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SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act,
16 provided by previous appropriations Acts to the compo-
17 nents in or transferred to the Department of Homeland
18 Security that remain available for obligation or expendi-
19 ture in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any accounts
20 in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
21 tion of fees available to the components funded by this
22 Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
23 through a reprogramming of funds that-
24 (1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or
25 activity, or increases funds for any program, project,
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1 or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
2 stricted by the Congress;
3 (2) contracts out any function or activity pres-
4 ently performed by Federal employees or any new
5 function or activity proposed to be performed by
6 Federal employees in the President's budget pro-
7 posal for fiscal year 2019 for the Department of
8 Homeland Security;
9 ( 3) augments funding for existing programs,
10 projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10
11 percent, whichever is less;
12 ( 4) reduces funding for any program, project,
13 or activity, or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent
14 or more; or
15 (5) results from any general savings from a re-
16 duction in personnel that would result in a change
17 in funding levels for programs, projects, or activities
18 as approved by the Congress.
19 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees
20 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
21 resentatives are notified at least 15 days in advance of
22 such reprogramming.
23 (c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made avail-
24 able for the current fiscal year for the Department of
25 Homeland Security by this Act or provided by previous
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1 appropriations Acts may be transferred between such ap-
2 propriations if the Committees on Appropriations of the
3 Senate and the House of Representatives are notified at
4 least 30 days in advance of such transfer, but no such
5 appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided,
6 shall be increased by more than 10 percent by such trans-
7 fer.
20 (f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of
21 Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established
22 by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appro-
23 priations available to the Department of Homeland Secu-
24 rity: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com-
25 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House
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1 of Representatives at least 5 days m advance of such
2 transfer.