50,244              -806            -1,141
        Office of International Affairs.......................           51,920            52,688            51,126              -794            -1,562
        Office of Intelligence................................           79,959            93,004            83,492            +3,533            -9,512
        Office of Training and Development....................           13,813            13,774            13,459              -354              -315
        Operations Support....................................          416,668           439,982           431,057           +14,389            -8,925
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Subtotal, Integrated Operations...............        1,568,659         1,649,129         1,612,809           +44,150           -36,320
 
    Mission Support:
        Enterprise Services...................................        1,649,960         1,698,893         1,708,766           +58,806            +9,873
            (Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund)...................           (3,274)           (3,274)           (3,274)  ................  ................
        Office of Professional Responsibility.................          277,503           384,656           347,666           +70,163           -36,990
        Executive Leadership and Oversight....................          249,915           234,087           248,496            -1,419           +14,409
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Subtotal, Mission Support.....................        2,177,378         2,317,636         2,304,928          +127,550           -12,708
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Operations and Support..................       15,590,694        15,384,921        16,598,076        +1,007,382        +1,213,155
 
                (Emergency)...................................  ................  ................         (798,762)        (+798,762)        (+798,762)
                (Transfer out to FEMA Federal Assistance).....        (-800,000)  ................        (-752,000)         (+48,000)        (-752,000)
 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements:
    Border Security Assets and Infrastructure.................          230,277           229,568   ................         -230,277          -229,568
    Border Security Assets and Infrastructure (emergency).....  ................  ................          263,300          +263,300          +263,300
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Border Security Assets and Infrastructure...          230,277           229,568           263,300           +33,023           +33,732
 
    Trade and Travel Assets and Infrastructure................          126,047           305,400   ................         -126,047          -305,400
    Trade and Travel Assets and Infrastructure (emergency)....  ................  ................          644,296          +644,296          +644,296
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Trade and Travel Assets and Infrastructure..          126,047           305,400           644,296          +518,249          +338,896
 
    Integrated Operations Assets and Infrastructure Airframes            92,661            78,332   ................          -92,661           -78,332
     and Sensors..............................................
    Integrated Operations Assets and Infrastructure Airframes   ................  ................          129,700          +129,700          +129,700
     and Sensors (emergency)..................................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Integrated Operations Assets and                       92,661            78,332           129,700           +37,039           +51,368
         Infrastructure Airframes and Sensors.................
 
    Watercraft................................................  ................            4,400   ................  ................           -4,400
    Watercraft (emergency)....................................  ................  ................            4,400            +4,400            +4,400
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Watercraft..................................  ................            4,400             4,400            +4,400   ................
 
    Construction and Facility Improvements....................           99,900            83,768   ................          -99,900           -83,768
    Construction and Facility Improvements (emergency)........  ................  ................           69,654           +69,654           +69,654
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Construction and Facility Improvements......           92,661            78,332           129,700           +37,039           +51,368
 
    Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure.................           32,673            17,673   ................          -32,673           -17,673
    Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure (emergency).....  ................  ................           41,179           +41,179           +41,179
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure...           32,673            17,673            41,179            +8,506           +23,506
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and Improvements.....          581,558           719,141         1,152,529          +570,971          +433,388
 
        (Emergency)...........................................  ................  ................       (1,152,529)      (+1,152,529)      (+1,152,529)
CBP Services at User Fee Facilities (Small Airport) (Permanent           12,000            17,000            17,000            +5,000   ................
 Indefinite Discretionary)....................................
User Fee Facilities (Small Airport) (legislative proposal)....  ................           10,000   ................  ................          -10,000
Global Entry Program (International Registered Traveler)                174,000           346,000           346,000          +172,000   ................
 (Permanent Indefinite Discretionary).........................
    Offsetting Collections....................................         -174,000          -346,000          -346,000          -172,000   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Global Entry Program...........................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
Fee Funded Programs:
    Immigration Inspection User Fee...........................         (642,788)         (823,034)         (823,034)        (+180,246)  ................
    Immigration Enforcement Fines.............................             (237)             (841)             (841)            (+604)  ................
    Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Fee.....          (50,684)          (58,005)          (58,005)          (+7,321)  ................
    Land Border Inspection Fee................................          (62,537)          (81,907)          (81,907)         (+19,370)  ................
    COBRA Passenger Inspection Fee............................         (532,102)         (723,085)         (723,085)        (+190,983)  ................
    Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Fee....................         (417,000)         (577,500)         (577,500)        (+160,500)  ................
    Puerto Rico Trust Fund....................................         (224,931)         (323,174)         (323,174)         (+98,243)  ................
    Virgin Islands Deposit Fund...............................          (11,649)          (11,754)          (11,754)            (+105)  ................
    Customs Unclaimed Goods...................................           (2,519)           (4,120)           (4,120)          (+1,601)  ................
    9-11 Response and Biometric Exit Account..................          (46,540)          (61,000)          (61,000)         (+14,460)  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Fee Funded Programs.........................        1,990,987         2,664,420         2,664,420          +673,433   ................
 
                   Administrative Provisions
 
Colombia Free Trade Act Collections (Sec 203).................          280,000           325,000           325,000           +45,000   ................
Reimbursable Preclearance (Sec 204)...........................           39,000            39,000            39,000   ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal, Administrative Provisions.......................          319,000           364,000           364,000           +45,000   ................
 
Reimbursable Preclearance (Offsetting Collections)............          -39,000           -39,000           -39,000   ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Administrative Provisions..........................          280,000           325,000           325,000           +45,000   ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
    Total, US Customs and Border Protection...................       16,464,252        16,456,062        18,092,605        +1,628,353        +1,636,543
                                                               =========================================================================================
        (Discretionary Appropriations)........................      (16,677,252)      (16,841,062)      (18,477,605)      (+1,800,353)      (+1,636,543)
        (Offsetting Collections)..............................        (-213,000)        (-385,000)        (-385,000)        (-172,000)  ................
    Fee Funded Programs.......................................        1,990,987         2,664,420         2,664,420          +673,433   ................
    (Transfer out)............................................        (-800,000)  ................        (-752,000)         (+48,000)        (-752,000)
 
            US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
 
Operations and Support:
    Homeland Security Investigations..........................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
        Domestic Investigations...............................        2,032,533         2,172,674         2,019,599           -12,934          -153,075
        Domestic Investigations (emergency)...................  ................  ................           86,000           +86,000           +86,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Domestic Investigations.................        2,032,533         2,172,674         2,105,599           +73,066           -67,075
 
        International Investigations..........................          198,748           208,037           201,105            +2,357            -6,932
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, International Investigations............          198,748           208,037           201,105            +2,357            -6,932
 
        Intelligence..........................................          104,877           108,152           104,885                +8            -3,267
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Homeland Security Investigations........        2,336,158         2,488,863         2,411,589           +75,431           -77,274
 
Enforcement and Removal Operations:
    Custody Operations........................................        2,880,481         2,409,873         2,778,664          -101,817          +368,791
    Custody Operations (emergency)............................  ................  ................          180,000          +180,000          +180,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Custody Operations..........................        2,880,481         2,409,873         2,958,664           +78,183          +548,791
 
