Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
Latest action · Feb 11, 2015 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
Provides FY2015 appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Provides appropriations for Departmental Management and Operations for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management, the Office of the Under Secretary for Management, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, the Office of the Chief Information Officer, Analysis and Operations, and the Office of Inspector General.
Provides appropriations for Security, Enforcement, and Investigations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard, and the U.S. Secret Service.
Provides appropriations for Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, the Office of Health Affairs, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Provides appropriations for Research, Development, Training, and Services for U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Science and Technology, and the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office.
Sets forth permissible, restricted, and prohibited uses for funds provided by this Act.
Rescinds specified amounts previously appropriated to DHS.
Cosponsors 192
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2015 to Feb 13, 2015; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Feb 12, 2015 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2015 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2015Introduced in House
- Feb 11, 2015Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 6
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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 23, February 11, 2015, page H982.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 240 | Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 | Identical bill | Mar 4, 2015 |
| S 272 | Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 | Identical bill | Jan 28, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Appropriations
- Arizona
- Aviation and airports
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Building construction
- Buy American requirements
- California
- Canada
- Caribbean area
- Child safety and welfare
- Coast guard
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crimes against children
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Cuba
- Customs enforcement
- Department of Defense
- Department of Homeland Security
- Detention of persons
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Emergency Management
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Employee hiring
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Firearms and explosives
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Floods and storm protection
- Food assistance and relief
- Foreign labor
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Homeland security
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Human trafficking
- Immigrant health and welfare
- Immigration status and procedures
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Latin America
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Marine pollution
- Mexico
- Military facilities and property
- Military personnel and dependents
- Motor carriers
- National Guard and reserves
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Oil and gas
- Pornography
- Prescription drugs
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Protection of officials
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public transit
- Radioactive wastes and releases
- Railroads
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Sex offenses
- Terrorism
- Texas
- Transportation costs
- Transportation safety and security
- Travel and tourism
- User charges and fees
- Visas and passports
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2015Introduced in House
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.
