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Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.

7/26/2007--Passed Senate amended. Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 - Title I: Department of Homeland Security Departmental Management and Operations - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2008 for the Offices of the Secretary, the Under Secretary for Management, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Information Officer, the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, and the Inspector General.
Withholds specified funds until the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) certifies and reports to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees that DHS has revised its guidance with respect to relations with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to specifically provide for expedited timeframes for providing GAO with access to records, interviews of program officials, and a significant streamlining of the review process for documents and interview requests.
Prohibits the use of specified funds to support or supplement the appropriations provided for the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology project (US-VISIT) or the Automated Commercial Environment.
Requires the Director of Operations Coordination to encourage rotating state and local fire service representation at the National Operations Center.
Requires the Inspector General to investigate and report to Congress on decisions and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) policy relating to formaldehyde in trailers in the Gulf Coast region, health and safety concerns of occupants of FEMA-supplied housing, and whether FEMA adequately addressed public health and safety issues of households to which FEMA provides disaster housing.
Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations - Makes appropriations for FY2008 for:
(1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automated systems, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, and air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction;
(2) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for activities to promote awareness of the child pornography tipline, to reimburse other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled illegal aliens, and to enforce laws against forced child labor and for the Federal Protective Service, automated systems, and construction;
(3) the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), including for aviation and surface transportation security, transportation threat assessment and credentialing, transportation security support, and Federal Air Marshals;
(4) the Coast Guard, including for environmental compliance and restoration, reserve training, acquisition, construction, and improvements, alteration of bridges, research, development, test, and evaluation, and retired pay; and
(5) the U.S. Secret Service, including for acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses.
Prohibits making funds available for procurements related to the acquisition of additional major assets as part of the Integrated Deepwater Systems program not already under contract until an Alternatives Analysis has been completed by an independent qualified third party. Directs the Secretary to submit an expenditure plan for the Program.
Title III: Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery - Makes appropriations for FY2008 for:
(1) the immediate Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs, the National Protection Planning Office, support for operations, information technology, and facility costs;
(2) infrastructure protection and information security programs and activities;
(3) US-VISIT, with sums withheld until the Appropriations Committees receive and approve an expenditure plan prepared by the Secretary that includes specified elements;
(4) the Office of Health Affairs; and
(5) FEMA, including for grants to state and local governments for terrorism prevention activities, firefighter assistance grants, emergency management performance grants, the radiological emergency preparedness program, the U.S. Fire Administration, disaster relief and the disaster assistance direct loan program account, the Flood Map Modernization Fund, the National Flood Insurance Fund, the National Flood Mitigation Fund, the National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund, and emergency food and shelter.
Requires:
(1) the Governors of West Virginia and Pennsylvania to be incorporated into efforts to integrate the activities of federal, state, and local governments in the National Capital Region;
(2) specified funds to be used to develop a web-based version of the National Fire Incident Reporting System that will ensure that fire-related data can be submitted and accessed by fire departments in real time; and
(3) the FEMA Administrator to update training practices relating to addressing health concerns of recipients of assistance from FEMA.
Title IV: Research and Development, Training, and Services - Makes appropriations for FY2008 for:
(1) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including funding to address backlogs of security checks associated with pending applications and petitions;
(2) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, including for acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses;
(3) Science and Technology, including for research, development, acquisition, and operations; and
(4) the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, including for research, development, testing, evaluation, and operations, and for systems acquisition and deployment. Makes specified sums available to support implementation of the Securing the Cities Initiative at the level requested in the President's budget.
Title V: General Provisions -
(Sec. 501) Provides that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly provided.

(Sec. 502) Prohibits funds provided in this Act from being available to carry out reorganization authority.

(Sec. 503) Provides that none of the funds provided by this Act, by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred to DHS that remain available for obligation or expenditure in FY2008, or from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that:
(1) creates a new program;
(2) eliminates a program, project, office, or activity;
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by Congress;
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by either of the Senate or House Appropriations Committees for a different purpose; or
(5) enters into a contract for the performance of any function or activity for which funds have been appropriate for federal full-time equivalent positions unless those committees are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
Limits reprogramming of funds and transfers among appropriations. Prohibits any reprogramming or transfers after June 30, 2008, except in extraordinary circumstances which imminently threaten the safety of human life or the protection of property.

(Sec. 504) Prohibits funds made available to DHS from being used to make payments to the DHS Working Capital Fund, except for activities and amounts allowed in the President's FY2008 budget, with exceptions.

(Sec. 505) Prohibits, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, more than 50% of unobligated balances remaining available at the end of FY2008 from appropriations for salaries and expenses for FY2008 in this Act from remaining available through September 30, 2009, in the account and for the purposes for which the appropriations were provided.

(Sec. 506) Deems funds made available by this Act for intelligence activities to be specifically authorized by Congress for purposes of the National Security Act of 1947 during FY2008 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence activities for FY2008.

(Sec. 507) Designates the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board to lead the federal law enforcement training accreditation process.

(Sec. 508) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to make grant allocations, discretionary grant or contract awards, or to issue a letter of intent totaling in excess of $1 million, or to announce publicly the intention to make such awards unless the Secretary of DHS notifies the Appropriations Committees at least three full business days in advance. Requires the Administrator of FEMA to brief those committees five business days in advance of announcing publicly the intention of making an award of formula-based grants, law enforcement terrorism prevention grants, high-threat, high-density urban areas grants, or regional catastrophic preparedness grants.