    Fugitive Operations.......................................          149,189           161,008           151,601            +2,412            -9,407
    Criminal Alien Program....................................          288,798           308,765           290,927            +2,129           -17,838
    Alternatives to Detention.................................          442,662           363,401           347,242           -95,420           -16,159
    Alternatives to Detention (emergency).....................  ................  ................          125,000          +125,000          +125,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Alternatives to Detention...................          442,662           363,401           472,242           +29,580          +108,841
 
    Transportation and Removal Operations.....................          420,656           429,769           421,061              +405            -8,708
    Transportation and Removal Operations (emergency).........  ................  ................          250,000          +250,000          +250,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Transportation and Removal Operations.......          420,656           429,769           671,061          +250,405          +241,292
 
    Third Party Medical Care..................................  ................          168,200   ................  ................         -168,200
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Enforcement and Removal Operations..........        4,181,786         3,841,016         4,544,495          +362,709          +703,479
 
    Mission Support:
    Enterprise Services.......................................        1,188,325         1,214,712         1,178,668            -9,657           -36,044
    Enterprise Services (emergency)...........................  ................  ................           35,000           +35,000           +35,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Enterprise Services.........................        1,188,325         1,214,712         1,213,668           +25,343            -1,044
 
    Office of Professional Responsibility.....................          196,479           198,864           193,979            -2,500            -4,885
    Executive Leadership and Oversight........................           91,243            98,230            81,069           -10,174           -17,161
    Office of the Principal Legal Advisor.....................          402,314           439,334           381,463           -20,851           -57,871
    Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (emergency).........  ................  ................           10,000           +10,000           +10,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor.......          402,314           439,334           391,463           -10,851           -47,871
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Operations and Support......................        8,396,305         8,281,019         8,836,263          +439,958          +555,244
 
            (Emergency).......................................  ................  ................         (686,000)        (+686,000)        (+686,000)
 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements:
    Operational Communications/Information Technology.........           12,434            35,420   ................          -12,434           -35,420
    Operational Communications/Information Technology           ................  ................           35,000           +35,000           +35,000
     (emergency)..............................................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Operational Communications/Information                 12,434            35,420            35,000           +22,566              -420
         Technology...........................................
                                                               =========================================================================================
    Construction and Facility Improvements....................  ................           15,100            15,100           +15,100   ................
    Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure.................           10,563   ................  ................          -10,563   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and Improvements.           22,997            50,520            50,100           +27,103              -420
 
        (Emergency)...........................................  ................  ................          (35,000)         (+35,000)         (+35,000)
 
    Fee Funded Programs:
        Immigration Inspection User Fee.......................         (135,000)         (135,000)         (135,000)  ................  ................
        Breached Bond/Detention Fund..........................          (55,000)          (55,000)          (55,000)  ................  ................
        Student and Exchange Visitor Program Fee..............         (186,610)         (186,610)         (186,610)  ................  ................
        Detention and Removal Office Fee......................           (3,000)           (3,000)           (3,000)  ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Fee Funded Programs.........................          379,610           379,610           379,610   ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.........        8,419,302         8,331,539         8,886,363          +467,061          +554,824
                                                               =========================================================================================
        Fee Funded Programs...................................          379,610           379,610           379,610   ................  ................
 
            Transportation Security Administration
 
Operations and Support:
    Aviation Screening Operations:
        Screening Workforce:
            Screening Partnership Program.....................          245,893           253,782           253,744            +7,851               -38
            Screener Personnel, Compensation, and Benefits....        4,207,599         5,342,699         5,111,550          +903,951          -231,149
            Screener Training and Other.......................          252,098           284,377           271,436           +19,338           -12,941
        Airport Management....................................          810,375           885,292           860,312           +49,937           -24,980
        Canines...............................................          170,696           163,003           174,494            +3,798           +11,491
        Screening Technology Maintenance......................          538,405           562,441           561,208           +22,803            -1,233
        Secure Flight.........................................          133,360           138,939           136,902            +3,542            -2,037
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Aviation Screening Operations...........        6,358,426         7,630,533         7,369,646        +1,011,220          -260,887
 
    Other Operations and Enforcement:
        Inflight Security:
            Federal Air Marshals..............................          735,408           879,402           857,828          +122,420           -21,574
            Federal Flight Deck Officer and Crew Training.....           20,751            26,797            26,553            +5,802              -244
        Aviation Regulation...................................          259,862           247,735           236,973           -22,889           -10,762
        Air Cargo.............................................          120,423           137,947           146,801           +26,378            +8,854
        Intelligence and TSOC.................................           87,806           100,290            96,255            +8,449            -4,035
        Surface programs......................................          154,734           178,544           173,590           +18,856            -4,954
        Vetting Programs......................................           42,219            50,034            49,019            +6,800            -1,015
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Other Operations and Enforcement........        1,421,203         1,620,749         1,587,019          +165,816           -33,730
 
        Mission Support.......................................        1,018,734         1,080,470         1,064,064           +45,330           -16,406
        Aviation Passenger Security Fees (offsetting                 -2,490,000        -2,620,000        -2,620,000          -130,000   ................
         collections).........................................
            legislative proposal (offsetting collections).....  ................       -1,560,000   ................  ................       +1,560,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Operations and Support..................        6,308,363         6,151,752         7,400,729        +1,092,366        +1,248,977
 
                (Discretionary Appropriations)................       (8,798,363)      (10,331,752)      (10,020,729)      (+1,222,366)        (-311,023)
                (Offsetting Collections)......................      (-2,490,000)      (-4,180,000)      (-2,620,000)        (-130,000)      (+1,560,000)
 
Vetting Fee Programs:
    Transportation Worker Indentification Card................           63,100            59,400            59,400            -3,700   ................
    Hazardous Materials Endorsement Fee.......................           19,200            21,100            21,100            +1,900   ................
    General Aviation at DCA Fee...............................              600               600               600   ................  ................
    Commercial Aviation and Airports Fee......................           10,000            10,000            10,000   ................  ................
    Other Security Threat Assessments Fee.....................               50                50                50   ................  ................
    Air Cargo/Certified Cargo Screening Program Fee...........            5,000             5,000             5,000   ................  ................
    TSA PreCheck Fee..........................................          213,800           360,000           360,000          +146,200   ................
    Adjustment based on CBO estimate of receipts..............           38,250          -106,150          -106,150          -144,400   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Vetting Fee Programs........................          350,000           350,000           350,000   ................  ................
 
        Vetting Fees (offsetting collections).................         -350,000          -350,000          -350,000   ................  ................
 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements:
    Aviation Screening Infrastructure:
        Checkpoint Support....................................          127,705            81,357   ................         -127,705           -81,357
        Checked Baggage.......................................           13,940   ................           13,939                -1           +13,939
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and                    141,645            81,357            13,939          -127,706           -67,418
             Improvements.....................................
 
