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H.R. 2360 // October 6, 2005

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006

Sponsor: HAROLD ROGERS (R-KY)

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 - Title I: Departmental Management and Operations - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2006 for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) and executive management; (2) the Office of Screening Coordination and Operations; (3) Office of the Under Secretary for Management; (4) the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (5) the Office of the Chief Information Officer; (6) analysis and operations; and (7) the Office of Inspector General. Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations - Makes FY2006 appropriations for: (1) the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (U.S.-VISIT) project; (2) Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including customs and border protection automated systems, air and marine interdiction, and construction; (3) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); (4) the Federal Protective Service, including immigration and customs enforcement automated systems, and construction; (4) the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), including surface transportation security, transportation vetting and credentialing, transportation security support, and Federal Air Marshals; (5) the Coast Guard, including environmental compliance and restoration, Coast Guard Reserve training, acquisition, construction, and improvements, alteration of bridges, research, development, test, and evaluation, and retired pay; and (6) the U.S. Secret Service, including acquisition, construction, and improvements. Title III: Preparedness and Recovery - Makes FY2006 appropriations for: (1) the Office of the Under Secretary for Preparedness, the Office of the Chief Medical Officer, and the Office of National Capital Regional Coordination; (2) the Office for Domestic Preparedness, including grants to state and local governments for terrorism prevention activities, firefighter assistance grants, and emergency management performance grants, the U.S. Fire Administration and training, infrastructure protection and information security, and the Counterterrorism Fund; (3) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery, public health programs, disaster relief, the disaster assistance direct loan program, the Flood Map Modernization Fund, the National Flood Insurance Fund, the National Flood Mitigation Fund, the National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund, and an emergency food and shelter program.

Emergency Management Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service. CRS gives each bill one topic, based on the bill as introduced. This one carries 214 subject terms, so it spans well beyond that single label.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Chamber

Won the vote · Yea

96 votes, representing 208,932,518 people97.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

1 vote, representing 1,292,542 people0.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.1% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon9697.2%
NayLost10.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.1%