3.0.0 3989 2023-01-12T17:52:03Z 2023-01-12T17:52:03Z Senate S S 2006-09-28 109 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-09-29T00:03:23Z 2006-09-28 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2006-09-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10485-10486) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE N Emergency Management Afghanistan Air cargo Air defenses Airline passenger traffic Armed Forces and National Security Arts, Culture, Religion Aviation safety Border patrols Central Asia Central Intelligence Agency Chemical industries Chemical warfare Chemicals Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Community policing Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Counterfeiting Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Cultural relations Customs administration Democracy Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice Detention of persons Diplomacy Director of National Intelligence Disaster relief Economic assistance Economics and Public Finance Education Educational exchanges Electric power transmission Emergency communication systems Employee training Energy Environmental Protection Exchange of persons programs Explosives Extremist movements in politics Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to law enforcement Federal law enforcement officers Foreign Trade and International Finance Freight Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Higher education Human rights Identification devices Immigration Income tax Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) International Affairs International broadcasting International cooperation Islamic fundamentalism Legislation Libraries Marine safety Marine terminals Merchant ships Middle East and North Africa Minorities Muslims Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear security measures Nuclear terrorism Pakistan Passports Police training Prisoners' rights Railroad freight operations Railroad passenger traffic Railroad safety Recruiting of employees Religion Research and development Right of privacy Saudi Arabia Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications South Asia Southeast Asia Standards Tax rates Taxation Terrorism Transportation research Transportation safety Visas Weapons of mass destruction Women Women's rights Emergency Management 00 2006-09-28 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-14T15:17:43Z Homeland Security Trust Fund Act of 2006 - Establishes in the Treasury the Homeland Security and Neighborhood Safety Trust Fund. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Senate Finance Committee should report legislation that: (1) increases revenues by $53.3 billion during taxable years 2007-2011 by reducing income tax reductions for taxpayers with taxable incomes exceeding $1 million; and (2) appropriates such revenues to the Fund.

Makes amounts in the Fund available for and authorizes appropriations for specified expenditures for: (1) supporting law enforcement, including for hiring additional Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) field agents, customs agents, and rail police; (2) utilizing new technologies, including for consolidating terrorist watch lists and improving passport security, information sharing, and screening of airline passengers and ship and airline cargo; (3) protecting critical infrastructure and eliminating threats, including for hardening soft targets, reducing the risk of attack on dangerous chemicals, and responding to terrorist attacks and natural disasters; and (4) preventing the growth of radical Islamic fundamentalism.

Requires specified reports with respect to implementation of recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, including reports on: (1) creation of a national security workforce and a biometric entry-exit screening system; (2) improvements in cargo and passenger screening; (3) critical infrastructure risks and vulnerabilities; (4) efforts to secure weapons of mass destruction; (5) identifying and prioritizing terrorist sanctuaries; (6) progress toward engaging other countries in developing a comprehensive strategy for combating Islamist terrorism; (7) expansion of U.S. scholarship, exchange, and library programs in the Islamic world; (8) establishment of a unified Incident Command System and the National Counterterrorism Center; (9) the Director of National Intelligence; (10) homeland airspace defense; (11) the balance between security and civil liberties; (12) privacy guidelines for government sharing of personal information; (13) development of a common coalition approach toward the detention and humane treatment of captured terrorists; (14) development of economic policies to combat terrorism; (15) international collaboration on borders and document security; (16) standardization of secure identification; and (17) establishment of a national strategy for transportation security.

]]> Homeland Security Trust Fund Act of 2006 Display Title Homeland Security Trust Fund Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a Homeland Security and Neighborhood Safety Trust Fund and refocus Federal priorities toward securing the Homeland, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Homeland Security Trust Fund Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-09-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3989is/xml/BILLS-109s3989is.xml 2006-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.