Research and Development......................................           33,532            29,282   ................          -33,532           -29,282
 
Fee Funded Program:
    Alien Flight School Fee...................................           (6,000)           (6,000)           (6,000)  ................  ................
    Aviation Security Capital Fund (Mandatory)................         (250,000)         (250,000)         (250,000)  ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Fee Funded Program..........................          256,000           256,000           256,000   ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Transportation Security Administration.............        6,483,540         6,262,391         7,414,668          +931,128        +1,152,277
                                                               =========================================================================================
        (Discretionary Appropriations)........................       (9,323,540)      (10,792,391)      (10,384,668)      (+1,061,128)        (-407,723)
        (Offsetting Collections)..............................      (-2,840,000)      (-4,530,000)      (-2,970,000)        (-130,000)      (+1,560,000)
    Fee Funded Programs.......................................          256,000           256,000           256,000   ................  ................
 
                          Coast Guard
 
Operations and Support:
    Military Personnel........................................        5,054,656         5,362,068         5,322,613          +267,957           -39,455
    Mission Support...........................................          426,418           432,873           405,255           -21,163           -27,618
 
    Field Operations:
        Surface, Air, and Shore Operations....................        3,057,071         3,155,032         3,122,964           +65,893           -32,068
        Command, Control, and Communications..................        1,162,333         1,273,515         1,212,371           +50,038           -61,144
 
Unallocated by PPA:
    Unallocated by PPA........................................  ................              500   ................  ................             -500
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Operations and Support......................        9,700,478        10,223,988        10,063,203          +362,725          -160,785
 
            (Non-Defense).....................................       (9,170,478)       (9,693,988)       (9,533,203)        (+362,725)        (-160,785)
            (Defense).........................................         (530,000)         (530,000)         (530,000)  ................  ................
 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements:
    Vessels:
        In-Service Vessel Sustainment.........................           93,300           120,000   ................          -93,300          -120,000
        In-Service Vessel Sustainment (emergency).............  ................  ................          120,000          +120,000          +120,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, In-Service Vessel Sustainment...........           93,300           120,000           120,000           +26,700   ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
        National Security Cutter..............................           60,000            17,100   ................          -60,000           -17,100
        Offshore Patrol Cutter................................          543,000           579,000   ................         -543,000          -579,000
        Offshore Patrol Cutter (emergency)....................  ................  ................          579,000          +579,000          +579,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Offshore Patrol Cutter..................          543,000           579,000           579,000           +36,000   ................
 
        Fast Response Cutter..................................           62,000            20,000   ................          -62,000           -20,000
        Cutter Boats..........................................           20,000             6,500   ................          -20,000            -6,500
        Cutter Boats (emergency)..............................  ................  ................           16,500           +16,500           +16,500
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Cutter Boats............................           20,000             6,500            16,500            -3,500           +10,000
 
        Polar Security Cutter.................................           47,200           170,000   ................          -47,200          -170,000
        Commercially Available Polar Icebreaker...............  ................          125,000   ................  ................         -125,000
        Commercially Available Polar Icebreaker (emergency)...  ................  ................          125,000          +125,000          +125,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Commercially Available Polar Icebreaker.  ................          125,000           125,000          +125,000   ................
 
        Great Lakes Icebreaker................................  ................           55,000   ................  ................          -55,000
        Great Lakes Icebreaker (emergency)....................  ................  ................           55,000           +55,000           +55,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Great Lakes Icebreaker..................  ................           55,000            55,000           +55,000   ................
 
        Waterways Commerce Cutter.............................           77,000            98,000   ................          -77,000           -98,000
        Polar Sustainment.....................................           15,000   ................  ................          -15,000   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Vessels.................................          917,500         1,190,600           895,500           -22,000          -295,100
 
    Aircraft:
        HC-27J Conversion/Sustainment.........................           50,000            74,300   ................          -50,000           -74,300
        HC-130J Acquisition/Conversion/Sustainment............  ................            4,000   ................  ................           -4,000
        MH-65 Conversion/Sustainment Projects.................           17,000             6,000   ................          -17,000            -6,000
        MH-65 Conversion/Sustainment Projects (emergency).....  ................  ................            6,000            +6,000            +6,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, MH-65 Conversion/Sustainment Projects...           17,000             6,000             6,000           -11,000   ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
        MH-60T Sustainment....................................          166,500            30,000   ................         -166,500           -30,000
        MH-60T Sustainment (emergency)........................  ................  ................           86,500           +86,500           +86,500
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, MH-60T Sustainment......................          166,500            30,000            86,500           -80,000           +56,500
                                                               =========================================================================================
        Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems.......................            4,500               500   ................           -4,500              -500
        Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (emergency)...........  ................  ................              322              +322              +322
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems.........            4,500               500               322            -4,178              -178
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Aircraft................................          238,000           114,800            92,822          -145,178           -21,978
 
    Other Acquisition Programs:
        Survey and Design--Vessels, Boats, and Aircraft.......            4,500             5,000   ................           -4,500            -5,000
        Other Equipment and Systems...........................           11,300             5,600   ................          -11,300            -5,600
        Program Oversight and Management......................           20,000            21,000   ................          -20,000           -21,000
        C4ISR.................................................           14,010            16,000   ................          -14,010           -16,000
        CG-Logistics Information Management System (CG-LIMS)..           15,000            27,700   ................          -15,000           -27,700
        Cyber and Enterprise Mission Platform.................           34,500            25,300   ................          -34,500           -25,300
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Other Acquisition Programs..............           99,310           100,600   ................          -99,310          -100,600
 
    Shore Facilities and Aids to Navigation:
        Major Construction; Housing; ATON; and Survey and               218,000            50,000   ................         -218,000           -50,000
         Design...............................................
        Major Acquisition Systems Infrastructure..............          191,840            89,000            25,000          -166,840           -64,000
        Major Acquisition Systems Infrastructure (emergency)..  ................  ................          130,000          +130,000          +130,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Major Acquisition Systems Infrastructure          191,840            89,000           155,000           -36,840           +66,000
 
        Minor Shore...........................................            5,000             5,000   ................           -5,000            -5,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Shore Facilities and Aids to Navigation.          414,840           144,000           155,000          -259,840           +11,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and                  1,669,650         1,550,000         1,143,322          -526,328          -406,678
             Improvements.....................................
 
                (Emergency)...................................  ................  ................       (1,118,322)      (+1,118,322)      (+1,118,322)
Research and Development......................................            7,476             7,476   ................           -7,476            -7,476
Health Care Fund Contribution (Permanent Indefinite                     252,887           277,000           277,000           +24,113   ................
 Discretionary)...............................................
 
Mandatory Funding:
    Retired Pay...............................................        2,044,414         1,147,244         1,147,244          -897,170   ................
 
                   Administrative Provisions
 
Coast Guard Housing Fund (Sec 231)............................            4,000             4,000             4,000   ................  ................
Coast Guard Housing Fund Offsetting Collections...............           -4,000            -4,000            -4,000   ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Coast Guard........................................       13,674,905        13,205,708        12,630,769        -1,044,136          -574,939
                                                               =========================================================================================
        (Discretionary Appropriations)........................      (11,634,491)      (12,062,464)      (11,487,525)        (-146,966)        (-574,939)
            (Defense).........................................         (530,000)         (530,000)         (530,000)  ................  ................
            (Non-Defense).....................................      (11,104,491)      (11,532,464)      (10,957,525)        (-146,966)        (-574,939)
        (Offsetting Collections)..............................          (-4,000)          (-4,000)          (-4,000)  ................  ................
        (Mandatory Funding)...................................       (2,044,414)       (1,147,244)       (1,147,244)        (-897,170)  ................
 
