Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005

Bill: 108-hr-4567
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5]
Introduced: 2004-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Air cargo
Airline passenger traffic
Airports
Alaska
Allegiance
Animals
Appropriations
Arizona
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Auditing
Automation
Aviation safety
Biological warfare
Blood banks
Border patrols
Boundaries
Bridges
Buy American
Capital investments
Charities
Chemical warfare
Chief financial officers
Chief information officers
Child labor
Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Citizen participation
Citizenship
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coast guard
Commerce
Computer software
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Counseling
Counterfeiting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Customs administration
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Detention of persons
Disaster insurance
Disaster loans
Disaster relief
District of Columbia
Drone aircraft
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Due process of law
EBB Terrorism
Electronic surveillance
Emergency Management
Emergency housing
Employee selection
Energy
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Expatriation
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal aid to research
Federal aid to transportation
Federal employees
Federal installations
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal office buildings
Federal officials
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire departments
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Flood damage prevention
Floods
Florida
Food relief
Forced labor
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Freight
Government Operations and Politics
Government aircraft
Government contractors
Government employees' health insurance
Government lending
Government procurement
Government publicity
Government service contracts
Government vehicles
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Harbors
Hawaiians
Health
Hours of labor
Housing and Community Development
Hurricanes
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Illegal aliens
Illinois
Immigrants
Immigration
Imports
Indigenous peoples
Information technology
Informers
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Inspectors general
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Land transfers
Law
Leases
Liability for environmental damages
Licenses
Liquefied natural gas
Livestock
Maintenance and repair
Maps
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Mass rapid transit
Mental health services
Military dependents
Military housing
Military medicine
Military pensions
Military training
Minorities
Minority employment
Missing children
Money
Native Americans
Navigational aids
New Jersey
New York City
Nuclear terrorism
Oaths
Office of Personnel Management
Oil pollution
Performance measurement
Planning-programming-budgeting
Police training
Privatization
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Railroad safety
Recruiting of employees
Relocation
Rent
Repatriation
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Research and development
Research centers
Research grants
Retiree health benefits
Right of privacy
Salaries
Science, Technology, Communications
Secret service
Security clearances
Security measures
September 11, 2001
Social Welfare
Standards
Storms
Subsidiary corporations
Sunset legislation
Survivors' benefits
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation engineering
Transportation research
Transportation safety
Trees
Urban affairs
Urban areas
Urban transportation
User charges
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-15
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 and for customs and border protection automated systems); (3) terrorism preparedness and recovery (including for formula-based grants and discretionary high-threat grants to State and local governments for terrorism prevention activities, funding for expenses to counter potential biological and chemical threats to civilian populations, and funding for 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 iscreen air cargo on passenger aircraft; (2) enhance the known shipper program; and (3) double the percentage of cargo inspected on passenger aircraft.
 
Provides for appointment of a Chief Procurement Officer for DHS.
 
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 Secretary has certified that specified requirements have been met and the General Accounting Office has reviewed such certification.
 
Revises the prohibition against DHS contracts with foreign entities treated as inverted domestic corporations.

action_date: 2004-06-15
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) the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (4) the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; (5) the Office of the Chief Information Officer; (6) development and acquisition of information technology equipment, software, services, and related activities and for the costs of conversion to narrowband communications; and (7) 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) customs and border protection, including for 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 laws enforcement, including for Federal air marshals, the Federal Protective Service, and immigration and customs enforcement automated systems; (4) the Transportation Security Administration (TSA); (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 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, emergency management performance grants, and port security grants) and firefighter assistance 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 Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, 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, the National Flood Mitigation Fund, the National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund, 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) citizenship and immigration services; (2) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (3) information analysis and infrastructure protection, including for the immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection and the management and administration of programs and activities; and (4) the immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, management and administration of programs and activities, and science and technology research.
 

