COMMITTEE ON RULES - Summary of Amendments Submitted to H.R. 2892 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010

Jun 22, 2009
5:28PM

Summary of Amendments Submitted to the Rules Committee for H.R. 2892 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 (summaries derived from information provided by sponsors) Listed in Alphabetical Order Jun 22, 2009 5:28 PM
Altmire (PA)	#75	Revised Would increase funds for the Assistance to Firefighters Grants by $10 million, offset by a reduction to the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management.
Bachmann (MN)	#61	Withdrawn Would prohibit funding appropriated by this Act for the Coast Guard Polar Icebreaking Program.
Bachmann (MN)	#62	Withdrawn Would prohibit funding appropriated by this Act under "Coast Guard" for the Cost Guard Polar Icebreaking Program.
Bachmann (MN)	#82	Withdrawn Would prohibit funding appropriated by the bill for the Coast Guard Polar Icebreaking Program.
Bean (IL)/ Hodes (NH)	#21	Would require oversight and accountability of expired undisbursed grant accounts. Instructs all executive department agencies receiving grant funds to track undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts, and report the results to OMB.
Biggert (IL)	#76	Would increase by $20 million funds for the Firefighter Assistance Grants (AFG) program, offset by a reduction of the same amount from the Office of the Under Secretary for Management.
Bilbray (CA)	#17	Would prohibit funds in the bill from being used in violation of section 505 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 barring state universities from providing in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.
Bilirakis (FL)	#45	Would increase funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) salaries and expenses by $1.7 million offset by reducing funding for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management. The funds are intended to be used to expand the Visa Security Program, which places ICE personnel overseas at high-risk locations to screen visa applications.
Bordallo (GU)	#88	Would specify that of the amounts made available in this Act, $7,142,950 for United States Customs and Border protection, $21,957,163 for United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and $1,368,959 for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services shall be used in each such agency to carry out titles VII and VIII of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (PL 110-229).
Broun (GA)	#73	Would increase funding for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Salaries and Expenses by $1 million, offset by reducing funding for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management by the same amount.
Broun (GA)/ Myrick (NC)	#83	Would prohibit funding in the bill from being used for activities with groups listed in United States of America vs. Holy Land Foundation et al., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, Appendix A, CR no. 3:04-CR-240-G.
Broun (GA)	#84	Would prohibit funds in the bill from being used for construction of a National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility located on the US mainland unless the Inspector General of DHS has completed an investigation into the site selection for such facility.
Broun (GA)	#85	Would prohibit funds in the bill from being used for site development, planning, or construction of a National Bio- and Agro-Defense facility.
Broun (GA)	#86	Would increase funding for the Inspector General by $3 million, offset by reducing the funds for the Science and Technology Management and Administration account.
Broun (GA)	#87	Would reduce by $8 million funds for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management.
Brown-Waite (FL)	#14	Would restrict funding in the bill from being made available to states or local governments that are in violation of the statutory prohibition on preventing their law enforcement officers from communicating with DHS regarding the immigration status of individuals.
Brown-Waite (FL)	#15	Withdrawn Would provide $89 million for border fencing, offset by reducing funding for the Undersecretary of Management.
Brown-Waite (FL)	#47	Would provide $89 million for border fencing, offset by redirecting funds from the Undersecretary for Management.
Calvert (CA)	#24	Would prevent the use of funds provided by the bill from being used to delay Executive Order 13465, which requires federal contractors to participate in E-Verify.
Campbell (CA)	#41	Would strike the $1 million earmark for SEARCH of Sacramento, CA, for interoperable communications, technical assistance and outreach programs.
Campbell (CA)	#42	Would provide that no state or local government entity is eligible for funds from the bill if the entity is in violation of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
Campbell (CA)	#43	Would prohibit funds in the bill from being available for awards to Global Solar, Arizona, for the portable solar charging rechargeable battery systems, and the amount otherwise provided under such heading would be reduced by $800,000.
Campbell (CA)	#44	Would strike the $3.5 million earmark for the Cyber Security Test Bed and Evaluation Center.