                 United States Secret Service
 
Operations and Support:
    Protective Operations:
        Protection of Persons and Faciities...................          907,707         1,008,049           979,570           +71,863           -28,479
        Protective Countermeasures............................           82,506            77,729            77,474            -5,032              -255
        Protective Intelligence...............................           94,565            81,531            78,140           -16,425            -3,391
        Presidential Campaigns and National Special Security             73,294           209,741            11,956           -61,338          -197,785
         Events...............................................
        Presidential Campaigns and National Special Security    ................  ................          197,785          +197,785          +197,785
         Events (emergency)...................................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Presidential Campaigns and National                73,294           209,741           209,741          +136,447   ................
             Special Security Events..........................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Protective Operations...................        1,158,072         1,377,050         1,344,925          +186,853           -32,125
 
    Field Operations:
        Domestic and International Field Operations...........          752,729           801,941           775,696           +22,967           -26,245
        Support for Missing and Exploited Children                        6,000             6,000             6,000   ................  ................
         Investigations.......................................
        Support for Computer Forensics Training...............           68,526            21,976            47,746           -20,780           +25,770
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Field Operations........................          827,255           829,917           829,442            +2,187              -475
 
    Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development          138,909           123,750           123,750           -15,159   ................
    Mission Support...........................................          610,031           613,746           604,913            -5,118            -8,833
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Operations and Support......................        2,734,267         2,944,463         2,903,030          +168,763           -41,433
 
            (Emergency).......................................  ................  ................         (197,785)        (+197,785)        (+197,785)
 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements:
    Protection Assets and Infrastructure......................           52,830            51,198            41,198           -11,632           -10,000
    Operational Communications/Information Technology.........            3,158   ................  ................           -3,158   ................
    Construction and Facility Improvements....................           27,900             9,900             9,900           -18,000   ................
    Construction and Facility Improvements (emergency)........  ................  ................           18,000           +18,000           +18,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Construction and Facility Improvements......           27,900             9,900            27,900   ................          +18,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and Improvements.           83,888            61,098            69,098           -14,790            +8,000
 
            (Emergency).......................................  ................  ................          (18,000)         (+18,000)         (+18,000)
    Research and Development..................................            4,025             4,217   ................           -4,025            -4,217
    Research and Development (emergency)......................  ................  ................            4,217            +4,217            +4,217
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Research and Development....................            4,025             4,217             4,217              +192   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, United States Secret Service.......................        2,822,180         3,009,778         2,976,345          +154,165           -33,433
                                                               =========================================================================================
    Total, Title II, Security, Enforcement, and Investigations       47,864,179        47,265,478        50,000,750        +2,136,571        +2,735,272
                                                               =========================================================================================
            (Discretionary Appropriations)....................      (48,876,765)      (51,037,234)      (52,212,506)      (+3,335,741)      (+1,175,272)
                (Non-Defense).................................      (48,346,765)      (50,507,234)      (51,682,506)      (+3,335,741)      (+1,175,272)
                (Defense).....................................         (530,000)         (530,000)         (530,000)  ................  ................
            (Offsetting Collections)..........................      (-3,057,000)      (-4,919,000)      (-3,359,000)        (-302,000)      (+1,560,000)
            (Mandatory Funding)...............................       (2,044,414)       (1,147,244)       (1,147,244)        (-897,170)  ................
    Aviation Security Capital Fund (Mandatory)................          250,000           250,000           250,000   ................  ................
    Fee Funded Programs.......................................        2,626,597         3,300,030         3,300,030          +673,433   ................
    (Transfer out)............................................        (-800,000)  ................        (-752,000)         (+48,000)        (-752,000)
 
  TITLE III--PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY
 
       Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
 
Operations and Support:
    Cybersecurity:
        Cyber Operations:
            Strategy and Performance..........................           17,027            22,468            20,488            +3,461            -1,980
            Threat Hunting....................................          268,234           262,509           279,308           +11,074           +16,799
            Vulnerability Management..........................          218,133           204,890           221,435            +3,302           +16,545
            Capacity Building.................................          241,671           234,916           244,470            +2,799            +9,554
            Operational Planning and Coordination.............          137,786           124,702           140,794            +3,008           +16,092
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Subtotal, Cyber Operations....................          882,851           849,485           906,495           +23,644           +57,010
 
        Technology and Services:
            Cybersecurity Services............................            7,040             6,467             7,040   ................             +573
            Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation.............           93,045            82,694            93,205              +160           +10,511
            National Cybersecurity Protection System..........          320,009           295,185           332,641           +12,632           +37,456
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Subtotal, Technology and Services.............          420,094           384,346           432,886           +12,792           +48,540
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Cybersecurity...........................        1,302,945         1,233,831         1,339,381           +36,436          +105,550
 
    Infrastructure Security:
        Infrastructure Assessments and Security:
            Strategy and Performance..........................           15,819            15,833            15,892               +73               +59
            Security Programs.................................           35,965            24,112            36,077              +112           +11,965
            CISA Exercises....................................           26,918            27,039            28,667            +1,749            +1,628
            Assessments and Infrastructure Information........           38,914            38,769            39,117              +203              +348
            Bombing Prevention................................           35,237            22,589            35,300               +63           +12,711
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Subtotal, Infrastructure Assessments and                152,853           128,342           155,053            +2,200           +26,711
                 Security.....................................
 
        Chemical Security.....................................           41,209            41,249            41,433              +224              +184
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Infrastructure Security.................          194,062           169,591           196,486            +2,424           +26,895
 
    Emergency Communications:
        Emergency Communications Preparedness.................           60,730            43,221            49,433           -11,297            +6,212
 
        Priority Telecommunications Service:
            GETS/WPS/SRAS/TSP.................................           62,887            50,526            62,923               +36           +12,397
            Next Generation Networks Priority Services........           13,203             4,276            13,230               +27            +8,954
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Subtotal, Priority Telecommunications Services           76,090            54,802            76,153               +63           +21,351
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Emergency Communications................          136,820            98,023           125,586           -11,234           +27,563
 
    Integrated Operations:
        Regional Operations:
            Coordination and Service Delivery.................           23,727            29,102            23,870              +143            -5,232
            Security Advisors.................................           81,578            82,282            83,144            +1,566              +862
            Chemical Inspectors...............................           32,819            25,975            33,116              +297            +7,141
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Subtotal, Regional Operations.................          138,124           137,359           140,130            +2,006            +2,771
 
        Operations Coordination and Planning:
            Intelligence......................................            4,940             5,147             4,993               +53              -154
            Operations Center.................................           71,410            91,781            98,763           +27,353            +6,982
            Planning and Readiness............................            7,560             6,736             7,592               +32              +856
            Business Continuity and Emergency Preparedness....            3,629             3,504             3,656               +27              +152
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Subtotal, Operations Coordination and Planning           87,539           107,168           115,004           +27,465            +7,836
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Integrated Operations...................          225,663           244,527           255,134           +29,471           +10,607
 
    Risk Management Operations:
        National Infrastructure Simulation Analysis Center....           36,293            24,424            24,424           -11,869   ................
        Infrastructure Analysis...............................          119,856           117,359           120,611              +755            +3,252
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Risk Management Operations..............          156,149           141,783           145,035           -11,114            +3,252
 
    Stakeholder Engagement and Requirements:
        Sector Risk Management Agency.........................           30,099            29,547            31,541            +1,442            +1,994
        Council Management....................................           14,478            17,034            15,731            +1,253            -1,303
        Stakeholder Engagement................................           32,508            28,283            29,823            -2,685            +1,540
        International Affairs.................................            8,808            10,650             9,301              +493            -1,349
            (Defense).........................................           (5,813)           (7,029)           (6,139)            (+326)            (-890)
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Subtotal, Stakeholder Engagement and                     85,893            85,514            86,396              +503              +882
                 Requirements.................................
 
