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 PUBLIC LAW 110–28—MAY 25, 2007 UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP

AND IMMIGRATION

121 STAT. 143

SERVICES

For an additional amount for expenses of ‘‘United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’’ to address backlogs of security checks associated with pending applications and petitions, $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That none of the funds made available under this heading shall be available for obligation until the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the United States Attorney General, submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan to eliminate the backlog of security checks that establishes information sharing protocols to ensure United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has the information it needs to carry out its mission. SCIENCE

AND

TECHNOLOGY

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations’’ for air cargo security research, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, and Operations’’ for non-container, rail, aviation and intermodal radiation detection activities, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That $5,000,000 is to enhance detection links between seaports and railroads as authorized in section 121(i) of the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–347); $8,000,000 is to accelerate development and deployment of detection systems at international rail border crossings; and $22,000,000 is for development and deployment of a variety of screening technologies at aviation facilities. SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

For an additional amount for ‘‘Systems Acquisition’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated for full scale procurement of Advanced Spectroscopic Portal Monitors until the Secretary of Homeland Security has certified through a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives that a significant increase in operational effectiveness will be achieved.

Certification. Reports.

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER

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SEC. 3501. None of the funds provided in this Act, or Public Law 109–295, shall be available to carry out section 872 of Public Law 107–296. SEC. 3502. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland Security that provide award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be specified in terms of cost, schedule, and performance).

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