Reply #10: I think all of these include port security

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S.AMDT.1162 to H.R.2360 To require the Inspector General to report to the Congress on the port security grant programs.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. (introduced 7/11/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 7/12/2005 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 1162 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent

H.R.1731
Title: To improve the security of the Nation's ports by providing Federal grants to support Area Maritime Transportation Security Plans and to address vulnerabilities in port areas identified in approved vulnerability assessments or by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Sponsor: Rep Harman, Jane (introduced 4/20/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Related Bills: S.855
Latest Major Action: 5/9/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.

S.2008
Title: A bill to improve cargo security, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Murray, Patty (introduced 11/15/2005) Cosponsors (5)
Latest Major Action: 11/16/2005 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 292.

H.R.173
Title: To prevent and respond to terrorism and crime at or through ports.
Sponsor: Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita (introduced 1/4/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/2/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

H.R.2651
Title: To reduce crime and terrorism at America's seaports, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Schiff, Adam B. (introduced 5/26/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Related Bills: S.378
Latest Major Action: 5/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

S.378
Title: A bill to make it a criminal act to willfully use a weapon with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury to any person while on board a passenger vessel, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. (introduced 2/15/2005) Cosponsors (6)
Related Bills: H.R.2651
Latest Major Action: 4/21/2005 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 86.

H.R.163
Title: To amend title 46, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out an empty shipping container sealing pilot program to encourage shipping container handlers to seal empty shipping containers after they have unpacked them, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita (introduced 1/4/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 2/18/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity

S.140
Title: A bill to provide for a domestic defense fund to improve the Nation's homeland defense, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham (introduced 1/24/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 1/24/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

S.12
Title: A bill to combat international terrorism, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. (introduced 1/24/2005) Cosponsors (12)
Latest Major Action: 1/24/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.


H.R.1414
Title: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue regulations concerning the shipping of extremely hazardous materials, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Markey, Edward J. (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (17)
Related Bills: S.1256
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight.


S.1256
Title: A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop regulations regarding the transportation of extremely hazardous materials, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. (introduced 6/16/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Related Bills: H.R.1414, H.R.3510
Latest Major Action: 6/16/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

H.R.4009
Title: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct comprehensive examinations of the human resource capabilities and needs, organizational structure, innovation and improvement plans, intelligence and information analysis capabilities and resources, infrastructure capabilities and resources, budget, and other elements of the homeland security program and policies of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Thompson, Bennie G. (introduced 10/6/2005) Cosponsors (13)
Latest Major Action: 10/7/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.


And this

Furthermore, most Republicans in Congress have resisted Democrats’ efforts to secure U.S. ports. As the Senate Democratic Policy Committee has documented, since 9-11, Senate Republicans have voted to defeat Democratic measures to increase funding for port security. For example, Schumer’s amendment to the 2004 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill to provide $70 million for research and development to stop nuclear materials from entering U.S. ports was defeated by a 51-45 near-party-line vote. Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) introduced an amendment to the same bill that would have provided $100 million in port and maritime security grants. The Republican Senate rejected Byrd’s measure by a near party-line vote of 51-45. Republicans also defeated former Sen. Ernest Hollings’s (D-SC) amendment to the 2004 Homeland Security Appropriations bill, which would have provided $300 million in maritime security grants, by a 50-48 largely party-line vote. In addition, for the 2003 War Supplemental Appropriations bill, Hollings’s amendment to increase port security funding by $1 billion was defeated by a 52-47 vote largely along party lines.

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