Cao (LA)	#55	Revised Would increase the budget of the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Recovery by $1 million.
Capito (WV)	#70	Would decrease funding for the Office of the Secretary of Management for Homeland Security by $5 million and increase ICE salaries and expenses by $5 million for the Law Enforcement Support Center which is a national call center that provides assistance to state and local law enforcement.
Chaffetz (UT)	#74	Would prohibit funds in the bill from being used to purchase whole body imaging machines that use backscatter x-ray technology or active millimeter wave technology.
Cohen (TN)	#77	Revised Would increase grant funding for FEMA's Urban Areas Security Initiative non profit by $3 million, offset by a reduction to the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Conaway (TX)	#5	Would insert a sense of the House stating that any funds cut by an adopted amendment to this act should be redirected to deficit reduction.
Cuellar (TX)/Heinrich(NM)	#64	Withdrawn Would prohibit funds in the bill from being used for first-class travel, with certain exceptions.
DeFazio (OR)	#78	Would prohibit TSA from using any funds to deploy additional whole body imaging technology until they prove they have addressed concerns about passenger privacy.
Dent (PA)	#65	Would ensure that no funds appropriated for the expansion of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards would be used to mandate the implementation of inherently safer technology (IST) at chemical facilities covered under the program.
Duncan (TN)	#16	Would maintain current (FY2009) funding for the Federal Air Marshals.
Edwards, Donna (MD)	#81	Would clarify that the funds in this bill will not be used to remove or deport from the United States any alien who is a citizen or national of Haiti, has been continuously physically present in the United States since June 1, 2009, and is not ineligible for temporary protected status.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#25	Would prohibit funds in the bill from going to Global Solar, Arizona, for portable solar charging rechargeable battery systems, and reduce the overall cost of the bill by a commensurate amount.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#26	Would prohibit funds in the bill from going to the National Institute for Hometown Security, Kentucky, and would reduce the overall cost of the bill by a commensurate amount.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#27	Would prohibit funds in the bill from going to a homeland security, research, development, and manufacturing pilot program at the Long Island Forum for Technology, NY. It would reduce the overall cost of the bill by a commensurate amount.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#28	Would strike an earmark for the City of Kannapolis, NC, from FEMA's National Predisaster Mitigation Fund.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#29	Would strike an earmark for the Harris County Flood Control District, Texas, from FEMA’s National Predisaster Mitigation Fund.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#30	Would strike an earmark for the City of Los Angeles, CA, from FEMA's National Predisaster Mitigation Fund.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#31	Would strike an earmark for the City of Emeryville, CA, from FEMA’s National Predisaster Mitigation Fund.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#32	Would strike an earmark for the Town of Shelter Island, NY, from FEMA’s National Predisaster Mitigation fund.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#34	Would strike an earmark for the Orange County Fire Authority, CA, from FEMA's National Predisaster Mitigation fund.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#35	Would strike all the earmarks for emergency operations centers from FEMA's State and Local Programs account.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#36	Would prohibit funds in the act from going to SEARCH, Sacramento, CA, for interoperable communications, technical assistance and outreach programs and the overall cost of the bill would be lowered by a commensurate amount.
Fleming (LA)	#53	Would bar funds in the bill from being used to change or delay the implementation of federal rules that require federal contractors to use E-Verify and not hire illegal aliens; also prohibits changes to federal rules that set forth procedures that must be followed when the Social Security Administration notifies employers that their employees are using false or mis-matched Social Security Numbers.
Forbes (VA)	#52	Would prohibit funds in the bill from being used to pay for entertainment expenses.
Goodlatte (VA)	#71	Would increase by $10 million funding for the National Cyber Security Division, offset by a reduction of the same amount from the General Management fund.
Goodlatte (VA)	#72	Would prohibit funds from being used in contravention of section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Graves (MO)/ Conaway (TX)	#3	Would add a Sense of Congress supporting the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) decision to exempt vintage and historic military aviation aircraft from complying with the Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP).