Title V: General Provisions 
- (Sec. 505) 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. 506) Directs the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to establish an accrediting body to establish standards for measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(Sec. 513) 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; (2) until such technology is procured and installed, to take actions to enhance the known shipper program to prohibit high-risk cargo from being transported on passenger aircraft; and (3) to amend security directives and programs in effect to at least double the percentage of cargo inspected on passenger aircraft.
 
(Sec. 514) Authorizes the Secretary to sell the Bolingbrook family housing area in Bolingbrook, Illinois, the Prairie View family housing area in Prairie View, Illinois, the Chapel Hill Rear Range Light in Leonardo, New Jersey, and the Richmond Heights housing complex in Miami, Florida.
 
(Sec. 515) Amends the Homeland Security Act to establish a Chief Procurement Officer for DHS. Requires the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer to report to the Secretary.
 
(Sec. 516) Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to provide to Congress each year, at the time that the President's budget is submitted, a list of approved but unfunded Coast Guard priorities in the same manner and with the same contents as the unfunded priorities lists submitted by he chiefs of other armed services.
 
(Sec. 517) Requires that unclaimed money recovered at any airport security checkpoint be retained and used by TSA for providing civil aviation security..
 
(Sec. 519) Directs that TSA's acquisition management system apply to the acquisition of services, as well as equipment, supplies, and materials.
 
(Sec. 520) Transfers the authority of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to conduct personnel security and suitability background investigations of applicants for, or appointees in, competitive service positions within DHS to DHS. 
 
(Sec. 521) Terminates the Homeland Security Institute five years after its establishment.
 

 

 
(Sec. 524) Prohibits the obligation of funds for deployment or implementation of the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II), on other than a test basis, until the Secretary has certified that specified requirements have been met and the General Accounting Office (GAO) has reviewed such certification. Directs that the Secretary's certification and GAO review explicitly include the efficacy and accuracy of any algorithms to predict the likelihood of a passenger's association with terrorists. 
 
(Sec. 525) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated in this or any other Act from being used by the Under Secretary for Management, the Chief Financial Officer, or OMB for the purpose of reviewing or altering any report related to DHS operations, programs, and activities directed to be submitted to the Appropriations Committees under this Act.
 
(Sec. 526) Modifies provisions of the Homeland Security Act regarding the prohibition on contracts with corporate expatriates to: (1) prohibit the Secretary from entering into any contract with any subsidiary of a foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation; (2) apply such prohibition to entities that converted to an inverted domestic corporation before, on, or after (currently, after) November 25, 2002; (3) permit the Secretary to waive such prohibition in the interest of national security (currently, in the interest of homeland security); and (4) prohibit any order from being issued under a task and delivery order contract entered into by DHS before, on, or after the Act's enactment if the contractor is an inverted domestic corporation.

action_date: 2004-06-18
text: 
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) the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (4) the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; (5) the Office of the Chief Information Officer; (6) development and acquisition of information technology equipment, software, services, and related activities and for the costs of conversion to narrowband communications; and (7) 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) customs and border protection, including for 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 laws enforcement, including for Federal air marshals, the Federal Protective Service, and immigration and customs enforcement automated systems; (4) the Transportation Security Administration (TSA); (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 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, emergency management performance grants, and port security grants) and firefighter assistance 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 Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, 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, the National Flood Mitigation Fund, the National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund, 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) citizenship and immigration services; (2) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (3) information analysis and infrastructure protection, including for the immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection and the management and administration of programs and activities (including for the Under Secretary to prepare an analysis of requiring key resources and critical infrastructure to provide information related to actual and potential vulnerabilities); and (4) the immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, management and administration of programs and activities, and science and technology research.
 

Title V: General Provisions 
- (Sec. 505) 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. 506) Directs the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to establish an accrediting body to establish standards for measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
 
(Sec. 513) 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; (2) until such technology is procured and installed, to take actions to enhance the known shipper program to prohibit high-risk cargo from being transported on passenger aircraft; and (3) to amend security directives and programs in effect to at least double the percentage of cargo inspected on passenger aircraft.
 
