Thursday, June 6, 2013

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE ACTIONS 06/05/2013

DAILY FLOOR WRAP UP

June 5, 2013

SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

Reichert (R-WA) - Page 2, Line 17 - Reduces Office of the Secretary and Executive Management by $2.8 million and increases the United States Fire Administration by $1.8 million. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Poe (R-TX) - Page 3, Line 13 - The intent of the amendment is to direct $10 million to improve cell phone communications infrastructure along the Southern Border. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Runyan (R-NJ) - Page 3, Line 13 - Decreases various account by $2.5 million collectively and increases Fire Safety Grants by the same amount. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Grimm (R-NY) - Page 3, Line 13 - Transfers $7.6 million from the Office the Undersecretary for Management to FEMA Urban Search and Rescue. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Lynch (D-MA) - Amendment No. 11 - Page 19, Line 1 - Transfers $15.6 million from Office of the Under Secretary for Management to Surface Transportation Security. – ADOPTED BY VOICE


First Tipton (R-CO) - Page 9, Line 17 - Reduces Customs and Border Protection Automation Modernization by $7.6 million and increases National Predisaster Mitigation Fund by the same amount (intended for wildfire prevention). – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Broun (R-GA) - Page 15, Line 20 - Eliminates all funding for the TSA and transfers the savings ($4.8 billion) to the Spending Reduction Account. – REJECTED BY VOICE

Second Tipton (R-CO) - Page 15, Line 20 - Reduces TSA Transportation Security Support by $4 million and increases TSA Aviation Security by $3 million (intended for rural airports). – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Hudson (R-NC) [for Mica (R-FL)] - Amendment No. 10 - Page 15, Line 25 - Intends to direct $12.5 million to the Federal Fight Deck Officer Program. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Mica (R-FL) - Amendment No. 8 - Transfers $31.8 million from TSA general screening operations to the private Screening Partnership Program. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Mica (R-FL) - Amendment No. 6 - Transfers $23.3 million from TSA administration to Transportation Security Support (intended for intelligence). – WITHDRAWN

Brownley - (D-CA) - Page 37, Line 7 - Intends to direct $97.5 million to the Port Security Grant Program. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Swalwell (D-CA) - Intends to direct $97.5 million towards Mass Transit Security Programs – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Moore (D-WI) - Page 2, Line 17 - Increases the Office of the Secretary by $3.4 million and decreases Automation Modernization by $4 million. (Intent is to increase the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties for oversight of immigration enforcement). – REJECTED 167 – 257

Polis (D-CO) - Page 2, Line 17 - Reduces Immigration and Customs Enforcement Salaries and Expenses by $43.5 million ($5.4 million would be cut from 287 (g) program) and increase Office of Secretary and Executive Management by $4.3 million (intended for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties). – REJECTED 180 – 244

Heck (R-NV) - Page 3, Line 13 - Reduces Office of Under Secretary for Management, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Customs and Border Protection Salaries and Expenses, and FEMA Salaries and Expenses by $22 million collectively and transfers the same amount to the Urban Area Security Initiative. – REJECTED 156 – 268

Garcia (D-FL) - Page 8, Line 6 - Reduces ICE Salaries and Expenses by $10 million dollars ($3 million from 287 (g)) and increases Customs and Border Protection Salaries and Expenses by $10 million. – REJECTED 186 – 236

Deutch (D-FL) - Strikes the provision in the bill mandating that Immigration and Customs Enforcement maintain a minimum of 34,000 detention beds. – REJECTED 190 – 232

Pierluisi (D-PR) - Amendment No. 12 - Prohibits funds for Customs and Border Security Salaries and Expenses for collection of duties and taxes authorized to be levied, collected, and paid in Puerto Rico. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Grimm (R-NY) - Prohibits funds from being used by TSA to implement any changes to the list of prohibited carry-on items for air travel, specifically knives and other sharp objects. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Bustos (D-IL) - Prohibits funds from being used to purchase foreign made American Flags. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Grayson (D-FL) En Bloc - Prohibits funds from being used to award a contract to a company that has been convicted of, or is currently indicted/civilly charged for a range of crimes (listed in text of amendment), or has delinquent taxes of more than $3,000 within a three year period of the offered contract; Prohibits funds from being used in contravention of the first, second fourth amendments to the Constitution; Prohibits funds from being used to purchase or operate armed unmanned aerial vehicles. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Murphy (D-FL) - Prohibits funds from being used for the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Program. – REJECTED BY VOICE

Collins (R-GA) - Amendment No. 2 - Prohibits funds from being used by ICE to process the release of, or administer alternatives to detention for illegal immigrants who commit serious crimes. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Salmon (R-AZ) - Prohibits funds from the bill from going to Sanctuary Cities. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Jackson Lee (D-TX) - Prohibits funds from being used to limit the discretion of the Secretary to enhance the use of Federal Air Marshals on certain international flights. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Gingrey (R-GA) - Prohibits funds from being used in contravention of the 287 (g) program. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Bishop (D-NY) - Page 54, Line 3 - Eliminates all funding for the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility and transfers the savings ($404 million) to the Spending Reduction Account. – REJECTED 80 - 345

Moran (D-VA) - Page 72, Line 24 - Amends Sec. 531 of the bill to apply to detainees held at Guantanamo Bay on or after December 31, 2005 instead of June 24, 2009. – REJECTED 165 – 261

Garrett (R-NJ) - Prohibits funds from being used by TSA or a Visible Intermodal Protection and Response team to conduct a search in an area outside of an airport such as cars, buses, trains, or train stations. – REJECTED 180 – 247

Ryan (D-OH) - Prohibits funds from being used to pay the salary of any Citizenship and Immigration Services employee who approves Brazilian visas. – REJECTED 50 – 373, 1

Cassidy (R-LA) - Amendment No. 1 - Prohibits funds from being used to implement Sec. 207 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (delays for one year the expiration of grandfathered NFIP rates for existing policy holders). – ADOPTED 281 – 146

Meadows (R-NC) - Prohibits funds from being used to purchase ammunition until the required report (Sec. 567 (a) of this bill) has been submitted to Congress. – ADOPTED 234 – 192

Thompson (D-MS) - Amendment No. 4 - Prohibits funds from being used by TSA for the Behavior Detection Officer program. –REJECTED 147 – 279

Second Runyan (R-NJ) - Prohibits the use of funds to implement section 207 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 with respect to any property located in New Jersey or New York. – REJECTED 148 – 278

Flores (R-TX) - Prohibits any funds from being used to enforce the selective fuel bans set forth in Sec. 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007; thus, the amendment expands options for the federal government to purchase fuels by from unconventional sources like California heavy oil resources or Canadian oil sands. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Meehan (R-PA) - Prohibits funds from being used for Customs and Border Protection preclearance operations Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Lujan (D-NM) - Intends to direct $10 million to State and Local first responder grants intended for wildfire preparedness. – VOTE REQUESTED

Engel (D-NY) - Prohibits funds from being used to lease or purchase light duty vehicles not in compliance with the Presidential memorandum on alternative fuel vehicles. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

King (R-IA) - Prohibits funds from being used to enforce "Morton Memos" concerning administrative amnesty. – VOTE REQUESTED

Ellison (D-MN) - Prohibits funds from being used to engage in racial, religious, or ethnic profiling. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Blackburn (R-TN) - Prohibits funds from being used for the TSA Visible Intermodal Protection and Response program. – VOTE REQUESTED

Barletta (R-PA) - Prohibits funds from being used for reception and representational expenses until the Secretary certifies compliance with Sec. 7208 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

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