3.0.0 2537 2022-02-03T05:37:47Z 2023-01-13T21:13:45Z Senate S S 2004-06-17 108 ssap00 Appropriations Committee Senate Standing ssap14 Department of Homeland Security Subcommittee Hearings by 2004-03-30T19:59:10Z Hearings by 2004-03-23T19:58:39Z Hearings by 2004-03-09T19:58:01Z Hearings by 2004-03-02T19:57:15Z Hearings by 2004-02-26T19:56:38Z Hearings by 2004-02-10T19:56:02Z Reported original measure 2004-06-17T20:53:53Z Markup by 2004-06-17T19:38:17Z S. Rept. 108-280 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005 108 4567 HR 2004-10-18 Became Public Law No: 108-334. Companion bill Senate Procedurally-related Senate Related bill House Procedurally-related Senate 2004-09-14 Senate Senate passed companion measure H.R. 4567 in lieu of this measure by Yea-Nay Vote. 93 - 0. Record Vote Number: 184. Floor 184 https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1082/vote_108_2_00184.xml Senate 108 2004-09-15T03:19:38Z 2 2004-09-08 Senate Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 4567 as an amendment. Floor 2004-06-17 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 583. Calendars 2004-06-17 ssap00 Appropriations Committee Senate Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Cochran. With written report No. 108-280. Committee 2004-06-17 Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Cochran. With written report No. 108-280. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssap00 Appropriations Committee 2004-06-17 ssap00 Appropriations Committee Senate Committee on Appropriations ordered to be reported an original measure. 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Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS N H.R.4567 https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/4567 Economics and Public Finance 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 Economics and Public Finance 00 2004-06-17 Introduced in Senate 2004-07-08T15:04:00Z 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.

]]> 80 2004-06-17 Reported to Senate without amendment 2004-08-02T16:30:14Z (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.

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