(Sec. 514) Amends the Homeland Security Act to provide for the establishment of a Chief Procurement Officer. Requires the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officers to report to the Secretary.
 
(Sec. 515) Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to provide to Congress each year, at the time that the President's budget is submitted, a list of approved but unfunded Coast Guard priorities in the same manner and with the same contents as the unfunded priorities lists submitted by he chiefs of other armed services.
 
(Sec. 516) Requires that unclaimed money recovered at any airport security checkpoint be retained and used by TSA for providing civil aviation security.
 
(Sec. 518) Directs that TSA's acquisition management system apply to the acquisition of services, as well as equipment, supplies, and materials.
 
(Sec. 519) Transfers the authority of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to conduct personnel security and suitability background investigations of applicants for, or appointees in, competitive service positions within DHS to DHS. 
 
(Sec. 520) Terminates the Homeland Security Institute five years after its establishment.
 
(Sec. 523) Prohibits the obligation of funds for deployment or implementation of the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II), on other than a test basis, until the Secretary has certified that specified requirements have been met.
 
(Sec. 524) Modifies provisions of the Homeland Security Act regarding the prohibition on contracts with corporate expatriates to: (1) prohibit the Secretary from entering into any contract with any subsidiary of a foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation; (2) apply such prohibition to entities that converted to an inverted domestic corporation before, on, or after (currently, after) November 25, 2002; and (3) permit the Secretary to waive such prohibition in the interest of national security (currently, in the interest of homeland security). 
 
(Sec. 525) Revises amounts otherwise provided by this Act to: (1) reduce funds (under title I) for the Office of the Under Secretary for Management); and (2) increase funds (under title III) for grants to fire departments to hire firefighters as part of the expansion of the pre-September 11, 2001, fire grant program.
 
(Sec. 526) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to amend the oath of allegiance required under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
 
(Sec. 527) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to process or approve a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for services provided as of June 1, 2004, by employees of DHS's Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services who are known as Immigration Information Officers, Contact Representatives, or Investigative Assistants.

action_date: 2004-09-14
text: 
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 related activities 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) customs and border protection, including for 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 laws enforcement, including for Federal air marshals, the Federal Protective Service, and immigration and customs enforcement automated systems; (4) the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for civil aviation security services, including for passenger and baggage screening activities (with funds earmarked for procurement and installation of checked baggage explosive detection systems and for airport security direction and enforcement presence), maritime and land transportation security grants and services, and intelligence activities; (5) the Coast Guard; and (6) the Secret Service. Provides for a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of calendar year 2000 cost information for screening air passengers and property and directs the Secretary of DHS to ensure that appropriate fees that were not paid to the TSA by an air carrier or foreign air carrier are collected. Requires the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a report on opportunities for integrating the process by which the Coast Guard issues letters of recommendation for proposed liquefied natural gas marine terminals and the process by which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issues permits for such terminals.
 

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 allocations for formula-based grants, law enforcement terrorism prevention grants, discretionary grants for the use in high-threat, high density urban areas), firefighter assistance grants, fire department staffing 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; and (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, disaster relief (including for a grant to the American Red Cross for services in response to Tropical Storm Bonnie, Hurricane Charley, and Hurricane Frances), the disaster assistance direct loan program, the Flood Map Modernization Fund, the National Flood Insurance Fund, the National Flood Mitigation Fund, the National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund, 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) citizenship and immigration services for backlog reduction activities; (2) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (3) the Directorate of Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, including for the immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection; (4) the immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology; and (5) science and technology research.
 

Title V: General Provisions 
- (Sec. 502) Prohibits certain reprogramming of DHS funds, including for creating or eliminating a program or for contracting out or privatizing activities presently performed by Federal employees, unless the Senate and House Appropriations Committees are notified 15 days in advance.
 
(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 establish an accrediting body to establish standards for measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
 
(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. 513) Prohibits obligating DHS funds for contracting out a full-time equivalent DHS position unless the Appropriations Committees are notified 15 days in advance.
 
