3.0.0 5291 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z House H HR 2004-10-08 108 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2004-11-05T17:08:00Z Referred to 2004-10-08T13:02:15Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2004-10-25T15:46:21Z Referred to 2004-10-08T13:02:20Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2004-10-08T19:04:59Z Referred to 2004-10-08T13:02:30Z hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-10-08T13:02:45Z hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-10-08T13:02:40Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-10-08T13:02:35Z hlig00 Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee House Select Referred to 2004-10-08T13:02:25Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-10-08T13:02:10Z hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-10-08T13:02:05Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-10-08T13:02:00Z 2004-11-05 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2004-10-25 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2004-10-08 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. Committee 2004-10-08 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, International Relations, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Science, and Homeland Security (Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2004-10-08 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, International Relations, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Science, and Homeland Security (Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2004-10-08 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, International Relations, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Science, and Homeland Security (Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2004-10-08 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, International Relations, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Science, and Homeland Security (Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2004-10-08 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, International Relations, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Science, and Homeland Security (Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hlig00 Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee 2004-10-08 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, International Relations, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Science, and Homeland Security (Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2004-10-08 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, International Relations, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Science, and Homeland Security (Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2004-10-08 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, International Relations, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Science, and Homeland Security (Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2004-10-08 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, International Relations, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Science, and Homeland Security (Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2004-10-08 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, International Relations, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Science, and Homeland Security (Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-08 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, International Relations, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Science, and Homeland Security (Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2004-10-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000424 Rep. Turner, Jim [D-TX-2] JIM TURNER D TX 2 N S000030 Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47] LORETTA SANCHEZ D CA 47 2004-10-08 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2004-10-08 True M000316 Rep. 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Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2] BOB ETHERIDGE D NC 2 2004-10-09 False Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative fees Administrative law judges Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Admission of nonimmigrants Advice and consent of the Senate Afghanistan Air cargo Air travel Airline passenger traffic Airlines Airports Alien labor Aliens Alliances Americans in foreign countries Animals Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves Arms control Arms sales Arts, Culture, Religion Authorization Aviation safety Biological warfare Biotechnology Border patrols Boundaries Bridges Broadband Building construction Business education Cameras Canada Chemical industries Chemical warfare Chemicals Child health China Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Clinical trials Closed-circuit television Coast guard Commemorations Commerce Common carriers Communication in medicine Communication in science Computer matching Computer security measures Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Conspiracy Containerization Continuing education Cost accounting Criminal aliens Criminal investigation Criminal justice information Cultural relations Customs administration Damages Data banks Defense contracts Defense procurement Democracy Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice Department of Labor Deportation Detention of persons Developing countries Dictators Directories Disasters Disciplining of employees Discrimination in employment Dismissal of employees Dissenters Diversification in industry Dogs Driver licenses Drone aircraft Drug abuse Drug approvals Drug industry Drug law enforcement Drug traffic Drugs EBB Terrorism East Asia Economic assistance Economic development Economic impact statements Economics and Public Finance Education Educational exchanges Educational technology Electronic data interchange Electronic government information Electronic surveillance Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Embassies Emergency Management Emergency communication systems Emergency medicine Employee training Encryption Energy Environmental Protection Evacuation of civilians Executive Office of the President Executive reorganization Explosives Families Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to education Federal aid to law enforcement Federal aid to research Federal aid to transportation Federal employees Federal law enforcement officers Federal officials Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Fines (Penalties) Fingerprints Fire departments Fire fighters Fire prevention Flight crews Forced labor Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign service Foreign students Foreign trade promotion Fraud Free enterprise Free trade Government Operations and Politics Government and business Government contractors Government liability Government paperwork Government procurement Government publicity Government statistics Government trust funds Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Grievance procedures Harbors Health Health information systems Higher education Homicide Human experimentation in medicine Human rights Identification devices Identification of criminals Illegal aliens Immigrants Immigration Indian lands Indian law enforcement Information networks Information technology Informers Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Injunctions Inspectors general Intellectual property Intermodal transportation International Affairs International agencies International broadcasting International cooperation International cooperation in science Internet Ionizing radiation Islamic countries Islamic fundamentalism Judicial review Labor and Employment Laboratories Laboratory animals Language and languages Latin America Law Leases Legal fees Legislation Libraries Light rail transit Literacy programs Mandatory sentences Marine safety Marine terminals Marine transportation Mass rapid transit Medical research Mexicans Mexico Middle East and North Africa Military assistance Military education Military intelligence Military personnel Military research Military training Minesweeping Minorities Motor buses Muslims Names Native Americans Nontariff trade barriers North Korea Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear reactors Nuclear terrorism Nuclear weapons Office of Management and Budget Ombudsman Opium Opposition (Political science) Pakistan Paramedical personnel Passports Patrol aircraft Patrol ships Peacekeeping forces Pedestrians Performance measurement Personnel management Pharmaceutical research Pipelines Pluralism (Social sciences) Poisons Police Police communication systems Police training Political participation Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2004-10-08 Introduced in House 2004-11-16T18:20:48Z Winning the War on Terror Act of 2004 - Provides for increases in the numbers of U.S. special operations forces.

