Just before leaving, members approved S. 292 and S. 363 by voice vote. Respectively, these are the Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act, and a bill authorizing the secretary of Commerce to convey property of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the City of Pascagoula, Miss.
{mosads}Amendments to the DHS bill, H.R. 5855, that were approved by roll call vote were from:
• Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas), to move $10 million from the Office of the Undersecretary for management to Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure and Technology, for border cell phone service. Passed 302-113.
• Rob Bishop (R-Utah), to reduce Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology, Operations and Maintenance by $3 million and adds $624,000 to Air and Marine Interdiction for law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts. Passed 230-186.
• Hansen Clarke (D-Mich.), to move $10 million from the Office of Undersecretary for Management to FEMA state and local grant programs. Passed 211-202.
The following amendments failed in roll call votes, from:
• Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), to increase the Office of the Secretary by $3 million and decrease the automation modernization account by $4.8 million, to increase funding for the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Failed 154-260.
• Paul Broun (R-Ga.), to reduce all administrative expense accounts except the Coast Guard by 3 percent, saving $500,000. Failed 140-273.
• Rush Holt (D-N.J.), to reduce funding for the Office of the Secretary by $50 million, putting that amount into the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s state and local programs. Failed 173-240.
• Clarke, to transfer $10 million from immigration enforcement to FEMA’s state and local grant programs. Failed 159-254.
• Janice Hahn (D-Calif.), to add $10 million to U.S. Customs and Border Protection intended for use at airports, offset by a $24.5 million reduction to Research Development Acquisition and Operations – National Bio-Agro-Defense Facility. Failed 156-261.
• Hahn, to move $75 million from Science and Technology – Research and Development Acquisitions and Operations to Port Security Grants. Failed 144-273.
• Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.), cutting Detention and Removal by $40 million and increasing Counter Child Exploitation Activities by the same amount. Failed 167-249.
• Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), to reduce TSA Aviation Security by $61 million, adds $50 million to Federal Air Marshall Program. Failed 60-355.
• Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.), to transfer $58 million from Science and Technology-Reserach and Development Acquisitions and Operations to State and Local Programs. Failed 150-266.
• Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.), to transfer $75 million from Science and Technology-Construction of Laboratory Facilities to Science and Technology-Research and Development Acquisitions and Operations. Failed 166-245.