Homeland Security Trust Fund Act of 2007
Latest action · Jan 22, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 22, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Homeland Security Trust Fund Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Treasury the Homeland Security and Neighborhood Safety Trust Fund. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Senate Finance Committee should report legislation that: (1) increases revenues by $53.3 billion during taxable years 2007-2011 by reducing scheduled income tax reductions for taxpayers with taxable incomes exceeding $1 million; and (2) appropriates such revenues to the Fund.
Authorizes appropriations from the Fund for: (1) the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services for grants to state, local, and tribal law enforcement and to enhance state and local government interoperable communications efforts; (2) the Justice Assistance Grant; and (3) the Office of Domestic Preparedness for Fire Act grants and SAFER grants.
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to complete the assignment of specified electromagnetic spectrum for public safety services and permit their operation by January 1, 2007.
Authorizes appropriations from the Fund to: (1) implement FCC recommendations; (2) support state and local government law enforcement and first responders; (3) ensure the inspection and scanning of 100% of cargo containers destined for U.S. ports and the scanning of domestic air cargo; (4) protect critical infrastructure and other high threat targets; (5) enhance public health sector preparedness to prevent and respond to biological and nuclear terrorism; (6) develop scanning technologies to detect dangerous substances at U.S. ports of entry; and (7) protect other high risk targets.
Establishes within the executive branch a Homeland Security Spending Advisory Board.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 22, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 22, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S834-835)
- Jan 22, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S834 | Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE | Jan 22, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish a Homeland Security and Neighborhood Safety Trust Fund and refocus Federal priorities toward securing the Homeland, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Homeland Security Trust Fund Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Air cargo
- Aviation safety
- Biological warfare
- Chemical industries
- Community policing
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Containerization
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Disaster relief
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency communication systems
- Emergency Management
- Environmental Protection
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Fire departments
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- Grants-in-aid
- Income tax
- Indian law enforcement
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Legislation
- Marine safety
- Marine terminals
- Mass rapid transit
- Minorities
- Nonprofit organizations
- Nuclear terrorism
- Radio spectrum allocation
- Railroad freight operations
- Railroad passenger traffic
- Railroad safety
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- Social Welfare
- Tax rates
- Taxation
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation safety
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