    Mission Support:
        Mission Support.......................................  ................          493,090           253,734          +253,734          -239,356
            (Defense).........................................  ................         (233,725)         (120,270)        (+120,270)        (-113,455)
        Management and Business Activities....................          160,002   ................  ................         -160,002   ................
            (Defense).........................................          (69,921)  ................  ................         (-69,921)  ................
        External Affairs......................................           16,860   ................  ................          -16,860   ................
            (Defense).........................................           (7,368)  ................  ................          (-7,368)  ................
        Privacy...............................................            3,612   ................  ................           -3,612   ................
            (Defense).........................................           (1,578)  ................  ................          (-1,578)  ................
        Strategy, Policy, and Plans...........................           10,083   ................  ................          -10,083   ................
            (Defense).........................................           (6,655)  ................  ................          (-6,655)  ................
        Chief Technology Officer..............................           14,350   ................  ................          -14,350   ................
            (Defense).........................................           (6,271)  ................  ................          (-6,271)  ................
        National Services Support Facility Management.........           44,120   ................  ................          -44,120   ................
            (Defense).........................................          (19,280)  ................  ................         (-19,280)  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Subtotal, Mission Support.....................          249,027           493,090           253,734            +4,707          -239,356
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Operations and Support..................        2,350,559         2,466,359         2,401,752           +51,193           -64,607
 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements:
    Cybersecurity.............................................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
        Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation.................          331,896           325,579           325,579            -6,317   ................
        Threat Hunting........................................           31,000            28,000            28,000            -3,000   ................
        National Cybersecurity Protection System..............           91,193            30,000            30,000           -61,193   ................
        Cyber Analytics and Data System.......................  ................          166,993           166,993          +166,993   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Cybersecurity...........................          454,089           550,572           550,572           +96,483   ................
 
    Emergency Communications:
        Next Generation Networks Priority Services............           61,158            28,623            47,961           -13,197           +19,338
 
    Infrastructure Security:
        CISA Gateway..........................................            6,801             6,801             6,801   ................  ................
    Construction and Facilities Improvements..................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
        St Elizabeths.........................................           27,100   ................  ................          -27,100   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and                    549,148           585,996           605,334           +56,186           +19,338
             Improvements.....................................
 
Research and Development:
    Infrastructure Security...................................            1,216             1,216   ................           -1,216            -1,216
    Risk Management...........................................            6,215             2,715   ................           -6,215            -2,715
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Research and Development....................            7,431             3,931   ................           -7,431            -3,931
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security              2,907,138         3,056,286         3,007,086           +99,948           -49,200
         Agency...............................................
                                                               =========================================================================================
            (Defense).........................................       (2,735,460)       (2,789,796)       (2,866,804)        (+131,344)         (+77,008)
            (Non-Defense).....................................         (171,678)         (266,490)         (140,282)         (-31,396)        (-126,208)
 
              Federal Emergency Management Agency
 
Operations and Support:
    Regional Operations.......................................          196,759           215,985           205,925            +9,166           -10,060
    Mitigation................................................           71,353            74,913            74,287            +2,934              -626
    Preparedness and Protection...............................          240,815           294,251           262,150           +21,335           -32,101
 
    Response and Recovery:
        Response..............................................          222,496           234,861           229,145            +6,649            -5,716
            (Urban Search and Rescue).........................          (37,832)          (37,832)          (37,832)  ................  ................
        Recovery..............................................           62,061            57,427            63,121            +1,060            +5,694
    Mission Support...........................................          586,196           641,984           599,678           +13,482           -42,306
    Unallocated reduction.....................................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Operations and Support..................        1,379,680         1,519,421         1,434,306           +54,626           -85,115
 
                (Defense).....................................          (94,445)          (94,669)          (97,656)          (+3,211)          (+2,987)
                (Non-defense).................................       (1,285,235)       (1,424,752)       (1,336,650)         (+51,415)         (-88,102)
 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements:
    Operational Communications/Information Technology.........           15,902            21,900            11,900            -4,002           -10,000
    Operational Communications/Information Technology           ................  ................           10,000           +10,000           +10,000
     (emergency)..............................................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Operational Communications/Information                 15,902            21,900            21,900            +5,998   ................
         Technology...........................................
                                                               =========================================================================================
    Construction and Facility Improvements....................           77,305            37,500            55,500           -21,805           +18,000
    Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure.................          114,523            59,737   ................         -114,523           -59,737
    Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure (emergency).....  ................  ................           23,020           +23,020           +23,020
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure...          114,523            59,737            23,020           -91,503           -36,717
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and Improvements.....          207,730           119,137           100,420          -107,310           -18,717
 
        (Emergency)...........................................  ................  ................          (33,020)         (+33,020)         (+33,020)
        (Defense).............................................          (76,313)          (46,900)          (64,900)         (-11,413)         (+18,000)
        (Non-defense).........................................         (131,417)          (72,237)          (35,520)         (-95,897)         (-36,717)
 
Federal Assistance:
    Grants:
        State Homeland Security Grant Program.................          520,000           601,186           488,800           -31,200          -112,386
            (Base Program)....................................         (415,000)         (331,186)         (390,100)         (-24,900)         (+58,914)
            (Operation Stonegarden)...........................          (90,000)          (90,000)          (84,600)          (-5,400)          (-5,400)
            (Tribal Security).................................          (15,000)  ................          (14,100)            (-900)         (+14,100)
            (Nonprofit Security)..............................  ................         (180,000)  ................  ................        (-180,000)
        Urban Area Security Initiative........................          615,000           711,184           578,100           -36,900          -133,084
            (Base Program)....................................  ................         (531,184)         (578,100)        (+578,100)         (+46,916)
            (Nonprofit Security)..............................  ................         (180,000)  ................  ................        (-180,000)
        Nonprofit Security Grant Program......................          305,000   ................          286,700           -18,300          +286,700
        Public Transportation Security Assistance.............          105,000           100,000            98,700            -6,300            -1,300
            (Amtrak Security).................................          (10,000)          (10,000)           (9,400)            (-600)            (-600)
            (Over-the-Road Bus Security)......................           (2,000)           (2,000)           (1,880)            (-120)            (-120)
        Port Security Grants..................................          100,000           100,000            94,000            -6,000            -6,000
        Assistance to Firefighter Grants......................          360,000           370,000           338,400           -21,600           -31,600
        Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response               360,000           370,000           338,400           -21,600           -31,600
         (SAFER) Grants.......................................
        Emergency Management Performance Grants...............          355,000           355,000           333,700           -21,300           -21,300
        Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis Program                  312,750           350,000           293,985           -18,765           -56,015
         (RiskMAP)............................................
        Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grants.............           12,000            12,000            11,280              -720              -720
        High Hazard Potential Dams............................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
        Emergency Food and Shelter............................          130,000           130,000           122,200            -7,800            -7,800
        Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program................  ................           15,000   ................  ................          -15,000
        Shelter and Services Program..........................  ................           83,500   ................  ................          -83,500
        Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Grant Program...  ................           50,000   ................  ................          -50,000
        Next Generation Warning System........................           56,000   ................           52,640            -3,360           +52,640
        Community Project Funding.............................          335,145   ................          120,000          -215,145          +120,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Grants..................................        3,565,895         3,247,870         3,156,905          -408,990           -90,965
 
        Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grants (by           (20,000)          (20,000)          (18,800)          (-1,200)          (-1,200)
         transfer)............................................
        Alternatives to Detention Case Management Grants (by            (20,000)          (15,000)          (14,100)          (-5,900)            (-900)
         transfer)............................................
        Shelter and Services Program (by transfer)............         (800,000)  ................         (752,000)         (-48,000)        (+752,000)
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Grants (with transfers).................        4,405,895         3,282,870         3,941,805          -464,090          +658,935
 
    Education, Training, and Exercises:
        Center for Domestic Preparedness......................           71,031            71,592            71,069               +38              -523
        Center for Homeland Defense and Security..............           18,000            18,000            16,920            -1,080            -1,080
        Emergency Management Institute........................           30,777            32,515            31,917            +1,140              -598
        US Fire Administration................................           58,287            60,331            59,556            +1,269              -775
        National Domestic Preparedness Consortium.............          101,000           101,000            94,940            -6,060            -6,060
        Continuing Training Grants............................           16,000            12,000            15,040              -960            +3,040
        National Exercise Program.............................           21,024            21,049            20,768              -256              -281
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Education, Training, and Exercises......          316,119           316,487           310,210            -5,909            -6,277
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Federal Assistance......................        3,882,014         3,564,357         3,467,115          -414,899           -97,242
 
            (Defense).........................................          (56,000)  ................          (52,640)          (-3,360)         (+52,640)
            (Non-defense).....................................        3,826,014         3,564,357         3,414,475          -411,539          -149,882
            (by transfer).....................................         (840,000)          (35,000)         (784,900)         (-55,100)        (+749,900)
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Federal Assistance (with transfer)......        4,722,014         3,599,357         4,252,015          -469,999          +652,658
 
Disaster Relief Fund:
    Base Disaster Relief......................................  ................          145,341   ................  ................         -145,341
    Disaster Relief Category..................................       19,945,000        20,261,000        20,261,000          +316,000   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Disaster Relief Fund........................       19,945,000        20,406,341        20,261,000          +316,000          -145,341
 
National Flood Insurance Fund:
    Floodplain Management and Mapping.........................          206,500           221,066           221,066           +14,566   ................
    Mission Support...........................................           18,500            18,917            18,917              +417   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, National Flood Insurance Fund...............          225,000           239,983           239,983           +14,983   ................
 
    Offsetting Fee Collections................................         -225,000          -239,983          -239,983           -14,983   ................
 
                   Administrative Provision
 
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program:
    Operating Expenses........................................           33,630            34,000            34,000              +370   ................
    Offsetting Collections....................................          -33,630           -34,000           -34,000              -370   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Administrative Provision....................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Federal Emergency Management Agency................       25,414,424        25,609,256        25,262,841          -151,583          -346,415
                                                               =========================================================================================
        (Discretionary Appropriations)........................      (25,673,054)      (25,883,239)      (25,536,824)        (-136,230)        (-346,415)
            (Defense).........................................         (226,758)         (141,569)         (215,196)         (-11,562)         (+73,627)
            (Non-Defense).....................................      (25,446,296)      (25,741,670)      (25,321,628)        (-124,668)        (-420,042)
                (Disaster Relief Category)....................      (19,945,000)      (20,261,000)      (20,261,000)        (+316,000)  ................
                (Regular appropriations, not Disaster Relief).       (5,501,296)       (5,480,670)       (5,060,628)        (-440,668)        (-420,042)
        (Offsetting Collections)..............................        (-258,630)        (-273,983)        (-273,983)         (-15,353)  ................
    (by transfer).............................................         (840,000)          (35,000)         (784,900)         (-55,100)        (+749,900)
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Title III, Protection, Preparedness, Response, and        28,321,562        28,665,542        28,269,927           -51,635          -395,615
     Recovery.................................................
                                                               =========================================================================================
            (Discretionary Appropriations)....................      (28,580,192)      (28,939,525)      (28,543,910)         (-36,282)        (-395,615)
                (Defense).....................................       (2,962,218)       (2,931,365)       (3,082,000)        (+119,782)        (+150,635)
                (Non-Defense).................................      (25,617,974)      (26,008,160)      (25,461,910)        (-156,064)        (-546,250)
                    (Disaster Relief Category)................      (19,945,000)      (20,261,000)      (20,261,000)        (+316,000)  ................
                    (Regular Appropriations)..................       (5,672,974)       (5,747,160)       (5,200,910)        (-472,064)        (-546,250)
            (Offsetting Collections)..........................        (-258,630)        (-273,983)        (-273,983)         (-15,353)  ................
    (by transfer).............................................         (840,000)          (35,000)         (784,900)         (-55,100)        (+749,900)
 
    TITLE IV--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES
 
            US Citizenship and Immigration Services
 
Operations and Support:
    Employment Status Verification............................          109,611           111,865           111,865            +2,254   ................
    Application Processing....................................          133,370           743,329           137,296            +3,926          -606,033
    Application Processing (emergency)........................  ................  ................          183,000          +183,000          +183,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Application Processing......................          133,370           743,329           320,296          +186,926          -423,033
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Operations and Support......................          242,981           855,194           432,161          +189,180          -423,033
 
            (Emergency).......................................  ................  ................         (183,000)        (+183,000)        (+183,000)
Federal Assistance............................................           25,000            10,000            23,500            -1,500           +13,500
 
Fee Funded Programs:
    Immigration Examinations Fee Account:
        Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements [SAVE].  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
            Adjudication Operations:
                Field Operations Directorate..................       (1,011,452)       (1,051,375)       (1,051,375)         (+39,923)  ................
                Fraud Detection and National Security                  (253,755)         (263,779)         (263,779)         (+10,024)  ................
                 Directorate..................................
                Service Center Operations Directorate.........         (552,135)         (576,702)         (576,702)         (+24,567)  ................
                Support Services..............................         (100,516)         (282,355)         (282,355)        (+181,839)  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    Subtotal, Adjudication Operations.........        1,917,858         2,174,211         2,174,211          +256,353   ................
 
