Summary
(This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on September 23, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 - Title I: Departmental Management and Operations - Makes FY 2004 appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (Department) for: (1) the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management; (2) the Office of the Under Secretary for Management; (3) Department-Wide Technology Investments; and (4) the Office of the Inspector General.
Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) the Office of the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security (salaries and expenses, and U.S. visitor and immigrant status indicator technology), (2) customs and border protection (salaries and expenses, automation modernization, and construction); (3) immigration and customs enforcement (salaries and expenses, Air and Marine interdiction, operations, maintenance and procurement); (4) Federal air marshals; (5) the Federal Protective Service; (6) the Transportation Security Administration (aviation security, maritime and land security, intelligence, research and development, and administration); (7) the U.S. Coast Guard (including a rescission of funds, operating expenses, environmental compliance and restoration, reserve training, acquisition, construction, and improvements, alteration of bridges, research, development, test, and evaluation, and retired pay); (8) the U.S. Secret Service (salaries and expenses); and (9) acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses.
Title III: Preparedness and Recovery - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) the Office for Domestic Preparedness; (2) firefighter assistance grants; (3) the Counterterrorism Fund; (4) the Office of the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response (including for securing medical countermeasures against biological terror attacks); (5) the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program; (6) disaster relief; (7) the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account; (8) the National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund; (9) the Flood Map Modernization Fund; (10) the National Flood Insurance Fund; (11) the National Flood Mitigation Fund; (12) emergency management performance grants; (13) emergency food and shelter; and (14) Cerro Grande fire claims.
Title IV: Research and Development, Training, Assessments, and Services - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1). citizenship and immigration services; (2) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (salaries and expenses, acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses); (3) information analysis and infrastructure protection; and (4) science and technology (research, development, acquisition, and operations).
Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 503) Prohibits the availability of funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred to the Department, or from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act for obligation or expenditure through a reprogamming of funds that: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates programs, projects, or activities; (3) increases funds for programs, projects, or activities that have been denied or restricted by Congress; or (4) proposes to use funds that have been directed for a specific activity by the appropriations committees for a different activity unless such committees are notified 15 days in advance.
(Sec. 505) Authorizes the use of appropriated funds for FY 2004 and thereafter for: (1) the purchase of uniforms without regard to the general purchase price limitations for the current fiscal year; (2) the purchase of insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; (3) entering into contracts with the Department of State to furnish health and medical services to employees and their dependents serving in foreign countries; (4) the employment of experts and consultants; and (5) the hire and purchase of motor vehicles.
(Sec. 508) Deems any funds made available by this Act for intelligence activities to be specifically authorized by Congress under the National Security Act of 1947 during FY 2004 until enactment of an Act authorizing such activities for FY 2004.
(Sec. 509) Directs the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to establish an accrediting body of both Federal and non-Federal law enforcement training experts to establish standards for measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. Requires the Center to ensure that all training centers under its control are operated at optimal capacity throughout the fiscal year.
(Sec. 513) Prohibits the use of Department funds: (1) for the production of customs declarations that do not inquire whether the passenger had been in the proximity of livestock; (2) for any activity or Government employee salary that would prohibit the enforcement of the ban of the Tariff Act of 1930 against the importation of goods mined, produced, or manufactured by convict labor; or (3) to allow the importation of goods (or the release of goods on which there is in effect a detention order) mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor.
(Sec. 517) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to pursue or adopt regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide, without cost to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space for services relating to aviation security (excluding space for necessary checkpoints). Permits negotiations of below-market rates for these items.
(Sec. 518) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act in contravention of the Buy American Act.
(Sec. 519) Prohibits the use of funds provided by this or previous appropriations Acts for deployment or implementation on other than a test basis of the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II) until the General Accounting Office has reported to the Committees on Appropriations that: (1) a system of due process exists by which passengers considered to pose a threat may appeal their delay or prohibition from boarding a flight; (2) the underlying error rate of databases will not produce a large number of false positives that will result in a significant number of passengers being treated mistakenly or security resources being diverted; (3) the TSA has stressed-tested and demonstrated the efficacy and predictive accuracy of all search tools in CAPPS II; and (4) the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) has established an internal oversight board to monitor the manner in which CAPPS II is being developed and prepared.
(Sec. 520) Requires the Secretary, for FY 2004 and thereafter, to charge reasonable fees for providing credentialing and background investigations in the field of transportation.