(Sec. 514) Prohibits the obligation of funds for deployment or implementation, on other than a test basis, of the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II) or Secure Flight or other successor programs that TSA plans to utilize to screen aviation passengers until GAO has reported to the Appropriations Committees that specified conditions have been met, including that: (1) a system of due process exists whereby aviation passengers who are delayed or prohibited from boarding their flights may appeal such decision; (2) the Secretary has established an internal oversight board; (3) security measures are in place to protect the system from unauthorized access; and (4) there are no specific privacy concerns with the technological architecture of the system. Directs GAO to report to Congress by February 15, 2005.
 
(Sec. 515) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to make an award, pursuant to a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, for services provided as of June 1, 2004, by employees of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services who are known as Immigration Information Officers, Contact Representatives, or Investigative Assistants, unless: (1) the Secretary has met specified requirements; and (2) making the award will not result in the closure of an immigration information service center that was operating on such date.
 
(Sec. 517) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to amend the oath of allegiance required under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
 
(Sec. 522) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and maintain an integrated strategic transportation security plan; and (2) base future budget requests on the plan.
 
(Sec. 523) Directs the Secretary to submit a report to Congress that describes the articles, materials, and supplies acquired by DHS during FY 2005 that were manufactured outside of the United States.
 
(Sec. 524) Modifies provisions of the Homeland Security Act regarding the prohibition on contracts with corporate expatriates to: (1) prohibit the Secretary from entering into any contract with any subsidiary of a foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation; (2) apply such prohibition to entities that converted to an inverted domestic corporation before, on, or after (currently, after) November 25, 2002; and (3) permit the Secretary to waive such prohibition in the interest of national security (currently, in the interest of homeland security).
 
(Sec. 526) Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive Seven, including: (1) DHS's plan and timetable for the mapping of U.S. critical infrastructure; (2) an assessment of the resource requirements of relevant States, counties, and local governments so that full participation by those entities may be integrated into the plan; (3) DHS's plan for oversight of all geospatial information systems management, procurement, and interoperability; and (4) the timetable for creating the DHS-wide Geospatial Information System capability under the direction of the Chief Information Officer.
 
(Sec. 528) Directs the Secretary to report every 90 days with a classified report on the number of individuals serving as Federal Air Marshals.
 
(Sec. 529) Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on DHS personnel policies that apply to the employment of TSA airport screeners.
 
(Sec. 531) Directs the Secretary, in coordination with the head of TSA and the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, to report on protecting commercial aircraft from the threat of man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS).
 
(Sec. 532) Provides that no funds under this Act shall be available to maintain the Secret Service as anything but a distinct entity within the DHS and shall not be used to merge the Secret Service with any other DHS function, cause any personnel and operational elements of the Secret Service to report to an individual other than the Director of the Secret Service, or cause the Director to report directly to any individual other than the Secretary of Homeland Security.
 
(Sec. 533) Requires the head of each agency in DHS or the privacy officer that is engaged in any activity to use or develop data-mining technology to submit a public report to Congress on all such activities of the agency.
 
(Sec. 534) Earmarks specified funds previously made available to FEMA in response to the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York City, subject to the request of the Governor of New York, to specified mental health counseling service entities.
 
(Sec. 535) Expresses the sense of the Senate regarding: (1) the importance of the blood supply; (2) consultation between DHS and the American Red Cross on measures to protect critical assets; and (3) the authority to reprogram funds appropriated for the State Homeland Security Grant Program of the Office for State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness.
 
(Sec. 537) Encourages the Secretary to place special emphasis on, and to report to Congress on, the recruitment of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians for positions within Disaster Assistance Employee cadres maintained by the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate.
 
(Sec. 540) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to deploy disaster liaisons to State and local Department of Agriculture Service Centers in a federally declared disaster area whenever FEMA personnel are deployed in that area, to coordinate Department programs, for up to 30 days.
 

