HR-4903 : Still Just a Bill

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2015 for:

  • the Offices of the Secretary, the Under Secretary for Management, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Information Officer, and the Inspector General;
  • intelligence analysis and operations coordination activities;
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP);
  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE);
  • the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), including for civilian aviation security services, surface transportation security activities, intelligence and vetting activities, and, transportation security support;
  • U.S. Coast Guard, including for environmental compliance and restoration functions;
  • U.S. Secret Service;
  • the National Protection and Programs Directorate, including for the Federal Protective Service and the Office of Biometric Identity Management;
  • the Office of Health Affairs;
  • the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including for the U.S. Fire Administration;
  • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for the E-Verify program;
  • the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center;
  • the Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology;
  • science and technology research; and
  • the Domestic Nuclear Detention Office.

Prohibits the use of funds under this Act:

  • to amend the oath of allegiance required under the Immigration and Nationality Act;
  • to prevent an individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug from importing a prescription drug that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act from Canada for personal use;
  • for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national identification card;
  • to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who is not a U.S. citizen or a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and who is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense (DOD);
  • by a federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an agent of a drug cartel unless U.S. law enforcement personnel continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times; or
  • to pay for an abortion, with exceptions where the mother's life would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in the case of rape or incest, or to require any person to perform or facilitate the performance of an abortion.

Prohibits the Secretary from imposing any new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the southern or northern U.S. border at a land port of entry or from conducting any study relating to imposition of such a fee.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2014-06-19CalendarsPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 357.House floor actions
2014-06-19CommitteeThe House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 113-481, by Mr. Carter.House floor actions
2014-06-19IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

John R. Carter [R] (TX-31)
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Policy Area :

Emergency Management
See Subjects
  • Abortion
  • Accounting and auditing
  • Appropriations
  • Aviation and airports
  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Business ethics
  • Buy American requirements
  • Child safety and welfare
  • Coast guard
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Corporate finance and management
  • Correctional facilities and imprisonment
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Criminal justice information and records
  • Detention of persons
  • Disaster relief and insurance
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Firearms and explosives
  • Fires
  • Floods and storm protection
  • Food assistance and relief
  • Foreign labor
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Homeland security
  • Homelessness and emergency shelter
  • Immigration status and procedures
  • Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
  • Law enforcement administration and funding
  • Law enforcement officers
  • Marine and inland water transportation
  • Military facilities and property
  • Nuclear weapons
  • Pornography
  • Prescription drugs
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Radioactive wastes and releases
  • Religion
  • Research administration and funding
  • Research and development
  • Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
  • Terrorism
  • Trade restrictions
  • Transportation costs
  • Transportation safety and security
  • Travel and tourism
  • User charges and fees
  • Customs enforcement
  • Protection of officials
  • Canada
  • Caribbean area
  • Cuba
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • New Jersey
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

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