(Sec. 509) Prohibits any agency from purchasing, constructing, or leasing any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used to conduct federal law enforcement training without the advance approval of the Appropriations Committees, with an exception.

(Sec. 510) Requires the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to schedule basic or advanced law enforcement training at all four training facilities under the Center's control to ensure that these centers are operated at the highest capacity throughout the fiscal year.
(Sec. 511) Prohibits:
(1) the use of funds made available by this Act for expenses for construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required, has not been approved, with an exception; and
(2) the use of funds in this Act in contravention of the Buy American Act.

(Sec. 513) Prohibits:
(1) the obligation of funds for deployment or implementation of the Secure Flight program or other follow on or successor passenger prescreening program, on other than a test basis, until the Secretary has certified and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has reported that specified requirements have been met; and
(2) during the testing phase, information gathered from passengers, foreign or domestic air carriers, or reservation systems from being used to screen aviation passengers, or delay or deny boarding to such passengers, except where passenger names are matched to a government watch list.

(Sec. 514) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to amend the oath of allegiance required by the Immigration and Nationality Act.

(Sec. 515) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to process or approve a competition under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 for services provided as of June 1, 2004, by employees of CIS who are known as Immigration Information Officers, Contact Representatives, or Investigative Assistants.
(Sec. 516) Prohibits the availability of funds appropriated to the Secret Service for the protection of:
(1) the head of a federal agency other than the Secretary, unless the Director is fully reimbursed; and
(2) a federal official other than persons granted protection under the federal criminal code or the Secretary, but authorizes the Director to enter into an agreement to perform such protection on a fully reimbursable basis for protectees not designated.

(Sec. 517) Directs the Secretary to research, develop, and procure new technologies to inspect and screen air cargo carried on passenger aircraft at the earliest date possible. Requires existing checked baggage explosive detection equipment and screeners to be used to screen air cargo carried on such aircraft to be used to the greatest extent practicable at each airport until the new technologies are available. Requires TSA to report to the Appropriations Committees on air cargo inspection statistics by airport and air carrier.
(Sec. 518) Prohibits funds in this Act from being used:
(1) by any person other than the privacy officer appointed under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) to alter, require changes to, delay, or prohibit the transmission of a privacy officer report to Congress; and
(2) to pay the salary of any employee serving as a contracting officer's technical representative (COTR) or acting in a similar capacity who has not received COTR training.
(Sec. 520) Makes any funds appropriated or transferred to TSA "Aviation Security," "Administration," and "Transportation Security Support" for FY2004-FY2007, which are recovered or deobligated, available only for procurement and installation of explosive detection systems for air cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject to notification.
(Sec. 522) Rescinds specified unobligated balances of DHS from Departmental Operations, the Office of State and Local Government Coordination, and the Working Capital Fund.

(Sec. 523) Makes funds appropriated to the Coast Guard for acquisition, construction, and improvements in FY2002-FY2006 for the 110-123 foot patrol boat conversion that are received as the result of negotiation, mediation, or litigation available until expended for the Replacement Patrol Boat program.
(Sec. 524) Continues operations of the DHS Working Capital Fund during FY2008.

(Sec. 525) Requires:
(1) FEMA to submit a quarterly report to the Appropriations Committees detailing the allocation and obligation of funds for disaster relief; and
(2) the Secretary, at least quarterly, to obtain and report to those committees on obligation and expenditure data from agencies performing mission assignment. Exempts specified projects from precertification requirements.

(Sec. 526) Requires the Chief Financial Officer of DHS to submit to the Appropriations Committees a monthly budget and staffing report that includes total obligations and on-board versus funded full-time equivalent staffing levels and the number of contract employees by office.

(Sec. 527) Modifies a provision regarding undercover investigative operations authority of the Secret Service to make it applicable to FY2008.

(Sec. 528) Requires the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center instructor staff to be classified as inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998.

(Sec. 529) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to alter or reduce operations within the Coast Guard's civil engineering program nationwide.

(Sec. 530) Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend the date for implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative until not later than three months after the Secretary of State and the Secretary make required certifications or June 1, 2009.

(Sec. 531) Amends the DHS Appropriations Act, 2007 to allow a state or political subdivision to adopt or enforce a regulation, requirement, or standard of performance regarding chemical facility security that is more stringent than the federal standard, unless there is an actual conflict.

(Sec. 532) Prohibits funds provided in this Act for the Office of the Chief Information Officer from being used for data center development other than for the National Center for Critical Information Processing and Storage until the Chief Information Officer certifies that the Center is fully utilized as DHS's primary data storage center at the highest capacity throughout the fiscal year.

(Sec. 533) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to reduce the Coast Guard's Operations Systems Center mission or its government-employed or contract staff levels.

(Sec. 534) Permits the transfer of specified funds from prior year balances currently available to TSA to "Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing" for the Secure Flight program.

(Sec. 535) Provides specified disaster assistance for schools damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

(Sec. 537) Modifies sexual abuse prohibitions under the federal criminal code to substitute references to the Attorney General with references to the head of any federal department or agency.

(Sec. 538) Directs the Secretary:
(1) to develop a plan for the control and management of Arundo donax (a tall perennial reed) along the portion of the Rio Grande River that serves as the international border between the United States and Mexico;
(2) and the DHS Inspector General to take specified actions regarding the establishment and maintenance of a direct link for individuals to anonymously report waste, fraud, or abuse; and
(3) to require that all DHS contracts that provide award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes.