Title VI: Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance 
- (Sec. 601) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use necessary Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds to: (1) make authorized emergency financial assistance available to producers on a farm that have incurred qualifying crop or quality losses for the 2003 or 2004 crop (as elected by a producer) due to damaging weather or related conditions, subject to specified requirements; (2) make and administer payments for livestock losses to producers for 2003 or 2004 losses in a county that has received an emergency designation by the President or the Secretary after January 1, 2003, of which an amount determined by the Secretary shall be made available for the American Indian livestock program; and (3) use necessary CCC funds to provide assistance under the tree assistance program to producers who suffered tree losses during the winter of 2003-2004.
 
(Sec. 606) Designates amounts appropriated or made available under this title as an emergency requirement.

action_date: 2004-10-09
text: 
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) the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (4) the Office of the Chief Information Officer; and (5) 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) customs and border protection, including for 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 laws enforcement, including for Federal air marshals, the Federal Protective Service, and immigration and customs enforcement automated systems; (4) the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for civil aviation security services, including for passenger and baggage screening activities (with funds earmarked for procurement and installation of checked baggage explosive detection systems and for airport security direction and enforcement presence), maritime and land transportation security grants and services, and intelligence activities; (5) the Coast Guard; and (6) the Secret Service. Provides for a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of calendar year 2000 cost information for screening air passengers and property and directs the Secretary of DHS to ensure that appropriate fees that were not paid to the TSA by an air carrier or foreign air carrier are collected. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to Congress, in conjunction with the President's FY 2006 budget, acquisition timelines and justifications for assets in the Deepwater (Coast Guard recapitalization) program.
 

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 allocations for formula-based grants, law enforcement terrorism prevention grants, discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high density urban areas), 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; and (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, disaster relief, the disaster assistance direct loan program, the Flood Map Modernization Fund, the National Flood Insurance Fund, the National Flood Mitigation Fund, the National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund, 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) citizenship and immigration services for backlog reduction activities; (2) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (3) the immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection and for activities of the Directorate of Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection; (4) the immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology; and (5) science and technology research.
 

Title V: General Provisions 
- (Sec. 503) Prohibits certain reprogramming of DHS funds, including for creating or eliminating a program or for contracting out or privatizing activities presently performed by Federal employees, unless the Senate and House Appropriations Committees are notified 15 days in advance.
 
(Sec. 505) 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. 506) Directs the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to establish an accrediting body to establish standards for measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
 
(Sec. 513) 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; (2) until such technology is procured and installed, to take actions to enhance the known shipper program to prohibit high-risk cargo from being transported on passenger aircraft; (3) to amend Security Directives and programs to triple the percentage of cargo inspected on passenger aircraft.
 
(Sec. 514) Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to provide to Congress each year a list of approved by unfunded Coast Guard priorities and the funds needed for such priorities.
 
(Sec. 515) States that unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints shall be retained by the TSA and expended for civil aviation security purposes.
 
(Sec. 518) Transfers authority for conducting background investigations for specified DHS positions from the Office of Personnel Management to the DHS.
 
(Sec. 519) Amends the Homeland Security Act to provide for the termination of the Homeland Security Institute five years after its establishment.
 
(Sec. 522) Prohibits the obligation of funds for deployment or implementation, on other than a test basis, of the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II) or Secure Flight or other successor programs that TSA or any other DHS component plans to utilize to screen aviation passengers until GAO has reported to the Appropriations Committees that specified conditions have been met, including that: (1) a system of due process exists whereby aviation passengers who are delayed or prohibited from boarding their flights may appeal such decision; (2) the Secretary has established an internal oversight board; (3) security measures are in place to protect the system from unauthorized access; and (4) there are no specific privacy concerns with the technological architecture of the system. Prohibits the use of funds provided in this or previous appropriations Acts to develop or test algorithms assigning risk to passengers whose names are not on Government watch lists. Directs GAO to report to Congress by March 28, 2005.
 
