Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Immigration and Customs Enforcement SALARIES AND EXPENSES (including rescission of funds) For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigration and customs laws, detention and removals, and investigations; and purchase and lease of up to 1,600 (1,450 for replacement only) police-type vehicles; $2,151,050,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for conducting special operations pursuant to section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081); of which not to exceed $15,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security; of which not less than $100,000 shall be for promotion of public awareness of the child pornography tipline; of which not less than $200,000 shall be for Project Alert; and of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs associated with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled illegal aliens: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated shall be available to compensate any employee for overtime in an annual amount in excess of $30,000, except that the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security may waive that amount as necessary for national security purposes and in cases of immigration emergencies: Provided further, That of the total amount provided, $3,000,000 shall be for activities to enforce laws against forced child labor in fiscal year 2004, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended. In addition, of the funds appropriated under this heading in chapter 6 of title I of Public Law 108–11 (117 Stat. 583), $54,000,000 are rescinded. FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS For necessary expenses of the Federal air marshals, $626,400,000, to remain available until expended. Federal Protective Service (transfer of funds) For necessary expenses for the operations of the Federal Protective Service, $424,211,000 shall be transferred from the revenues and collections in the General Services Administration, Federal Buildings Fund. Automation Modernization For expenses of immigration and customs enforcement automated systems, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: 117 STAT. 1141 Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated for Atlas until the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives receive and approve a plan for expenditure prepared by the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security that: (1) meets the capital planning and investment control review requirements established by the Office of Management and Budget, including Circular A–11, part 3; (2) complies with the Bureau of Immigration and Customs enforcement enterprise information systems architecture; (3) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices of the Federal Government; (4) is reviewed and approved by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Investment Review Board, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Office of Management and Budget; and (5) is reviewed by the General Accounting Office. AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND PROCUREMENT For necessary expenses for the operations, maintenance, and procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, and other related equipment of the air and marine program, including operational training and mission-related travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction programs, the operations of which include the following: the interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and at the discretion of the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security, the provision of assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts, $210,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft that are one of a kind and have been identified as excess to Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement requirements and aircraft that have been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office outside of the Department of Homeland Security during fiscal year 2004 without the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives. CONSTRUCTION For necessary expenses to plan, construct, renovate, equip, and maintain buildings and facilities necessary for the administration and enforcement of the laws relating to customs and immigration, $26,775,000, to remain available until expended.