(Sec. 541) Prohibits the expenditure of funds made available to the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management under this Act for any new hires by DHS that are not verified through the basic pilot program of employment eligibility confirmation required under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

(Sec. 542) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for CBP or any agency or office within DHS to prevent an individual from importing a prescription drug from Canada if:
(1) such individual is not in the business of importing a prescription drug; and
(2) such drug complies with specified provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and is not a controlled substance or a biological product.

(Sec. 543) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to:
(1) issue any rule or regulation which implements the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to Petitions for Aliens To Perform Temporary Nonagricultural Services or Labor;
(2) remove offenses from the list of criminal offenses disqualifying individuals from receiving a Transportation Worker Identification Credential; or
(3) make payments in connection with the failure to use competitive procedures to award contracts. Requires the Secretary, by December 31, 2008, to report to Congress on specified congressional initiatives not requested by the President in his budget for which sums were appropriated during FY2008.

(Sec. 546) Directs:
(1) the President to ensure that operational control of all international land and maritime borders is achieved; and
(2) the Secretary to establish and demonstrate operational control of 100% of such borders. Authorizes CBP to:
(1) hire and train additional full-time agents for deployment along all international borders; and
(2) install along all such borders vehicle barriers, ground-based radar, and cameras and deploy unmanned aerial vehicles and supporting systems.

(Sec. 547) Makes specified funding available for an employment eligibility verification basic pilot program.

(Sec. 548) Directs the FEMA Administrator to authorize a large in-lieu contribution to the Peebles School in Iberia Parish, Louisiana for damages relating to Hurricanes Katrina or Rita.

(Sec. 549) Directs the Secretary to develop a national strategy on the use of closed circuit television to prevent and respond to terrorist acts.

(Sec. 550) Amends HSA to direct the Secretary to:
(1) regulate the purchase and sale of ammonium nitrate to prevent its misappropriation or use in a terrorist act;
(2) establish a threshold percentage for a substance to be treated as ammonium nitrate;
(3) establish a process by which ammonium nitrate facility owners and ammonium nitrate purchasers are required to register with DHS and are issued a registration number; and
(4) require facility owners to maintain a record of each sale or transfer of ownership of ammonium nitrate for two years.
Sets forth provisions regarding:
(1) exempting persons producing, selling, or purchasing ammonium nitrate exclusively for use as an explosive material under a federal explosives license;
(2) ensuring that access of agricultural producers to ammonium nitrate is not unduly burdened;
(3) restricting the disclosure of information obtained under this section;
(4) inspecting and auditing facility owner records to prevent the misappropriation of ammonium nitrate; and
(5) timely reporting of the theft or unexplained loss of ammonium nitrate.
Prohibits:
(1) buying and taking possession of ammonium nitrate, or owning or operating an ammonium nitrate facility, without a registration number; or
(2) failing to comply with any requirement of this section. Prescribes a civil penalty. Sets forth provisions regarding protections from civil liability and preemption. Sets deadlines for regulations. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 552) Directs the Secretary to report to specified committees regarding the Secretary's plans relating to:
(1) implementing specified recommendations regarding the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games; and
(2) the feasibility of implementing a program to prescreen individuals traveling by rail between Vancouver, Canada, and Seattle, Washington, during the Games while those individuals are in Vancouver.

(Sec. 553) Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require the Secretary to construct reinforced fencing along not less than 700 miles of the southwest border and provide for the installation of additional physical barriers, roads, lighting, cameras, and sensors to gain operational control of the southwest border.
(Sec. 554) Directs DHS, through FEMA, to consider:
(1) implementation, through fair and open competition, of management, tracking, and accountability systems; and
(2) any efficiencies created through cooperative purchasing agreements.

(Sec. 555) Prohibits using funds in this Act to destroy or put out to pasture any horse belonging to the government that has become unfit for service unless the trainer or handler is first given the option to take possession through an adoption program that has safeguards against slaughter and inhumane treatment.

(Sec. 556) Modifies provisions of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to direct the Secretary to establish an international registered traveler program that incorporates available technologies, such as biometrics, e-passports, and security threat assessments, to expedite the screening and processing of international travelers who enter and exit the United States. Permits the Secretary to impose a fee for the program. Directs the Secretary to establish a phased-implementation of a biometric-based international registered traveler program in conjunction with US-VISIT, other prescreening initiatives, and the Visa Waiver Program within DHS at U.S. airports with the highest volume of international travelers.

(Sec. 557) Directs TSA to report on implementation of the Performance Accountability and Standards System.

(Sec. 558) Directs the Comptroller General to study DHS's use of shared border management to secure the international borders of the United States.

(Sec. 559) Increases amounts authorized to be appropriated in the Border Law Enforcement Relief Act of 2007 for each of FY2008-FY2012.

(Sec. 560) Directs the Comptroller General to study the cost of fencing the southern border and report to specified committees.

(Sec. 561) Urges the President to request emergency spending that fully funds:
(1) existing interior and border security authorizations that have not been funded by Congress; and
(2) the border and interior security initiatives contained in the comprehensive immigration reform bill introduced in the Senate on June 18, 2007 (S. 1639).

(Sec. 562) Directs the Commissioner of CBP to report on the training of its personnel to effectively assist the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in monitoring our nation's food supply.

(Sec. 563) Directs the TSA Administrator to assess and report to Congress on the implementation of the voluntary provision of the Emergency Services Program. Allows the Administrator to conduct unannounced interviews to test air carrier employees and foreign air carriers responsible for registering law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians as part of the program. Directs the Administrator to develop a mechanism on the TSA or DHS website by which first responders may report barriers to volunteering in the program.

