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Legislation on Homeland Security

Below is a list of legislation relating to homeland security issues. Although the list is not comprehensive, editors attempted to identify most of the bills introduced in five categories during the 107th Congress.

This list was prepared by the Editors of Congressional Quarterly.

Bioterrorism and Chemical Weapons
Emergency Response and Homeland Strategy
Intelligence Gathering
Protecting Infrastructure
Transportation and Border Security

Bill	Brief Description	Sponsor

Bioterrorism and Chemical Weapons

HR3016	amend HHS responsibilities	Billy Tauzin, R-La.
HR3153	assist states	Rod R. Blagojevich, D-Ill.
HR3160	amend HHS responsibilities	Billy Tauzin, R-La.
HR3174	protect food supply	Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D.
HR3184	protect food supply	Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.
HR3219	expand CDC efforts	John Linder, R-Ga.
HR3242	biological and chemical weapons preparedness	Rod R. Blagojevich, D-Ill.
HR3255	biological weapons preparedness	Robert Menendez, D-N.J.
HR3269	state medical response plans	Diane E. Watson, D-Calif.
HR3293	fight agricultural bioterrorism	Frank D. Lucas, R-Okla.
HR3310	biological weapons preparedness	Greg Ganske, R-Iowa
HR3448	expand public health capabilities	Billy Tauzin, R-La.
S1486	biological and chemical weapons preparedness	John Edwards, D-N.C.
S1508	biological and chemical weapons preparedness	Jon Corzine, D-N.J.
S1520	assist states	Evan Bayh, D-Ind.
S1546	additional funds to fight bioterrorism	Pat Roberts, R-Kan.
S1548	fund CDC bioterrorism Web site	Jean Carnahan, D-Mo.
S1551	protect food supply	Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.
S1561	improve VA bioterrorism preparedness	Daniel K. Akaka, D-Hawaii
S1563	fight agricultural bioterrorism	Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas
S1574	medicare-eligible hospitals preparedness	John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va.
S1602	chemical weapon preparedness	Jon Corzine, D-N.J.
S1665	prohibit bioterrorist hoaxes	Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del.
S1685	safeguard children	Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn.
S1715	biological weapons preparedness	Bill Frist, R-Tenn.
S1747	bioterrorism prevention funding	Tom Harkin, D-Iowa
S1764	private-sector incentives to develop treatments	Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn.
S1765	biological weapons preparedness	Bill Frist, R-Tenn.
SRES171	bioterrorism preparedness and response funding	Bill Frist, R-Tenn.

Emergency Response and Homeland Strategy

HJRES64	authorize military force	Dick Armey, R-Texas
HR1158	establish national Homeland Security Agency	William M. "Mac" Thornberry, R-Texas
HR1292	establish homeland security strategy	Ike Skelton, D-Mo.
HR2888	emergency supplemental appropriations	C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla.
HR2975	deter and punish terrorists	F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., R-Wis.
HR3026	establish Office of Homeland Security	Jim Gibbons, R-Nev.
HR3108	deter and punish terrorists	F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., R-Wis.
HR3162	deter and punish terrorists	F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., R-Wis.
HR3345	additional emergency supplemental appropriations	John E. Sweeney, R-N.Y.
HR3353	establish "tips" web site	Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.
HR3378	establish commission on homeland security	Steve Horn, R-Calif.
HR3393	additional emergency supplemental appropriations	John P. Murtha, D-Pa.
HR3481	prepare report on congressional continuity	Jim Langevin, D-R.I.
HR3639	$3 of tax return to homeland security	Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J.
S1426	emergency supplemental appropriations	Tom Daschle, D-S.D.
S1534	establish Department of National Homeland Security	Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn.
S1705	establish homeland security academic centers	Christopher S. Bond, R-Mo.
S1735	establish national commission	Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del.
S1737	provide homeland security block grants	Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.
S1799	expand educational programs	Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill.
S1800	improve homeland security management	Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill.
S1803	authorize security assistance	Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del.
S1909	establish unified combatant command	Christopher S. Bond, R-Mo.
SJRES23	authorize military force	Tom Daschle, D-S.D.
SRES165	establish select committee	Pat Roberts, R-Kan.

Gathering Intelligence

HJRES75	monitor Iraqi weapons development	Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
HR2883	intelligence authorization	Porter J. Goss, R-Fla.
HR3285	federal-local information sharing partnership	Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y.
HR3555	terrorism prevention, preparedness and response	Robert Menendez, D-N.J.
HRES303	promote anti-terrorism foreign assistance	Elton Gallegly, R-Calif.
S1428	intelligence authorization	Bob Graham, D-Fla.
S1448	enhance terrorism-prevention intelligence	Bob Graham, D-Fla.
S1615	federal-local information sharing partnership	Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y.
S1837	U.S. agency pre-Sept. 11 review	Robert G. Torricelli, D-N.J.