(Sec. 523) Modifies provisions of the Homeland Security Act regarding the prohibition on contracts with corporate expatriates to: (1) prohibit the Secretary from entering into any contract with any subsidiary of a foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation; (2) apply such prohibition to entities that converted to an inverted domestic corporation before, on, or after (currently, after) November 25, 2002; and (3) permit the Secretary to waive such prohibition in the interest of national security (currently, in the interest of homeland security).
 
(Sec. 524) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to amend the oath of allegiance required under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
 
(Sec. 527) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to process or approve a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, for services provided as of June 1, 2004, by employees of Citizenship and Immigration Services who are known as Immigration Information Officers, Contact Representatives, or Investigative Assistants.
 
(Sec. 528) Provides that no funds under this Act shall be available to maintain the Secret Service as anything but a distinct entity within the DHS and shall not be used to merge the Secret Service with any other DHS function, cause any personnel and operational elements of the Secret Service to report to an individual other than the Director of the Secret Service, or cause the Director to report directly to any individual other than the Secretary of Homeland Security.

action_date: 2004-10-18
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on October 9, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
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) the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (4) the Office of the Chief Information Officer; and (5) 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) customs and border protection, including for 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 laws enforcement, including for Federal air marshals, the Federal Protective Service, and immigration and customs enforcement automated systems; (4) the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for civil aviation security services, including for passenger and baggage screening activities (with funds earmarked for procurement and installation of checked baggage explosive detection systems and for airport security direction and enforcement presence), maritime and land transportation security grants and services, and intelligence activities; (5) the Coast Guard; and (6) the Secret Service. Provides for a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of calendar year 2000 cost information for screening air passengers and property and directs the Secretary of DHS to ensure that appropriate fees that were not paid to the TSA by an air carrier or foreign air carrier are collected. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to Congress, in conjunction with the President's FY 2006 budget, acquisition timelines and justifications for assets in the Deepwater (Coast Guard recapitalization) program.
 

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 allocations for formula-based grants, law enforcement terrorism prevention grants, discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high density urban areas), 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; and (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, disaster relief, the disaster assistance direct loan program, the Flood Map Modernization Fund, the National Flood Insurance Fund, the National Flood Mitigation Fund, the National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund, 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) citizenship and immigration services for backlog reduction activities; (2) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (3) the immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection and for activities of the Directorate of Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection; (4) the immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology; and (5) science and technology research.
 

Title V: General Provisions 
- (Sec. 503) Prohibits certain reprogramming of DHS funds, including for creating or eliminating a program or for contracting out or privatizing activities presently performed by Federal employees, unless the Senate and House Appropriations Committees are notified 15 days in advance.
 
(Sec. 505) 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. 506) Directs the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to establish an accrediting body to establish standards for measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
 
(Sec. 513) 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; (2) until such technology is procured and installed, to take actions to enhance the known shipper program to prohibit high-risk cargo from being transported on passenger aircraft; (3) to amend Security Directives and programs to triple the percentage of cargo inspected on passenger aircraft.
 
(Sec. 514) Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to provide to Congress each year a list of approved by unfunded Coast Guard priorities and the funds needed for such priorities.
 
(Sec. 515) States that unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints shall be retained by the TSA and expended for civil aviation security purposes.
 
(Sec. 518) Transfers authority for conducting background investigations for specified DHS positions from the Office of Personnel Management to the DHS.
 
(Sec. 519) Amends the Homeland Security Act to provide for the termination of the Homeland Security Institute five years after its establishment.
 
(Sec. 522) Prohibits the obligation of funds for deployment or implementation, on other than a test basis, of the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II) or Secure Flight or other successor programs that TSA or any other DHS component plans to utilize to screen aviation passengers until GAO has reported to the Appropriations Committees that specified conditions have been met, including that: (1) a system of due process exists whereby aviation passengers who are delayed or prohibited from boarding their flights may appeal such decision; (2) the Secretary has established an internal oversight board; (3) security measures are in place to protect the system from unauthorized access; and (4) there are no specific privacy concerns with the technological architecture of the system. Prohibits the use of funds provided in this or previous appropriations Acts to develop or test algorithms assigning risk to passengers whose names are not on Government watch lists. Directs GAO to report to Congress by March 28, 2005.
 