(Sec. 564) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to enter into a contractor award a grant in excess of $5 million unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies that:
(1) the contractor or grantee has no unpaid federal tax assessments or has entered into an installment agreement or offer in compromise with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to resolve any unpaid assessments; or
(2) the liability for any unpaid assessments other than for income, estate, and gift taxes is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial appeal.

(Sec. 565) Directs the Secretary to work with officials of Florida and other states to resolve the differences between the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program administered by TSA and existing state transportation facility access control programs.

(Sec. 566) Prohibits funds made available in this Act from being used for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national identification card.

(Sec. 567) Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the use of fire department grants to fund fire prevention programs.

(Sec. 568) Expresses the sense of Congress that sufficient funds should be appropriated to allow the Secretary to increase the number of CBP personnel protecting the northern border by 1,517 officers and 788 agents.

(Sec. 569) Directs the Secretary to determine the areas along the U.S. international borders where federal and state law enforcement officers are unable to achieve radio communication or where such communication is inadequate and to develop a plan for enhancing such communication capability.

(Sec. 570) Allocates a specified sum to CIS for a benefits fraud assessment of the H-1B Visa Program.

(Sec. 571) Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to submit to Congress and make available on its website a report on the implementation and use of interagency operational centers for port security.

(Sec. 572) Increases sums appropriated for firefighter assistance grants. Reduces funding for infrastructure protection and information security.

(Sec. 573) Repeals a provision requiring the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) acquisition management system to apply to TSA acquisitions and authorizing system modifications by the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security.

(Sec. 574) Requires GAO to report on criteria and factors that DHS uses to determine the regional boundaries for Urban Area Security Initiative regions.

(Sec. 575) Permits the use of specified funds for a national emergency grant to address the effects of the May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas, tornado to provide temporary public sector employment and professional municipal services necessary to coordinate disaster recovery, other specified services, and delivery of humanitarian assistance.

(Sec. 576) Directs the FEMA Administrator to report to specified committees and publish on its website a report regarding any presidential determination to declare a major disaster that summarizes damage assessment information used to determine whether to declare a major disaster.

(Sec. 577) Provides that if the Secretary establishes a National Transportation Security Center of Excellence, the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University may be included as a member institution.

(Sec. 578) Makes specified sums available for state and local law enforcement entities for security and related costs associated with the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions.
Title VI: Border Law Enforcement Relief Act -
(Sec. 601) Border Law Enforcement Relief Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to a tribal, state, or local law enforcement agency located in a county within 100 miles of a U.S. border with Canada or Mexico, or in a county beyond 100 miles that has been certified by the Secretary as a high impact area, to provide assistance in addressing:
(1) criminal activity that occurs by virtue of proximity to the border; and
(2) the U.S. government's failure to adequately secure its borders. Authorizes appropriations.
Title VII: Border Infrastructure and Technology Modernization -
(Sec. 701) Border Infrastructure and Technology Modernization Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary to:
(1) increase, during FY2009-FY2013, the number of agents and inspectors in ICE and CBP; and
(2) provide such agents and inspectors new technology training to a level of proficiency acceptable to protect U.S. borders.
Directs the Commissioner, every other year, to:
(1) review the Port of Entry Infrastructure Assessment Study and the nationwide strategy to prioritize and address infrastructure needs at land ports of entry prepared by DHS and the General Services Administration (GSA), update the assessment of the infrastructure needs of all U.S. land ports of entry, and submit an updated assessment to Congress; and
(2) implement the infrastructure and technology improvement projects in the order of priority assigned or forward the prioritized list to the GSA Administrator for implementation.

(Sec. 705) Directs the Secretary, annually, to prepare and submit to Congress a National Land Border Security Plan that includes a vulnerability assessment of each port of entry located on the U.S. northern and southern borders. Authorizes the Secretary to establish one or more port security coordinators at such ports.
Directs the Commissioner of CBP to:
(1) develop a plan to expand Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism programs along the U.S. northern and southern borders; and
(2) establish a demonstration program to develop a cooperative trade security system to improve supply chain security.
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, to carry out a technology demonstration program to test and evaluate new port of entry technologies that enhance inspections and the detection of weapons of mass destruction and to train personnel in its use.
Division B: Border Security - Title X: Border Security Requirements -
(Sec. 1001) Border Security First Act of 2007 - Directs:
(1) the Secretary to establish and demonstrate operational control of 100% of the international land border between the United States and Mexico; and
(2) CBP Border Patrol to hire and train 23,000 full-time agents.
Requires CBP to:
(1) install along the border at least 300 miles of vehicle barriers, 700 linear miles of fencing, and 105 ground-based radar and camera towers; and
(2) deploy four unmanned aerial vehicles and supporting systems.
Directs the Secretary to detain all removable aliens apprehended crossing the border in violation of federal or state law, except as specifically mandated by federal or state law or humanitarian circumstances. Requires that ICE have the resources to maintain this practice, including the resources necessary to detain up to 45,000 aliens per day on an annual basis.
Requires the President to submit a report to Congress detailing progress made and to include specific actions that are or should be undertaken by the Secretary.
Authorizes appropriations for border security.