Provides counter-proliferation measures, including a Global Threat Reduction Initiative (to secure nuclear and radiological materials outside the United States) and radiological material threat assessments. Requires elimination of the U.S. chemical stockpile no later than the end of 2012.

Establishes a Terrorist Screening Center in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Secure Borders Act - Institutes, or modifies, measures related to: (1) border infrastructure and monitoring, transportation workers and cargo containers, and public and tribal lands; (2) identification document standards; (3) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement staffing, detention and removal operations, informant aliens, and alien smuggling penalties; (4) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) foreign coordination, visa security, and the visa waiver program; and (5) immigration benefit functions, including identification techniques.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (the Secretary) to make grants for public transportation security. Directs the Secretary to develop public transportation best practices, public awareness, and security plans.

Requires a Memorandum of Agreement between the Secretaries of Homeland Security and of Transportation concerning their respective roles in public transportation security matters.

Secure Containers from Overseas and Seaports from Terrorism Act or Secure COAST Act - Requires establishment of security standards and verification procedures for maritime cargo containers moving within the intermodal transportation system. Imposes validation and inspection requirements, including deployment of radiation detection portal equipment at all ports of entry and a staffing assessment.

Authorizes appropriations for port security grants and requires funding for an information sharing and analysis capability within the maritime industry.

Increases funding for Coast Guard components associated with the Integrated Deepwater System. Increases authorized Coast Guard active duty personnel levels.

Requires aviation security measures that include provision of checked baggage screening for explosives, phaseout of passenger "bag-matching" programs, technology assessment, a shipping companies database, wireless flight crew communications, a national transportation security strategy, and passenger watchlists.

Private Sector Preparedness Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and implement a private sector emergency preparedness program.

Sets forth requirements for promoting the sharing of intelligence and homeland security information.

Requires the Secretary to develop: (1) a plan for security critical infrastructure; and (2) a national biodefense strategy.

Rapid Pathogen Identification to Delivery of Cures Act - Requires a strategy and research programs to expedite the development and approval of countermeasures against novel or unknown pathogens or toxins.

Chemical Security Improvement Act of 2004 - Establishes procedures for assessment of the vulnerability of chemical sources to terrorist release and planning to address security concerns.

Authorizes establishment of a program to fund cybersecurity professional development programs. Creates a National Cybersecurity Office in DHS.

Connecting the Operations of National Networks of Emergency Communications Technologies for First Responders Act of 2004 - Establishes an Office of Wireless Public Safety Interoperable Communications and a program to fund communications interoperability improvements.

Strengthening Homeland Innovation to Emphasize Liberty, Democracy, and Privacy Act or the SHIELD Privacy Act - Requires designation of a Chief Privacy Officer within the Office of Management and Budget and of an official primarily responsible for privacy policy in each executive branch agency.

Establishes a Commission on Privacy, Freedom, and Homeland Security and a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.

Homeland Security Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2004 - Revises DHS organizational provisions to institute certain civil rights and civil liberties safeguards.

Sets forth policies (and measures) regarding prevention of future international terrorism, including concerning: (1) the role of Pakistan; (2) the future of Afghanistan; (3) the U.S.-Saudi relationship; (4) politics, culture, and education in the Islamic world; and (5) the use of economic and trade policies as part of a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy.

Urges a comprehensive coalition strategy to fight Islamist terrorism.

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