(Sec. 521) Directs the Secretary to research, develop, and procure certified systems to inspect and screen air cargo on passenger aircraft at the earliest possible date and to take certain preventive measures in the interim.
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 - Title I: Departmental Management and Operations - Makes FY 2004 appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (Department) for: (1) the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management; (2) the Office of the Under Secretary for Management; (3) Department-Wide Technology Investments; and (4) the Office of the Inspector General.
Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) the Office of the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security (salaries and expenses, and U.S. visitor and immigrant status indicator technology), (2) customs and border protection (salaries and expenses, automation modernization, and construction); (3) immigration and customs enforcement (salaries and expenses, Air and Marine interdiction, operations, maintenance and procurement); (4) Federal air marshals; (5) the Federal Protective Service; (6) the Transportation Security Administration (aviation security, maritime and land security, intelligence, research and development, and administration); (7) the U.S. Coast Guard (including a rescission of funds, operating expenses, environmental compliance and restoration, reserve training, acquisition, construction, and improvements, alteration of bridges, research, development, test, and evaluation, and retired pay); (8) the U.S. Secret Service (salaries and expenses); and (9) acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses.
Title III: Preparedness and Recovery - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) the Office for Domestic Preparedness; (2) firefighter assistance grants; (3) the Counterterrorism Fund; (4) the Office of the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response (including for securing medical countermeasures against biological terror attacks); (5) the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program; (6) disaster relief; (7) the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account; (8) the National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund; (9) the Flood Map Modernization Fund; (10) the National Flood Insurance Fund; (11) the National Flood Mitigation Fund; (12) emergency management performance grants; (13) emergency food and shelter; and (14) Cerro Grande fire claims.
Title IV: Research and Development, Training, Assessments, and Services - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1). citizenship and immigration services; (2) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (salaries and expenses, acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses); (3) information analysis and infrastructure protection; and (4) science and technology (research, development, acquisition, and operations).
Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 503) Prohibits the availability of funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred to the Department, or from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act for obligation or expenditure through a reprogamming of funds that: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates programs, projects, or activities; (3) increases funds for programs, projects, or activities that have been denied or restricted by Congress; or (4) proposes to use funds that have been directed for a specific activity by the appropriations committees for a different activity unless such committees are notified 15 days in advance.
(Sec. 505) Authorizes the use of appropriated funds for FY 2004 and thereafter for: (1) the purchase of uniforms without regard to the general purchase price limitations for the current fiscal year; (2) the purchase of insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; (3) entering into contracts with the Department of State to furnish health and medical services to employees and their dependents serving in foreign countries; (4) the employment of experts and consultants; and (5) the hire and purchase of motor vehicles.
(Sec. 508) Deems any funds made available by this Act for intelligence activities to be specifically authorized by Congress under the National Security Act of 1947 during FY 2004 until enactment of an Act authorizing such activities for FY 2004.
(Sec. 509) Directs the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to establish an accrediting body of both Federal and non-Federal law enforcement training experts to establish standards for measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. Requires the Center to ensure that all training centers under its control are operated at optimal capacity throughout the fiscal year.
(Sec. 513) Prohibits the use of Department funds: (1) for the production of customs declarations that do not inquire whether the passenger had been in the proximity of livestock; (2) for any activity or Government employee salary that would prohibit the enforcement of the ban of the Tariff Act of 1930 against the importation of goods mined, produced, or manufactured by convict labor; or (3) to allow the importation of goods (or the release of goods on which there is in effect a detention order) mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor.
(Sec. 517) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to pursue or adopt regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide, without cost to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space for services relating to aviation security (excluding space for necessary checkpoints). Permits negotiations of below-market rates for these items.
(Sec. 518) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act in contravention of the Buy American Act.
(Sec. 519) Prohibits the use of funds provided by this or previous appropriations Acts for deployment or implementation on other than a test basis of the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II) until the General Accounting Office has reported to the Committees on Appropriations that: (1) a system of due process exists by which passengers considered to pose a threat may appeal their delay or prohibition from boarding a flight; (2) the underlying error rate of databases will not produce a large number of false positives that will result in a significant number of passengers being treated mistakenly or security resources being diverted; (3) the TSA has stressed-tested and demonstrated the efficacy and predictive accuracy of all search tools in CAPPS II; and (4) the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) has established an internal oversight board to monitor the manner in which CAPPS II is being developed and prepared.
(Sec. 520) Requires the Secretary, for FY 2004 and thereafter, to charge reasonable fees for providing credentialing and background investigations in the field of transportation.
