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Title II — Security, enforcement, and investigations

H.R. 3931 · 116th Congress · Jul 24, 2019 · Lineage

II Security, enforcement, and investigations

Sec. 201

Section 201 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–141), related to overtime compensation limitations, shall apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such section applied to funds made available in that Act, except that “fiscal year 2020” shall be substituted for “fiscal year 2018”.

Sec. 202

Funding made available under the headings “U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Support” and “U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements” shall be available for customs expenses when necessary to maintain operations and prevent adverse personnel actions in Puerto Rico in addition to funding provided by section 740 of title 48, United States Code.

Sec. 203

As authorized by section 601(b) of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 112–42), fees collected from passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended.

Sec. 204

For an additional amount for “U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Support”, $31,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected and credited to this appropriation in fiscal year 2019 from amounts authorized to be collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8311), and section 817 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–25), or other such authorizing language: Provided, That to the extent that amounts realized from such collections exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess of $31,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation, to remain available until expended.

Sec. 205

None of the funds made available in this Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used to prevent an individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from importing a prescription drug from Canada that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, That this section shall apply only to individuals transporting on their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided further, That the prescription drug may not be—
(1)
a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); or
(2)
a biological product, as defined in section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262).

Sec. 206

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, United States Code, for the transportation of crude oil distributed from and to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of Energy and Transportation and representatives from the United States flag maritime industry, takes adequate measures to ensure the use of United States flag vessels: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives within 2 business days of any request for waivers of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, United States Code, with respect to such transportation, and the disposition of such requests.

Sec. 207

(a)
Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not—
(1)
establish, collect, or otherwise impose any new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the Southern border or the Northern border at a land port of entry; or
(2)
conduct any study relating to the imposition of a border crossing fee.
(b)
In this section, the term “border crossing fee” means a fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the Northern border at a land port of entry.

Sec. 208

None of the funds provided under the heading “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support” may be used to continue a delegation of law enforcement authority authorized under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General determines that the terms of the agreement governing the delegation of authority have been materially violated.

Sec. 209

Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and make available on a publicly accessible website, a report describing agreements pursuant to section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) which shall include —
(1)
detailed information relating to the community outreach activities of each participating jurisdiction pursuant to such agreement, including the membership and activities of any community-based steering committee established by such jurisdiction;
(2)
the number of individuals placed into removal proceedings pursuant to each such agreement;
(3)
data on the performance of the officers or employees of a State or political subdivision thereof under each such agreement, including the nationality, level of criminality, and enforcement priority of the individuals described in paragraph (2); and
(4)
information relating to any future plans to increase the number of such agreements or expand the scope of such agreements through the introduction of new operations pursuant to such section.

Sec. 210

None of the funds provided under the heading “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support” may be used to continue any contract for the provision of detention services if the two most recent overall performance evaluations received by the contracted facility are less than “adequate” or the equivalent median score in any subsequent performance evaluation system.

Sec. 211

Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may be made available by the Department of Homeland Security to make payments under an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity task order contract or delivery order contract or under an inter-governmental agreement or service agreement for the procurement of detention services unless, to the extent allowed under such contract or agreement, the Secretary—
(1)
modifies such contract or agreement to provide a fixed termination date; and
(2)
removes any option or other provision permitting the Federal Government to renew or extend such contract or agreement.

Sec. 212

Members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, including the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security; the United States Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Executive Office of the President, including the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage screening.

Sec. 213

Any award by the Transportation Security Administration to deploy explosives detection systems shall be based on risk, the airport's current reliance on other screening solutions, lobby congestion resulting in increased security concerns, high injury rates, airport readiness, and increased cost effectiveness.

Sec. 214

Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 2020, any funds in the Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section 44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used for the procurement and installation of explosives detection systems or for the issuance of other transaction agreements for the purpose of funding projects described in section 44923(a) of such title.

Sec. 215

None of the funds made available by this Act under the heading “Coast Guard—Operations and Support” shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, except to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts and credited to the appropriation made available by this Act under the heading “Coast Guard—Operations and Support”: Provided, That to the extent such fees are insufficient to pay expenses of recreational vessel documentation under such section 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel applications, personnel performing non-recreational vessel documentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, may perform documentation under section 12114.

Sec. 216

Without regard to the limitation as to time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, after June 30, up to $10,000,000 may be reprogrammed to or from the Military Pay and Allowances funding category within “Coast Guard—Operations and Support” in accordance with subsection (a) of section 503 of this Act.

Sec. 217

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a future-years capital investment plan as described in the second proviso under the heading “Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements” in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall be subject to the requirements in the third and fourth provisos under such heading.

