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Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives 
15 days prior to the obligation of any amount of these funds.

              emergency management planning and assistance

    For an additional amount for ``Emergency Management Planning and 
Assistance'', $54,750,000, for grants for interoperable communications 
equipment: Provided, That 
the <<NOTE: Notification. Deadline.>> Secretary shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives 
15 days prior to the obligation of any amount of these funds.

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER

    Sec. 1601. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred to the 
Department of Homeland Security that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2003, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees 
available to the agencies funded by this Act shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) 
creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or activity for which 
funds have been denied or restricted by Congress; or (4) proposes to use 
funds directed for a specific activity by either the House or Senate 
Committees on Appropriations for a different purpose, unless the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred to the Department 
of Homeland Security that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2003, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of 
the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure for programs, projects, or activities through a 
reprogramming of funds in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or 
activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; 
or (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel 
which would result in a change in existing programs, projects or 
activities, as approved by Congress; unless the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    Sec. 1602. (a) The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border 
and Transportation Security may issue letters of intent to airports to 
provide assistance for the installation of explosive detection systems 
by the date prescribed by section 44901(d)(2)(i) of title 49, United 
States Code.
    (b) Beginning 30 <<NOTE: Deadline. Reports.>> days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and every 60 days thereafter in calendar year 
2003, the Under Secretary shall transmit a classified report to the 
House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations, the House of Representatives Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee on

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Commerce, Science, and Transportation describing each letter of intent 
issued by the Under Secretary under subsection (a).

    Sec. 1603. In accordance with section 873(b) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 453(b)), the Bureau of Customs and Border 
Protection may accept donations of body armor for United States Border 
Patrol agents and United States Border Patrol canines if such donations 
would further the mission of protecting our Nation's borders and ports 
of entry as determined by the Under Secretary for Border and 
Transportation Security.

                                CHAPTER 7

                 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

                 disease control, research, and training

    For an additional amount for ``Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Disease Control, Research, and Training'', $16,000,000 for 
costs associated with the prevention and control of Severe Acute 
Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

                         Office of the Secretary

            public health and social services emergency fund

    For an additional amount for ``Public Health and Social Services 
Emergency Fund'', for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended.
    For an additional amount for the ``Public Health and Social Services 
Emergency Fund'', $42,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
costs associated with compensating individuals with injuries resulting 
from smallpox vaccinations and countermeasures: Provided, That such 
funds shall become available only upon the enactment of legislation 
authorizing a smallpox vaccination compensation program.

                            General Provision

                              repatriation

    Sec. 1701. Section 1113(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1313(d)), is amended by striking ``1991'' and inserting ``2003''.

                                CHAPTER 8

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                          Salaries and Expenses

    For an additional amount for salaries and expenses of the House of 
Representatives, $11,000,000, as follows:

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                           Committee Employees

                 Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For an additional amount for salaries and expenses of standing 
committees, special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
$11,000,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such 
salaries and expenses until December 31, 2004.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                            General Expenses

    For an additional amount for ``General expenses'', $37,758,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                          Salaries and Expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and expenses'', $111,000.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                            Capitol Building

    For an additional amount for ``Capitol building'', $1,100,000.

                           Capitol Power Plant

    For an additional amount for ``Capitol power plant'', $22,679,000, 
which shall remain available until September 30, 2007.

                  Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds

    For an additional amount for ``Capitol police buildings and 
grounds'', $40,140,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007.

                           LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                          Salaries and Expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and expenses'', $5,500,000 
to remain available until September 30, 2007.

                     Congressional Research Service

                          salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and expenses'', $1,863,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2004.

                        GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                          Salaries and Expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and expenses'', $4,849,000.

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                     GENERAL PROVISONS, THIS CHAPTER

    Sec. 1801. Postal Patron Postcards. The matter under the subheading 
``miscellaneous items'' under the heading ``Contingent Expenses of the 
Senate'' under title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2003 (Public Law 108-7) <<NOTE: Ante, p. 348.>> is amended by striking 
``with a population of less than 250,000''.

                                CHAPTER 9

                          DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                          MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

                       Military Construction, Navy

    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Navy'', 
$48,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be 
obligated or expended to carry out military construction projects not 
otherwise authorized by law.

                    Military Construction, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Air Force'', 
$152,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be 
obligated or expended to carry out planning and design and military 
construction projects not otherwise authorized by law.

           Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Family Housing Operation and 
Maintenance, Air Force'', $1,800,000.

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER

    Sec. 1901. (a) Transfer Authority.--Subject to subsection (b), the 
Secretary of Defense may transfer not more than $150,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of 
Defense in this Act to the contingency construction account, authorized 
under section 2804 of title 10, United States Code, for the purpose of 
carrying out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by 
law. The transfer authority under this section is in addition to any 
other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense.
    (b) Conditions on Transfer.--A transfer of funds under subsection 
(a) may not be made until the end of the 7-day period beginning on the 
date the Secretary of Defense submits written notice to the appropriate 
committees of Congress certifying that the transfer is necessary to 
respond to, or protect against, acts or threatened acts of terrorism or 
to support Department of Defense operations in Iraq, and specifying the 
amounts and purposes of the transfer, including a list of proposed 
projects and their estimated costs.
    (c) Notice of Obligations.--Notwithstanding section 2804(b) of title 
10, United States Code, when a decision is made to carry out a military 
construction project using funds transferred to the

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contingency construction account under subsection (a), the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit written notice to the appropriate committees of 
Congress no later than 15 days after the obligation of the funds for the 
project, specifying the estimated cost of the project and including form 
1391.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the terms 
``appropriate committees of Congress'', ``military construction'', and 
``military installation'' have the meanings given such terms in section 
2801 of title 10, United States Code, except that, with respect to 
military construction in a foreign country, the term ``military 
installation'' includes, not only buildings, structures, and other 
improvements to real property under the operational control of the 
Secretary of a military department or the Secretary of Defense, but also 
any building, structure, or other improvement to real property to be 
used by the Armed Forces, regardless of whether such use is anticipated 
to be temporary or of longer duration.
    Sec. 1902. (a) The Secretary of the Army may accept funds from the 
State of Utah, and credit them to the appropriate Department of the Army 
accounts for the purpose of funding the costs associated with extending 
the runway at Michael Army Airfield, Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, as 
part of a previously authorized military construction project.
    (b) The Secretary may use the funds accepted for the refurbishment, 
in addition to funds authorized and appropriated for the project. The 
authority to accept a contribution under this section does not authorize 
the Secretary of the Army to reduce expenditures of amounts appropriated 
for the refurbishment project. The funds accepted shall remain available 
until expended.
    (c) The authority <<NOTE: Effective date.>> provided in this section 
shall be effective upon the date of the enactment of this Act.

                               CHAPTER 10

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                         Maritime Administration

           maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, $25,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 
Provided further, That <<NOTE: Certification.>> none of the funds under 
this heading may be obligated or expended until the Department of 
Transportation Inspector General certifies to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations that the recommendations of report CR-2003-
031 have been implemented to his satisfaction.

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          TITLE II--MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL APPROPRIATIONS

                                CHAPTER 1

  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 2101. (a) Section 756 in division A of Public Law 108-7 is 
amended <<NOTE: Ante, p. 45.>> by striking ``section 7404'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``sections 7404(a)(1) and 7404(c)(1)''.

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