(Sec. 521) Directs the Secretary to research, develop, and procure certified systems to inspect and screen air cargo on passenger aircraft at the earliest possible date and to take certain preventive measures in the interim.
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 - Title I: Departmental Operations, Management, and Oversight - Makes FY 2004 appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (Department) for: (1) the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management; (2) the Office of the Under Secretary for Management; (3) Department-Wide Technology Investments; and (4) the Office of the Inspector General.
Title II: Services - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for citizenship and immigration services.
Title III: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) the Office of the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security (salaries and expenses, U.S. visitor and immigrant status indicator technology, (2) customs and border protection (salaries and expenses, including transfer of funds, automation modernization, and construction); (3) immigration and customs enforcement (salaries and expenses, including transfer of funds, Air and Marine interdiction, operations, maintenance and procurement); (4) the Transportation Security Administration (aviation security, maritime and land security, intelligence, research and development, and administration); (5) the U.S. Coast Guard (operating expenses, environmental compliance and restoration, reserve training, acquisitions, construction, and improvements, alteration of bridges, research, development, test, and evaluation, and retired pay); (6) the U.S. Secret Service (salaries and expenses); and (7) acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses.
Title IV: Assessments, Preparedness, and Recovery - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) the Counterterrorism fund; (2) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (salaries and expenses, acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses); (3) the Office For Domestic Preparedness; (4) firefighter assistance grants; (5) the Office of the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response (including transfer of funds) (6) the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program; (7) disaster relief (including transfer of funds); (8) the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account; (9) the National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund; (10) the Flood Map Modernization Fund; (11) the National Flood Insurance Fund (including transfer of funds); (12) the National Flood Mitigation Fund (including transfer of funds); (13) Emergency Management Performance Grants; (14) Emergency Food and Shelter; (15) Cerro Grande Fire Claims; and (16) the Office of the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection.
Title V: Research and Development - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) the Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology; and (2) Science and Technology, Research, Development, Acquisition and Operations.
Title VI: General Provisions - (Sec. 604) Prohibits Department employees from being detailed or assigned from an agency, bureau, or office funded by this Act to any other agency, bureau, or office for more than 30 days unless the individual's employing agency or office is fully reimbursed for the salary and expenses of the employee by the receiving agency or office, unless expressly provided for in this Act.
(Sec. 605) Prohibits the availability of funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred to the Department, or from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, for obligation or expenditure through a reprogamming of funds that: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates programs, projects, or activities; (3) increases funds for programs, projects, or activities that have been denied or restricted by Congress; or (4) proposes to use funds that have been directed for a specific activity by the appropriations committees for a different activity without advanced notification to them.
(Sec. 607) Deems any funds made available by this Act for intelligence activities to be specifically authorized by Congress under the National Security Act of 1947 during FY 2004 until enactment of an Act authorizing such activities for FY 2004.
(Sec. 608) Directs the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) to establish an accrediting body of both Federal and non-Federal law enforcement training experts to establish standards for measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
(Sec. 609) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act for the production of customs declarations that do not inquire whether the passenger had been in the proximity of livestock.
(Sec. 611) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act that would inhibit the enforcement of the ban of the Tariff Act of 1930 against the importation of goods, or would allow the importation of goods, made from convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor (including indentured child labor).
(Sec 612) Authorizes the use of funds in this Act for the purchase of: (1) insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries and for the hire and purchase of motor vehicles; and (2) uniforms without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year.
(Sec. 614) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to pursue or adopt regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide, without cost to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space for services relating to aviation security (excluding space for necessary checkpoints). Permits negotiations of below-market rates for these items.
(Sec. 615) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act for the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II) until the General Accounting Office has reported to the Committees on Appropriations that certain requirements have been met, including: (1) the existence of a system of due process by which passengers considered to pose a threat may appeal their delay or prohibition from boarding a flight; (2) that the underlying error rate of databases will not produce a large number of false positives that will result in a significant number of passengers being treated mistakenly or security resources being diverted; (3) that the TSA has stressed-tested and demonstrated the efficacy and predictive accuracy of all search tools in CAPPS II; and (4) that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) has established an internal oversight board to monitor the manner in which CAPPS II is being developed and prepared.
(Sec. 616) Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on: (1) progress in developing countermeasures for commercial aircraft against shoulder-fired missile systems; and (2) an assessment of the vulnerability of airports to such threats.