Sec. 218

The United States Secret Service is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from executive agencies, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, for personnel receiving training sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Center, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available under the heading “United States Secret Service—Operations and Support” at the end of the fiscal year.

Sec. 219

No Federal funds made available to the United States Secret Service may be made available for the protection of the head of a Federal agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided, That the Director of the United States Secret Service may enter into agreements to provide such protection on a fully reimbursable basis.

Sec. 220

For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this Act, up to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within “United States Secret Service—Operations and Support”.

Sec. 221

Funding made available in this Act for “United States Secret Service—Operations and Support” is available for travel of United States Secret Service employees on protective missions without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this or any other Act if the Director of the United States Secret Service or a designee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 10 or more days in advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such expenditures.

Sec. 222

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit an expenditure plan for any amounts made available for “U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements” in this Act and prior Acts to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives: Provided, That no such amounts may be obligated prior to the submission of such plan.

Sec. 223

(a)
No Federal funds may be used by the Department of Homeland Security to place in detention, remove, refer for a decision whether to initiate removal proceedings, or initiate removal proceedings against a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor of an unaccompanied alien child (as defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))) based on information shared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(b)
Subsection (a) shall not apply if a background check of a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor reveals—
(1)
a felony conviction or pending felony charge that relates to—
(A)
an aggravated felony (as defined in section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)));
(B)
child abuse;
(C)
sexual violence or abuse; or
(D)
child pornography;
(2)
an association with any business that employs a minor who—
(A)
is unrelated to the sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor; and
(B)
is—
(i)
not paid a legal wage; or
(ii)
unable to attend school due to the employment; or
(3)
an association with the organization or implementation of prostitution.

Sec. 224

Section 226 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2019 (division A of Public Law 116–6), related to Immigration and Customs Enforcement reporting, shall continue in effect, except that such section shall hereafter be applied by substituting “7 days after the date of enactment of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020” for “90 days after the date of enactment of this Act”.

Sec. 225

(a)
The amount made available under “U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements”, shall be available only as follows:
(1)
$266,906,000 is for the acquisition and deployment of border security technologies and trade and travel assets and infrastructure;
(2)
$28,364,000 is for facility construction and improvements;
(3)
$15,673,000 is for mission support assets and infrastructure; and
(4)
$167,019,000 is for integrated operations assets and infrastructure.
(b)
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States an updated risk-based plan for improving security along the borders of the United States that includes the elements required under subsection (a) of section 231 of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), which shall be evaluated in accordance with subsection (b) of such section.

Sec. 226

Federal funds may not be made available for the construction of fencing—
(1)
within the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge;
(2)
within the Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park;
(3)
within La Lomita Historical park;
(4)
within the National Butterfly Center;
(5)
within or east of the Vista del Mar Ranch tract of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge; or
(6)
within historic cemeteries.

Sec. 227

(a)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be used for the construction of physical barriers along the southern land border of the United States during fiscal year 2020.
(b)
Subsection (a) shall not apply to amounts made available for such purpose by Public Law 116–6, Public Law 115–141, or Public Law 115–31.