(Sec. 523) Modifies provisions of the Homeland Security Act regarding the prohibition on contracts with corporate expatriates to: (1) prohibit the Secretary from entering into any contract with any subsidiary of a foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation; (2) apply such prohibition to entities that converted to an inverted domestic corporation before, on, or after (currently, after) November 25, 2002; and (3) permit the Secretary to waive such prohibition in the interest of national security (currently, in the interest of homeland security).
 
(Sec. 524) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to amend the oath of allegiance required under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
 
(Sec. 527) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to process or approve a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, for services provided as of June 1, 2004, by employees of Citizenship and Immigration Services who are known as Immigration Information Officers, Contact Representatives, or Investigative Assistants.
 
(Sec. 528) Provides that no funds under this Act shall be available to maintain the Secret Service as anything but a distinct entity within the DHS and shall not be used to merge the Secret Service with any other DHS function, cause any personnel and operational elements of the Secret Service to report to an individual other than the Director of the Secret Service, or cause the Director to report directly to any individual other than the Secretary of Homeland Security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-18
text: Became Public Law No: 108-334.
action_date: 2004-10-18
text: Became Public Law No: 108-334.
action_date: 2004-10-18
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-10-18
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-10-13
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-10-13
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-10-12
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S11229-11232)
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S11229-11232)
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Cloture motion on the conference report to accompany H.R. 4567 withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Cloture motion on the conference report to accompany H.R. 4567  presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S10979)
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Conference report considered in Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S10979)
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of conference report agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 368 - 0 (Roll no. 530).
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 368 - 0 (Roll no. 530).
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: The House proceeded to consider the conference report H.Rept. 108-774 as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9176-9177)
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: POSTPONED VOTE - At the conclusion of debate on the conference report, the Chair put the question on adoption of the conference report and announced that, under the rule, the yeas and nays were ordered. Subsequently, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the ordered vote until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H9174)
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany H.R. 4567.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Mr. Rogers (KY) brought up conference report H. Rept. 108-774 by previously agreed to special order. (consideration: CR H9162-9174)
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: ORDER OF BUSINESS - Mr. Rogers asked unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to consider a conference report to accompany H.R. 4567; that the conference report be considered as read; and that all points of order against the conference report and against its consideration be waived. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Conference report H. Rept. 108-774 filed. (text of conference report: CR H9125-9162)
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 108-774 filed.(text of conference report: CR H9125-9162)
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Conference held.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Conference committee actions: Conference held.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: The Speaker appointed conferees: Rogers (KY), Young (FL), Wolf, Wamp, Latham, Emerson, Granger, Sweeney, Sherwood, Sabo, Price (NC), Serrano, Roybal-Allard, Berry, Mollohan, and Obey.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 395 - 16 (Roll no. 502).
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H8648)
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Sabo motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 4567. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to insist on inclusion of the highest possible level of funding for each homeland security, first responder, domestic preparedness, emergency management performance grant, fire grant, flood map, and disaster mitigation program within Titles II and III.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Mr. Sabo moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H8645-8649; text: H8645)
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Mr. Rogers (KY) asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference. (consideration: CR 10/8/2004 H8645)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Message received in Senate: Returned to Senate pursuant to the request of the Senate.
action_date: 2004-09-21
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-09-20
text: Senate requests return of papers with respect to H.R. 4567 by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-09-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-09-14
text: Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Cochran; Stevens; Specter; Domenici; McConnell; Shelby; Gregg; Campbell; Craig; Byrd; Inouye; Hollings; Leahy; Harkin; Mikulski; Kohl; Murray.
action_date: 2004-09-14
text: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 2537 with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 93 - 0. Record Vote Number: 184. (text: CR 9/15/2004 S9306-9315)
action_date: 2004-09-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 2537 with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 93 - 0. Record Vote Number: 184.(text: CR 9/15/2004 S9306-9315)
action_date: 2004-09-14
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S9167-9213)
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S9108-9120)
action_date: 2004-09-10
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S9049-9063)
action_date: 2004-09-09
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8986-9020)
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 2537.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8933-8934, S8934-8955)
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 588.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 400 - 5 (Roll no. 275).
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 400 - 5 (Roll no. 275).
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H4559)