(Sec. 617) Requires reports from the Secretary to Congress on: (1) security costs incurred by State and local law enforcement personnel in complying with Secret Service requirements to provide protective services and transportation for foreign and domestic officials; and (2) the Homeland Security Advisory System on terrorism threat levels.
(Sec. 620) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary should take into account tourist population as a factor when determining resource needs and potential vulnerabilities prior to allocating funds for discretionary and formula grants for emergency responders.
(Sec. 621) Directs the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response to: (1) review reports concerning damages and costs incurred by the University of North Dakota as a result of flooding in April 1997; and (2) report to the appropriations committees on the efforts of the Directorate of Emergency Preparedness and Response to resolve any outstanding claims made by the University.
(Sec. 622) Directs the Secretary to report to: (1) appropriations committees on the feasibility of providing State and local law enforcement agency access to the "Tipoff" database, a State Department database on potential terrorists; and (2) specified congressional committees on the development and deployment of a secure and comprehensive Department information technology infrastructure that allows for the consolidation of overlapping terrorist watch lists as well as the alignment of common information technology investments between the Department and other Federal, State, and local agencies responsible for homeland security.
(Sec. 624) Prohibits the use of Department funds for contracting with inverted domestic corporations or corporate expatriates.
(Sec. 625) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Department's Under Secretary for Science and Technology should ensure the active participation of historically black colleges and universities, tribal colleges, and Hispanic- and Alaskan Native-serving institutions in Department sponsored university research.
(Sec. 626) Directs the Secretary to submit to the appropriations committees a plan for enhancements of the operations of the Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate which would meet personnel requirements and improve communications between the Directorate and: (1) the intelligence community; and (2) State and local counterterrorism and law enforcement officials.
(Sec. 627) Requires the Comptroller General to review and report to Congress on all of the data-mining programs relating to law enforcement and terrorism currently under development and in use by the Department.
(Sec. 628) Directs the Secretary, when establishing priorities for firefighting vehicles in the Firefighter Assistance Grants program, to take into consideration the unique geographical needs of individual fire departments.
(Sec. 629) Directs the Secretary to study and report to the appropriations committees on the status of air traffic control communications voids and gaps in tethered aerostat coverage around the United States, such as those existing in the central Gulf of Mexico.
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 - Title I: Departmental Operations, Management, and Oversight - Makes FY 2004 appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security for: (1) the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management; (2) the Office of the Under Secretary for Management; (3) Department-Wide Technology Investments; and (4) the Office of the Inspector General.
Title II: Services - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for citizenship and immigration services.
Title III: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) the Office of the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security (salaries and expenses, U.S. visitor and immigrant status indicator technology, (2) customs and border protection (salaries and expenses, including transfer of funds, automation modernization, and construction); (3) immigration and customs enforcement (salaries and expenses, including transfer of funds, Air and Marine interdiction, operations, maintenance and procurement); (4) the Transportation Security Administration (aviation security, maritime and land security, intelligence, research and development, and administration); (5) the U.S. Coast Guard (operating expenses, environmental compliance and restoration, reserve training, acquisitions, construction, and improvements, alteration of bridges, research, development, test, and evaluation, and retired pay); (6) the U.S. Secret Service (salaries and expenses); and (7) acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses.
Title IV: Assessments, Preparedness, and Recovery - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) the Counterterrorism fund; (2) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (salaries and expenses, acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses); (3) the Office For Domestic Preparedness; (4) firefighter assistance grants; (5) the Office of the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response (including transfer of funds) (6) the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program; (7) disaster relief (including transfer of funds); (8) the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account; (9) the National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund; (10) the Flood Map Modernization Fund; (11) the National Flood Insurance Fund (including transfer of funds); (12) the National Flood Mitigation Fund (including transfer of funds); (13) Emergency Management Performance Grants; (14) Emergency Food and Shelter; (15) Cerro Grande Fire Claims; and (16) the Office of the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection.
Title V: Research and Development - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) the Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology; and (2) Science and Technology, Research, Development, Acquisition and Operations.
Title VI: General Provisions - (Sec. 604) Prohibits employees of the Department of Homeland Security from being detailed or assigned from an agency, bureau, or office funded by this Act to any other agency, bureau, or office for more than 30 days unless the individual's employing agency or office is fully reimbursed for the salary and expenses of the employee by the receiving agency or office, unless expressly provided for in this Act.