Hastings, Alcee (FL)	#57	Would prohibit any funds in the bill from being used to close the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Florida Long Term Recovery Office in Orlando, Florida.
Heller (NV)	#11	Would extend the E-Verify program for 3 years, to 2012.
Holt (NJ)	#54	Revised Would prohibit funds in the bill from being used for the Office of Security Strategy and Special Operations within the Amtrak system.
Jackson-Lee (TX)	#90	Would increase by $4 million the funds in the bill for the Transportation Security Administration, offset by reducing funds for the Office of Risk Management and Analysis at the National Protection and Programs Directorate.
Jackson-Lee (TX)	#91	Would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a report for the Office of Risk Management and Analysis within 90 days after the date of enactment of this act.
Johnson, Eddie Bernice (TX)	#58	Would increase the amount for the FEMA Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program by $5 million, to a total of $55 million. This would be offset by reducing by $5 million funding for the DHS Office of the Undersecretary for Management, to a total of $263,690,000.
King, Peter (NY)/Clarke (NY)	#1	Would add $50 million in funding to the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, with $40 million intended for the Securing the Cities initiative and $10 million intended for the procurement of radiation portal monitors, offset by a reduction in the Department's Office of the Secretary and Executive Management and the Office of the Under Secretary for Management.
King, Steve (IA)	#33	Would reduces and then increase funding for United States Customs and Border Protection salaries and expenses by $1 million. This funding would go towards removing the lookout posts that have been established along the U.S.-Mexico border.
King, Steve (IA)	#37	Would prohibit any funds in the Act from being used to employ illegal workers as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act.
King, Steve (IA)	#38	Would prohibit funds for border security fencing, infrastructure and technology to be used for anything but at least two layers of reinforced fencing and roads, pursuant to section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
Kingston (GA)/Heller(NV)	#13	Would require entities contracting with the Federal government to use the E-Verify program as a condition for receiving government funds.
Kosmas (FL)	#89	Would increase by $4 million funds in the bill for FEMA state and local programs, Metropolitan Medical Response System, offset by reducing by $4 million the funds for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management.
Lewis, Jerry (CA)	#19	Would add $34 million to US Customs and Border Protection, intending to fund 200 additional Border Patrol agents, offset by reducing funding for the Offices of the Secretary and Executive Management; Under Secretary for Management; Chief Financial Officer; and Chief Information Officer.
Lynch (MA)	#8	Would ensure that DHS employees who interact with the public would be free from negative personnel actions for using certain protective equipment (surgical masks, N95 respirators, gloves, and hand sanitizers).
McCaul (TX)	#51	Would increase funding for the DHS office of Analysis and Operations by $11,789,000, offset by decrease funding for the Office of the Undersecretary of Management.
McCaul (TX)	#56	Would prohibit funds appropriated by this bill from being used on any program or project named after a current Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner or Senator of the U.S. Congress.
Melancon (LA)	#80	Withdrawn Would require that, within the Flood Map Modernization Fund, that priority in the use of such funds shall be given to remapping of counties and parishes subject to current flood insurance maps that were developed with inadequate or nonexistent controls.
Minnick (ID)/ Latta (OH)	#69	Would restrict funds in the bill to be used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the modification and revocation of ruling letters and treatment relating to the admissibility of certain knives with spring assisted opening mechanisms.
Mitchell (AZ)/ Bilbray (CA)	#7	Would increase funding for Customs and Border Protection’s Border Security Inspections and Trade Facilitation: Inspections, Trade, and Travel Facilitation at Ports of Entry by $4.9 million to match the President’s request to help implement the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which recently began requiring the use of passports or other approved travel documentation to enter the United States by land and sea. The increase would be offset by a reduction of $5.9 million from the Office of the Under Secretary for Management, for a net budget neutrality.
Moore, Gwen (WI)	#4	Withdrawn Would bar funding in FY 2010 for any efforts by the Coast Guard to conduct live weapons training on the Great Lakes.
Neugebauer (TX)	#66	Reduces spending in this act by $2,755,000,000 across multiple accounts.