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Sponsor

• Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]

Committees

• House Appropriations

Amendments

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Amendments to H.R.2638

Number	Status	Purpose
H.Amdt251	Pass	An amendment numbered 21 printed in the Congressional Record to increase funding, by transfer, the appropriation for state and local programs under Protection, Preparedness, Response and Recovery by $50,000,000.
H.Amdt252	Fail	An amendment numbered 43 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce the appropriation for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management by $9,961,000.
H.Amdt253	Withdrawn	An amendment to reduce the appropriation for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management of the Department of Homeland Security by $500,000 and increase appropriation for FEMA by $500,000.
H.Amdt254	Pass	An amendment to reduce appropriation for the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security by $1,000,000 and reduce appropriation for the Office of the Under Secretary for Management by $11,000,000.
H.Amdt255	Pass	An amendment to reduce appropriation for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management by $79,000.
H.Amdt256	Pass	An amendment numbered 32 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce appropriation for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management by $300,000.
H.Amdt257	Pass	An amendment numbered 33 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce appropriation for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management by $1,241.000.
H.Amdt258	Fail	An amendment to replace the dollar amount proposed in the Foxx amendment for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management with "$8,961,000".
H.Amdt259	Pass	An amendment numbered 31 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce appropriation for the Office of Secretary and Executive Management by $138,000.
H.Amdt260	Pass	An amendment numbered 9 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce appropriation for the Office of the Under Secretary for Management by $10,400,000, and increase appropriation for the Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement by $9,100,000.
H.Amdt261	Pass	An amendment to increase funding (by transfer) for the domestic nuclear detection office management and administration account by $40 million.
H.Amdt262	Pass	An amendment numbered 13 printed in the Congressional Record to increase funding (by transfer) for the border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology account by $89.125 million.
H.Amdt263	Pass	An amendment to increase funding (by transfer) for the transportation threat assessment and credentialing.
H.Amdt264	Offered	An amendment to increase funding (by transfer) buffer zone protection under the Stat e and local programs account by $50 million.
H.Amdt265	Fail	An amendment to increase funding (by transfer) for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services by $30 million.
H.Amdt266	Pass	An amendment numbered 19 printed in the Congressional Record to increase the fund in Office of the Chief Financial Officer by $1 million.
H.Amdt267	Pass	An amendment numbered 17 printed in the Congressional Record to increase funding (by transfer) to the Office of the Inspector General Operationg Expenses account by $500,000.
H.Amdt268	Fail	An amendment numbered 128 printed in the Congressional Record to increase funds (by transfer) to the United States Customs and Border Protection Salaries and Expenses by $125 million.
H.Amdt269	Pass	An amendment numbered 104 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce and then increase, the amount appropriated for Security, Enforcement, and Investigations by $1 million.
H.Amdt270	Pass	An amendment to specify that $100,000 be available to promote information and education exchange with nations friendly to the United States in order to promote sharing of best practices and technologies relating to homeland security.
H.Amdt271	Withdrawn	An amendment numbered 114 printed in the Congressional Record to instruct the Comptroller General of the United States and the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a study concerning the land and sea travlers of the Western Hemisphere Travel Implementation Act.
H.Amdt272	Withdrawn	An amendment numbered 115 printed in the Congressional Record to instruct the Comptroller General of the United States and the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a study at the Northern Border.
H.Amdt273	Fail	An amendment to strike the proviso regarding border fencing requirements under the Border Security, Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology heading.
H.Amdt274	Pass	An amendment numbered 16 printed in the Congressional Record to strike the proviso regarding the Border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology heading.
H.Amdt275	Offered	An amendment numbered 16 printed in the Congressional Record to strike the proviso for the Border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology appropriation by $5,000,000.
H.Amdt276	Withdrawn	An amendment numbered 106 printed in the Congressional Record to strike the provision that no aircraft be made available under $100,000,000 and may not be obligated until Congress receives a report.
H.Amdt277	Fail	An amendment numbered 98 printed in the Congressional Record to strike the proviso for the Commissioner of United States Customs and Border Protection heading.
H.Amdt278	Pass	An amendment numbered 105 printed in the Congressional Record to increase and decrease the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement salaries and expenses account by $5,000,000.
H.Amdt279	Withdrawn	An amendment numbered 107 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce the operation and maintenance expenses of the Coast Guard by $21,500,000, and increase the acquisition, construction, and improvements of aids to navigation, shore, facilities, vessels, and aircraft equipment by $29,500,000.
H.Amdt280	Fail	An amendment to reduce appropriation for the Coast Gaurd construction by $150,000,000, and increase the State and local terrorism prevention activities by $150,000,000.
H.Amdt281	Pass	An amendment numbered 102 printed in the Congressional Record to provide $853,690,000 for the protective missions of the Secret Service.
H.Amdt282	Withdrawn	An amendment numbered 97 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce appropriation for the management and administration department of FEMA by $5,000,000, and increase the appropriation amount for the disaster relief department by $5,000,000.
H.Amdt283	Withdrawn	An amendment to increase the funding (by transfer) for commercial equipment direct assistance grants.
H.Amdt284	Fail	An amendment to strike section 531 from the bill. Section 531 prohibits use of funds for the MAX HR project.
H.Amdt285	Pass	An amendment to strike section 537(b). Section 537(b) establishes an objective of awarding at least 3 percent of all contracts to small business.
H.Amdt286	Withdrawn	An amendment numbered 18 printed in the Congressional Record to allow the Orlando International Airport and the Miami International Airport to implement a pilot program to screen airport workers who enter or re-enter secure airport space.
H.Amdt287	Fail	An amendment numbered 2 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit that none of the funds in this Act be used to recruit or hire more than 45,000 full-time equivalent airport screeners.
H.Amdt288	Withdrawn	An amendment numbered 30 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funds to be used to award Contractors federal contracts who owe Federal Tax debt.
H.Amdt289	Pass	An amendment numbered 96 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funds in this Act to be used to destroy any horse or mule belonging to the United States that has become unfit for service.
H.Amdt290	Fail	An amendment numbered 28 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funds to be used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a plan that permits travel into the United States from foreign countries using any document other than a passport.
H.Amdt291	Pass	An amendment numbered 113 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funds to be used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop any plan under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 before June 1, 2009.
H.Amdt292	Fail	An amendment to prohibit funds of this Act to carry out the visa waiver program.
