Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005

Bill: 108-s-2537
Sponsor: Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]
Introduced: 2004-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Air cargo
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Athletics
Auditing
Aviation safety
Biological warfare
Boats and boating
Border patrols
Bridges
Chemical warfare
Child labor
Citizenship
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coast guard
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Computers
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Customs administration
Data banks
Defense industries
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Detention of persons
Disaster insurance
Disaster loans
Disaster relief
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Due process of law
EBB Terrorism
Earthquakes
Emergency Management
Emergency housing
Emergency medicine
Employee training
Environmental Protection
Explosives
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal employees
Federal installations
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal office buildings
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Firearms
Flood control
Floods
Food relief
Forced labor
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Freight
Government Operations and Politics
Government aircraft
Government internships
Government procurement
Government service contracts
Government travel
Government trust funds
Government vehicles
Grants-in-aid
Harbors
Health
Homeless
Hours of labor
Housing and Community Development
Human rights
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
Immigration
Imports
Information technology
Informers
Inspectors general
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law
Leases
Maintenance and repair
Maps
Marine pollution
Marine safety
Mass rapid transit
Medicare
Military dependents
Military medicine
Military pensions
Navigation
Nuclear terrorism
Oil pollution
Performance measurement
Plant protection
Police training
Public health administration
Radio
Railroad safety
Relocation
Rent
Repatriation
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Research and development
Retired military personnel
Retiree health benefits
Right of privacy
Salaries
Science, Technology, Communications
Secret service
Security measures
Ships
Smuggling
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Standards
Strategic materials
Surplus government property
Survivors' benefits
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation research
Transportation safety
Travel costs
Urban affairs
Urban areas
Urban transportation
Water Resources Development
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: 
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY 2005 for: (1) departmental management and operations (including for development and acquisition of information technology software); (2) security, enforcement, and investigations (including for the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology project, for customs and border protection automated systems, and for explosive detection systems and devices); (3) terrorism preparedness and recovery (including for formula-based grants and discretionary high-threat grants to State and local governments for terrorism prevention activities, for funding expenses to counter potential biological and chemical threats to civilian populations, and for funding a pre-disaster mitigation grant program); and (4) research and development, training, assessments, and services (including citizenship and immigration services).
 
Prohibits the use of funds in this Act in contravention of the Buy American Act.
 
Directs the Secretary of DHS to: (1) develop certified systems to screen air cargo on passenger aircraft; and (2) take all possible actions, until such technology is procured and installed, to prohibit high-risk cargo from being transported on passenger aircraft.
 
Prohibits the obligation of funds for deployment or implementation, on other than a test basis, of the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II) until the General Accounting Office has reported that specified requirements have been met, including that a system exists whereby passengers determined to pose a threat and either delayed or prohibited from boarding may appeal and correct erroneous information.

action_date: 2004-06-17
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005 - 
Title I: Departmental Management and Operations
 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY 2005 for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security and executive management; (2) the Office of the Under Secretary for Management; (3) development and acquisition of information technology equipment, software, services, and for the costs of conversion to narrowband communications; and (4) the Office of Inspector General.
 

Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations
 - Makes appropriations for: (1) the Office of the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security, including for development of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology project; (2) enforcement of laws relating to border security, immigration, customs, and agricultural inspections and regulatory activities related to plant and animal imports and for customs and border protection automated systems; (3) immigration and customs law enforcement, including for Federal air marshals, the Federal Protective Service, and immigration and customs enforcement automated systems; (4) the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), including for explosive detection devices; (5) the Coast Guard; and (6) the Secret Service.
 

Title III: Preparedness and Recovery 
 - Makes appropriations for: (1) the Office for State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness, including for grants to State and local governments for terrorism prevention activities (sets forth specified allocations for formula-based grants, law enforcement terrorism prevention grants, discretionary grants for the use in high-threat, high density urban areas and for rail and transit security, firefighter assistance grants, and emergency management performance grants; (2) reimbursement of Federal agencies for the costs of providing support to counter, investigate, or respond to unexpected threats or acts of terrorism; (3) emergency preparedness and response, including for the Office of the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response, the Directorate of Emergency Preparedness and Response, countering potential biological, disease, and chemical threats to civilian populations, the disaster assistance direct loan program, the Flood Map Modernization Fund, the National Flood Insurance Fund, pre-disaster mitigation grants, and an emergency food and shelter program. Limits the aggregate charges assessed during FY 2005 for the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program.
 

Title IV: Research and Development, Training, Assessments, and Services
 - Makes appropriations for: (1) expenses for citizenship and immigration services; (2) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (3) the Directorate of Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, including the immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection; and (4) the immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology for management and administration of programs and activities and science and technology research.
 

Title V: General Provisions 
- (Sec. 504) Deems funds made available by this Act for intelligence activities to be specifically authorized by Congress during FY 2005 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence activities for FY 2005.
 
(Sec. 505) Directs the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to: (1) establish an accrediting body to establish standards for measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors; and (2) schedule basic and advanced law enforcement training at all four training facilities to ensure that all these centers are operated at the highest capacity.
 
(Sec. 512) Directs the Secretary: (1) to research, develop, and procure certified systems to inspect and screen air cargo on passenger aircraft at the earliest date possible; and (2) until such technology is procured and installed, to take actions to prohibit high-risk cargo from being transported on passenger aircraft.
 
(Sec. 514) Prohibits the obligation of funds for deployment or implementation of the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II), on other than a test basis, to screen aviation passengers until the General Accounting Office (GAO) has reported to the Appropriations Committees that: (1) a system of due process exists whereby passengers who are determined to pose a threat and who are either delayed or prohibited from boarding may appeal such decision and correct erroneous information contained in CAPPS II; (2) the error rate of the databases that will be used to establish identity and assign a risk level to a passenger will not produce a large number of false positives; (3) TSA has demonstrated the efficacy and accuracy of all search tools in CAPPS II and has demonstrated that CAPPS II can make an accurate predictive assessment of passengers; (4) the Secretary has established an internal oversight board to monitor the manner in which CAPPS II is being developed and prepared; (5) TSA has built in sufficient operational safeguards to reduce the opportunities for abuse; (6) substantial security measures are in place to protect CAPPS II from unauthorized access; (7) TSA has adopted policies establishing effective oversight of the system's use and operation; and (8) there are no specific privacy concerns with the technological architecture of the system. Prohibits, during the testing phase, any information gathered from passengers, air carriers, or reservation systems from being used to screen passengers or to delay or deny boarding. Requires the report by February 15, 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-14
text: Senate passed companion measure H.R. 4567 in lieu of this measure by Yea-Nay Vote. 93 - 0. Record Vote Number: 184.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 4567 as an amendment.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 583.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Cochran. With written report No. 108-280.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Cochran. With written report No. 108-280.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Committee on Appropriations ordered to be reported an original measure.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-705.
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.