            Immigration Policy and Support....................       (1,608,393)       (1,218,924)       (1,218,924)        (-389,469)  ................
            Refugee and Asylum Operations.....................         (372,890)         (431,450)         (431,450)         (+58,560)  ................
            Immigration Records and Applicant Services........         (449,213)         (456,732)         (456,732)          (+7,519)  ................
            Premium Processing (Including Transformation).....       (1,138,971)       (1,263,832)       (1,263,832)        (+124,861)  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Subtotal, Immigration Examinations Fee Account       (5,487,325)       (5,545,149)       (5,545,149)         (+57,824)  ................
 
    H1-B Non-Immigrant Petititioner Account:
        Adjudication Services:
            Service Center Operations.........................          (20,000)          (24,856)          (24,856)          (+4,856)  ................
 
    Fraud Prevention and Detection Account:
        Adjudication Services:
            District Operations...............................          (53,960)          (61,557)          (61,557)          (+7,597)  ................
    EB-5 Integrity Fund.......................................  ................           (8,760)           (8,760)          (+8,760)  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Fee Funded Programs.....................        5,561,285         5,640,322         5,640,322           +79,037   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Total, US Citizenship and Immigration Services....          267,981           865,194           455,661          +187,680          -409,533
                                                               =========================================================================================
            Fee Funded Programs...............................        5,561,285         5,640,322         5,640,322           +79,037   ................
 
           Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers
 
Operations and Support:
    Law Enforcement Training..................................          322,509           325,543           320,235            -2,274            -5,308
    Mission Support...........................................           32,043            33,555            32,376              +333            -1,179
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Operations and Support......................          354,552           359,098           352,611            -1,941            -6,487
 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements:
    Construction and Facility Improvements....................           51,995            20,100   ................          -51,995           -20,100
    Construction and Facility Improvements (emergency)........  ................  ................            8,000            +8,000            +8,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Construction and Facility Improvements......           51,995            20,100             8,000           -43,995           -12,100
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers...........          406,547           379,198           360,611           -45,936           -18,587
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
                    Science and Technology
 
Operations and Support:
    Laboratory Facilities.....................................          127,522           128,828           127,838              +316              -990
    Acquisition and Operations Analysis.......................           92,375            77,720            77,720           -14,655   ................
    Mission Support...........................................          164,210           165,497           161,625            -2,585            -3,872
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Operations and Support......................          384,107           372,045           367,183           -16,924            -4,862
 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements:
    Laboratory Facilities:
        Plum Island Closure and Support.......................           13,466            33,579            33,579           +20,113   ................
        Critical Repair/Replacement Requirement...............           35,750            10,000            10,000           -25,750   ................
        Detection Sciences Testing and Applied Research Center            6,000            35,000   ................           -6,000           -35,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and                     55,216            78,579            43,579           -11,637           -35,000
             Improvements.....................................
 
Research and Development:
    Research, Development, and Innovation.....................          407,681           385,508           311,666           -96,015           -73,842
    University Programs.......................................           53,537            51,037            40,830           -12,707           -10,207
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Research and Development....................          461,218           436,545           352,496          -108,722           -84,049
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Science and Technology.........................          900,541           887,169           763,258          -137,283          -123,911
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
         Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office
 
Operations and Support:
    Mission Support...........................................           85,570            69,364            89,279            +3,709           +19,915
    Capability and Operations Support.........................           66,400            94,951            67,667            +1,267           -27,284
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Operations and Support......................          151,970           164,315           156,946            +4,976            -7,369
 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements:
    Large Scale Detection Systems.............................           66,137            35,678             8,700           -57,437           -26,978
    Portable Detection Systems................................            9,067             6,660             6,660            -2,407   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Procurement, Construction, and Improvements.           75,204            42,338            15,360           -59,844           -26,978
 
Research and Development:
    Transformational R&D/Technical Forensics:
        Transformational R&D..................................           37,004            39,460            31,568            -5,436            -7,892
        Technical Forensics...................................            2,000             6,530             5,224            +3,224            -1,306
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Transformational R&D/Technical Forensics           39,004            45,990            36,792            -2,212            -9,198
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
    Detection Capability Development and Rapid Capabilities:
        Detection Capability Development......................           25,611            14,948            11,959           -13,652            -2,989
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Detection Capability Development and               25,611            14,948            11,959           -13,652            -2,989
             Rapid Capabilities...............................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Research and Development....................           64,615            60,938            48,751           -15,864           -12,187
 
Federal Assistance:
    Capability Building:
        Training, Exercises, and Readiness....................           19,559            21,268            18,481            -1,078            -2,787
        Securing the Cities...................................           34,628            34,465            32,387            -2,241            -2,078
        Biological Support....................................           84,996           104,737            79,896            -5,100           -24,841
        Biological Support (emergency)........................  ................  ................            2,000            +2,000            +2,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Biological Support......................           84,996           104,737            81,896            -3,100           -22,841
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Capability Building.....................          139,183           160,470           132,764            -6,419           -27,706
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Federal Assistance..........................          139,183           160,470           132,764            -6,419           -27,706
 
            (Emergency).......................................  ................  ................           (2,000)          (+2,000)          (+2,000)
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction.........          430,972           428,061           353,821           -77,151           -74,240
                                                               =========================================================================================
        Total, Title IV, Research and Development, Training,          2,006,041         2,559,622         1,933,351           -72,690          -626,271
         and Services.........................................
                                                               =========================================================================================
        Fee Funded Programs...................................        5,561,285         5,640,322         5,640,322           +79,037   ................
 