(Sec. 605) Prohibits the availability of funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security, or from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, for obligation or expenditure through a reprogamming of funds that: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates programs, projects, or activities; (3) increases funds for programs, projects, or activities that have been denied or restricted by Congress; or (4) proposes to use funds that have been directed for a specific activity by the appropriations committees for a different activity without advanced notification to them.
(Sec. 607) Deems any funds made available by this Act for intelligence activities to be specifically authorized by Congress under the National Security Act of 1947 during FY 2004 until enactment of an Act authorizing such activities for FY 2004.
(Sec. 608) Directs the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) to establish an accrediting body of both Federal and non-Federal law enforcement training experts to establish standards for measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
(Sec. 609) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act for the production of customs declarations that do not inquire whether the passenger had been in the proximity of livestock.
(Sec. 611) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act that would inhibit the enforcement of the ban of the Tariff Act of 1930 against the importation of goods, or would allow the importation of goods, made from convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor (including indentured child labor).
(Sec 612) Authorizes the use of funds in this Act for the purchase of: (1) insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries and for the hire and purchase of motor vehicles; and (2) uniforms without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year.
(Sec. 614) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to pursue or adopt regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide, without cost to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space for services relating to aviation security (excluding space for necessary checkpoints). Permits negotiations of below-market rates for these items.
(Sec. 615) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act for the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II) until the General Accounting Office has reported to the Committees on Appropriations that certain requirements have been met, including: (1) the existence of a system of due process by which passengers considered to pose a threat may appeal their delay or prohibition from boarding a flight; (2) that the underlying error rate of databases will not produce a large number of false positives that will result in a significant number of passengers being treated mistakenly or security resources being diverted; (3) that the TSA has stressed-tested and demonstrated the efficacy and predictive accuracy of all search tools in CAPPS II; and (4) that the Secretary has established an internal oversight board to monitor the manner in which CAPPS II is being developed and prepared.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 - Title I: Departmental Management and Operations - Makes FY 2004 appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security for departmental administration for: (1) salaries and expenses; (2) the counterterrorism fund; (3) department-wide technology investments; and (4) Office of the Inspector General, salaries and expenses (including transfer of funds).
Title II: Border and Transportation Security - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (salaries and expenses, including transfer of funds, and automation modernization); (2) immigration and customs enforcement (the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (salaries and expenses), the Federal Protective Service (including transfer of funds), and the Office of Air and Marine Interdiction); (3) the Transportation Security Administration (aviation security, Federal air marshals, maritime and land security, intelligence, research and development, and administration); (4) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (salaries and expenses, acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses); and (5) the Office For Domestic Preparedness.
Title III: Emergency Preparedness and Response - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) administrative and regional operations; (2) preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery; (3) public health programs; (4) biodefense countermeasures; (5) grant programs; (6) emergency food and shelter; (7) firefighter assistance grants (including transfer of funds); (8) disaster relief (including transfer of funds); (9) the Flood Map Modernization Fund; (10) the National Flood Insurance Fund (including transfer of funds); and (11) the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account.
Title IV: Other Departmental Activities - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) citizenship and immigration services; (2) the United States Coast Guard (operating expenses, environmental compliance and restoration, reserve training, acquisitions, construction, and improvements, alteration of bridges, research, development, test, and evaluation, and retired pay); (3) information analysis and infrastructure protection (operating expenses); (4) science and technology (research, development, acquisition, and operations); (5) the United States Secret Service (salaries and expenses); and (6) acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses.
Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 503) Prohibits the availability of funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security, or from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, for obligation or expenditure through a reprogamming of funds that: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates programs, projects, or activities; (3) increases funds for programs, projects, or activities that have been denied or restricted by Congress; or (4) proposes to use funds that have been directed for a specific activity by the appropriations committees for a different activity without advanced notification to them.
(Sec. 509) Directs the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) to establish an accrediting body of both Federal and non-Federal law enforcement training experts to establish standards for measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
(Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation Scheme.
(Sec. 513) Directs FLETC to ensure that all training centers under its control are operated at their highest potential capacity efficiency throughout the fiscal year. Authorizes the Director of FLETC to schedule basic and advanced law enforcement training at training centers.
(Sec. 514) Amends Federal law to permit the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to impose reasonable fees and charges on individuals or their employers for credential or background records checks for activities in the field of transportation.
(Sec. 515) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act that would inhibit the enforcement of the ban of the Tariff Act of 1930 against the importation of goods, or would allow the importation of goods, made from convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor (including indentured child labor).