Sec. 228

(a)
Of the total amount made available under “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support”, $3,930,966,000 is for Enforcement and Removal Operations, of which—
(1)
$719,680,000 is for the detention and related care of single adult aliens in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, other than such aliens who were transferred to the custody of such agency by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after being—
(A)
determined inadmissible at a port of entry; or
(B)
apprehended within 14 days of entering the United States;
(2)
$839,537,000 is for the detention and related care of single adult aliens in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who are not described by subsection (a)(1);
(3)
$148,054,000 is for fugitive operations;
(4)
$285,104,000 is for the criminal alien program; and
(5)
$475,471,000 is for the transportation and removal program.
(b)
If at any point before September 30, 2020, the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that on any date in fiscal year 2020 the anticipated total number of single adult aliens described in subsection (a)(2) will exceed:
(1)
the number so transferred through the comparable date in fiscal year 2016, and such determination is made at any point after January 1, 2020, and before September 30, 2020, there is appropriated as an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’, $89,932,000, to become available on the date of the certification of such determination in accordance with subsection (d), for Enforcement and Removal Operations and to remain available until September 30, 2024, of which—
(A)
$74,076,000 shall be available for the purposes described in subsection (a)(2); and
(B)
$11,188,000 shall be available for the purposes described in subsection (a)(5);
(2)
120 percent of the number so transferred through the comparable date in fiscal year 2016, and such determination is made at any point after March 1, 2020, and before September 30, 2020, there is appropriated as an additional amount for “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support”, $89,934,000 to become available on the date of the certification of such determination in accordance with subsection (d), for Enforcement and Removal Operations, of which—
(A)
$74,077,000 shall be available for the purposes described in subsection (a)(2); and
(B)
$11,189,000 shall be available for the purposes described in subsection (a)(5);
(3)
130 percent of the number so transferred through the comparable date in fiscal year 2016, and such determination is made at any point after May 1, 2020, and before September 30, 2020, there is appropriated as an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’, $58,595,000 to become available on the date of the certification of such determination in accordance with subsection (d), for Enforcement and Removal Operations, of which—
(A)
$42,739,000 shall be available for the purposes described in subsection (a)(2); and
(B)
$11,188,000 shall be available for the purposes described in subsection (a)(5);
(4)
140 percent of the number so transferred through the comparable date in fiscal year 2016, and such determination is made at any point after June 1, 2020, and before September 30, 2020, there is appropriated as an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’, $88,712,000 to become available on the date of the certification of such determination in accordance with subsection (d), for Enforcement and Removal Operations, of which—
(A)
$72,856,000 shall be available for the purposes described in subsection (a)(2); and
(B)
$11,188,000 shall be available for the purposes described in subsection (a)(5); or
(5)
150 percent of the number so transferred through the comparable date in fiscal year 2016, and such determination is made at any point after August 1, 2020, and before September 30, 2020, there is appropriated as an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’, $59,904,000 to become available on the date of the certification of such determination in accordance with subsection (d), for Enforcement and Removal Operations, of which—
(A)
$44,048,000 shall be available for the purposes described in subsection (a)(2); and
(B)
$11,188,000 shall be available for the purposes described in subsection (a)(5).
(c)
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives within 30 days of the date of enactment of this Act on the methodology for determining the anticipated custody transfers described in subsection (b) including a definition of single adult alien.
(d)
Each additional amount described in each of subsections (b)(1) through (b)(5) of this section shall not be appropriated until the Secretary of Homeland Security provides to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, before September 30, 2020—
(1)
a certification that the respective condition in such subsection has been met; and
(2)
an analysis that substantiates such certification.
(e)
Each additional amount appropriated by paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(5) of this section shall be appropriated not more than once, in accordance with the certification requirements in subsection (d) of this section.
(f)
To the extent that any additional amount described by subsection (b) is not appropriated for Enforcement and Removal Operations under the conditions described in subsections (a) through (d) before September 30, 2020, such amount shall be appropriated as an additional amount for “Coast Guard—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements”, to become available on September 30, 2020, and to remain available until September 30, 2024, for shore facilities and aids to navigation: Provided, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall provide a detailed plan for the use of such funds not later than 30 days prior to the obligation of such funds.

Sec. 229

(a)
Any discretionary amounts appropriated in this Act in the current fiscal year and any fiscal year thereafter may be obligated for death gratuity payments, as authorized in subchapter II of chapter 75 of title 10, United States Code.
(b)
Subsection (a) shall only apply if an appropriation for “Coast Guard—Operations and Support” is unavailable for obligation for such payments.
(c)
Such obligations shall subsequently be recorded against appropriations that become available for “Coast Guard—Operations and Support”.

Sec. 230

Notwithstanding section 111(d) of Public Law 107–71, any Transportation Security Administration Determination on Transportation Security Officers and Collective Bargaining in effect on January 1, 2019, and any collective bargaining agreement entered into under such determination(s) shall remain in full force and effect, unless the Administrator issues a new or updated determination and the parties mutually and voluntarily enter into a new collective bargaining agreement.

Sec. 231

(a)
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the following:
(1)
A plan to ensure access to legal counsel for individuals returned to Mexico under the Migrant Protection Protocols, including options for video teleconferencing;
(2)
A plan developed in consultation with the Department of State to address the safety and security of such individuals;
(3)
A plan to ensure that each such individual is offered a briefing, prior to being so returned, on their legal rights and obligations, which shall be in their primary spoken language to the greatest extent possible;
(4)
A plan developed in consultation with the Department of Justice for prioritizing the immigration proceedings of such individuals; and
(5)
Policy documents that define categories of vulnerable individuals who should not be so returned, including:
(A)
pregnant women;
(B)
individuals identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender; and
(C)
mentally or physically disabled individuals.
(b)
For purposes of this section, Migrant Protection Protocols means the actions taken by the Secretary to implement the memorandum dated January 25, 2019 entitled “Policy Guidance for the Implantation Implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols”.