                  TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Presidential Residence Protection Assistance (Sec 531)........            3,000   ................  ................           -3,000   ................
FY22 CPF correction (Sec 542).................................            3,000   ................  ................           -3,000   ................
Border Management CBP (Sec 548)...............................        1,563,143   ................  ................       -1,563,143   ................
Border Management ICE (Sec 548)...............................          339,658   ................  ................         -339,658   ................
OSEM O&S (70 x 0100)(rescission)..............................  ................             -800   ................  ................             +800
MGMT (70 x 0113) (rescission).................................  ................           -4,100   ................  ................           +4,100
MGMT PC&I FY22 (Public Law 117-103) (rescission)..............         -113,000   ................  ................         +113,000   ................
CBP PC&I FY22 (Public Law 117-103) (rescission)...............          -73,246   ................  ................          +73,246   ................
CBP PC&I FY22 (Public Law 117-103) (rescission)...............          -23,182   ................  ................          +23,182   ................
CBP PC&I FY22 (Public Law 107-103) (rescission)...............          -33,400   ................  ................          +33,400   ................
CBP PC&I FY22 (Public Law 117-103) (rescission)...............          -10,100   ................  ................          +10,100   ................
CBP PC&I (70 x 0532) (rescission).............................  ................           -1,473            -1,473            -1,473   ................
CBP (BSFIT (70 x 0533) (rescission)...........................  ................           -1,842            -1,842            -1,842   ................
CBP Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, Maintenance, and   ................             -452              -452              -452   ................
 Procurement (070 X 0544) (rescission)........................
ICE, Operations and Support (70 23/24 0540)(rescission).......  ................           -3,000            -1,000            -1,000            +2,000
ICE, Operations and Support (70 x 0540) (rescission)..........  ................           -2,093            -2,093            -2,093   ................
ICE, Automation Modernization (70 x 0543) (rescission)........  ................              -10               -10               -10   ................
TSA, Operations and Support (70 X 0550) (rescission)..........  ................  ................          -63,591           -63,591           -63,591
TSA, Transportation Security Support (70 x 0554) (rescission).              -12   ................  ................              +12   ................
Coast Guard PC&I (Public Law 116-93) (FY20) (rescission)......          -42,730   ................  ................          +42,730   ................
Coast Guard RDT&E (Public Law 116-6) (FY19) (rescission)......          -19,000   ................  ................          +19,000   ................
Coast Guard AC&I (70 x 0613) (Rescission).....................  ................          -22,600           -22,600           -22,600   ................
USSS O&S (70 x 0400) (rescission).............................  ................           -2,400            -2,400            -2,400   ................
USSS PC&I (70 23/25 0401) (rescission)........................  ................           -4,000            -4,000            -4,000   ................
CISA PC&I (70 23/27 0412) (rescission)........................  ................           -3,500            -3,500            -3,500   ................
CISA R&D (70 23/24 0805) (rescission).........................  ................           -2,000   ................  ................           +2,000
Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection OE (70 x                 -51   ................  ................              +51   ................
 0900) (rescission) (defense).................................
FEMA State and Local Programs (70 x 0560)(rescission).........              -65   ................  ................              +65   ................
FEMA Predisaster Mitigation Fund (70 x 0716) (rescission).....  ................           -5,821   ................  ................           +5,821
USCIS Operations and Support no-year funding (rescission).....             -187   ................  ................             +187   ................
USCIS Operations and Support (Public Law 117-103) (rescission)          -32,750   ................  ................          +32,750   ................
DHS Lapsed Balances (non-defense) (rescission)................          -44,997   ................  ................          +44,997   ................
DHS Lapsed Balances (defense) (rescission)....................           -1,167   ................  ................           +1,167   ................
FLETC PC&I (70 20/24 0510) (rescission........................  ................             -800              -800              -800   ................
S&T O&S (70 x 0800) (rescission)..............................  ................             -900              -900              -900   ................
CWMD, R&D (70 20/24 0860) (rescission)........................  ................             -389              -389              -389   ................
CWMD, R&D (70 0860) (rescission)..............................  ................              -11               -11               -11   ................
Immigration Extender (Sec 543)................................  ................  ................           13,000           +13,000           +13,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Title V, General Provisions........................        1,514,914           -56,191           -92,061        -1,606,975           -35,870
                                                               =========================================================================================
        (Defense).............................................          (-1,218)          (-2,000)  ................          (+1,218)          (+2,000)
        (Non-Defense).........................................       (1,516,132)         (-54,191)         (-92,061)      (-1,608,193)         (-37,870)
 
                     OTHER APPROPRIATIONS
 
THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT (Public Law 117-58)
 
                  DIVISION J--APPROPRIATIONS
 
                DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
       Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
 
Cybersecurity Response and Recovery Fund:
    Appropriations available from prior year advances                    20,000            20,000            20,000   ................  ................
     (emergency)..............................................
 
              Federal Emergency Management Agency
 
Federal Assistance:
    Sec 205 Grants:
        Appropriations available from prior year advances               100,000           100,000           100,000   ................  ................
         (emergency)..........................................
 
Grants for Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure:
    Appropriations available from prior year advances                   400,000           300,000           300,000          -100,000   ................
     (emergency)..............................................
 
Disaster Relief Fund:
    Appropriations available from prior year advances                   200,000           200,000           200,000   ................  ................
     (emergency)..............................................
 
National Flood Insurance Fund:
    Appropriations available from prior year advances                   700,000           700,000           700,000   ................  ................
     (emergency)..............................................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Federal Emergency Management Agency............        1,400,000         1,300,000         1,300,000          -100,000   ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
        Total, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.........        1,420,000         1,320,000         1,320,000          -100,000   ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
less prior year appropriations (emergency) (defense)..........          -20,000           -20,000           -20,000   ................  ................
less prior year appropriations (emergency)(nondefense)........       -1,400,000        -1,300,000        -1,300,000          +100,000   ................
 
 DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023 (Public
                   Law 117-328, Division N)
 
                DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
                  Office of Inspector General
 
Operations and Support (by transfer) (emergency)..............          (14,000)  ................  ................         (-14,000)  ................
 
                          Coast Guard
 
Operations and Support (emergency)............................           39,250   ................  ................          -39,250   ................
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements (emergency).......          115,500   ................  ................         -115,500   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Coast Guard........................................          154,750   ................  ................         -154,750   ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
              Federal Emergency Management Agency
 
Disaster Relief Fund (emergency)..............................        5,000,000   ................  ................       -5,000,000   ................
    transfer out (emergency)..................................         (-13,000)  ................  ................         (+13,000)  ................
Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Account (emergency).        1,450,000   ................  ................       -1,450,000   ................
    transfer out (emergency)..................................          (-1,000)  ................  ................          (+1,000)  ................
 
                General Provisions--This Title
 
Immigration User Fee reimbursement (emergency)................          309,000   ................  ................         -309,000   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Federal Emergency Management Agency................        6,759,000   ................  ................       -6,759,000   ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
    Total, Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act,           6,913,750   ................  ................       -6,913,750   ................
     2023.....................................................
                                                               =========================================================================================
    Total, Other Appropriations...............................        6,913,750   ................  ................       -6,913,750   ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
Grand Total...................................................       89,605,164        81,807,777        82,784,244        -6,820,920          +976,467
                                                               =========================================================================================
    (Discretionary Appropriations)............................      (86,469,996)      (88,114,094)      (83,279,431)      (-3,190,565)      (-4,834,663)
        (Defense).............................................       (3,501,218)       (3,461,365)       (3,612,000)        (+110,782)        (+150,635)
        (Non-Defense).........................................      (82,968,778)      (84,652,729)      (79,667,431)      (-3,301,347)      (-4,985,298)
            (Disaster Relief Category)........................      (19,945,000)      (20,261,000)      (20,261,000)        (+316,000)  ................
            (Other Non-Defense)...............................      (63,023,778)      (64,391,729)      (59,406,431)      (-3,617,347)      (-4,985,298)
    (Rescissions) (Defense)...................................          (-1,218)          (-2,000)  ................          (+1,218)          (+2,000)
    (Rescissions) (Non-defense)...............................        (-392,669)         (-54,191)        (-105,061)        (+287,608)         (-50,870)
    (Offsetting Collections)..................................      (-5,429,109)      (-7,397,370)      (-5,837,370)        (-408,261)      (+1,560,000)
    (Emergency Appropriations)................................       (6,913,750)  ................       (4,300,000)      (-2,613,750)      (+4,300,000)
    (Rescissions of Emergency Appropriations).................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
    (Mandatory Funding).......................................       (2,044,414)       (1,147,244)       (1,147,244)        (-897,170)  ................
(By transfer).................................................          854,000            35,000           784,900           -69,100          +749,900
(Transfer out)................................................         -854,000           -35,000          -784,900           +69,100          -749,900
Aviation Security Capital Fund................................          250,000           250,000           250,000   ................  ................
Fee Funded Programs...........................................        7,937,882         8,690,352         8,690,352          +752,470   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grand Total without Other Appropriations......................       82,691,414        81,807,777        82,784,244           +92,830          +976,467
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