Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010

Sponsor: DAVID PRICE (D-NC)

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 - Title I: Departmental Management and Operations - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2010 for the Offices of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Under Secretary for Management, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Information Officer, the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, and the Inspector General and for intelligence analysis and operations coordination activities. Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for: (1) United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; (2) United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for automation modernization, for construction, and for identifying and removing aliens convicted of a crime who are judged deportable, with a priority on identifying and removing such aliens based on the severity of the crime committed; (3) the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), including for aviation security (including for explosives detection systems), surface transportation security, the Office of Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing, transportation security support, and Federal Air Marshals; (4) the Coast Guard, including for environmental compliance and restoration, reserve training, acquisition, construction, and improvements (including for the Integrated Deepwater Systems program), alteration of bridges, research, development, test, and evaluation, and retired pay; and (5) United States Secret Service, including for acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses. Sets forth requirements with respect to the expenditure plan for the program to establish and maintain a security barrier along U.S. borders, including requiring: (1) a detailed accounting of the program's implementation to date for all investments related to the Secure Border Initiative or any successor program; (2) an explicit plan of action defining how all funds are to be obligated to meet future program commitments; and (3) an analysis by the Secretary of the selected approach for each segment of fencing or tactical infrastructure compared to other, alternative means of achieving operational control, including cost, level of control, and possible unintended effects on communities.

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