H.Amdt293	Pass	An amendment to require that the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a classified report describing the security vulnerabilities of the nation's pipelines and oil refineries to Congress no later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act.
H.Amdt294	Pass	An amendment numbered 7 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funds to be used in contravention of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
H.Amdt295	Fail	An amendment to prohibit funds made available for customs and border protection fencing, infrastructure, and technology from being used for anything but at least two layers of reinforced fencing and roads.
H.Amdt296	Fail	An amendment to prohibits funds to be used to extend the designation of any foreign state under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
H.Amdt297	Fail	An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to implement section 536 relating to Davis-Bacon provisions.
H.Amdt298	Fail	An amendment numbered 1 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce funding for the Department of Homeland Security by 5.7 percent over the next year.
H.Amdt299	Pass	Amendment information not available.
H.Amdt300	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2383	Pass	In the nature of a substitute.
S.Amdt.2384	Offered	To allow for expanded uses of funding allocated to Louisiana under the hazard mitigation program while preserving the goals of the program to reduce future damage from disasters through mitigation.
S.Amdt.2385	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2386	Pass	To amend title 18, United States Code, to make technical corrections to the new border tunnels and passage offense.
S.Amdt.2387	Pass	To prohibit sexual abuse of prisoners held in custody at the direction of or under an agreement with the Federal Government.
S.Amdt.2388	Pass	To provide financial aid to local law enforcement officials along the Nation's borders, and for other purposes.
S.Amdt.2389	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2390	Pass	To require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland Security that provide award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes.
S.Amdt.2391	Pass	To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a strategy and funding plan to implement the recommendations regarding the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference on H.R. 5441 (109th Congress), the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007.
S.Amdt.2392	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2393	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2394	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2395	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2396	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2397	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2398	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2399	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2400	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2401	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2403	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2404	Pass	To establish an international registered traveler program.
S.Amdt.2405	Fail	To make $300,000,000 available for grants to States to carry out the REAL ID Act of 2005.
S.Amdt.2406	Pass	To prohibit the use of funds for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national identification card.
S.Amdt.2407	Pass	To provide funds for the Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program.
S.Amdt.2408	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2409	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2410	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2411	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2412	Offered	To ensure control over the United States borders and strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws.
S.Amdt.2413	Withdrawn	To require that all funds for State and local programs be allocated based on risk.
S.Amdt.2414	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2415	Offered	To change the enactment date.
S.Amdt.2416	Withdrawn	To evaluate identification card technologies to determine the most appropriate technology for ensuring the optimal security, efficiency, privacy, and cost of passport cards.
S.Amdt.2417	Pass	To clarify that the preparation and implementation of community wildfire protection plans is a fire prevention program.
S.Amdt.2418	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2419	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2420	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2421	Pass	To authorize appropriations for border and transportation security personnel and technology, and for other purposes.
S.Amdt.2422	Pass	To conduct a study to improve radio communications for law enforcement officers operating along the international borders of the United States.
S.Amdt.2423	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2424	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2425	Pass	To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish and maintain on the website of the Department of Homeland Security a link to the website for the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
S.Amdt.2426	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2427	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2428	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2429	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2430	Pass	To provide for the control and management of Arundo donax, commonly known as "Carrizo cane."
S.Amdt.2431	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2432	Pass	To increase the authorized level for the border relief grant program from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000.
S.Amdt.2433	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2434	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2435	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2436	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2437	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2438	Pass	To require the Comptroller General to conduct a study on shared border management.
S.Amdt.2439	Pass	To resolve the differences between the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program administered by the Transportation Security Administration and existing State transportation facility access control programs.
S.Amdt.2440	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2441	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2442	Pass	To prohibit funding for no-bid earmarks.
S.Amdt.2443	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2444	Pass	To provide that none of the funds made available under this Act may be expended until the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies to Congress that all new hires by the Department of Homeland Security are verified through the basic pilot program authorized under section 401 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 or may be available to enter into a contract with a person, employer, or other entity that does not participate in the such basic pilot program.
S.Amdt.2445	Pass	To require a report on interagency operational centers for port security.
S.Amdt.2446	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2447	Pass	To reserve $40,000,000 of the amounts appropriated for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office to support the implementation of the Securing the Cities initiative at the level requested in the President's budget.
S.Amdt.2448	Withdrawn	To increase the domestic supply of nurses and physical therapists, and for other purposes.
S.Amdt.2449	Withdrawn	To set aside $75,000,000 of the funds appropriated for training, exercise, technical assistance, and other programs under the heading State and local programs for training consistent with section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
S.Amdt.2450	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2451	Pass	To conduct a study to determine whether fencing on the southern border can be constructed for less than an average of $3,200,000 per mile.
S.Amdt.2452	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2453	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2454	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2455	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2456	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2457	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2458	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2459	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2460	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2461	Pass	To increase the amount provided for aviation security direction and enforcement.
