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Homeland Security And General Government

  • 28. H.R. 2751, to provide the General Accounting Office (GAO) with additional discretion to manage its workforce, including tying employee raises to a minimum performance standard and making permanent the agency’s authority to offer early retirement, and to change the name of the agency to the Government Accountability Office. Yes.  Passed 382-43. 2/25/04.
  • 32. H.R. 3769, to name a post office building in Knoxville, Tennessee, after State Senator Ben Atchley. Yes.  Passed 383-0, under suspension of rules. 3/2/04.
  • 59. H.R. 3733, to name a post office building in Altamont, Kansas, after the late and former Rep. Myron V. George of Kansas. Yes.  Passed 394-0, under suspension of rules. 3/16/04.
  • 81. H.R. 3059, to name a post office building in Stuttgart, Arkansas, after the late Colonel Lloyd L. Burke, a veteran of three wars and winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Yes.  Passed 425-0, under suspension of rules. 3/24/04.
  • 93. H.R. 3095, to authorize the chief local government official to order the lowering of the U.S. flag to half-staff to honor the deaths of current and past local government employees. Yes.  Passed 374-2, under suspension of rules. 3/25/04.
  • 95. H.R. 3723, to name a post office building in Dallas, Texas, after Vaughn Gross, assistant superintendent of the Richardson Independent School District located near Dallas. Yes.  Passed 379-0, under suspension of rules. 3/29/04.
  • 123. H.R. 3147, to name a federal building in Ogden, Utah, after former Rep. James V. Hansen, who served in the House from 1981 to 2003. Yes.  Passed 418-0, under suspension of rules. 4/21/04.
  • 131. H.R. 3942, to name a post office in Middletown, Rhode Island, as the Rhode Island Veterans Post Office Building. Yes.  Passed 395-0, under suspension of rules. 4/27/04.
  • 135. S. 1904, to name a federal courthouse in Miami, Florida, after the late Judge Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr., who served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Yes.  Passed 408-0, under suspension of rules. 4/28/04.
  • 153. H.R. 4299, to name a post office in Edinburg, Texas, after Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez, the first Hispanic president of the University of Texas-Pan American. Yes.  Passed 405-0, under suspension of rules. 5/11/04.
  • 182. H.R. 3722, undocumented alien emergency medical assistance to require hospitals to collect and report information on potential illegal aliens before being reimbursed for treating them;  make the employer of certain undocumented aliens responsible for such emergency medical costs, and direct the secretary of Homeland Security to initiate removal procedures against an alien determined to be removable under federal immigration law. No.  Failed 88-331, under suspension of rules. 5/18/04.
  • 186. H.R. 3740, to name a post office in Roxboro, North Carolina, after the late Oscar Scott Woody, a post office employee who died while manning his station when the R.M.S. Titanic sank in 1912. Yes.  Passed 422-0, under suspension of rules. 5/18/04.
  • 187. H.R. 2432, Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act. Amendment to establish a commission to evaluate executive branch regulatory activities and decisions to determine whether political considerations have undermined the quality and use of science and authorize $5 million for the commission to carry out its work. No.  Failed 201-226. 5/18/04.
  • 188. H.R. 2432. On passage of the bill to require each federal agency to provide the Office of Management and Budget an annual cost-benefit estimate of all its required paperwork and require the IRS to identify ways that it could reduce the paperwork burden of small businesses. Yes.  Passed 373-54. 5/18/04.
  • 190. H.R. 4176, to name a post office in Raeford, North Carolina, after the late Bobby Marshall Gentry, the former mayor of Raeford. Yes.  Passed 421-0, under suspension of rules. 5/18/04.
  • 265. H.R. 4567, FY 2005 Homeland Security appropriations. Amendment to strike language in the bill capping the number of full-time aviation screeners at 45,000. No.  Failed 180-228. 6/17/04.
  • 266. H.R. 4567. Amendment to transfer $450 million from formula-based state and local homeland security programs to discretionary terrorism prevention programs for high-threat, high-density urban areas. Yes.  Failed 171-237. 6/17/04.
  • 267. H.R. 4567. Amendment to increase funding for research and development by $10 million and offset the cost by a decrease in funding for management expenses by the same amount. No . Failed 137-269. 6/18/04.
  • 268. H.R. 4567. Amendment to prevent the use of funds in the bill to carry out a contract with a U.S. company that incorporates offshore to avoid U.S. taxes. No.  Failed 182-221. 6/18/04.
  • 269. H.R. 4567. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds to privatize or contract out services provided by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, which reviews citizenship applications, performs background checks, conducts interviews and approves work authorizations and visa extensions. Yes.  Passed 242-163. 6/18/04.
  • 270. H.R. 4567. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds to assist state or local governments that have restrictions on exchanging information with the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on an individual’s citizenship or immigration status. No.  Failed 148-259. 6/18/04.
  • 271. H.R. 4567. Amendment to limit to 80 the total number of grants available under the Urban Area Security Initiative, which provides discretionary funds to high-threat, high-density urban areas. No.  Failed 113-292. 6/18/04.
  • 272. H.R.. 4567. Amendment to authorize $2 million from the aviation security account for use by the Department of Homeland Security’s privacy officer to conduct privacy impact assessments of proposed rules by the department. No.  Failed 199-205. 6/18/04.
  • 273. H.R. 4567. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to approve, renew or implement any aviation cargo security plan that allows the transporting of unscreened or uninspected cargo on passenger planes. No.  Failed 191-211. 6/18/04.
  • 274. H.R. 4567. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill for the Federal Protective Service to terminate small business contracts and enter into statewide contracts for security guard services. No.  Failed 201-205. 6/18/04.
  • 275. H.R. 4567. On passage of the bill to provide $33.1 billion in FY 2005 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security. Yes.  Passed 400-5. 6/18/04.
  • 403. H.R. 4608, to name a veterans outpatient clinic in Peoria, Illinois, as the “Bob Michel Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic” after former Rep. Robert H. Michel of Illinois who served as House minority leader from 1981 to 1995. Yes.  Passed 407-0, under suspension of rules. 7/21/04.
  • 422. H.R. 4381, to name a post office in Springdale, Arkansas, after local philanthropists Harvey and Bernice Jones. Yes.  Passed 382-0, under suspension of rules. 9/7/04.
  • 423. H.R. 4556, to name a post office in Dunn, North Carolina, after Gen. William Carey Lee, founder and original commander of the 101st Airborne Division, the elite paratrooper company hailed for its efforts during the D-Day invasion of World War II. Yes.  Passed 380-0, under suspension of rules. 9/7/04.
  • 502. H.R. 4567. Motion to instruct House conferees to insist on a conference report that includes the highest possible funding levels for homeland security first responders, domestic preparedness, emergency management performance grants, fire grants, flood maps and disaster mitigation programs. Yes.  Passed 395-16. 10/7/04.
  • 530. H.R. 4567. To adopt the conference report to the bill to provide $33.1 billion in FY 2005 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security and related agencies. Yes.  Passed 368-0. 10/9/04.