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Homeland Security Committee

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Committee on Homeland Security

Showing the 108th Congress (2003–2004), when this was the Homeland Security (Select). Back to the 119th Congress

40 bills referred in the 108th Congress

2,594 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 119th at 310. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members

Served in the 108th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Members, 108th Congress 51

Everyone who held a seat in the 108th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-CA	Christopher Cox	Chair
D-TX	Jim Turner	Ranking Member
D-MA	Barney Frank
D-KY	Ben ChandlerJoined Mar 24, 2004
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.
D-NC	Bob Etheridge
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young
D-TX	Charles A. GonzalezLeft Jan 21, 2004
R-CT	Christopher Shays
R-PA	Curt Weldon
R-MI	Dave Camp
R-CA	David Dreier
R-AK	Don Young
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen
R-CA	Duncan Hunter
D-MA	Edward J. Markey
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton
R-OK	Ernest J. Istook Jr.
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
R-KY	Harold Rogers
D-RI	James R. Langevin
D-CA	Jane Harman
R-WA	Jennifer Dunn
R-NV	Jim Gibbons
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg
R-NY	John E. Sweeney
R-GA	John Linder
D-MO	Karen McCarthy
R-TX	Kay Granger
D-KY	Ken Lucas
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek
R-TX	Lamar Smith
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter
R-TX	Mac Thornberry
R-IN	Mark E. Souder
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks
R-TX	Pete Sessions
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio
R-NY	Peter T. King
R-FL	Porter J. GossLeft Sep 23, 2004
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert
R-LA	W. J. (Billy) Tauzin
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren

Subcommittees, 108th Congress 5

Under the names they had then. Each has its own record.

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 108th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 108th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 5430	Smarter Funding for all of America's Homeland Security Act of 2004	Referred To	Dec 7, 2004
HR 5182	Homeland Security Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2004	Referred To	Oct 13, 2004
HR 5291	Winning the War on Terror Act of 2004	Referred To	Oct 8, 2004
HR 10	9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act	Discharged From	Oct 6, 2004
HR 5223	National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004	Referred To	Oct 5, 2004
HR 5130	Secure Borders Act	Referred To	Oct 1, 2004
HR 5068	Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2004	Referred To	Sep 24, 2004
HR 5069	Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Enhancement Act of 2004	Referred To	Sep 17, 2004

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 108th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
Serial No. 108-60	Disrupting Terrorist Travel: Safeguarding America's Borders Through Information Sharing76 pages 3 witnesses Lieutenant General Patrick Hughes, Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis, Department of Homeland Security: The Honorable C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Border and Transportation Security Policy and Planning, Department of Homeland Security: Professor Lawrence M. Wein, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University:	Sep 30, 2004
Serial No. 108-59	The National Incident Management System: Enhancing Response to Terrorist Attacks49 pagesOn H.R. 3266 4 witnesses Mr. GiL Jamieson, Acting Director, NIMS Integration Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Mr. P. Michael Freeman, Chief, Los Angeles County Fire Department, California: Mr. Steve Lenkart, National Director of Legislative Affairs, International Brotherhood of Police Officers: Dr. Jospeh Barbera, Co-Director, Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, George Washington University:	Sep 29, 2004
Serial No. 108-58	Emergency Warning Systems: Ways to Notify the Public in the New ERA of Homeland Security90 pagesOn H.R. 2250 6 witnesses Mr. James. Dailey, Director of Homeland Security, Federal Communications Commission: Mr. Kathleen Henning, Certified Emergency Manager, International Association of Emergency Management: Mr. Reynold N. Hoover, Director of National Security Coordination, Department of Homeland Security: Ms. Patricia McGinnis, President and CEO, Council for Excellence in Government: Mr. Frank Lucia, Vice Chairman, Washington, D.C. Emergency Alert System Committee Member, Public Communications & Safety Working Group, Media Security and Reliability Council: Dr. Peter L. Ward, Founding Chairman, Partnership for Public Warning, U.S. Geological Survey (Retired):	Sep 22, 2004
Serial No. 108-57	Combating Terrorism: the Role of the American Media76 pagesOn H.R. 1425 2 witnesses Mr. Marvin Kalb, Author and Senior Fellow, Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Mr. Frank Sesno, Professor and Senior Fellow, Critical Infrastructure Protection Project, George Mason University:	Sep 15, 2004
Serial No. 108-56	Homeland Security: the 9/11 Commission and the Course Ahead61 pages 1 witness The Honorable Tom Ridge, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security:	Sep 14, 2004
Serial No. 108-55	National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States145 pagesOn H.R. 4674 6 witnesses The Honorable Lee H. Hamilton, Vice Chair, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States: The Honorable Thomas H. Kean, Chair, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States: The Honorable J. Cofer Black, Coordinator, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State: Ms. Maureen Baginski, Executive Assistant Director for Intelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation: Mr. John Brennan, Director, Terrorist Threat Integration Center: General Patrick Hughes, Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis, Department of Homeland Security:	Aug 17, 2004
Serial No. 108-54	Drugs and Security in a Post-September 11 World: Coordinating the Counternarcotics Mission at the Department of Homeland SecurityHeld Jul 22, 2004 to Sep 11, 2004 · 161 pages	Jul 22, 2004
Serial No. 108-53	Practice Makes Perfect: Strengthening Homeland Security by Exercising Terrorism Scenarios54 pagesOn H.R. 266, H.R. 3266 2 witnesses Mr. Thomas O. Mefford, Director, DuPage County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management State of Illinois: Ms. C. Suzanne Mencer, Executive Director, Office for State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness, Department of Homeland Security:	Jul 8, 2004

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 108th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 108-812	REPORT ON LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES of the HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION 2004 (Pursuant to House Rule XI, 1(d))	Jan 3, 2005
H. Rept. 108-460,Part 1	Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act of 2004On H.R. 3266	Apr 2, 2004
H. Rept. 108-358	Department of Homeland Security Financial Accountability ActOn H.R. 2886	Nov 12, 2003
H. Rept. 108-223	Resolution of Inquiry to the Secretary of Homeland SecurityOn H.Res. 286	Jul 21, 2003
H. Rept. 108-147,Part 3	Project Bioshield Act of 2003On H.R. 2122 · Part 3	Jun 10, 2003
H. Rept. 108-104	Homeland Security Technical Corrections Act of 2003On H.R. 1416	May 15, 2003

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Reports	Meetings	Printed hearings	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	40	310	46	0	37	27	47	8	1
118th2023–2024	36	296	42	9	40	35	87	15	1
117th2021–2022	36	285	37	4	38	33	74	21	1
116th2019–2020	34	255	54	8	55	36	82	21	1
115th2017–2018	33	308	85	17	86	33	78	30	2
114th2015–2016	32	198	78	14	79	26	88	29	6
113th2013–2014	35	130	19	10	20	20	90	—	3
112th2011–2012	37	150	24	11	22	21	125	—	2
111th2009–2010	35	247	19	13	19	—	84	—	5
110th2007–2008	37	175	27	3	26	—	139	—	8
109th2005–2006	35	198	14	3	12	—	107	—	6
108th2003–2004	51	40	5	1	6	—	60	—	0
107th2001–2002	9	2	1	1	1	—	3	—	0

Membership changes 3

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 108th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Sep 23, 2004	Porter J. Goss R-FL	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Mar 24, 2004	Ben Chandler D-KY	Joined	Congressional Record, H1451
Jan 21, 2004	Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H61

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