S.Amdt.2462	Pass	To require that not less than $5,400,000 of the amount appropriated to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement be used to facilitate agreements described in section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
S.Amdt.2463	Pass	To apply basic contracting laws to the Transportation Security Administration.
S.Amdt.2464	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2465	Pass	To increase the amount provided for firefighter assistance, and to provide offsets.
S.Amdt.2466	Pass	To provide local officials and the Secretary of Homeland Security greater involvement in decisions regarding the location of border fencing.
S.Amdt.2467	Pass	To authorize the release of data used to determine eligibility for assistance under title IV of the Robert T Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
S.Amdt.2468	Offered	To state the policy of the United States Government on the foremost objective of the United States in the Global War on Terror and in protecting the United States Homeland and to appropriate additional sums for that purpose.
S.Amdt.2469	Pass	To provide that certain hazard mitigation projects shall not be subject to any precertification requirements.
S.Amdt.2470	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2471	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2472	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2473	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2474	Pass	To ensure that the Federal Protective Service has adequate personnel.
S.Amdt.2475	Pass	To develop and implement a Model Ports of Entry program
S.Amdt.2476	Withdrawn	To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish reasonable regulations relating to stored quantities of propane.
S.Amdt.2477	Pass	To require the Government Accountability Office to report on the Department's risk-based grant programs.
S.Amdt.2478	Pass	To provide for a report on the Performance Accountability and Standards System of the Transportation Security Administration.
S.Amdt.2479	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2480	Pass	To ensure control over the United States borders and strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws.
S.Amdt.2481	Pass	To prohibit the use of funds to remove offenses from the list of criminal offenses disqualifying individuals from receiving TWIC cards.
S.Amdt.2482	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2483	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2484	Pass	To provide for greater accountability in grant and contract administration.
S.Amdt.2485	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2486	Pass	To require an appropriate amount of funding for the Office of Bombing Prevention.
S.Amdt.2487	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2488	Pass	To prohibit U.S. Customs and Border Protection or any agency or office within the Department of Homeland Security from preventing an individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug importing an FDA-approved prescription drug from Canada.
S.Amdt.2489	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2490	Pass	To provide for a report on regional boundaries for Urban Area Security Initiative regions.
S.Amdt.2491	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2492	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2493	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2494	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2495	Pass	To restore the credibility of the Federal Government by taking action to enforce immigration laws, to request the President to submit a request to Congress for supplemental appropriations on immigration, and for other purposes.
S.Amdt.2496	Withdrawn	To prohibit the use of funds relative to United States Customs and Border Protection.
S.Amdt.2497	Pass	To establish a wild horse and burro adoption program at the Department of Homeland Security.
S.Amdt.2498	Pass	To prohibit funds made available in this Act from being used to implement a rule or regulation related to certain petitions for aliens to perform temporary labor in the United States.
S.Amdt.2499	Pass	To make funds available to procure commercially available technology in order to expand and improve the risk-based approach of the Department of Homeland Security to target and inspect cargo containers under the Secure Freight Initiative and the Global Trade Exchange and to provide an offset.
S.Amdt.2500	Pass	To require United States Customs and Border Protection to provide information to Congress about the training of its personnel to effectively assist the Food and Drug Administration in monitoring our Nation's food supply.
S.Amdt.2501	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2502	Pass	To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to regulate the sale of ammonium nitrate to prevent and deter the acquisition of ammonium nitrate by terrorists, and for other purposes.
S.Amdt.2503	Withdrawn	To require the issuance and use of social security cards with biometric identifiers for the establishment of employment authorization and identity.
S.Amdt.2504	Pass	To express the sense of Congress regarding to need to appropriate sufficient funds to increase the number of border patrol officers and agents protecting the northern border pursuant to prior authorizations.
S.Amdt.2505	Offered	Relating to bringing Osama bin Laden and other leaders of al Qaeda to justice.
S.Amdt.2506	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2507	Pass	To require a study on the implementation of the voluntary provision of emergency services program.
S.Amdt.2508	Pass	To provide funds to modernize the National Fire Incident Reporting System and to encourage the presence of State and local fire department representatives at the National Operations Center.
S.Amdt.2509	Pass	To mitigate the health risks posed by hazardous chemicals in trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.
S.Amdt.2510	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2511	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2512	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2513	Pass	To require a national strategy and report on closed circuit television systems.
S.Amdt.2514	Pass	To prevent procurement of any additional major assets until completion of an Alternatives Analysis, and to prevent the use of funds contained in this act for procurement of a third National Security Cutter until completion of an Alternatives Analysis.
S.Amdt.2515	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2516	Pass	Relative to border security requirements for land and maritime borders of the United States.
S.Amdt.2517	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2518	Pass	To set aside $60,000,000 of the overall amount appropriated for border security, interior enforcement, and employment verification to be used for employment verification improvements.
S.Amdt.2519	Pass	To provide that one of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5 million or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that the contractor or grantee owes no past due Federal tax liability.
S.Amdt.2520	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2521	Pass	To provide for special rules relating to assistance concerning the Greensburg, Kansas, tornado.
S.Amdt.2522	Pass	To include the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University as a member institution if the Secretary of Homeland Security establishes a National Transportation Security Center of Excellence.
S.Amdt.2523	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2524	Pass	To provide funding for security associated with the national party conventions.
S.Amdt.2525	Withdrawn	To require regional evacuation and sheltering plans.
S.Amdt.2526	Pass	To provide that certain funds shall be made available to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for the fraud risk assessment relating to the H-1B program is submitted to Congress.
S.Amdt.2527	Pass	To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to authorize an in-lieu contribution to the Peebles School.
S.Amdt.5659	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.5660	Withdrawn	To establish the enactment date.
S.Amdt.5661	Offered	Of a perfecting nature.
S.Amdt.5670	Withdrawn	To establish the enactment date.
S.Amdt.5671	Offered	Of a perfecting nature.
S.Amdt.5676	Offered	Amendment information not available.