Olson (TX)	#46	Would decrease/increase by $36 million the Operating Expenses account for the Coast Guard. The intent of the amendment is to reinstate the Administration's request to zero out funding for LORAN-C.
Pascrell (NJ)/ Austria (OH)/ King, Peter (NY)/Kirkpatrick(AZ)	#23	Revised Would provide an additional $40 million for the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) "Fire Grants" program to provide equipment and training for firefighters. This would be offset by the following reductions: US Coast Guard - Alteration of Bridges, $10 million; Science and Technology, $10 million; ICE - Alternatives to Detention, $5 million; ICE - Automation Modernization, $5 million; and Transportation Security Support (HQ Admin), $10 million.
Poe (TX)	#48	Would prevent state and local governments who refuse to share information with the Federal immigration authorities from obtaining federal funds under this bill.
Poe (TX)	#49	Would remove the authority given to the President to remove any individual detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from the No Fly List.
Poe (TX)	#50	Would increase by $32 million funds available for the National Predisaster Mitigation Fund, offset by reducing by the same amount funds available for FEMA Management and Administration.
Price, Tom (GA)	#9	Would reduce the amount appropriated in the bill by $100 million.
Price, Tom (GA)	#10	Would reduce the amount appropriated in the bill by $426.3 million.
Price, David (NC)	#68	Revised Manager's Amendment that would make technical change to the short title.
Quigley (IL)	#12	Would prohibit any funds in the bill to be used for construction of Federal buildings that do not comply with the General Service Administration Sustainable Design Program for Federal buildings, as well as the Public Buildings Service Project Plan.
Roe (TN)	#40	Withdrawn Would increase by $5 million the minimum U.S. Customs and Enforcement shall use to facilitate agreements consistent with Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Rogers, Harold (KY)	#20	Would prohibit funds in the bill from being used to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation, order, or other action by DHS to postpone the final rule requiring Federal contractors to participate in E-Verify.
Roskam (IL)	#79	Would prohibit funds in the bill from being used in contravention of the implementing regulations of REAL ID.
Royce (CA)	#22	Would add $39,785,000 intended to provide an additional 1,000 detention beds, offset by redirecting funding from the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management.
Sanchez, Loretta (CA)	#6	Would require the Department of Homeland Security to report to Congress within 6 months on its progress improving management controls for the 287(g) program included in the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Smith, Lamar (TX)	#2	Would increase by $30 million the amount of funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to implement 287(g) agreements.
Teague (NM)	#67	Would make funds distributed under Operation Stonegarden eligible to be spent for the hiring and training of personnel.
Thompson, Bennie (MS)/ Etheridge (NC)/ Cuellar (TX)/ Melancon (LA)	#39	Revised Would prevent FEMA from using funds to transfer trailers, deemed unsuitable for housing, to other Federal Agencies to be sold to the general public.
Tiahrt (KS)	#18	Would prohibit the use of funds in the bill to obligate or pay for personnel who obligate funds made available under the heading "Office of the Undersecretary for Management" in title VI of division A of Public Law 111-5 (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act).
Waters (CA)	#59	Would require the Transportation Security Administration to submit a report to Congress regarding the status of air cargo screening at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and the progress the Administration has made in meeting its mandate to screen 100 percent of such cargo by August of 2010. The report shall address cargo from both domestic and international departure points and describe each of the methods used to screen cargo, including hand inspection, visual inspection, explosive detection systems, and shipping from secured facilities.
Waters (CA)	#60	Would require the Transportation Security Administration to submit a report to Congress regarding the status of air cargo screening Nationwide and the progress the Administration has made in meeting its mandate to screen 100 percent of such cargo by August of 2010. The report shall address cargo from both domestic and international departure points and describe each of the methods used to screen cargo, including hand inspection, visual inspection, explosive detection systems, and shipping from secured facilities.
Weiner (NY)	#63	Revised Would increase funding by $5 million for the Urban Area Security Initiative Non-profit Security Grant program, offset by reducing funding for the Office of Undersecretary for Management.