Protecting Infrastructure

HR2435	enhance cybersecurity	Thomas M. Davis III, R-Va.
HR2915	enhance cybersecurity	Lamar Smith, R-Texas
HR2925	secure dams	Ken Calvert, R-Calif.
HR3068	improve financial privacy security	Bob Ney, R-Ohio
HR3178	protect water supply	Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y.
HR3289	prepare for terrorist attacks on Yucca Mountain	Shelley Berkley, D-Nev.
HR3316	computer security enhancement	Brian Baird, D-Wash.
HR3382	enhance security at nuclear facilities	Edward J. Markey, D-Mass.
HR3394	enhance cybersecurity	Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y.
HR3482	enhance cybersecurity	Lamar Smith, R-Texas
HR3609	protect pipeline infrastructure	Don Young, R-Alaska
S1456	protect critical infrastructure	Robert F. Bennett, R-Utah
S1529	establish national energy infrastructure security program	Mary L. Landrieu, D-La.
S1568	cyberterrorism protection	Orrin G. , R-Utah
S1581	tax credit for security equipment purchases	Frank H. Murkowski, R-Alaska
S1593	protect water supply	James M. Jeffords, I-Vt.
S1608	protect water supply	Robert C. Smith, R-N.H.
S1746	enhance security at nuclear facilities	Harry Reid, D-Nev.
S1900	cyberterrorism preparedness	John Edwards, D-N.C.
S1901	expand cybersecurity research	John Edwards, D-N.C.


Transportation and Border Security

HR2276	extend biometric identification deadline	George W. Gekas, R-Pa.
HR2712	immigration moratorium	Tom Tancredo, R-Colo.
HR2895	enhance aviation security	William O. Lipinski, D-Ill.
HR2906	re-implement sky marshal program	Richard H. Baker, R-La.
HR2913	screen passengers and property	Jack Quinn, R-N.Y.
HR2926	airline financial aid	Don Young, R-Alaska
HR2928	remove terrorism-related aliens	Robert E. Andrews, D-N.J.
HR2951	improve aviation security	Greg Ganske, R-Iowa
HR2958	improve airline safety and security	Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif.
HR2965	exchange FBI-federal agency information	Christopher Shays, R-Conn.
HR2988	regulate flight school security	Peter Deutsch, D-Fla.
HR2998	establish radio free Afghanistan	Ed Royce, R-Calif.
HR3013	improve port and maritime security	Corrine Brown, D-Fla.
HR3033	collect nonimmigrant foreign student data	Betty McCollum, D-Minn.
HR3052	fingerprint nonimmigrant visa applicants	Gene Green, D-Texas
HR3056	improve airline security	James A. Traficant Jr., D-Ohio
HR3064	enhance airline security	Joe Baca, D-Calif.
HR3077	improve visa integrity and security	Michael N. Castle, R-Del.
HR3101	enhance aviation security technology	Jim Matheson, D-Utah
HR3110	enhance aviation security	James L. Oberstar, D-Minn.
HR3129	U.S. Customs border security	Philip M. Crane, R-Ill.
HR3150	federalize airport security	Don Young, R-Alaska
HR3165	improve aviation security	Greg Ganske, R-Iowa
HR3166	enhance transportation security	Robert A. Borski, D-Pa.
HR3205	enhance border security	John Conyers Jr., D-Mich.
HR3220	improve aviation security	Ron Paul, R-Texas
HR3229	enhance international borders security	Elton Gallegly, R-Calif.
HR3231	immigration reform and accountability	F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., R-Wis.
HR3311	potential weapon airport ban	Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-Texas
HR3416	approve legal immigrant security screeners	Patsy T. Mink, D-Hawaii
HR3432	enhance seaport security	John Cooksey, R-La.
HR3437	enhance port and maritime security	E. Clay Shaw Jr., R-Fla.
HR3467	approve U.S. nationals security screeners	Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, D-Am. Samoa
HR3505	protect airport security personnel	Hilda L. Solis, D-Calif.
HR3525	enhance border security	F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., R-Wis.
HR3562	establish volunteer sky marshal program	Gary L. Ackerman, D-N.Y.
HR3600	establish national border security agency	Tom Tancredo, R-Colo.
HR3621	prevent port security and terrorism	David Vitter, R-La.
S1031	assist U.S. Customs Service	Phil Gramm, R-Texas
S1214	establish seaport security program	Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C.
S1400	extend biometric identification deadline	Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.
S1421	re-implement sky marshal program	Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas
S1429	improve airport and seaport security	John Edwards, D-N.C.
S1447	improve aviation security	Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C.
S1450	preserve air transportation viability	Tom Daschle, D-S.D.
S1461	enhance airline passenger safety	Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill.
S1515	enhance aircraft security	Herb Kohl, D-Wis.
S1518	improve visa integrity and security	Christopher S. Bond, R-Mo.
S1528	improve rail transportation safety and security	John McCain, R-Ariz.
S1530	enhance rail transportation safety and security	Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C.
S1550	rail safety and security assistance	Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C.
S1587	improve port and maritime security	John Kerry, D-Mass.
S1618	enhance border security	Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass.
S1627	enhance international borders security	Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
S1725	rail transportation security comparison study	Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine
S1728	improve seaport security	Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine
S1739	improve over-the-road buses security	Max Cleland, D-Ga.
S1749	improve border security	Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass.
S1794	enhance airport checkpoint	Max Cleland, D-Ga.
S1829	protect airport security personnel	Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
S1871	rail transportation security risk assessment	John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va.