(Sec. 520) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to pursue or adopt regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide, without cost to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space for services relating to aviation security (excluding space for necessary checkpoints). Permits negotiations of below-market rates for these items.
(Sec. 521) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to include subsidiaries of corporate expatriates in the prohibition against contracts by the Secretary with corporate expatriates. Extends such prohibition to all corporate expatriates established on or before November 25, 2002, as well as those established after that date.
(Sec. 522) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act for the Computer Assisted Passenger Pre-screening System (CAPPS2) until the General Accounting Office has reported to the Committees on Appropriations that certain requirements have been met, including: (1) the existence of a system of due process by which passengers considered to pose a threat may appeal their delay or prohibition from boarding a flight; (2) that the underlying error rate of databases will not produce a large number of false positives that will result in a significant number of passengers being treated mistakenly or security resources being diverted; (3) that the TSA has stressed-tested and demonstrated the efficacy and predictive accuracy of all search tools in CAPPS2; and (4) that the Secretary has established an internal oversight board to monitor the manner in which CAPPS2 is being developed and prepared.
Requires the National Academy of Sciences to assess for the Committees on Appropriations the likely impact of the CAPPS2 system on privacy and civil liberties.
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 - Title I: Departmental Management and Operations - Makes FY 2004 appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security for departmental administration for: (1) salaries and expenses; (2) the counterterrorism fund; (3) department-wide technology investments; and (4) Office of the Inspector General, salaries and expenses (including transfer of funds).
Title II: Border and Transportation Security - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (salaries and expenses, including transfer of funds, and automation modernization); (2) immigration and customs enforcement (the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (salaries and expenses), the Federal Protective Service (including transfer of funds), and the Office of Air and Marine Interdiction); (3) the Transportation Security Administration (aviation security, Federal air marshals, maritime and land security, intelligence, research and development, and administration); (4) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (salaries and expenses, acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses); and (5) the Office For Domestic Preparedness.
Title III: Emergency Preparedness and Response - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) administrative and regional operations; (2) preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery; (3) public health programs; (4) biodefense countermeasures; (5) grant programs; (6) emergency food and shelter; (7) firefighter assistance grants (including transfer of funds); (8) disaster relief (including transfer of funds); (9) the Flood Map Modernization Fund; (10) the National Flood Insurance Fund (including transfer of funds); and (11) the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account.
Title IV: Other Departmental Activities - Makes FY 2004 appropriations for: (1) citizenship and immigration services; (2) the United States Coast Guard (operating expenses, environmental compliance and restoration, reserve training, acquisitions, construction, and improvements, alteration of bridges, research, development, test, and evaluation, and retired pay); (3) information analysis and infrastructure protection (operating expenses); (4) science and technology (research, development, acquisition, and operations); (5) the United States Secret Service (salaries and expenses); and (6) acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses.
Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 503) Prohibits the availability of funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security, or from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, for obligation or expenditure through a reprogamming of funds that: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates programs, projects, or activities; (3) increases funds for programs, projects, or activities that have been denied or restricted by Congress; or (4) proposes to use funds that have been directed for a specific activity by the appropriations committees for a different activity without advanced notification to them.
(Sec. 509) Directs the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) to establish an accrediting body of both Federal and non-Federal law enforcement training experts to establish standards for measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
(Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation Scheme.
(Sec. 513) Directs FLETC to ensure that all training centers under its control are operated at their highest potential capacity efficiency throughout the fiscal year. Authorizes the Director of FLETC to schedule basic and advanced law enforcement training at training centers.
(Sec. 514) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act that would inhibit the enforcement of the ban of the Tariff Act of 1930 against the importation of goods, or would allow the importation of goods, made from convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor (including indentured child labor).
(Sec. 519) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to pursue or adopt regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide, without cost to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space for services relating to aviation security (excluding space for necessary checkpoints). Permits negotiations of below-market rates for these items.
(Sec. 520) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act in contravention of the Buy American Act.
(Sec. 521) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to approve, renew, or implement any aviation cargo security plan that permits the transporting of unscreened or uninspected cargo on cargo passenger planes.
Makes FY 2004 appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security for: (1) departmental management and operations; (2) border and transportation security (including the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and the Office for Domestic Preparedness); (3) emergency preparedness and response; and (4) other departmental activities (including citizenship and immigration services, the United States Coast Guard, the Directorate of Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, and the United States Secret Service).
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