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4567.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Velazquez amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Velazquez demanded a recorded vote and pursuant to the rule, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Velazquez amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Sherman amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the King (IA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Markey amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Shays demanded a recorded vote and pursuant to the rule, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Markey amendment under the five minute rule
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Obey amendment under the five minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sabo amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Sabo demanded a recorded vote and made a point of no quorum. Pursuant to the rule, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day and the point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Sabo amendment under the five minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS At the conclusion of debate on the Maloney amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Maloney demanded a recorded vote and pursuant to the rule, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Maloney amendment under the five minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Tancredo amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Tancredo demanded a recorded vote and pursuant to the rule, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Tancredo amendment under the five minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Ryun (KS) amendment under the five minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Roybal- Allard amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Roybal-Allard demanded a recorded vote and pursuant to the rule, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in thelegislative day.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Roybal-Allard amendment under the five minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Delauro amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Delauro demanded a recorded vote and made a point of no quorum. Pursuant to the rule, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day and the point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: TIME LIMITATION - Mr. Latham asked unanimous consent that debate on the DeLauro amendment and any amendment thereto be limited to forty minutes equally divided and controlled. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the DeLauro amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Millender-McDonald amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Mr. Davis, Tom raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Sec. 526b which seeks to change exisiting law and constitutes legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order. (consideration: CR H4519)
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Mr. Davis, Tom raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Sec. 512 subsection b and c, sec. 514, and sec. 525 on the grounds that it seeks to change existing law and constitutes legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order. (consideration: CR H4518)
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Mr. Mica raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Sec. 524 page 47, line 6 beginning with "and the" through line 13. Seeks to change existing law and constitutes legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order. (consideration: CR H4518)
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Jackson-Lee demanded a recorded vote. Pursuant to the rule, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Sabo amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Mr. LaTourette raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Page 31 line 11 beginning with "Provided further" through "funds" on line 15 changes existing law and constitutes legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order. (consideration: CR H4513)
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Loretta Sanchez (CA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4510-4560; text of Title III as reported in House: CR H4513; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR H4513-4514, H4516; text of Title V as reported in House: CR H4516-4518, H4518-4519)
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4567 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Sweeney amendment under the five minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Mr. Fossella raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Proviso on page 22, lines 24 and 25 supercedes existing law and constitutes legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order. (consideration: CR 6/18/2004 H4489)
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Simmons amendment under the five minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Defazio amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Defazio demanded a recorded vote and made a point of no quorum. Pursuant to the rule, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day and the point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Defazio amendment under the five minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Mr. Mica raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Proviso on page 14, beginning on line 9 through line 19 seeks to change existing law and constitutes legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order. (consideration: CR 6/18/2004 H4483)
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Stupak amendment under the five minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Turner (TX) amendment under the five minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Weldon (PA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 4567.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: The Speaker designated the Honorable Paul E. Gillmor to act as Chairman of the Committee.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 675 and Rule XVIII.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4567 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is open to amendments.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 675. (consideration: CR 6/18/2004 H4465-4504; text of Title I as reported in House: CR 6/18/2004 H4478, H4481; text of Title II as reported in House: CR 6/18/2004 H4481-4483, H4487, H4488-4489; text of Title III as reported in House: 6/18/2004 CR H4489)
action_date: 2004-06-16
text: Rule H. Res. 675 passed House.
action_date: 2004-06-15
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 675 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4567 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is open to amendments.
action_date: 2004-06-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 313.
action_date: 2004-06-15
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 108-541, by Mr. Rogers (KY).
action_date: 2004-06-15
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 108-541, by Mr. Rogers (KY).
action_date: 2004-06-15
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 108-334