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June 08, 2007		June 15, 2007		July 26, 2007		September 30, 2008		September 30, 2008

Latest Vote

September 27, 2008Roll call number 208 in the Senate
Question: On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R.2638 )
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%)	Percentage of 'aye' votes: 78%	Result: Motion Agreed to

Democrats Voting 'Aye'

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Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]
Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT]
Sen. B. Evan Bayh [D, IN]
Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
Sen. Robert Byrd [D, WV]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE]
Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]
Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND]
Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
Sen. Byron Dorgan [D, ND]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA]
Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI]
Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD]
Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D, MN]
Sen. Herbert Kohl [D, WI]
Sen. Mary Landrieu [D, LA]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
Sen. Carl Levin [D, MI]
Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D, NJ]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]
Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
Sen. Bill Nelson [D, FL]
Sen. Mark Pryor [D, AR]
Sen. John Reed [D, RI]
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
Sen. John Rockefeller [D, WV]
Sen. Ken Salazar [D, CO]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]
Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]

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Republicans Voting 'Aye'

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Sen. John Barrasso [R, WY]
Sen. Robert Bennett [R, UT]
Sen. Christopher Bond [R, MO]
Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
Sen. C. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]
Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
Sen. Norm Coleman [R, MN]
Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
Sen. Bob Corker [R, TN]
Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX]
Sen. Larry Craig [R, ID]
Sen. Elizabeth Dole [R, NC]
Sen. Pete Domenici [R, NM]
Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY]
Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA]
Sen. Judd Gregg [R, NH]
Sen. Charles Hagel [R, NE]
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT]
Sen. Kay Hutchison [R, TX]
Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK]
Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]
Sen. Richard Lugar [R, IN]
Sen. Mel Martinez [R, FL]
Sen. Mitch McConnell [R, KY]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R, KS]
Sen. Gordon Smith [R, OR]
Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
Sen. Arlen Specter [R, PA]
Sen. Ted Stevens [R, AK]
Sen. John Sununu [R, NH]
Sen. John Thune [R, SD]
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]
Sen. George Voinovich [R, OH]
Sen. John Warner [R, VA]
Rep. Roger Wicker [R, MS-1]

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Others Voting 'Aye'

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Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]

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Democrats Voting 'Nay'

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Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]

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Republicans Voting 'Nay'

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Sen. Lamar Alexander [R, TN]
Sen. Wayne Allard [R, CO]
Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY]
Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK]
Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID]
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
Sen. John Ensign [R, NV]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC]
Sen. Jon Kyl [R, AZ]
Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL]
Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL]

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Others Voting 'Nay'

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Democrats Voting 'Abstain'

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Sen. Joseph Biden [D, DE]
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA]
Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO]
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
Sen. Barack Obama [D, IL]

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Republicans Voting 'Abstain'

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Sen. John McCain [R, AZ]

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Others Voting 'Abstain'

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Voting History

Date	Chamber	Question	Aye	Nay	Result
September 27, 2008	Senate	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R.2638 )	78	12	Motion Agreed to	See Vote
September 27, 2008	Senate	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amdt. to the Senate Amdt. to H.R.2638 )	83	12	Cloture Motion Agreed to	See Vote
September 24, 2008	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Motion to Concur in Senate Amendment with Amendment: H R 2638 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year ending September 30, 2008	370	58	Passed	See Vote
July 26, 2007	Senate	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 2638, As Amended )	89	4	Bill Passed	See Vote
July 26, 2007	Senate	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On the Amendment (DeMint Amdt. No. 2481 )	93	1	Amendment Agreed to	See Vote
July 26, 2007	Senate	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On the Amendment (Sanders Amdt. No. 2498 )	51	43	Amendment Agreed to	See Vote
July 26, 2007	Senate	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Alexander Amdt. No. 2405, as Modified )	50	44	Motion to Table Agreed to	See Vote
July 26, 2007	Senate	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On the Amendment (Graham Amdt. No. 2480 )	89	1	Amendment Agreed to	See Vote
July 25, 2007	Senate	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On the Decision of the Chair (Shall the Decision of the Chair Stand as the Judgement of the Senate Re: Graham Amdt. No. 2412 )	52	44	Decision of Chair Sustained	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Passage: H R 2638 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for FY 2008	268	150	Passed	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H R 2638 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for FY 2008	200	217	Failed	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 47 to H R 2638	178	243	Failed	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 46 to H R 2638	145	277	Failed	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 45 to H R 2638	123	298	Failed	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 44 to H R 2638	149	272	Failed	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 43 to H R 2638	234	189	Agreed to	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 41 to H R 2638	76	347	Failed	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 40 to H R 2638	379	45	Agreed to	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 39 to H R 2638	89	331	Failed	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 36 to H R 2638	168	255	Failed	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 33 to H R 2638	184	238	Failed	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 29 to H R 2638	155	268	Failed	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 27 to H R 2638	228	195	Agreed to	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 26 to H R 2638	192	232	Failed	See Vote
June 15, 2007	House	H.R.2638 Border Law Enfor